Federal agencies in Houston have launched a Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) aimed at dismantling transnational criminal organizations operating in Southeast Texas. The move follows the arrest of 1,361 criminal aliens in June, including gang members, murderers, child predators, and a convicted airplane hijacker.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass criticized masked federal agents operating in her city during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. Bass said residents were alarmed by reports of agents in unmarked vehicles, lacking clear identification, and forcibly detaining individuals on the streets of Los Angeles.
A Mexican illegal immigrant charged in the horrifying death of a woman in Waukegan, Illinois, has been re-arrested by federal authorities after initially being freed by a state judge under the SAFE-T Act.