A whopping 175,000 Americans have applied to join Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin revealed the updated recruitment number on &#8220;The Alex Marlow Show&#8221; on Wednesday. The recruitment blitz comes as the Trump administration is offering up to $50,000 in sign-on <a href="https://www.ice.gov/join" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bonuses</a> to new recruits.
The agency has also solicited former agents to return to the force, and many have joined, retired agents who have jumped at the opportunity have told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;It really is encouraging to see that patriots see through the charade of the media, they want to enforce the rule of law, and they want to protect our homeland,&#8221; said McLaughlin.
&#8220;They saw how the last four years, this nation was brought to its knees with this scourge of illegal immigration and they want to protect their communities and where they come from. So, we&#8217;re encouraging more patriots, it&#8217;s a very rewarding job,&#8221; she added.
With the passage of President Donald Trump&#8217;s One Big, Beautiful Bill, DHS has <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/04/secretary-noem-commends-president-trump-and-one-big-beautiful-bill-signing-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> a flood of cash to hire 10,000 new ICE agents.
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“This $165 billion in funding will help the Department of Homeland Security and our brave law enforcement further deliver on President Trump’s mandate to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens and MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN!&#8221; DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said after Trump signed the bill.
DHS has spent $6.5 million on recruitment ads that have aired on popular TV and podcast networks, <a href="https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/ice-airs-ads-stirring-up-local-frustration-to-recruit-police-for-mass-deportation-efforts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press. The ads have also aired during NFL and college football games.
It is not clear how many new agents have been hired since the Trump administration&#8217;s campaign commenced.

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Federal immigration agents arrested an illegal immigrant who was working as a police officer in the sanctuary state of Illinois.
Radule Bojovic, an illegal immigrant from Montenegro, overstayed a B2 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> Thursday. Despite his immigration status, Bojovic was working as an officer with the Hanover Park Police Department.
Bojovic was approved by the Pension Fund Board of Trustees in January 2025 and was eligible to receive a starting salary of $78,955.70, according to DHS. His 2025 earnings were $205,707, including $9,276 for FICA/Medicare taxes.
DHS placed the blame on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker for permitting the employment of an illegal immigrant as a police officer in his state.
“Governor J.B. Pritzker doesn’t just allow violent illegal aliens to terrorize Illinois’s communities, he allows illegal aliens to work as sworn police officers. Radule Bojovic violated our nation’s laws and was living ILLEGALLY in the United States for 10 years — what kind of police department gives criminal illegal aliens badges and guns? It’s a felony for aliens to even possess a firearm. A so-called law enforcement officer who is actively breaking the law,” Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
“Under President Trump and Secretary Noem ICE is restoring law and order. Criminal illegal aliens have NO PLACE in our communities, especially on our police forces,” McLaughlin added.
Bojovic <a href="https://x.com/BenBergquam/status/1978879958698332249" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Real America’s Voice reporter Ben Bergquam that he was authorized to carry a firearm while on duty. He also claimed that he had a permit to work in the U.S.
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Sanctuary-state Illinois, under <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPritzker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovPritzker</a>, is completely corrupt.<a href="https://twitter.com/ICEgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ICEgov</a> arrested an illegal alien working as a sworn POLICE OFFICER in a Chicago suburb.
Radical sanctuary politicians have allowed criminal illegal aliens to infiltrate our school districts, communities, and…
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sec_Noem/status/1978879727889719296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
The Trump administration has set its sights on Illinois with its “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration raids.
The presence of federal immigration agents in Illinois, however, has drawn many anti-ICE agitators who have tried to block the operation, unleash violence, and carry out hits on the officers.
In an effort to quell the attacks, President Donald Trump attempted to deploy hundreds of troops to the region. A judge later paused the deployment. The case is ongoing after the state sued the Trump administration.

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The Trump administration filed its first terrorism case against Antifa after a cell of militants shot up a Texas immigration detention center in a summer ambush.
A federal grand jury indicted two alleged members of Antifa, Cameron Arnold and Zachary Evetts, on Wednesday with charges of providing material support for terrorism, attempting to murder federal and assisting officers, and discharging firearms during attempted murders, according to court <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/doj-brings-first-antifa-related-terrorism-charges-texas-ice-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documents</a> obtained by Fox News.
“As @POTUS has made clear, Antifa is a left-wing terrorist organization. They will be prosecuted as such,” Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X Thursday.
Mask-wearing anarchists lured Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents out of the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4 before shooting bullets in their direction, according to court documents.
