The Department of Homeland Security launched a website Monday to showcase a whopping 10,000 of the &#8220;worst of the worst&#8221; illegal immigrants nabbed in President Trump&#8217;s historic mass deportation campaign, The Daily Wire has learned.
The American public can now see for themselves the thousands of illegal immigrants with rap sheets that range from homicide, assault, rape, drug trafficking, child molestation, cruelty toward a child, battery, and armed robbery that federal immigration authorities have taken off the streets. Some even have ties to terrorism.
It&#8217;s the Trump administration&#8217;s latest attempt to debunk the mainstream media&#8217;s narrative that ICE isn&#8217;t prioritizing the arrests of criminals.
“This new Worst of the Worst webpage allows every American to see for themselves the criminal illegal aliens that we are arresting, what crimes they committed, and what communities we removed them from. This is all about transparency and showing results,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to The Daily Wire following the website&#8217;s launch.
“As the media whitewashes the facts, day in and day out, our brave men and women of ICE risk their lives for the American people. Americans don’t have to rely on the press for this information, with this transparent tool, they can see for themselves what public safety threats were lurking in their neighborhoods and communities,&#8221; McLaughlin added.
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Among the bad hombres featured on the website is Iranian national Mehran Makari Saheli, 56, a former member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) with admitted connections to Hezbollah. He was arrested by federal authorities in Minneapolis after his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The website also showcases Egyptian national Yehia Elham Badawi, 48, who has multiple violent felonies following a 1994 shootout that left a Philadelphia police officer seriously wounded. Badawi also has a criminal history for robbery and aggravated assault.
Federal immigration agents arrested Badawi in Philadelphia.
Mexican illegal immigrant Aldrin Guerrero-Munoz in Minneapolis is also listed on the new page following his arrest in Minneapolis after he was sentenced to 32 years in prison for intentionally killing his 3-month-old son. He was also convicted of assaulting a fellow inmate at Minnesota&#8217;s Stillwater Prison.
You can view the new <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/wow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> here.

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‘Worst Of The Worst’: New DHS Website Exposes 10,000 Criminal Illegal Immigrants Nabbed In ICE Raids

New DHS Website Exposes 10K 'Worst Of The Worst' Illegal Immigrants Nabbed In Mass Deportation Raids

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Federal immigration officials arrested a man allegedly linked to the terrorist group that killed 13 American soldiers during the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/12/03/miles-nations-capital-ice-arrests-isis-k-afghan-terrorist-who-was-released-us-under">arrested</a> Jaan Shah Safi in Waynesboro, Virginia, located about 100 miles from Washington D.C. Safi is a terrorist linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan, known as ISIS-K, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
“The Biden administration brought this terrorist into the U.S. under the disastrous Operation Allies Welcome program. This terrorist was arrested miles from our nation’s capital where our brave National Guard heroes, Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe, were shot just days ago by another unvetted Afghan terrorist brought into our country,” said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in a statement.
Noem blamed the Biden administration for creating “one of the worst national security crises in American history” with its botched handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal and the tens of thousands of Afghans that immigrated to the United States as a result.
“Biden let into our country nearly 190,000 unvetted Afghan aliens–only determining who they were and their intentions when they were already on American soil. President Trump has been working every day since January 20 to clean up this unmitigated national security crisis,” said Noem.
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In the final week of the Afghanistan withdrawal, a suicide bomber blew up a bomb outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport. The airport at the time was serving as the headquarters for U.S. operations extracting service members and others from the country, including thousands of Afghans.
On August 26, ISIS-K <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-arrests-isis-k-attack-planner-role-killing-us-military-service-members-abbey">conducted</a> a terror attack in which a bomb was detonated outside the airport’s Abbey Gate, killing 13 U.S. service members along with dozens of Afghans.
Safi is the third Afghan that entered the United States during the Afghanistan withdrawal arrested in the past week. On November 26, law enforcement arrested Rahmanullah Lakanwal after officers said he shot two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C. One of the guardsmen, Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries while the other, Andrew Wolfe, is still fighting for his life.
A day prior to the attack, law enforcement in Texas arrested Mohammad Dawood Alokozay on charges of making terroristic threats after he allegedly posted a video to social media threatening to carry out a suicide bombing attack against Americans.

