IMMIGRATION

(José Niño, Headline USA) A federal grand jury in Minnesota returned two charges against Mukeshkumar Somabhai Chaudhari, an Indian national accused of falsely claiming American citizenship so he could participate in the November 5, 2024 general election. The Justice Department announced the indictment through its Office of Public Affairs...

(José Niño, Headline USA) More than two decades after the September 11 attacks, weaknesses in America’s temporary visa system continue to raise national security concerns. A Breitbart report connected those modern enforcement problems to immigration violations committed by members of the terrorist cell that murdered 2,977 victims in 2001. All...

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) White House border czar Tom Homan confirmed over the weekend that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is still actively under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security. The Minnesota Democrat, who immigrated to the United States in 1995, has faced scrutiny for more than a decade...

(Joelle Webb, The Center Square).Students across Colorado recently participated in protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but according to a Colorado congressman, one demonstration got violent – to the point he's seeking a federal investigation. Five assaults were reported when a large crowd protested Sept. 4 at La Alma-Lincoln...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Thursday issued the strongest indication to date that embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., could face consequences in connection with allegations that she married her brother in a potential immigration fraud scheme. Speaking with podcaster Benny Johnson at the GOP’s midterm convention,...

(Headline USA) An Afghan woman who was accused of supporting an Islamic State-inspired plot in the United States and whose case was the first for an obscure and long-dormant court has been deported, the Justice Department said Friday. Nazira Haji Zada, 47, was arrested in July at her Fort Worth,...

(Headline USA) The highest court in Massachusetts on Thursday issued a public reprimand against a district court judge who was accused of allowing an immigrant to escape U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The case dates back to 2018 when Judge Shelley Joseph was accused of colluding with the immigrant’s...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A 29-year-old Mexican national, Luis Carlos Davalos-Lopez, admitted guilt in an El Paso federal court to a charge of conspiring to smuggle migrants into the country, according to a Justice Department announcement released last Friday. Prosecutors say he teamed up with several accomplices to funnel...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A federal judge in California is facing scrutiny from the Trump administration after ordering the release of a Salvadoran national wanted for aggravated murder in his home country. Jinsook Ohta, a district judge for the Southern District of California, ordered the release of David Antonio Aviles Perez,...

(Jim Talamonti, The Center Square) University of Illinois Chicago researchers say heightened federal immigration enforcement corresponded with about $1.26 billion in foregone retail and restaurant activity in Cook County, but the U.S. Department of Homeland Security dismissed the correlation between a good economy and illegal immigration. Matthew Wilson co-authored the...

(José Niño, Headline USA) An illegal alien now sits behind bars, accused of causing a wrong way crash that ended the lives of a mother and her adult daughter in Montgomery County, Maryland, according to a report from Breitbart News. The tragedy reportedly occurred inside a sanctuary jurisdiction that generally...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court in December will hear arguments in cases on semi-automatic gun bans in Illinois and Connecticut, immigration detention centers, voting rights in Arizona and parental rights related to transgender children in Washington state. Justices on the high court released the December argument...