President Donald Trump issued a strong warning to Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday morning after the mayor doubled down on refusing to cooperate with federal immigration agents.
After speaking with Trump by phone on Monday and meeting with border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday, Frey <a href="https://x.com/MayorFrey/status/2016241048209518736">said</a> Minneapolis would not cooperate in enforcing federal immigration laws. Trump blasted the mayor over the remark, which he called &#8220;a very serious violation of the Law.&#8221;
&#8220;Surprisingly, Mayor Jacob Frey just stated that, &#8216;Minneapolis does not, and will not, enforce Federal Immigration Laws.&#8217; This is after having had a very good conversation with him,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115972940749866695">wrote</a> on Truth Social. &#8220;Could somebody in his inner sanctum please explain that this statement is a very serious violation of the Law, and that he is PLAYING WITH FIRE!&#8221;
Frey <a href="https://x.com/MayorFrey/status/2016517831538446802">shot back</a> at Trump on Wednesday morning, saying, &#8220;The job of our police is to keep people safe, not enforce fed immigration laws. I want them preventing homicides, not hunting down a working dad who contributes to [Minneapolis] &amp; is from Ecuador. It’s similar to the policy your guy Rudy [Giuliani] had in NYC. Everyone should feel safe calling 911.&#8221;
Democrat-run Minneapolis has long been considered a &#8220;sanctuary city&#8221; as it has enacted laws limiting how local authorities can work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. Minneapolis revised its &#8220;<a href="https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/FileV2/52757/Revised%20Separation%20Ordinance.pdf">separation ordinance</a>&#8221; in December to state that the city would &#8220;vigorously oppose any effort to require the use of city resources for the enforcement of civil federal immigration laws.&#8221; The revised ordinance also states that city property and facilities cannot be used to enforce federal immigration laws.
Frey met with Homan in Minneapolis on Tuesday as more chaos has erupted in the city after Border Patrol shot and killed anti-ICE demonstrator Alex Pretti during a confrontation. Frey said he &#8220;shared with Mr. Homan the serious negative impacts&#8221; of the Trump administration&#8217;s immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, &#8220;as well as the strain it has placed on our local police officers.&#8221;
&#8220;I also made it clear that Minneapolis does not and will not enforce federal immigration laws, and that we will remain focused on keeping our neighbors and streets safe,&#8221; Frey added. &#8220;City leaders will continue to stay in conversation with Mr. Homan and his team.&#8221;
Trump sent Homan to Minneapolis in a shift in strategy on the enforcement operation there as the administration faces criticism for its response to the shooting death of Pretti. The move effectively sidelined Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem&#8217;s role there, and Border Patrol commander-at-large Gregory Bovino, who had been leading the Minneapolis deployment, was reassigned.
&#8220;I don’t think it&#8217;s a pullback, it&#8217;s a little bit of a change,&#8221; Trump told Fox News host Will Cain. &#8220;Everybody in this room that has a business, you make little changes.&#8221;
&#8220;You know, Bovino is very good, but he&#8217;s pretty out-there kind of a guy. In some cases, that&#8217;s good. Maybe it wasn&#8217;t good here,&#8221; he added.
Both Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said that they made progress in their talks with the Trump administration after Homan arrived in Minneapolis, but the Democratic leaders continue to call for federal immigration agents to leave the city and the surrounding area.
&#8220;Tom Homan&#8217;s a professional, which is a lot more than Bovino and Kristi Noem,&#8221; Walz <a href="https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2016518629433471339">told</a> CNN on Tuesday night. &#8220;But look, I think the thing we said is we&#8217;re very clear about this: we need these folks out of Minnesota and we need justice for Renee Good and for Alex [Pretti].&#8221;

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Federal immigration agents have deployed to Maine as part of a new initiative dubbed &#8220;Operation Catch of the Day,&#8221; according to Fox News.
The raids <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-launches-new-operation-maine-amid-trumps-broader-illegal-immigrant-crackdown-around-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> started with more than 50 arrests on Tuesday.
&#8220;We have approximately 1,400 targets here in Maine,&#8221; ICE Deputy Assistant Director Patricia Hyde told the outlet.
Hyde said the illegal immigrant targets had rap sheets for &#8220;rape of a child&#8221; and &#8220;drug trafficking,&#8221; as well as &#8220;sexual assaults, simple assaults,&#8221; and &#8220;driving while under the influence.&#8221;
&#8220;You name it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They&#8217;re on the target list.&#8221;
At the start of the operation, ICE nabbed a Sudanese man with more than a dozen criminal convictions, according to Fox News. He also had a deportation order.
Two Ecuadorian illegal immigrants were also caught after they were charged with drunk driving. One of them was released into the country after crossing the border unlawfully during the Biden administration.
The sanctuary city mayor of Portland, Maine, Mark Dion, came out against news of the deployment last week.
&#8220;There is no evidence of unchecked criminal activity in our community requiring a disproportionate presence of federal agents. In that view, Portland rejects the need for the deployment of ICE agents into our neighborhoods,&#8221; Dion said.
&#8220;As a reminder, Portland Police does not cooperate with ICE, and they do not participate in enforcing federal immigration law,&#8221; he added.
Maine Democratic Governor Janet Mills also condemned the deployment before it commenced, calling out ICE for its tactics. She also mobilized local law enforcement to respond if needed, but it&#8217;s unclear what orders they were given.
&#8220;Maine knows what good law enforcement looks like because our law enforcement are held to high professional standards,&#8221; Mills said.
&#8220;And, I&#8217;ll tell you this, they don&#8217;t wear a mask to shield their identities and they don&#8217;t arrest people in order to fill a quota,&#8221; she added.
Most recently, the Trump administration has flooded Minnesota with federal immigration agents, arresting more than 3,000 illegal immigrants in the last six weeks, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said this week. Federal immigration agents have also conducted similar operations in cities like New Orleans, Charlotte, Memphis, and Chicago.