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A newlywed couple was tragically killed in a collision allegedly caused by an illegal immigrant truck driver with a California license, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Rajinder Kumar, of India, jackknifed his semi-truck and trailer on November 24. The disabled big rig blocked both lanes of a major highway in Deschutes County, Oregon, and led to the deaths of William Micah Carter and his wife, Jennifer Lynn Lower, after their vehicle &#8220;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 been married for just sixteen days when the crash occurred, Jennifer’s father, Tom Lower, told The Bulletin.
The truck driver crossed the southern border illegally into Lukeville, Arizona, in 2022 and was later released into the country at a time when the Biden administration was allowing entry of thousands of illegal immigrants each month, according to the Department of Homeland Security. From there, he received a work permit in 2023 and a California Commercial Driver&#8217;s License to drive trucks.
“Rajinder Kumar, a criminal illegal alien from India, was released into our country under the Biden administration and issued a commercial driver’s license by Gavin Newsom’s Department of Motor Vehicles. How many more senseless tragedies must take place before sanctuary politicians stop allowing illegal aliens to dangerously operate semi-trucks on America’s roads?” said Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
“Our prayers are with William and Jennifer’s families. Under Secretary Noem, ICE will continue its efforts to get illegal alien truck drivers off America’s highways,&#8221; McLaughlin added.
The Indian national is charged with criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has also placed a detainer with the local jail, formally requesting that local authorities hand him over to federal custody if he&#8217;s ever to be released.
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However, it&#8217;s unlikely that local authorities will work with federal authorities since they&#8217;re hamstrung by Oregon&#8217;s sanctuary laws.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-has-issued-thousands-of-illegal-trucking-licenses-to-foreigners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Transportation</a> has labeled California as a major source of several fatal collisions involving illegal immigrant drivers. The agency recently revealed that California authorities issued 17,000 non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s Licenses to foreign drivers.
As a result, the Trump administration is withholding $40 million in federal funding from California after its investigation found that state authorities weren’t enforcing the English-language requirement for truck drivers.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-sues-california-over-sanctuary-policies-trucker-licenses-for-illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> in October against California, which handed Indian illegal immigrant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-given-commercial-drivers-license-by-californias-newsom-charged-in-fatal-semi-truck-crash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harjinder Singh</a>, who allegedly killed three people while making an illegal U-turn in August in the Sunshine State, a Commercial Driver&#8217;s License.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recommended a “full travel ban” on potentially dozens of countries on Monday.
Noem said on Monday she had met with President Donald Trump and pushed for a travel ban on all countries that have “been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.” Noem’s move to crack down on foreign entry into the United States comes as the president has paused asylum claims from 19 countries after an Afghan national allegedly killed a National Guardsman in Washington, D.C.
“Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom—not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS,” Noem wrote in a <a href="https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/1995642101779124476">post</a> on X. “WE DON&#8217;T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.”
Noem did not specify which countries would be included in the travel ban under her criteria.
Law enforcement says that Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal shot two National Guardsmen in D.C. last week. Lakanwal worked with U.S. forces in Afghanistan before coming to the United States during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan under former president Joe Biden.
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Lakanwal applied for asylum in the United States last year, and his request was granted earlier this year under the Trump administration.
Noem deflected on Sunday when asked if the Trump administration vetted Lakanwal before granting him asylum. The Homeland Security secretary said during an interview on NBC’s “Meet The Press” that “vetting is happening when they come into the country, and that was completely abandoned under Joe Biden’s administration.”
Trump paused asylum claims from 19 countries last week, announcing the move in a pair of Truth Social posts on Thanksgiving. The countries included under the pause are Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. Those countries “of Identified Concern” were originally listed in a June 4 <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety-threats/">executive order</a>.
The president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-dont-want-those-people-trump-defends-refugee-pause-declines-to-lay-out-timeline?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98We+Don%E2%80%99t+Want+Those+People%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+Defends+Refugee+Pause%2C+Declines+To+Lay+Out+Timeline">said</a> Sunday that he would not put a time limit on the pause because “we have enough problems. We don’t want those people.”

