An illegal immigrant is accused of violently sexually assaulting an Uber driver in Miami, causing her to collide with another vehicle and slam into a concrete wall, The Daily Wire has learned.
Oscar Ernesto Sanchez-Aguire, who hails from El Salvador, snuck across <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-alien-trucker-let-in-by-bidens-cbp-one-app-kills-four-people-in-indiana-crash?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Illegal+Alien+Trucker+Let+In+By+Biden%E2%80%99s+CBP+One+App+Kills+Four+People+In+Indiana+Crash">the border</a> undetected, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire. Last month, authorities finally learned about him after he allegedly violently groped the ride-share driver.
The unidentified victim said Sanchez-Aguire, 26, told her to turn down a dark street before he covered her mouth and began attacking her, <a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2026/02/02/i-panicked-uber-driver-describes-being-groped-by-passenger-causing-little-havana-crash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Local 10.
The woman was left with bruising to her chest, scratches to her neck and scrapes to her mouth, according to the local news outlet.
“In that moment, I panicked and lost control of the car and crashed,” she said.
The woman crashed into another car, causing it to hit the wall of a church. Her vehicle then hit the concrete wall of a storage facility.
Sanchez-Aguire then allegedly jumped out of the car and began running, but was later nabbed.
A witness, Candela Navarro, reported seeing the Uber driver &#8220;trapped inside the car,&#8221; which &#8220;was completely destroyed,&#8221; <a href="https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/uber-passenger-accused-of-groping-driver-during-ride-leading-to-crash-in-little-havana/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to 7News.
“She was, like, stuck inside of the car and in a state of shock that you can’t even imagine, so I immediately – the deal was to get close to the car and, like, tell her I’m going to help her. Like, I don’t care if the car maybe can explode or whatever, because the car was a mess,&#8221; Navarro said.
“What she immediately [said] was, ‘He tried to rape me, he tried to rape me, he tried to touch me, abuse me,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, my God,'&#8221; the witness said.
“This is yet another example of how years of open border policies have resulted in a heartbreaking number of preventable attacks. This monster should never have been in our country in the first place and had the opportunity to prey on this innocent woman,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement on Friday.
“Every day, we’re working to get illegal aliens out of our country before more innocent Americans are victimized,&#8221; McLaughlin said.
Sanchez-Aguire faces charges of battery and culpable negligence, according to Local 10. His bond was set at $1,450.
ICE recently lodged a detainer with local authorities in Florida &#8220;to prevent his release back into American communities,&#8221; DHS said.

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Illegal Immigrant Violently Gropes Uber Driver, Causes Her To Crash

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Federal immigration agents in several areas of the country have been instructed to stop conducting &#8220;roving patrols,&#8221; where they approach individuals to inquire about their immigration status, multiple Department of Homeland Security sources told The Daily Wire.
In recent days, some Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers making arrests across the country have been told to no longer conduct what are known as &#8220;consensual encounters,&#8221; where feds initiate a voluntary conversation with an individual to determine if they&#8217;re in the country illegally. ICE began employing the tactic as the Trump administration ramped up its mass deportation campaign.
Border Patrol has long used it along the border to catch contraband, illicit goods, or illegal immigrants smuggled into the country.
Ending the tactic is a key demand of congressional Democrats amid ongoing negotiations over funding the Department of Homeland Security. It also comes as President Donald Trump admitted this week that his immigration enforcement efforts may need a “softer touch” following the recent fatal shootings of two anti-ICE activists in Minneapolis.
A formal sweeping policy change on &#8220;roving patrols&#8221; has yet to come down.
ICE sources gave mixed reviews after receiving the orders.
&#8220;Consensual encounters work because we can talk to anyone, and a lot of people that we &#8216;encountered&#8217; are illegal with criminal records,&#8221; one ICE source told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;Targeted arrests are the norm for ICE operations. The consensual encounter approach was hard for a lot of officers who don&#8217;t have the prior Border Patrol experience and [for] quickly determining alienage. I have no problem doing either,&#8221; a second ICE source said.
Another ICE source explained that while &#8220;targeted&#8221; arrests are &#8220;fine,&#8221; they only help track down the illegal immigrants officers &#8220;know about&#8221; since they&#8217;re already on their target lists, adding, &#8220;What about the ones we don&#8217;t [know about]?&#8221;
The Daily Wire reached out to DHS for comment and received a statement from a Customs and Border Protection spokesperson, who said &#8220;no such order was given,&#8221; and that &#8220;CBP will continue to enforce the law in Minneapolis, just as they do across the country.&#8221;
&#8220;Authority under 8 USC [United States Code] 1357 and of course reasonable suspicion are protected by the U.S. Constitution,&#8221; the spokesperson added.
However, the question was about ICE, an agency separate from CBP.
DHS later responded to a follow-up question about any orders given to ICE officers, saying that ICE &#8220;conducts targeted operations to remove public safety threats from this country — any individual illegally in the country is on the table.&#8221;
“There is only one page: the President&#8217;s page. Everyone&#8217;s on the same page,&#8221; the department said.
On Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said ending roving patrols was a key demand of Democrats.
&#8220;You can&#8217;t just pick someone up on the street and put them in a dark prison without any kind of warrant. You can&#8217;t bust someone&#8217;s door down without any kind of warrant. That&#8217;s the Constitution, yet that&#8217;s what&#8217;s going on despicably on the streets of Minnesota and other places,&#8221; Schumer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V6sNYB7ORI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> MSNOW&#8217;s Morning Joe.
Among Democrats&#8217; long list of demands is for federal immigration agents to wear body cameras.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced this week that all federal immigration agents in Minneapolis would receive body-worn cameras and that the Trump administration hopes to do the same nationwide, pending funding.
Federal agents drew backlash for conducting &#8220;consensual encounters&#8221; in Los Angeles when Border Patrol agents showed up at a Home Depot in the City of Angels over the summer. What followed were days of violent protests, where anti-ICE activists blocked highways, set cars ablaze, and hurled concrete blocks at the feds.
A legal battle erupted over the action, which ended with the Supreme Court ruling that ultimately <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/supreme-court-ends-restrictions-on-la-immigration-stops-set-after-agents-swept-up-u-s-citizens" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lifted</a> a lower court&#8217;s restraining order against the roving patrols in Los Angeles.
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In Minneapolis, similar changes have been made with the arrival of border czar Tom Homan last week. Trump put Homan at the helm of Minneapolis immigration raids, replacing Border Patrol&#8217;s Gregory Bovino, who was known for conducting aggressive &#8220;roving patrols.&#8221;
Homan directed federal agents operating in the Twin Cities to focus on &#8220;targeted&#8221; arrests of illegal immigrants with the worst rap sheets. He has also said that the directive doesn&#8217;t exempt people whose sole crime is being in the country illegally.