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There’s still chaos surrounding what&#8217;s going on with ICE.
The anger is palpable in places like Minneapolis. People don&#8217;t believe they&#8217;re breaking the law even when they&#8217;re breaking the law. But if you get in the way of ICE officials who are attempting to pursue a federal operation, you are violating federal law, and you will get yourself into hot water.
 According to The Washington Post:
<blockquote>The fatal shooting of Renee Good last week, as ICE officers and residents faced off on a residential street here, has brought new attention to these activities. &#8230; Federal court rulings say citizens can observe and record police activity in public areas as part of their First Amendment rights, and many of the observers are doing nothing more than that. They say that they believe authorities are less likely to use force if someone is recording and that they are providing a public service by letting their communities know when federal immigration officers are nearby.
But as officers and agents employ aggressive tactics, some activists have blown whistles to warn community members of approaching law enforcement, tried to follow immigration enforcement vehicles or used their own cars to block the roadways — entering murkier legal territory. Some legal experts said such behavior could in theory justify obstruction-of-justice charges, but they added that any such prosecution would be unusual.</blockquote>
I interviewed Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for Homeland Security, who noted that the department’s “top priority are these gang members who are murderers, rapists, child pedophiles.”
“I see the reports every single day,” she continued. “And what we&#8217;ve seen is just flabbergasting as far as the number of criminals who have been allowed to walk around with impunity in this country. There&#8217;s been over a thousand known or suspected terrorists that we&#8217;ve arrested in the last year, 3,500 members of Tren de Aragua that we&#8217;ve arrested and there&#8217;s plenty more who are out there. And that&#8217;s why we have been flooding the zone to get these individuals out of our country.”
I asked if ICE needed to be as visible as they are while pursuing these operations.
“I think we should take a step back and talk about what a sanctuary city means when we&#8217;re talking about Minneapolis, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago,” she replied. “What exactly does that mean? It means that these sanctuary city politicians are harboring these criminal illegal aliens, but it also means that our law enforcement is not permitted to work with them  &#8230; ICE law enforcement is not allowed into the jails.”
“So if Chicago picks up a criminal illegal alien — maybe they picked up somebody who was convicted of rape and that person is in their jail — they&#8217;re not allowed to release them to ICE or coordinate their eventual release to ICE for eventual deportation,” she continued. “What happens is that person will serve a certain amount of time, then they&#8217;ll be released back onto the street. So the reason that we have such a large law enforcement presence is because we can&#8217;t go into those jails to target those criminals, and so we have to really sweep the city, and target them using intelligence, using our case analysis, and make sure that we&#8217;re going after these individuals.”
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“Immigration enforcement is polarizing, particularly to those on the Left, but the truth of the matter is, this was the mandate that President Trump was given when he was elected into office,” she asserted. “The American people saw that crime was surging. If you look at Minneapolis alone, since Governor Walz became governor, homicides in Minneapolis have increased 50%. But I think when you look at this particular incident, of course, any loss of life is tragic. And we pray for the deceased and her family. But what happened leading up to this, those facts are incredibly important.”
“At 10:25 a.m. Central time on Wednesday, January 7, what happened was this individual had been impeding and blocking in our eyes, law enforcement officers,” she explained. “She had been doing that throughout the day, obstructing lawful operations, which is a felony. At one point, our ICE law enforcement officers approached her vehicle and said to get out of the car, she was going to be under arrest, and they commanded her to stop obstructing operations. That&#8217;s when she would not obey those lawful commands. And that&#8217;s when we see in the video, the law enforcement officer is in front of her. She hits the gas, and he was in fear of his own life and he was in fear for the law enforcement who were around him. She weaponized her vehicle she used as a deadly weapon on an officer. He responded as his training instructs him to do. And unfortunately, there was a loss of life here. But our officer conducted himself in the way he should have. And he did save his own life.”
I asked her what her reaction was to major Democrats comparing ICE to the Gestapo, suggesting that we are living now under the predations of a police state, and vowing that they were going to try to impede ICE operations themselves.
“They&#8217;re clearly legally illiterate, because ICE, CBP, and other DHS law enforcement are conducting these operations with the law behind them,” she answered. “If people don&#8217;t like ICE enforcing the rule of law — which is what our men and women are doing every single day — these politicians should change the law. They can lobby Congress to change the law.”
“But continuing to demonize and vilify our law enforcement, you&#8217;re going to see more incidents like this because people who are either brainwashed or lunatics are going to take matters into their own hands,” she predicted. “We&#8217;ve already seen these vehicles be routinely and perpetually weaponized against our law enforcement. We have a 1,000% increase in assaults against law enforcement. Just last week alone, we had ten of these vehicle rammings. These vehicles are deadly weapons. And one of our law enforcement officers could easily end up killed if we don&#8217;t see a stop to this.”
“As far as the political nature of this for the Democrats, Minneapolis has been a flashpoint because of the massive amount of fraud that we&#8217;ve seen and that Homeland Security Investigations are investigating,” McLaughlin said. “And so I think that there is a part of this where they&#8217;re trying to circle the wagons and really use this as a smokescreen so people stop talking about the fraud.”
Something left unnoticed is that the number of deportations from red states often outnumbers the number of deportations from blue states. The difference is that the blue state governors and sanctuary city mayors are trying to obstruct operations in these blue areas.
In red states, as they cooperate with ICE, these operations tend to go off pretty easily without a hitch. And then the deportations are actually pretty sizable. So it is not as though the Trump administration is only targeting blue areas of blue states. A huge number of deportations are happening in red states and red areas now.
But the rhetoric of the Left ignores that. They are intent on using whatever they can to target the Trump administration, and if it means vilifying the men and women of law enforcement, they are only too happy to do so.

