Big Tech Continues to Import Foreign Workers while Axing Domestic Ones

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Big Tech Continues to Import Foreign Workers while Axing Domestic Ones

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) As Big Tech continues to lay off American workers, citing economic downturns, the industry has simultaneously been importing thousands of foreigners into the country to supply cheaper labor, Breitbart reported.

According to the initial report from the Economic Policy Institute, 30 large tech companies have hired 34,414 skilled foreign workers on H-1B visas in the same time that they have fired—or had planned to ax—nearly 85,000 employees in the U.S. in 2022 and the first quarter of 2023.

Amazon, for example, hired 6,400 H-1B workers last year alone. Meanwhile, executives plan to lay off 27,000 domestic workers.

Google hired over 1,500 H-1B visa workers last year and is in the midst of a 12,000 domestic employee layoff.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta came in with similar numbers, hiring another 1,500 foreigners while firing over 21,000 United States workers.

They were joined by Microsoft, which has hired approximately 1,000 foreigners while planning to fire 10,000 Americans.

EPI researchers Daniel Costa and Ron Hira suggested that all signs indicate that tech bosses were turning to foreigners with higher profits in mind, not out of necessity.

“Rather than turning to the H-1B program as a last resort when U.S. workers cannot be found, most employers hire H-1B workers because they can be underpaid and are de facto indentured to the employer,” they wrote.

However, according to Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, massive changes will be needed to overhaul America’s H-1B visa problem.

“Generally speaking, a lot of the H-1B abuse we see is in the interests of the people hiring the [foreign visa] worker, who can undercut the wages of Americans, but is it in the interest of the 700 Ohioans who lost their jobs? Absolutely not,” Vance said.

Vance’s claim was supported previously by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who said in 2020 that securing American citizenship rights is the first step to undermining the corporate attack on American labor.

“It makes absolutely no sense, at this moment when we have millions of people still out of work, to be bringing in foreign workers to take their jobs,” he noted. “We need to focus on getting American citizens back into the workforce and back working again.”

Jeffrey Toobin Shames Himself Again, Spreads Misinfo on 1st Page of New Book

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Jeffrey Toobin Shames Himself Again, Spreads Misinfo on 1st Page of New Book

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) After he was fired from his position with The New Yorker for masturbating during a Zoom conference call with his colleagues, Jeffrey Toobin apparently used his free time to write a book that compares the Oklahoma City bombing with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest.

Toobin’s book, Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism, is set to hit the shelves on May 2. Headline USA obtained a pre-publication copy to review, and it didn’t take long to spot blatant misinformation.

Indeed, on the first page of the manuscript, which was marked “uncorrected proof,” Toobin wrote that the Proud Boys crafted a document called “1776 Returns,” which is described as a nine-page plan for storming the Capitol.

This statement is false—or, at best, misleading. The Jan. 6 Select Committee found last year that the document originated with Samuel Armes, who works in the cryptocurrency industry and has ties to the U.S. national security state.

In an interview last July, Armes told the J6 committee that he initially began working on a document to plan for worst-case scenarios as a “wargaming” exercise amidst the civil unrest of mid-2020. That document ended up being passed to Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio through a mutual friend, Erika Flores, and ended up morphing into what’s now the 1776 Returns record, according to Armes.

Armes also told the J6 Committee he was trained to conduct wargaming strategies when he was being “groomed” to work for the FBI or CIA while attending the University of Southern Florida. He further told the committee that he was never an employee of the FBI or CIA, but that he has worked for the State Department and for U.S. Special Operations Command out of MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.

Armes said the document he initially started was drastically altered by the time it was given to Tarrio—though by who, he doesn’t know.

“[Flores] asked if she could see it, and I said sure. And so I ended up sharing it with her on a Google Drive. And after that, I thought nothing of it.  I would’ve never imagined that it turned into the document that I was shown last week, would’ve had zero clue, zero idea,” Armes said last year.

“I mean, it’s pretty horrifying to think that that document was even used and actually took from what I had written, which—obviously, you know, it’s horrific for me to even imagine that something that I would’ve written would’ve been used to source this kind of, like, I guess call it ‘terroristic document,’” he added.