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Some ICE Agents Ordered To Cut Back On Deportation Tactic Targeted By Dems, Sources Say

Some ICE Agents Told To Stop Conducting Roving Patrols, A Key Demand Of Democrats

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A migrant trucker who was waved across the border by the Biden administration allegedly killed four people in a devastating head-on crash in Indiana on Tuesday, The Daily Wire has learned.
Bekzhan Beishekeev, 30, who hails from Kyrgyzstan, crossed the border using the Biden-era CBP One cell phone app, the Department of Homeland Security said. He later obtained a Pennsylvania-issued commercial driver&#8217;s license, allowing him to drive trucks. According to the Department of Homeland Security, he is an illegal alien.
“Not only was Bekzhan Beishekeev released into our country by the Biden administration using the CBP One app, but he was also given a commercial driver’s license by [Democratic] Governor [Josh] Shapiro’s Pennsylvania. These decisions have had deadly consequences and led to the death of four innocent people in Indiana on Tuesday,” Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement Thursday.
The CBP One app, which the Biden administration used to allow roughly 900,000 migrants to enter the United States, was terminated by President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day. Trump later converted the app into a platform to schedule self-deportations.
“It is incredibly dangerous for illegal aliens, who often don’t know our traffic laws or even English, to be operating semi-trucks on America’s roads. These sanctuary governors must stop giving illegal aliens commercial driver’s licenses before another American gets killed,&#8221; McLaughlin added.
Beishekeev failed to stop for another slowed semi-trailer in Jay County, Indiana, swerving into opposing traffic and hitting a van head-on, <a href="https://www.wane.com/top-stories/isp-investigates-multi-car-crash-in-jay-county-that-killed-3/amp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to local news outlet WANE.
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NEW: DHS confirms to <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDailyWire</a> that the truck driver who allegedly killed four people on an Indiana road Tuesday crossed the border using the Biden-era CBP One cell phone app.
Bekzhan Beishekeev, a 30-year-old national of Kyrgyzstan, was later issued a Commercial Driver&#8217;s… <a href="https://t.co/OlQygQ5VVe">pic.twitter.com/OlQygQ5VVe</a>
— Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) <a href="https://twitter.com/JennieSTaer/status/2019469497229287689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Pennsylvania has infamously handed out commercial driver&#8217;s licenses to illegal immigrants, drawing criticism from the Trump administration.
One of the recipients of a Pennsylvania commercial driver&#8217;s license was Uzbek national Akhror Bozorov, who was released into the country under the Biden administration after crossing illegally and was wanted in his home country for &#8220;distributing terrorist propaganda calling for jihad online and recruiting terrorists to join the jihad movement,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/11/17/ice-arrests-uzbekistan-criminal-illegal-alien-and-wanted-terrorist-driving-18" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to DHS.
The Trump administration has already threatened to withhold $75 million in federal funds from Pennsylvania if it fails to revoke the commercial driver&#8217;s licenses of illegal immigrants.
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FOUR PEOPLE KILLED BY ILLEGAL ALIEN SEMI-TRUCK DRIVER.
On February 3, Bekzhan Beishekeev, an illegal alien from Kyrgyzstan, was traveling on an Indiana highway when he allegedly failed to brake for a slowed semi-truck in front of him. Police say he swerved into the westbound… <a href="https://t.co/RA3zgZ2kHm">pic.twitter.com/RA3zgZ2kHm</a>
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In response to a string of crashes involving illegal immigrant truckers, ICE conducted vehicle stops in Indiana, where authorities nabbed 146 illegal immigrant truck drivers, DHS <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/30/secretary-noem-highlights-more-140-illegal-alien-truck-drivers-arrested-during" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in October.
Beishekeev is now in ICE custody after local authorities in Indiana honored their detainer. He will now fight his deportation in immigration court.
The victims of the crash have been identified as 50-year-old Henry Eicher, 25-year-old Menno Eicher, 19-year-old Paul Eicher, and 23-year-old Simon Girod, according to WANE. They were reportedly members of the Amish community.
Donald Stipp, 55, who was driving the van, remains in the hospital and was in stable condition after undergoing surgery on his left arm.

