When South African refugees were told they would be shown videos on how to assimilate to American culture, they expected a crash course in local customs and habits they may not have known.
Instead, they sat wide-eyed as they watched videos teaching them how to shower, use a toilet, and brush their teeth.
Several Afrikaners, members of South Africa&#8217;s white minority to whom President Donald Trump has granted special refugee status, told The Daily Wire they were shocked by the videos.
&#8220;When we were watching it, we laughed at a lot of these videos and made comedic remarks because they pointed out the obvious regarding not going to the bathroom outside and how to use a microwave even,&#8221; said Adriaan, an Afrikaner refugee who arrived in December. &#8220;We found it very funny, but we understood as well the idea of like people from Somalia who&#8217;ve never had electricity &#8230; they were mostly made for people that can&#8217;t speak English, that have never lived in a first world country.&#8221;
&#8220;It was just plain ridiculous,&#8221; Marie, another Afrikaner refugee, said.
The videos are produced by an initiative of the nonprofit organization the International Rescue Committee, which is called SettleIn. The program boasts that its content was &#8220;developed under agreements financed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families and Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, United States Department of State,&#8221; according to its website.
SettleIn&#8217;s website adds that its content does not &#8220;necessarily represent the policies or official views of those agencies and should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.&#8221;
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One of the videos on SettleIn&#8217;s YouTube channel promotes &#8220;personal hygiene,&#8221; saying that &#8220;In the United States, this means taking regular showers or baths, applying deodorant daily, washing and grooming hair, and washing clothes frequently.&#8221;
&#8220;Only toilet paper should be flushed down the toilet,&#8221; it adds.
The video goes on to say that &#8220;practicing proper personal hygiene promotes good health, prevents the spread of diseases, and may influence relationships with others,&#8221; adding: &#8220;Personal hygiene is also important for getting and keeping a job.&#8221;
An accompanying <a href="https://www.settleinus.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/English_Hygiene-in-the-US_factsheet-low-res.PDF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guide</a> also advises refugees against urinating and spitting &#8220;in public.&#8221; It also instructs them to &#8220;wear clothing that is clean,&#8221; &#8220;wash hands when they are dirty, after using the bathroom, and before and after eating,&#8221; and to &#8220;use a tissue, not your hand or the sleeve of your shirt&#8221; to wipe a runny nose.
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Another <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xv4ylUdHBg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> advises refugees not to run from the police during encounters with law enforcement.
&#8220;Don&#8217;t run or reach for anything suddenly,&#8221; the video advises.
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One of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLFYsEq5su4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">videos</a> features a refugee woman telling her fellow newcomers that homes in the United States are &#8220;not like when we are back home living in the refugee camps, you have to be so clean person, clean your home, take your trash out.&#8221;
The International Rescue Committee, which partners with the federal government as part of its U.S. Refugee Admission Program (USRAP), has <a href="https://www.rescue.org/press-release/irc-deeply-troubled-refugee-resettlement-slots-one-nationality?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">condemned</a> the Trump administration&#8217;s refugee policy to decrease refugee admissions and to prioritize white Afrikaners facing racial persecution in South Africa.
The Trump administration <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/realigning-the-united-states-refugee-admissions-program/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended</a> USRAP on January 20, 2025, and subsequently terminated agreements with refugee aid nonprofits, including the <a href="https://www.rescue.org/article/how-have-trump-policies-impacted-refugees?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Rescue Committee (IRC)</a>.
A federal judge initially blocked the suspension in early 2025 and ordered the government to reinstate its agreements with resettlement groups like the IRC. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals later ruled the administration could lawfully suspend refugee admissions, but it left in place the requirement that the government keep funding domestic services for refugees already in the country.
SettleIn is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services&#8217; Office of Refugee Resettlement, according to the International Rescue Committee <a href="https://www.rescue.org/page/us-program-offerings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>. It is part of the committee&#8217;s Switchboard, which provides training to refugee support organizations and case managers, which is &#8220;100% financed by federal funds,&#8221; citing an <a href="https://taggs.hhs.gov/Detail/AwardDetail?arg_AwardNum=90RB0053&amp;arg_ProgOfficeCode=40&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Office of Refugee Resettlement grant</a> that has provided the organization more than $20 million in taxpayer funds since 2023.
The program offers some practical advice on filing one&#8217;s taxes, obtaining a driver&#8217;s license, and buying and renting a residence in the United States.
It also provides a cultural guide for refugee organizations and case workers on working with Afrikaner refugees. The packet neglects to mention the racially motivated killings of white farmers in South Africa and other race-based laws discriminating against Afrikaners.
The guide paints Afrikaners as settlers who took part in &#8220;displacing native peoples,&#8221; which it said in combination with the British Empire holding Afrikaners and black Africans in concentration camps &#8220;helped consolidate a concept of Afrikaner nationalism through collective suffering at the hands of the British.&#8221;
&#8220;From 1948 to 1994, Afrikaners participated in establishing and implementing the South African government’s system of Apartheid, a regime of racial segregation. In the post-Apartheid era, South Africans including Afrikaners continue to grapple with issues of identity, reconciliation, and socio-economic transformation,&#8221; the guide reads.
The International Rescue Committee did not respond to a request for comment.
Such federally-funded programs &#8220;are intended to support refugees from a broad range of countries of origin, educational backgrounds, languages, and lived experiences,&#8221; a Department of Health and Human Services spokesman told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;Office of Refugee Resettlement-funded resources, including those developed by technical assistance providers, provide practical information to help refugees navigate daily life in the United States, including topics such as healthcare, education, transportation, housing, employment, and other essential services,&#8221; the spokesman said.
&#8220;Some materials also provide information about common household and community practices in the United States, recognizing that refugees arrive with varying levels of familiarity with U.S. systems, institutions, and cultural norms,&#8221; the official added.
Refugee names have been changed. Blake Schaper contributed to this report.

