Chaofeng Ge, a 32-year-old citizen of China, was pronounced dead at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, after jailers found him hanging by the neck in a shower room. Ge was facing removal from the United States after his conviction for charges related to a credit card fraud scheme earlier this year.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agents and their facilities continue to come under attack by radical anti-immigration enforcement activists. On Saturday, the ICE Yakima Field Office was damaged by a rock thrower, and parts of the facility compound were set on fire in an act of arson.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers placed immigration detainers on six criminal aliens arrested as part of a multiagency sting operation in Florida targeting child sex predators. One of the criminal aliens arrested was a University of Florida student on a visa who, along with the other defendants, allegedly planned to meet with and sexually abuse children ages 13-15.
As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and other federal agents and officers attempt to enforce U.S. immigration law, they are increasingly coming under physical attack. Recent arrests related to the assaults may be a sign that the federal government has had enough of the rising trend of violent assaults on federal immigration agents.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an arrest detainer with the Harris County Jail on Jose Maldonado-Zavala, a 60-year-old previously deported illegal alien from Honduras, following his arrest for suspicion of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Houston area woman.
Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas and five other defendants, including a suspected high-level member of an Israeli transnational organized crime group, were arrested on charges of allegedly running an illegal gambling business at an Encino, California, mansion that the former player owns.
Border Patrol leaders are touting the new record-low rate of migrant arrests along the southwest border as the “most secure border in history.” In July, Border Patrol agents arrested approximately 4,600 migrants who illegally crossed the southwest border between ports of entry. Border Patrol agents released zero migrants into the U.S. for the third consecutive month.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 243 illegal aliens in the Denver metro area during a nine-day deportation operation that ended on Wednesday. Those detained include aliens from 17 different countries, and some have significant criminal records.
A Glendale man with a history of lewd behavior was arrested after police received a report of a suspicious individual loitering in a California department store in Burbank, California. Police officers arrested 38-year-old Calese Carron Crowder after officers allegedly observed the man crouching behind a woman and sniffing her buttocks, a lewd act Crowder is suspected of committing in the past.
One of the largest, most complex rescue and recovery efforts in Texas history was put on hold Sunday as flooding returned to the Guadalupe River in Central Texas. The task of meticulously searching through and clearing the miles of debris piles that remain continues to be a heartbreaking, painstaking task.
Immeasurable sorrow and grief can be felt in the air along the banks of the Guadalupe River in the quaint Texas Hill Country town of Kerrville. A downtown memorial honoring more than 100 flood victims, many of them children, is a stark reminder of the horrendous loss of life caused by the Independence Day weekend floods.
As the recovery and relief efforts continue in response to the deadly Independence Day Flood in Kerrville, hundreds of volunteers work tirelessly to keep more than 2,000 rescue workers and flood victims fed. One volunteer group, Operation BBQ Relief, served more than 4,000 meals in just one day.
As search and rescue operations continue in the aftermath of the deadly Independence Day flood in Kerrville, Texas, local officials are bearing the brunt of activist news reporters who appear hell bent on politicizing the tragedy. With little to no evidence provided, one story in the Texas Tribune suggests that local officials may have stood idle for more than three hours instead of acting to save lives.
Authorities in Kerrville, Texas, are asking the public to keep clear of the Guadalupe River flood zone and allow the more than 2,000 rescue workers to do their jobs. At a Wednesday press briefing, a representative from the Kerrville Police Department said the number of people visiting the area to look at the damage is hindering rescue operations.
Four anti-ICE activists were arrested after allegedly planting homemade tire deflation devices around vehicles belonging to federal law enforcement agents conducting immigration enforcement operations in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon.
As Border Patrol agents carried out an immigration related enforcement operation, guarded by a contingent of U.S. Marines, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and a group of protesters intervened. Despite the protests, the operation went on as planned. El Centro Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino, who led the operation, says the opposition from Bass and others will have no impact on the federal government’s will to enforce existing immigration laws.
Texas Governor Gregg Abbott warned residents of the state to expect more storms to pose a danger to parts of central Texas over the next 24-48 hours. Abbott made the comments at the start of a Sunday press conference held in Austin to inform residents of the latest news regarding the devastating Independence Day floods that have resulted in the deaths of nearly 70 people.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the number of people who are reported missing as a result of the Independence Day weekend floods is expected to increase in the coming days. The governor explained that many adults and families who camp in tents and RVs along the rivers may not be reported missing by their families until they fail to return home after the extended holiday weekend.
