There will be no public access to the National Mall on Inauguration Day
From CNN s Alex Marquardt and Jeff Zeleny
Security fences are set up on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on January 9. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
The general public will not have access to the National Mall on Inauguration Day, according to an official familiar with the discussions.
The official said there will be no big screens, no toilets, no panels where people stand, and that the public will not be able to get down to the mall.
There are ongoing discussions between the District, National Park Service and the US Department of Interior on when the shutdown will happen. There won’t be access on Jan. 20, but when exactly before that is still the subject of discussion.
CT National Guard to assist local, state police in protecting infrastructure
“The Connecticut National Guard is committed to the protection of life, property, and the Constitutional right to peaceful protest. Author: Doug Stewart (FOX61), CNN Wire Published: 1:52 PM EST January 14, 2021 Updated: 10:20 PM EST January 14, 2021
HARTFORD, Conn The Connecticut National Guard announced they will be supporting state and local law enforcement agencies in the wake of the riots at the U.S Capitol last week and continuing threats that have been made.
The Guard said in a press release they were requested to provide additional security in the form of critical infrastructure protection.
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Source: Courtesy of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
A U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) operation dubbed No Safe Haven is responsible for the recent arrests of 21 criminal aliens across the United States. Among the 21 arrested, 18 were foreign nationals sought in connection with suspected human rights violations or human smuggling and trafficking. Since 2014, ICE has conducted five such No Safe Haven operations targeting known and suspected human rights violators.
In the operation that concluded on Dec. 17, ICE s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) agents in the cities of Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Newark, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco and Salt Lake City worked with ICE s Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center and ICE s Office of the Principal Legal Advisor to make the arrests.
ICE Principal Legal Adviser Jonathan Fahey was promoted to become the seventh person to lead the department under President Donald Trump, the Washington Examiner reported.