Author: Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner

A House Democrat halted a committee hearing on illegal marijuana-growing operations with a call to subpoena Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for how the department’s law enforcement officers have been “terrorizing” illegal immigrants in the United States. During a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability hearing, Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) played two…

The Trump administration has located more than 22,000 unaccompanied migrant children who were deemed missing after being released into the United States from the U.S.-Mexico border by the Biden administration, according to a Republican senator. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who presided over a Wednesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the status of the half a…

More than 1,000 local and state police departments have entered into 287(g) partnerships to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security in arresting illegal immigrants nationwide, according to the Trump administration. The DHS announced on Wednesday afternoon that 1,001 nonfederal police agencies across 40 states have entered into agreements to help…

Federal law enforcement at Immigration and Customs Enforcement has made worksites a major focus of its strategy, going after illegal immigrants at job sites in the hopes of rounding up large numbers of people at one time, according to two sources with firsthand knowledge. “Worksite enforcement is the big ticket now,” said the first official,…

Drones present an increasingly serious threat to the United States’s national security against both civilians at sporting events and law enforcement, according to drone experts who testified before Congress. Democrats and Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee were in rare agreement Tuesday afternoon during a hearing on malicious drones, that unmanned aircraft systems present a…

President Donald Trump announced the deployment of officers from a wide array of federal law enforcement agencies to Memphis, Tennessee, at the request of Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) to crack down on crime in what was the most dangerous city in the United States last year. Speaking at the White House on Monday, Trump said…

Mexico has made thousands of arrests and seized tens of thousands of pounds of illegal drugs, numbers that its embassy is emphasizing as President Donald Trump pressures the country to step up its border crackdown. Since Trump levied 25% tariffs on Mexico in February, citing cross-border crime, Mexico has sought to highlight its cooperation with…

Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) on Friday called the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk an attack on American “ideals,” warning at a press conference that the shooting represents a “watershed” moment with unsettling implications for free speech. Cox joined federal, state, and local law enforcement as they shared details of the arrest of the alleged shooter, 22-year-old…

House Democrats have proposed a bill that would allow illegal immigrants who helped clean up ground zero in New York City the chance to become U.S. citizens. Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) reintroduced the 9/11 Immigrant Worker Freedom Act on Thursday, the 24-year anniversary…