Sanctuary authorities in Oregon cut an illegal immigrant truck driver loose after he allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-trucker-with-california-license-accused-of-killing-newlyweds-in-tragic-collision">killed a newlywed</a> couple in a tragic collision, leading federal officers to track him down, The Daily Wire has learned.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer with local authorities after Indian national Rajinder Kumar jackknifed his semi-truck and trailer in November. Kumar&#8217;s disabled big rig blocked both lanes of a major highway in Deschutes County, Oregon, allegedly causing the deaths of William Micah Carter and his wife, Jennifer Lynn Lower, after their vehicle “struck the trailer at highway speeds,&#8221; <a href="https://bendbulletin.com/2025/11/28/two-vehicle-crash-in-deschutes-county-kills-two/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to local reports.
The couple had only been married for 16 days at the time of the fatal collision, Jennifer’s father, Tom Lower, <a href="https://bendbulletin.com/2025/11/28/two-vehicle-crash-in-deschutes-county-kills-two/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Bulletin.
Despite facing local charges, along with having an ICE detainer, Kumar was released from a local jail on April 2, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ICE was left to hunt him down in the streets, nabbing him on April 22.
It appears Kumar was released after posting $25,000, a portion of his $250,000 bond, before federal authorities caught up to him, <a href="https://lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/justice/2026/04/28/truck-driver-charged-in-death-of-springfield-couple-is-in-ice-custody/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Lookout Eugene-Springfield.
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Kumar crossed the border illegally into Lukeville, Arizona, in 2022 and was subsequently released into the country, according to DHS. He received a work permit in 2023, along with a California Commercial Driver&#8217;s License (CDL).
Acting Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Lauren Bis pinned the blame on Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom, along with sanctuary authorities in Oregon, for opening doors for Kumar throughout his time in the United States. The Trump administration has tagged California as a major source of fatal collisions involving illegal immigrant truck drivers after the state issued 17,000 non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s Licenses to foreign drivers.
“This illegal alien was issued a CDL by Gavin Newsom’s California. He then went on to recklessly drive a truck on America’s highways and KILL two honeymooners. Instead of cooperating with ICE law enforcement, Oregon sanctuary politicians RELEASED him from jail back into American communities,” Bis said in a statement shared with The Daily Wire.
“Every time sanctuary politicians release a dangerous criminal illegal alien back into our communities, they are gambling with American lives. We are grateful to our ICE law enforcement officers who tracked this killer down to ensure he’s permanently removed from America’s highways and can never harm another American family again,&#8221; Bis said.
Kumar is now locked up at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, where he will face deportation proceedings before an immigration judge. The illegal immigrant pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges in March.

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EXCLUSIVE: ICE Hunts Down Illegal Trucker Accused Of Killing Newlyweds — Sanctuary City Let Him Go

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Hundreds of Border Patrol agents are being pulled from across the country to address an influx of illegal immigrants trying to run from authorities in a Texas border town, multiple Department of Homeland Security sources told The Daily Wire.
At least 200 Border Patrol agents from both the southern and northern borders are being pulled for 30-day volunteer duties to support colleagues in Laredo, Texas, who are trying to chase down the &#8220;gotaways,&#8221; sources said. The number of &#8220;gotaways&#8221; running through Laredo is not public.
&#8220;Everyone from across the country is getting sent there,&#8221; one source said.
A spokesperson for Customs and Border Protection, the agency that oversees Border Patrol, confirmed the deployment, which they characterized as part of their effort &#8220;to continue to secure our border.&#8221;
&#8220;That sector is bordered entirely by river, with no natural barriers to slow illegal crossings, which makes it a target when smuggling routes shift and evolve,&#8221; the spokesperson said, referring to Laredo.
“Thanks to President Trump, we have the most secure border in American history,&#8221; the spokesperson added. &#8220;Thanks to record low crossings, we have the manpower and flexibility to move agents quickly, concentrate resources, and take enforcement action where it matters most.”
Border agents monitor gotaways through sensors and cameras, but the true number isn&#8217;t known. During the Biden administration, the number of known gotaways surged past 2 million illegal immigrants, <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/2024/09/23/startling-stats-factsheet-biden-and-harris-border-crisis-still-wreaking-havoc-at-the-borders-and-in-the-interior/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the House Homeland Security Committee.
A Border Patrol source stationed along the northern border told The Daily Wire they&#8217;re not volunteering to head south because there&#8217;s not enough manpower to cover the smuggling traffic coming from Canada. While fewer than 600 illegal migrants have been caught crossing the northern border each month since November, some stations find it difficult with fewer agents to cover the largest land crossing in the world.
Border agents stationed in the Laredo border sector were seeing thousands of illegal migrants cross each month under the Biden administration. Now, the numbers are in the hundreds and slightly jumped in March, when agents caught 1,242 illegal migrants.
&#8220;They&#8217;re asking for manpower, they already have close to 2,000 agents on the southern border, so if you&#8217;re having that many gotaways then that&#8217;s a leadership thing,&#8221; the agent said. &#8220;None of us need to go over there because we got our own stations to take care of, that&#8217;s how most of the agents feel.&#8221;
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&#8220;On the northern border, we&#8217;re in small towns that are south of these small cities that are hubs for illegals. There is this massive influx coming out of all of these cities and they&#8217;re coming into small towns so we have to be vigilant of local police resources. Sometimes, you&#8217;re the only agent out in the field and you have to deal with people that are trying to get in pursuits,&#8221; the agent added.
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President Donald Trump has imposed harsher consequences for illegal border crossers, while carrying out a mass deportation campaign. That effort has driven illegal crossings down to historic lows.
More than 8 million illegal immigrants crossed the southern border during the Biden administration, which was releasing them en masse.

