Randy Clark

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Trump’s First Military Flight of GTMO-Bound Migrants Leaves El Paso

The first military flight transporting migrants to the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp from El Paso for the Department of Homeland Security departed Biggs Army Airfield on Tuesday. The camp in Cuba is currently undergoing modifications that will allow for up to 30,000 migrants to be held at the facility located within the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

DOD Airlifts Illegal Aliens from El Paso to GITMO (Department of Homeland Security)

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Rides ‘With’ Border Patrol Agents, Not ‘Over’ Them

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem completed her first trip to the southwest border as the leader of the department on Sunday. Noem visited the Del Rio, Texas Port of Entry where she sat for a news interview before joining the Border Patrol agents for a border tour on horseback through an area that once say more than 30,000 mostly Haitian migrants camped out under the same Port of Entry in 2021.

DHC Secretary Kristi Noem rides the border with Del Rio Sector Agents (Department of Homel

Deportation Arrests in Houston Creating Ghost Town, Says ICE

A source within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says federal law enforcement agents assigned to assist their agency in the round-up of migrants in an illegal status in Houston have unofficially dubbed the mass deportation plan “Operation 47” in honor of President Donald Trump. The mass deportation operation carried out in parts of Houston has netted several high-profile criminal alien arrests but is also impacting local businesses.

Immigration arrests in Houston creating a ghosttown (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcem

EXCLUSIVE: Texas National Guard Granted Authority to Make Immigration Arrests

A memorandum of understanding between Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the State of Texas, reviewed by Breitbart Texas will immediately grant Texas National Guard soldiers the authority to make immigration arrests within the Lone Star state. Pete R Flores, CBP Acting Commissioner, authored the memorandum of understanding (MOU).

Texas National Guard granted authority to arrest migrants. (Texas Military Department)

1-in-4 Migrants Deported in Trump’s First Week Not Mexican Nationals

According to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, the United States repatriated 5,282 migrants to Mexico during the first seven days following President Donald Trump’s inauguration. During a Thursday morning press briefing, Sheinbaum told reporters that less than 4,500 returnees were Mexican nationals.

Migrants removed from US to Mexico (U.S. Border Patrol)

Border Apprehensions Plummet as Trump Effect Sets In

In the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector, once one of the busiest regions for illegal border crossings in Texas, migrant apprehensions have dropped by nearly 40% in the first full week of the Trump presidency. The drop has been noted across the southwest border as enhanced immigration operations promised by the Trump campaign during the election season begin to take shape.

stash house raid Laredo (U.S. Border Patrol)

Multi-Agency Task Force Arrests Tren de Aragua Members in Immigration Raid

A surprise early morning immigration raid on a makeshift nightclub in the Denver Metro area resulted in the arrest of approximately 50 migrants in an illegal status, including some with connections to the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang. Multiple federal agencies participating in the raid focused on criminal activity at the location.

Denver-area immigration raid. (U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration)

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Returns Law and Order to the Border with ‘Catch and Return’ Policies

According to a source within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Border Patrol is applying a legal process known as Expedited Removal on a broad scale along the southwest border. The agency is now returning migrants to Mexico soon after apprehension. The source told Breitbart Texas, “’Catch and Release’ is over, it’s ‘Catch and Return now.’”

Catch and Return - Law & Order (FILE: U.S. Border Patrol)

MLK Parade in Florida Capital Draw Smaller Crowd Due to Winter Storm

The freezing temperatures in Florida’s capital city kept many attendees from the annual Martin Luther King Day parade. Before the parade began, parade-goers were wrapped up as temperatures remained below freezing. The city is under a rare winter storm warning, facing much of the nation this week.

Randy Clark/Breitbart Texas

DHS Staffers Work MLK Holiday Prepping for Trump’s Rapid-Fire Executive Orders

According to a source within the Department of Homeland Security, hundreds of staffers who usually would not work on federal holidays have been kept at work on Martin Luther King Day in anticipation of the Trump administration’s immediate release of new operation instructions. The source says the biggest expectation of immediate policy changes will be in the border security arena.