Kristi Noem Wants A ‘Full Travel Ban’ On Countries ‘Flooding Our Nation With Killers’

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Americans can be thankful to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for continuing to arrest illegal aliens with serious criminal records over the Thanksgiving weekend, the Trump administration said Monday.
Arrests on Saturday and Sunday included illegals who have murder, sex crimes against children, burglary, and assault convictions, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire. The arrests come as legacy media outlets have <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-detainee-data-fastest-growing-without-criminal-records-trump/">asserted</a> that the number of “non-criminal” ICE detainees has “surged” under Trump and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/26/immigrants-criminal-record-ice-detention">that</a> “immigrants with no criminal record” are the most common currently in federal custody.
“While Americans enjoyed a long holiday weekend with their families and friends, ICE law enforcement was hard at work arresting rapists, child sex abusers, and murderers,” a DHS spokesman told The Daily Wire. “Every American should be grateful to our law enforcement officers for putting their lives on the line each and every day to remove the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens.”
The spokesman added that over 70% of illegals arrested by ICE have either been charged or convicted of a crime.
“Despite what the media and sanctuary politicians claim, 70% of ICE arrests are of criminal illegal aliens convicted or charged with a crime in the U.S.,” the spokesman said.
According to DHS, those arrested over the weekend included:
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<li>Mario Ynfante-Querol, an illegal alien from Cuba convicted in Wyoming, Michigan, of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct on a victim between 13 and 15</li>
<li>Wilson Gonzalez-Bravo, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of indecent liberties with a child in Chatham County, North Carolina</li>
<li>Balbir Singh, an illegal alien from India convicted of murder in Los Angeles, California</li>
<li>Jose Antonio Reyes-Morales, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of reckless death by auto or vessel (vehicular homicide) in Union County, New Jersey</li>
<li>Phomma Phommachak, an illegal alien from Laos convicted of aggravated rape in Nashville, Tennessee</li>
<li>Serafin Abelino-Medel, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of inflicting corporal punishment on spouse, assault with a deadly weapon, and threatening crime with intent to terrorize in Santa Ana, California</li>
<li>Edwin Rafael Marcano-Marquez, an illegal alien from Venezuela convicted of fourth-degree assault in Washington County, Oregon</li>
<li>Genaro Diaz-Ruiz, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of aggravated assault-family-strongarm in Wilson County, Tennessee</li>
<li>Franklin Urquiola-Serrano, an illegal alien from Venezuela convicted of assault causing bodily injury to a family member in Georgetown, Texas</li>
<li>Manuel Leonel Palma-Hernandez, an illegal alien from Guatemala convicted of aggravated arson — purposely destroyed structure in Trenton, New Jersey</li>
<li>Cuello Garcia-Alliant, an illegal alien from Cuba convicted of assault and cocaine possession in Miami-Dade County, Florida</li>
<li>Graviel Lopez-Castillo, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of possession with intent to deliver cocaine in New Castle County, Delaware</li>
<li>Svetlana Tillett, an illegal alien from Russia convicted of felony embezzlement in Dare County, North Carolina</li>
<li>Elmer Amilcar Lopez-Jimenez, an illegal alien from Guatemala convicted of first-degree burglary in Carson, California</li>
<li>Gregory Ricordo Davidson, an illegal alien from Jamaica, convicted of burglary in New York, New York</li>
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Last week, President Donald Trump announced that he would crack down on migration into the United States, saying that he would put a pause on asylum claims from countries like Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.

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Thanksgiving Arrests: Here Are Some Illegals Americans Can Be Thankful Are Off The Streets

