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Illegal migrants excused from Sunday Mass obligation: Indiana archbishop Foreigners who are willfully breaking America’s immigration laws do not have to go to Mass on Sundays or Holy Days of Obligation this month, according to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.Migrants who are in violation of the country’s laws are also now excused from attending Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, according to a new directive from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are currently working their way through Ohio and Indiana, arresting illegal immigrants. As a result, Archbishop Charles Thompson released a decree, written in Spanish, dispensing...

Anytime we interact with anyone, we do what we call a warrants check and we run them through our computer system So whether you're a United States citizen or whether you're here illegally, we run your information through our system. And when we get a hit that says you're wanted on a warrant, then we arrest you. If we get a hit that says ICE has an interest in you, then we contact ICE andsee if they want to execute their federal action and then we hold you and turn you over to ICE. Listen, let's make this really clear....

🚨According to filings from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), since January 2025, the Trump Administration has successfully fired 137 far-left immigration judges who had been stalling the ongoing deportation efforts, replacing them with 349 brand new “America First” immigration judges. The Trump Administration’s deportation machine continues to grow stronger. Follow: @MorseReport 🚨 According to filings from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), since January 2025, the Trump Administration has successfully fired 137 far-left immigration judges who had been stalling the ongoing deportation efforts, replacing them with 349 brand new “America First” immigration judges. The Trump Administration’s deportation...

🚨 BREAKING: Stephen Miller announces the Trump administration and Sec. Scott Bessent are moving to DE-BANK illegal aliens, making it UNBEARABLE to stay in America BASED 🔥🔥 "Once illegal aliens lose their access to capital, that is going to be a MAJOR driver of self deportation!" "We are NOT going to allow illegal aliens to use banking services in this country. You know, contrary to popular perception, the stupid phrase about 'illegal aliens living in the shadows.' Illegal aliens DON'T live in the shadows! Illegal aliens have credit cards." "They have bank accounts and their paid with direct deposit." "So...

This Is The Most Promising Data For The Next Generation Of Americans Births by foreign-born mothers are declining while births by U.S.-born mothers are increasing. In the first 7 months of 2026, Births to foreign-born mothers: White: −3.4% Hispanic: −8.5% Black: −7.2% Asian: −1.4% Multiracial: −23.2% Meanwhile, births to U.S.-born mothers: Whites +0.1%. Hispanics +1.5% Asian: +1.0% Trump promised to secure the border, reduce illegal immigration, and dramatically increase removals. The demographic numbers are now moving in the same direction. This is important to maintain a cohesive American culture. When foreigners out-birth native citizens, that culture and society eventually gets...

Tens of thousands of people participated in demonstrations across Spain this week to express solidarity with the North African enclave of Ceuta and to criticize the central government’s management of a large-scale migrant influx that began in late July. The rallies, called by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, took place on Ceuta Day and occurred in the enclave itself as well as in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Bilbao and numerous other cities. The protests follow a massive invasion of the enclave in late July. Between July 30 and 31, authorities recorded approximately 72,000 people crossing from Morocco...

Although there have been no confirmed cases of Coronavirus disease in federal immigration detention facilities, open borders groups are taking advantage of the health crisis to demand that all illegal aliens be immediately released from custody and into communities throughout the United States. The movement, known as FreeThemAll , was launched this month by a coalition of leftist nonprofits long critical of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies. “The immigrant community is at grave risk,” according to one of the groups leading the effort, Texas-based Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES). The public is encouraged to...

[Catholic Caucus] Spain awakens for Ceuta and not a single bishop in the squares One thousand squares filled at the same time, a forest of Spanish flags from Cibeles to the Pilar, and a single cry from north to south: “Ceuta is not for sale, Ceuta defends itself.” Nothing like it had been seen since the autumn of 2017, when the separatist challenge brought a seemingly dormant nation into the streets. The Spanish people are slow to react. But when they are put in check, they react. Yesterday they did so again — alone, without their shepherds.There are images a...

A US Attorney for New York was allegedly chased by a knife-wielding illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal record who threatened to slit his throat on the streets of Albany Tuesday night, prosecutors said. John Sarcone, the Trump-appointed US Attorney for the Northern District of New York, was allegedly chased and threatened outside the Hilton Hotel in Albany by Saul Morales-Garcia — an illegal migrant from El Salvador who was previously deported, WNYT reported, citing Albany County prosecutors. Morales-Garcia, 40, allegedly aggressively advanced toward Sarcone with his weapon in hand — gesturing that he would slit the attorney’s throat as...