When police began to respond, Arnold yelled, “Get to the rifles!” according to the indictment.
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As <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> has made clear, Antifa is a left-wing terrorist organization. They will be prosecuted as such. <a href="https://t.co/bPiE8nqkky">https://t.co/bPiE8nqkky</a>
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGPamBondi/status/1978870482314092711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
It was only “seconds later” that Arnold “opened fire on the officers, striking the Alvarado officer in the neck area as the unarmed correctional officers ducked and ran for cover,” the indictment read.
“The wounded officer fell to the ground but was able to return a few shots. Coconspirator-1 continued to fire additional rounds until his rifle jammed. The attackers then left the scene,” it added.
Ten suspects were initially <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/17/us-news/how-texas-ice-ambush-suspect-evaded-cops-for-a-week-before-capture-revealed-in-court-docs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a>, while former Marine Corps Reservist Benjamin Hanil Song, who also allegedly fired upon federal agents during the attack, was on the run for a week before he was nabbed.
Upon searching the attack scene, cops found cans of spray paint and flyers stating, “FIGHT ICE TERROR WITH CLASS WAR!” and “FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS,” and a flag that read, “RESIST FACISM – FIGHT OLIGARCHY.”
Official vehicles were also vandalized with the words “traitor” and “ice pig.”
President Donald Trump recently designated <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-designates-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Antifa</a> as a domestic terrorist organization following a surge of leftist violence against federal immigration authorities and conservatives.
“I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices,” Trump wrote when he made the designation.

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Dozens of rioters hurled rocks and formed a mob against federal agents who just faced a ramming attack from an illegal immigrant suspect, according to reports.
Border Patrol agents were attempting to detain an illegal immigrant suspect who hit their vehicle and then tried to flee, sparking a car chase, <a href="https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/skycam9-over-law-enforcement-activity-on-east-side/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to WGN9. Demonstrators caught wind of the presence of federal agents and soon gathered, with some throwing rocks and bottles at authorities.
Authorities then deployed tear gas to break up the group.
“This morning while conducting an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago, a vehicle, driven by an illegal alien, rammed a Border Patrol vehicle and attempted to flee the scene. Border Patrol pursued the vehicle and was eventually able to stop it utilizing an authorized precision immobilization technique (PIT) maneuver. Once the vehicle was stopped, the suspects, who are both illegal aliens, attempted to flee on foot. As Border Patrol arrested the subjects and attempted to secure the scene, a crowd began to form and eventually turned hostile and eventually crowd control measures were used,&#8221; the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement regarding the incident.
&#8220;This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. The fact that this attack was carried out by two illegal immigrants highlights the need for federal law enforcement to continue to do their job of enforcing the laws of our nation — all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown,&#8221; DHS said.
Chicago Police responded to the scene after receiving a call of a vehicle collision &#8220;involving federal agents,&#8221; the department said in a statement.
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“CPD was not involved in any of the federal operations occurring at that location. Upon arrival to the scene, officers documented the traffic crash. Because this incident involved federal authorities, additional CPD supervisors responded to the scene to ensure the appropriate course of action was taken.&#8221;
&#8220;A crowd began to form and as federal authorities were leaving the scene, CPD members attempted to de-escalate the situation for the safety of everyone, including community members who were gathering at the location. Individuals then began throwing objects at the federal agents, at which point the federal agents deployed tear gas into the street. Thirteen CPD members were exposed to the tear gas. Exposure reports will be completed for all CPD members who were exposed to the tear gas.&#8221;
As the Trump administration targets illegal immigrants roaming Illinois, federal agents are facing an uptick in attacks and threats.
On Tuesday, DHS <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mexican-cartels-place-bounties-on-federal-agents-in-chicago?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mexican+Cartels+Place+Bounties+On+Federal+Agents+In+Chicago">revealed</a> that cartels in Mexico were placing bounties on the heads of ICE and Border Patrol agents patrolling the Windy City.
Armed gang “spotters” have also been deployed to rooftops in Chicago’s Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods to track the movements of federal agents.
The Trump administration attempted to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to the region, but a judge held up the effort after the State of Illinois sued to stop it. The case is still pending.

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A Haitian migrant who raped a young disabled girl in Massachusetts after he entered the United States under a Biden-era parole program will now spend more than a decade in jail for his crime.