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Even as President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration continues to deal with the fallout from former President Joe Biden&#8217;s refusal to enforce federal immigration law, officials at the Department of Homeland Security also find themselves taking on the near herculean task of debunking the fake sob stories pushed by Democrats and media outlets to make them look bad.
Kilmar Abrego-Garcia — the gang member who quickly became a Democrat darling when the Trump administration accidentally deported him to the one country it shouldn&#8217;t have — was just the tip of the iceberg. Since the large-scale deportations began, Democrats and media personalities have glommed onto the stories of any illegal aliens that tug at the heartstrings — whether or not the story is true does not appear to figure into their calculus.
On Sunday, for example, CBS News anchor Margaret Brennan went ahead with a claim that nearly half — 48% — of the illegal aliens currently being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were being held without any charges or deportation orders.
DHS swooped in with the fact-check: &#8220;WRONG. ~ 70% of illegal aliens arrested have pending criminal charges or criminal convictions. Does CBS really want us to release accused murderers and rapists back on the streets? But @FacetheNation is right about one thing: our deportation operations are at a RECORD HIGH.&#8221;
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WRONG. ~ 70% of illegal aliens arrested have pending criminal charges or criminal convictions.
Does CBS really want us to release accused murderers and rapists back on the streets?
But <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FaceTheNation</a> is right about one thing: our deportation operations are at a RECORD HIGH. <a href="https://t.co/JFQ044rfZe">https://t.co/JFQ044rfZe</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1992972952313249990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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A Saturday post from Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) referred to federal agents as kidnappers and parroted a story about a teen taken into custody at school.
&#8220;Absolutely horrific. ICE detained and abducted a minor—a high school student—who the family identified as a US citizen. ICE is terrorizing our communities—I’m fighting for answers and accountability. This is just wrong,&#8221; he complained.
But a quick response from DHS suggested that Merkley either had not bothered to check the facts or did not care to do so.
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&#8220;Senator, you&#8217;re missing the facts. This 17-year-old used his vehicle to violently ATTACK ICE and Border Patrol agents,&#8221; the agency posted.
&#8220;Here&#8217;s a timeline of the events: On November 21, U.S. Border Patrol agents in Yamhill County, Oregon were being followed for several miles by a blue Chevy Tahoe. A second vehicle, a Ford F-150 truck, showed up on the scene and colluded with the Chevy Tahoe to barricade the agents, preventing their movement and obstructing them,&#8221; the post continued. &#8220;Border Patrol called for urgent assistance from ICE officers. When ICE officers arrived, the Ford F-150 fled the area.&#8221;
&#8220;USBP and ICE officers approached the Tahoe, ordered the occupants out, and arrested the driver, identified as Isaias Eduardo Soto Elias, a 20-year-old U.S. Citizen, for impeding federal law enforcement officers. Shortly after, another team located the Ford F-150 and arrested the driver, identified as 17-year-old U.S. citizen, also for impeding federal law enforcement officers. Both individuals were transported to the ERO Portland office for further investigation and federal prosecution for impeding federal law enforcement officers,&#8221; the agency concluded.
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Senator, you&#8217;re missing the facts. This 17-year-old used his vehicle to violently ATTACK ICE and Border Patrol agents. Here&#8217;s a timeline of the events:
On November 21, U.S. Border Patrol agents in Yamhill County, Oregon were being followed for several miles by a blue Chevy… <a href="https://t.co/CJAt1176KM">https://t.co/CJAt1176KM</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1993023602875105655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Governor Roy Cooper (D-NC) did not run with a specific story, but instead issued a generic post in line with his party&#8217;s rubber-stamped narrative: &#8220;I&#8217;ve prosecuted violent criminals and fought to keep them behind bars, so I know the importance of using federal resources to deport violent criminals and keep our borders strong. But randomly sweeping people up based on what they look like, including American citizens and those with no criminal records, risks leaving violent criminals at large while hurting families and the economy.&#8221;
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin fired back, however, explaining, &#8220;Firstly, @RoyCooperNC refused to turn over 1,400 violent criminal illegal aliens to ICE. On his watch, when these public safety threats and predators are released back onto Charlotte’s streets they will reoffend &amp; create more victims. Second, illegal immigration is a crime much like trespassing. And thirdly, claiming there’s racial profiling is absurd and devoid of fact.&#8221;
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Firstly, <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyCooperNC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoyCooperNC</a> refused to turn over 1,400 violent criminal illegal aliens to ICE.
On his watch, when these public safety threats and predators are released back onto Charlotte’s streets they will reoffend &amp; create more victims.
Second, illegal immigration is a crime… <a href="https://t.co/qmObq2By5X">https://t.co/qmObq2By5X</a>
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) <a href="https://twitter.com/TriciaOhio/status/1990580018133577751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) — who became a household name when he flew to El Salvador to have cocktails with gang member Abrego-Garcia — responded to the news that a nail salon owner in his state was set to be deported to Vietnam.
&#8220;Melissa Tran came here on a Green Card at age 11. She&#8217;s since raised 4 kids, started a business, &amp; is a beloved member of the Hagerstown community,&#8221; he insisted.
McLaughlin wasn&#8217;t having it, however.
&#8220;Omitting some pesky facts, Senator. Mong Tuyen Thi Tran is a criminal illegal alien from Vietnam, with criminal convictions including grand larceny, multiple counts of forgery and fraud. An immigration judge issued her a final order of removal in 2004–over 20 years ago. ICE arrested her in May,&#8221; she posted.
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Omitting some pesky facts, Senator.
Mong Tuyen Thi Tran, is a criminal illegal alien from Vietnam, with criminal convictions including grand larceny, multiple counts of forgery and fraud.
An immigration judge issued her a final order of removal in 2004–over 20 years ago. ICE… <a href="https://t.co/WyKXIyNHPQ">https://t.co/WyKXIyNHPQ</a>
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) <a href="https://twitter.com/TriciaOhio/status/1991244099714744492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Senator Cory Booker posted another video along with the caption, &#8220;A teenager. A U.S. citizen. Detained by ICE at a courthouse. This isn’t law and order—this is intimidation. It doesn’t protect our communities; it undermines them. It violates the trust people need to safely access the justice system. It wastes law-enforcement resources that should be focused on real dangers, not innocent kids. We must condemn this and demand accountability. America is better than this.&#8221;
Once again, McLaughlin fired back: &#8220;No. This individual was never arrested or taken into custody. On November 20, Homeland Security Investigations targeted a child predator. Officers briefly questioned the individual who resembled the target.&#8221;
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No. This individual was never arrested or taken into custody.
On November 20, Homeland Security Investigations targeted a child predator. Officers briefly questioned the individual who resembled the target. <a href="https://t.co/II00VnwBqE">https://t.co/II00VnwBqE</a>
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) <a href="https://twitter.com/TriciaOhio/status/1992753689325699362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The New Yorker profiled a Jamaican immigrant thusly: &#8220;Orville Etoria, a Jamaican national who’d lived in New York for nearly 50 years, was shackled and put on an ICE flight to Eswatini. &#8216;It helped me imagine how the slaves might have felt, going to another land in shackles and chains,&#8217; he said.&#8221;
But as Fox News reporter Bill Melugin pointed out, &#8220;He’s a convicted murderer with a deportation order from a federal immigration judge.&#8221;
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He’s a convicted murderer with a deportation order from a federal immigration judge. <a href="https://t.co/eRayIcWXsv">https://t.co/eRayIcWXsv</a>
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1993384377372623317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Democrats and media have certainly been keeping DHS busy debunking the fake sob stories and dismantling the false narratives — and with Trump encouraging his administration to keep up the deportations, that&#8217;s not likely to change any time soon.