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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will cut funding to sanctuary cities on the first day of February, saying that these cities are breeding &#8220;fraud and crime.&#8221;
“Starting February 1, we&#8217;re not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens,&#8221; the president vowed on Tuesday afternoon, adding, &#8220;and it breeds fraud and crime and all of the other problems that come.”
Trump was referring to cities across the United States that have declared themselves &#8220;sanctuary cities&#8221; for illegal immigrants, cities that often attempt to buck the president&#8217;s immigration enforcement activities.
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The president also slammed state officials in Minnesota over the fraud recently uncovered throughout the state, notably publicized by independent YouTuber Nick Shirley, whose viral work reached the eyes of the president and vice president. Trump accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz of corruption, saying that such fraud could not have escaped Walz&#8217;s notice.
&#8220;We have also suspended payments tied to suspected scammers in Minnesota, of which there are many,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;It’s a great state. It was a great state. Now it’s getting destroyed by that stupid governor.&#8221;
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PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Starting February 1st, we&#8217;re not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens and it breeds fraud and crime and all of the other problems… <a href="https://t.co/FyMYGilLtp">pic.twitter.com/FyMYGilLtp</a>
— Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/2011168853095825912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2026</a></blockquote>
Trump was speaking Tuesday afternoon in Detroit, Michigan, at the Detroit Economic Club, where he delivered a speech largely focused on his administration&#8217;s wins over the past year, particularly as they pertain to the United States economy.
In December, the Department of Health and Human Services <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-freezes-all-child-care-payments-to-minnesota-amid-daycare-fraud-scandal?author=Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Freezes+%E2%80%98All+Child+Care+Payments%E2%80%99+To+Minnesota+Amid+Daycare+Fraud+Scandal">announced</a> it had frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota amid news of the massive fraud scandal in the state. That news came after a federal prosecutor said that there has been at least $9 billion in fraud in the state under Walz’s watch.
On Tuesday, Trump addressed the topic, saying that his administration &#8220;will now require proof of attendance in order to receive federal funding for childcare.&#8221;
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PRES. TRUMP: &#8220;We will now require proof of attendance in order to receive federal funding for childcare.&#8221;
&#8220;Also, we&#8217;re freezing any and all welfare payments going to illegal immigrants, effective immediately.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/lRD4VCmctu">pic.twitter.com/lRD4VCmctu</a>
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href="https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/2011168914000978275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2026</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Also, we&#8217;re freezing any and all welfare payments going to illegal immigrants, effective immediately,&#8221; he noted.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/minnesota-is-currently-paying-an-indicted-somali-fraudster-to-run-assisted-living-homes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported in December</a> that the Minnesota government was still paying an accused Somali fraudster to run assisted living homes as that man awaited trial for his alleged role in the nation’s largest COVID scam, in which he ran a fraudulent charity.
Walz has said he will not run for reelection but has not said he will resign from his position as governor.