Cory Alvarez, 27, entered the United States on June 26, 2023, as part of the Biden administration&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/06/12/dhs-issues-notices-termination-chnv-parole-program-encourages-parolees-self-deport">CHNV scheme</a> to allow 30,000 Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan migrants to fly into the country and receive a two-year permission to stay and work, <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-boston-arrests-haitian-national-accused-raping-child-massachusetts-migrant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Alvarez then raped the helpless 15-year-old girl last year at the Comfort Inn on Hingham Street, which was temporarily housing migrants as part of a government program.
The young victim told investigators that Alvarez lured her to his room by offering to help put apps on her tablet before he sexually assaulted her, <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/man-found-guilty-of-raping-teen-girl-at-mass-migrant-shelter-to-be-sentenced/3824305/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NBC10 Boston.
The girl cried out to Alvarez to leave her alone, &#8220;but he didn&#8217;t stop,&#8221; the outlet reported, citing court documents.
Alvarez was found guilty last month and has a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in state prison, according to Boston 10. Prosecutors, however, sought to keep him behind bars for 15 to 18 years.
Alvarez was initially arrested by the Rockland Police Department on March 14, 2024, the day after he raped the young girl, according to ICE. Later that day, ICE lodged a detainer with the local authorities, asking them to hand him over if he was to be released.
The Plymouth County Superior Court of Brockton, however, flouted the detainer on June 27, 2024, and allowed Alvarez to go free on a $500 bond.
ICE was able to track him down and arrested him on August 13,  2024, near his home in Brockton. Federal officers eventually handed Alvarez back to local police to face local prosecution.
Upon returning to the White House, President Donald Trump ended the Biden administration&#8217;s controversial parole scheme that brought more than 500,000 migrants to the U.S., <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/06/12/dhs-issues-notices-termination-chnv-parole-program-encourages-parolees-self-deport" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Department of Homeland Security.
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“The Biden Administration lied to America. They allowed more than half a million poorly vetted aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela and their immediate family members to enter the United States through these disastrous parole programs; granted them opportunities to compete for American jobs and undercut American workers; forced career civil servants to promote the programs even when fraud was identified; and then blamed Republicans in Congress for the chaos that ensued and the crime that followed,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said at the time.
“Ending the CHNV parole programs, as well as the paroles of those who exploited it, will be a necessary return to common-sense policies, a return to public safety, and a return to America First,&#8221; she added.
The Biden administration temporarily shut the program down after discovering large amounts of fraud in migrants&#8217; applications, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-freezes-controversial-migrant-flight-program-after-fraud-revelations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox News.
Applicants recycled social security numbers, addresses, and phone numbers, Fox reported. There were also 100,948 forms filled out by 3,218 serial sponsors, according to the outlet.
Some applications had the contact information of dead people and addresses to non-existent locations and even storage units, according to the outlet.

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Hundreds of naked protesters in Portland participated in a nude &#8220;die-in&#8221; on Sunday in a bid to stop President Donald Trump&#8217;s mass deportation campaign.
The nude bikers paraded their bodies around the city before dropping to the ground on a bridge, where they pretended to be dead. At one point, armed federal agents could be seen on the roof of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building looking down at the unsightly spectacle.
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Emergency World Naked Bike Ride participants normally ride around in their birthday suits in the summer in the name of saving the climate. But the group decided there was an urgent need to demonstrate against Trump&#8217;s plan to deploy troops to Portland to quell anti-ICE agitators, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/portland-oregon-naked-bike-ride-protest-43ecafc5f5ce0a7d7f44dc016fbe86d0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press.
“We’re here today because we strongly believe that we do not need federal troops in Portland or in Oregon at all,” Ashley, a participant in the stripped-down event, said, <a href="https://www.kptv.com/2025/10/13/hundreds-join-emergency-world-naked-bike-ride-protest-portland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox 12.
“It is electric, so fun, it’s so Portland. Just keeping everything weird,” said Saturn, another naked bike rider.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt took to X to respond to the stripped down protests.
&#8220;If you think this is crazy, congratulations, you’re a Republican!&#8221; she <a href="https://x.com/karolineleavitt/status/1977532986892374216" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
In recent weeks, anti-ICE protestors have lit fires, hurled rocks, and launched fireworks at federal agents in Portland. An illegal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-illegal-immigrants-arrested-after-laser-aimed-at-cbp-helicopter-patrolling-portland?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=19&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Four+Illegal+Immigrants+Arrested+After+Laser+Aimed+At+CBP+Helicopter+Patrolling+Portland">immigrant</a> was also arrested last month after he allegedly pointed a dangerous laser at a Customs and Border Protection helicopter flying over Portland, Oregon.
