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Under Joe Biden, or whoever was running the country between 2021 and 2024, over 470,000 unaccompanied migrant children waltzed into the country. Many of these kids promptly vanished into a bureaucratic black hole. Since then, in a move both heroic and horrifyingly necessary, the Trump administration has located over 22,000 of these kids, arrested 400 traffickers, and uncovered the grim reality that 27 children met tragic ends through murder, overdose, or suicide. Yes, Epstein’s operation was a master class in depravity, but Biden’s border policies might just take the cake, and it’s a moldy, taxpayer-funded one at that. While Epstein...

After an estimated 233,000 children who crossed the US-Mexico border alone during President Joe Biden's tenure were lost, law enforcement has started to locate them - only to learn of the horrors they have faced. Since March, the Trump administration has tracked down 22,638 kids, finding some in 'deplorable' conditions, dead and others being used as sex slaves, officials told Fox News. 'We found children who have been raped,' John Fabbricatore, HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement senior advisor told the network. 'We're talking about debt bondage, where children are being made to work off debt, trafficking debt. We're talking about...

Note: View a copy of the criminal complaint.Four people were charged for their roles in a scheme to smuggle children from Mexico into the United States, sometimes using candy laced with THC to sedate them during smuggling events.“This Department of Justice is investigating and prosecuting human smuggling more aggressively than ever before, and Joint Task Force Alpha is the tip of the spear,” said U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “We will not rest until those who profit from the suffering of vulnerable people — including many unaccompanied children — face severe, comprehensive justice.”“These defendants allegedly risked the lives of children...

Judge Boasberg blocks Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Tren de Aragua, despite intelligence linking the gang to Venezuela’s government and acts of sabotage in the U.S. As President Trump fulfills his campaign promise to deport criminal illegal aliens, a blatantly corrupt judge is trying to stop him. Judge James Boasberg, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, has abandoned all pretense to fairness. I will leave it to others to focus on his conflicts of interest (the FISA Court, his wife, his daughter) and his double standard of justice. This article...

Pastor David E. Taylor, the name-it-and-claim-it faith-healing and prosperity gospel heretic, was arrested yesterday after the FBI enacted coordinated raids on properties connected to his church, the Kingdom of God Global Church, including on his 29,000 square feet “parsonage” that he purchased in 2022 for $8.3M. Along with Taylor, Michelle Branon, 56, the church’s executive director, was also arrested, and the two of them were indicted on charges that they used forced labor to generate millions of dollars in donations. Taylor, who self-identifies as an “apostle”, claims that in 1997 he was “given the keys to the Kingdom of heaven...

Civil servants, housewives and retirees alike lined up in Venezuela's capital Caracas over the weekend as thousands volunteered to join the country's militia in case there is a U.S. invasion. President Nicolas Maduro called on citizens to respond to "outlandish threats" by the U.S. and sign up over the weekend to the Bolivarian Militia, a civilian corps linked to the South American country's armed forces. The show of force is also intended to send a message to Washington, which has issued a $50 million bounty for Maduro -- who is accused by the Trump administration of leading a drug cartel...

In a video posted by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be heard saying the words "gobierno corrupto," which is Spanish for "corrupt government." In the footage, the Salvadoran man is seen bound by restraints while being escorted by an individual wearing a vest that reads, "POLICE ICE." The DHS post on X containing the video declares, "He doesn’t belong here. He won’t be staying here. America is a safer nation without this MS-13 Gangbanger in it. Good riddance." The footage appears to be from when ICE arrested Abrego Garcia on Monday. "On Monday, U.S....

The Biden administration placed thousands of illegal alien children in the care of unvetted sponsors, according to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley. The Iowa Republican has released Department of Health and Human Services data showing that during President Joe Biden’s administration, over 11,000 unaccompanied alien children were placed with unvetted sponsors who were not the children’s parents or legal guardians. Additionally, no home visits were conducted for over 79,000 illegal immigrant children. Moreover, some children were “allowed to be placed with sponsors who were actually smugglers and sex traffickers,” according to the Department of Homeland Security. “My oversight continues...

A multi-year investigation centered on multiple motels, “brow and lash” salons and alleged human trafficking in and around Nebraska’s largest city has led to charges against five people in the hotel business. The five, who own, operate and manage the involved hotels, are accused of crimes ranging from alleged sex and labor trafficking, fraudulent use of visas, money laundering and concealing undocumented immigrants, law enforcement officials announced Tuesday. Also seized as part of the search warrants was $565,000 in cash and jewelry. A representative of U.S. Homeland Security said workers in the country without proper documentation also were detained, though...

Today, the Department of Justice announced the launch of the Backpage remission process to compensate victims whose trafficking was facilitated through the Backpage.com website. This marks the largest remission process to date to compensate victims of human trafficking.“Backpage.com facilitated the exploitation of women and children as one of the largest online advertisers for commercial sex and sex trafficking over its 14-year existence,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Backpage and its executives made millions off the trafficking of victims. Today’s announcement underscores the Department’s unwavering commitment to use forfeiture to take the...