The former treasurer of the Masjid Al Iman mosque has been charged with producing child pornography. Jameel Abdull Raashib, 55, of Lauderhill, pleaded not guilty to the federal felony charge. He was arrested April 14 and is in Broward County Jail awaiting a jury trial in July. A landscaper and auto detailer, Raashib is also charged as an undocumented resident in possession of ammunition and counterfeit registration papers. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years' imprisonment and $750,000 in fines.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Monday, August 31, that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is removing 110 commercial driver’s license training schools from the federal Training Provider Registry and issuing notices of proposed removal to more than 160 additional schools, a combined total of about 270 locations. The removals come as the Trump Administration continues to crack down on illegal aliens operating commercial vehicles on American roads. The 110 schools must immediately stop administering curricula, using training facilities, and conducting behind-the-wheel instruction. Officials said those providers were linked to more than 5,000 drivers later cited for failing English-language proficiency...

A multi-agency operation in Arizona’s Yuma Sector led to the arrest of 95 illegal alien truck drivers earlier this month, striking at the heart of human and drug smuggling operations at the U.S. southern border. All 95 drivers had acquired state-issued commercial driver’s licenses; 76 from California, six from New York and the rest from a handful of other states, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The apprehensions continue to demonstrate the high volume of narcotics and human trafficking smuggling operations that are alive and well at the border — even as immigration numbers have plummeted in recent months.

After three years of focused federal prosecution of armed drug dealers in downtown Portland, Oregon’s U.S. Attorney Scott E. Bradford announced Tuesday that law enforcement officers will now expand their efforts to target dealers operating in public housing and outside drug treatment clinics. “We saw fentanyl dealers being arrested in the morning, being released in the afternoon and back out on the streets in the evening, dealing this death and poison to our community members,” he said. Bradford described the multi-agency partnership as an “innovative solution” to the state’s fentanyl crisis. “If you talk about a lot of street-level dealers...

The Department of Homeland Security devised an unusual legal tool last year that made it possible for National Guard members to participate in immigration enforcement operations, according to an internal memo obtained by POLITICO. Officials issued the confidential memo to state attorneys general in April 2025 authorizing Guard troops to “perform immigration functions” outside of their home state, including arresting unauthorized immigrants, although it is not clear whether troops did so. The document offered a way for officials to circumvent a law that prevents the military from performing law enforcement duties, known as the Posse Comitatus Act. National Guard troops...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI/FOX 5) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been on a major arrest offensive in San Diego and Imperial Counties. In July, DHS arrested 1,964 immigrants in our southernmost counties, posting their highest arrest rates so far; that’s according to the Data Deportation Project from UCLA and Cal Berkeley. “Even in Trump’s first administration, we did not see numbers like that,” said Morgan Principi, an Immigration Attorney. Principi says ICE is operating in a far more aggressive posture. “Typically, these individuals are able to legally work here, and in order to have a valid work authorization status...

Americans define being truly American more by a person's respect for political institutions and laws than by their birthplace or religion, the August 7 - 10 Economist / YouGov Poll finds.The survey asked Americans how important each of five things is for being truly American, and many put civic obligations ahead of birthplace or religion: 67% say it is very important to respect American political institutions and laws and 63% say the same about having American citizenship. 54% say it is very important to speak English; fewer say it is very important to have been born in the U.S. (31%)...

An ultra-exclusive Hamptons yacht club catering to the wealthy and well-connected was forced to suspend its members-only restaurant service for multiple days after several of its kitchen staff were booted from the country over visa issues, The Post has learned. The swanky oceanfront Devon Yacht Club in Amagansett — which reportedly charges around $100,000 in initiation fees — canceled its Wednesday night dinner service after it lost its foreign cooks, according to a letter sent to members the same day. “The H2B visa approval for our cooks is still not resolved,” the letter obtained by The Post stated, referring to...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a record high of more than 800 people without criminal records a day in July on average, new federal data shows. The surge in arrests comes as the White House pushes the agency to hit a target of 2,000 per day. July is the first month in President Trump's second term when people with only civil immigration violations — rather than pending criminal charges or convictions — made up more than half of those arrested. An average of more than 1,580 people were arrested each day in July, also a new high for the current...

The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States. If it happens, the move would be the largest single mass revocation of visas in U.S. history and would likely face legal challenges. Unless challenged or revised, the State Department is expected to announce in the coming weeks the revocation of so-called B1 and B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026 whose holders have sought asylum or are now seeking asylum, according to State Department documents obtained by The...

BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE: DHS tells @FoxNews that ICE has quietly carried out one of its most successful operations in agency history, resulting in the arrests of 1,328 illegal aliens in just a 14-day span in the states of Virginia & Maryland. Nearly 400 of the aliens had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges, including a Salvadoran illegal alien wanted by police in Richmond, VA on a murder warrant. (Eygner Wilfredo Huezo-Moran’s mugshot below). Other targets included aliens with rap sheets for attempted murder and rape, as well as convictions for sexual battery, kidnapping, robbery and DWI. The operation primarily targeted the sanctuary...