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Dems And Media Force DHS To Work Overtime Debunking Fake Illegal Immigrant Sob Stories

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The Trump administration has a holiday message for illegal immigrants.
In a new video released by the Department of Homeland Security on X, federal officials are inviting anyone who is in the country illegally to head &#8220;home for the holidays&#8221; by self-deporting.
The old-timey-themed black-and-white video opens with the message, &#8220;DHS presents &#8216;Home For The Holidays,&#8221; before flashing the message, &#8220;Use the CBP Home app to head home for the holidays.&#8221; The video then shows smiling illegal immigrants boarding planes, children receiving stuffed animals, and one man flashing a thumbs up to the camera, appearing to show a better alternative to arrest and deportation.
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This holiday season, give yourself the gift of home with the CBP Home app. <a href="https://t.co/PGE8ijvuhi">pic.twitter.com/PGE8ijvuhi</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1993043713883619542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
The Trump administration launched the CBP Home app to encourage illegal immigrants to leave on their own and without fear of arrest by federal authorities who have been aggressively conducting raids across the nation. The Department of Homeland Security foots the bill for anyone who leaves using the app, while also providing a $1,000 &#8220;exit bonus.&#8221;
&#8220;If you are here illegally, use the CBP Home app to take control of your departure and receive financial support to return home,&#8221; Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/06/09/dhs-announces-it-will-forgive-failure-depart-fines-illegal-aliens-who-self-deport">statement</a> about the program.
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&#8220;If you don&#8217;t, you will be subjected to fines, arrest, deportation, and will never be allowed to return. If you are in this country illegally, self-deport NOW and preserve your opportunity to potentially return the legal, right way,&#8221; she said.
More than 1.6 million illegal immigrants have self-deported from the United States, while the feds have deported more than half a million others, <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/27/dhs-removes-more-half-million-illegal-aliens-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Department of Homeland Security.
President Donald Trump set a goal of deporting one million illegal immigrants per year as part of his historic crackdown.