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EXCLUSIVE: Agents Pulled Nationwide As ‘Gotaways’ Surge In Border Town

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An illegal immigrant was working as a youth soccer coach in Ohio when he allegedly sexually assaulted a child.
Timothy Glenn Boggs, 51, a Mexican national, is charged with nine counts of sexual battery and is accused of engaging &#8220;in sexual activity&#8221; with a teen between the ages of 13 and 17, <a href="https://fox8.com/news/former-wayne-county-girls-soccer-coach-indicted-on-sexual-battery-charges/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to local reports.
Prosecutors say Boggs committed the offenses while acting as &#8220;an athletic or other type of coach, instructor&#8230; or otherwise in a position of temporary or occasional disciplinary control&#8221; over the victim, WKYC reported.
The assaults allegedly occurred between October 1, 2024, and April 30, 2025, authorities said.
Boggs, a former West Salem council member, has since resigned from his role as a girls’ soccer coach at Northwestern Local Schools in Wayne County, WKYC reported. He was also a coach for the Ohio Strikers United Soccer Club, which said the allegations had &#8220;deeply shaken&#8221; its club community.
Boggs last entered the United States legally in June 1995 through the Canadian border, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told The Daily Wire. The agency now refers to him as a &#8220;criminal illegal alien.&#8221;
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer on March 31 requesting that local authorities hand over Boggs once he&#8217;s released from custody, DHS said.
&#8220;Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S.,&#8221; a DHS spokesperson told The Daily Wire.
Northwestern Local Schools Superintendent Julie McCumber said the district &#8220;recently learned of an allegation&#8221; that &#8220;purportedly stems from an incident that allegedly occurred outside of his role as a scholastic coach and was not connected to his employment with our district.&#8221;
&#8220;At no time during his employment with our district did we receive any reports or have any knowledge of alleged misconduct in his role as a scholastic coach,&#8221; McCumber said. &#8220;The alleged misconduct is not associated with a district student or employee. His last official contact with the team occurred in November 2025.&#8221;
&#8220;In response to learning of the allegation, Northwestern complied with all applicable reporting requirements under Ohio law. District administration also contacted the families of former players as part of our commitment to due diligence and ensuring the safety and well-being of all students,&#8221; McCumber added.
Boggs was indicted on March 20 and is being held on a $100,000 bond.

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Illegal Immigrant Entrusted To Coach Kids Hit With Multiple Sexual Assault Charges