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Illegal Alien Trucker Let In By Biden’s CBP One App Kills Four People In Indiana Crash

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Federal authorities arrested <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/crossdressing-antifa-leader-who-incited-violence-in-minneapolis-kicked-off-venmo-instagram">Kyle Wagner</a>, a crossdressing Antifa &#8220;terrorist&#8221; who allegedly threatened &#8220;to assault, kill and doxx officers&#8221; in Minneapolis, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Thursday.
&#8220;The Justice Department with @ICEgov HSI arrested a self-identified anti-ICE Antifa TERRORIST in Minneapolis today. Conspire and threaten to assault, kill and doxx officers, and you’ll find yourself in federal custody facing the full force of justice,&#8221; Blanche said in an X post.
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The Justice Department with <a href="https://twitter.com/ICEgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ICEgov</a> HSI arrested a self-identified anti-ICE Antifa TERRORIST in Minneapolis today. Conspire and threaten to assault, kill and doxx officers, and you’ll find yourself in federal custody facing the full force of justice. <a href="https://t.co/xGvKs5IpCH">pic.twitter.com/xGvKs5IpCH</a>
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Following the fatal shooting of anti-ICE activist Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Wagner allegedly told his followers to take up arms and attack law enforcement.
“Show up ready to go. Not talking about peaceful protests anymore,” Wagner said, calling on people to “march…with guns” and saying “the Second Amendment is the only thing that’s going to keep you f*cking protected from literal f*cking Nazi gunmen.”
“Get your f*cking guns, and stop these f*cking people,” he added.
Wagner was also seen in videos wearing women&#8217;s clothing. In one video, he traded his tactical wear for a red spaghetti-strap dress, hoop earrings, and heeled boots.
“I do this all year, all the time,” he said. “I do this for me … I like to get real clean and pretty and go out and shoot pool or get dinner and go dance.”
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BREAKING: Antifa leader in Minneapolis Kyle Wagner has been taken off <a href="https://twitter.com/instagram?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@instagram</a>. Earlier today he was taken off <a href="https://twitter.com/Venmo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Venmo</a>.
He had been using the platform to incite violence against ICE agents, raise money to fund riots. Nice to see reason prevail. <a href="https://t.co/ErZJNpkykR">pic.twitter.com/ErZJNpkykR</a>
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The self-described Antifa member also begged his followers for cash.
“My link to my Venmo is in my bio,” he said. “It’s an emergency freedom and defense fund.”
“I’m not going to tell you what I’m spending my money on,” Wagner added. “I’m not gonna tell you why I need you to give me large sums of money right now. I just want you to understand that this is an actual guerrilla war in our streets now. They’re using live ammunition to kill our citizens. I need everyone to show up, fully prepared — whatever that means to you — to whatever degree you can.”
His Venmo account was soon flooded with supporters who sent notes reading “For protecting women and children” and “Give them hell.”
Wagner&#8217;s Instagram account was subsequently deleted, and he was also removed from Facebook and TikTok.

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Feds Nab Crossdressing Antifa 'Terrorist' Who Threatened To Kill ICE Officers In Minneapolis

