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    DHS Raids Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Home as Part of Federal Immigration Investigation
    The Department of Homeland Security raided the home of Somali-born Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., early Monday morning, less than a month before the midterm election. The raid is part of a larger criminal fraud investigation into the congresswoman’s immigration paperwork and was signed off by a federal judge. First reported by Fox News Digital, multiple…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • news

    The Activist Pipeline That Explains Why Biden’s DHS Only Investigated 496 Visa Overstays Despite Getting 3.1M Tips
    The many ties between the Biden administration and immigration activist groups likely help explain why Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested only eight people out of more than 3.1 million visa overstay leads, according to a Department of Homeland Security inspector general report. The report attributes the low number of investigations, in just 496 visa-overstay cases,…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • opinion

    Mamdani’s Rage at ICE Over Shooting Is Pure, Dishonest Grandstanding
    If you only listened to Mayor Zohran Mamdani you’d think that ICE was just plucking out random New Yorkers to shoot for no other reason than sheer malice. On Thursday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a raid in the Bronx that led to the shooting of an illegal alien by an agent or agents. The…
    Jarrett Stepman
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  • news

    Police Report: Illegal Immigrant Arrested for Indecent Exposure While Claiming to be Campaigning for Pennsylvania Democrat
    An illegal immigrant was arrested for exposing himself in public while claiming to be campaigning for Pennsylvania Democrat Janelle Stelson. Though Stelson denied the immigrant’s employment, new police records shared by the Freedom Caucus Fund show he was in possession of campaign materials and claimed to work for her. Chimaobim Adedayo Igbojekwe, a 35-year-old Nigerian…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • news

    Anti-Deportation Network Mobilizes Against Census Rule Excluding Illegal Aliens
    The same left-wing activist groups that oppose President Donald Trump’s enforcement of immigration law also appear to be mobilizing against the Census Bureau’s proposed rule to exclude illegal aliens from the 2030 census for purposes of determining seats in the House of Representatives and votes in the Electoral College. Critics see this mobilization as evidence…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • news

    2030 Census Shake-Up: Which States Win and Lose Under Trump’s Plan?
    The Trump administration’s proposed changes to the 2030 U.S. census, to cease counting illegal immigrants, could boost congressional seats and electoral votes for battleground states such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin at the expense of large states such as California and Texas, research suggests. A 2024 study projected immigration trends under the Biden administration for the…
    Fred Lucas
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  • news

    Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in More Illegal Immigration, Religious Freedom Cases
    The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will consider a case on the detention of illegal immigrants, as well as a case touching on religious liberty. In the case of Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, justices will decide whether federal law requires the detention of illegal aliens pending their removal proceedings. The Trump administration targets illegal…
    Fred Lucas
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  • news

    Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano Responds to Judiciary Committee Subpoena
    The office of Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano told the Daily Signal that it “produced an additional 2,800 pages of documents on Friday” in response to a subpoena from Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee. Those records had been demanded by Sept. 25. In a Sept. 16 letter, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the committee…
    Rich Tucker
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  • analysis

    1 Local Issue Is Shaking Up Races in Key Battleground States
    Virginia is one of the first states to open its polls, and I cast my ballot the day early voting began. There’s a lot at stake this election year in the commonwealth, particularly Virginia’s proposed constitutional amendments on abortion and marriage. But Virginia is hardly alone among the states that will shape the direction of…
    Robert B. Bluey
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  • news

    ‘A Little Ironic’: Vance Calls Out Democrats Over Medicare Fraud
    Vice President JD Vance, head of the White House Fraud Task Force, called out congressional Democrats on Tuesday for consistently criticizing health care costs without ever addressing the fraud that his task force is targeting. Vance’s task force has found hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud, with millions stemming from health care. “I always…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • news

    Illegal Voting in Georgia Just the Tip of the Iceberg, DOJ Offers More Evidence
    Twenty-eight individuals in 12 different states have been charged with election interference or illegal voting in federal elections in the past two weeks, the U.S. Department of Justice says. The effort to root out illegal, noncitizen voting has come as part of a large-scale move by the Trump administration to ensure election integrity prior to…
    Rebecca Buis
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  • news

    Supreme Court Move Could Have Major Consequences for Trump Deportation Policy
    The Supreme Court lifted the injunction against deporting illegal immigrants to a country other than their country of origin, known as sending them to a “third country,” and announced it will hear a case on the Trump administration’s policy. The case, D.V.D. v. Department of Homeland Security, is about whether the government can deport illegal…
    Fred Lucas
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  • news

    A Rare Budget Move Helped Trump Cancel Half a Billion Dollars Benefiting Immigrants
    The White House returned over half a billion dollars previously appropriated by Congress for programs serving illegal immigrants. While conservatives praised the return of federal funds, the rare action by President Donald Trump has lawmakers scrambling, with some members calling it an illegal check on Congress’ power of the purse. On Friday, the White House…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • Britain’s Muslim Migration Crisis Is a Warning for America
    When Nick Freitas walks down a city street in the opening scene of his new documentary, recounting his days as a Green Beret, most viewers might think he’s somewhere in the Muslim world. I certainly did. He’s in Britain. And the transformation he documents there, driven by decades of mass Muslim migration and a political…
    Robert B. Bluey
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  • exclusive

    Tim Scott Seeks to Shut Down Birth Tourism Pipeline
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is introducing legislation to end commercial birth tourism in the United States, a move that could cut off a pipeline that foreign nationals use to gain citizenship for their children. After President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birth tourism was struck down by the Supreme Court, Scott…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • news

    Feds Report 160 Election Fraud Arrests as Thousands of New Leads Pour In
    Since late 2025, federal law enforcement has made 160 election fraud arrests and has 10 times as many investigations in motion, senior Trump administration officials said. “We are investigating several hundred cases that are very much active right now. We are bringing several cases each week,” a Justice Department official told the Daily Signal Tuesday….
    Fred Lucas
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  • news

    ICE Agent Shoots Venezuelan National in Austin During Arrest Attempt
    On Sunday, a Venezuelan national was shot and injured by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent after the Department of Homeland Security said he fled on foot before getting in a car to flee agents. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was living in Austin, Texas, and working as a DoorDash driver. The shooting happened…
    Emily Medeiros
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  • news

    House Committee Subpoenas Fairfax Immigration Records
    The House Judiciary Committee has given Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano until next Friday to produce documents relating to his office’s sanctuary policies, including its alleged “preferential treatment of illegal aliens to ensure that they do not face immigration consequences for their criminality.” In a Sept. 16 letter, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chair of…
    Rich Tucker
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  • news

    ‘People Could Die’: Mamdani Sounds Alarm as Cities Sue Trump Administration Over Immigrant Welfare Benefits
    New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday he was leading a coalition of cities suing over the Trump administration’s effort to block welfare benefits for certain immigrants. Other plaintiffs suing the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York are…
    Fred Lucas
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  • news

    OH BROTHER: DHS Investigating Ilhan Omar Marriage Fraud Allegations, Homan Says
    Border Czar Tom Homan confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security is investigating allegations that Rep. Ilhan Omar committed immigration fraud by marrying her brother. “I’m confirming that [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] is, yeah, look, I said months ago that it’s something that has been reported and needs to be looked at,” Homan said on…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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