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CBS News anchor Margaret Brennan claimed on Sunday that nearly half of the illegal immigrants being deported by President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration had neither been charged nor convicted of any crimes — but the Department of Homeland Security took a different view of things.
Brennan laid out the situation on &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; where she explained, &#8220;The number of detainees held by U.S. immigration and customs enforcement has reached a record high of nearly 66,000, according to data released Friday by DHS.&#8221;
&#8220;Earlier this month, our Camilo Montoya-Galvez reported that roughly half of those in custody have no criminal charges or convictions on their record,&#8221; she added, claiming that they were &#8220;being held solely because of alleged civil violations of immigration law &#8230; 48% of current detainees lack criminal charges or convictions.&#8221;
She went on to claim that the number of &#8220;non-criminal detainees&#8221; held by immigration officers had gone up more than 2,000% since Trump took office. She went on to share the most recent polling data stating that President Trump was slightly underwater on his handling of immigration — 45% approved, and 55% disapproved.
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The DHS struck back in an X post, however, and contested the data Brennan had put forth.
&#8220;WRONG. ~ 70% of illegal aliens arrested have pending criminal charges or criminal convictions. Does CBS really want us to release accused murderers and rapists back on the streets?&#8221; the DHS post read. &#8220;But @FaceTheNation is right about one thing: our deportation operations are at a RECORD HIGH.&#8221;
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WRONG. ~ 70% of illegal aliens arrested have pending criminal charges or criminal convictions.
Does CBS really want us to release accused murderers and rapists back on the streets?
But <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FaceTheNation</a> is right about one thing: our deportation operations are at a RECORD HIGH. <a href="https://t.co/JFQ044rfZe">https://t.co/JFQ044rfZe</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1992972952313249990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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A number of others pushed back as well, criticizing Brennan&#8217;s efforts to frame the illegal actions of illegal immigrants as &#8220;less than&#8221; when compared to others who had broken the law.
&#8220;100 percent of them are in the U.S. illegally. The real headline should be &#8216;Biden and Mayorkas allowed tens of thousands of violent criminal illegals to remain in the country,&#8217; but these propagandists aren’t about to go there,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/ThePowersThatBe/status/1992939864074166750">one said</a>.

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An illegal immigrant woman from Finland is accused of hurling hot coffee at a baby, its mother, and a dog during an altercation in New Smyrna, Florida, last week, The Daily Wire has learned.
Nina Kristina Jaaskelainen, 54, allegedly yelled at the mother for having her dog off leash before she threw the coffee at them, <a href="https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/11/17/migrant-in-custody-after-spilling-coffee-on-florida-woman-child-and-dog-deputies-say/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to WKMG. The illegal immigrant claimed that she threw the coffee on the dog because it agitated her own dog, while the mother, baby, and their pet were on her property.
Jaaskelainen first came to the United States on a tourist visa in April 1999 and was required to leave by July that same year, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire. However, she ignored her visa expiration and remained in the country for 26 years.
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“For over TWO DECADES, Jaaskelainen has been in our country illegally, skirting the law without consequence. Now, this unhinged individual has assaulted a baby, a mother, and their family dog,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement shared with The Daily Wire.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has since lodged a detainer with the Volusia County Jail to ensure that Jaaskelainen is handed over to the feds and processed for deportation, DHS said.
The Volusia County sheriff&#8217;s office <a href="https://www.volusiasheriff.gov/news/volusia-county-sheriff/message-from-sheriff-chitwood-on-changes-to-immigration-law.stml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cooperates</a> with federal immigration authorities, making it all the more likely that Jaaskelainen won&#8217;t be released onto the streets.
Jaaskelainen admitted that she threw the coffee at the dog, while denying that she intentionally did so to the mother and baby, according to WKMG. She later pleaded not guilty, <a href="https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/volusia-county-finland-woman-enters-plea-accused-throwing-coffee-in-dispute" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox 34.
She now faces two counts of battery, according to WKMG.
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Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Throwing Coffee On A Baby During Florida Altercation