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The Justice Department is expected to announce Monday an effort to denaturalize 17 foreign-born individuals with significant rap sheets.
The naturalized citizens include fraudsters, sex offenders, and drug traffickers, who the Trump administration is targeting as part of a larger effort to strip the citizenship of certain offenders.
&#8220;Gaining U.S. citizenship is a privilege and under the steadfast leadership of President Trump, this Department of Justice maintains a zero-tolerance policy for the abuse of this process,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.
“We continue to work around the clock with our interagency partners to make sure U.S. citizenship is granted to those who truly deserve it,&#8221; Blanche added.
In its latest pursuit, the Justice Department is seeking the denaturalization of Cuban-born U.S. citizen Delmas Garcia, 54, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud after she admitted to running 30 physical therapy clinics in Florida that fraudulently billed an insurance company $36,728,595 for services that were not medically necessary or that were never actually provided.
The Trump administration has also set its sights on Haitian-born Jean Claude Alfred, 68, who was sexually abusing his minor daughter while he was applying for his American citizenship, according to the Justice Department. Alfred began abusing his daughter in September 1993, roughly one month before he applied for citizenship, and &#8220;repeatedly&#8221; did so as he waited to become naturalized.
During his application process, Alfred denied having committed any crime for which he hadn&#8217;t been arrested, the Justice Department said. A jury in Florida ultimately convicted Alfred in 1996 of attempted sexual battery of a child in a familial relationship and lewd, lascivious, and indecent assault upon a child under the age of 16.
Alfred became a U.S. citizen in 1994, sparking the Justice Department&#8217;s latest action accusing him of lying during his application process in order to obtain naturalization.
Another target of the latest denaturalization push is Colombian-born Fernando Cristancho, 69, a Roman Catholic priest who used his position in the church to sexually groom and abuse a minor parishioner from age 11 to 13. Cristancho later pleaded guilty to his crime and received a 22-year prison sentence.
The Trump administration alleged that Cristancho concealed his crime from immigration officials in order to obtain his citizenship while also having failed to demonstrate good moral character required for naturalization.
The federal government is also working to denaturalize the daughter of a major Colombian drug trafficker, Andrea Marroquin, 44, who inherited her father&#8217;s riches when he died. Marroquin first got a green card by hiding her bigamous marriage to an American citizen, according to the Justice Department.
Between 2003 and 2011, she used her father&#8217;s drug proceeds to make fraudulent real estate transactions in Miami, the Department of Justice alleged. She allegedly concealed her crimes when she became an American citizen in 2009.
Last June, the Justice Department instructed U.S. attorneys across the country to “prioritize” and “pursue” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-orders-justice-dept-to-denaturalize-new-citizens-convicted-of-crimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denaturalization</a> cases against citizens who may “pose a potential danger to national security.&#8221;
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officials received guidance in December to “supply Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/trump-immigration-citizenship-denaturalization.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The New York Times.
The denaturalization effort is also part of the Trump administration&#8217;s &#8220;war on fraud,&#8221; USCIS spokesman Matthew Tragesser said in a previous statement.

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An illegal immigrant from Mexico went on a recent crime rampage in North Carolina that ended with him pouring gasoline outside an occupied home after a hit-and-run left a man seriously injured, The Daily Wire has learned.
Authorities in High Point, North Carolina, arrested Victor Adulfo-Herrera after he allegedly struck a man with his vehicle and fled the scene before later attempting to set the home ablaze on May 27.
Adulfo-Herrera snuck across the border into the United States at an unknown time, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire. He was also previously arrested for driving while impaired.
In his first crime on May 27, Adulfo-Herrera drove a car into a man, who was left with serious injuries, <a href="https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/high-point/high-point-man-accused-of-hit-and-run-igniting-home-with-people-inside-faces-judge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to prosecutors.
He later poured a gallon of gasoline near a home while a man and woman were inside, authorities said.
Prosecutors later revealed in court that the Mexican national knew the woman inside the home, local news outlet WGHP reported. The woman told prosecutors she&#8217;s afraid of Adulfo-Herrera, whom she was able to secure a no-contact order against, the report said.
The judge also issued no-contact orders to protect the other victims in the case, according to WGHP. The orders bar Adulfo-Herrera from contacting the victims himself or through someone else.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has since lodged a detainer in the case, asking local authorities to hand him over to federal custody for eventual deportation.
“This illegal alien from Mexico faces multiple criminal charges, including attempted arson, hit-and-run, and assault with a deadly weapon,” Acting Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement.
“He is a danger to Americans and has no business being in our country. ICE lodged an arrest detainer with our law enforcement partners to ensure he is turned over to ICE, so that he can never again roam our streets and threaten our communities,&#8221; Bis added.
Adulfo-Herrera&#8217;s charges include felony hit and run resulting in serious injury or death, attempted arson, and breaking and entering with intent to terrorize and injure, according to WGHP.
He is being held on a $15,000 bond for the hit-and-run case and a $10,000 bond for the arson case.
Adulfo-Herrera appeared in court last week with his hands and feet cuffed, WGHP reported. He required a Spanish translator during the hearing.
He is scheduled to appear back in court on July 31, the local outlet reported.