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Santa&#8217;s naughty list this year includes several sanctuary cities and states that allowed illegal immigrant criminals to roam their streets, many of whom went on to commit more egregious crimes.
Sanctuary cities and states adopt policies that prevent local police from notifying federal immigration authorities about the looming release of illegal immigrants from local jails. They also bar federal authorities from entering jails to interview illegal immigrant suspects.
The Trump administration has sued several sanctuary jurisdictions, including Minnesota, New York City, Boston, Illinois, and Los Angeles, over the policies.
These are some of the worst offenders.
<h4>New York City</h4>
Since President Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration, local police in New York City released roughly 7,000 illegal immigrants from local jails without honoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement&#8217;s detainer requests to have them placed into federal custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
They account for nine homicides, 2,509 assaults, 199 burglaries, 305 robberies, 392 dangerous drugs offenses, 300 weapons offenses, and 207 sexual predatory offenses.
Mario Bustamante-Leiva, 49, the Chilean illegal immigrant accused of snatching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem&#8217;s purse in Washington, D.C., in April, was arrested in New York for a similar crime just a few weeks earlier — but they let him go with a desk appearance ticket and a court date, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/28/us-news/illegal-migrant-accused-in-kristi-noems-purse-snatching-had-ny-arrest-warrant-out/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post.
He never showed up to that scheduled court date and bounced over to the nation&#8217;s capital to allegedly purse snatch the cabinet official.
In a separate example of the sanctuary&#8217;s consequences, the two Dominican illegal immigrants accused in the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer in New York City in July both had rap sheets.
One of them, Christhian Aybar-Berroa, 22, was arrested by the NYPD eight times and released each time prior to the attack, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/21/us-news/illegal-migrant-arrested-in-nyc-shooting-of-off-duty-cpb-agent-was-free-despite-long-rap-sheet-and-suspected-in-scooter-robbery-spree-sources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post. He also had a deportation order from January 2023.
Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, 21, also racked up several arrests in New York City, including for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman and threatening to kill a fellow migrant with a machete, according to the New York Post.
He was also wanted on kidnapping and weapons charges out of Massachusetts, the outlet previously reported.
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<h4>Illinois</h4>
Authorities in Illinois have released more than 1,700 criminal illegal immigrants with ICE detainer requests from local jails since Inauguration Day, according to DHS.
The Trump administration commenced &#8220;Operation Midway Blitz&#8221; in September to target the sanctuary city of Chicago and arrest illegal immigrants released by local authorities.
ICE has current detainers lodged against roughly 4,000 illegal immigrants in state custody, according to DHS.
Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responded to the federal operation by creating &#8220;ICE-free zones&#8221; across the Windy City.
In October, local police were reportedly told to stand down from assisting Border Patrol agents, who “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 at the time.
Agents determined that one of the alleged attackers was &#8220;armed with a semi-automatic weapon,&#8221; forcing them to “fire defensive shots at an unarmed U.S. citizen,” according to McLaughlin.
<h4>Minnesota</h4>
When ICE descended on Minneapolis earlier this month, leaders in the sanctuary state were quick to side with illegal immigrants roaming the state.
Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey responded to the increased presence of federal immigration authorities by pledging to continue to refuse cooperation with ICE.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says he will not allow police officers to cooperate with ICE to get criminal illegal aliens off the streets.
FREY: “Officers will not coordinate with any federal agency that is doing immigration law enforcement work.” <a href="https://t.co/zNLosBiKYw">pic.twitter.com/zNLosBiKYw</a>
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1998063894112133546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who has likened ICE to “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo,” condemned the agency&#8217;s actions in his state.
The federal operation resulted in roughly 400 arrests of illegal immigrants.
Somali immigrant Abdimahat Bille Mohamed was let go as part of a plea agreement in two sexual assault cases earlier this year before he went on to allegedly rape a child and multiple adult women before allegedly kidnapping a woman and raping her, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/serial-kidnapper-and-rapist-charged-federally" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Department of Justice, which has since charged him federally.
“This Somali national in Minnesota is charged with raping a minor and multiple adult women before being detained — only to be quickly released by a local court, after which he committed yet another rape. This horrific case illustrates how left-wing soft-on-crime policies and vetting failures put innocent people at dire risk. If Minnesota will not protect its own people, the Department of Justice will do it for them,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said of the case earlier this month.
