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    EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Alien Involved in Shooting of 4 Police Officers and a Civilian  

    An illegal alien from El Salvador shot a civilian and multiple police officers in Omaha, Nebraska, last week.   Juan Ayala Ramos, 28, is reported to have randomly shot 61-year-old Michael Kasper, critically injuring the man, outside a grocery store in Omaha as Kasper was loading groceries into his vehicle.   Using his license plate number, police tracked Ayala Ramos to a local QuikTrip gas station where…
    Virginia Allen
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    New Tool Allows Americans to Learn Identities of Illegal Aliens Arrested in Their Communities  

    The Department of Homeland Security has rolled out a new searchable website allowing Americans to see the names and faces of the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens arrested across all 50 states since the start of the Trump administration.   Now, Americans from Springfield, Ohio, to San Diego to Boston can learn the identities of some of the illegal aliens Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have detained in…
    Virginia Allen
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    EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers Move to Help Trump Walk Back Rule Forcing Taxpayers to Fund Illegal Alien Kids’ Abortions

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Two lawmakers are working with the Trump administration to roll back a Biden-era regulation forcing taxpayers to pay for unaccompanied illegal alien children in the U.S. to travel to get abortions. Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., and Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., are leading a group of lawmakers in introducing a bill to…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    DHS Closing in on Half-Million Arrests of Criminal Illegal Aliens 

    Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House nine months ago Monday, the Department of Homeland Security has arrested some 480,000 criminal illegal aliens, according to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.   Among the nearly half a million arrests, “70% of those individuals have criminal charges against them or have been convicted of those criminal…
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    EXCLUSIVE: Lawsuit Aims to Force Veterans Affairs to Disclose Information Related to Diverting Resources to Illegal Aliens Under Biden  

    The Veterans Affairs Department is facing a lawsuit after failing to disclose information related to the department’s alleged improper use of medical resources during the Biden administration to benefit illegal immigrants.   Following a Daily Signal report in August 2024, a policy organization in Washington asked the VA for more information related to its reputed…
    Virginia Allen
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    Shutdown Exposes Democrats’ True Love: Illegal Aliens

    It’s hard to believe, but true: Democrats love illegal aliens more than Big Government itself. The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a “clean” continuing resolution on Sept. 19 on a vote of 217-212. It would have kept the federal government open through Nov. 21, well past fiscal year 2025’s conclusion on Sept. 30. Republicans performed their responsibility to finance Uncle Sam’s activities, from Social Security to…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Democrats Take Heat Over Health Care for Illegal Aliens

    As the government appears to be barreling toward a shutdown, which will begin at midnight, Democrats are facing criticism over their alleged support for health care subsidies to noncitizens residing in the United States.  The Democrat continuing resolution bill would revoke Subtitle B in Title VII of the One Big Beautiful Act, effectively restoring accessibility…
    Jacob Adams
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    EXCLUSIVE: 10 Mugshots of Criminal Illegal Aliens Now in ICE Custody  

    Alvaro Yax-Gutierrez’s record includes conviction on charges of lascivious acts with a child and is one of 10 “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens recently apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.   Alvaro Yax-Gutierrez According to border czar Tom Homan, 70% of the illegal aliens the Trump administration has arrested to date are criminals…
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    From Desk to Field: Reassigned Agents Are Catching More Illegal Aliens at Northern Border 

    The U.S. northern border spans more than 5,500 miles, including Canada’s border with Alaska, making it the longest land border in the world—and historically challenging to patrol.   But now, for the “first time in years, we’ve been able to redeploy agents from processing centers back to the field, patrolling the land, and catching illegal…
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    About 450 Illegal Aliens Arrested at Georgia Hyundai Factory

    Around 450 illegal aliens have been arrested at a Hyundai manufacturing site in Georgia, according to federal immigration officials on Friday.   The Hyundai facility, located about 35 miles west of Savanah in Ellabell is an electric vehicle battery factory. Federal immigration authorities, in partnership with law enforcement partners, executed a search warrant on the…
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    After Legal Setback, What’s Next for Trump’s Effort to Deport Illegal Alien Gang Members?

    President Donald Trump’s use of a 1798 law to expedite deportations of foreign gang members is almost certainly headed for the Supreme Court, where legal experts anticipate the administration will prevail.  A panel of the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 this week to impose an injunction on the Trump administration using the…
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    EXCLUSIVE: Meet Latest Criminal Illegal Aliens Taken Off US Streets

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a number of illegal aliens across the U.S. on Thursday, including criminals with sodomy and murder convictions.   “These vicious murderers, pedophiles, rapists, and violent criminals have no place in this country,” a senior Department of Homeland Security official said in a statement Friday.   “We’ve said it before,…
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    Illegal Alien Abrego Garcia Back in ICE Custody

    The illegal alien the political left labeled the “Maryland Man” is back in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.   “Today, ICE law enforcement arrested Kilmar Abrego Garcia and are processing him for deportation,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on X Monday morning.   “President [Donald] Trump is not going to allow this…
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    DeSantis Urges Congress to Defund Sanctuary States That License Illegal Aliens as Drivers

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling on Congress to defund sanctuary states that provide illegal immigrants with driver’s licenses. DeSantis’ push comes after an illegal alien, Harjinder Singh, was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide after he appears to have tried to make an illegal U-turn while driving a commercial tractor-trailer on Aug. 12…
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    California’s Illegal Alien Sanctuary Policies Have a Body Count

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I, each week, drive about 425 miles round trip from my farm residence in Central California…
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    Another Illegal Alien Removed From Streets After Egregious Crime Against a Minor

    The Trump administration arrested another illegal immigrant for sexual misconduct against a child. On Tuesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Michael Kabiona, an illegal alien from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who had been convicted of sexual abuse against a child, an administration official told The Daily Signal. Kabiona “repeatedly raped and sodomized his step-daughter…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Illegal Alien Hit With Federal Charges for Sexual Exploitation of Minor

    An illegal alien has been indicted by a grand jury in Ohio for disturbing sex crimes against a minor. Victor Juarez, a 26-year-old Mexican national, is accused of sexually exploiting a 12-year-old girl, including creating videos of such exploitation. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio, Juarez allegedly created videos…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Illegal Aliens Staying Away From Border Amid Trump Admin’s 3-Month Zero-Release Record

    For three months in a row, no illegal aliens have been released into the U.S., according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Simultaneously, CBP is recording record-low illegal alien encounters at the border. In July, there were just 24,628 total encounters at the U.S. border, down from 170,180 in July 2024, marking the lowest monthly…
    Virginia Allen
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    EXCLUSIVE: ‘Pedophiles, Car Thieves, and Burglars’—Meet 5 Criminal Illegal Aliens Now in ICE Custody  

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Md. Mobarak Hossain is a convicted pedophile from Bangladesh. His criminal record includes sexual contact with a minor under the age of 11 and endangering a child’s welfare in Queens, New York. He was living in the U.S. illegally until Immigration and Customs Enforcement took him into custody this week. Hossain is…
    Virginia Allen
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    EXCLUSIVE: DHS Honors Victims of Fatal DUI, Other Illegal Alien Crimes

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—It was a warm summer night in New Jersey, and Maria Santos Pleitez was driving her 11-year-old daughter and her daughter’s friend to get milkshakes when a drunken driver slammed into Pleitez’s vehicle, killing her and her daughter. The other girl was injured, but survived the July 26 crash.   The man…
    Virginia Allen
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