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This is the moment alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organisation Tren de Aragua were hauled into El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Centre. The United States sent over 200 alleged members of the Venezuelan gang to be imprisoned, President Nayib Bukele said. 'Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organisation, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country, he said on X. He shared a video of several men in handcuffs and shackles being transferred from a plane to a heavily guarded convoy. The gang has been linked to kidnapping, extortion, organised crime and contract killings. Bukele, in a...

A federal judge who temporarily blocked President Trump’s bid to rapidly deport Venezuelan gang members via the 18th century Alien Enemies Act is facing an impeachment push — including by Elon Musk. Shortly after the judge’s temporary order was issued, Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) announced plans to file articles of impeachment against the judge, drawing praise from Musk. “Necessary,” Musk wrote on X after Gill revealed his plans to introduce articles of impeachment against the judge. Earlier in the day Saturday, US District Judge James Boasberg imposed a 14-day restraining order on Trump’s ability to use the 1798-era Alien Enemies...

The Trump administration is refusing to back down after far-left DC District Judge James Boasberg, an Obama appointee, blocked the deportation of dangerous Venezuelan gang members, handing a lifeline to criminals instead of protecting American citizens. Boasberg ordered an immediate halt on deportation flights of Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang members, who were being removed under the Alien Enemies Act (1798)—a wartime law explicitly designed to protect Americans from foreign threats. Even more outrageous, the judge went so far as to demand that planes already in the air turn around and bring these violent criminals back into the United States....

Judge finds that Muslima arrested in New Mexico jihad compound has “mental disease,” unfit to stand trial DEC 1, 2019 9:00 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER Here we see the all-purpose “mental illness” deflection being used to aid a jihadi in evading responsibility for her crimes. It has happened many times before. What do you bet they all walk before this is over? Given the current political climate regarding jihad terrorism, this is quite possible, even likely. “Terrorism suspect hospitalized,” by John Miller, Taos News, October 24, 2019: A U.S. District Court judge in Albuquerque has ordered one of the five...

Authorities have issued an alert for a 35-year-old British man who was taking flight lessons at Gwinnett County Airport-Briscoe Field and allegedly tried to have his pilot rating upgraded despite not being qualified. In a special alert bulletin sent to law enforcement agencies and aviation facilities this week, the Atlanta Joint Terrorism Task Force said the man, Zayead Christopher Hajaig, became "aggressive" and also tried to have the flight school speed up his training schedule, which began in 2002 and continued off and on for more than two and a half years. The flight school notified the task force. The...

ICERAID.US, a new interactive app operating on the blockchain, now lets everyday American citizens to report illegal immigrants and illegal activity in real-time. According to their website… “ICERAID is a GovFi protocol that delegates intelligence gathering tasks to citizens that would otherwise be undertaken by law enforcement agencies. ICERAID rewards citizens for capturing and uploading images of criminal illegal alien activity as well as 6 other categories of criminal activity to the ICERAID Explorer. The more images and locations you upload, the more ICERAID you earn.” Founder and Lead Architect at AuditChain Labs @JasonMeyersNYC explains to @MattGaetz the functionality of...

It took nearly a year for a Lebanese illegal migrant who arrived under the Biden administration and admitted that he’s a Hezbollah terrorist hoping “to make a bomb” to get his deportation papers, Immigration and Customs Enforcement told The Post Monday. Now, the Trump administration is working to finally boot him from the country. New York-bound migrant Basel Bassel Ebbadi, 22, admitted his ties to the terrorist group, and ambitions when he was captured by border agents in El Paso, Texas, on March 9, 2024 — and was immediately held in federal custody. During a medical screening in a processing...

Democrat Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) this week blocked a border reform bill introduced by freshman Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), despite his plea to Democrats to unite on something so common sense. “I know that my Democrat colleagues are in a mode where they want to fight everything that we’re doing, Mr. President, but we should at least come together on this,” Moreno said on the floor. “As I look over at my democratic colleague, there’s only two of us — two of us as entire chamber — that are naturalized U.S. citizens,” he said of himself and Hirono. “We know...

Behind Broken Borders: Sachs’ Weaponized CompassionJeffrey Sachs, a noted economist and influential figure in global policy circles, has long been celebrated as an architect of sustainable development. Yet behind this polished veneer lies a more unsettling story, one that implicates him in masterminding the invasion of the southern border of the United States and beyond. By co-opting established religious organizations—chief among them Catholic Charities—and harnessing taxpayer dollars, Sachs has effectively weaponized compassion to orchestrate a mass migration crisis. His book, Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development, which carries a foreword by Pope Francis, serves as the blueprint for this operation....

Snip>> As an atheist and member of an ethnic minority group in Afghanistan known as the Hazara, he said returning home under the rule of the Taliban — which swept back into power after the Biden administration pulled out of the country — would mean he would be killed. He only went to the U.S. after trying for years to live in Pakistan, Iran and other countries but being denied visas. Omagh was deported after presenting himself to American authorities and asking to seek asylum in the U.S., which he was denied. “My hope was freedom. Just freedom,” he said....