In response to the attacks, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-from-sending-out-of-state-national-guard-troops-to-oregon">posted</a> on Truth Social last month that he was directing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to provide troops to protect “War ravaged Portland” from “Antifa, and other domestic terrorists” and authorizing “Full Force, if necessary.”
Hegseth then issued a memo authorizing the deployment and federalization of 200 Oregon National Guard service members.
A federal judge, however, temporarily ordered the troops to stand down. The city now awaits a ruling from an appeals court panel, which will decide whether or not Trump can federalize the National Guard soldiers.

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The label that launched Puerto Rican recording artist Bad Bunny into stardom was founded by an investor who held a high position in the regime of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez.
Rafael Ricardo Jimenez Dan founded Rimas Entertainment in Puerto Rico and was the company’s sole owner until 2018. Before that, Jimenez was a top dog in the regime of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez and ran a passport program that brought terrorists and criminals into the country, a Daily Wire review found.
Bad Bunny, whose legal name is Benito Ocasio, faced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-absolutely-ridiculous-that-nfl-chose-bad-bunny-for-super-bowl-halftime-show">backlash</a> over his anti-ICE stance after he was announced as the Halftime Show performer at Super Bowl LX in February. Ocasio said during a recent interview that he doesn’t perform in the United States over concerns that his fans could be targeted by immigration authorities.
“There was the issue of — like, f***ing ICE could be outside. And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about,” the three-time Grammy Award winner said.
Bad Bunny even drew criticism from President Donald Trump.
“I never heard of him. I don’t know who he is, I don’t know why they’re doing it, it’s crazy, and then they blame it on some promoter that they hired to pick up entertainment, I think it’s absolutely ridiculous,” Trump told Newsmax host Greg Kelly in a recent interview.
While leading Rimas, Jimenez approved artist signings and was part of the decision-making to bring Bad Bunny on board, <a href="https://l.gourl.es/l/9ee73221ee5255c08cdfd912ba02c55cca66cb43?notrack=1&amp;u=13107428" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Billboard.
Jimenez <a href="https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/rafael-ricardo-jimenez-dan-rimas-music-publishing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Music Business Worldwide in August that he met Bad Bunny “probably in 2016” and recalled seeing “that spark in Benito.”
“I met Benito while we were in Puerto Rico. I was very private and reserved, but Puerto Rico is 100 by 35 miles — it’s a small island,” Jimenez recalled.
“During several occasions, I was alongside [Bad Bunny] at music events, Billboard conferences, even helping him with personal things,” he said.
Jimenez was copied on an April 11, 2016, email regarding the “360 deal and songwriter agreement” with Bad Bunny sent by Rimas attorney Jessie Abad.
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Jimenez served as an army captain in Venezuela and ended his military career in 1999, when Chavez seized power, according to Billboard. He joined the Chavez regime in 2002 to help modernize and digitize Venezuela’s government operations, including its law enforcement.
In March 2006, Jimenez was appointed as the Vice Minister of Legal Security in Venezuela’s Interior Ministry, according to Billboard. Months later, he was assigned a director role of Mission Identity, a controversial program Chavez officials allegedly used to bring Cuban agents to Venezuela with false identities, along with suspected Islamist terrorists, Colombian guerrillas, and drug traffickers.
Jimenez’s lawyer told Billboard that his client had “no knowledge” of the scheme. Jimenez also denied ever “personally” working with Mission Identity and that he had “no decision-making authority” in his position.
“For about one year from 2006 to 2007, I served as Vice Minister of Legal Certainty in my country, Venezuela,” Jimenez told Music Business Worldwide.
But he grew “very frustrated” and resigned, he said.
“I became very frustrated. I realized [the system] was impossible to change from within, and I resigned from my position. I was never in an administrative or economic position handling money. I was in institutional management on the technical side of government,” Jimenez said.
Jimenez said he had “no regrets” and worked to “improve access to justice and transparency — the same things we’re fighting for now in music — and strengthen the rule of law.”
He started at least a dozen companies in Venezuela and the Caribbean between 2005 and 2013, according to Billboard. He was also the CEO of a cardboard and paper packaging firm that was nationalized by Chavez.
He used the profits from a Miami restaurant and a food import company to fund Rimas and his life in the United States, his lawyer told Billboard.
Jimenez recently attempted to downplay his ties to the Chavez regime.