<h4>Fairfax County, Virginia</h4>
Authorities in Fairfax County, Virginia, released Salvadoran migrant Marvin Morales-Ortez, 23, who allegedly went on to murder a man less than 24 hours later.
Morales-Ortez allegedly fatally shot a man inside his Reston, Virginia, home after he was released from a local jail by authorities who ignored a federal immigration detainer to hand him over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to multiple reports.
Morales-Ortez crossed the southern border illegally in 2016, federal law enforcement sources recently told The Daily Wire.
An immigration judge dismissed his deportation case in 2022, effectively allowing him to stay in the country without any legal status, sources said.
He was also tagged as a suspected member of the violent MS-13 gang, according to ABC7.
Morales-Ortez had a lengthy rap sheet before committing his latest alleged crime.
In 2021, he was charged with first-degree murder, according to ABC7. He spent a year and a half in jail while awaiting trial, but was ultimately released after the authorities dropped the charges following a determination that someone else was to blame.
Morales-Ortez was found guilty of a previous theft case and fined $300, which he never paid, according to ABC7.
The illegal immigrant was charged for allegedly brandishing a gun and assaulting and injuring someone before he was released by sanctuary authorities this latest time, the local outlet reported.
The Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office dropped the case, leading to his release.
After a lengthy manhunt, authorities rearrested him.
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Fairfax County has notoriously operated as a sanctuary jurisdiction, routinely releasing illegal immigrants from jail without notifying ICE, <a href="https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Center for Immigration Studies.
&#8220;The sanctuary politicians of Fairfax County, VA have blood on their hands,&#8221; DHS said in response to the county&#8217;s handling of the latest illegal immigrant crime.
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Sanctuary authorities in Virginia released an illegal immigrant from jail who went on to murder a man less than 24 hours later.
Salvadoran migrant Marvin Morales-Ortez, 23, allegedly fatally shot a man inside his Reston, Virginia, home Wednesday after authorities in Fairfax County released him from jail and ignored a federal immigration detainer to hand him over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to multiple reports.
Federal law enforcement sources told The Daily Wire that Morales-Ortez crossed the southern border illegally in 2016. At the time, Border Patrol agents were preparing to deport him and his mother.
However, the two claimed they had a fear of returning to their home country. In 2022, an immigration judge dismissed his deportation case altogether, effectively allowing him to stay in the country without any legal status, sources said.
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NEW: Soros DA Freed Killer YESTERDAY 
Dec 16th: Fairfax Soros DA Steve Descano dropped ALL Charges vs. Marvin Fernando Morales-Ortez (illegal?) including attempt murder/gun 
[September 12th Gun Assault] 
&gt;Malicious Wounding w/ Injury &#8212; Dropped (Nolle Pros) 
&gt;Point/Brandish Firearm… <a href="https://t.co/RJ9CCQpjAy">https://t.co/RJ9CCQpjAy</a> <a href="https://t.co/5Oqw3pqlpu">pic.twitter.com/5Oqw3pqlpu</a>
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He has also been tagged as a suspected member of the violent MS-13 gang, according to ABC7.
Morales-Ortez popped back up on authorities&#8217; radar six other times starting in 2019 for a slew of alleged crimes ranging from murder to assault, according to ABC7.
He was charged with first-degree murder in 2021 and spent a year and a half behind bars while awaiting trial, according to ABC7. The charges against him were ultimately dropped after authorities determined that he wasn&#8217;t involved.
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Another individual was ultimately convicted.
Morales-Ortez was found guilty for a previous theft case, where he was fined $300, according to ABC7. He never paid the fine.
Before he was released this latest time, Morales-Ortez was charged for allegedly brandishing a gun and assaulting and injuring someone, the local outlet reported.
He was set free after the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office dropped the case.
&#8220;Prosecutors were unable to move forward with the case because the victim told police that they were out of the country and would not be coming to court to cooperate in proceedings. Sadly, without the victim’s necessary testimony, we could not move forward with the case,&#8221; the attorney&#8217;s office said.
The Fairfax County Police Department said they subsequently obtained an emergency order to take the illegal immigrant back into custody, but failed to find him within the allowed time window. Authorities eventually nabbed him after a lengthy manhunt.
&#8220;After his release, a Community Services Board (CSB) clinician obtained an Emergency Custody Order (ECO) for Morales-Ortez. An ECO is valid for eight hours after issuance by a magistrate,&#8221; the police department wrote on X.
&#8220;FCPD Reston District patrol officers were then dispatched to serve the ECO and take Morales-Ortez into custody. FCPD patrol officers responded to the address of record for Morales-Ortez and did not locate him at his residence. The ECO expired shortly thereafter.&#8221;
Fairfax County has notoriously operated as a sanctuary jurisdiction, routinely releasing illegal immigrants from jail without notifying ICE, <a href="https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Center for Immigration Studies.

