A group of migrant truckers sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles earlier this week for canceling thousands of Commercial Driver&#8217;s Licenses.
California canceled nearly 20,000 Commercial Driver&#8217;s Licenses after facing pressure from the Trump administration over the issuance of such licenses to illegal immigrant truckers. The federal crackdown started after a string of fatal crashes involving illegal immigrant truckers.
The Department of Transportation has labeled <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-illegal-immigrants-who-made-the-naughty-list-this-year?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Here+Are+The+Illegal+Immigrants+Who+Made+The+Naughty+List+This+Year">California</a> one of the worst offenders of states issuing commercial driver&#8217;s licenses to illegal immigrants, threatening to withhold $160 million in federal funding if they refused to make a change. California gave 17,000 drivers a 60-day cancelation notice after the federal government determined that the licenses&#8217; expiration dates exceeded the time the migrants have been permitted to be in the United States, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-25/indian-punjabi-truckers-sue-california-dmv-for-revoking-their-licenses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Los Angeles Times.
The <a href="https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/news-resources/news/cdl-class-action-ca-dmv-cancellation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a>, which was brought about by the Asian Law Caucus, Sikh Coalition, and Weil, Gotshal &amp; Manges LLP, claims that California law requires the DMV to change the expiration dates on the licenses or to give applicants the opportunity to reapply for a corrected license when the errors occur, the outlet reported.
&#8220;The state of California must help these 20,000 drivers because, at the end of the day, the clerical errors threatening their livelihoods are of the CA-DMV’s own making. If the court does not issue a stay, we will see a devastating wave of unemployment that harms individual families, as well as the destabilization of supply chains on which we all rely,” Munmeeth Kaur, legal director of the Sikh Coalition, said in a statement.
“These drivers have spent years anchoring their lives to these careers, only to now face potential economic ruin through no fault of their own—they deserve better, and California must do better,&#8221; Kaur said.
“Our state has a clear moral obligation and legal duty to protect workers who have done everything right,” Katherine Zhao, senior staff attorney at Asian Law Caucus, said in a statement.
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“Without an immediate court-ordered stay, many drivers will lose their jobs through no fault of their own. At a moment when families should be spending time with loved ones, these workers are instead confronting financial devastation and the loss of livelihoods they have spent years building. We are asking the court to compel California to protect workers,&#8221; Zhao said.
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One of the illegal immigrants who was issued a California commercial driver&#8217;s license allegedly killed three people after making an illegal U-turn on a Florida turnpike in August.
Harjinder Singh, who hails from India, was seen in viral dash-cam footage looking unfazed by the crash.
Singh had failed his commercial driver’s license test 10 times in three months before he was given the license in Washington and later California, investigators said.
Singh also failed an English language proficiency test, “providing correct responses to just 2 of 12 verbal questions and only accurately identifying 1 of 4 highway traffic signs&#8221; after the fatal crash, according to the Department of Transportation.