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Editor&#8217;s note: Names have been changed to protect the identities of the Afrikaner refugees.
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Marie and her family fled racial persecution against white Afrikaners in South Africa nearly one year ago, hoping for a better life in the United States.
She, her husband, and 15-year-old daughter were resettled as refugees in Chicago, where they soon realized that the nonprofits tasked with helping them didn&#8217;t care to support well-educated, English-speaking refugees.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not actually sure why they&#8217;re getting any federal funding and promising the U.S. that they are delivering services, that they&#8217;re not,&#8221; Marie told The Daily Wire in a recent interview.
She and her family were among the first arrivals to the United States under the Trump administration&#8217;s resettlement program for white Afrikaners.
In February 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to prioritize Afrikaner refugees “who are victims of unjust racial discrimination” to the United States. Afrikaners, an ethnic minority in South Africa, descended from Dutch and French settlers.
President Donald Trump has asserted there&#8217;s a genocide in South Africa against white Afrikaners and recently expanded the program to allow roughly 17,500 refugees into the United States annually.
When Marie and her family landed in Chicago, a refugee nonprofit placed them in a hotel that was full of &#8220;druggies&#8221; and left them there for nearly a month, she said.
&#8220;They didn&#8217;t bring us anything, no food, no basic necessities, nothing,&#8221; Marie said.
&#8220;They just honestly didn&#8217;t care&#8230; they hated us. They literally asked us why are we here because there are refugees in Kenya that have been waiting for 35 years to come to the U.S., so what makes us so special,&#8221; she said.
Marie soon realized that the refugee aid workers in the area resented white Afrikaners and were &#8220;reluctant&#8221; to help them because they spoke English and could more easily assimilate to American culture.
&#8220;They literally told me they were prepared to resettle Afghans and they have been the past 18 years in the business of resettling Afghans, and we are not Afghan, so they don&#8217;t know what to do with us or help us,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;They only focused on teaching them how to use a toilet, how to brush their teeth, how to use shampoo in showering &#8230; not to poop in the garden,&#8221; she added.
The Daily Wire spoke with several other resettled Afrikaner refugees who were also left to their own devices by groups tasked with resettling refugees.
Without the help of refugee aid workers, Marie and her husband made their own appointments to obtain driver&#8217;s licenses and Social Security numbers. She said the only thing they were able to get from the resettlement group was their work permits.
But they still struggled for four months to find jobs because the only employment opportunities they could find wanted Spanish speakers. The only work the refugee organization could offer was scrubbing toilets at Trump Hotel, which would&#8217;ve been an hours-long commute in city traffic.
&#8220;It felt like Mexico,&#8221; Marie said, adding that she complained to the refugee center, which told her that she should just &#8220;learn Spanish&#8221; to get employment.
&#8220;They really wanted to make life miserable for us,&#8221; she added.
The family eventually packed up and left for Georgia, where Marie&#8217;s husband was able to find stable work in accounting.
She said Georgia &#8220;is a million times better.&#8221;
Adriaan arrived in Lewiston, Maine, in December to start a new life in the safety of the United States, but like Marie he quickly realized that there wasn&#8217;t much support for Afrikaners.
&#8220;At the beginning, there were so many other individuals from Africa and I just wondered, they&#8217;ve been here for months and months on end, but looks like nobody has a job. And that&#8217;s what really scared me because I just saw people living off the government,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;That&#8217;s not what we want to do, most South Africans don&#8217;t want that,&#8221; he added.
The nonprofit group tasked with Adriaan&#8217;s resettlement, Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services (MEIRS), said they were unable to help him find work or move toward self-sufficiency, he said. The aid workers at MEIRS eventually told him that they didn&#8217;t &#8220;know what to do with us, because [they&#8217;ve] never had South Africans,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;I stayed at that hotel for more than two weeks and I was just waiting for something to happen,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;I think there&#8217;s no real empathy or care towards South African refugees,&#8221; he said.
MEIRS has taken on about 35 Afrikaner refugees since November, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/05/22/trump-offered-white-south-africans-new-life-thousands-took-him-up-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Washington Post. Its executive director, Rilwan Osman, was recently asked why he&#8217;s assisting white South Africans. He &#8220;demurred&#8221; and said &#8220;don&#8217;t ask me, ask the president&#8221; as he laughed.
A previous state audit of MEIRS reportedly found that the group over-billed MaineCare, the state&#8217;s Medicaid program, by roughly $2.4 million, <a href="https://www.themainewire.com/2025/12/feds-probe-little-mogadishu-locations-linked-to-alleged-somali-medicaid-fraud-gun-crimes-in-lewiston/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Maine Wire.
After spending nearly a month and a half without work, Adriaan left on his own for Texas, where he quickly found a job and a stable lifestyle.
&#8220;It was a lot better,&#8221; Adriaan said.
&#8220;I&#8217;m proud to be in the US. I&#8217;m happy to be here. I have respect for the people here, and I think most South Africans do because it&#8217;s not just a ticket we got to a better life. It&#8217;s something that we&#8217;re grateful for, something we want to give back to as well,&#8221; he said.
MEIRS didn&#8217;t respond to a request for comment and couldn&#8217;t be reached by phone as their number was disconnected.
Rich arrived in Connecticut in March with his wife and three teenage kids. When they arrived, they were placed in a hotel by the Jewish Family Services (JFS) nonprofit organization in Greenwich, Connecticut, which left them there for five days without contacting them to begin their search for more permanent housing and employment, he said.
&#8220;Now, we are a family of five, so which means we got about $12,500 resettlement money, so that&#8217;s for the whole family together. Now, if you can imagine, five people having to rent two double rooms, and your first five days, you have no contact. You just had an hotel, nothing is done. That eats up a lot of your resettlement money,&#8221; Rich said.
When JFS finally took Rich and his family to find housing, they showed them apartments in drug-infested neighborhoods where the streets were riddled with needles, he said. JFS presented the units as their only options.
Rich then found housing outside JFS&#8217; offerings, but double-checked with a JFS caseworker who confirmed &#8220;It&#8217;s a great area&#8221; and that &#8220;there&#8217;s no other options.&#8221;
Three days after the family moved in, a group of drug addicts tried to break into the home while his daughter, 19, was home. They used drugs on the porch, where they left paraphernalia.
Rich decided that was enough, found a job in Pennsylvania that would accept him as he awaited a Social Security number, and began moving out of the home with the help of a JFS caseworker. While they were moving furniture, a group of burglars &#8220;with big crow bars&#8221; broke into their garage.
&#8220;That was the second break in in a week,&#8221; Rich said.
Since then, the family has been living for weeks in Airbnbs and has used up their resettlement funds on the days-long hotel stay and their first apartment, which they&#8217;re still awaiting JFS to help them secure a refund of their deposits, which amounted to $7,500.
&#8220;Everything was just wasted by Jewish Family Services,&#8221; Rich said.
&#8220;We understand we&#8217;re going to have to sacrifice, but we cannot sacrifice our safety and that is where the problem comes in,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been placed in dangerous areas. Our money is being wasted in hotels. And this is just our story.&#8221;
Upon arriving in Pennsylvania, Rich said he reached out to the local refugee aid nonprofits, but received no help.
As of publication, Rich and his family have yet to receive Social Security numbers, driver&#8217;s licenses, or Medicaid, he said.
&#8220;I have reached out to every single resettlement agency in Pennsylvania and none of them were willing to help us,&#8221; he said.
In a statement shared with The Daily Wire, JFS Greenwich CEO Rachel Kornfeld said that the organization &#8220;administers programs in accordance with the funding, eligibility, and service requirements established by the Office of Refugee Resettlement and other government agencies.&#8221;
Rich eventually contacted Mike Morris, a private citizen and emergency room doctor near Philadelphia who&#8217;s stepped in to assist Afrikaner refugees. Morris was able to secure housing for Rich at an Airbnb he owns and employment for the family at one of the hospitals he serves.
&#8220;We have been fielding calls and helping refugees in need around the country. Even just logistics for them is helpful. Rich reached out as he was moving close to Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was good timing because one of my properties was about to be vacant. We had an Afrikaner refugee family graduating our program so it worked out really well. We already have four jobs for Rich and his family. They’re fully employed.&#8221;
Out of frustration with the current nonprofit infrastructure for refugees, Morris started his own group Keystone Refugee Services. Morris told The Daily Wire that the &#8220;neglect and at times outright disdain&#8221; NGOs purporting to help Afrikaner refugees across the country &#8220;only strengthened&#8221; his &#8220;resolve&#8221; to meet new arrivals&#8217; needs.
&#8220;It has only strengthened my resolve. These are industrious English speaking people, they want to work and want to assimilate. The barriers that are in their way are mostly manufactured either via government agency bottlenecks or more often nonprofit neglect and discrimination. This is why we are trying to reform this system to an outcome based model,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;If non-profit resettlement agencies can’t launch refugees to financial independence they don’t deserve funding. Americans need to rethink the purpose of this program and how it best serves our country,&#8221; he added.

