IMMIGRATION

(José Niño, Headline USA) Green card applicants who lean on government assistance will face tougher scrutiny starting this fall under a rule the Trump administration finalized last week. The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that it is reviving a stricter public charge standard, one that lets officers weigh an...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Immigration and Customs Enforcement broke a months long data blackout this week, and the figures it finally posted reveal an agency arresting people faster than at any point in Donald Trump's second term. Immigration researcher Austin Kocher reported on his Substack that ICE held 65,765 people...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is telling county sheriffs they need to end agreements with ICE to honor civil detainer requests for suspected illegal aliens in response to the state's newly minted restrictions. In a letter to a dozen sheriffs in Broome, Madison, Nassau,...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A January 2025 briefing memo released Thursday by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., revealed that during his final month in office then-President Joe Biden plotted to deliver de-facto amnesty to some 3.1 million illegal immigrants --- including gang members --- by granting them “temporary protected status.” https://twitter.com/SenEricSchmitt/status/2080381769258275108 “This...

(Headline USA) The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military to help replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers who lost their licenses in a crackdown this year. A new campaign launched Friday will promote programs that let veterans who recently drove...

(Headline USA) A federal indictment was unsealed Friday against 11 people in the smuggling deaths of seven migrants, including a 14-year-old boy, who were hiding inside a sweltering rail cargo container in Texas in May. Six people were found dead inside the shipping container in a rail yard in the...

(Headline USA) Some bystanders appeared to barely bat an eye when a man set off a fountain of fireworks then started a blazing fire outside a federal building in Lower Manhattan, according to security camera video released Wednesday. The surveillance footage from the U.S. Attorney's Office offered the most complete...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) MyPillow CEO and Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Mike Lindell left some conservatives scratching their heads after embracing a series of pragmatic immigration policies that critics characterized as "amnesty." Lindell is seeking the Republican nomination for governor of Minnesota, with the primary election scheduled for Aug. 11. He...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) An illegal alien is claiming that his reputation was destroyed, not because he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, but because President Donald Trump highlighted his criminal case to condemn illegal immigration. Ortiz-Vite, who is serving 39 to 102 years after pleading guilty in connection with the killing...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) A man arrested by federal agents Monday for starting a large blaze outside a New York City immigration court was an "anti-government extremist" who told law enforcement officials he was willing to injure or kill people, authorities said. Andrew Arrabaca, 43, of Poughkeepsie, was taken...

(Headline USA) A person set off fireworks and started a fire Monday morning outside a New York building housing an immigration court and other government offices, according to federal authorities. https://twitter.com/BreannaMorello/status/2079250751012876448 As the flames erupted outside an entrance to the building at 26 Federal Plaza, the person was tackled by a...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump wants Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to keep pulling over vehicles, signaling his opposition Wednesday to plans announced just a day earlier to suspend most traffic stops. It’s not clear whether ICE will quickly reverse course and resume most stops, which have been a key tool...