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Santa&#8217;s naughty list this year includes several sanctuary cities and states that allowed illegal immigrant criminals to roam their streets, many of whom went on to commit more egregious crimes.
Sanctuary cities and states adopt policies that prevent local police from notifying federal immigration authorities about the looming release of illegal immigrants from local jails. They also bar federal authorities from entering jails to interview illegal immigrant suspects.
The Trump administration has sued several sanctuary jurisdictions, including Minnesota, New York City, Boston, Illinois, and Los Angeles, over the policies.
These are some of the worst offenders.
<h4>New York City</h4>
Since President Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration, local police in New York City released roughly 7,000 illegal immigrants from local jails without honoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement&#8217;s detainer requests to have them placed into federal custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
They account for nine homicides, 2,509 assaults, 199 burglaries, 305 robberies, 392 dangerous drugs offenses, 300 weapons offenses, and 207 sexual predatory offenses.
Mario Bustamante-Leiva, 49, the Chilean illegal immigrant accused of snatching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem&#8217;s purse in Washington, D.C., in April, was arrested in New York for a similar crime just a few weeks earlier — but they let him go with a desk appearance ticket and a court date, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/28/us-news/illegal-migrant-accused-in-kristi-noems-purse-snatching-had-ny-arrest-warrant-out/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post.
He never showed up to that scheduled court date and bounced over to the nation&#8217;s capital to allegedly purse snatch the cabinet official.
In a separate example of the sanctuary&#8217;s consequences, the two Dominican illegal immigrants accused in the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer in New York City in July both had rap sheets.
One of them, Christhian Aybar-Berroa, 22, was arrested by the NYPD eight times and released each time prior to the attack, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/21/us-news/illegal-migrant-arrested-in-nyc-shooting-of-off-duty-cpb-agent-was-free-despite-long-rap-sheet-and-suspected-in-scooter-robbery-spree-sources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post. He also had a deportation order from January 2023.
Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, 21, also racked up several arrests in New York City, including for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman and threatening to kill a fellow migrant with a machete, according to the New York Post.
He was also wanted on kidnapping and weapons charges out of Massachusetts, the outlet previously reported.
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<h4>Illinois</h4>
Authorities in Illinois have released more than 1,700 criminal illegal immigrants with ICE detainer requests from local jails since Inauguration Day, according to DHS.
The Trump administration commenced &#8220;Operation Midway Blitz&#8221; in September to target the sanctuary city of Chicago and arrest illegal immigrants released by local authorities.
ICE has current detainers lodged against roughly 4,000 illegal immigrants in state custody, according to DHS.
Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responded to the federal operation by creating &#8220;ICE-free zones&#8221; across the Windy City.
In October, local police were reportedly told to stand down from assisting Border Patrol agents, who “were rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars” in Broadview, Illinois, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin <a href="https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1974524869892276682" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X at the time.
Agents determined that one of the alleged attackers was &#8220;armed with a semi-automatic weapon,&#8221; forcing them to “fire defensive shots at an unarmed U.S. citizen,” according to McLaughlin.
<h4>Minnesota</h4>
When ICE descended on Minneapolis earlier this month, leaders in the sanctuary state were quick to side with illegal immigrants roaming the state.
Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey responded to the increased presence of federal immigration authorities by pledging to continue to refuse cooperation with ICE.
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Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who has likened ICE to “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo,” condemned the agency&#8217;s actions in his state.
The federal operation resulted in roughly 400 arrests of illegal immigrants.
Somali immigrant Abdimahat Bille Mohamed was let go as part of a plea agreement in two sexual assault cases earlier this year before he went on to allegedly rape a child and multiple adult women before allegedly kidnapping a woman and raping her, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/serial-kidnapper-and-rapist-charged-federally" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Department of Justice, which has since charged him federally.
