The Latest News about Illegal immigration

President Donald Trump announced Thursday morning that he would shut down the U.S. – Mexico border if the throng of immigrants headed for the United States is not stopped. Trump posted several messages to Twitter Thursday addressing the 4,000+ member march of Guatemalan, Honduran and El Salvadoran nationals who intend to enter the United States. He reiterated his intention to stop ...

Laredo Sector Border Patrol conducting checkpoint operations on Interstate Highway 35 apprehended 37 subjects Tuesday evening. The incident occurred on October 16, at approximately 8:30 p.m., when agents encountered a tractor-trailer at the primary inspection area.  An immigration inspection of the driver determined he was U.S. citizen. Agents referred the vehicle for further inspection, and discovered 37 subjects concealed in ...

Illegal immigration by parents traveling with children reportedly hit an all-time high in September as thousands of families continued to pour across the southwest border, capping a record-setting year for family migration.

Former Acting ICE Director Tom Homan told Fox News Host Laura Ingraham that if Democrats take control of Congress, Americans should expect a flood of illegal immigrants across the southern U.S. border. “If the Democrats take control of the House, this caravan issue is going to happen every week. It’s just going to keep coming,” he said. There is currently a 1,000+ ...

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that his administration has told the Honduran government that they must stop the caravan of migrants heading to the United States or risk losing U.S. foreign aid. “The United States has strongly informed the President of Honduras that if the large Caravan of people heading to the U.S. is not stopped and brought back to Honduras, no ...

U.S. Border Patrol agents and local law enforcement agencies identified four active stash houses operating in the Rio Grande Valley in the past week, resulting in the apprehension of 54 illegal aliens. On Tuesday, Rio Grande Valley Sector agents identified a stash house operating out of a hotel in Pharr, Texas. Inside, agents arrested nine illegal aliens from the countries of ...

American taxpayers were on the hook for more than $2 billion in government spending to cover the cost of births to illegal immigrant mothers, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data released Tuesday.

40% of criminal aliens had ICE detainment holds but law enforcement released from custody anyway A man with a conviction for attempted murder and a woman who has seven convictions for driving under the influence are among the 150 criminal aliens and illegal immigrants arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers this week. Approximately 40 percent of those ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers arrested 105 criminal aliens during a 10-day targeted enforcement operation that ended Sept 25, targeting criminal aliens and other immigration violators. Most of the aliens targeted by ERO deportation officers during this operation, which spanned Michigan and Ohio, had prior criminal histories that included convictions for the ...

U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Swanton Sector apprehended 10 Romanian citizens as they attempted to illegally enter the United States on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday afternoon, the Tactical Communications Center of the Swanton Border Patrol Sector notified U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Champlain Station that there were two women and two children illegally crossing the international boundary into ...

Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 98 criminal aliens and immigration violators in North Texas and Oklahoma during a 10-day enforcement action, which ended Friday. During this operation, ERO deportation officers made arrests in the following 38 Texas cities and towns: Amarillo (2), Arlington (2), Athens (1), Big Spring (1), Bridgeport ...

Arizona Border Patrol agents arrested 193 illegal immigrants in two separate instances within two hours on Sunday.

The New York City Council passed a resolution Wednesday demanding the federal government abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) just one day after the agency arrested 16 sexual predators, who were also aliens, in the city. The resolution, which passed in a voice vote, says, “ICE, under the direction of President [Donald] Trump, has demonstrated an inability to fulfil ...

A Tennessee slaughterhouse owner pleaded guilty Wednesday for hiring illegal immigrants along with charges related to tax fraud.

US Border Patrol agents stationed at Weslaco Station detained two large groups of illegal aliens near Hidalgo, Texas. The arrests mark the second large group to be processed in that area in just over 24 hours bringing to total to 131 illegal aliens captured. Wednesday morning, Weslaco agents detained a group of 65 illegal immigrants made up of 25 families ...