The Trump administration has reportedly located over 13,000 children who entered the United States unaccompanied and illegally before being lost to government tracking systems.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement under President Donald Trump has arrested more than 400 sponsors of unaccompanied minors for crimes related to mistreatment of the children in their care or for other reasons, a Health and Human Services official told <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/unaccompanied-migrant-minors-located-hhs/">NewsNation</a>.
Over 300,000 unaccompanied minors flooded into the United States under former President Joe Biden and were then lost to government officials, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s <a href="https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2024-08/OIG-24-46-Aug24.pdf">Office of Inspector General</a>.
The Trump administration has directed U.S. Customs and Border officials to begin asking older unaccompanied minors between the ages of 14 and 17 if they would like to self-deport back to their home countries. If they answer affirmatively, they are turned over to either ICE or HHS to begin deportation proceedings, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/politics/migrant-kids-self-deport?cid=ios_app">CNN</a>.
The current practice is not new, but an expanded form of what federal agents had been offering unaccompanied minors before. The offer had been limited to self-deporting to either Mexico or Canada before.
“This is a long-standing practice that was used by previous administrations to prioritize getting children back to the safety of a parent or legal guardian in their home country. The policy of offering unaccompanied alien children (UACs) the option to withdraw their application for admission into the U.S. is accredited in the Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022,” a Homeland Security official told CNN.
“The only change pursuant to the Big Beautiful Bill is expanding this option to return home to UACs from additional countries beyond Mexico and Canada,” the official added.
Trump revealed earlier this month that his administration had located 10,000 of the missing, unaccompanied minors.
“Something that you should have that you haven&#8217;t reported – as you know, 300,000 children are missing, 300,000 under Biden. We&#8217;ve already gotten back 10,000, and we have a lot more planned to get back. We’re getting them back by the thousands,” Trump said on July 11.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: Something you haven&#39;t reported — 300,000 migrant children went missing under Biden. We&#39;ve already gotten back 10,000 — and we have a lot more planned to get back. <a href="https://t.co/W6bM7Tfymq">pic.twitter.com/W6bM7Tfymq</a>
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Tens of thousands of adult illegal aliens have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tens-of-thousands-of-illegal-aliens-self-deport-through-cbp-home-app-report">self-deported</a> since Trump took office in January. The Trump administration has altered the CBP One app, an app designed and put into use under the Biden administration to streamline applications for asylum, to aid aliens looking to self-deport from the United States.
The app has been renamed to the CBP Home app. The Trump administration has offered an enticement to illegal aliens of $1,000 if they agree to self-deport. The app has threatened aliens with fines of up to $1,000-a-day if they refuse.

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An illegal alien from Senegal attacked multiple ICE officers last week after he was detained in New York City, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire. 
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York on Thursday announced charges against Bass Ndiaye for allegedly assaulting ICE officers and about one dozen other detainees on July 18 with a pair of scissors. Ndiaye faces one count of assaulting an officer of the United States using a deadly or dangerous weapon. 
“This criminal illegal alien, who released into the country under President Biden, will face justice for his violent crimes,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire. “Our ICE law enforcement are facing an 830% increase in assaults against them. Secretary [Kristi] Noem stands with the brave men and women of law enforcement as they risk their lives to remove criminal illegal aliens and protect Americans.”
Ndiaye was first arrested on July 17 in New York, where he was taken to the 26 Federal Plaza immigration center in Manhattan for processing. The stabbing incident occurred the next day and the ICE officers were able to disarm Ndiaye, the Department of Homeland Security said
Ndiaye illegally crossed the border on October 22, 2023, when he was arrested by Border Patrol. He was then released into the country by the Biden administration. He could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. 
In recent months, ICE officers and Border Patrol officials have faced increased attacks and hostility. 
Over the weekend, an off-duty Border Patrol officer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspect-in-shooting-of-border-patrol-officer-released-under-biden-dhs-says">was shot</a> during an attempted burglary in Manhattan. Both suspects are illegal aliens with extensive criminal histories. 
“These violent thugs have committed a smorgasbord of crimes and been arrested multiple times and yet New York continued to release them, ignore an ICE detainer and allow them to continue to prey on Americans and terrorize our streets,” McLaughlin said. “How many people have to die, how many lives have to be changed forever for Mayor [Eric] Adams and his sanctuary politician ilk to end these performative politics?”