“I am not and never have been a political actor. I’m not a member of any political party in Venezuela — not left, not right. I never had any involvement in the coup d’état with Chávez,” he told Music Business Worldwide.
Jimenez made Noah Assad, Bad Bunny’s longtime manager, a 40% owner in the label in 2018, according to Billboard.
In 2023, he sold his 60% stake in Rimas’s label and talent management firm, he told Music Business Worldwide.
He still owns 60% of the independent copyright management firm Rimas Publishing, which <a href="https://www.rimaspublishing.com/artists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">touts</a> Bad Bunny on its roster of talent.

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An illegal immigrant gang member on the run for allegedly killing a man in California went on to kill a woman in Texas before Immigration and Customs Enforcement <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-wants-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker-jailed-for-failing-to-protect-ice-officers">agents</a> were able to apprehend him, The Daily Wire has learned.
Cambodian citizen Savin Seng, 41, is wanted in California for allegedly murdering 20-year-old Gabriel Isiguzo outside a North Hills strip club in 2022, according to ICE. Authorities said the killing was “unprovoked,” while <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/help-needed-capture-gunman-allegedly-killed-man-north-hills-strip-club-unprovoked-shooting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> at the time suggested the shooting stemmed from an argument over a handicapped spot outside the club.
Seng then went on to allegedly kill 47-year-old Charminy Lewis in Victoria, Texas, on Friday, authorities <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VCSOTexas/posts/wanted-murder-suspect-taken-into-custody-on-friday-october-3-2025-at-approximate/1336578791842323/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. He was later caught by the Victoria County Sheriff’s Department while walking down the highway with a loaded pistol.
Seng, who goes by the moniker “Two-Face,” admitted to authorities that he’s a member of the Asian Boyz gang and said that he desired to return to his home country, <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.2034990/gov.uscourts.txsd.2034990.1.0_1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to court documents. When asked how he obtained a firearm, Seng told officers “that he wasn’t a snitch” and that the “gun fell from the sky and he picked it up.”
“For the second time in three years, this violent criminal alien gang member has allegedly murdered someone and then attempted to flee from authorities,” Homeland Security Investigations Houston Special Agent in Charge Chad Plantz said in a statement shared with The Daily Wire.
“Within just 36 hours, the law enforcement community in Southeast Texas banded together leveraging our various resources to successfully locate him and safely take him into custody before he could harm anyone else,” Plantz added.
Seng has a lengthy rap sheet in California that includes two convictions for burglary and one conviction each for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, felon in possession of a firearm, and domestic violence, according to court records.
Seng entered the United States legally in 1984, but was ordered deported in April 2016, according to ICE.
ICE previously had him in custody, but wasn’t able to obtain travel documents from the Cambodian government to send him back, federal law enforcement sources told The Daily Wire.
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In some immigration cases, ICE is unable to deport illegal immigrants home because their countries refuse to accept their own citizens who are egregious criminals. ICE cannot hold detainees indefinitely and is required to release them after a certain period of time.
In an effort to fix the issue, the <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/06/23/dhs-releases-statement-major-victory-trump-administration-and-american-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump</a> administration has brokered deals with “third countries” to take in foreign deportees.
A third plane of deportees from the U.S. arrived in the small African nation of Eswatini on Monday as part of the effort, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/eswatini-will-receive-11-more-third-country-deportees-us-2025-10-06/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Reuters. The Trump administration is also seeking to deport MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-trump-eswatini-deportation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS News.
The Asian Boyz started in Southern California in the 1980s, and many of its early members were teenage immigrants from Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Philippines, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-sep-20-mn-24877-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Los Angeles Times.

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ICE Nabs Illegal Immigrant Gang Member Who Fled California After Murder Only To Kill Another In Texas

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The Trump administration will send Texas National Guard troops to Chicago to restore order amid a series of anti-ICE <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-arrests-two-after-attack-on-border-patrol-in-chicago?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=FBI+Arrests+Two+After+Attack+On+Border+Patrol+In+Chicago">attacks</a>.
Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker <a href="https://x.com/GovPritzker/status/1975013177026109717" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on X Sunday night that Texas troops were preparing to come to the Windy City, casting the move as “Trump’s invasion.” By Monday, the sanctuary state filed a lawsuit in an attempt to thwart the effort.
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Illinois is taking the Trump Administration to court for their unlawful and unconstitutional deployment of military troops to our state. Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/ILAttyGeneral?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ILAttyGeneral</a> Raoul for helping defend the rule of law.