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President Donald Trump seemed to signal a major change in his approach to federal immigration raids during an interview with NBC News that aired on Wednesday.
When looking at the next cities to send federal immigration agents, Trump said he&#8217;s not going to take the approach of thrusting ICE on areas that don&#8217;t want officers there.
&#8220;I say they have to ask, and they have to say please,&#8221; Trump told NBC News&#8217; Tom Llamas, referring to mayors and governors.
&#8220;I don’t wanna go and force ourselves into a city, even if their numbers are terrible. Like, for instance, I got a call from Jeff Landry, governor of Louisiana. He said, &#8216;We have a big problem. Could you go in and help us with,'&#8221; Trump said.
There are five new cities Trump has set his sights on for the next immigration raids, he said while declining to disclose the locations.
&#8220;We have five cities that we’re looking at very strongly, but we want to be invited,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;We’ll be announcing them very quickly. But— we could do something. As an example, I was called by people. San Francisco said, &#8216;Please, we have a Democrat mayor. He’s trying very hard. Would you&#8217;— friends of mine that live there. It’s got crime problems. &#8216;Would you let him do the job and not come in? Let’s see how it works.&#8217; I said, &#8216;Look, I can do it much quicker, much faster.&#8217; Don’t forget, we remove criminals. We took over 2,000 hard-core criminals out of Washington, D.C.,&#8221; he added.
The White House has since come out to clarify that the president&#8217;s statements had &#8220;nothing to do with mass deportations&#8221; and were in reference to general crime crackdowns involving National Guard.
&#8220;Total Fake News BS. President Trump is talking about National Guard deployments for crime reduction — like the highly successful operations in New Orleans, Memphis, D.C., etc., that were welcomed by their leaders,&#8221; the White House <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2019450288403366298?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X Thursday.
Llamas had asked him: &#8220;So I wanna be clear ‘cause it sounds like there is a shift in immigration enforcement here, that there’s gonna be a shift after Minneapolis. What should Americans expect going forward?&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> on helping cities remove criminals: &#8220;Well, one thing I say to my people&#8230; I say, &#8216;They have to ask, and they have to say please.'&#8221;
NBC: &#8220;Who has to ask, and who has to say please?&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &#8220;The mayor or the governor.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/E7blNlEDJi">pic.twitter.com/E7blNlEDJi</a>
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Meanwhile, the Trump administration has focused its immigration efforts recently on Minneapolis following the fatal shootings of two anti-ICE activists.
Political leaders in Minnesota have demanded that federal immigration authorities leave the state.
Trump recently sent border czar Tom Homan to the Twin Cities to take command of immigration raids there. Homan announced Wednesday that he brokered an &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; deal with local sheriffs, who have agreed to allow ICE into their jails to take custody of illegal immigrant inmates before they&#8217;re set to be released.
In exchange, Homan said there would be a &#8220;drawdown&#8221; of 700 federal immigration agents who would &#8220;immediately&#8221; leave Minneapolis.
The decision to send Homan to Minneapolis signaled a change in Trump&#8217;s approach to immigration raids. Homan replaced Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who was known for his aggressive tactics, has since returned to his post leading agents in the El Centro sector of the California border.
During his interview with NBC News, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-mass-deportation-campaign-could-use-softer-touch-after-minneapolis-shootings?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+Mass+Deportation+Campaign+Could+Use+%E2%80%98Softer+Touch%E2%80%99+After+Minneapolis+Shootings">Trump acknowledged</a> that his immigration enforcement efforts could use a “softer touch” following the recent deadly shootings.

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President Donald Trump admitted that his immigration enforcement efforts may need a &#8220;softer touch&#8221; following the two recent fatal shootings in Minneapolis.
Trump made the statement during a Wednesday interview with NBC News&#8217; Tom Llamas, who asked what the president learned from the situation in Minneapolis.
“I learned that maybe we can use a little bit of a softer touch,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;But you still have to be tough. These are criminals. We’re dealing with really hard criminals.&#8221;
&#8220;But look, I’ve called the people. I’ve called the governor. I’ve called the mayor, spoke to him, had great conversations with him, and then I see them ranting and raving out there, literally, as though a call wasn’t made,&#8221; he said.
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Tom <a href="https://twitter.com/LlamasNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LlamasNBC</a>: “Mr. President, speaking of Minneapolis, what did you learn?”
Trump: “I learned that maybe we can use a little bit of a softer touch. But you still have to be tough. These are criminals. We’re dealing with really hard criminals. But look, I’ve called the people.… <a href="https://t.co/7316884uBM">pic.twitter.com/7316884uBM</a>
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Trump sent his border czar, Tom Homan, to Minneapolis last week to replace then-Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who was known for his aggressive and showy approach to immigration raids. Bovino has since returned to his role as the Border Patrol chief of the El Centro sector in California.
Homan took over the operation after the fatal shootings involving federal immigration agents of anti-ICE activists Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Homan has implemented a more targeted approach to enforcement by prioritizing the arrests of the worst criminals. While that&#8217;s the new focus in Minneapolis, the former ICE chief said during a press conference Wednesday that it doesn&#8217;t mean anyone whose sole crime is being in the country illegally is off the table.
Homan also announced a &#8220;draw down&#8221; of 700 federal immigration authorities from the Twin Cities following the brokering of a deal between an &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; number of local jurisdictions to allow ICE into jails.
“We currently have an unprecedented number of counties communicating with us now and allowing ICE to take custody of illegal aliens before they hit the streets, unprecedented cooperation. And I’ll say it again, this is efficient, it requires only one or two officers to assume custody of a criminal alien target rather than eight or ten officers going into the community and arresting that public safety threat,” Homan said.
“More officers taking custody of criminal aliens directly from the jails, means less officers on the street doing criminal operations. This is smart law enforcement, not less law enforcement. This is safer for the community, safer for the officers, and safer for the alien,” he said.
The &#8220;draw down,&#8221; he said, doesn&#8217;t mean the Trump administration is “surrendering” its mass deportation campaign.