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Detainees who are said to be on a &#8220;hunger strike&#8221; inside ICE&#8217;s Delaney Hall detention center are actually stocking up on snacks from the commissary, including sushi, clams, sausage, and other elevated offerings, according to a store menu obtained by The Daily Wire.
Sources have said that the so-called hunger strike at the Newark, New Jersey, facility has involved detainees opting not to eat the meals provided to them, while they rush to the commissary to load up on snacks. The store&#8217;s stock includes the typical vending machine snacks, such as Cheetos, Honey Buns, and ramen, while also offering &#8220;fresh catch tuna,&#8221; &#8220;yellow fin tuna steak,&#8221; &#8220;smoked clams,&#8221; a filet of mackerel, summer pork sausage, and teriyaki chicken noodles, according to the menu.
Democratic lawmakers, like Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), have cited complaints that there are worms in the food and poor conditions inside the facility as the reason for the alleged hunger strike.
Former ICE New York Field Office Deputy Director Scott Mechkowski dismissed the claims as a complete hoax and said that activist groups are helping detainees pay for their commissary snacks.
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&#8220;A hunger strike at Delaney Hall? Where the commissary sells out every single week and they can&#8217;t keep Flamin&#8217; Hot Cheetos on the shelf. These folks are loading up on tuna steak, teriyaki chicken, Doritos and candy by the handful but sure, they&#8217;re starving,&#8221; he told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;Nothing says &#8216;hunger strike&#8217; like clearing out the snack aisle. The only thing going hungry around here is the story they&#8217;re trying to sell you,&#8221; he added.
Commissary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-snack-sales-inside-delaney-hall-more-than-double-amid-so-called-hunger-strike">sales</a> at Delaney Hall surged 161%, jumping from $11,498 on May 26 to $30,013 on June 1, according to internal data obtained by The Daily Wire. During that time, the detainee population fell from 724 to 621.
White House border czar Tom Homan recently revealed that he made a surprise visit to the facility and ate the same food being served to detainees.
“I even made a surprise visit this weekend and walked into the cafeteria and ate the same meal that the detainees around me were eating, and I made sure my tray equaled their tray. I had spaghetti and meat sauce, I had green beans, I had bread and rolls, I had drinks, I had dessert. The food was good, it’s all a false premise. There was never a hunger strike,” Homan said.
“They may not be eating in the cafeteria, but what I found out they’re ordering food from the commissary and eating it in their cells,” he added.
For days, protesters have clashed with authorities outside the facility, and dozens have been arrested. New Jersey Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill waited to send in the state police until nearly a week into the melee.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers successfully hunted down an illegal immigrant convicted of attempted murder who had been roaming the country for years despite having a deportation order and a lengthy rap sheet, The Daily Wire has learned.
Dramatic footage of the May 5 raid showed ICE officers knocking on the door of Sudanese illegal immigrant Gabriel Maror Ayuel&#8217;s Nashville apartment before a man appeared at the door. The officers appeared to have a calm interaction with Ayuel before they took him away in handcuffs.
Ayuel received a conviction for first-degree attempted murder in Davidson County in 2003 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, according to ICE.
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He only served about nine years of his sentence, according to law enforcement sources. The reasoning for his shortened stint behind bars is not clear.
For months, ICE officers investigated his whereabouts and found him at his apartment in South Nashville. He later told the officers that he had just moved into the building the week before his arrest.
&#8220;The subject that we just arrested received a removal order about 20 years ago, continued to just remain here in the United States while he was committing those crimes,&#8221; one of the officers could be heard saying in the video of the raid as he sat in the driver&#8217;s seat.
Ayuel arrived in the United States in 1995 as a refugee, ICE said. While in the United States, he received his attempted murder conviction, and was also arrested for driving under the influence and failure to appear in Georgia, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, felony possession of a prohibited weapon and felony flight to avoid prosecution in Tennessee.
While he was behind bars in July 2008, Ayuel received a deportation order, according to ICE. Despite that, he never left the country, which is considered a felony offense.
“Removing illegal aliens with serious criminal convictions from our communities is essential to protecting public safety,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans acting Field Office Director Brian Acuna said in a statement shared with The Daily Wire.
“We are committed to enforcing immigration laws and prioritizing cases that pose a threat to our neighborhoods,&#8221; he added.
The Trump administration&#8217;s mass deportation effort has resulted in more than 641,000 arrests and over 800,000 deportations, White House border czar Tom Homan recently told the Washington Examiner.
ICE sources told The Daily Wire that there is a renewed pressure on the force to increase arrest numbers and work longer hours.

