(José Niño, Headline USA) Border czar Tom Homan has simultaneously floated legal status for some illegal immigrants while overseeing an aggressive deportation campaign that has detained nearly 300 DACA recipients since Donald Trump's second term began, creating widespread confusion about the administration's actual immigration endgame.
Homan initially floated the possibility...
(Headline USA) Federal authorities said they arrested 18 people Wednesday on charges related to selling illicit drugs including fentanyl and methamphetamine around a Los Angeles park.
The area, called MacArthur Park, is a densely populated immigrant neighborhood west of downtown LA where federal immigration authorities and the National Guard made...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-TX, and her north Texas colleagues have called for a federal investigation into alleged H-1B visa fraud occurring in counties they represent.
Similar to the alleged Somali welfare fraud in Minnesota and hospice fraud in Los Angeles, Van Duyne argues...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Republicans are forging ahead with legislation to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and U.S. Border Patrol along party lines.
The two Senate committees tasked with constructing a filibuster-proof budget reconciliation bill both unveiled the text of their proposals late Monday night.
Taken together, the...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., voted with every Democrat to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and is reportedly considering additional extensions for El Salvadorans and Venezuelans, drawing sharp criticism from immigration hawks.
LindellTV posted video of a confrontation with Bacon over his vote. "When our reporter...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against a Houston area birth tourism facility that allegedly helped more than 1,000 Chinese nationals secure American citizenship for their newborns, Breitbart reported.
The suit names the De'Ai Postpartum Care Center along with operators Lin Suling and...
(Headline USA) ICE arrests have fallen in recent months, and the number of people in immigration detention has dropped from a high of roughly 72,000 in January to 58,000 this week, according to The Associated Press.
But in a sign of its continued determination, ICE in budget documents says it plans...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) After weeks of delay, the U.S. House on Thursday approved the Senate’s legislation reopening the Department of Homeland Security.
President Donald Trump signed the legislation shortly after, ending the 76-day DHS shutdown. All agencies except Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) After weeks of delay, the U.S. House finally approved the Senate’s legislation reopening the Department of Homeland Security.
Once President Donald Trump signs the legislation, the 76-day DHS shutdown will end and all agencies except Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) A years-long effort has resulted in the extradition of a Chinese national facing multiple espionage charges in Houston.
Chinese national Xu Zewei was extradited to the U.S. from Italy over the weekend and appeared before a federal judge in Houston on Monday.
He faces a nine-count...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in two cases to determine whether orders ending temporary protected status for Haiti and Syria are constitutional.
Justices on the court are hearing Trump v. Miot and Mullin v. Doe. The two cases challenge an order from President...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Federal agents raided multiple businesses across Minneapolis Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged Somali-linked fraud, according to several reports. Among the locations targeted was the controversial Quality Learning Center.
The raids hit more than 20 locations, including childcare centers, under search warrants signed by...