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The Department of Homeland Security issued an unusually sharp and highly public rebuke of U.S. Senate candidate and former North Carolina Democratic Governor Roy Cooper after he criticized federal immigration enforcement operations in Charlotte. Cooper wrote on social media that while he supports using federal resources to deport violent offenders, he opposes “randomly sweeping up people based on what they look like,” warning that such tactics could leave dangerous criminals at large while harming families and the economy.
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&mdash; Roy Cooper (@RoyCooperNC) <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyCooperNC/status/1990442383125725505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
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DHS immediately fired back, using its official X account to highlight the case of Jordan Renato Castillo-Chavez, a Costa Rican national whom North Carolina authorities had previously declined to transfer to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). DHS described Castillo-Chavez as a “criminal illegal alien” with a record that includes indecent liberties with a child, first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, and solicitation of a child via computer. The agency’s message to Cooper was pointed: “North Carolina refused to hand him over to ICE.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RoyCooperNC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoyCooperNC</a>, meet Jordan Renato Castillo-Chavez.
Castillo-Chavez is a criminal illegal alien from Costa Rica. His criminal history includes indecent liberties with child, first degree sexual exploitation of a minor, and solicitation of a child by a computer.
North Carolina… <a href="https://t.co/7spksrfTLq">https://t.co/7spksrfTLq</a> <a href="https://t.co/FFzyhgzhTm">pic.twitter.com/FFzyhgzhTm</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1990593361833566299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Homeland Security broadened its criticism, arguing that Charlotte has become a hub for human trafficking and that “sanctuary politicians” in the state have enabled violent offenders to roam free. DHS asserted that terrorist groups and gangs exploit the region’s geography and highway networks, implicitly linking Cooper’s policies to increased vulnerability for residents.
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Charlotte, North Carolina has become a hub for human trafficking. Terrorist organizations and gangs have taken advantage of the city&#39;s highway system and geographic location to exploit their victims.
Americans should be able to live without fear of these violent criminals, but… <a href="https://t.co/r4thCUUQvx">pic.twitter.com/r4thCUUQvx</a>
&mdash; Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1990859501172314168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Top DHS officials amplified the response. Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin accused Cooper of refusing to turn over more than 1,400 violent criminal non-citizens to ICE during his governorship and rejected his claim of racial profiling as “absurd and devoid of fact.” She argued that releasing such offenders inevitably leads to further victimization.
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Firstly, <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyCooperNC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoyCooperNC</a> refused to turn over 1,400 violent criminal illegal aliens to ICE. 
On his watch, when these public safety threats and predators are released back onto Charlotte’s streets they will reoffend &amp; create more victims. 
Second, illegal immigration is a crime… <a href="https://t.co/qmObq2By5X">https://t.co/qmObq2By5X</a>
&mdash; Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) <a href="https://twitter.com/TriciaOhio/status/1990580018133577751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, overseeing the enforcement surge known as Operation Charlotte’s Web, defended the operation’s focus on repeat offenders — robbers, assailants, and impaired drivers — insisting that local and state leaders should partner with DHS rather than criticize it.
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Kristi Noem discusses Operation Charlotte&#39;s Web, the latest immigration enforcement operation by DHS in Charlotte, NC:
&quot;We&#39;re going after people who committed robberies, assaults, DUI&#39;s, getting them off the streets, keeping people safe. That is exactly what the leadership in… <a href="https://t.co/hf9cS2rwy6">pic.twitter.com/hf9cS2rwy6</a>
&mdash; Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jules31415/status/1990804395986944143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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DHS also announced that the sweep had already led to more than 130 arrests in its first two days, including 44 individuals with serious criminal histories. The agency framed its approach as a necessary corrective to what it characterized as years of non-cooperation from state officials.
“As governor, Cooper allowed [the] release of 3,500 inmates early to settle litigation with the NAACP,” The Center Square <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/north_carolina/article_cfcd1bfd-9a8c-4405-a3fa-73a515b0dd33.html">noted</a>. “He also vetoed legislation in 2019, 2022 and 2024 that would require local law enforcement to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
The DHS pushback drew support from North Carolina Republicans, who accused Cooper of <a href="https://x.com/RepMarkHarrisNC/status/1990866287996682495">misleading the public</a> about the immigration enforcement effort.

