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Illegal Migrant Arrested by ICE Was Registered Democrat Voter in Maryland, Records Show
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Records indicate that an illegal migrant with a criminal rap sheet was a registered Democrat voter before being apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Ian Andre Roberts, a Guyanese national living unlawfully in the U.S., was caught with a loaded handgun and thousands of dollars in cash at the time of his apprehension… -
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How Can We Expect Immigrants to Embrace American Values If We Don’t?
In addition to demonstrating a basic handling of speaking, reading, and writing in English, federal immigration law requires prospective citizens to understand “the fundamentals of the history, and of the principles and form of government, of the United States.” Do they? According to studies, over 40% of new immigrants aren’t proficient in even the most… -
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California Has 30 Days to Fix ‘Egregious’ System of Letting Illegal Immigrants Drive Commercial Trucks
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced a plan Friday to prevent illegal aliens from driving commercial trucks in the United States. “The process for issuing [commercial driver’s licenses] is absolutely 100% broken,” Duffy said at a press conference. “It has become a threat to public safety, and it is a national emergency that requires action… -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers Release Latest Results of Trump’s ‘Whole of Government’ Border Crackdown
The Trump administration removed as many of 1,500 illegal aliens from the U.S. every day during the month of August, according to the House Committee on Homeland Security’s latest fact sheet. The 85% decrease in encounters with illegal aliens at U.S. borders, when compared to August 2024, is a testament to the Trump administration’s… -
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Whistleblower: Gangs Sought to Sponsor Child Migrants During Biden Administration
Aaron Stevenson began to notice a disturbing trend early on in the Biden administration. As an intelligence analyst for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, it was his job to identify bad guys as well as emerging and novel threats to the U.S. In February 2021, a profile of an alien from Honduras with ties to… -
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Clergy Reveal Tensions in Catholic Church’s Stance on Illegal Immigration
A recent event featuring prominent Catholic bishops underscored the tension between the enforcement of American immigration law and the priorities of some leaders of the Catholic Church. At a panel discussion on Sept. 11 at Georgetown University, Catholic clergy sounded off on the Trump administration’s policy of mass deportations. “We can say that, really, the… -
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Border Patrol Chief Savors Recruitment Boom, Soaring Agent Morale
Retired Border Patrol agents are returning to the agency amid soaring morale levels, according to U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks. “I’m signing off on stacks and stacks” of applications of retired agents who want to return to the Border Patrol, Banks said. The chief, speaking at an event in Washington, D.C., on… -
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Cornyn Grills Ex-HHS Official on Missing Migrant Children
Sen. John Cornyn pressed a former Department of Health and Human Services official on why the department failed to vet all members of a household before placing an unaccompanied alien child in that home. “Senator, first of all, many of the allegations about improper vetting … actually occurred before I got to HHS,” Mary… -
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Trump’s Reforms to Asylum System Need to Be Codified Into Law, Immigration Experts Say
The Trump administration has made major changes to the U.S. asylum system, but a future administration could immediately reverse those reforms, cautions immigration expert Lora Ries. Even if the Trump administration issued a rule to change the way asylum claims are processed, “a future administration can overdo a rule, and so what’s really needed… -
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Trump Blames Biden Admin Open Borders for Texas Beheading
WARNING: This article contains graphic details that may be disturbing to some readers. Amid a discussion of crime and heinous acts of violence, Republicans are blaming a beheading committed last week in Dallas, Texas, on the lax border enforcement of the Biden administration. On Sept. 10, Chandra Nagamallaiah, a 50-year-old motel manager in Dallas, was… -
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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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WATCH: A Night-and-Day Difference at the Border
EL PASO, Texas—The streets around Sacred Heart Church were quiet, apart from a funeral procession exiting the building around 11 a.m. on Aug. 26. The lines of illegal aliens, sleeping mats on the sidewalk, and rows of porta-potties were gone. Sacred Heart Church, just a short walk from the border of Mexico in El Paso, operated… -
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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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Border Czar Homan: This One Part of My Job Remains Very Tough
Border czar Tom Homan says he wakes up “every day like a kid in a candy shop” because U.S. border and immigrations law are being enforced under the leadership of President Donald Trump. “We’re finally enforcing laws in this country, and we’re going to do it without apology,” Homan said in a speech Wednesday… -
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House Passes Bill to Hold China Accountable for Its Role in Fentanyl Crisis
The House passed a bill Tuesday aimed at holding China accountable for its role in the fentanyl crisis. Fentanyl is the leading cause of death in America for people between the age of 18 and 45. “The Chinese Communist Party has played a key part in the deadly fentanyl crisis plaguing Kentucky and… -
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14,000 Migrants Turn Back Amid News of Closed Border, Report Finds
In a trend known as “reverse flow,” about 14,000 migrants, who had sought to reach the U.S. border, have turned around since the start of the Trump administration, according to an estimate in a recent report. A large percent of the migrants who have turned back are from Venezuela, according to the report from… -
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WATCH: Aerial View of Southern Border Confirms Reports
EL PASO, Texas—Two Border Patrol vehicles stopped for a moment as they drove along the southern border, the only activity that could be seen from along the wall dividing Mexico and El Paso, Texas. The border wall stretched far into the desert from the view of the helicopter. There has been a decline in activity along… -
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How Trump’s Border Crackdown Has Affected Cartels
EL PASO, Texas—Since the start of 2025, border security measures have cost the Mexican cartels more than $1 billion, according to estimates by the El Paso Sector of the Border Patrol in Texas. “We’re hurting them in the pocketbook,” interim Border Patrol Chief for the El Paso Sector Walter Slosar tells The Daily Signal. …