However, Flores reportedly told the Jan. 6 Select Committee that the Armes did, in fact, draft the entire 1776 Returns document—though her interview with the J6 Committee is not publicly available. When the Jan. 6 Select Committee asked Armes if he could produce his original document, he said he couldn’t find it.

In February, Proud Boy defendant Dominic Pezzola, who faces a seditious conspiracy charge, attempted to use these revelations about the origin of the 1776 Returns document to seek a mistrial. Pezzola requested an evidentiary hearing to determine who really created the 1776 Returns document.

Pezzola argued that if it turns out that Armes really did author the entire document, “this means that the most damning document in this trial was authored by the intelligence community—someone ‘groomed’ by the FBI itself.”

“Ultimately, if the information laid out here is true, this seems to require mistrial and dismissal of this entire case, with prejudice,” Pezolla said in a February motion. “At a bare minimum, these new revelations require that all evidence relating to this document be stricken from the record and that the jury be given a stern instruction.”

However, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly shot down Pezolla’s motion last month, ruling on March 2 that the origins of relevance of 1776 Returns has nothing to do with Pezzola.

“As the Court has explained, it admitted the document because of the window the jury may conclude that it provides into Tarrio’s mental state,” Judge Kelly ruled. “For that purpose, the contents of the document, and that Tarrio had access to it, appears to have discussed it, and used a distinctive term from it are what matter.”

However, nothing in the judge’s ruling disputed the origin of 1776 Returns—though the judge did seem to uncritically accept Armes’s claim that his document had been “substantially altered,” despite him being unable to produce the original document.

Toobin’s assertion that the Proud Boys crafted 1776 Returns—without mentioning any of the controversies about the document’s origins—is but one of many instances where he spreads misinformation in his new book.

Headline USA is continuing to review Homegrown. Because the copy obtained by Headline USA is intended for prepublication only, exact quotes are not included in this review.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Tim Scott Launches Exploratory Committee for 2024 Presidential Run

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Tim Scott Launches Exploratory Committee for 2024 Presidential Run

(Headline USA) Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is taking the next official step toward a bid for president in 2024.

In a video released Wednesday morning, Scott announced he was forming an exploratory committee, which moves him closer to a formal campaign for the White House.

He leaned into his biography as a black man who overcame poverty to argue that Democrats are too extreme and have needlessly divided the country by fostering a “culture of grievance.”

“All too often when they get called out for their failures, they weaponize race to divide us, to hold onto their power,” he said. “When I fought back against their liberal agenda, they called me a prop. A token. Because I disrupt their narrative. I threaten their control.”

If he enters the field, Scott will join another South Carolinian, former Gov. Nikki Haley, as well as former President Donald Trump, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and “anti-woke” biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Others, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence, are considering launching campaigns in the coming months.

Scott, the only black Republican senator and one of only three in the entire legislative body, would be the nation’s first black Republican president and second overall black president if elected.

For months, Scott has been developing the infrastructure to accompany a bid for the White House, building out his political action committee and visiting early voting states. On Wednesday, he’s traveling to Iowa, the state that will kick off the Republican nomination contest early next year.

He’ll also swing through the early voting state of New Hampshire this week before heading back to South Carolina for “breakfast, policy discussions, and political update” with donors.

Those donors could become key to an exploratory committee, which gives Scott the ability to raise money directly for a possible bid, cash that can fund polling and travel.

Scott has already shown the ability to attract significant money. Opportunity Matters Fund, a pro-Scott super political action committee, spent more than $20 million to help Republicans in 2022, reporting $13 million-plus on hand to start 2023. Tech billionaire Larry Ellison has donated at least $30 million to the organization since 2021, according to federal filings.

Scott has signaled how he might distinguish himself from the others in the race by leaning into a more hopeful message than the grievance-based politics advocated by others.

During a February visit to Iowa, which holds the first GOP presidential caucuses, Scott spoke of a “new American sunrise” rooted in collaboration.

“I see a future where common sense has rebuilt common ground, where we’ve created real unity, not by compromising away our conservatism, but by winning converts to our conservatism,” he said.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Ex-Gov. Schwarzenegger Forced to Fix His Own Pothole in S***hole L.A.

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Ex-Gov. Schwarzenegger Forced to Fix His Own Pothole in S***hole L.A.

(Headline USA) Fed up by an enormous pothole in his Los Angeles neighborhood, Arnold Schwarzenegger picked up a shovel and filled it himself.