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem slammed Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell in a Friday morning press conference in the southern city, accusing him of “risking people’s lives” after he doxxed ICE agents.
Noem showcased some of the criminal illegal aliens, including rapists and murders, captured in the Nashville area before warning that left-wing politicians have sided with illegal aliens and in some cases, even endangered federal law enforcement.
“One of the open border politicians is right here in this state and right here in this city, and I’m specifically calling out the mayor of Nashville,” Noem charged.
“Freddie O’Connell has gone after our ICE individuals and agents who work with HSI,” she said, referring to Homeland Security Investigations. “He’s openly doxxed them, revealed them to the public, and encouraged people to go against them and their efforts to clean up the streets of Nashville.”
“What the mayor is doing to this city is shameful. What he needs to do is participate with us and make sure that he is helping us enforce the rule of law,” Noem said of the Democrat mayor, also accusing him of playing politics and “risking people’s lives.”
Noem’s statements came after O’Connell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nashvilles-democrat-mayor-doxxes-ice-agents">doxxed the names</a> of ICE agents involved in raids in Nashville, which The Daily Wire revealed resulted in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-dems-rage-over-nashville-ice-raids-that-targeted-rapists-and-gang-members?author=Spencer+Lindquist+and+Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Dems+Rage+Over+Nashville+ICE+Raids+That+Targeted+Rapists+And+Gang+Members">capture</a> of 196 illegal aliens, 96 of whom had criminal histories or pending criminal charges beyond illegally entering the country.
The city’s mayor said that the doxxing was done by accident, but one DHS official charged that there was &#8220;zero chance it was a mistake.&#8221;
The DHS Secretary also told The Daily Wire that she blames the rhetoric of liberal politicians and leftist organizations for the rise in assaults against ICE officers.
“It’s the rhetoric of elected officials, of leaders, of leftist organizations and the media. When they don’t tell the truth, there’s consequences to that,” Noem said. “When they don’t talk about the facts of what’s happening out on our streets and what the American people need, then it gets distorted and the information is used in a way that can undermine what the rule of law is.”
A small group of leftist protesters gathered outside of the Homeland Security Investigations building where Noem held her press conference.
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A meager crowd of leftist demonstrators showed up to protest DHS Sec. Noem’s Nashville press conference, where she showcased some of the murderers and rapists captured by ICE.
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— Spencer Lindquist 🇺🇸 (@SpencerLndqst) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerLndqst/status/1946239336871031267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
Noem also told The Daily Wire at a Thursday night press conference that it will refer those who dox ICE agents to the Department of Justice for prosecution.
“We will detain these individuals if the law allows and it&#8217;s up to the Department of Justice if they decide to prosecute … doxxing very much exposes them and their families up to dangerous situations,” Noem said. “We’ve had many of our ICE officers, CBP officers who’ve been victimized, their families have been threatened and attacked.”
“Any elected official, anybody who does this on purpose and causes harm or brings harm to them and their families  … they will be referred to them and the Department of Justice has indicated that they will prosecute them where it is appropriate,” she went on to say.

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With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Republicans just delivered record funding to secure our border and support our federal law enforcement agents, which will make every American safer.
This law paves the way for a brighter, safer, and stronger future for every American. Here’s how you will benefit.
First, it makes permanent the largest tax cut in history for middle- and working-class families, reduces costs by unleashing American energy, and rebuilds our military to outpace and dominate 21st century challenges.
But that’s not all.
Importantly, the One Big Beautiful Bill will restore order and strengthen border security after 10.5 million illegal immigrants flooded the United States under President Joe Biden and the Democrats. For four years, a slow-motion invasion of our nation drove up medical and insurance costs for Americans, as well as criminal activity in our communities.
With tragic stories of violent illegal aliens committing heinous crimes against innocent Americans, it’s no wonder <a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-poll-deportation-trump-border-security-40b2a28e34f8d0c76b4a6589f3db1ba3" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://apnews.com/article/immigration-poll-deportation-trump-border-security-40b2a28e34f8d0c76b4a6589f3db1ba3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752789380627000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1-bVazWRwDe1J3g9kRdwob">82% of voters</a> said that increasing security at the border should be a high or moderate priority.