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A crazed illegal immigrant allegedly bit a 3-year-old girl in the face and also attacked her mother in a Texas park after the Biden administration refused to take him into custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Indian national Atharva Vyas, 24, allegedly came out of the woods in San Antonio&#8217;s Espada Park on the afternoon of April 18 before he started punching the girl&#8217;s mother, Gabriella Perez, 27, and pulling her hair, <a href="https://foxsanantonio.com/newsletter-daily/toddler-injured-in-violent-attack-at-espada-park-suspect-under-arrest-san-antonio-texas-atharva-vyas-south-side-brooks-city-base-assault-causing-bodily-injury">according</a> to Fox 29. Vyas then allegedly jumped on the little girl and bit her face.
Perez said she pulled Vyas&#8217; hair to get him off her daughter, while several good Samaritans restrained him until police arrived at the scene, Fox 29 reported.
The little girl lost two teeth in the attack and is now traumatized, Perez <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-our-family-after-traumatic-attack">posted</a> on a GoFundMe page for the family.
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&#8220;The emotional distress from this event has been overwhelming for both of us, and we are now focused on helping her heal physically and emotionally,&#8221; Perez said.
&#8220;Since the attack, my daughter has needed constant care, comfort, and reassurance. She is unable to be left with anyone else, so I have had to take time away from work to be by her side,&#8221; she said.
Vyas entered the United States in August 2023 on a student visa, <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/04/25/ice-takes-enforcement-action-against-indian-illegal-alien-who-barbarically-attacked">according</a> to DHS. Three months later, he was arrested on the campus of the University of Texas for felony assault.
University police contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the time, but &#8220;the Biden Administration determined this crime was not &#8216;egregious&#8217; enough to warrant visa revocation and decided to take no enforcement action against Vyas,&#8221; DHS said.
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Since the latest attack, ICE has lodged a detainer with local authorities, asking them to hand Vyas over for deportation proceedings. The Trump administration also revoked his visa.
“This criminal illegal alien brutally bit this child and caused her to lose two teeth. This barbaric assault against this woman and her three-year-old in a park was completely preventable,” Acting Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Lauren Bis said in a recent statement.
“The Biden administration NEVER should have released this animal following his arrest for assault. We are working with our partners in Texas to ensure this criminal illegal alien never roams free in American communities again,&#8221; Bis said.
Vyas was charged with aggravated assault and assault causing bodily injury, according to Fox 29. He is being held in the Bexar County jail.

On Repeat: Biden Refused To Arrest Illegal. Now He’s Accused Of Horrific Crime.

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President Donald Trump indicated his willingness to change the name of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to &#8220;NICE.&#8221;
Trump shared a screenshot of an X Post that read: &#8220;I want Trump to change ICE to NICE (National Immigration and Customs Enforcement) so the media has to say NICE agents all day everyday.&#8221; He responded on Truth Social, saying &#8220;GREAT IDEA!!! DO IT. President DJT.&#8221;
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The latest proposed change for ICE wouldn&#8217;t be the first time the president ran with outside advice.
His &#8220;no tax on tips&#8221; policy came from a waitress, former Trump economic advisor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wN-piGOkhI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Fox Business last week.
&#8220;I asked Trump about this &#8230; he said a waitress,&#8221; Moore said. &#8220;He asked a waitress in a restaurant about how can I help you and she said &#8216;don&#8217;t tax my tips.&#8217; And that was the start of a great policy that is very popular with the American people.&#8221;
Sources within ICE told The Daily Wire they wouldn&#8217;t put it past Trump to change their agency&#8217;s name.
&#8220;I could easily see him doing it,&#8221; one agency source said.
Another ICE source said it &#8220;would be hilarious,&#8221; adding &#8220;we so should.&#8221;
Some sources criticized the move, saying it would be a waste of taxpayer funding.
&#8220;Imagine the wasted spending for all the stuff we got recently,&#8221; one source said.
&#8220;We&#8217;d probably be made fun of and have to change all our letterhead, agency logos, credentials, badges, business cards. Seems more like a headache than anything good,&#8221; said another.
ICE has also gone unfunded for more than two months amid the partial government shutdown. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is also expected to run out of emergency funds to pay personnel come May, Secretary Markwayne Mullin recently warned.
DHS is spending more than $1.6 billion every two weeks to pay its workforce, Mullin said, adding, “So the money is going extremely fast.”
&#8220;So the president can’t do another executive order for us to use money because there’s no more money there,&#8221; Mullin said.
Some of that funding is going to ICE agents tasked with carrying out Trump&#8217;s mass deportation effort.
Meanwhile, Democratic lawmakers continue to push for major ICE reforms, such as unmasking federal immigration agents and requiring them to have judicial warrants to make arrests, in exchange for a funding package.
Congressional Republicans have refused to agree to the changes to ICE, arguing that Democrats&#8217; demands would further expose federal immigration agents to attacks while making it impossible for them to arrest illegal immigrants.