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPritzker/status/1975212392511619370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
The War Department will deploy roughly 400 soldiers from Texas to Chicago and Portland as the feds face mounting threats from anti-ICE activists.
The latest attack on federal immigration authorities occurred on Saturday morning, when “officers were rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars” in Broadview, Illinois, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin <a href="https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1974524869892276682" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
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The agents were trapped in and had to exit their car before they encountered one of the drivers who allegedly rammed them and determined that they were “armed with a semi-automatic weapon,” forcing the feds to “fire defensive shots at an unarmed U.S. citizen,” according to McLaughlin.
The armed alleged attacker, who was later <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/04/update-dhs-deploys-special-operations-after-multiple-violent-attacks-federal-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as Marimar Martinez, was the subject of a federal law enforcement intelligence bulletin that circulated last week after she was allegedly “doxing agents and posting online ‘Hey to all my gang let’s f*** those motherf****ers up, don’t let them take anyone.’”
Pritzker said “no officials from the federal government” contacted him “directly to discuss or coordinate” the deployment.
“It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops,” he said.
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The Illinois governor also called on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to stop the effort in its tracks.
“I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation,” Pritzker wrote.
“The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness,” he added.
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But Abbott <a href="https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1975027635295007073" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he’s not going to back down.
“I fully authorized the President to call up 400 members of the Texas National Guard to ensure safety for federal officials. You can either fully enforce protection for federal employees or get out of the way and let Texas Guard do it,” Abbott wrote on X.
“No Guard can match the training, skill, and expertise of the Texas National Guard. They defend our country with pride. America must also know that Texas still has thousands of National Guard assisting with the Border security,” he said.
The Trump administration commenced “Operation Midway Blitz” in an effort to nab illegal immigrants roaming the sanctuary state on September 8, resulting in more than 1,000 arrests.
With that, anti-ICE protesters have gathered outside an agency facility in Broadview, where demonstrators have tried to block agents from driving in and out of the facility.
State and local police in riot gear <a href="https://x.com/Garrett_FoxNews/status/1974148610372567329" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to the protests on Friday, while snipers were <a href="https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1974165474830397860" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stationed</a> on the roof of the ICE facility.

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The Iowa Democratic Senate candidate who hired a now-infamous illegal immigrant to be superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools is in a dead heat with her primary opponent, a new poll obtained by The Daily Wire shows.
Des Moines School Board Chair Jackie <a href="https://www.dmschools.org/board/school-board-members/jackie-norris/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Norris</a>, who is now running to replace outgoing Iowa Senator Joni Ernst (R), was serving the school district when Ian Andre Roberts of Guyana was hired to lead as its superintendent.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Roberts last week after he received a deportation order from an immigration judge in May 2024 and had weapons charges from Feb. 5, 2020, the agency said.
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Since then, the school district has faced backlash for its vetting of Roberts when he was hired in 2023.
A recent poll conducted by the National Republican Senatorial Committee found that Norris has 23% popularity, while candidates Zach Wahls has 24.7%, and Josh Turek has 17.6%.
Meanwhile, 74% of the Democratic voters polled supported Norris&#8217; recent call for &#8220;radical empathy&#8221; following Roberts&#8217; arrest. The poll also revealed that 30% of Democrats believe it&#8217;s permissible to harass elected officials and public figures with whom they disagree.
Fifty-seven percent said they support abolishing ICE altogether.
The poll surveyed 579 Democratic primary voters via text-to-web surveys conducted between Sept. 29 and 30, according to the NRSC.
The margin of error is ±4.05% at the 95% confidence level.
Norris <a href="https://www.dmschools.org/2025/09/announcements-on-detention-of-dr-ian-roberts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> Monday that “at no point was any DMPS employee or board member notified that Dr. Roberts was not eligible to work, either by a federal agency or Dr. Roberts.”
Roberts also “stated he was a citizen” on his I-9 employment eligibility form and provided a driver’s license and social security card when he was hired, said Norris.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services also recently revealed to The Daily Wire that Roberts did not undergo an immigration employment verification check through the federal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-superintendent-wasnt-checked-through-federal-e-verify-system?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Illegal+Immigrant+Superintendent+Wasn%E2%80%99t+Checked+Through+Federal+E-Verify+System" target="_blank" rel="noopener">E-Verify</a> system, which ensures workers are in the country legally and eligible to work, before assuming the role.