For instance, in Arkansas, Jennifer Ann Morton, a nurse in Little Rock, was tragically killed by an illegal immigrant who was driving while drunk. In Michigan, Ruby Garcia was just 25 years old when she was shot to death by an illegal immigrant and left on the side of a highway. We owe it to the memory of these innocent Americans to do all we can to prevent senseless, horrific crimes from happening again.
President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have made it a priority to close the border, stop the invasion, and enforce the law without hesitation. Since taking office earlier this year, Trump has deported hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens, designated ruthless gangs — such as Tren de Aragua and MS-13 — as foreign terrorist organizations, and resumed border wall construction.
Nationwide encounters of illegal immigrants are at the lowest ever recorded, and not one illegal immigrant was released into our country over the past two months. Compare this to the height of the invasion under Joe Biden, which saw nearly <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/extraordinary-president-trump-drives-illegal-border-crossings-to-a-new-historic-low/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/extraordinary-president-trump-drives-illegal-border-crossings-to-a-new-historic-low/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752789380627000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1_9QpUPXMI-nhgbJf6ukTA">10,000 unvetted migrants</a> enter the United States every day.
And this new law builds on these accomplishments.
The One Big Beautiful Bill will ensure that we can finish what we started. It is a major win for the American people that provides law enforcement with the tools, resources, and training needed to curb illegal immigration and secure the border.
For example, the law provides $46.5 billion to finish the construction of the border wall and improve other related infrastructure. An additional $6 billion will also be used to heighten surveillance at the border for various operations. This includes combating the scourge of illicit drug trafficking that has gripped, devastated, and destroyed far too many American lives and families. This means you won’t need to worry about tens of thousands of illegal aliens crossing the border each day — including many on the terror watch list.
The law also provides essential funding to hire, train, and give bonuses to Border Patrol agents, Air and Marine agents, and field support personnel. These brave Americans put their lives on the line to keep our communities safe; they deserve to have what they need to succeed and to be recognized for their work.
The law also allocates $10 billion to the Department of Homeland Security. An additional $45 billion will be used to expand detention capacity for illegal aliens taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. This is critical, given that <a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1942940878244282615" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1942940878244282615&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752789380627000&amp;usg=AOvVaw19kLgMGBG55QCQX96ome9w">70%</a> of individuals arrested by ICE during the Trump administration have had criminal convictions or have pending charges, including criminals with aggravated assault, rape, and murder charges.
Thanks to Joe Biden’s border crisis, every state is now a border state. Across America, ICE agents—working in tandem with the FBI and state and local law enforcement — are doing excellent work enforcing immigration laws and keeping our communities safe. Since President Trump took office, ICE agents in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/27/us/ice-arrests-trump.html?smid=url-share&amp;rsrc=deeplink#ice_arrests_Arkansas" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/27/us/ice-arrests-trump.html?smid%3Durl-share%26rsrc%3Ddeeplink%23ice_arrests_Arkansas&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752789380627000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0pnQZ_H2VRZy5mfYzLy4_r">Arkansas</a> have increased arrests by 176% and by 154% in<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/27/us/ice-arrests-trump.html?smid=url-share&amp;rsrc=deeplink#ice_arrests_Michigan" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/27/us/ice-arrests-trump.html?smid%3Durl-share%26rsrc%3Ddeeplink%23ice_arrests_Michigan&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752789380627000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2ZHc3yXOw0xZlTeMsFvR_K"> Michigan</a> compared to 2024. This law will give these agents the resources they need to continue their critical work.
As President Trump said before signing the once-in-a-generation legislation into law on Independence Day, “The American people gave us a historic mandate in November. … We made promises, and it’s really promises made, promises kept, and we’ve kept them. This is a triumph of democracy on the birthday of democracy.”
He’s absolutely right. The success of the One Big Beautiful Bill is proof that President Trump and Republicans in Congress are keeping our promises.
The provisions in this law that secure our borders and halt illegal immigration will advance and augment American strength, prosperity, and security for generations to come.
Senator Tom Cotton represents the State of Arkansas; Congresswoman Lisa McClain represents Michigan’s 9th district.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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The Pentagon announced Tuesday that 2,000 National Guardsmen sent to Los Angeles to quell the June riots would be withdrawn. Pentagon Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell cited mission success as the reason for the withdrawal.
