U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Feb. 1 that they had arrested close to 200 illegal immigrants across 25 U.S. cities. Many of the immigrants were wanted for serious crimes, including murder and the sexual assault of minors. The arrests came as part of a major nationwide operation, which enforcement agents from ICE’s […]
LUKEVILLE, Ariz.—An unmarked white minivan hazy with dust rumbled along the dirt road to a federal processing station less than two miles north of the international border in Lukeville, Arizona. The minivan pulled into a large parking area, also dirt, where dozens of illegal aliens milled around outside large military-style tents with their worldly belongings […]
JERUSALEM/GAZA—Israel signaled intent to encircle Gaza’s main city on Sunday, publishing pictures of battle tanks on the Palestinian enclave’s western coast 48 hours after ordering expanded ground incursions across its eastern border. Israel’s self-declared “second phase” of a three-week war against Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists had initially been kept from public view, with forces moving under […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate hold a press conference at 10:30 a.m. ET on May 2 to announce the results of the largest international law enforcement operation targeting fentanyl and opioid traffickers on the Darknet. DEA Deputy Administrator Louis J. Milione, IRS-CI Chief Jim Lee, Chief Postal Inspector Gary R. […]
The FBI warned Twitter explicitly of a “hack-and-leak operation involving Hunter Biden” ahead of the 2020 presidential election, documents filed with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) show, providing fresh insight around the social media platform’s decision to censor the New York Post’s explosive expose about the contents of a laptop linked to President Joe Biden’s […]
Texas law enforcement officers working through the state’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, continue to thwart human smuggling activity as U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported a record number of deaths of illegal crossers in fiscal 2022. Law enforcement, working with Border Patrol agents, found 856 dead bodies of individuals who’d illegally entered the […]
Four people have now been arrested in connection with the people-smuggling operation that resulted in the deaths of 53 people in the back of a sweltering semi-trailer near America’s southern border, according to the Department of Justice. Homero Zamorano, 45, was charged on Wednesday with one count of alleged alien smuggling resulting in death, and Christian Martinez, […]
More than 700 individuals in north Mississippi were arrested during a month-long U.S. Marshals led operation in the state, Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The operation, dubbed “Operation MPACT” (Mississippi Partnering Agencies Coming Together), led to the arrests of hundreds of individuals in the state on a variety of charges including homicide, aggravated assault, aggravated […]
Utah officials have arrested 21 individuals and rescued three victims as part of its Human Trafficking Rescue Operation conducted in February, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office (UCSO) announced. The operation was conducted in partnership with Lehi, Provo, Orem, Springville, Pleasant Grove, Lindon, and Unified Police Departments, Federal Homeland Security Investigations, and the Utah Attorney General’s Office, the […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced an additional $38.4 million funding for Operation Lone Star (OLS), which was launched in March in response to the burgeoning crisis at the southern border. The extra funding will go toward law enforcement, jail operations, and court administration activities in direct support of OLS, the Republican governor’s office […]
A multi-agency law enforcement operation resulted in 93 fugitives being arrested, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. “Operation Washout” focused on wanted violent offenders and gang members in the Baltimore, Maryland, area. The operation, led by the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Baltimore Police Department’s Warrant Apprehension Task Force, was carried out […]
The Department of Homeland Security is launching a new operation focused on combating human smuggling. The emphasis is on taking down criminal organizations that smuggle individuals into the United States from Mexico and Canada.
Officials from Operation Warp Speed have an update on the government’s vaccine allocation efforts. They’ll expand their logistics operation and help speed up what are now low distribution levels in some states. Health officials projected back in 2020 that 20 million Americans would get the vaccine by the end of 2020. But as of now, […]