The actor and former California governor tweeted a video Tuesday of him and a helper using packaged concrete to repair the road in the Brentwood area.

“Today, after the whole neighborhood has been upset about this giant pothole that’s been screwing up cars and bicycles for weeks, I went out with my team and fixed it,” he wrote on Twitter. “I always say, let’s not complain, let’s do something about it. Here you go.”

A neighbor rolled down her car window and shouted her thanks at the action movie star.

“You’re welcome,” said Schwarzenegger, decked out in work boots, a leather jacket and shades reminiscent of his role in Terminator.

“You have to do it yourself. This is crazy. For three weeks I’ve been waiting for this hole to be closed,” he said.

Daniel Ketchell, a spokesperson for Schwarzenegger, said Brentwood residents made repeated requests for repairs since winter storms opened up potholes and cracks on local roads.

Mayor Karen Bass last week announced a plan to address what she called an unprecedented number of damaged streets across the city. Since Dec. 30, Los Angeles has received 19,692 service requests for repairs, and as of April 6, crews had filled at least 17,549 potholes, officials said.

The Department of Public Works did not immediately respond to an email asking whether the pothole Schwarzenegger filled had been scheduled to be repaired.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Trump, Carlson Unleash Epic Interview

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Trump, Carlson Unleash Epic Interview

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) If Donald Trump’s high hadn’t already hit record levels after his politically-weaponized indictment, with massive fundraising, soaring poll numbers and support even from some of his harshest critics, Tuesday’s interview with Tucker Carlson sent it into the stratosphere.

Carlson set the stage, leaving little doubt that the former president still had his chops and was focused on moving forward — witch hunts, raids and fake news torpedoes be damned.

“For the past seven years, the neo-con media establishment has been telling you that Donald Trump is a dangerous lunatic,” Carlson said. “In two years in office, Joe Biden has brought the world to the brink of nuclear holocaust, who is the dangerous lunatic?”

By comparison, Carlson said of Trump, “For a man who was caricatured as an extremist, we think you’ll find what he has to say moderate, sensible and wise.”

Trump held forth on everything from Soros-funded District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s sham indictment and his experience in court, to the prospects of President Joe Biden seeking reelection and what poses that most dire threat to America.

“When I went to the courthouse, which is also a prison in a sense, they signed me in and I’ll tell you, people were crying. “They said, ‘I’m sorry.’ They’d say, ‘2024, sir. 2024,’” Trump said of his experience in Manhattan.

“They had to have me do certain things they said. They said, ‘Sir, I can’t believe I have to ask you. I can’t even believe that I have to ask you to do it.’ You can see, so in one sense, it was beautiful because they get it.”

Carlson dished out high marks for Trump’s handling of foreign policy, and his perceptions on the biggest threat facing America.

“His grasp of foreign policy,” Carlson said of the former president, “His understanding of world affairs is so much more nuanced and sophisticated and pro-American than the moronic neocons currently in charge. It was remarkable.”

Dismissing any possible obstacle coming from President Joe Biden for his own 2024 run, Trump said he doubted the incumbent would seek reelection because “there’s something wrong” with him.

“Look, I watch him just like you do, and I think it’s almost inappropriate for me to say it. I don’t see how it’s possible. There’s something wrong. I saw his answer today on television about whether or not he was going to run to a very nice guy named Al Roker,” Trump said. “You can’t get a softer question than that that was a long answer talking about the eggs and this and that. Look, I don’t think he can.”

When asked who Democrats would pick if Biden doesn’t run, Trump predicted it would likely be Vice President Kamala Harris.

“That would be the one that they talk about, but I don’t think she’s performed well on the big stage,” Trump said. “Maybe I’m wrong, but there are a certain group of people that will go crazy if it’s not her. They’re going to be very angry if it’s not her, and that’s a problem.”

Trump dismissed California Gov. Gavin Newsom as “a very ambitious guy” who has “done a “done a terrible job with the state.” 

On the GOP side of the ticket, Trump left no doubt his campaign was moving forward and he had no intention of dropping out of the race.

“So they’re trying to prevent you from making to it the general election,” Carlson noted, to which Trump agreed, calling the endless string of witch-hunt lawsuits, “the old Soviet process,” before shredding the bogus Bragg indictment.