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Illegal Immigrant Murders Man One Day After Sanctuary Authorities Release Him From Jail

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A mother is speaking out after learning that the alleged sex offender who preyed upon her 13-year-old daughter was an illegal immigrant set free by local authorities who chose not to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Trump administration recently brought the case to light after launching mass deportation raids in Charlotte. While exposing local authorities for setting illegal immigrants free, the Department of Homeland Security highlighted the case of Costa Rican illegal immigrant Jordan Renato Castillo-Chavez, 29, as one out of roughly 1,400 cases in Charlotte where local cops refused to honor federal immigration detainers.
&#8220;It&#8217;s hurtful that my child is a victim and they had this person and let him go,&#8221; the victim&#8217;s mother, Misha Rose, whose own father was deported from the United States after committing a crime, told WSOC.
&#8220;This is serious &#8230; we need justice, he needs to go,&#8221; she said as she fought back tears.
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Jordan Renato Castillo-Chavez was released after North Carolina authorities failed to honor the ICE detainer.
Castillo-Chavez, a criminal illegal alien from Costa Rica, was arrested for indecent liberties with child, first degree sexual exploitation of a minor, attempted… <a href="https://t.co/mVl6VSw73W">pic.twitter.com/mVl6VSw73W</a>
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Pineville police charged Castillo-Chavez in March with indecent liberties and other sex offenses after he allegedly began messaging the young victim online. But he later bonded out of custody.
&#8220;There was this message from this guy, and I was like, &#8216;Who is this?&#8217; and she was like, &#8216;Oh, that&#8217;s my friend, I just met him online.&#8217; And I looked at the messages, there were photos, there were messages that indicated he was like coming to pick her up, and I immediately just like dropped, like I fainted, like this is not happening right now,&#8221; Rose recalled.
The Department of Homeland Security said local authorities failed to honor their detainer request to hand over the illegal immigrant if he was to be released.
The Mecklenburg County sheriff&#8217;s office, however, claims that ICE made a request for advanced notice of Castillo-Chavez&#8217;s release, but never issued a formal detainer, according to WSOC. The sheriff&#8217;s office said they never notified federal immigration agents because there was no legal requirement in place.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration continues its deployment of Border Patrol agents to Charlotte to clean up the mess created by sanctuary policies. The feds have already made over 200 arrests since the operation began over the weekend.
&#8220;Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal aliens hurting them, their families, or their neighbors,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said recently of the operation.
“There have been too many victims of criminal illegal aliens. President Trump and Secretary Noem will step up to protect Americans when sanctuary politicians won’t,&#8221; she said.
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Mom Speaks Out After Charlotte Authorities Release Illegal Immigrant Who Preyed Upon Her Daughter

Mom Speaks Out After Authorities In Charlotte Let Go Predator Who Preyed Upon Her Daughter

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An elementary school in the sanctuary state of Colorado employed an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers-ended-up-on-americas-roads?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=Original&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=How+Illegal+Immigrant+Truck+Drivers+Ended+Up+On+America%E2%80%99s+Roads">illegal immigrant</a> to teach fifth grade before she was ultimately arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Marina Ortiz-Abollaneda left Peru and crossed the border illegally in 2022. She was ultimately released into the country as the Biden administration waved in thousands of migrants each month, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire.
She began teaching at the Global Village Academy in the Denver suburb of Parker, Colorado, after she received a work permit, according to a letter Principal Stacy Bush recently sent to parents.
ICE nabbed Ortiz-Abollaneda alongside her family members on Friday while she was reporting for a routine check-in with ICE as part of her ongoing immigration case.
“The previous administration’s open border policies allowed Ortiz-Abollaneda and millions of other illegal aliens — including violent criminals — to be released into this country,” Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire.
“We encourage all illegal aliens to take control of their departure with the CBP Home App. The United States is offering illegal aliens $1,000 and a free flight to self-deport now. We encourage every person here illegally to take advantage of this offer and reserve the chance to come back to the U.S. the right legal way to live the American dream. If not, you will be arrested and deported without a chance to return,” said McLaughlin.
The school is now working to get Ortiz-Abollaneda back to teaching, Bush wrote in her letter to parents.
“We are currently working closely with our legal team and outside immigration attorneys to understand if and how we might be able to help facilitate their return to Colorado,” Bush wrote.
Susan Meek, a board of education director for the Douglas County School District, said she was “deeply shocked and profoundly saddened” by Ortiz-Abollaneda’s arrest, <a href="https://www.denver7.com/news/investigations/parker-5th-grade-teacher-family-detained-by-ice-in-colorado-denver7-investigates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to ABC7.
“When someone who contributes to our shared mission of educating children is suddenly taken away, it sends a chilling message to the many families in our district who live each day with fear, uncertainty, and vulnerability,” Meek wrote in a statement.
The Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign has exposed cases of illegal immigrants who have been educating America’s youth.
In one recent case, ICE <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-who-was-des-moines-school-superintendent-had-lengthy-rap-sheet">arrested</a> Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Andre Roberts of Guyana, who was in the United States illegally and had a lengthy rap sheet, The Daily Wire previously reported.

