— Park City, UT

ICE, ICE, Baby: Immigrations and Customs Enforcement staged a series of raids this week rounding up illegal immigrants with criminal records. Operations have been reported in California, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, New York and Kansas.

ICE says the roundups are not “raids” but rather “enforcement actions” in the usual course of business. Contradicting his own officials, President Trump tweeted, “The crackdown on illegal criminals is merely the keeping of my campaign promise. Gang members, drug dealers & others are being removed!”

Reports say the arrests of hundreds of people have thrown fear into the population of illegal immigrants.

Saber Rattling: North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the Sea of Japan yesterday, in a continuing series of intermediate missile launches.

The launch came as President Trump had been spending the weekend in Florida with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. North Korea’s belligerent talk and its missile tests have been considered a provocation.

Danger, Will Robinson!: President Trump suggested in a tweet yesterday that there’s a  dangerous influx of refugees coming into the US from the seven countries named in his blocked travel ban. “Our legal system is broken! 77% of refugees allowed into U.S. since travel reprieve hail from seven suspect countries.” (WT) SO DANGEROUS!”

There has been an increase of about 100 refugees a week from the seven Muslim countries, while at the same time there’s been a drop in entries from other countries. People allowed to enter have been vetted, sometimes for years. The State Department and refugee agencies appear to be focusing on people from the seven countries before the doors shut once again.

Name Change: Yale University in Connecticut has decided to change the name of its Calhoun College, named in honor of the South Carolina white supremacist and pro-slavery politician. As students dig into the history of names at schools and universities, there’s been a movement to remove the names of historic offenders.

Calhoun will be re-named for Grace Hopper, a Navy Rear Admiral and computer scientist who earned both a Master’s degree and PHD from Yale. A bit of a character, Hopper was a pioneer in computer programming languages and helped popularize the term “bug” for when something is wrong.

Wild West: Power started coming back yesterday in Teton Village, Wyo., where the lights went out after 17 steel power poles snapped in a storm. The Jackson Hole ski area opens tomorrow with more than 20 inches of uncut new snow.

Tom Westbrook, a pilot with American Airlines, tells us that “At night, it’s been camp lanterns and quiet.”

Teton Village, outside Jackson Hole, doesn’t have that many residents. The skiers fled. Westbrook said he’s been burning “loads of wood” and stuffing his refrigerator with bags of snow.

The Obit Page: Edward Tipper, a veteran of the famed Easy Company of the 101^st Airborne in World War II, who was portrayed in the HBO series “Band of Brothers,” has died at age 95.

Tipper was interviewed for the series and portrayed by actor Bart Ruspoli. Tipper was wounded just a few days into the Normandy invasion and spent a year in the hospital.

Daddy’s Girl: The president tweeted, “I am so proud of my daughter Ivanka. To be abused and treated so badly by the media, and to still hold her head so high, is truly wonderful!”

Trump has four other children, some of whom he knows personally.

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