In a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-military-remove-2000-national-guard-troops-los-angeles-2025-07-15/">statement</a> Tuesday, Parnell said, &#8220;Thanks to our troops who stepped up to answer the call, the lawlessness in Los Angeles is subsiding. … As such, the Secretary has ordered the release of 2,000 California National Guardsmen from the federal protection mission.&#8221;
Following increased apprehension rates by ICE agents in the Los Angeles area in early June, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kill-ice-foreign-flags-and-fires-sweep-la-as-riots-erupt-against-immigration-enforcement">protests</a> against the federal agents broke out. Videos quickly surfaced of rioters throwing bricks and Molotov cocktails at armored vehicles.
Responding decisively to what he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-vows-to-liberate-los-angeles-shut-down-migrant-riots-and-insurrectionist-mobs">called</a> &#8220;violent, insurrectionist mobs,&#8221; President Donald Trump federalized 4,000 members of the California National Guard within days. Trump argued that the government needed to step in to protect overwhelmed law enforcement personnel and federal buildings, as well as to restore order to the city.
Following closely on the heels of the deployment of the National Guard, the Trump administration then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/photos-u-s-marines-prepare-to-deploy-to-los-angeles?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=PHOTOS%3A+U.S.+Marines+Prepare+To+Deploy+To+Los+Angeles">sent</a> about 700 Marines to support local law enforcement.
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-scores-big-win-against-newsom-in-california-national-guard-clash?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Scores+%E2%80%98Big+Win%E2%80%99+Against+Newsom+In+California+National+Guard+Clash">criticized</a> the federalization of the state&#8217;s National Guard, which he argued was not only ineffective and unnecessary but unconstitutional as well. Based on his assessment of the unconstitutionality of Trump&#8217;s actions, he sued the Trump administration.
An appeals court promptly heard the case and dismissed it. &#8220;Both irreparable harm and the public interest weigh in favor of Defendants, who have an uncontested interest in the protection of federal agents and property and the faithful execution of law,&#8221; the court wrote in its decision.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass originally fumed over Trump&#8217;s deployment of soldiers to her city, <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1931789763943547121">calling</a> it a &#8220;chaotic escalation.&#8221; Within a few days of the federal troops&#8217; arrival in L.A., Bass instituted a curfew.
Since their deployment, the military personnel in L.A. have continued to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-mayor-protestors-swarm-ice-officers-raiding-ms-13-controlled-park?author=Sam+Korkus&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Los+Angeles+Mayor%2C+Protestors+Swarm+ICE+Officers+Raiding+MS-13-Controlled+Park">assist</a> in the enforcement of immigration law while protecting federal property. In a recent clash, the military collaborated with ICE agents to raid a park known to be controlled by MS-13 gang members.
According to a new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-marsha-blackburn-bill-targets-lawless-states-no-free-passes-after-anti-ice-riots">estimate</a>, the deployment of the 4,000 National Guards and 700 Marines cost the federal government around $130 million. 
Reacting to the news that half of the active National Guardsmen in Los Angeles will be withdrawn, Bass said in a <a href="https://x.com/MayorOfLA/status/1945265117202977226">post</a> that, &#8220;This retreat happened because the people of Los Angeles stood united and stood strong. … We will not stop making our voices heard until this ends, not just here in LA, but throughout our country.&#8221;

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Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) interrupted a Congressional testimony that detailed the rise in violence against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and placed the blame on Democratic politicians, attempting to shut down the speaker by arguing that the testimony was outside the bounds of the Homeland Security Committee hearing.
The exchange came on Wednesday during a hearing in which Mike Howell, the president of the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, blasted Democrats for driving the increasing attacks on federal immigration agents.
Howell said he addressed the committee to “plead&#8221; with Democrats &#8220;to stand down on their threats on the men and women of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
“The violence is getting out of control, and it is fueled by the demagoguery of politicians, whether it is one of your members telling Axios that there needs to be blood to grab the attention of the press and the public, another saying civility isn’t working and to prepare for violence, or even a member of this committee being arrested for forcibly impeding and interfering with federal officials, this escalation deserves condemnation,” Howell charged. “It needs to stop and it needs to stop now. Assaults against ICE officers are up over 830 percent.”