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Following the brokering of &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; cooperation with local authorities in Minnesota, border czar Tom Homan announced a massive &#8220;drawdown&#8221; of federal immigration agents during a press conference on Wednesday morning.
Starting Wednesday, 700 federal immigration officers and agents will be leaving the Twin Cities area, Homan said. The personnel change comes after Homan said he secured deals with &#8220;an unprecedented number of counties&#8221; that have agreed to &#8220;allow ICE to take custody of illegal aliens before they hit the streets.&#8221;
That will leave 2,000 federal immigration agents in Minnesota, along with all the teams working on fraud investigations, Homan said.
The former ICE chief also met with Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, along with local police chiefs, last week.
&#8220;We currently have an unprecedented number of counties communicating with us now and allowing ICE to take custody of illegal aliens before they hit the streets, unprecedented cooperation. And I&#8217;ll say it again, this is efficient, it requires only one or two officers to assume custody of a criminal alien target rather than eight or ten officers going into the community and arresting that public safety threat,&#8221; Homan said.
&#8220;More officers taking custody of criminal aliens directly from the jails, means less officers on the street doing criminal operations. This is smart law enforcement, not less law enforcement. This is safer for the community, safer for the officers, and safer for the alien,&#8221; he said.
Homan insisted that the Trump administration isn&#8217;t &#8220;surrendering&#8221; its mass deportation campaign.
Going forward, Border Patrol and ICE will now work together &#8220;under one unified command&#8221; rather than the separate &#8220;chains of command&#8221; they were previously operating under, according to Homan.
&#8220;Any large amount of force, an operation I’ve ever been involved with, there’s one chain of command,&#8221; he said.
Homan also clarified that while arrest operations will be &#8220;targeted,&#8221; focusing on nabbing the worst illegal immigrant criminals first, anyone who is in the country illegally is still on the table.
President Donald Trump sent Homan to Minneapolis last week, replacing Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who was known for his aggressive and made-for-TV raids. Bovino&#8217;s tactics also included more sweeping patrols.
Bovino has since returned to his duties as the Border Patrol chief of California&#8217;s El Centro sector.
The leadership change came after two anti-ICE protesters were shot and killed by federal immigration agents.
To prevent further bloodshed, Homan said he&#8217;s asked local police chiefs to respond when federal immigration agents are up against violent protesters.
&#8220;Every chief I talked to, every one of them promised to respond to any public safety issue when our officers are out doing their sworn duty and people start crossing the line and they start impeding and interfering,&#8221; Homan said.
&#8220;There&#8217;s still more sheriffs we are in discussions with and are talking to, but I have not heard the word no,&#8221; he added.
Minnesota Sheriffs Association executive director James Stuart told The Daily Wire that the &#8220;vast majority&#8221; of sheriffs in the state want better communication with ICE, while also advocating for a draw down of federal agents.
Stuart said the deals with ICE and local sheriffs are not yet complete, adding that it&#8217;s &#8220;a work in progress&#8221; that could take weeks or months.
In an effort to increase transparency, the Trump administration will deploy body-worn cameras for all federal immigration officers in Minneapolis.