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EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Immigrant Convicted Of Attempted Murder Caught After Roaming The U.S. For Years

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Federal authorities busted a massive cross-border drug tunnel leading to a fake California storefront that investigators say was used to move cocaine into the United States.
The tunnel, which stretched 1,933 feet from Tijuana, Mexico, to Otay Mesa, California, near the border port of entry, was 55 feet deep and 4.5 feet high, according to the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s office for the Southern District of California. The covert passageway led to a purported store called “Buy 4 Less&#8221; and was outfitted with reinforced walls, rail and ventilation systems, and electricity.
Authorities seized more than a ton of cocaine with an estimated value of $45 million during the operation, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/four-charged-trafficking-more-45-million-worth-cocaine-through-sophisticated-cross" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Justice Department.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the bust shows the Trump administration&#8217;s &#8220;unwavering commitment to dismantling cartels, stop the flow of dangerous drugs into our communities, and keep American families safe.&#8221;
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The Justice Department charged four individuals with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances as part of the investigation. One of the accused was also hit with charges of conspiracy to use a cross-border tunnel and conspiracy to import controlled substances.
Homeland Security Investigations agents began conducting surveillance on the Buy 4 Less warehouse starting in December 2025 after observing &#8220;suspicious activity there,&#8221; according to the Justice Department.
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Yesterday, following a months-long investigation by the Homeland Security Task Force, authorities discovered a sophisticated cross-border tunnel connecting Tijuana, Mexico, to a building posing as a retail store in Otay Mesa, California, near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.
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Agents observed Gregorio Epifanio Hernandez Lopez and other store employees transporting large numbers of suitcases between the storefront and into vehicles or walking suitcases across the border into Mexico, the Justice Department said. The suitcases appeared to be empty, so agents didn&#8217;t act on them.
Agents then watched on May 29 as a man loaded three large, heavy objects into a white van that drove away from the store and parked near a mechanic&#8217;s shop. One of the accused, Brandon Escalante Sandoval, was allegedly conducting counter-surveillance nearby on his bicycle.
Escalante allegedly later went up to the van, removed the key hidden in the gas cap, got in, and began reversing it toward the rear of another van.
Both vans had their rear doors open to one another as people removed three deep freezers from one of the vehicles, then placed them in the bed of a truck and stuffed the truck with packages.
The loaded truck then drove away and parked nearby. Agents said they watched Escalante exit the truck, jump on his bike, throw the keys under the truck, and leave the area.
Jose Jimenez grabbed the keys and drove away in the truck before sheriff&#8217;s deputies stopped him. The deputies&#8217; K9 police dog alerted them to the presence of illicit drugs.
Agents later observed two men carrying heavy boxes out of the Buy 4 Less and into another truck. Hernandez then sped off in the truck before he was stopped by sheriff&#8217;s deputies, whose K9 again alerted them to the existence of controlled substances.
Deputies also stopped the second van and identified Antonio Cortez as the driver, when a police dog again alerted them to the presence of drugs.
In total, authorities seized more than 2,269 pounds of cocaine — or more than 1 ton, according to the Justice Department.
Authorities in southern California have discovered 99 cross-border tunnels since 1993, the most recent in 2022.
Following the drug seizure on May 29, a federal judge signed warrants authorizing the searches of the fake storefront and the mechanic shop. Agents found the tunnel exit hidden under the floor of a storage room during their search of the Buy 4 Less property.