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Rep. Bennie Thompson stops the hearing and attempts to claim <a href="https://twitter.com/MHowellTweets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MHowellTweets</a>&#8216; testimony broke committee rules when he points out that Democrat demagoguing has caused assaults against ICE officers to rise over 800%. <a href="https://t.co/KgNHooiMb0">pic.twitter.com/KgNHooiMb0</a>
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But Rep. Thompson interrupted Howell’s testimony, claiming that it was &#8220;outside the scope&#8221; of the committee hearing, which focused on the role of non-governmental organizations in facilitating mass illegal immigration into the United States under the Biden administration.
ICE agents have faced numerous instances of violence in the last several months, with <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-captures-former-marine-corps-reservist-accused-shooting-ice-officers-texas-detention-center">armed extremists</a> even shooting at federal agents.
Other left-wing activists, including some formally affiliated with the Democratic Party, have sought to obstruct the operation of ICE agents as they enforce federal law, The Daily Wire has detailed.
Democrats in Los Angeles <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-party-doxxes-ice-agents-in-los-angeles-holds-protests-at-their-hotels">shared the addresses</a> of hotels that were hosting ICE agents and organized protests calling for the businesses to deny hospitality, The Daily Wire revealed. At least one hotel kicked out ICE agents following the demonstrations.
Other leftist activists in Los Angeles <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftwing-activist-network-distributes-riot-gear-to-los-angeles-anti-ice-agitators?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Meet+The+Leftwing+Activist+Using+Social+Media+To+Funnel+Riot+Gear+To+Anti-ICE+Protests">furnished</a> agitators on the “front lines” of the anti-ICE unrest with helmets, respirators, and other pieces of riot gear. The activist bragged that she was able to “distribute over 100 pairs of work gloves, 50 helmets, and 500 masks at LA City Hall.”

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The Trump administration is charging an illegal alien business owner in Arizona for knowingly employing other illegal aliens in his food truck business.
Federal prosecutors hit illegal alien business owner 42-year-old Blademir Angulo Audeves with several crimes after Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) took him into custody in Phoenix early this month.
The Mexican national, is believed to have hired at least a dozen illegal aliens to work at his restaurant chain, Taqueria El Taco Loko. Every single one of his workers, federal authorities say, were in the country illegally.
He now <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/07/15/trump-admin-cracks-down-on-employers-hiring-illegal-aliens-in-arizona/">faces</a> several federal charges, including the Harboring of an Illegal Alien, Knowingly Employing Unauthorized Aliens, Improper Entry by an Alien, and Alien in Possession of a Firearm.
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&#8220;A West Phoenix taco shop owner is in federal custody tonight, accused of knowingly hiring a dozen illegal immigrants at his business.&#8221;
&#8220;The owner of the shop is accused of smuggling and hiring people who are not American citizens.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/glzY5BBKSu">pic.twitter.com/glzY5BBKSu</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1945116353360224602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
Angulo Audeves first entered the United States illegally in 2011 and voluntarily left the country in May of 2021 after receiving departure orders, but returned just months later in August of the same year.
Authorities also raided the home of Angulo Audeves, with prosecutors saying that the illegal alien was found to be in possession of three firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, violating federal law.
Court documents indicate, according to <a href="https://www.azfamily.com/2025/07/12/phoenix-taco-shop-owner-accused-harboring-employing-illegal-migrants/">one report</a>, that the Mexican illegal alien paid the smuggling costs for some of his employees, fronting $12,000 a piece to traffic the illegal alien workers into the United States with the expectation that they would pay him back.
The case is not the only time that federal authorities under the Trump administration have arrested illegal alien workers and their employers. ICE and HSI <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-and-homeland-security-busts-8-illegal-aliens-and-the-business-owners-they-say-harbored-them">arrested</a> eight illegal aliens who worked at a bakery on the border in Texas in February. The bakery’s two owners were also apprehended and charged with felonies, with federal authorities accusing them of harboring illegal aliens.

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Assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are up a mind-boggling 830% between January 21st and July 14th, 2025, over the same dates one year earlier.
The Department of Homeland Security shared the staggering information in a press release on Tuesday along with an official statement from DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
&#8220;Brave ICE law enforcement are risking their lives every day to keep our communities safe from the worst of the worst criminals. ICE law enforcement are succeeding to remove terrorists, murderers, pedophiles and the most depraved among us from America’s communities, even as crazed rhetoric from gutter politicians are inspiring a massive increase in assaults against them. It is reprehensible that our officers are facing this threat while simply doing their jobs and enforcing the law,&#8221; she wrote.