Labour's £100 million funding boost to combat people smuggling gangs will not stop small boat crossings, opposition parties have warned. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage branded record illegal migration levels a “national security crisis”, while the Tories suggested Labour's latest “gimmick” will not make a significant difference. The Home Office has announced additional funding to support a pilot scheme of a new “one in, one out” returns agreement with France. Writing in the Daily Express, Mr Farage said: “This is not the first time we have seen a Labour or Conservative government throw taxpayer money at the illegal immigration crisis...

Federal agents descended upon a California home connected to the “TikTok Cult” pastor who was the subject of a recent Netflix documentary series Friday — as part of an investigation into sex trafficking and other criminal claims. Several people were detained after a Tujunga home partially owned by Pastor Robert Shinn was raided by agents from the FBI, IRS, US Postal Service and Department of Labor, the Los Angeles Times reported. Officials served warrants related to allegations of sex trafficking, money laundering, mail fraud, tax evasion and COVID-19-related fraud, according to the outlet. The identities of those detained were not...

Sanctuary cities and states exist not for the altruistic reasons blue state leaders claim, but because of profit—the profit of slavery.Progressives portray sanctuary cities as a necessary means to balance public safety, human rights, and local autonomy in the face of federal immigration enforcement. Sanctuary City supporters harp on false narratives. Thus, they’ll routinely raise a handful of now familiar arguments:Encouraging the reporting of crime, thereby reducing itLimiting federal overreachProtecting due processPreventing family separationSupporting economic contributorsMoral resistanceUpholding American valuesThe truth is different. Sanctuary city proponents are in the slavery business.Image created using AI.A recent ICE raid shows how it works:Department...

The Trump administration has located and rescued more than 13,000 migrant children who crossed the border without parents — after more than 320,000 kids were lost under the Biden administration, The Post has learned. The tough-on-immigration admin has also collared hundreds of migrant sponsors who are accused of committing disturbing crimes or abusing the children in their care. In one frightening case, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Newark arrested a sponsor who was found to be a Guatemalan fugitive wanted for two counts of attempted aggravated homicide in his home country. Adelso Garcia Martinez, 29, was busted on...

[WARNING-GRAPHIC CONTENT] A gang of male and female pedophiles subjected children as young as three to horrific sexual abuse in a nightmarish underground bunker, police alleged. The group of seven has been accused of abusing victims, aged between three and 15, with shock collars to the genitals and rape inside a grimy storm bunker in Brent, *** The team of seven, whose victims include some of their own children, used an underground bunker to hide their crimes and the inside of it was straight out of a nightmare. *** The suspects would allegedly arrange and pay for the children and...

It appears that Denver, Colorado, Mayor Mike Johnston’s promise of rebellion and insurrection against the Trump administration will not materialize, at least any time soon. Just after President Trump was elected in November, the far-left mayor warned that moms and cops would cordon off the city to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from entering, thereby stopping the arrest of illegals. But nothing happened when agents found and locked up more than 240 illegals from July 12 through July 20. They were the usual collection of rapists, killers, drug addicts, and drunk drivers. Meanwhile, in New York City, the...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A man from Honduras is facing serious charges for allegedly kidnapping a woman and leaving her locked in a room for days, as part of what Harris County Sheriff’s Office investigators are calling a larger human smuggling and sex trafficking ring. According to deputies, Jose Carcamo, of Honduras, was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated kidnapping. Court records obtained by KPRC 2’s Bryce Newberry claim Carcamo locked a woman inside a room for five days at a home on Elderberry Lane past East Houston off Highway 90. There, the documents said Carcamo said he left her...

The Conservative Party of New York State called on federal and state officials Monday to revoke the tax-exempt status of a handful of nonprofit organizations recently alleged to support undocumented immigrants in defiance of federal immigration law while also receiving taxpayer funding. “These groups must be publicly identified and stripped of their tax-exempt status,” State Conservative Party Chair Gerard Kassar said in a statement published by the party. “Taxpayer dollars are being used to break federal and state laws. There must be accountability.” The party cites a recent New York Post review of public contract data that documents more than...

Cherokee Federal - $700 million for services through a no-bid contract for unaccompanied minor children through the DHHS - ORR. Despite raising case after case of trafficking, HHSORR leadership and the contractor allowed children to be trafficked on their watch and the taxpayers continue to fund it. Repeatedly, the program prioritized speed over safety,” White said. “HHSORR and Cherokee Federal, the prime contractor, created a ‘strike team’ to remove children faster, ignoring warnings that came from case managers that children were being trafficked. The entire executive leadership at Health and Human Services knew about it as well as the Office...

The Trump administration has made contact with 7,500 unaccompanied minors who were deemed untraceable after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone and were released into the United States, according to the White House. Since the start of the year, the government has reached out to more than 7,500 unaccompanied immigrant children through the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement, the federal agency that detains and places each child with an adult sponsor in the U.S. after they cross the border, the White House told the Washington Examiner. The Trump administration contacted the children and their sponsors...