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ICE Agents Could Soon Get A ‘Nice’ New Name

Sources within ICE told The Daily Wire they wouldn't put it past Trump to change their agency's name

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Three smuggling boats packed with illegal immigrants, including some with criminal histories, attempted to reach California&#8217;s coast this month before being intercepted by federal authorities, The Daily Wire has learned.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) arrested 60 people, some of whom had rap sheets that included DUI, felony hit-and-run, making false police reports, drug possession, active warrants for resisting arrest, trespassing, burglary, possession of burglary tools, receiving stolen property, drug trafficking, aggravated assault with a weapon, and domestic violence, AMO told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;These interdictions show the great lengths dangerous criminals will go to avoid apprehension, including taking to the open ocean in unsafe, overcrowded vessels,&#8221; Air and Marine Operations Southwest Region Executive Director Hunter Robinson said.
&#8220;Their desperation puts lives at risk. Our crews are dedicated to stopping these dangerous individuals far from shore to keep our communities safe,&#8221; he said.
On April 17, agents intercepted a 24-foot vessel on April 17 near San Clemente Island, apprehending 13 illegal migrants, including seven men, five women, and one juvenile girl. The group was transported to Ballast Point Naval Base in San Diego for processing.
The next day, agents located another vessel and intercepted the boat near San Nicolas Island. In total, federal agents apprehended 29 Mexican nationals. The Coast Guard brought the illegal immigrants to Newport Harbor, where they handed them over to Border Patrol.
On April 21, the Coast Guard, along with a CBP AMO aircrew, stopped a 25-foot cuddy cabin boat filled with 18 Mexican illegal migrants. Authorities spotted the boat the day before off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico.
The group was handed off to Border Patrol.
Since President Donald Trump sealed off the U.S.-Mexico border, smugglers have grown desperate to find new ways to keep their profits. Human smuggling by cartels became more lucrative than drug trafficking under the Biden administration.
One way smugglers are trying to hold on to their cash cow is by taking to the waterways.
Coast Guard Capt. Jason Hagen, who is the Southwest District chief of enforcement, told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-cartels-are-forced-to-shift-tactics-after-trump-crushed-their-human-smuggling-empire">The Daily Wire</a> in November that authorities were seeing an increase in smuggling interdictions.
“As you lock down the land border, the cartels will need to make their money, so they push to the maritime, to the water side. And, unfortunately, there is no border wall in the ocean; we’re challenged with the tyranny of distance,” Hagen said at the time.

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EXCLUSIVE: Feds Intercept Smuggling Boats Full Of Illegal Immigrants With Rap Sheets

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The southern border could soon reopen to illegal immigrants.
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;invasion&#8221; declaration at the US-Mexico border was illegal, paving the way for the resumption of asylum processing, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/04/24/court-border-asylum-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The Trump administration is expected to appeal the decision, which would delay a possible reopening of the floodgates.
On the first day of his second term, Trump issued a proclamation effectively shutting down asylum at the southern U.S. border, stating it would remain in place &#8220;until I issue a finding that the invasion at the southern border has ceased.&#8221;
The policy change led to months of historically low levels of illegal border crossings. Border Patrol has apprehended fewer than 9,000 illegal migrants each month at the southern border since Trump took office, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. Monthly migrant encounters under Trump have fallen below levels seen on some single days during the Biden administration.
During Biden&#8217;s presidency, millions of migrants crossed the border illegally and were often afforded years to remain in the country due to the massive court backlog the crisis created. The Trump administration has sought to end the incentives by turning off the asylum valve.
Immigrant rights organizations sued over Trump&#8217;s policy, arguing that it violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by denying migrants fleeing persecution the ability to claim asylum at the border, according to The Washington Post.
“The court’s opinion does not mean there are now open borders, but only that the United States will no longer be one of the few countries in the world who after World War II does not provide a hearing for those fleeing persecution,” said Lee Gelernt, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) who argued the case.
“The court properly made clear that the president cannot simply waive away the laws enacted by Congress,&#8221; Gelernt said.
In its opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said the law does not grant Trump the broad authority asserted in the proclamation.
“We conclude that the INA’s text, structure, and history make clear that in supplying power to suspend entry by Presidential proclamation, Congress did not intend to grant the Executive the expansive removal authority it asserts,” the court wrote.
The decision was issued by a three-judge panel, with one judge partially concurring and dissenting.