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Illegal Immigrant Employed As Fifth Grade Teacher At Colorado School Gets Nabbed By ICE

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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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Rioters In Chicago Hurl Rocks At Feds After Illegal Immigrant Rams Border Patrol Car

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California authorities released an illegal immigrant who went on to kill six farmworkers in a DUI crash last month, The Daily Wire has learned.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-nabs-illegal-immigrant-gang-member-who-fled-california-after-murder-only-to-kill-another-in-texas">California</a> authorities in 2024, asking them to hand over the Mexican illegal immigrant Beto Cerillo-Bialva, 49, before he was released for his third DUI arrest, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire.
But that request was ignored. Cerillo-Bialva was released, only to go on to allegedly commit his fourth DUI in Napa County, where he drunkenly drove into a tree, killing six passengers and severely injuring another.
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said sanctuary laws are to blame for the fatal crash.
“This serial criminal killed six innocent souls. Governor Newsom has blood on his hands. This serial criminal should have never been released by California authorities,” McLaughlin said.
“Sanctuary policies protect the WORST OF THE WORST criminal illegal aliens ICE will do everything in our power to remove this serial drunk driver, abuser, and drug user from our country,” she added.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office hit back at the Trump administration, placing the blame on the feds.
“It’s clear that this is an attempt to distract from the truth,” said Diana Crofts-Pelayo, Newsom’s deputy director of communications, <a href="https://www.ktvu.com/news/napa-county-crash-suspect-ice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to KTVU.
Federal authorities have deported Cerillo-Bialva seven times, according to DHS. He also has a criminal history that includes possession of cocaine, three DUIs, driving without a license, and violating a court-ordered restraining order.  
“This individual re-entered the country several times under the federal government’s watch. Trump and Miller have little interest in public safety or protecting farmworkers,” said Crofts-Pelayo.
The victims of the crash were identified as Loreto Ricardo Hernandez, 42; Fernando Silverio, 34; Aaron Ruiz, 39; Beymar Reynosa Rodriguez, 32; Demetrio Celerino Francisco, 39; and Pedro Lopez Gomez, 57, according to KTVU.
California became a sanctuary state in 2018, preventing local authorities from assisting ICE and keeping them out of local jails.
In an effort to carry out its mass deportation campaign in sanctuary states, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/06/us-news/trumps-doj-targets-sanctuary-city-nyc-by-going-after-migrants-with-federal-charges/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump</a> administration has worked to obtain federal warrants when making immigration arrests. The warrants are a loophole in the sanctuary laws, allowing ICE agents into jails when they obtain such charges, as they escalate immigration cases from civil to criminal.
The charges are often for illegal entry or reentry after deportation.

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California Released Illegal Immigrant Who Went On To Kill Six In DUI Crash

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Homeland Security agents arrested more than 800 illegal immigrants as part of its &#8220;Operation Midway Blitz&#8221; and the massive raids will continue despite the government <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shutdown-or-not-theres-no-stopping-trumps-deportations?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Shutdown+Or+Not%2C+There%E2%80%99s+No+Stopping+Trump%E2%80%99s+Deportations">shutdown</a>.
Among those arrested were rapists, individuals with DUI convictions and previously-deportation illegal immigrants, <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/01/dhs-arrests-more-800-illegal-aliens-including-worst-worst-criminals-operation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Department of Homeland Security. In one part of the operation, roughly 300 federal agents descended upon an apartment complex teeming with suspected Tren de Aragua gang members.
“The Trump Administration will not allow violent criminals or repeat offenders to terrorize our neighborhoods or victimize our children and innocent Americans,”  Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement regarding the arrests.
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Chicago waters, watchful eyes&#8230; vigilance never rests. During Operation Midway Blitz, Border Patrol Marine Units in Chicago apprehended an illegal alien from Honduras who had been previously removed 5 times, making this arrest his 6th time.
The Green Machine will keep looking… <a href="https://t.co/xzKHrIUR6b">pic.twitter.com/xzKHrIUR6b</a>
— Commander Op At Large CA Gregory K. Bovino (@CMDROpAtLargeCA) <a href="https://twitter.com/CMDROpAtLargeCA/status/1973200598372851841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
The Trump administration&#8217;s immigration raids in Chicago and the nearby suburbs started in September, with the deployment of additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents to the Windy City. In response, protestors have taken to the streets in an attempt to block the agents from arresting illegal immigrants.
Rioters have also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-try-to-block-ice-agents-from-driving-into-illinois-facility?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Armed+Rioter+Arrested+As+Protesters+Try+To+Block+ICE+Agents+From+Driving+Into+Illinois+Facility">targeted</a> an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, laying their hands on agents, hurling tear gas at them and slashing the tires of their cars.
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Sickening chants of “shoot ICE” from the mob of over 200 violent psychopaths outside the Broadview Processing Center in Illinois.
This is transpiring just a few days after the horrific terrorist attack on an ICE facility in Dallas.
DHS is calling on <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPritzker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovPritzker</a> and… <a href="https://t.co/nrg8VWyrbd">pic.twitter.com/nrg8VWyrbd</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1971678074505757134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
<div class="ad-wrapper" data-testid="ad-wrapper">While federal agents worked to clean the Chicago streets, Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker <a href="https://x.com/GovPritzker/status/1972398797688127984" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed</a> his disapproval of the effort.</div>
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<div data-testid="ad-wrapper">&#8220;The Trump Administration&#8217;s DHS officers appear to be carrying large weapons around downtown Chicago in camouflage and masks. This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidation, instilling fear in our communities and hurting our businesses,&#8221; Pritzker wrote on X Sunday.</div>
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<div data-testid="ad-wrapper">DHS, however, remains undeterred, said McLaughlin.</div>
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<div data-testid="ad-wrapper">“We will not allow sanctuary politicians or violent rioters to stop us from enforcing the law and arresting pedophiles, murderers, gang members, rapists, and domestic abusers from American communities,&#8221; she said.</div>

