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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… -
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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… -
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Democrats Use Illegal Aliens to Obtain Cheap Labor to Support Their Lifestyles
What happens when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rescues 14 children from labor exploitation and exposure to sex offenders in marijuana fields? Surely, this would be a moment for mental clarity and political cohesion, where federal law enforcement officials are recognized for their good work. That was not what happened. Instead, Democrat leaders rushed to… -
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EXCLUSIVE: New Data Shows Arrests of Criminal Illegal Aliens Have Made a ‘Real Impact on Public Safety,’ DHS Official Announces
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Violent crime is on the decline in the U.S. following the arrest and removal of criminal illegal aliens, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday. “Under President [Donald] Trump and [DHS Secretary Kristi] Noem, our law enforcement is working at lightning speed to remove violent criminal illegal aliens from the… -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmaker Introduces Bill to End Automatic Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Aliens
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The children of “lawbreakers” should not be rewarded with U.S. citizenship, a Republican congresswoman from New York says. The Constitutional Citizenship Clarification Act, which Rep. Claudia Tenney introduced Wednesday, would end automatic birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens. “The United States should not reward illegal entry into our… -
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NYC Mayor Says He Will ‘Welcome’ Help Arresting ‘Dangerous’ Criminal Illegal Aliens
New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will “welcome” the help of border czar Tom Homan to arrest criminal illegal aliens like the ones who attacked a Customs and Border Protection officer in the city over the weekend. If Homan assists New York City in the apprehension of “dangerous people,” Adams told reporters,… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Meet 5 Criminal Illegal Aliens No Longer Roaming America’s Streets
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Five illegal aliens with criminal convictions were arrested in cities across the U.S. over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday. The arrests, each carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is a fulfillment of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and President Donald Trump’s pledge to “target the worst… -
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He Smuggled Thousands of Illegal Aliens Into the US
A Honduran national living in Texas and responsible for smuggling an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 illegal aliens into the U.S. has been sentenced for his crimes. Over the course of three years, Enil Edil Mejia-Zuniga was a leader of a large illegal-immigrant smuggling ring, helping thousands of migrants enter the U.S. from 11 different countries, according to… -
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Zero Illegal Aliens Were Let Into US in June
The Trump administration’s border czar Tom Homan announced on X Tuesday evening that not a single person detained at the border in June was released into the country. Last month’s border numbers are in, and they are a massive win for President Donald Trump and the rule of law. That goes alongside a dramatic decline in total border encounters… -
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DOJ Sues More States Over In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens
Attention, all parents and college students worried about the ever-rising cost of college tuition. The Department of Justice has finally—after three decades—started enforcing the federal law that prohibits states from offering in-state tuition to illegal aliens unless they also offer in-state tuition to everyone else—including all citizen students from out of state. The law it’s… -
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Supreme Court Gives Trump Administration Green Light to Deport Illegal Aliens to Third-Party Countries
In a win for President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court issued a brief order Monday allowing the Trump administration to restart deportation flights of illegal aliens to nations other than their own. The high court’s order lifts, for now, a lower court’s order allowing illegal immigrants to challenge their deportation order before their removal. … -
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Here Are Some ‘Worst of the Worst’ Illegal Alien Criminals Arrested During LA Riots
According to former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Los Angeles riots are “overwhelmingly peaceful” and nothing more than “part of the Trump administration’s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.” But as one Department of Homeland Security official commented, “These rioters in Los Angeles are fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals… -
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Illegal Alien Deported to Salvadoran Prison Brought Back to US to Face Human Trafficking Charges
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien removed from the U.S. to his native El Salvador earlier this year, has been brought back to the U.S. following legal challenges to his deportation. But the Trump administration is welcoming Abrego Garcia back from a Salvadoran prison to the U.S. with an indictment from the Justice… -
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Teen Suspended and Dubbed a Racist for Saying ‘Illegal Alien’ Wins $20K, Apology From School
There’s justice for a North Carolina teen wrongly suspended and branded a racist for using the phrase “illegal alien.” Last year, 16-year-old Christian McGhee of Central Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina, was given an English assignment: Write about aliens. Being an intelligent lad, Christian asked the teacher a logical question: “Like space aliens… -
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DOJ Sues Texas to Enforce Law Prohibiting States From Offering Illegal Aliens In-State Tuition—and Wins
On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Justice Department finally did what every prior administration (including Trump 1.0) for the past three decades refused to do—enforced the federal immigration law that bans states from providing in-state tuition to illegal aliens unless they provide the same benefit to citizen-students from any state. That same day, Texas cried… -
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Illegal Alien Sought in Tennessee Hit-and-Run That Left 21-Year-Old With ‘Severe Injuries’
An illegal alien is the lead suspect in a hit-and-run accident in Tennessee, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Tony Gebian Lopez Infante, an illegal alien from Venezuela, is wanted for allegedly striking a 21-year-old American, Zach Carach, in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 18 before fleeing the scene driving a silver Mitsubishi Mirage…. -
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At a Glance: 10 Illegal Aliens Who Committed Violent Crimes in US
Mohamed Soliman has been charged with a federal hate crime and is facing state attempted murder charges in the attack Sunday on a group of pro-Israel supporters in Boulder, Colorado, but he is just one of thousands of illegal aliens who have been charged with or convicted of crimes in the U.S. in recent years…. -
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SCOTUS Allows Trump Administration to Revoke Legal Status for 500K Illegal Aliens
The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to revoke temporary protected status for 500,000 illegal aliens living in the U.S. In a 7-2 ruling on Friday, the justices lifted a lower court’s order that barred the Trump administration from deporting illegal aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela who entered the U.S. under… -
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In Sanctuary State, ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Responsible for Death of 24-Year-Old Woman
An illegal alien responsible for the death of a 24-year-old Colorado woman has been arrested. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed the arrest on Thursday of a 16-year-old from Colombia who was convicted of reckless driving resulting in death but was released back onto the streets of Colorado by the Arapahoe District Attorney’s Office. ICE… -
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2 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Jet Ski Incident That Left 18-Year-Old Dead
Two illegal aliens have been arrested following the death of an 18-year-old woman. Ava Moore, an Air Force cadet candidate, was kayaking on Lake Grapevine in North Texas on Sunday when Daikerlyn Alejandra Gonzalez Gonzalez, an illegal alien from Venezuela, allegedly struck and killed the 18-year-old with a jet ski. The suspect is…