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🚨 DHS Announces ICE Law Enforcement are Now Facing an 830% Increase in Assaults <a href="https://t.co/Zp4NQJQCd4">pic.twitter.com/Zp4NQJQCd4</a>
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Just one day earlier, President Donald Trump&#8217;s rapid response team had shared a series of comments made by elected Democrats that the administration believes have put a target on the backs of federal agents who are doing their jobs to enforce immigration law.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) encouraged people to push back against the Trump administration &#8220;in the streets&#8221; and has repeatedly called for ICE agents to be unmasked despite threats against them and their families.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJayapal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJayapal</a>, who calls ICE agents “deranged” and says it is “inspiring” to obstruct immigration enforcement. <a href="https://t.co/V7cgpCv62H">pic.twitter.com/V7cgpCv62H</a>
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) called the protesters who have been obstructing — sometime violently — the efforts of ICE agents to enforce the law &#8220;inspiring,&#8221; and referred to the agents themselves as &#8220;deranged.&#8221;
Fresh off her own charges of &#8220;forcibly impeding and interfering with federal officers&#8221; after a physical altercation with agents in Newark, New Jersey, Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) encouraged her supporters to &#8220;shut down the city,&#8221; saying, &#8220;we are at war.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/GovTimWalz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovTimWalz</a> (disgraced loser), who smears ICE agents as the “modern-day Gestapo.”<a href="https://t.co/iEnIIu09Ya">pic.twitter.com/iEnIIu09Ya</a>
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Governor — and former vice presidential candidate — Tim Walz (D-MN) invoked the Nazi regime when he called ICE agents the &#8220;modern-day Gestapo.&#8221;
Rep. Eric Swalwell <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1944925167391793305">criticized</a> ICE agents for covering their faces — many of whom are doing so due to threats against themselves and their families — comparing them to &#8220;some 1800s bank robber or some KGB officer in Russia.&#8221;
Both acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and Border Czar Tom Homan have voiced support for those agents who choose to cover their faces, saying that they have to be allowed some measure of protection against the unprecedented attacks.

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Border czar Tom Homan pulled no punches in a recent conversation with POLITICO&#8217;s Dasha Burns, providing her with statistics and evidence when she suggested that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were inviting criticism for wearing masks while conducting raids.
Homan pointed to the backlash against ICE agents — which has led not only to them being targeted in the streets but to them being targeted at their homes, along with their spouses and their children — and argued, just as acting ICE Director Todd Lyons has, that they should be allowed some measure of protection.
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🚨NEW: Tom Homan *STEAMROLLS* Politico&#8217;s Dasha Burns when she casts doubt on need for ICE to wear masks🚨
BURNS: &#8220;I think one of the things that&#8217;s had a lot of folks up in arms is that ICE agents — unlike other law enforcement — have been masked to protect their identities.… <a href="https://t.co/41lSuEhbEu">pic.twitter.com/41lSuEhbEu</a>
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonJournoDC/status/1944396575498805676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I think one of the things that&#8217;s had a lot of folks up in arms is that ICE agents — unlike other law enforcement — have been masked to protect their identities,&#8221; Burns began. &#8220;That&#8217;s not something that we&#8217;ve really had on this scale in this country. Do you—&#8221;
&#8220;Well, we never had the scale of attacks on ICE we have now — up 700% attacks on ICE, doxing against ICE agents,&#8221; Homan interrupted.
&#8220;Well, you&#8217;ve had increased attacks on police officers as well in the wake of the defund the police movement, too. But they haven&#8217;t put masks on,&#8221; Burns protested.
&#8220;Name a police agency that has a 700% increase in assaults,&#8221; Homan challenged. &#8220;Name one. You can&#8217;t.&#8221;
Burns conceded: &#8220;I haven&#8217;t looked at that data, yeah.&#8221;
Homan went on to point out that it wasn&#8217;t just the agents themselves who were being targeted — although that would be serious enough — but activists and extremists were also doxxing their families.