Surge In Migration Overwhelms Texas Border City Of Eagle Pass

Court Ruling Could Spell Trouble For Trump’s Border Crackdown

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The illegal immigrant who purse snatched then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem received a three-year prison sentence this week.
Chilean national Mario Bustamante Leiva, 50, stole Noem&#8217;s Gucci bag, which had $3,000 cash, her passport, wallet, and government ID inside last April while she was having Easter dinner with family at the Capital Burger in Northwest Washington, D.C., authorities said.
After he serves his time, Bustamante Leiva will be subject to deportation, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/purse-thief-who-targeted-kristi-noem-sentenced-36-months-wire-fraud-and-first-degree" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Department of Justice.
It was his fourth theft in eight days, the Justice Department said. Before that, he was arrested in Utah in 2021 for shoplifting and in London in 2015 for a months-long theft spree, according to the New York Post.
He was also let go by authorities in New York City last March after allegedly stealing a fanny pack from a food cart. The victim of that crime, who was a legal immigrant, previously <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">told</a> the New York Post that the suspect racked up $1,200 in credit card charges in just 20 minutes.
“That’s insane. I don’t know how he was let out after that without any reason,” the man said at the time.
“I mean, putting in so much effort and then coming to the States and experiencing something like that intrigued my frightened side,&#8221; he added.
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Bustamante Leiva pleaded guilty Nov. 21, 2025, to three counts of wire fraud and one count of first-degree theft for his role in Noem&#8217;s purse-snatching.
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“Bustamante Leiva came to Washington illegally to prey on citizens of the District. He methodically targeted women at restaurants, stealing their purses, and monetizing the stolen cards within minutes,” U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said in a statement Wednesday.
“His pattern of theft ends here. He will serve his prison term and be deported,&#8221; she said.
After the theft, Bustamante Leiva went to a nearby restaurant, where surveillance cameras captured him holding Noem&#8217;s purse, wallet, and at least four of her credit cards, which he used to make a purchase, according to the Justice Department.
Police arrested the illegal immigrant on April 26, 2025, at a D.C. motel, where they found Noem&#8217;s purse and wallet, along with a gift card he had purchased with a stolen card and more than $3,000 in cash.
Bustamante Leiva entered the United States at the Orlando International Airport in August 2021. At the time, he was granted a visa waiver that allowed him to stay in the country until Nov. 13, 2021.
The Chilean national never left and overstayed his permission to remain in the country, making him an illegal immigrant.
Bustamante Leiva&#8217;s co-defendant Cristian Rodrigo Montecino-Sanzana was sentenced on March 13, 2026, to 13 months behind bars and three years of supervised release for his role in one of Bustamante Leiva&#8217;s thefts. He is also expected to face deportation after serving his sentence.

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Hammer Falls On Illegal Immigrant Who Stole From Kristi Noem

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) swept up a woman believed to be an MS-13 killer, who was hiding in a Washington, D.C., suburb.
Idalia Isabel Morales-Mejia, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was wanted in her home country over charges of aggravated homicide and illicit associations before she was nabbed, <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/meet-one-medias-non-criminals-ice-washington-arrests-another-illegal-alien-fugitive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to ICE. Authorities in El Salvador notified ICE in February that they believed Morales-Mejia was in Northern Virginia.
The Salvadoran woman was charged with her alleged crimes in 2013, ICE said.
Once ICE officers learned of her possible presence in the area, they began looking for her. They eventually caught her in Woodbridge.
On March 12, ICE arrested her in Woodbridge, the agency said.
“Idalia Isabel Morales-Mejia is not only a known associate of the notorious MS-13 transnational criminal organization, but she apparently attempted to flee justice in her native country by illegally residing in Virginia,” ICE Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Robert Guadian said in a statement Thursday.
Guadian took aim at some members of the media who have criticized ICE for arresting illegal immigrants who lack any rap sheets. The ICE official said the narrative is all wrong.
“The media would consider her to be a ‘non-criminal’ because she has no known criminal history in the United States — despite the fact that she is facing charges for aggravated homicide in El Salvador. ICE Washington, D.C. will continue to prioritize public safety by arresting and removing criminal alien offenders from our Washington, D.C. and Virginia communities,&#8221; Guadian said.
Morales-Mejia entered the United States as what&#8217;s known as a gotaway, meaning she crossed the border illegally without facing apprehension, ICE said. It is not known when exactly she entered the country.
Virginia has become a hub for illegal immigrant crime.
Another illegal immigrant from El Salvador, who was convicted of groping multiple female students at a Virginia high school, was sentenced Tuesday to just 360 days behind bars and two years of probation, <a href="https://katv.com/news/nation-world/illegal-immigrant-sentenced-groping-girls-fairfax-high-school-israel-flores-ortiz-sentencing-assault-groped-multiple-students-el-salvador-victim-courtroom-attorney-statements" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to 7News.
A Guatemalan illegal immigrant, Luzvin Orvando Garcia Moran, 28, allegedly tried to rape a woman as she was waiting for her rideshare in Arlington, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/04/15/ice-asks-governor-spanberger-and-virginia-sanctuary-politicians-arlington-county" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Thursday.
Fairfax County, which notoriously operates as a sanctuary jurisdiction, has seen three murders tied to illegal immigrant suspects in 2026.
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🚨NEW: <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DHSgov</a> Secretary <a href="https://twitter.com/SecMullinDHS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecMullinDHS</a> says Fairfax County officials and Gov. Abigail Spanberger need to do their jobs and protect Virginians amid an illegal immigrant crime spree in Northern Virginia. <a href="https://t.co/YUdSlB0ZwM">pic.twitter.com/YUdSlB0ZwM</a>
— Nick Minock (@NickMinock) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickMinock/status/2047072785747345805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has faced some of the blame after ending agreements between local authorities and ICE.
In a recent interview with 7News, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin called out Spanberger over the lack of &#8220;cooperation.&#8221;
&#8220;If we want to combat crime, which every law enforcement agency and every judge and every elected official should honestly all be on the side of fighting crime and making our streets safe, and we&#8217;re not seeing that under the current leadership,&#8221; Mullin said.