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A controversial new bill in Illinois would ban federal immigration agents hired under the Trump administration from ever working as local police in the sanctuary state.
Democratic Illinois State Senator Laura Fine, who is also running for Congress, introduced the <a href="https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?GAID=18&amp;DocNum=2820&amp;DocTypeID=SB&amp;LegId=0&amp;SessionID=114" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislation</a> after the two recent fatal shootings in Minneapolis involving federal immigration authorities. Fine called the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti &#8220;a glass break moment,&#8221; adding, &#8220;enough is enough.&#8221;
&#8220;It is blatantly obvious that ICE officers are not going through extensive training. Hiring ICE agents for our local and state police force is not a priority, keeping our communities safe is. And my bill aims to do just that,&#8221; Fine said in a separate post.
&#8220;The message is simple: If you enabled the cruelty of the Trump administration, you don’t get to wear a badge in Illinois,&#8221; she earlier said.
The bill lays out &#8220;that a law enforcement agency may not hire &#8230; any person who was hired as a federal immigration officer by the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement between January 20, 2025 and January 20, 2029.&#8221;
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I’m headed to Springfield to urge my colleagues to support my bill banning Trump’s unqualified ICE hires from ever serving in state and local law enforcement in Illinois. Enough is enough. I’m doing this for the safety of all Illinoisans. In Congress, I will continue to fight to… <a href="https://t.co/rd5OMfFlj8">pic.twitter.com/rd5OMfFlj8</a>
— Laura Fine for Congress (@laurafineforIL9) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurafineforIL9/status/2011184130361323576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The Department of Homeland Security hit back at Fine&#8217;s proposal, with Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin telling The Daily Wire that the Democratic lawmaker is wrongly villainizing ICE agents who are taking criminal illegal immigrants off the streets after they were released under sanctuary policies.
“Illinois sanctuary politicians are falsely casting federal law enforcement as villains while ICE officers are being targeted, threatened, and doxxed simply for doing their jobs and enforcing our nation’s laws. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE is held to the highest professional standard and officers regularly receive ongoing training,&#8221; McLaughlin said.
&#8220;As our brave law enforcement arrests and removes dangerous criminal illegal aliens, including murderers, rapists, and gang members from our communities, America can be proud of the professionalism our officers bring to the job day-in and day-out. Instead of working with us, Illinois sanctuary politicians RELEASE violent criminals from their jails directly back into our communities to perpetrate more crimes and create more victims,&#8221; she added.
Since January 20, Illinois authorities have released 1,768 criminal illegal immigrants who account for 5 homicides, 141 assaults, 23 burglaries, 4 robberies, 24 drug offenses, 15 weapons offenses, and 10 sexual predatory offenses, according to McLaughlin.
There are 4,015 illegal immigrants in Illinois with ICE detainer requests for a transfer to federal custody. Those targets account for 51 homicides, 1,134 assaults, 107 burglaries, 36 robberies, 275 dangerous drugs offenses, 120 weapons offenses, and 813 sexual predatory offenses.
The sanctuary state currently allows noncitizens to serve as police officers. ICE nabbed an illegal immigrant from Montenegro in October who was working as a police officer for the Hanover Police Department in Illinois.
A judge subsequently granted his immigration bond, leading the police department to bring him back on.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an illegal immigrant accused of fraud who was just one week away from graduating the New Orleans Police Department academy, <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/2018762909602721977?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox News.
Larry Temah, 46, who hails from Cameroon, was hired by the New Orleans Police Department in June, the agency&#8217;s superintendent, Anne Kirkpatrick, said following his arrest last month.
The Department of Homeland Security slammed the department for not only hiring Temah, but also for arming him.
“This illegal alien from Cameroon, Larry Temah, is not only breaking the law with every step he takes in this country illegally, but the New Orleans Police Department hired him and issued him a firearm &#8211; what kind of law enforcement department gives criminal illegal aliens guns and badges?&#8221; the agency said in a statement to Fox News.
&#8220;It’s a FELONY for illegal aliens to even possess a firearm. Sanctuary cities like New Orleans ignore ICE detainers and are protecting illegal aliens at the expense of American citizens,&#8221; the agency said.
Temah entered the United States in 2015 using a visitor&#8217;s visa, the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News. After marrying an American citizen in 2016, he was granted conditional residency.
The federal government denied his application for permanent status in 2022, citing fraud. Temah failed to show for three separate hearings in immigration court, resulting in a judge issuing a deportation order.
Temah, however, didn&#8217;t comply with that order to leave the country, forcing ICE to hunt him down.
Kirkpatrick said last month that the police department had no information to suggest Temah was in the country illegally during his hiring process.
&#8220;There was nothing in the [personnel] packet that would have given us reason to believe that this person did not have legal status,&#8221; she said. &#8220;There is some question that may have developed later.&#8221;
Temah applied to become an officer in June 2025, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-detains-new-orleans-police-recruit-after-immigration-judge-signed-removal-order-following-his-hiring" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox News. He also had a valid driver&#8217;s license and Social Security number, and passed the E-Verify check, which ensures workers are in the country legally and eligible to work.
Kirkpatrick said they learned of his deportation order on Dec. 5, which was after he applied for the role with the department.
&#8220;The order of removal occurred after we had already hired him,&#8221; she said.
She said that the NOPD had conducted standard criminal background checks, including a search through the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database, and found no criminal history.
Temah&#8217;s case isn&#8217;t the first involving ICE arresting an illegal immigrant cop.
In October, federal authorities nabbed Radule Bojovic, an illegal immigrant from Montenegro, who was working as a police officer for the Hanover Police Department in Illinois.
Bojovic overstayed a tourist visa that required him to leave the United States on March 31, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/16/governor-jb-pritzkers-illinois-illegal-alien-working-sworn-police-office-badge-gun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time of his arrest. A judge later granted Bojovic a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-releases-illegal-immigrant-cop-from-ice-custody" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$2,500 immigration bond</a> and he has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-cop-previously-nabbed-by-ice-returns-to-work-for-illinois-police-department">returned</a> to work with the Hanover Police Department.
The department hired Bojovic in January 2025 since he had a federal work permit and passed all background checks, they previously said.

