Immigration & Border

114 articles in the Immigration & Border category.

A Yuma Sector Border Patrol Agent conducts operations at the Interstate 8 Checkpoint near Yuma, AZ. U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Jerry Glaser
US NewsImmigration & BorderSeptember 7, 2026

Illegal and Non-Domiciled CDL Holders Keep Killing Americans After Years of Licensing Loopholes

By Tommy Flynn

A Haitian parolee with a Massachusetts non-domiciled commercial license is charged with killing a Pennsylvania state trooper. An Uzbek visa holder who failed an English test after the crash is charged with killing a 21-year-old college goalkeeper on Interstate 71. An Indian...

Ex-USCIS Officer Charged in $960,000 Scheme That Fast-Tracked Citizenship and Skipped Background Checks
Crime & CourtsImmigration & BorderSeptember 7, 2026

Ex-USCIS Officer Charged in $960,000 Scheme That Fast-Tracked Citizenship and Skipped Background Checks

By Tommy Flynn

Federal prosecutors in Dallas charged a former senior U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officer and an alleged moneyman with conspiracy to take illegal gratuities after a six-year run they say put a price tag on lawful status. Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu, a former Senior...

Judge Jinsook Ohta and accused MS-13 member David Antonio Aviles Perez
Crime & CourtsImmigration & BorderSeptember 6, 2026

Biden-Appointed Judge Frees MS-13 Killer Known as “The Witch”; DHS Says It’s the Second California Release

By Tommy Flynn

A Biden-appointed federal judge in San Diego ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release an MS-13 gang member convicted in an execution-style murder in El Salvador, ruling that agents held him for five months without a bond hearing or an individualized finding...

 An ICE officer oversees an immigration enforcement operation.
US NewsImmigration & BorderSeptember 4, 2026

ICE Posts Third Straight Monthly Record: 50,925 Arrests in August

By Tommy Flynn

The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that ICE arrested 50,925 illegal aliens in August, a new monthly high. That figure passed July’s 50,208 and June’s 43,900. It is the third straight month in which ICE set a record and the second month in a row above 50,000....

Senator Markwayne Mullins
US NewsImmigration & BorderSeptember 3, 2026

DHS: Operation Rotten Apple Nets 2,197 Illegal Aliens in New York

By Tommy Flynn

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday that ICE arrested 2,197 illegal aliens across New York from July 27 to Aug. 29 in an enforcement surge the department named Operation Rotten Apple. Mullin, speaking at a New York City press conference, said those taken...

A black wooden gavel rests on its block atop a judge’s bench in an empty courtroom.
Crime & CourtsImmigration & BorderSeptember 3, 2026

Biden Judge Blocks Trump’s Second Birthright Order After Supreme Court Already Ruled

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland, issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday blocking key parts of President Trump’s Aug. 6 executive order that sought to deny birthright citizenship in cases of birth tourism, commercial arrangements to give birth in...

New York State Sues Upstate Sheriff Over ICE Agreement After Sheriffs Sue Albany
Immigration & BorderCrime & CourtsAugust 31, 2026

New York State Sues Upstate Sheriff Over ICE Agreement After Sheriffs Sue Albany

By Tommy Flynn

New York Attorney General Letitia James and Gov. Kathy Hochul sued the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, asking a state court to force Sheriff Kyle Bourgault to terminate the county’s 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The filing in...

A Yuma Sector Border Patrol Agent conducts operations at the Interstate 8 Checkpoint near Yuma, AZ. U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Jerry Glaser
US NewsImmigration & BorderAugust 31, 2026

CBP Arrests 95 Illegal-Alien Truckers in Arizona; Most Held California CDLs

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector arrested 95 illegal-alien commercial drivers during an Aug. 10–14 operation, CBP told Fox News Digital. All 95 held state-issued commercial driver’s licenses: 76 from California, six from New York, and the rest from a handful of other states....

Texas Governor Greg Abbott in Edinburg, Texas, on Feb. 9, 2026.
Crime & CourtsImmigration & BorderAugust 28, 2026

Texas Judge Declines to Order Extradition of ICE Agent Charged in Minneapolis Shooting

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. refused Wednesday to order Texas to extradite Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Christian Castro to Minnesota, and declined to keep him in jail past the state’s 90-day extradition hold. Castro was released Thursday morning...

 An ICE officer oversees an immigration enforcement operation.
US NewsImmigration & BorderAugust 28, 2026

ICE Awards $16.7 Million No-Bid Contract for 6,000 Electric-Shock Gloves

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement awarded a $16.7 million no-bid contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver an electric shock when activated, according to a federal procurement notice posted Thursday. The six-month deal with Compliant Technologies LLC of...

New York Sheriffs Take Sanctuary ICE Ban to Federal Court
Immigration & BorderCrime & CourtsAugust 27, 2026

New York Sheriffs Take Sanctuary ICE Ban to Federal Court

By Tommy Flynn

Fifteen New York county sheriffs filed a federal lawsuit this week seeking to block the state’s ban on cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arguing Albany is stripping independently elected officers of authority Congress gave them and forcing criminal illegal...

 Exterior of the U.S. Department of State Harry S. Truman Building, Washington, D.C.
US NewsImmigration & BorderAugust 27, 2026

Consulates Freeze Immigrant-Visa Interviews for ‘Public Charge’ Retraining

By Tommy Flynn

The State Department has postponed immigrant visa interviews at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide while consular officers complete training on how to decide whether an applicant is likely to become a public charge. Applicants who had reached the interview stage received...