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The Houston City Council voted Wednesday to walk back a policy that prevented local police from assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the state of Texas threatened to pull more than $110 million in funds.
Texas Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-texas-governor-greg-abbott-puts-blue-cities-on-notice-over-sanctuary-policies?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Texas+Governor+Greg+Abbott+Puts+Blue+Cities+On+Notice+Over+Sanctuary+Policies">Greg Abbott</a> (R) accused the city of violating the terms of the public safety grants after the passage of an ordinance that prevented local police from holding individuals with immigration arrest warrants for 30 minutes while ICE arrives at a scene.
Houston Democratic Mayor John Whitmire revised the ordinance with the help of Abbott&#8217;s office after voting in favor of it, according to KHOU. The new version states that Houston police will comply with federal laws and can temporarily hold someone for as long as reasonably necessary.
The Houston City Council passed it in a 13-4 vote, KHOU <a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-city-council-approves-revised-immigration-policy-amid-funding-fight/285-feefb140-c43c-4143-afc7-90be1e14119a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
A spokesperson for Abbott told The Daily Wire it’s “a step in the right direction after Houston leaders put public safety at risk with reckless policies that undermined law enforcement.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued the city of Houston over the original ordinance, arguing that “no Texas city will be a safe harbor for illegals.”
Paxton said Wednesday that the legal pressure forced Houston to take &#8220;action to reverse its sanctuary policy.&#8221;
&#8220;My office will continue to review the updated ordinance and ensure that the City of Houston fully complies with SB 4 and does not restrict law enforcement&#8217;s ability to assist ICE and enforce immigration law,&#8221; Paxton wrote on X Wednesday.
Houston originally passed the ordinance barring local police from assisting ICE on April 8. That led Abbott to threaten to pull the $110 million, arguing the original version of the ordinance resulted in a breach of contract over the grants.
The state requires that recipients of the public safety grants must work with ICE. If they refuse to assist ICE, “they forfeit the money” and must “repay to the state every single dollar they have received,” Abbott told The Daily Wire in a recent interview.
“As President Trump sometimes says, they have no cards,” Abbott said. “We have all the cards in this, and they are going to lose, and they’re not going to be able to balance their budget.”
Last week, Whitmire said the city was facing a &#8220;crisis situation,&#8221; adding that “the potential loss of state funding poses real challenges” for local authorities and for security at the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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The now scandal-plagued Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) once falsely claimed that Border Patrol agents whipped Haitian migrants at the southern border, a review by The Daily Wire found.
In June 2022, the SPLC released a statement for World Refugee Day, stating that &#8220;U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback infamously chased Black Haitian asylum-seekers with reins raised like a lash.&#8221; The false narrative emerged after horseback Border Patrol agents were seen using their reins to maneuver around a horde of Haitian migrants crossing illegally into Del Rio, Texas, in September 2021.
At the time, the agents were outnumbered by a crush of thousands of Haitians that had amassed along the bank of the Rio Grande in a matter of days.
An internal Customs and Border Protection (CBP) probe found that the agents never whipped migrants.
Before the investigative findings were released, several prominent Democratic politicians promoted the false narrative as photos and videos of the interaction went viral.
Then-President Joe Biden called the images “outrageous” and vowed that the agents “will pay.”
“It doesn’t matter if a Democrat or Republican is President, our immigration system is designed for cruelty towards and dehumanization of immigrants,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said at the time. “Immigration should not be a crime, and its criminalization is a relatively recent invention. This is a stain on our country.”
“This is so sick and @CBP will continue to commit human rights abuses if we don’t stop it now,” <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1440018847717789699" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rep. Rashida Tlaib</a> (D-MI) said. “Cracking a f—ing whip on Haitians fleeing hardship shows you that this system simply can’t be reformed.”
“Use of whips on refugees? Disturbing and unacceptable,” <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJeffMerkley/status/1440054698531168259" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sen. Jeff Merkley</a> (D-OR) said. “This must end immediately.&#8221;
The Justice Department announced a grand jury indictment against the SPLC, alleging that the left-wing group secretly funneled millions of dollars to white supremacist groups.
The SPLC was charged with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to conceal money laundering.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the group was &#8220;manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred.&#8221;

