The Daily Beans Breakdown for the Week Ending 11/2/2025
Nov 3, 2025
A shocking plan emerges as ICE considers cash bounties for informants targeting immigrants. Legal battles brew over the invocation of the Insurrection Act, with implications for National Guard deployment authority and court orders. Tension mounts as a police cover-up is uncovered in a federal agent's shooting of an unarmed Black man in DC. On a lighter note, the 'Sandwich Guy' makes an unexpected splash, amidst discussions of Halloween antics in the capital.
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DHS Plans Paid Informant Network
- The Department of Homeland Security issued an RFI to pay private vendors for locating immigrants, effectively building an informant network.
- Allison Gill warns this uses taxpayer money to incentivize locating and serving documents to thousands of people.
CBP Leadership Shift And Court Pushback
- Customs and Border Protection leadership is replacing ICE leadership, shifting tactics toward aggressive Midway Blitz-style operations.
- Judge Sarah Ellis pressed CBP head Gregory Bovino about use of tear gas and ordered daily courtroom appearances and body-worn camera production.
Courts Could Block Guard Deployments
- Legal fights over National Guard deployments may block current federal authority and push the administration toward invoking the Insurrection Act.
- The Supreme Court asked whether "regular forces" means the military, a question that could block Title 10 deployment plans.