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What Authorities Found Beneath This Store Led Straight To The Cartels

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As Democratic lawmakers and activists claim detainees at ICE&#8217;s Delaney Hall are engaged in a hunger strike, a different story is playing out inside the facility.
While detainees at the Newark, New Jersey, detention center <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-hunger-striking-ice-detainees-are-secretly-pounding-doritos-and-honey-buns?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+%E2%80%98Hunger+Striking%E2%80%99+ICE+Detainees+Are+Secretly+Pounding+Doritos+And+Honey+Buns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are opting not to eat</a> their regular meals, they&#8217;re going to the commissary to buy candy bars instead, a source familiar with the situation said recently. New data obtained by The Daily Wire shows that commissary sales at Delaney Hall surged 161%, rising from $11,498 on May 26 to $30,013 on June 1. While snack sales jumped, the detainee population fell from 724 to 621 during that same time period.
The so-called hunger strike stems from allegations of poor conditions inside the facility, where Democratic lawmakers like Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) have claimed that there are worms in the food.
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President Donald Trump&#8217;s border czar, Tom Homan, said Monday that he personally visited the facility and ate the same food being served to detainees, which he said he enjoyed.
&#8220;I even made a surprise visit this weekend and walked into the cafeteria and ate the same meal that the detainees around me were eating, and I made sure my tray equaled their tray. I had spaghetti and meat sauce, I had green beans, I had bread and rolls, I had drinks, I had dessert. The food was good, it&#8217;s all a false premise. There was never a hunger strike,&#8221; Homan said.
&#8220;They may not be eating in the cafeteria, but what I found out they&#8217;re ordering food from the commissary and eating it in their cells,&#8221; he added.
The Department of Homeland Security has also repeatedly hit back at the allegations, saying &#8220;all detainees are provided with proper meals, quality water, blankets, medical treatment, and have opportunities to communicate with their family members and lawyers.&#8221;
Former ICE New York Field Office Deputy Director Scott Mechkowski recently told The Daily Wire that so-called hunger strikes where detainees are loading up on commissary snacks are all too common in immigration detention.
“I’ve seen real hunger strikes during my time as an ICE official, managing detention facilities. What’s happening at Delaney Hall is not a hunger strike,” Mechkowski said.
“When detainees are buying up Honey Buns and Snickers bars, and those with money are helping others get snacks, that’s not a hunger strike, it’s just a publicity stunt,” he added.
Meanwhile, Newark Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka announced Tuesday that he was expanding an existing lawsuit against Delaney Hall operator GEO Group. The state later announced a separate lawsuit against the private prison company, accusing it of refusing to allow state health inspectors inside.
Protesters have clashed with authorities for days outside the facility, leading to dozens of arrests.
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill held back state police from responding to the melee until nearly a week after the protests began. On Monday, Baraka instituted a curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Protestors Demonstrate And Clash With Officers Outside Delaney Hall Detention Facility In Newark

EXCLUSIVE: Snack Sales Inside Delaney Hall More Than Double Amid So-Called ‘Hunger Strike’

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Authorities found a knife on the illegal immigrant accused of killing Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman, while he was locked up in jail, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Jose Medina, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, allegedly fatally shot Gorman in the early morning hours of March 19 while she was walking with her friends in Chicago to search for the northern lights. Medina allegedly approached Gorman while dressed in all black with a mask over his face, before he fired one round as the college freshman tried to run.
Last week, the Cook County sheriff’s office said jail staff found Medina with a 6-inch shank, the Chicago Sun-Times <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/06/01/sheridan-gorman-jose-medina-loyola-shooting-homicide-chicago-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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Gorman&#8217;s family is now calling out the alleged killer&#8217;s defense to &#8220;stop pretending&#8221; their client was left with the brain development of a child after he was shot in the head during a robbery earlier in his life in Colombia, according to the outlet.
“Correctional officers recovered the sharpened metal weapon from him after receiving information that other inmates feared for their safety,” Gorman’s father, Thomas Gorman, said Monday.
“So let’s stop pretending this man is harmless and has the mentality of a child. He was a danger outside and he is apparently a danger inside,” he added.
Medina crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in May 2023, when the Biden administration was releasing migrants en masse. At the time, Border Patrol agents noted in Medina&#8217;s immigration file that he was “likely to abscond,” citing that he had “close family ties or roots in this country,” according to federal documents previously released by the House Judiciary Committee.
The illegal immigrant then traveled to Chicago, where he allegedly shoplifted from a Macy&#8217;s store in June 2023, <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/21/loyola-chicago-shooting-suspect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Chicago Tribune. He never showed up for his hearing in the case, leading a judge to issue a warrant for his arrest.
Medina faces multiple charges, including first-degree murder, attempted murder in the first degree, three counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, and one count of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer in his latest case, asking that local authorities hand him over for eventual deportation. Because of sanctuary policies in Illinois, local authorities are not expected to comply with the request.
“Sheridan Gorman had her whole life ahead of her before this cold-blooded killer decided to end her life. She was failed by open border policies and sanctuary politicians who RELEASED this illegal alien TWICE before he went on to commit this heinous murder,” Acting Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Lauren Bis said in an earlier statement.
“We are calling on Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago’s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this criminal illegal alien from jail back into American neighborhoods,” Bis added.