“This Somali national in Minnesota is charged with raping a minor and multiple adult women before being detained — only to be quickly released by a local court, after which he committed yet another rape. This horrific case illustrates how left-wing soft-on-crime policies and vetting failures put innocent people at dire risk. If Minnesota will not protect its own people, the Department of Justice will do it for them,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said of the case earlier this month.
<h4>Fairfax County, Virginia</h4>
Authorities in Fairfax County, Virginia, released Salvadoran migrant Marvin Morales-Ortez, 23, who allegedly went on to murder a man less than 24 hours later.
Morales-Ortez allegedly fatally shot a man inside his Reston, Virginia, home after he was released from a local jail by authorities who ignored a federal immigration detainer to hand him over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to multiple reports.
Morales-Ortez crossed the southern border illegally in 2016, federal law enforcement sources recently told The Daily Wire.
An immigration judge dismissed his deportation case in 2022, effectively allowing him to stay in the country without any legal status, sources said.
He was also tagged as a suspected member of the violent MS-13 gang, according to ABC7.
Morales-Ortez had a lengthy rap sheet before committing his latest alleged crime.
In 2021, he was charged with first-degree murder, according to ABC7. He spent a year and a half in jail while awaiting trial, but was ultimately released after the authorities dropped the charges following a determination that someone else was to blame.
Morales-Ortez was found guilty of a previous theft case and fined $300, which he never paid, according to ABC7.
The illegal immigrant was charged for allegedly brandishing a gun and assaulting and injuring someone before he was released by sanctuary authorities this latest time, the local outlet reported.
The Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office dropped the case, leading to his release.
After a lengthy manhunt, authorities rearrested him.
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Fairfax County has notoriously operated as a sanctuary jurisdiction, routinely releasing illegal immigrants from jail without notifying ICE, <a href="https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Center for Immigration Studies.
&#8220;The sanctuary politicians of Fairfax County, VA have blood on their hands,&#8221; DHS said in response to the county&#8217;s handling of the latest illegal immigrant crime.
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A federal judge appointed by then-President Joe Biden ruled Tuesday that New York can proceed with implementing a law allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver&#8217;s licenses.
U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci determined that the Trump administration, which sued over New York&#8217;s &#8220;Green Light Law&#8221; in February, failed to prove that the law preceded federal authority and that it either illegally discriminates or regulates against the federal government, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-green-lights-new-yorks-drivers-license-law-128667860" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to ABC News.
New York Attorney General Letitia James celebrated Tuesday&#8217;s ruling, arguing that the state law promotes safety.
&#8220;As I said from the start, our laws protect the rights of all New Yorkers and keep our communities safe. I will always stand up for New Yorkers and the rule of law,&#8221; James said of the ruling.
The &#8220;Green Light Law&#8221; allows illegal immigrants to use foreign passports or driver&#8217;s licenses issued in other countries to obtain New York driver&#8217;s licenses, according to ABC.
Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj2WZfv8nIA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the lawsuit in February, slamming Empire State officials for choosing &#8220;to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens.&#8221;
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The first Trump administration tried to pressure New York to change the law, which was introduced in 2020, by preventing New Yorkers from enrolling in the trusted traveler programs that allow for quicker processing at airports, ABC reported.
At the time, then-Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo offered to give the feds limited access to state driving records, but still kept Immigration and Customs Enforcement from seeing records of illegal immigrants who applied for the licenses.
The governor at the time, Andrew Cuomo, offered to restore federal access to driving records on a limited basis, but said he wouldn’t let immigration agents see lists of people who had applied for the special licenses available to immigrants who couldn’t prove legal residency in the U.S. The administration ultimately restored New Yorkers’ access to the trusted traveler program after a brief legal fight.