“It’s so off the statute of limitations, years off, it’s hard to believe. You know, usually when you have something like this, the Democrats say he’s terribly guilty. The Democrats have even said, I’m innocent,” Trump said.

When asked, “Is there anything they could throw at you legally that would convince you to drop out the race? If you get convicted in this case in New York, would you drop out?”

Trump responded, “No, I’d never drop — it’s not my thing. I wouldn’t do it.”

University Language Police Warn of Offensive Words Like ‘America’, ‘Female,’ ‘Wreaths’

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University Language Police Warn of Offensive Words Like ‘America’, ‘Female,’ ‘Wreaths’

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) The latest iteration of Michigan State University’s so-called inclusive language guide sparked divisive backlash for what it excluded and criticism that a woke language police had crossed the line.

The indoctrination tool was designed to curtail the use of wide-spread, commonly-used words and phrases that leftists have deemed offensive.

“The origins of seemingly innocuous idioms or words may be racist, sexist or ableist in nature,” the guide claimed, dinging phrases and words like “hold the fort,” “cake walk,” “bonkers,” “addict,” “founder” and “America” as examples of bigoted language.

America, the guide instructed, should be referred to as the “United States.”

The word “female” was excluded for inclusion in the guide’s section dealing with “Gender and Sexuality.” When used “as a noun for women,” the “pejorative term reduces women to their assumed biological anatomy,” the guide scolded.

The guide also advised to include cisgender whenever referring to transgender.

“Not including cisgender implies that cisgender identities are more valid than transgender identities,” the guide warned.

Taking inclusiveness to a wild extreme, MSU language police recommended using a veritable alphabet to replace LGBT.

“LGBTQIA2S+ is often used at MSU to refer to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and/or queer, intersex, asexual and two-spirit groups,” the guide noted. “The plus sign refers to the inclusion of all identities that are not specified in the acronym.”

Words deemed offensive for “Indigenous stereotyping and colonial language” included “tribe,” “low man on the totem pole,” “powwow,” “sitting Indian style,” “bury the hatchet,” “on the warpath,” “shaman,” “rain dance,” “savage,” “barbarian,” “off the reservation,” “spirit animal,” “scalped,” “peace pipe,” “hold down the fort,” “frontier.”

The term Spartan, the university’s mascot, escaped the purge.

“Don’t use the shorthand ‘POC’ for people of color, ‘BIPOC’ for Black, Indigenous and people of color or ‘QTBIPOC’ for queer, transgender, Black, Indigenous and people of color unless in a direct quote; when used, explain it,” the guide instructed. “These are vague terms that may unintentionally leave out race and ethnicity groups or create hierarchy.”

The guide explained that the University “values communications practices that support belonging for all Spartans. In alignment with strategic efforts around diversity, equity and inclusion, the Inclusive Guide provides best practices for communications in gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, global identity and disability.”

In that vein, the guide warned, “Be aware that the terms ‘obese,’ ‘obesity’ and ‘overweight’ are pathologizing stigmas in the size-diversity community. Do not use these when describing individuals outside of communicating about research. Use ‘higher weight’ or ‘larger-bodied if necessary and consider the barriers that ‘students of size’ face in marketing, events and classroom experiences.”

To prevent what the guide called “male-centric and western father-son language,” it advised using grade levels “first year” through “fourth year,” instead of “freshman,” “sophomore,” “junior” and “senior.”

Under the section for “Global Identity,” the guide chided:

Labeling a person as an “illegal immigrant” or “illegal” is not only dehumanizing but also a poor way to describe someone’s migration status. Consider using “undocumented immigrant” or “immigrant who is undocumented.”

Avoid references to religious imagery and language. Use terms like “wishing you a wonderful winter/spring break” or “best wishes for the new year.”

Avoid the contentious term “Islamist” and instead use the specific name of the group, movement or institution.

The guide’s section on “Race and Ethnicity” instructed that African American and Black are not synonymous. A person may identify as African or African American or Black from geographical regions or with a distinct cultural heritage, for instance, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latine/x, Afro-Indigenous or Afro-Asian.”

The inclusive guide did its best to divide, advising that “Brown” has been used for South Asian Americans, Middle Eastern Americans and Hispanic, Chicano/a and Latino/a/x Americans either as a pejorative term or as self-identification. Use specific racial identities.”