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The Jailhouse Discovery Linked To Illegal Alien Accused In Sheridan Gorman’s Murder

The Jailhouse Discovery Linked To Illegal Alien Accused In Sheridan Gorman's Murder

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While immigration activists and Democratic lawmakers claim there&#8217;s a hunger strike causing turmoil at an ICE detention center in New Jersey, The Daily Wire has learned that the narrative may be far from the reality.
The Delaney Hall detainees engaging in a purported &#8220;hunger strike&#8221; are opting to not eat their regular meals while going to the commissary to purchase snacks instead, according to a source familiar with the situation. Meanwhile, activist groups are <a href="https://abc7ny.com/post/protesters-clash-ice-agents-during-protest-delaney-hall-newark-amid-hunger-strike-inside/19179424/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming</a> that detainees are being fed spoiled food and meals contaminated with worms.
Democratic New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone recently <a href="https://x.com/FrankPallone/status/2060174695740387356" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for the facility&#8217;s closure over concerns about possible retaliation against &#8220;hunger strikers,&#8221; &#8220;all because they were advocating for better food, access to basic medical care, and judicial hearings.&#8221;
&#8220;Delaney Hall is a disgrace to our country,&#8221; he said.
The source said the commissary snack store has seen an &#8220;increase in sales and detainees maxing out on items they can purchase weekly.&#8221;
So-called hunger strikes like the one playing out at Delaney Hall are all too common in ICE detention centers and the playbook is usually the same, former ICE New York field office deputy director Scott Mechkowski told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve seen real hunger strikes during my time as an ICE official, managing detention facilities. What&#8217;s happening at Delaney Hall is not a hunger strike,&#8221; Mechkowski said.
&#8220;When detainees are buying up Honey Buns and Snickers bars, and those with money are helping others get snacks, that&#8217;s not a hunger strike, it&#8217;s just a publicity stunt,&#8221; he added.
Dozens of protestors clashed with federal agents Thursday night and into Friday morning as demonstrations calling for the release of detainees from the Newark facility continued. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the agitators &#8220;bit, kicked, and punched&#8221; federal officers and that Democratic New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill &#8220;refused to allow state police to assist our officers.&#8221;
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Detainees have been on strike since last Friday, demanding humane conditions after reports of spoiled foods, freezing temperatures, and inadequate medical care.
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This brutality must stop immediately.
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Mullin characterized the complaints about the food and conditions inside the facility as &#8220;political theater.&#8221;
&#8220;This isn&#8217;t a Holiday Inn, we&#8217;re not providing luxury housing, what we&#8217;re doing is we&#8217;re providing a sanitary place for them to be detained,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMAuAGP2_dI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during an appearance on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; Thursday.
&#8220;We&#8217;re providing them three meals a day, we&#8217;re meeting the calorie standard &#8230; they have commissary, if you want to put money on their books, put money on their books &#8230; but not only are we providing them a safe place to stay and food and a place to sleep, but we&#8217;re also giving them a convenience store to be able to buy products out of.&#8221;
The New Jersey State Health Department inspected the detention center and its &#8220;food service department&#8221; Thursday morning, according to Mullin. Their findings have not been released.
In a statement shared with The Daily Wire, a Homeland Security spokesperson said &#8220;there is no hunger strike at Delaney Hall at this time&#8221; and that ICE is delivering three meals a day and water to each detainee&#8217;s room.
&#8220;All detainees are provided with 3 meals a day, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap, and toiletries. Illegal aliens also have access to phones to communicate with their family members and lawyers. Certified dieticians evaluate meals. In fact, ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens,&#8221; the spokesperson said. 
“It is a longstanding practice to provide comprehensive medical care from the moment an alien enters ICE custody. This includes medical, dental, and mental health services as available, and access to medical appointments and 24-hour emergency care. For many illegal aliens this is the best healthcare they have received their entire lives,&#8221; the spokesperson added.

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Hunger Striking’ ICE Detainees Are Secretly Pounding Doritos And Honey Buns