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The Trump administration&#8217;s mass deportation campaign has exposed some of the &#8220;worst of the worst&#8221; illegal immigrants roaming the United States. Here are some of the most egregious examples.
Since Inauguration Day, federal immigration agents have arrested 595,000 illegal immigrants and deported roughly 605,000 others.
<h4>Kilmar Abrego Garcia</h4>
To start, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-emerges-from-detention-vowing-to-fight-trump-admin">Kilmar Abrego Garcia</a>, the alleged MS-13 gangbanger who was deported by the Trump administration to his home country of El Salvador in March due to an “administrative error.”
Abrego Garcia was brought back to the United States in June on human smuggling charges related to a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop, where police found the alleged gangbanger behind the wheel with eight other passengers, but no luggage despite having been on the road for days on their drive from Texas to Maryland.
A responding officer noted that he suspected they had encountered “a human trafficking incident,” but they ultimately let Abrego Garcia go free with a citation for driving with an expired license.
The illegal immigrant was also accused of <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/30/us-news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-bragged-he-could-kill-his-wife-and-get-away-with-it-court-docs/">beating</a> his wife, who has since emerged as one of his fiercest advocates, after she twice applied for a protective order against him.
Democrats have made Abrego Garcia the face of their campaign against President Donald Trump&#8217;s deportation effort, labeling him a “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcias-journey-from-maryland-man-to-uganda-man-a-current-timeline">Maryland man</a>.&#8221;
Democratic Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen visited Abrego Garcia while he was detained in El Salvador.
Abrego Garcia was tagged as a member of MS-13 in a 2019 Maryland police report and a 2018 court filing.
<h4>The ex-Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools</h4>
Next is the former superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, Ian Roberts. Roberts, who hails from Guyana, was nabbed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in September while he was leading Iowa&#8217;s largest school district and had an active deportation order.
Roberts first came to the United States in 1994 as a tourist and received a student visa in 1999, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
By 1996, he was charged with criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell, criminal possession of narcotics, criminal possession of a forgery device, and possession of a forged instrument in New York, according to DHS.
Roberts faced a charge for third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle in Queens, New York, two years later, which was later dismissed.
He was convicted of reckless driving, unsafe operation, and speeding in Maryland on November 1, 2012.
In 2020, Roberts was hit with charges for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon (having a loaded firearm outside his home or business); third-degree criminal possession of a weapon (an ammunition feeding device); and fourth-degree weapon charges, according to DHS.
He was convicted of unlawful possession of a loaded firearm in Pennsylvania in 2022.
Roberts applied for a green card on four separate occasions and was denied one each time.
The ex-superintendent&#8217;s work permit expired on December 18, 2020. He was hired roughly three years later to lead Des Moines Public Schools.
Roberts failed to appear for his immigration hearing, where a judge ordered his deportation.
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<h4>Harjinder Singh</h4>
Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant from India, allegedly killed three people after making an illegal U-turn in an 18-wheeler on a Florida turnpike in August.
Singh, who appeared in since-viral dash-cam footage looking unfazed by the crash, was issued a commercial driver&#8217;s license by authorities in Washington State and later in California.
It later emerged that Singh had failed his driver&#8217;s license test 10 times in three months before Washington ultimately granted him a truck driver&#8217;s license in 2023.
After the fatal collision, Singh failed an English language proficiency test, “providing correct responses to just 2 of 12 verbal questions and only accurately identifying 1 of 4 highway traffic signs,” according to the Department of Transportation.
The month before the crash, Singh was seen on police body camera footage struggling to communicate in English as New Mexico officers issued him a speeding ticket, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-alien-failed-cdl-test-10-times-2-months-before-fatal-florida-crash-killed-3https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-alien-failed-cdl-test-10-times-2-months-before-fatal-florida-crash-killed-3">according</a> to Fox News.
The crash sparked a national crackdown by the Trump administration on states issuing commercial driver&#8217;s licenses to illegal immigrants.
<h4>Sebastian Zapeta-Calil</h4>
Guatemalan illegal immigrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil made headlines this year after he set a sleeping woman on fire on New York City&#8217;s subway last December.
Zapeta-Calil watched the woman burn to death from a nearby bench, <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/12/31/us-news/mystery-woman-torched-to-death-in-horrific-nyc-subway-attack-finally-identified-by-cops-sources/">according</a> to the New York Post. The woman&#8217;s burns were so severe that police initially struggled to identify the victim.
She was later identified by police as Debrina Kawam, 57.
Zapeta-Calil was deported in 2018 before he returned to the United States illegally.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem later visited the subway platform where the illegal immigrant set the woman ablaze.
“Met with law enforcement officials this morning in NYC. Those who are in this country [illegally] WILL be tracked down, prosecuted and not allowed to return,”<a href="https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/1897364125358965166"> Noem wrote about the trip on X.</a>
“If aliens voluntarily leave now, they may have the opportunity to return the right, legal way and live the American dream. If they don’t, they will face the inevitable consequences,” she added.
<h4>Cory Alvarez</h4>
Haitian migrant Cory Alvarez raped a young disabled girl in a Massachusetts shelter after he entered the country under the Biden-era parole scheme. The program allowed 30,000 people every month from Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela for a period of two years.
Alvarez went on to rape the helpless 15-year-old girl last year at the Comfort Inn on Hingham Street, which was temporarily housing migrants as part of a government program. He was convicted in November and is expected to spend at least the next decade behind bars.
The Haitian man lured the young victim to his room by offering to help put apps on her tablet before he sexually assaulted her, <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/man-found-guilty-of-raping-teen-girl-at-mass-migrant-shelter-to-be-sentenced/3824305/">according</a> to NBC10 Boston.
According to court documents, the teen girl cried out to Alvarez to leave her alone, “but he didn’t stop.&#8221;
The Rockland Police Department arrested Alvarez on March 14, 2024, the day after the rape. The Plymouth County Superior Court of Brockton allowed Alvarez to go free on a $500 bond on June 27, 2024, flouting a federal immigration detainer.