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Every federal immigration officer on the ground in Minneapolis will now have a body camera following two recent fatal shootings of anti-ICE agitators.
The decision comes after President Donald Trump replaced Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino with his border czar, Tom Homan, who took command of immigration operations in Minneapolis last week.
Homan&#8217;s arrival was sparked by the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent and came just weeks after an ICE agent fired fatal shots at Renee Good after she appeared to hit him with her car. It has also led to a more targeted approach for arrests, with agents prioritizing the worst criminals first.
The officer who shot Good recorded the interaction on his phone.
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I just spoke with <a href="https://twitter.com/RealTomHoman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealTomHoman</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ICEDirector?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ICEDirector</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CBPCommissioner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBPCommissioner</a>. Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis.
As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide. We will rapidly acquire and deploy body…
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sec_Noem/status/2018435428932538861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the latest policy change following a conversation with Homan, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, and Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, she said in an X post on Monday.
&#8220;Effective immediately, we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis,&#8221; Noem said.
She added that the program &#8220;will be expanded nationwide&#8221; &#8220;as funding is available.&#8221;
&#8220;We will rapidly acquire and deploy body cameras to DHS law enforcement across the country,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;The most transparent administration in American history—thank you @POTUS Trump. Make America Safe Again,&#8221; she added.
When Daily Wire White House reporter Mary Margaret Olohan asked the president about Noem&#8217;s announcement, he didn&#8217;t appear to have prior knowledge of the decision.
Still, he said he supports it.
&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t my decision; I leave it to her. They generally tend to be good for law enforcement because people can&#8217;t lie about what&#8217;s happening,&#8221; Trump said during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office on Monday.
&#8220;If she wants to do the camera thing, that&#8217;s ok with me,&#8221; Trump said.
Body-worn cameras for federal immigration agents have become a centerpiece of Congress&#8217; latest battle to fund the Department of Homeland Security since the recent fatal shootings in Minneapolis.
Just days before Pretti was shot, footage originally published by The News Movement showed him kicking in the taillight of a vehicle driven by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis.
The video also showed Pretti spitting on an officer and raising his middle finger to the vehicle before one agent gets out of the vehicle and quickly wrestles him to the ground.
The agents eventually let him go, and he was reportedly left with a broken rib. Pretti appeared to have a gun in his waistband as he walked away.
“A week before Alex was gunned down in the street — despite posing no threat to anyone — he was violently assaulted by a group of ICE agents,” attorney Steve Schleicher, who represents Pretti’s family, told the <a href="https://www.startribune.com/bystander-video-reveals-confrontation-between-alex-pretti-and-federal-agents-11-days-before-killing/601572009" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minnesota Star Tribune</a> after reviewing the footage.

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As ex-CNN host Don Lemon livestreamed the storming of a Minnesota church last month, he documented several instances where he appeared to be covering the anti-ICE protesters&#8217; tracks as he accompanied them from start to finish.
Lemon&#8217;s livestream opened with him standing near the group of activists, who he said were &#8220;gearing up for resistance and protest.&#8221;
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The group gathered in a parking lot to practice anti-ICE chants.
At that point in his video, Lemon asserted that the operation was &#8220;secret,&#8221; adding, &#8220;[I] can&#8217;t tell you what is going to happen, but you&#8217;re going to watch it live unfold here on the Don Lemon Show.&#8221;
He continued to conceal the group&#8217;s plans, saying that he &#8220;turned our camera off of them because they&#8217;re giving some critical information here.&#8221;
Lemon could also be seen thanking the members of the group, including its ringleader, Nekima Levy Armstrong, who was also later arrested for her alleged role in carrying out the disruption.
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🚨Pam Bondi just announced the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong, the alleged organizer of last weekend&#8217;s Anti-ICE protest at a St. Paul Church.
Here&#8217;s Don Lemon giving her an awkward kiss before it went down.
Could Don be next? <a href="https://t.co/8qiNyrN3Q1">pic.twitter.com/8qiNyrN3Q1</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/2014361821537272139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2026</a></blockquote>
&#8220;How are you? Good to see you,&#8221; Lemon said to Armstrong as he leaned over to give her a kiss on the cheek.
&#8220;We&#8217;re on, we&#8217;re not saying what it is, what&#8217;s going on, but thank you,&#8221; he said.
Lemon was seen entering the church and could be heard sitting in on the service.
The agitators then began their interruption.
He also acknowledged seeing the terror inflicted upon worshippers inside the church.
&#8220;I&#8217;m looking at a young man who&#8217;s in the corner. He&#8217;s frightened. He&#8217;s scared, he&#8217;s crying. People are leaving church,&#8221; he said.
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Outside, Lemon showed a father hugging his distraught child.
&#8220;You have to make people uncomfortable in these times. If you see how uncomfortable &#8230; and how harsh people are being treated on the streets, you have to be willing to go into places and disrupt and make people uncomfortable. That is what this country is about,&#8221; he later said.
He then asked Armstrong for help tracking down the pastor.
“Who is the person that we should talk to? Is there a pastor or something?” Lemon asked as Armstrong pointed toward the pastor, whom she said “might have run away.&#8221;
Lemon was also seen confronting the pastor, asserting, &#8220;Listen, we live in a — there&#8217;s a Constitution and the First Amendment to freedom of speech and freedom to assemble and protest.&#8221;
&#8220;Don&#8217;t you think that Jesus would be understanding and love these folks?&#8221; Lemon asked the pastor.
The pastor eventually asks him to &#8220;leave.&#8221;
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Lemon was also seen lecturing a worshipper, who accused the group of &#8220;trespassing.&#8221;
He then attempted to challenge another with &#8220;facts,&#8221; asking questions like, &#8220;Did you know that undocumented people and immigrants commit far less crime than American citizens?&#8221;
When the parishioner said &#8220;we&#8217;re done here,&#8221; Lemon continued to push him: &#8220;You won&#8217;t listen, I&#8217;m giving you the facts.&#8221;
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Lemon was seen standing outside the church, where he continued to push anti-ICE beliefs on the parishioners as they fled.
&#8220;I imagine it&#8217;s uncomfortable and traumatic for the people here &#8230; but that&#8217;s what protesting is about,&#8221; Lemon said.
The man hit back at Lemon, who said the ex-CNN anchor was posing &#8220;as a journalist.&#8221;
After departing the church, Lemon acknowledged allegedly taking part in keeping the group&#8217;s plans under wraps.
&#8220;What I said was going to happen happened. We could not tell you, you know, what it was,&#8221; he said.
Federal authorities arrested Lemon Thursday evening in Los Angeles. He faces charges of conspiracy to violate the right of religious freedom at a house of worship and violations of the FACE Act, a law that, in part, prohibits the disruption of worship services, which the Biden administration infamously weaponized against peaceful anti-abortion protesters.
He has since been released from custody, but continues to fight the charges.
Lemon claimed he was covering the protest as an independent journalist, asserting that his actions are protected by the First Amendment.
During his livestream, he also told multiple parishioners that &#8220;I&#8217;m not part of the group.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m just here photographing, I&#8217;m a journalist,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;We&#8217;re here just chronicling and reporting. We&#8217;re not part of the activist, but we&#8217;re here just reporting on them,&#8221; he said at another point.

