The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $232 million contract to establish a 5,000-bed detention facility at Fort Bliss Army Base in El Paso, Texas, to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation operations. The facility, set to be the largest of its kind in the country, directly aligns with President Donald Trump’s Jan. 29 executive order declaring an invasion at the southern border.
Three illegal aliens from El Salvador were arrested by Houston Police Department investigators in a sting operation targeting individuals using dating apps to solicit underage girls. The suspects—Abner Ruiz, Carlos Gomez, and Erick Menjivar—were charged with online solicitation of a minor. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged immigration detainers on all three after their arrests.
Federal authorities have charged two medical staff employees after video footage captured them physically obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Democratic Mayor Tim Keller signed an executive order to move against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement policies.
A 40-year-old Compton man, Elpidio Reyna, is in custody after allegedly launching a deadly rock attack on federal law enforcement officers in Paramount, California.
The top law enforcement official in Polk County, Sheriff Grady Judd, says federal immigration facilities are near capacity due to Florida’s aggressive interior enforcement.
Sen. Ted Cruz has introduced the Stop FUNDERs Act, empowering federal prosecutors to use RICO laws, once reserved for the Mafia, against individuals and NGOs funding violent, left-wing riots and protests.
Tom Homan, a former acting ICE director and now President Trump’s border czar, has announced a major escalation in federal immigration enforcement targeting sanctuary cities following the weekend shooting of an off-duty Border Patrol agent in New York City.