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The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can&#8217;t send National Guard troops to quell violence in the streets of Chicago amid federal immigration raids.
The Trump administration asked the high court to give the federal government the authority to send troops while facing pushback from Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.
“I want to be clear: there is no need for military troops on the ground in the State of Illinois. State, county, and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights. I will not call up our National Guard to further Trump’s acts of aggression against our people,&#8221; Pritzker said in October of Trump&#8217;s announcement to federalize 300 National Guard soldiers for the deployment.
The 6-3 decision largely hinged on whether the circumstances on the ground in Chicago can be controlled by &#8220;regular forces.&#8221;
Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Neil Gorsuch dissented, according to reports.
“At this preliminary stage, the government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois,” the court said in its unsigned order, according to CNN.
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A lower court previously struck down the Trump administration&#8217;s deployment attempt, sparking the president&#8217;s request for the high court to weigh in on the issue.
The federal government commenced &#8220;Operation Midway Blitz&#8221; in September, deploying federal immigration agents to Illinois, where they&#8217;ve since faced violence and had hefty bounties placed on their heads from Mexican cartels.
Protests were also occurring outside the Broadview ICE facility on an almost weekly basis during the height of the operation.
Still, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol have made roughly 1,500 arrests as part of the crackdown, according to reports.

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Since President Donald Trump commenced his mass deportation effort, anti-ICE activists have increasingly attacked federal authorities who are making the campaign promise a reality.
ICE officers have faced a more than 1,150% increase in assaults and an 8,000% surge in death threats, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
One of the most egregious examples was perpetrated by the first alleged <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-hits-antifa-with-very-first-terrorism-charges-in-anti-ice-attack">Antifa members</a> to face terrorism charges for shooting up an ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas.
Eleven militants allegedly lured officers out of the facility by setting off fireworks on July 4 before ambushing them with gunfire, resulting in the injury of one local police officer.
One of the suspects, former Marine Corps Reservist Benjamin Hanil Song, was on the run for a week before authorities caught him.
In nearby Dallas, Joshua Jahn, 29, opened fire from a rooftop hoping to kill ICE officers, but ended up <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-we-know-about-ice-shooter-joshua-jahn">killing two detainees</a>. Jahn turned the gun on himself and died at the scene.
Jahn left bullet casings engraved with the phrase “ANTI-ICE” that revealed the “ideological motive” behind the attack, according to the FBI.
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Jahn “conducted multiple searches of ballistics and the &#8216;Charlie Kirk Shot Video'&#8221; in the days leading up to the shooting, according to the FBI. He also left a chilling note that read: &#8220;Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, ‘is there a sniper with AP rounds on that roof?'&#8221;
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While the investigation is… <a href="https://t.co/SMOyxiKLqA">pic.twitter.com/SMOyxiKLqA</a>
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1970877754221498599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
The shooter also used apps that expose ICE agents&#8217; locations and downloaded a list of Homeland Security facilities, the FBI said.
Far-left Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, 26, was indicted in October after she tried to block an ICE vehicle outside the agency&#8217;s facility in Broadview, Illinois, as seen in a video posted to her social media.
The video appeared to show Abughazaleh with a group of anti-ICE activists pushing her body against the front of the ICE vehicle.
&#8220;I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice,&#8221; she wrote on X. &#8220;This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.&#8221;
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FACING CHARGES: Illinois Democratic candidate Kat Abughazaleh has been indicted for allegedly blocking an ICE operation — after posting a video showing her standing in front of a federal vehicle. <a href="https://t.co/oAfUAHAU32">pic.twitter.com/oAfUAHAU32</a>
— Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1983942838053196128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
Alejandro Theodoro Orellana allegedly drove a truck in June that carried bionic shield face masks that were distributed to anti-ICE rioters in downtown Los Angeles. It came as rioters blocked major highways, set cars ablaze, and hurled concrete blocks at ICE agents to protest the Trump administration&#8217;s deportation campaign.
The FBI found Orellana two days later.
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ARRESTED: Alejandro Theodoro Orellana was arrested this morning by <a href="https://twitter.com/FBILosAngeles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBILosAngeles</a> on an allegation of Conspiracy to Commit Civil Disorders (18 USC 371) for distributing face shields to suspected rioters on Tuesday. We are moving quickly to identify and arrest those involved in… <a href="https://t.co/Ase8kxupfp">pic.twitter.com/Ase8kxupfp</a>
— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1933158095833964798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></blockquote>

