ICE Is Using Its Deportation Flights To Bring Home Americans Stuck Abroad
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER ICE Air Operations, the air transportation arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has so far rescued 466 U.S. citizens stranded in the Northern Triangle region of Central America amid the coronavirus pandemic. Following orders of final removal, ICE deported Salvadoran and Honduran nationals back to their home countries […]
San Francisco Ignored ICE And Released An Illegal Alien Who Had Been Arrested Seven Times
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER . Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents apprehended an illegal alien who was near a courthouse in San Francisco on Tuesday, and he since remains in ICE custody. The alien touted a storied criminal history, having been arrested at least seven times and carried three different felony convictions. ICE had […]
POLITICS | Citizens in Support of ICE to Testify at Public Hearing Feb 19th
Immigration Customs and Enforcement, ICE, at the Adeelanto detention center signed a 15 year contract with the private correctional GEO Group before AB 32 took effect in January. Now, the Adelanto ICE Detention Center has filed for a permit to expand the facility. A public hearing will be held on February 19th at the Adelanto […]
‘Using Every Tool Available’: ICE Subpoenas Sanctuary City For Information On Wanted Illegal Aliens
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) subpoenaed Denver authorities for information on four illegal aliens who were previously arrested by the city for various violent crimes. The agency says it’s being forced to ratchet up its approach with “sanctuary” jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, leading to the […]
ICE Catches Illegal Alien Allegedly Behind Deadly Hit-And-Run And Released By Local Authorities
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER . ICE agents were able to apprehend an illegal alien who was allegedly involved in a deadly hit-and-run accident in New York. Mexican national Jorge Flores-Villalba was arrested by local police after allegedly striking a New York mother with his vehicle and driving off on Christmas Eve, but was then […]
Trump Administration Begins Deporting Mexicans Farther From Border, Making Reentry Harder
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER . ICE and the Mexican government announced a joint agreement to begin deporting Mexican nationals far into the interior of their country, making the journey north that much more difficult for those wishing to try again at illegal entry. As the number of illegal aliens from Central America declines, the […]
ICE Blames Sanctuary Cities, Border Crisis As Immigration Arrests Fall
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported a drop in arrests of criminal illegal aliens and attributed the decline to the ongoing border crisis and a lack of cooperation from sanctuary cities. A growing number of Democratic-led cities and other localities, largely rebuking the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, are refusing […]
‘Every Day Heroes’: ICE Completed A Record-Breaking Year Of Criminal Arrests
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER . Immigration and Customs Enforcement released its criminal arrest record for the fiscal 2019 year, which ended Sept. 30, and touted its record-breaking numbers. Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative unit of the agency, netted a total of 37,547 arrests, including apprehensions related to human smuggling, human trafficking, narcotics, child sexual […]
Illegal Immigration Continues To Decline At Southern Border
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER . Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, spoke at the White House on Thursday to discuss the latest month’s border apprehension numbers. October saw roughly 42,000 apprehensions, a drop from the previous month and the lowest number in the calendar year, demonstrating that the immigration crisis […]
Moorpark’s Mikos to Simi Mayor “We Are Not Going To Be Bullied”
By Gina Harden SIMI VALLEY – The drama surrounding Simi Councilmember Luevanos’s controversial video on immigration as well as comments concerning an alleged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at a nearby business, continued Monday night with more than an hour of public comment and a lengthy discussion by the Council regarding potential action. A […]