Cost savings of more than $30 million in first year through discontinuation of 91 studiesThe Office of the Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) is scrapping its social science research portfolio as part of a broader effort to ensure fiscal responsibility and prioritize mission-critical activities. This initiative involves focusing resources on technologies essential for maintaining a strong national defense, aligning with the Administration's commitment to efficient government and ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent wisely. The Department recognizes the value of academic research but – in response to President Trump's Executive Orders and Secretary Hegseth's priorities in his January...

Federal authorities have charged four defendants with operating one of the largest human smuggling rings in the United States. The indictment alleges that the transnational criminal organization smuggled around 20,000 undocumented immigrants from Guatemala to the U.S. via Mexico. The group is accused of holding individuals hostage, threatening violence, and being responsible for a fatal car crash in Oklahoma in 2023, which resulted in seven deaths, including three minors. The ringleader, Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul, and his associate, Marsha Char, have been arrested and pleaded not guilty. A trial date is being set. Another defendant, Helmer Obispo-Hernandez, remains a fugitive and...

After President Trump’s first month in office, border encounters are down. Way down. Ninety-six percent down. From around 300,000 in December 2023 under President Joe Biden, to just 8,300 in February 2025. The number averaged just under 300 a day last month, constituting “the lowest month in recorded history,” according to the chief of the Border Patrol. Some of this is the sheer deterrent effect of having a loud and proud border hawk in the White House — the so-called “Trump effect” starkly reduced border crossings at the outset of the president’s first term, as well. But, this time, the...

Former ICE Official (John Fabbricatore): "CBP One App I believe was definitely misused by the Biden administration to allow people to come in. And that was one technology that was developed for out of something that it shouldn't have been used for. I think it was a go around, around Congress to allow people to enter the United States. What we've seen, especially the fraud from that, is that the cartels were actually using it down in Mexico and having people sign up through them to then get on the CBP one app...So the cartels were actually making money off...

>>> The unexpected attack left the 40-year-old victim in agony as she was rushed from Boston Logan International Airport's Terminal E to the hospital on Sunday around 7:30 pm, Boston EMS told WCVB. Police have not publicly named the woman and there have been no updates on her condition. It is also unclear how the arachnid ended up in the airport and what species it was. A spokesperson from the Massachusetts Port Authority told DailyMail.com the agency does not have any further details about the shocking incident. >>> Scorpions are common in some parts of Massachusetts, including Charlestown which is...

Pablo Manriquez, the Vanity Fair Congressional reporter who recently leaked details of ICE raids against criminal illegal aliens in Northern Virginia, doubled down after being called out by Fox News reporters. (Manriquez also is editor of Migrant Insider on Substack.) According to a bio posted by Manriquez, he was born in Chile, “Before moving to Washington, D.C., I earned a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Notre Dame where I studied abroad — first in London and then Santiago de Chile, the capitol city where I was born in South America.” ..... Snip..... Fox reporters Bill Melugin and...

n alleged member of the MS-13 gang, who was removed from the United States six times, has been arrested in Texas, accused of killing a man just hours earlier. Luis Miguel Perez-Miranda, 34, was detained Monday and charged with murder in the deadly stabbing of a man in a small community just outside Houston. Why It Matters Originating in Los Angeles, MS-13 is a criminal gang made up of immigrants and was recently designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the administration of President Donald Trump. Groups like MS-13 became a focal point of anti-immigration discourse during the presidential election...

Self-styled moderate Democrats are pushing a future campaign message on the issue that defeated Kamala Harris: Don’t talk about migration. Instead, Democrats should wrap themselves in the flag and patriotic imagery, says a five-page strategy memo drafted by Third Way, a pseudo-moderate Democrat group that held a post-election “Comeback Retreat” in February 2025: Embrace patriotism, community, and traditional American imagery (e.g., farms, main streets).The memo mentions immigration once — but only to slam the GOP’s messaging on the issue: “Democrats often let Republicans set the terms of cultural debates (e.g., crime, immigration) instead of clearly defining their own positions in...

Dying of dysentery is now more than just a video game meme in Oregon. In a disgusting turn of events straight out of the “Oregon Trail” game, the diarrhea-inducing malady dysentery is making a stomach-churning comeback in a densely populated region of the state. Cases of the hyper-contagious bacterial disease have surged in Multnomah County, with health officials reporting 40 cases of the wretched sickness in January, according to the Multnomah County Health Department, KOIN reported. The infection, also known as shigellosis, can spread through exposure with infected feces, contaminated food or water, or sexual contact – with person-to-person the...

The arrest of an illegal migrant who was dropping students at school in Chicago earlier this week sparked local fury and a rally, but Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have since revealed the suspect is a violent gang member with a long rap sheet. Francisco Andrade-Berrera, 37, a Mexican citizen, was picked by ICE on Wednesday near a Southside Chicago school, leading to activists and local leaders holding a rally condemning the move. Video obtained by Fox News shows two agents handcuffing Andrade-Berrera near the school. In response to the arrest, two nearby schools activated "Community Wellness Protocols" and notified...