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Immigration courts are facing a surge in no-shows, leading judges to issue more deportation orders.
In fiscal year 2025, which ended in September, immigration judges across the country issued more than 310,000 deportation orders for migrants who were absent from their hearings, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344881/dl?inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Department of Justice data. There were roughly 223,000 deportation orders issued &#8220;in absentia&#8221; the year before that, 160,000 in fiscal year 2023, 62,000 in fiscal year 2022, and 8,000 in fiscal year 2021.
The drop in court appearances can be largely attributed to President Donald Trump&#8217;s reversal of a key Biden-era policy that instructed immigration judges to dismiss or terminate thousands of cases, which effectively allowed more than 700,000 illegal immigrants to stay in the country without any status, Andrew Arthur, resident law and policy fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, told The Daily Wire. It also ties back to the millions of illegal border crossers that the Biden administration released into the country, who never applied for immigration status, according to Arthur.
&#8220;There’s no reason to go to immigration court if you can’t give the immigration judge any legitimate reason to allow you to stay, and in hundreds of thousands of cases last year, respondents didn’t,&#8221; Arthur said.
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Another reason illegal immigrants aren&#8217;t showing up to their hearings is that the Trump administration has increasingly instructed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to make arrests at immigration courts across the country.
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&#8220;Of course, DHS under Trump II has also been arresting certain respondents when they appear for their removal proceedings, which has likely given countless respondents plenty of incentive to skip court,&#8221; Arthur said.
&#8220;Again, however, those aliens are entitled to the process they are due, and the government will ensure they receive it — they might just be detained throughout that process,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;Given the fact, as noted, that the INA [Immigration and Nationality Act] required most of them to be detained to begin with, they can hardly complain when DHS subsequently takes them into custody and gives them due process while in detention.&#8221;

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Even alleged MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia will be home for the holidays.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis extended <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-emerges-from-detention-vowing-to-fight-trump-admin">an order</a> preventing federal authorities from re-detaining Abrego Garcia Monday.
The federal judge cited concerns that the administration might try to arrest Abrego Garcia “in the middle of the night” before he could face justice, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/12/22/kilmar-abrego-garcia-set-free/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Washington Post.
“Once again, I’m making a finding that these representations, which are misrepresentations, are in bad faith,” she told Justice Department lawyer Ernesto H. Molina Jr., adding that she was “beyond impatient” with the Trump administration&#8217;s lawyers, whom she accused of putting false information in their legal briefs, the outlet reported.
Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia&#8217;s release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, on December 11, saying that the federal government had no legal basis to detain him.
The Trump administration deported Abrego Garcia to his home country of El Salvador in March due to an &#8220;administrative error.&#8221;
Abrego Garcia, who entered the U.S. illegally in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcias-journey-from-maryland-man-to-uganda-man-a-current-timeline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2011</a>, was brought back to the U.S. in June on human smuggling charges stemming from a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop. During the incident, Abrego Garcia was pulled over while hauling eight other passengers.
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Authorities became suspicious when they didn&#8217;t see any luggage in the car, despite the group having traveled for days from Texas to Maryland. A responding officer noted that he suspected “a human trafficking incident.”
They ultimately let Abrego Garcia go with a citation for driving with an expired license.
The federal government now has until Friday to provide its plans for Abrego Garcia, his attorney said.
&#8220;So, as of right now, Mr. Abrego Garcia is gonna return to his home with his wife and his children and his family members in Maryland. And he will be at home through Christmas and New Year,&#8221; the lawyer told a crowd of cheering supporters outside the courthouse Monday.
Abrego Garcia quickly became a darling of many Democratic lawmakers, including Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, who paid him a visit while he was detained in El Salvador.
Along with the human smuggling allegations, Abrego Garcia was tagged as a member of MS-13 in a 2019 Maryland police report and a 2018 court filing.
He was also twice accused of beating his wife, who previously applied for protective orders against him. She has since emerged as one of his most vocal advocates against his deportation.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Attends Federal Hearing As ICE Petitions Court To Re-Detain Him

