Friday, February 20, 2026

IMMIGRATION

U.S. Faces First Net Migration Loss in 50 Years

(José Niño, Headline USA) For the first time in 50 years, more people are reportedly leaving the United States than arriving. The Washington Post reported that economists Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson of the Brookings Institution, in addition to Stan Veuger of the American Enterprise Institute, project in a forthcoming...

New York City Comptroller, Mayoral Candidate, Detained by ICE at Courthouse

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) Brad Lander, the comptroller of New York City and a mayoral candidate, was arrested Tuesday by federal immigration officials after he tried to block them from making an arrest at a courthouse. Lander, a Democrat, reportedly tried to escort an individual past agents from federal U.S....

Hundreds of Immigration Charges Filed Including Against Women Assaulting Officers

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Hundreds of immigration charges were filed in the Southern District of Texas, including against a woman assaulting and threatening federal agents. In one week, 332 people were charged; 205 people were charged with illegal entry; 109 with felony illegal reentry after previously being deported. Most...

Trump Directs ICE to Expand Deportations in Democratic-Run Cities, Undeterred by Protests

(Headline USA)  President Donald Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities, a move that comes after large protests erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Trump in a social media posting called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials “to do all in...

Trump Curbs Immigration Enforcement at Farms, Meatpacking Plants, Hotels and Restaurants

(Headline USA) The Trump administration directed immigration officers to pause arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels, after President Donald Trump expressed alarm about the impact of aggressive enforcement, an official said Saturday. The move follows weeks of increased enforcement since Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff and main...

Florida is First State to Launch Program to Protect ICE Officers

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Florida is the first state to have law enforcement protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. After ICE officers were doxed in California and the lives of officers and their families were threatened, and attacks against ICE increased by 413% in recent weeks, Florida is...

LA Councilwoman Asks Police Chief How to Obstruct ICE; Chief Left Baffled

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell shot down suggestions from a Democratic politician that police officers alert residents to federal immigration operations around the area, calling it “obstruction of justice.”  Los Angeles City Councilwoman Imelda Padilla made the puzzling recommendation at a Thursday City Council hearing where McDonnell was testifying. Padilla’s...

A Border Patrol Agent Died in 2009. His Widow is Still Fighting for Benefits

(Headline USA) When her husband died after a grueling U.S. Border Patrol training program for new agents, Lisa Afolayan applied for the federal benefits promised to families of first responders whose lives are cut short in the line of duty. Sixteen years later, Afolayan and her two daughters haven't seen a...

Back in the U.S., ‘Maryland Man’ Pleads Not Guilty to Human Smuggling Charges

(Headline USA) Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the alleged MS-13 member whom mainstream media dubbed "Maryland man" after he was deported to El Salvador, pleaded not guilty Friday to human smuggling charges in a federal court in Tennessee. The hearing was the first chance Abrego Garcia has had in a U.S. courtroom to...

DHS Confirms 4 Illegal Immigrants Escaped from ICE Facility

(Headline USA) Four detainees broke through a wall and escaped from a federal immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, amid reports of disorder breaking out there, according to Sen. Andy Kim and the Department of Homeland Security. Kim, a Democrat from New Jersey, spoke Friday outside the Delaney Hall detention...

BREAKING: Illegals Riot at NJ ICE Facility; Some May Have Escaped

(Headline USA) Protesters outside a New Jersey federal immigration detention center locked arms and pushed against barricades as vehicles passed through gates, inmates inside relayed word that meals had been delayed, and Newark's mayor cited reports of a possible uprising and escape as disorder broke out at the facility. Much is...

Florida Sheriff Warns Anti-ICE Rioters: ‘We Will Kill You, Graveyard Dead’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Florida sheriff on Thursday warned potential anti-ICE rioters that any attack on local law enforcement would be met with deadly force: “We will kill you, graveyard dead.”  Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey issued the blunt warning at a press conference on possible protests against President Donald...
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