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An <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/990030199/Don-Lemon-Indictment">unsealed indictment</a> reveals how ex-CNN host Don Lemon allegedly worked with protesters to storm a Minnesota church on Jan. 18 and keep terrified worshippers from leaving the building.
Lemon was arrested Thursday evening and charged with conspiracy to violate the right of religious freedom at a house of worship and violations of the FACE Act, a law that, in part, prohibits the disruption of worship services, which the Biden administration infamously weaponized against peaceful anti-abortion protesters, according to a copy of the indictment obtained by The Daily Wire. He was charged with eight others.
For his role, Lemon claims he was attending the protest solely to cover it as an independent journalist. The new court documents, however, suggest otherwise.
Before allegedly storming the church, Lemon attended a &#8220;pre-op briefing&#8221; where organizers &#8220;advised&#8221; him of their &#8220;target,&#8221; Cities Church in St. Paul, &#8220;and provided instruction on how the operation would be conducted once they arrived,&#8221; according to the indictment.
He then began &#8220;livestreaming&#8221; and &#8220;explained to his audience that he was in Minnesota with an organization that was gearing up for a &#8216;resistance&#8217; operation against the Federal Government&#8217;s immigration policies,&#8221; while also not giving away specific details &#8220;to maintain operation secrecy by reminding certain co-conspirators to not disclose&#8221; that they were going to the church.
Lemon then &#8220;stepped away momentarily so his mic would not accidentally divulge certain portions of the planning session,&#8221; the indictment alleged.
He also &#8220;thanked&#8221; alleged protest leader Nekima Levy Armstrong &#8220;for what she was doing and reassured her that he was &#8216;not saying &#8230; what&#8217;s going on.'&#8221;
Before he arrived at the church, Lemon informed his livestream audience, &#8220;We&#8217;re going to head to the operation. Again, we&#8217;re not going to give any, any of the information away.&#8221;
As he headed toward the church, an unnamed demonstrator told Lemon that &#8220;they had to &#8216;catch up&#8217; to the others,&#8221; to which Lemon replied: &#8220;Let&#8217;s go, catch up&#8221; as he continued to livestream, stating, &#8220;We can&#8217;t say too much. We don&#8217;t want to give it up.&#8221;
Lemon entered the church with the &#8220;first wave of agitators,&#8221; and allegedly &#8220;oppressed, threatened, and intimidated the Church&#8217;s congregants and pastors by physically occupying most of the main aisle and rows of chairs near the front of the Church, engaging in menacing and threatening behavior, chanting and yelling loudly at the pastor and congregants, and/or physically obstructing them as they attempted to exit and/or move about within the Church,&#8221; according to the indictment.
Lemon told his livestream audience that he saw a &#8220;young man&#8221; who appeared to be &#8220;frightened,&#8221; &#8220;scared,&#8221; and &#8220;crying,&#8221; acknowledging &#8220;that the congregants&#8217; reactions were understandable because the experience was &#8216;traumatic and uncomfortable,&#8217; which he said was the purpose.&#8221;
Lemon also said that &#8220;the whole point of [the operation] is to disrupt.&#8221;
He also asked Armstrong: &#8220;Who is the person that we should talk to? Is there a pastor or something?&#8221; as she pointed toward the pastor, who she said &#8220;might have run away.&#8221;
Lemon then &#8220;approached the pastor and largely surrounded him (to his front and both sides), stood in close proximity to the pastor in an attempt to oppress and intimidate him, and physically obstructed his freedom of movement while&#8221; he &#8220;peppered him with questions to promote the operation&#8217;s message.&#8221;
Lemon was standing &#8220;so close to the pastor&#8221; that he caused the religious leader&#8217;s &#8220;right hand to graze&#8221; him before he &#8220;admonished the pastor, stating &#8216;Please don&#8217;t push me.'&#8221; Lemon even tried to block fearful congregants from leaving.
&#8220;At one point, defendant Lemon posted himself at the main door of the Church, where he confronted some congregants and physically obstructed them as they tried to exit the Church building to challenge them with &#8216;facts&#8217; about U.S. immigration policy,&#8221; the indictment read.

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