Obama-Appointed Judge Rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia Can Remain Home For The Holidays

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Will Not Be Detained During The Holidays, Judge Rules

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The Trump administration is increasing their cash payments to illegal immigrants opting to self-deport from the United States from $1,000 to $3,000, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News on Monday.
In addition to footing the bill for flights, the Department of Homeland Security began offering payments of $1,000 for illegal immigrants choosing to leave the country rather than facing formal deportation in May.
Now, they’re tripling the incentive to ensure that illegal immigrants “get home in time for Christmas,” Noem told Fox News.
“Illegal aliens should take advantage of this gift and self-deport because if they don’t, we will find them, we will arrest them, and they will not return,” Noem wrote on X.
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Roughly 1.9 million illegal immigrants have left the United States on their own, according to DHS. It’s not clear how many of those used the CBP Home app to depart and receive the cash payments.
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This Christmas season, the U.S. taxpayer is generously TRIPLING the incentive for illegal aliens to leave voluntarily. Through the end of the year, illegal aliens who self-deport using the CBP Home App can receive a $3,000 exit bonus.
Illegal aliens should take advantage of this… <a href="https://t.co/AKQZChPYfZ">pic.twitter.com/AKQZChPYfZ</a>
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sec_Noem/status/2003100517283647981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
The app ensures that illegal immigrants’ flights are paid for by the federal government.
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It also gives illegal immigrants the opportunity to potentially come back to the United States legally.
“If you voluntarily want to go home now to your country, if you&#8217;re in the United States of America illegally, we will give you $3,000 through the holidays to send you home,” Noem said.
“If you wait until we interdict you and detain you and arrest you and have to deport you ourselves, you&#8217;ll never get the chance to come back,” she added.
The CBP Home app was created after the Trump administration ended the Biden-era CBP One entry program that allowed more than one million illegal immigrants into the country.

Trump Triples Self-Deportation Payments In Christmas ‘Gift’ To Illegal Immigrants

Trump Admin Triples Self Deportation Payments In Christmas ‘Gift’ To Illegal Immigrants

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The Trump administration has found more than 129,000 migrant children who went missing under the Biden administration.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on X Friday that federal authorities located the children after &#8220;the Biden administration lost them&#8221; and that &#8220;too many &#8230; were exploited, trafficked and abused.&#8221;
&#8220;We will continue to ramp up efforts and will not stop until every last child is found,&#8221; Noem said.
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Federal officials combed through immigration court records and data kept by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to find the children, a federal government source familiar with the operation told The Daily Wire. They only counted those who showed up for their immigration hearings.
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Under <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> Trump, <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DHSgov</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/HHSGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HHSGov</a> have located more than 129,143 unaccompanied children that the Biden Administration lost. Too many of these children were exploited, trafficked and abused.
We will continue to ramp up efforts and will not stop until every last child is…
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sec_Noem/status/2002117268906684881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
It was a massive undertaking since the Biden administration kept poor records on the children after they crossed into the United States, said the source, who was granted anonymity because they weren&#8217;t authorized to speak publicly.
&#8220;Under the Biden administration, the data was so bad, and our ability to find where these cases went was so bad, we just had to comb through every single agency to see if these kids [had] ever stepped in front of another agency,&#8221; the source explained.
&#8220;The kid had to be present [in court] for us to count it,&#8221; the source added.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration revealed it had located roughly 62,000 of the missing migrant children.
Border Patrol agents must hand unaccompanied migrant kids to the Department of Health and Human Services, which helps connect them with a sponsor living in the United States.
Under the Biden administration, roughly 500,000 migrant minors crossed the border unaccompanied. Many of them were released to poorly vetted sponsors who, whistleblowers say, never had to appear in person to prove the children were going to safe homes.
The vetting concerns were also corroborated in an inspector general&#8217;s <a href="https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2024-08/OIG-24-46-Aug24.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> released last year.
Whistleblowers said they believed some of the sponsors were traffickers and gangbangers.
Roughly 291,000 unaccompanied migrant children were never given their court dates, the government watchdog found.
Another 32,000 migrant children who had future court dates never showed up to their hearings, according to the report, which tracked cases from October 2018 to September 2023.