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The Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-wing organization that has found itself as the subject of a massive federal indictment, previously urged the Biden administration to release a transgender immigrant convicted of sexually assaulting a child, according to documents obtained by the Oversight Project.
In a 2021 <a href="https://static.itsyourgov.org/2024-00001_Docs_625_Released_(1_Of_3).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a> obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request, a then-SPLC attorney asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to &#8220;release&#8221; the detainee &#8220;as soon as possible&#8221; due to the transgender-identifying woman&#8217;s &#8220;hypertension and severe anxiety,&#8221; citing a COVID-era lawsuit that resulted in the release of some immigrants with certain comorbidities.
The SPLC attorney argued that the individual, a female who identifies as a male, &#8220;does not fall within the administration&#8217;s public safety enforcement priority&#8221; and must be released due to trauma she had experienced related to her transgender identity.
The immigrant, who held a Green Card, had previously served more than eight years behind bars for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. At the time, the transgender-identifying woman was 19-years-old. They had a two-year online relationship before the woman drove to meet the minor victim in 2011.
At the time, the Filipino national learned that the girl had lied about her age and revealed that she was just 14 years old. Still, the transgender-identifying woman proceeded with the meet-up where &#8220;they engaged in sexual conduct,&#8221; the email stated.
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In 2021, DHS got an e-mail from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Mich Gonzalez (pronouns el/he/they), requesting an early release for this biological woman who engaged in statutory rape of a minor girl. <a href="https://t.co/iGj3er47vn">pic.twitter.com/iGj3er47vn</a>
— Oversight Project (@ItsYourGov) <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsYourGov/status/1953500608759312459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Although conviction on its face appears grave and justly concerning,&#8221; the SPLC attorney wrote to Homeland Security officials, adding that there was a need to present &#8220;additional context&#8221; that included the detainee&#8217;s feeling of isolation as a child &#8220;with respect to his gender identity.&#8221;
In a July 6, 2021, email, a Homeland Security official responded that &#8220;career officials determined&#8221; that the detainee &#8220;should be released&#8221; with a tracking device.
The SPLC, which has long advocated against so-called hate groups, was the subject of a federal indictment announced Tuesday that accused the group of secretly giving millions of dollars to white supremacist groups.
A grand jury indicted the SPLC on multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering over its informant practices, Justice Department officials announced late Tuesday.
The SPLC “secretly funneled more than $3 million in funds to white supremacist &amp; extremist groups,” such as Aryan Nations, members of the Ku Klux Klan, and a member of the leadership group that planned the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the indictment said.
“It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday.
The SPLC has labeled its political opponents as racists and maintains a “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/parental-rights-groups-now-on-hate-map-with-kkk-southern-poverty-law-center-decides?author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Parental+Rights+Groups+Now+On+%E2%80%98Hate+Map%E2%80%99+With+KKK%2C+Southern+Poverty+Law+Center+Decides" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hate map</a>” that places the conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty alongside the Ku Klux Klan.

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