Biden, Trudeau Ink Northern Border Deal w/ Major Loophole

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Biden, Trudeau Ink Northern Border Deal w/ Major Loophole

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently signed a northern border deal that has a major loophole that allows some illegal immigrants to skirt expulsion.

On March 24, Biden and Trudeau announced a new “Safe Third Country” agreement that would force northern border authorities on both sides to return illegal immigrants to the first country of their arrival so that they would make their asylum claims, according to the Daily Caller.

However, the Department of Homeland Security memo that was exclusively obtained by the news source instructed federal border authorities to allow illegals that could face expulsion under the new agreement to still have their cases heard by an asylum officer to vet for “credible fear” if one fears persecution or torture.

According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, credible fear interviews can also be conducted if an individual indicates they intend to apply for asylum.

The exemption applies to those claiming asylum or fear, the DHS memo stated. USCIS reported that roughly 60,000 credible fear claims were referred to the organization in the fiscal year of 2021, which is a nearly 100% increase from the fiscal year of 2020.

“Noncitizens entering or attempting to enter the U.S. from Canada between POEs [Port of Entry] who request asylum or claim a fear of persecution or torture may be processed for expedited removal and referred to an asylum officer for a credible fear interview,” the memo stated.

“Prior to proceeding with the credible fear interview, the asylum officer will conduct a threshold screening to determine whether an exception to the Agreement applies and the noncitizen will be allowed to proceed with the credible fear interview.”

The memo also added that if the asylum officer doesn’t grant an exception, the individual will be ordered removed to Canada.

According to USCIS, if an asylum officer determines an individual has a credible fear, the asylum claim will be adjudicated. In some cases, illegal immigrants will be released with a future court date, which granted 68% of credible fear claims referred to the agency in the fiscal year of 2021.

Leftists Panic as 3rd Democrat Switches to GOP in a Month

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Leftists Panic as 3rd Democrat Switches to GOP in a Month

(Abdul–Rahman Oladimeji Bello, Headline USA) Panic struck in a wave for the Democrat party this week, as yet another state lawmaker announced he was switching to the GOP.

The latest to make the leap was Louisiana state Rep. Jeremy LaCombe, who announced Monday that he would be switching to the GOP, according to The Advocate. The report further stated that the lawmaker’s switch was very low-profile, and he also did not state his reasons. 

LaCombe was the second Louisiana Democrat to switch party affiliations in less than a month, Fox News reported. Furthermore, the lawmaker’s departure is the third nationwide, joining North Carolina’s Rep. Tricia Cotham, a former Democrat from a blue county, who flipped to the GOP. 

The Advocate report recalled that leftists once dominated Louisiana. However, the tides have turned in recent years as the GOP now holds a supermajority in both chambers of the Legislature. 

Louisiana state Rep. Francis Thompson gave Republicans a state House supermajority after registering with the GOP last month. Cotham also gave Republicans in the N.C. House a supermajority with her switch.

LaCombe’s switch reportedly gives Democrats only 32 members in the 105-member House, while the GOP holds 71 as there are two independents. Moreso, only 70 votes are required to make crucial decisions including veto overrides and tax measures.

Though Democrats still maintain an edge in the number of registered voters in Louisiana, party registration has tilted towards the GOP. Latest data from the secretary of state revealed 39% of registered voters are Democrats, while nearly 34% are Republicans with others being independents.

The party switches occur as President Biden faces a near-record low approval rating among key groups, including women (43% now vs. 42% low), voters ages 45+ (41% vs. 39% low). His ratings are also low among suburban voters (41% vs. 39% low), rural voters (31% vs. 30% low), and Democrats (81% vs. 78% low) – Democratic men in particular (79% vs. 78% low), according to a recent Fox News poll.

Biden to Use Army of Social Media ‘Influencers’ to Spin Regime Rhetoric

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Biden to Use Army of Social Media ‘Influencers’ to Spin Regime Rhetoric

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The White House digital strategy team will use hundreds of social media “influencers” all around the country to show Joe Biden in good light, despite his record, so that young and brainwashed Americans would vote for him in 2024.

The White House will also potentially designate a briefing room for the young members of the propaganda machine at the presidential mansion, according to Axios.