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The Department of Homeland Security is recruiting new officers and agents to help carry out its mass deportation campaign at Turning Point USA&#8217;s AmericaFest this week.
With an influx of $165 billion from Trump&#8217;s One Big Beautiful Bill, DHS has focused on hiring more officers and agents to ramp up arrests and deportations. DHS arrived at the conference with a BearCat armored vehicle and signage reading &#8220;Decide America&#8217;s future, rise to your potential &amp; defend the homeland.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re looking for American patriots willing to defend the homeland, and honor the vision of America Charlie Kirk fought for,&#8221; DHS wrote on X.
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DHS is at <a href="https://twitter.com/TPUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TPUSA</a> Amfest! We’re looking for American patriots willing to defend the homeland, and honor the vision of America Charlie Kirk fought for.
Swing by our booth to learn more! <a href="https://t.co/EQDwbP1KTJ">pic.twitter.com/EQDwbP1KTJ</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/2002066774624456942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
The Trump administration&#8217;s goal is to hire 3,000 new Customs officers, 3,000 new Border Patrol agents, and 10,000 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in order to accomplish its goal of carrying out one million deportations each year.
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The administration is currently short of that goal, with more than 605,000 deportations since Inauguration Day.
The agency is offering up to $50,000 in sign-on bonuses to entice new recruits. DHS has also asked former law enforcement officers to return to the job.
ICE has already met its goal after receiving 220,000 applications, the agency <a href="https://x.com/ICEgov/status/2001760767511793893" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Thursday.
&#8220;Our Defend the Homeland recruitment campaign is the MOST SUCCESSFUL federal law enforcement recruitment campaign in American history,&#8221; ICE recently said on X.
AmericaFest is expected to have roughly 30,000 attendees, making it the largest turnout yet.

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President Donald Trump said a potential war with Venezuela remains on the table as tensions escalate in the region.
&#8220;I don’t rule it out, no,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-not-ruling-war-venezuela-rcna250012" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC News in a phone interview Thursday.
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-complete-blockade-of-sanctioned-oil-tankers-moving-in-and-out-of-venezuela?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Orders+%E2%80%98Complete+Blockade%E2%80%99+Of+Sanctioned+Oil+Tankers+Moving+In+And+Out+Of+Venezuela">initiated</a> “a total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela on Tuesday.
“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115731908387416458" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Truth Social Tuesday night.
The Department of War also continues air strikes on alleged drug boats, which have taken out more than two dozen vessels and over 100 alleged smugglers.
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Trump, however, told NBC that he doesn&#8217;t &#8220;discuss&#8221; whether his actions could result in an all-out war.
When pressed further on the subject, he acknowledged that war is possible, adding that the U.S. will certainly seize more oil tankers. Last week, the U.S. seized a Venezuelan oil tanker.
&#8220;As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large — largest one ever seized, actually,” the president <a href="https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1998847332616421875">said</a> at the time.
Trump didn&#8217;t offer an exact time frame for the current conflict, saying, &#8220;It depends. If they’re foolish enough to be sailing along, they’ll be sailing along back into one of our harbors.&#8221;
Trump has also accused Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro of overseeing what he&#8217;s designated as a terrorist government. He has also placed a $50 million bounty on information that leads to the socialist leader’s arrest.
The president has also labeled Maduro as the leader of Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles, which he designated a terrorist organization.
But Trump declined to say whether his goal was to oust Maduro. The two leaders had a phone call last month to discuss the possibility of a meeting in Washington, D.C., <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/us/politics/trump-maduro-venezuela.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The New York Times.
The White House has remained tight-lipped about what else was discussed during the call.
&#8220;He knows exactly what I want,&#8221; Trump told NBC of Maduro. &#8220;He knows better than anybody.&#8221;
Meanwhile, the president of Belarus has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russian-ally-offers-maduro-a-way-out-as-u-s-ramps-up-pressure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered</a> Maduro sanctuary in his country if he decides to cave to the pressure.

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