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the Trump administration is drafting plans to stop processing foreign travelers at airports located in sanctuary cities, but the possible change has some former officials questioning the political implications.
Mullin revealed on “Hannity” Tuesday night that officials are “currently drawing up plans” to pull Customs officers from international airports in jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts amid escalating anti-ICE protests outside a facility in Newark, New Jersey.
He then doubled down Thursday, telling Fox News host Brian Kilmeade that while his department won&#8217;t &#8220;halt&#8221; international flights, it will pull Customs officers away from processing those passengers as they attempt to enter the United States.
&#8220;When we have situations like what&#8217;s happening in New Jersey right now, when we have to prioritize where we put federal employees because local law enforcement won&#8217;t help protect their streets &#8230; and keep them from barricading and causing harm to our employees, then we have to decide where we&#8217;re going to prioritize our federal employees,&#8221; Mullin said.
&#8220;What we&#8217;re saying is we just won&#8217;t be able to process them because we don&#8217;t have officers there,&#8221; he added.
The idea immediately sparked concerns from former Homeland Security officials, who questioned the political fallout and consequences of such a move ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which the United States is set to co-host.
Former Homeland Security advisor Charles Marino said that while there&#8217;s a need for &#8220;consequences for sanctuary cities, there&#8217;s no way this would be allowed to happen with the World Cup coming up.&#8221;
&#8220;The political pressure on the admin from FIFA, the international community, stadiums, local governments, and businesses would be immense. It also undercuts President Trump, who routinely takes credit for bringing the World Cup to the U.S. To do this now is all risk and no reward,&#8221; he said.
Trump&#8217;s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy also appeared skeptical of the proposal.
“We shouldn’t shut down air travel in a state that doesn’t agree with our politics,&#8221; Duffy said during a Congressional hearing last week.
Another former Homeland Security official, who was granted anonymity to speak more freely on the issue, said the Trump administration is trying to play &#8220;hardball,&#8221; adding that it&#8217;s &#8220;the federal government&#8217;s right&#8221; to carry out such a plan. The official, however, warned that &#8220;it is only going to piss off the unaffiliated voters and at the end of the day will not change sanctuary jurisdictions.&#8221;
&#8220;Democrats will still vote for sanctuary,&#8221; the former official said.
Former ICE New York field office deputy director Scott Mechkowski said that Trump&#8217;s base will likely support that move, but that Mullin will need to focus his messaging to present it to the general public as a last-ditch effort to force cooperation from sanctuary cities.
Mechkowski said Mullin has to &#8220;frame&#8221; the initiative as &#8220;an extreme measure.&#8221; He pointed to the Trump administration&#8217;s attempts to &#8220;withhold&#8221; federal funds from sanctuary cities, an effort that has been repeatedly blocked by court orders.
It would also have &#8220;devastating effects,&#8221; spelling financial trouble for sanctuary cities, which he expects would cave easily to meet the Trump administration&#8217;s demands as a result.
&#8220;I think they need to realize that [Mullin] means business,&#8221; Mechkowski said.
Mullin first mentioned the proposal in April, presenting it as a tactic to force sanctuary cities to play ball with federal immigration agents.
“I believe sanctuary cities is not lawful,” Mullin told Fox News’ Bret Baier at the time. “I don’t think they’re able to do that, and so we’re gonna take a hard look at this.”
“If they’re sanctuary cities, should they really be processing Customs into their city?” Mullin asked. “If they’re a sanctuary city and they’re receiving international flights, and we’re asking them to partner with us at the airport, but once they walk out of the airport they’re not gonna enforce immigration policy, maybe we need to have a really hard look at that because we need to focus on cities that want to work with us.”

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The Democratic Socialist candidate for Wisconsin governor, who is currently leading the Democratic primary, advocated for using American troops to round up Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents operating in the Badger State.
Wisconsin State Rep. Francesca Hong made the remarks during an October appearance on Resistance Radio, when host Dane Snudden asked about the importance of having &#8220;a leader that is going to stand up to Trump.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t want us to continue to rely on law enforcement, but if the National Guard has to be out here arresting ICE agents, you have to meet state-sanctioned violence with parts of the state sometimes,&#8221; Hong said during the October 31 podcast episode.
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Hong has previously espoused an anti-ICE stance, saying that &#8220;dismantling ICE is the bare minimum.&#8221;
&#8220;Merely removing enforcers of fascism is not enough. We need investments in community care not state sanctioned violence,&#8221; Hong said.
She also accused ICE of &#8220;tearing apart families and our communities with unconstitutional practices that threaten public safety.&#8221;
Last year, Hong introduced a series of bills to ban ICE agents from wearing masks and end state and local cooperation with the agency.
Hong has also presented an anti-police stance more broadly.
In a 2020 X post, Hong wrote that she supports &#8220;defunding the police as a first step towards abolishing the police.&#8221; Months later, she argued that &#8220;police exist to uphold white supremacy,&#8221; before saying, &#8220;defund then abolish,&#8221; and that &#8220;reform can&#8217;t be an option.&#8221;
When asked recently by <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/22/politics/kfile-francesca-hong-wisconsin-governor-race-defund-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> about her past advocacy for abolishing the police, Hong called it part of a “wider conversation around police abolition” since “the current system is not working.”
Hong added that she wouldn&#8217;t make &#8220;arbitrary cuts&#8221; to public safety budgets as governor.
“While I envision a world where public safety is not synonymous with law enforcement, I recognize that this paradigm shift is a very long-term vision and my focus is building systems of care for now and for our future,&#8221; she said.
With Wisconsin&#8217;s Democratic gubernatorial primary set for August 11, Hong is currently the leading candidate in the field, which includes Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, and state Sen. Kelda Roys. The eventual Democratic opponent will face Republican Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany in November&#8217;s general election.
A Marquette Law School <a href="https://today.marquette.edu/2026/03/new-marquette-law-school-poll-finds-majorities-of-registered-voters-still-undecided-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-with-taylor-leading-lazar-among-likely-voters/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> released in March found Hong leading her Democrat opponents with 14% support, with Barnes polling at 11%. Roughly 65% of the Democratic primary voters were still undecided.

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