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The Dentons Davis Brown law firm was tasked with reviewing the form and accompanying documents and stated that the information provided “did not raise concerns about his eligibility to work,” Norris said.
Des Moines Public Schools also brought on the firm JG Consulting to recruit possible superintendent candidates in December 2022, the school district <a href="https://www.dmschools.org/2025/09/announcements-on-detention-of-dr-ian-roberts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
The firm used the company Baker-Eubanks to conduct a background check, which “found nothing related to citizenship or immigration matters related to Dr. Roberts,&#8221; the district said.
The school district is now <a href="https://www.dmschools.org/news_release/dmps-files-lawsuit-against-superintendent-search-firm-jg-consulting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suing</a> JG Consulting, saying it failed to properly vet Roberts.
“Dr. Roberts should have never been presented as a potential Superintendent,” Norris said.
“JG Consulting’s contract required them to bring all known information of a positive or negative nature to the Board, and since that did not happen, the Board will pursue aggressive legal action in accordance with the law.”
A spokesman for Baker-Eubanks recently told The Daily Wire that “all publicly available criminal records” were shared with the school district, which “ultimately chose to proceed with the hire despite having received” Roberts&#8217; history.
Roberts subsequently resigned after being placed on unpaid leave and losing his superintendent license.
When he was initially approached by ICE officers, Roberts fled the scene and abandoned his car in the nearby woods, the agency said. They eventually tracked him down and found that he had a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash, and a fixed-blade hunting knife.
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Iowa Dem Who Hired Illegal Alien Superintendent Nearly Tied in Senate Primary, New Poll Finds

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Portland Police arrested conservative journalist Nick Sortor while he was covering anti-ICE protests outside of an agency facility Thursday night.
The 27-year-old <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-police-arrest-conservative-journalist-another-night-chaotic-anti-ice-clashes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News he was “being jumped by Antifa thugs” and trying to seek safety by going to the officers before he was arrested. Sortor, who was among three individuals arrested during clashes, was charged with disorderly conduct and ultimately released.
“This was as big of a surprise to me as it was to everybody else,” Sortor said. “All of a sudden, you know, I&#8217;m being jumped by Antifa thugs.”
“I get back up, I stumble away and go back toward cops where I think, you know, at least, all right, well, maybe that’ll be a safer place for me to go … never suspected that I was going to be the target of the arrest, that they were coming in to me,” he said.
“And when they put me into handcuffs, the first thing that went to my mind wasn’t, ‘Oh, you’re being arrested.’ It’s, ‘Oh, they&#8217;re trying to help you and get you out of here and make it look like they’re doing something.’ Because they weren’t telling me what they were doing. They weren’t telling me I was under arrest. They weren’t telling me what I was being charged with. And it took over an hour for me to find out what I was charged with,” Sortor claimed.
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Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/PortlandPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PortlandPolice</a>: you made a big freaking mistake.
You PROVED what we’ve all been saying for years: you’re CORRUPT and CONTROLLED by vioIent Antifa thugs who terrorize the streets
You thought arresting me would make me shut up and go away. You couldn’t have been more wrong.… <a href="https://t.co/Dz8oJ3V8NP">pic.twitter.com/Dz8oJ3V8NP</a>
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href="https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1974112113326239852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
Following Sortor’s release from police custody, Attorney General Pam Bondi “personally called” him to share that she “has ORDERED a full investigation, led by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, of the Portland Police Bureau, following my wrongful arrest last night,” he <a href="https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1974121124968739069?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
“You made a big freaking mistake,” Sortor wrote on X. “You PROVED what we’ve all been saying for years: you’re CORRUPT and CONTROLLED by [violent] Antifa thugs who terrorize the streets.”
“You thought arresting me would make me shut up and go away. You couldn’t have been more wrong. Stay tuned,” he added.
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Portland: it’s FO time. Buckle up. <a href="https://t.co/lp4RJ2QSi7">https://t.co/lp4RJ2QSi7</a>
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/AAGDhillon/status/1974129262145024506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
Portland Police <a href="https://www.portland.gov/police/news/2025/10/2/update-suspects-arrested-fighting-ice-protest-identified" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that they “observed two men fighting near the ICE building driveway” around 8:09 p.m. local time.
The officers called in “additional resources and officers were responding when the fight ended following one participant being knocked to the ground,” according to the Portland Police. Both parties involved were briefly detained before being released by the police.
