A 12-person grand jury in Texas has indicted more than 140 illegal immigrants on misdemeanor rioting charges following an alleged attempt to breach the Southern border earlier this month, District Attorney Bill Hicks announced on Tuesday. Authorities say the April 12 incident in El Paso began when someone in the group cut through a razor […]
Jury selection for former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial is on pause until Thursday. Only seven jurors have been chosen so far. Another Ivy League university president testifies before Congress. We see what she has to say about anti-Semitism on campus. Two Colorado counties sued the state over immigration-related laws. Find out more about […]
The House has sent impeachment articles to the Senate against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Meanwhile, the House Oversight subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs is addressing how the border crisis affects public safety. Peter Forcelli, a retired NYPD homicide detective and retired ATF deputy assistant director, tells NTD that open borders […]
The House Oversight Committee National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee holds a hearing on “National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs” at 10 a.m. ET on April 16. Witnesses: Ken Cuccinelli, Senior Fellow for Immigration and Homeland Security, Center for Renewing America Bill Waybourn, Sheriff, Tarrant County, Texas Mike Chapman, Sherriff, Loudoun County, Virginia
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that official figures of around 9 million grossly underestimate the number of illegal immigrants who have entered the United States since President Joe Biden took office, and that he believes the true number is closer to 16 million. Mr. Johnson made the remarks while speaking at a press […]
The Biden administration is extending work permits for some illegal immigrants just weeks before an April 24 deadline that may have left hundreds of thousands without jobs, according to officials. A temporary final rule (TFR) issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on April 4 extends the validity period for Employment Authorisation Documents […]
Victor Avila, a retired supervisory special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the author of “Agent Under Fire,” offers NTD his take on the latest in illegal immigration issues.
Former President Donald Trump claimed that the Mexican president’s conditions for helping the United States secure the border are evidence of his “lack of respect” for President Joe Biden. During a Fox News interview on Sunday, President Trump recalled that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had demanded $10 billion from the Biden administration just […]
Peter J. Forcelli, a retired deputy assistant director from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, offers his take on the recent discussion by officials of Tucson, Arizona, about the border crisis.
Recovery efforts resume after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. And more on the investigation efforts and anticipated economic impacts. A Jan. 6 defendant has won an early release, thanks to a Supreme Court decision. Legos have taken on an unexpected role in law enforcement, with one police department now facing pressure for using minifigure […]
A divided appeals court has upheld a preliminary injunction against the State of Texas, continuing to stall the enforcement of Senate Bill 4 (S.B. 4), a state law targeting illegal immigration that allows the state to arrest and deport suspected illegal immigrants. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision, in which […]
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on March 24 threatened to allow more migrants to get to the United States if the United States doesn’t meet certain demands, such as lifting sanctions on Venezuela and ending the Cuba embargo.
A motion was filed to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson as a warning. This comes as the House passes a $1.2 trillion funding package. Former President Donald Trump says he has almost $500 million in cash, suggesting he has the money to post bond in the New York civil fraud case. Tennessee’s latest legislation protects […]
BOSTON—In the continued debate over ways to deal with the flow of illegal immigrants into Massachusetts, the state’s Democrat-dominated Senate passed a bill late on Thursday that sets a nine-month cap on shelter stays. However, some Republicans say the measure is meaningless since it includes several provisions to bypass the cap. “This is just a […]
Multiple Republicans on March 22 reacted to an incident a day earlier where hundreds of illegal immigrants rushed the southern border in El Paso, Texas, and attacked National Guard troops.
