A “large percentage” of illegals captured trying to enter the United States through Mexico are from West Africa, said the commander of the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) in explaining how his team is keeping an eye on the Ebola crisis.
A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officer has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for taking bribes–including thousands of dollars and hundreds of egg rolls–in exchange for providing legal status or U.S. citizenship to foreign nationals. The
Georgia Senatorial Republican nominee David Perdue clashed with the state’s Democratic Senatorial nominee Michelle Nunn on Tuesday night as the two debated topic ranging from immigration to national security. Georgia campaign politics include debate “throw downs” in which campaigns organize
President Barack Obama must name one single senior adviser to handle the Ebola crisis management worldwide and domestically, two senior congressional Republicans wrote to him on Monday. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) and National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chairman Sen. Jerry
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that President Obama is still not considering a flight ban on trips from Africa as a result of Ebloa. Earnest also noted that Obama had also deployed military forces to bring relief to
The White House has reportedly sent a top Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official to the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City (ISGOC) to “present a special thank you to the Muslim congregation,” Oklahoma’s KFOR reports. The beheader’s mosque, the
As the story unfolded of how Ebola carrier Thomas Duncan waltzed right through every layer of protection the U.S. government has erected against contagion – the very same barriers Barack Obama was touting as nigh-infallible just a few weeks ago,
The government accountability group Judicial Watch announced Thursday that it has sued the Department of Homeland Security for records dealing with the more than 36,000 convicted criminal aliens the Obama administration released last year. The conservative group says it is
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A Texas border Gulf Cartel smuggler will spend close to 20 years in prison for the shipping of 3,000 to 5,000 pounds of marijuana to Houston every few weeks. On Monday morning, 46, year-old Rogelio “Barrotes”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Most of the nearly 60,000 Central American children who have arrived on the U.S.-Mexico border in the last year still don’t have lawyers to represent them in immigration court, and advocates are scrambling to train volunteer
Soon-to-be-former Attorney General Eric Holder, who is resigning his position atop the Department of Justice (DOJ) after years of controversy, will leave behind a role for which many don’t give him credit: He is one of the chief architects of
MCALLEN, Texas — A convicted sex offender is once again facing charges following his arrest at a Texas border international bridge with child pornography in his cell phone. Court records obtained by Breitbart Texas reveal on Tuesday shortly after 1
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding President Obama immediately reveal the immigration recommendations that he plans to use to take executive action on immigration reform. In a letter to Obama Monday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has approved the design of driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants in California. DHS had previously rejected an earlier design (pictured above) because it was not sufficiently distinctive from regular driver’s licenses. According to the Sacramento
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A security guard for the federal courthouse in the border city of McAllen has been arrested and charged by federal agents with child pornography charges. On Thursday morning, Ricardo A. Garcia, from McAllen, TX, who works as
HOUSTON, Texas — Department of Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) Jeh Johnson is pushing for the agency to create “Southcom,” a southern-based command to manage resources. Southcom would aim to decrease illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border and make it easier
It’s been an eventful couple of months in the criminal underworld. Following a narco-summit two months ago, the Zetas cartel formed a pact with the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) against their rival, the Sinaloa cartel. The Zetas scored another victory
Kenneth Palinkas, the head of the union that represents more 12,000 officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) bureau, says that terrorists from ISIS and other extremists are likely to try to exploit the
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Security, reported that four individuals with ties to terrorist organizations were captured after crossing the southern border on September 10 of this year on the Fox News Channel’s “The
The requirement that illegal immigrants must come forward and subject themselves to background checks to attain legal status as required under various amnesty proposals likely would not catch criminals, the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson acknowledged Wednesday. Speaking
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary, when questioned during a House panel hearing today, was unable to say with certainty whether a suspected or a known terrorist has illegally entered the U.S. through the Southwest border. During a House
U.S. Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, while testifying before a House panel today, indicated that the government’s ability to detect terrorists inside the homeland is hindered by sanctuary cities that shelter illegals. Johnson added that America must
Wednesday at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on terrorist threats, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) cited an article dated 2006 in an attempt to blame President George W. Bush for the rising threat of ISIS. Lee said, “The ideal
In a written statement to the New York Times, the Department of Homeland Security denied that there was “credible evidence” to believe Islamic State terrorists could use the porous southern border to cross into the United States and wage terror
LUBBOCK, Texas — A U.S. Army soldier in uniform allegedly tried to smuggle illegal aliens into Texas, according to court records obtained by Breitbart Texas. Authorities claim the soldier attempted to drive across a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint with two