More fights broke out as the night went on. Around 11:16 p.m., authorities arrested three people, including Sortor, and charged them with disorderly conduct, police said.
President Donald <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-authorizing-full-force-of-military-to-protect-ice-from-antifa-domestic-terrorists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump</a> deployed troops to Portland last month to protect the city and any ICE facilities under attack by far-left Antifa and other domestic terrorists.
“At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect war-ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists,” the president recently posted on Truth Social.
“I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary,” he added. “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
The State of Oregon and the City of Portland have tried to thwart Trump’s effort by filing a lawsuit against it.
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek (D) <a href="https://apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsroom/OR/GOV/Posts/Post/governor-kotek-and-attorney-general-fight-back-on-president-trumps-abuse-of-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> Sunday that the deployment is unnecessary.
“When the president and I spoke yesterday, I told him in plain language that there is no insurrection or threat to public safety that necessitates military intervention in Portland or any other city in our state,” Kotek said.
“Despite this — and all evidence to the contrary — he has chosen to disregard Oregonians’ safety and ability to govern ourselves. This is not necessary. And it is unlawful. And it will make Oregonians less safe,” she added.

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Apple has pulled apps used to expose the whereabouts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the country to help illegal immigrants avoid arrest, which critics say have helped attackers target the agents.
The move comes after it was revealed that the anti-ICE <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tragic-irony-federal-officials-say-dallas-shooter-wanted-to-kill-ice-agents-not-detainees?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=11&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98Tragic+Irony%E2%80%99%3A+Federal+Officials+Say+Dallas+Shooter+Wanted+To+Kill+ICE+Agents%2C+Not+Detainees">shooter</a> who opened fire on an agency facility in Dallas last month used the app before the attack. Two detainees were killed, while a third was injured as a result of the shooting.
Such threats to law enforcement led Attorney General Pam Bondi to instruct officials at the Justice Department to pressure Apple to take the anti-ICE app down, Fox News Digital <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/apple-takes-down-ice-tracking-app-after-pressure-from-ag-bondi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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“We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock app from their App Store — and Apple did so,” Bondi told the outlet.
“ICEBlock is designed to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs, and violence against law enforcement is an intolerable red line that cannot be crossed. This Department of Justice will continue making every effort to protect our brave federal law enforcement officers, who risk their lives every day to keep Americans safe,” she said.
Following the recent Dallas attack, Marcos Charles, ICE’s Acting Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, called out the anti-ICE <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/liberal-media-highlighted-anti-ice-apps-a-murderer-used-the-apps-to-kill">apps</a> for serving as a “casting call to invite bad actors to attack law enforcement officers.”
“It’s no different than giving the hit man the location of their intended target, and this is exactly what we saw happen in Dallas yesterday,” Charles said during a press conference last month.
Some mainstream media outlets have amplified the apps despite receiving warnings that “it would only lead to more attacks on law enforcement,” said Charles.
“We truly wish we didn’t have to say we told you so, but here we are,” he said.
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Apple confirmed it took ICEBlock and “similar apps” down from its app store in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“We created the App Store to be a safe and trusted place to discover apps. Based on information we’ve received from law enforcement about the safety risks associated with ICEBlock, we have removed it and similar apps from the App Store,” Apple said.
ICEBlock creator Joshua Aaron said he was “incredibly disappointed by Apple&#8217;s actions today.”
“Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move,” Aaron said. “Apple has claimed they received information from law enforcement that ICEBlock served to harm law enforcement officers. This is patently false.”
The anti-ICE app still functions for users who already downloaded it before its takedown from the store.
ICEBlock first came under scrutiny in June after CNN promoted the app on air. ICE officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-officials-slam-cnn-for-promoting-app-that-helps-illegals-dodge-federal-agents">slammed</a> the network for promoting the app, arguing that it would put ICE agents in danger.
“CNN’s promotion of an ‘ICE spotting’ app is reckless and irresponsible,” ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons said at the time. “Advertising an app that basically paints a target on federal law enforcement officers’ backs is sickening.”
“CNN is willfully endangering the lives of officers who put their lives on the line every day and enabling dangerous criminal aliens to evade U.S. law,” he added.
“It’s only a matter of time before ICE officers are going to be ambushed by some nut, like what happened in L.A., throwing a Molotov cocktail, throwing bricks at these officers,” White House Border Czar Tom Homan said at the time. “This is just disgusting at every level, so I hope DOJ dives in this deeply, because ICE is concentrating on public safety threats and national security threats.”

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