Four staffers for the White House would focus their attempts on unpaid influencers and independent content creators, Biden officials said. They also added that these four staffers would be pushing digital influence to gain support from young voters ahead of the president’s likely bid for re-election in 2024.

“We’re trying to reach young people, but also moms who use different platforms to get information and climate activists and people whose main way of getting information is digital,” Jen O’Malley Dillon, White House deputy chief of staff, said.

The so-called “content creators” could potentially set up camp in a dedicated briefing space at the White House to meet in person or remotely.

One of those young propagandists is Harry Sisson, a 20-year-old New York University [NYU] student, who spews leftist talking points daily to his 660,000 followers on TikTok.

However, as Sisson revealed to Axios, it wasn’t the White House who reached out to them but rather the Gen Z leftists who asked the White House for official press briefing passes.

“They were actually very responsive to it,” he stated.

The desire of the Biden administration to use the so-called “influencers” from TikTok is understandable. Youth voters between the ages of 19 and 29 favored Biden over Donald Trump by a 26-point margin during the 2020 presidential election, with Democrats, in general, receiving 28-points over Republicans in the 2022 midterms, according to the Edison Research National Election Pool exit poll.

“The national youth vote choice for the U.S. House of Representatives was 63% for Democrats, 35% for Republicans,” the exit poll stated.

“That’s almost identical to 2020 when youth preferred Democrats to Republicans by 62% to 36%, and a small shift in favor of Republicans from the previous midterm: in 2018, the youth vote between Democrats and Republicans was 67% to 32% — which was the largest margin ever for Democrats among young voters.”

Texas Officers Apprehend Truckloads of Single Men Trying to Enter U.S. Illegally

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Texas Officers Apprehend Truckloads of Single Men Trying to Enter U.S. Illegally

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Texas state troopers and local law enforcement officers continue to apprehend truckloads of single military age men attempting to enter the U.S. illegally.

Law enforcement officers have explained to The Center Square that they estimate the number of people they apprehend are a fraction of those coming through, the majority of whom aren’t caught.

In El Paso, Department of Public Safety special agents thwarted a human smuggling operation after observing a group of foreign nationals being loaded into a Penske rental truck on El Paso’s west side after they’d entered the U.S. illegally. They apprehended 58 citizens of Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala.

All were placed into the custody of U.S. Border Patrol agents. The driver, a Mexican national who was in the U.S. illegally, was arrested and faces federal human smuggling charges.

In the border town of Laredo, residents reported seeing numerous foreign nationals running through their neighborhood after they’d entered the U.S. illegally. Texas National Guard troops blocked off streets throughout the neighborhood to help local law enforcement apprehend as many as they could.

They helped apprehend eight individuals “by using vehicles and manpower to close off the area,” Spc. Sanchez, Bravo Company, Task Force Center, said. “We use our radio equipment to communicate with law enforcement to assist in apprehensions.”

Texas DPS special agents, working with Border Patrol agents in El Paso, found another stash house being used to house 95 Mexicans, Guatemalans and Ecuadorans who’d all entered the U.S. illegally. They were being held by smugglers prior to being sent to their next destination. Border Patrol agents apprehended 74 men, 19 women and two minors. The stash house operator was arrested and is facing multiple felony charges.

Stash houses can be homes, sheds or any structure used to hide illegal activity from law enforcement, the FBI explains, “to blend in, so they can be found even in the middle of a city or gated community.” They often create life-threatening conditions because they aren’t adequately ventilated, cooled or heated. They’re used as holding areas for a “load-up” vehicle to arrive for traffickers to transport illegal foreign nationals to another stash house or move them further into the country.

Texas DPS last September increased its cash reward to $5,000 for information leading to the identification of stash houses. Those with information are encouraged to call Crime Stoppers’ hotline: 1-800-252-TIPS (8477), submit an online tip, or submit a Facebook tip by clicking the “Submit a Tip” link under the “About” section.

Since Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in March 2021, as of April 7, multiple Texas law enforcement officers have apprehended more than 363,000 illegal foreign nationals and made over 26,000 criminal arrests, with over 24,000 felony charges reported. They’ve also seized more than 380 million lethal doses of fentanyl, enough to kill everyone in the U.S.

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