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DHS Arrests 800 Illegal Immigrants In Illinois Raids As Trump’s Deportations Continue Amid Shutdown

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The Trump administration is demanding that New York City hand over a previously deported illegal immigrant with a rap sheet who is now accused of fatally mowing down a young teen who refused his sexual advances.
Honduran illegal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-illegal-immigrant-fatally-shot-by-ice-agent-received-deportation-waiver-under-biden">immigrant</a> Jose Edwin Cruz Gomez, 38, is accused of hitting a 16-year-old girl, her mother, and stepfather on Saturday with his vehicle after the teen rejected “his drunken, lewd advances,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a press release.
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The young girl was killed as a result of the attack, while her mother was injured, according to <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-lodges-detainer-against-illegal-alien-who-murdered-teenage-girl-after-she" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ICE</a>.
Now, ICE is pushing the New York City Department of Corrections not to release Cruz Gomez from custody before handing him over to the feds.
ICE officially lodged a detainer requesting that Cruz Gomez stay in custody on Monday, the agency said.
“Another young family is dealing with an unimaginable and all-too-preventable tragedy due to soft-on-crime sanctuary policies and prior open-border policies that let criminal aliens pour into our country with impunity,” acting ICE Director Todd M. Lyons said in a statement Wednesday.
“The days of criminal aliens being given carte blanche to harm innocent people are over. These violent offenders will face the full force of the law and then be expeditiously removed from the U.S.,” he added.
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Cruz Gomez crossed the southern <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-speeds-up-mass-deportation-campaign-with-389000-illegal-immigrant-removals">border</a> illegally into Nogales, Arizona, on November 10, 2004, according to ICE. The illegal immigrant pleaded with an immigration judge to grant him asylum and allow him to stay, but he was deported in 2005.
He then crossed the border again, sneaking past authorities at an unknown subsequent date, according to ICE.
Cruz Gomez then appeared on Long Island, where he was arrested for a DUI on April 29, 2013.
ICE took him into custody after his deportation order was reinstated, but eventually released him two months later with an electronic monitor, which he later ditched, ICE said. The feds tried to locate him, but were unsuccessful.
Cruz Gomez allegedly went on to commit other crimes, including possession of a forged instrument in October 2024; disorderly conduct: creating hazardous or physically offensive conditions; attempted driving while intoxicated; and attempted operation of a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .08 or more in January.
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After each arrest, local cops released him from custody before ICE could get their hands on him, the agency said. ICE also had its hands tied under the Biden administration, which prevented the agency from arresting illegal immigrants who didn’t meet its priorities for arrests.
“He didn’t meet their criteria of aggravated felon with additional factors or a national security threat … it’s Biden’s fault,” former acting ICE Director Jonathan Fahey told The Daily Wire.
While sanctuary laws also shielded Cruz Gomez, there’s a major loophole the Trump administration could use to arrest him, said Fahey.
The Trump administration has hit <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/19/us-news/how-trumps-doj-is-forcing-sanctuary-city-authorities-to-help-with-immigration-crackdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thousands</a> of illegal immigrants with criminal charges for entering the country after previous deportations, which results in federal criminal charges that allow ICE agents to enter sanctuary jails.
“The one thing that they can do to ensure he doesn&#8217;t get released is if they were to charge him with reentry after being deported then that&#8217;s a criminal warrant and they have to honor those,” said Fahey.
“That’s the way to get at some of these sanctuary cities … there’s so many people sitting in jails in LA, New York, Chicago, that probably are eligible,” he said.

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Trump Admin Demands NYC Cops Hand Over Illegal Accused Of Killing Teen Who Rejected Sexual Advances

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