ICE achieved its highest-ever monthly arrest total in August, targeting thousands of illegal immigrants, including many with serious criminal convictions.
ICE achieved its highest-ever monthly arrest total in August, targeting thousands of illegal immigrants , including many with serious criminal convictions. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers made a record 50,925 arrests in August, marking the highest monthly total in the agency’s history. This milestone follows two consecutive months of record-breaking arrests, with 50,208 in July and approximately 43,000 in June. DETAIL: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin credited ICE officers for their relentless efforts, stating they are “working around the clock” to apprehend and deport illegal aliens. Among those arrested were migrants convicted of crimes such as DUI manslaughter, child…Open
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer joined “Wake Up America” to discuss the investigation into “birth tourism,” the committee’s probe into the Biden-era DEA over allegations regarding large shipments of illicit fentanyl coming into the country, and key legislative priorities following the approval of the short-term funding resolution.
The Biden Administration reversed Trump Administration protocols designed to protect public safety, which resulted in more fentanyl related deaths in New Mexico, Comer wrote in a letter sent Monday to U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche.
A career drug trafficker in Atlanta had his sentence commuted by President Joe Biden only to be rearrested. NEWSMAX's Crime Correspondent Jason Mattera reports.
Reports of immigration arrests at school bus stops in Danbury, Connecticut – which DHS denies – have sparked outrage from local officials to U.S. senators. As a parent, “I would be beyond livid” says Eric Balliet, a former chief at ICE’s Office of Professional Accountability. He also notes that fentanyl seizures are down 40% under Trump despite the fact that stemming the flow of the drug was a primary justification for his immigration agenda in the first place. Meanwhile, deportation operations are “continuing to ramp up” and immigrant families are “being overwhelmed,” says Izzy Ramirez, staff reporter for LA Taco.
Approximately 80 percent of people arrested for fentanyl trafficking in Portland, Oregon, are illegal migrants from Honduras.
New data has revealed that the vast majority of fentanyl trafficking into Portland, Oregon, is conducted by illegal aliens from Honduras. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Approximately 80 percent of people arrested for fentanyl trafficking in Portland, Oregon, are illegal aliens from Honduras. DETAIL: According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon, roughly 80 of the 100 drug traffickers arrested in Portland since 2023 are Honduran illegals. This follows a federal crackdown on the open-air drug markets in Portland’s downtown area, which resulted in 100 kilograms (~220 pounds) of fentanyl, 40 firearms, and $1.3 million in cash being seized by the authorities. “That is enough fentanyl to kill 50 million people, or…Open