&#8220;You won&#8217;t find one. The attacks on ICE is unprecedented, 700% increased. And we&#8217;re not even talking about the doxing of agents, their spouses, and their children,&#8221; Homan explained. &#8220;So they&#8217;re wearing masks to help give them some sort of protection &#8230; The same people that are complaining about ICE wearing masks, have they ever said anything about BLM protesters wearing masks?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I mean, that leads me to the question that like: do you have concerns that it—?&#8221;
&#8220;Let me answer though. Let me answer,&#8221; Homan pushed back. &#8220;Did they ever say anything about the masked protesters that became criminals on college campuses that threatened Jewish students and took over buildings, destroyed property? They were all wearing masks. Did anybody pass legislation saying they can&#8217;t wear a mask during a protest? No.&#8221;
&#8220;I support ICE wearing masks &#8230; there needs to be some level of protection because the attacks is unprecedented,&#8221; Homan concluded. &#8220;They&#8217;re trying to make this country safe again — and they&#8217;re being vilified for it and attacked for it &#8230; We&#8217;re not going to tolerate it. Zero tolerance on this.&#8221;

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents captured more than 1,300 illegal aliens in the Houston area in June, nabbing a plane hijacker, child predators, and murderers.
ICE agents and members of Texas law enforcement arrested an astonishing 1,361 illegal aliens in the Houston area last month, including Adermis Wilson-Gonzalez, a 56-year-old Cuban national with a conviction for hijacking a plane.
Wilson-Gonzalez served 20 years in prison after he was convicted in 2003 for hijacking a plane traveling from Cuba to Florida. The man was <a href="https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/laredo-sector-usbp-agents-assists-ice-arrests-20766632.php">released</a> from prison into the United States before being apprehended by law enforcement agents late last month. He was just one of many criminal illegal aliens caught last month in southeast Texas.
“The brave men and women of ICE continue to work tirelessly around the clock targeting dangerous criminal aliens to restore integrity to our nation’s immigration system and bolster public safety in our communities,” said Gabriel Martinez, the acting Field Office Director for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston.
“The number of dangerous criminal aliens that they removed from local communities across Southeast Texas last month is just another example of their selfless and unyielding efforts to return our local communities to places where we can all raise our families without having to worry about child predators, gang members, or other violent criminal aliens preying on our loved ones.”
Authorities also arrested 32 child predators in their enforcement operations in the Texas region. Javier Escobar Gonzalez, a 51-year-old Mexican national, has a long criminal history, including a conviction for sexual indecency with a minor. The man has also been convicted of criminal trespass with a deadly weapon, driving while intoxicated, and the unauthorized use of a firearm.
Jose Meza, a 40-year-old Mexican illegal alien, was convicted of sexual assault of a minor and theft. Meza has illegally entered the United States four different times, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says.
ICE caught nine different murderers, including Luis Pablo Vasquez-Estolano, a 29-year-old Mexican national who had been deported from the United States six times prior to his June 10 arrest. The illegal alien has convictions for homicide, aggravated robbery, burglary of a vehicle, and drug possession.
In addition to capturing the plane hijacker, murderers, and child sex offenders, the federal agents and their state law enforcement partners caught 16 members of gangs or cartels.
Among them was 47-year-old Mexican national Arnulfo Olivares Cervantes, a former member of the Mexicles gang. Cervantes has convictions for attempted murder, evading arrest, illegal entry, and drug possession, as well as two convictions for trafficking cocaine. The Mexican national illegally entered the United States on four different occasions.
Houston has been the site of several immigration raids since President Donald Trump took office in January. Federal agents arrested more than <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-500-criminal-illegal-aliens-captured-by-ice-in-week-long-houston-raids">600 illegal aliens</a> in Houston in a weeklong operation in March. More than 500 of those arrested had criminal records beyond illegal entry.
Law enforcement also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-100-illegals-captured-in-colony-ridge-deportation-raids">captured</a> more than 100 illegal aliens, including multiple child sexual predators and a member of a foreign terror organization at Colony Ridge, a land development just outside of Houston that The Daily Wire exposed as a hotbed for illegal aliens.

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At least 361 suspected illegal immigrants were arrested, and 14 children were taken into custody, during an immigration raid in Ventura County, California, last week, where leftist protesters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/violent-leftists-attack-federal-agents-during-immigration-raids-at-california-pot-farms?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Violent+Leftists+Attack+Federal+Agents+During+Immigration+Raids+At+California+Pot+Farms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attacked</a> federal agents.
Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary for public affairs for the Department of Homeland Security, told Fox News on Sunday that many of those arrested at the marijuana farm in Camarillo had &#8220;heinous rap sheets, including kidnapping, child molestation, rape, serial burglary, hit and runs.&#8221;
&#8220;These are people that should not be in our communities illegally, much less around innocent children,&#8221; McLaughlin said.