Department of Homeland Security

Maine Admits Licensing Transnational Criminal Organizations to Grow Marijuana

Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) Director John Hudak told state legislators he is aware that his office has been issuing marijuana grow licenses to persons associated with Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO). On Wednesday, Hudak told members of the state legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee that his agency cannot deny the medical licensing requests.

Maine Marijuana Growers (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens Announces Retirement

After leading the agency since June 2023, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens announced he would retire in April. Owens, appointed by President Biden as the 26th Chief of the United States Border Patrol, served the agency for nearly three decades.

FILE - President Joe Biden, center, looks over the southern border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brow

Migrant Roundup in California — A Preview of Coming Trump Deportation Ops, Says CBP Source

In three short days, Kern County, California, residents were provided a glimpse of what new interior immigration operations may look like in the coming weeks and months. According to a CBP employee, not authorized to speak to the media, the Border Patrol’s El Centro Sector initiated a targeted interior enforcement operation around the farming community of Bakersfield, California, that resulted in nearly 80 migrant arrests. The arrests included several sex offenders, some with existing criminal warrants and others involved in drug trafficking.

Operation Return to Sender (U.S. Border Patrol/El Centro Sector)

Rampant Crime in Massachusetts-Funded Migrant Shelters, Says State GOP

The Massachusetts Republican Party is condemning the administration of Democrat Governor Maura Healey for its failure to address the widespread violence and chaos in taxpayer-funded migrant shelters in the state. Republican legislators cite information obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request as evidence of rampant physical and sexual assaults taking place at the shelters since 2022. GOP legislators are asserting Gov. Healey failed to act until a high-profile incident forced her hand.

Rampant Crime in Massachusetts-Funded Migrant Shelters (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfor

1,000 Possible Victims of Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Voyeur, Says Attorney

An attorney representing 12 victims of an ex-Royal Caribbean employee sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for placing hidden cameras in passenger bathrooms to film passengers says there may be nearly 1,000 other victims unaware that the perpetrator filmed them. Spencer Aronfeld, a Florida-based attorney representing the victims in a civil suit against Royal Caribbean, alleges the cruise line is being less than forthcoming with former passengers who may have been a victim of the ex-employee’s voyeurism.

Cruise Ship Peeper (Police Booking Photo)

Ohio Meat Company Fined $4 Million for Illegal Migrant Hiring, Identity Theft Scheme

Fresh Mark Incorporated, a Northeast Ohio-based company that supplies meat products to all 50 states and more than 20 countries, entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The company paid a nearly $4 million penalty for a hiring manager’s involvement in an identity theft scheme and subsequent obstruction of justice.

Salem Raid Photo (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

U.S. Soldier Indicted for Attempts to Join Hezbollah

The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania obtained a grand jury indictment against a former U.S. Army soldier. The indictment alleges the Pennsylvania resident made multiple attempts to join a foreign terrorist organization in Lebanon and Syria.

Residents celebrate carrying Hezbollah's flags in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, following a ce

Mexican President: NY Times Story on Cartel Fentanyl Labs ‘Unbelievable’

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addressed a recent series of New York Times reports about fentanyl production in Sinaloa, calling the stories “not very believable.”  The reports, titled “This is What Makes Us Rich: Inside a Sinaloa Cartel Lab” and “How Mexican Cartels Test Fentanyl on Vulnerable People and Animals,” were published one day earlier.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

Biden Admin Released Suspected Terrorist After Texas Warned of Connection, Later Re-Arrested

A multi-agency manhunt resulted in the arrest of a South African migrant and suspected terrorist in Brooklyn, New York. Texas Highway Patrol troopers initially detained the unidentified man in Texas in September 2024. He was arrested for criminal trespass as part of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star and was turned over to federal immigration authorities for removal proceedings. Despite being identified by the state authorities as being the subject of an alert on the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Database, federal authorities released the migrant to pursue an asylum claim.