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‘Sanctuary Politician’ Roy Cooper Gets DHS Smackdown Over Operation Charlotte’s Web

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A hammer-wielding illegal immigrant with a rap sheet attacked a woman jogging on a path in Plano, Texas.
Mexican illegal immigrant Sergio Noe de Nova Duarte, 17, struck the female victim with the hammer while she was on a jog in Bob Woodruff Park on Thursday before fleeing the scene, local police said. He was later captured and charged with aggravated kidnapping and bodily injury.
The woman fought back as Duarte attacked her, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/plano-woman-attacked-hammer-bob-woodruff-park/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS News. She was later treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
&#8220;Given the nature of this incident and this attack, this could have gone so much worse,&#8221; Plano Police Detective Alexandra Cole said. &#8220;Luckily, she was brave enough to be able to fight her attacker off in order for this not to be an even more heinous crime than it already was.&#8221;
But it wasn&#8217;t Duarte&#8217;s first rodeo.
He was arrested last year for burglary and larceny, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement later took him into custody, but the Biden administration ultimately released him.
Now, the Trump administration is working to ensure he stays in custody.
“This criminal illegal alien should have never been loose in our communities to attack this woman jogging in a park with a hammer,” Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement Monday.
“Following this illegal alien’s arrest in 2024, the Biden administration released this criminal illegal alien back into our communities. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE lodged an arrest detainer to ensure this criminal illegal alien is NEVER able to prey on innocent women in our country again,&#8221; she said.
Duarte came to the United States on a B2 tourist visa in 2016, but failed to leave the country by the required date, according to Homeland Security.

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Hammer-Wielding Illegal Immigrant With Rap Sheet Attacks Female Jogger In Texas

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From coast to coast, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continue to nab illegal aliens convicted of vile crimes like murder and the sexual assault of young children.
The Department of Homeland Security on Monday shared a list with The Daily Wire of some of the “worst of the worst” picked up by ICE over the weekend. The list included those convicted from California to Florida, New York to Iowa, and Texas.
“While Americans were enjoying their weekend, ICE law enforcement officers were hard at work arresting the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens across the country including convicted murderers, pedophiles, and rapists,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire.
According to DHS, the list of those arrested included:
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<li>Carlos Lopez, an illegal alien from El Salvador, convicted of sexual assault of a child 14-17 in Harris County, Texas</li>
<li>William Andrad-Gomez, an illegal alien from El Salvador convicted of criminal sexual act on a victim less than 11 years old in Suffolk County, New York</li>
<li>Carlos Alberto Guevara-Fernandez, an illegal alien from Cuba, convicted of sex assault, cruelty toward a child, and sex offense against child-fondling in Hillsborough County, Florida</li>
<li>Jaime Madujano-Nunez, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child in Cook County, Illinois</li>
<li>Rosendo Daniel Cuazitl, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 in Pomona, California</li>
<li>Korakon Sayavong, an illegal alien from Laos with six previous felony convictions including rape in Emporia, Kansas</li>
<li>Josue Cruz-Lopez, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of terroristic threats in Camden, New Jersey</li>
<li>Valentin Argueta, an illegal alien from El Salvador, convicted of criminal possession of a weapon, assault, and murder in Nassau County, New York</li>
<li>An Angkel, an illegal alien from Micronesia convicted of domestic abuse assault, impeding air/blood flow in Woodbury County, Iowa</li>
<li>Arturo Moreno-Sanchez, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of simple assault in Norristown, Pennsylvania</li>
<li>Zhixiang Chen, an illegal alien from China convicted of corrupt organizations and organized retail theft in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania</li>
<li>Milton Hernandez-Ramirez, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of unlawfully carrying a weapon in San Antonio, Texas</li>
<li>Juan Ramon Blanco-Martinez, an illegal alien from El Salvador convicted of unlawful possession of a weapon in Lindenwold, Illinois</li>
<li>Jholimar Jimenez-Malasquez, an illegal alien from Venezuela, convicted of shoplifting in Dakota County, Nebraska</li>
<li>Hugo Castellar-Acosta, a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela convicted of shoplifting in Dakota County, Nebraska</li>
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McLaughlin told The Daily Wire that the vast majority of illegal aliens detained by the Trump administration had other serious criminal convictions or charges.
“Our law enforcement officers are working around the clock to arrest criminal illegal aliens released into American neighborhoods by the Biden Administration,” she said. “Seventy percent of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the United States. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, America’s borders are closed to lawbreakers.”

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ICE Spends Weekend Arresting More Illegal Alien Pedophiles, Rapists

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