She added that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents &#8220;rescued at least 14 migrant children from what looks like exploitation, forced child labor, and potentially human trafficking or smuggling while facing assault and even gunfire.&#8221; Of the 14 children, 10 were not accompanied by an adult.
&#8220;This is rapidly becoming one of the largest operations since President Trump took office,&#8221; McLaughlin added.
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UPDATE on the California marijuana facilities operation: Our brave agents arrested at least *361* illegal aliens—including criminals with convictions for rape, kidnapping, child molestation, serial burglary, hit and run, and DUI.
At that same site, <a href="https://twitter.com/ICEgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ICEgov</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/CBP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBP</a> law… <a href="https://t.co/akXt6RFOJU">pic.twitter.com/akXt6RFOJU</a>
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On Friday, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott posted a photo of agents posing with the minors who were found at the marijuana farm.
&#8220;These are the juveniles found in the marijuana facility &#8211; almost all unaccompanied, one as young as 14,&#8221; Scott wrote. &#8220;California are you ready to partner with us to stop child exploitation?&#8221;
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These are the juveniles found in the marijuana facility &#8211; almost all unaccompanied, one as young as 14.
California are you ready to partner with us to stop child exploitation? <a href="https://t.co/s6VATstZ4G">https://t.co/s6VATstZ4G</a> <a href="https://t.co/M96nR0gqoU">pic.twitter.com/M96nR0gqoU</a>
&mdash; CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott (@CBPCommissioner) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBPCommissioner/status/1943717120228946155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Newsom hit back at CBP Commissioner Scott, writing, &#8220;We prosecute criminals that break child labor laws.&#8221;
&#8220;You make the kids pose for photos, tear gas them, and promote laws like this,&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1943741098817728514">added</a>, pointing to Republican-led states relaxing child labor laws.
As the federal agents conducted the immigration raid with a search warrant, they were met by leftist protesters, some of whom threw rocks at their vehicles, and one man appeared to fire a handgun at the agents. The FBI is still looking for the gunman, offering a $50,000 award for information leading to his conviction.
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FBI has issued a $50,000 award for information leading to the conviction of an Unknown Subject who appeared to fire a pistol at Federal Law Enforcement Officers near Camarillo. The shooting occurred on 7/10/25 at approximately 2:26pm on Laguna Rd between Wood Rd and Las Posas Rd.… <a href="https://t.co/XG94sTQEVR">pic.twitter.com/XG94sTQEVR</a>
&mdash; U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1943522825194868753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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California Democrats, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, condemned the pot farm raid, claiming that agents snatched children away from their parents and tear-gassed them. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA), who represents part of Ventura County, called the operation “disproportionate” and “overkill.” Cargajal also warned that the federal government’s “tactics” would lead to more violence.
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Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone because their mother was just taken from the fields.
Trump calls me “Newscum” — but he’s the real scum. <a href="https://t.co/fj0l25mRBN">pic.twitter.com/fj0l25mRBN</a>
&mdash; Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1943469956181692448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Trump administration has blasted Democrats over their rhetoric on immigration enforcement and ICE agents. As some Democrats compare federal agents to Nazis, assailants have carried out <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-gunman-in-tactical-gear-killed-after-opening-fire-on-border-patrol-agents">attacks</a> on ICE and CBP <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/10-suspects-charged-july-4-attack-texas-ice-detention-facility">facilities</a> in recent weeks.
In response to Thursday&#8217;s attack on agents at the cannabis farm, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arrest-these-slimeballs-trump-cracks-down-on-anti-ice-rioters-with-new-directive?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98Arrest+These+SLIMEBALLS%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+Cracks+Down+On+Anti-ICE+Rioters+With+New+Directive">said</a> on Friday that he is giving “Total Authorization for ICE to protect itself, just like they protect the public.”
“I know for a fact that these Officers are having a hard time with allowing this to happen in that it shows such total disrespect for LAW AND ORDER,” Trump said. “Therefore, I am directing Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, and Border Czar, Tom Homan, to instruct all ICE, Homeland Security, or any other Law Enforcement Officer who is on the receiving end of thrown rocks, bricks, or any other form of assault, to stop their car, and arrest these SLIMEBALLS, using whatever means is necessary to do so.”

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