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A slew of illegal immigrants belonging to a bloodthirsty Venezuelan street gang were caught at the southern border this week, according to the top Border Patrol official — just as lawmakers sound the alarm about the gang. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens announced that 10 migrants affiliated with Tren de Aragua were arrested across Texas. “Keep your eye on this …

Many Americans can see the crisis at the border firsthand. Poll after poll shows the fact that not only is illegal immigration unpopular, but it is also burdening cities across the country with financial strain and legitimate safety concerns. However, there is another aspect of the conversation surrounding illegal aliens that does not get much coverage in the media. Not …

A former military police officer convicted in Brazil of multiple murders for his part in a 2015 massacre was indicted in Boston Wednesday for allegedly using a fraudulently obtained visa to enter the U.S. and then lying on his asylum application, the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Massachusetts announced. Antonio Jose De Abreu Vidal Filho, 30, never disclosed to immigration …

In March, a Chinese man wandered onto a Marine Corps base at Twentynine Palms, California. He was believed to have crossed illegally into the U.S. and was released by DHS pending a decision in his asylum application. He claimed to have been lost. But it isn’t that easy to stumble onto what the Marine Times called their “vast combat training …

An immigration bill that would allow local police to arrest illegal immigrants is heading to the desk of Louisiana’s governor, bringing a potential legal showdown with the Biden administration another step closer. Senate Bill 388, authored by GOP state Sen. Valarie Hodges, was given final approval by the state’s upper chamber on Tuesday after a series of amendments. It now …

The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold, with President Joe Biden expected to sign an executive order as early as Tuesday, according to four people familiar with the matter. …

North Dakota officials had their voices heard on the border crisis, Wednesday, as crime, drugs and homelessness plague northern border communities as migrant crossings surge. “We have illegals crossing into the farmers’ fields that destroy crops. And then with the lack of [border] staffing, it comes down on the residents to call in when they see something… that takes the …

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says that some migrants crossing the southern border “try to game” the U.S. asylum system – a hardening of rhetoric as the crisis at the border remains a top political issue going into the November presidential election. “The reality is that some people do indeed try to game the system,” Mayorkas told CBS News on …

An illegal immigrant wanted for the murder of a woman in West Virginia has an “extensive” criminal history in his home country of El Salvador. “We really need to change our immigration system in this country. This is unacceptable,” Berkeley County Sheriff Rob Blair told reporters at a press conference earlier this month. David Antonio Calderon, an illegal immigrant from …

A former federal firearms instructor who worked at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia is warning the strange arrest of two Jordanian nationals in a box truck at the base may have been a “dry run” to test security outside the facility ahead of a terror attack. The same truck, had it been loaded with explosives, could have been a …