A $72 billion border package ran into a very Washington problem: Republicans want to fund immigration enforcement, but some do not want a separate $1 billion ballroom request tucked into the same deal.
A pre-dawn ICE arrest in Manassas put Virginia’s immigration rules back in the crosshairs, as Markwayne Mullin blamed local limits and Abigail Spanberger’s office said state agencies still cooperate on criminal cases.
A House hearing turned tense as Rep. Brad Knott pressed Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano over a child-abduction case that ended in dismissal after a plea deal was rejected.
Tom Homan criticized New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s sanctuary policy and said the state is shielding dangerous offenders from federal immigration enforcement.
Tom Homan said deportations will keep rising as the Trump administration adds agents, targets sanctuary cities, and keeps pressing states that do not want ICE cooperation.
The Justice Department is using denaturalization more aggressively, filing cases against 12 naturalized Americans accused of hiding terror ties, violent crimes, sham marriages, and other fraud.
An ICE detainer and a county sanctuary policy are now tied to a Wisconsin case involving a worker charged with assaulting elderly residents at an assisted living facility.
Federal and local authorities say a Honduras-born suspect assaulted a man in Suffolk County, dragged him behind a dumpster, and raped him before fleeing toward Mexico.