South African Migrant on Terror Watch List Arrested in Texas (Texas Department of Public S

Bolivia’s Ex-Narcotics Director Extradited to U.S. on Gun, Cocaine Charges

Maximiliano Davila-Perez, once the Director of the Bolivian Special Forces for the Fight Against Drug Trafficking (FELCN), has been extradited to the United States where he faces federal charges of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States. He is also charged with conspiracy to use and possess automatic weapons in connection with his cocaine importation scheme. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced Davila-Perez’ extradition from Bolivia on Friday.

Maximiliano Davila-Perez Extradited to U.S. (Bolivian Ministry of Government)

Special Counsel Questions Investigation into CBP Air Response in Migrant, Border Agent’s Deaths

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel questioned the findings of a CBP internal investigation concerning a whistleblower complaint that, among other allegations, the Deming New Mexico Air Unit was prevented from responding to emergency calls, resulting in several deaths. The deaths included one migrant and a Border Patrol agent who died in July 2020. After investigating the matter, the Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) ruled the allegations were unsubstantiated.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations

San Diego Sheriff Rejects County’s New Sanctuary Policy

On Tuesday, San Diego County Sheriff Kelly A. Martinez announced that her office will not abide by a new sanctuary policy adopted by the Southern California county’s Board of Supervisors. The latest sanctuary policy limits cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers by prohibiting county law enforcement officers from granting ICE agents access to individuals or using County facilities for investigative interviews.

Getty Images and San Diego County Sheriff's Department

Two Drug Dealers Sentenced to Prison After Fentanyl Death of Texas Teen

A pair of fentanyl dealers were sentenced to a combined 15-year federal prison sentence after being found guilty in the death of a 15-year-old Carrollton, Texas, girl. The two supplied the girl with fake Percocet pills containing the deadly fentanyl, according to court documents.

Fentanyl Dealers Sentenced to Prison After Death of Texas Teen (Carrollton, Texas, Police

Trump Taps Former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott to Head Customs and Border Protection

President-Elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that former Chief of the United States Border Patrol, Rodney S. Scott, will be his nominee for the post of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner. In a post on the incoming president’s social media platform Truth Social, Trump cited Scott’s vast experience in immigration policy and his previous service as the agency head for the United States Border Patrol under the prior Trump administration.

President Donald Trump and Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott. (FILE: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Gett

11 Afghan Migrants Found in Large Migrant Group After Crossing Border into Texas

Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers interdicted 176 migrants in a single group after they crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico on Sunday. The group crossed into the United States near the small Texas border town of Eagle Pass shortly before noon. According to a DPS spokesperson, 11 migrants within the group were identified as Special Interest Aliens (SIA) from Afghanistan.

11 Afghan Migrants Found in Large Migrant Group in Texas (Texas Department of Public Safet

Two Violent Criminals Among Migrants Removed by ICE During Thanksgiving Week

Two migrants with violent criminal records were included among a host of migrants removed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the Thanksgiving holiday week. According to ICE, the violent offenders were wanted in their home countries for murder and attempted murder in Honduras and Ecuador. The pair of violent offenders were among hundreds removed during the holiday weekend.

ICE Removes Criminal Aliens (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Trump Victory Leads to Higher Migrant Border Crossing Fees by Mexican Cartels

Human smugglers in Mexico raised their rates to cross migrants across the border into the United States as the task of even reaching the southwest border becomes more difficult. Among the number of reasons for that and the causes cited for the rise in smuggling fees is the outcome of the recent presidential election.

Migrant Smuggling Fees Increase After Trump Election (FILE: Breitbart Texas & Law Enforcem

Trump Border Czar Praises Texas Border Effort During Pre-Thanksgiving Visit

President-Elect Donald Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, visited Texas Army National Guard soldiers/airmen and Texas Highway Patrol troopers at a recently constructed state military base on the banks of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass. Accompanied by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Homan spoke to the attendees ahead of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. During the Tuesday visit, Homan and Texas Abbott served food to the troops after brief remarks.

Gov Abbott - Border Czar Homan Praise National Guard & Texas DPS Border Mission (FILE: Ass