News reports indicate that the number of people who are confirmed to have died in the Independence Day weekend flooding reached nearly 70. The search for 11 missing girls and a counselor from Camp Mystic and others continues.
In addition to the border infrastructure funded by President Trump’s One Big Beautify Bill, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced plans to quickly install 17 miles of floating border barrier in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem signed a waiver on Thursday to ensure the construction of the barrier is not impeded by environmental regulations.
Videos shot by Breitbart Texas illustrate the total devastation left in the wake of the deadly Independence Day Flood near the Texas Hill Country city of Kerrville. The flood caused by a massive stalled rainstorm along the Guadalupe River led to the deaths of at least 27 people. More than 20 young girls from a riverside youth camp are still missing.
On Wednesday, Border Patrol agents announced the discovery of seven illegal aliens concealed in a sweltering hidden compartment under a flatbed trailer in South Texas. The discovery followed the driver of a truck pulling the trailer crashing into a ranch fence near Laredo in a bid to escape. The aliens were found sealed into the poorly ventilated compartment during one of the hottest weeks of the summer thus far.
Four Houston residents are now in jail facing charges that they exchanged money to lift U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) immigration jail detainers on people being held at the Harris County Jail. The four charged in the scheme include several employees of a bail bond company and a former ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officer.
Celebrating the Fourth of July is proving too dangerous for Los Angeles, prompting municipalities in the area to cancel planned celebrations due to concerns about enforcement actions by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agents. The fear did not impede hundreds from attending a “Sick-of-ICE, Sick-of-Trump” protest in the city Tuesday.
A much-touted protest of President Trump’s efforts to conduct mass deportation operations drew less than 75 attendees who gathered in front of the Federal Immigration Court Building on Tuesday. The crowd included members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) who organized the event in Texas’s second-largest city.
Protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Trump are scheduled to take place on Tuesday in most major cities across the country. The well-organized campaign at “SICKOFICE.ORG” urges people to call out sick in solidarity with illegal aliens facing deportation.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) records show thousands of Iranian nationals may be eligible to be arrested nationwide on immigration-related issues. These are in addition to the approximately 1,500 Iranian nationals whom the Border Patrol detained after entering the country illegally during President Joe Biden’s term. ICE Data shows nearly 6,000 Iranians who may have entered legally but have since violated their legal status may soon be the focus of the ongoing ICE dragnet.
Border Patrol agents in the greater Los Angeles area came under attack by residents unhappy with the ongoing deportation operations in two separate incidents. In one attack, a motorist rammed a Border Patrol vehicle, and vehicles were vandalized. On Friday, significant damage to units occurred after rocks were thrown, and tires were slashed.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement teamed up with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other law enforcement partners to execute search warrants in Alabama related to illegal game fighting. The operation netted the arrest of 55 illegal aliens and five United States citizens engaged in the illegal cockfighting scheme.
The Senate confirmed Rodney S. Scott to serve as President Donald Trump’s Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). On Wednesday, 51 Republican Senators voted Scott into the position. Not a single Democrat voted to support the former Chief of the Border Patrol to head up CBP.
The American Federation of Government Employees, the parent labor organization representing thousands of Border Patrol agents and other federal law enforcement officers, joined with NoKings.org to promote anti-Trump protests nationwide. Protesters at the events carried signs attacking ICE, the Border Patrol, and law enforcement in general.
The anti-Trump “No Kings” protest held on the grounds of the Texas Capitol continued long after the scheduled close as hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Austin. The protesters, some wearing dark clothing, helmets, face coverings, and gas masks, blocked traffic, taunted police, overturned garbage receptacles, and moved barricades into the downtown streets until finally being dispersed by authorities several hours later.
Surrounded by a flurry of drag queens and a master of ceremonies dressed as a carnival barker, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) made no attempts to turn down the violent rhetoric at the Democrat sponsored “No Kings” protest in Austin on Saturday. As he told the crowd, “We are all in danger as long as President Trump is in office,” one protester proudly waved a sign that read “8647” just feet in front of the congressman.
In Eagle Pass, Texas, once the busiest border city in the nation for illegal alien crossings during the Biden administration, illegal alien deaths overwhelmed local funeral homes. They resulted in Maverick County authorities relying on a temporary morgue to store the deceased. This week, County officials laid to rest the last of the illegal alien remains in their emergency morgue at a local cemetery.
Texas law enforcement authorities arrested a Houston-area man after a high-speed chase that began in the border town of Pharr. The suspect, 35-year-old Margarito Alcantar, is wanted by authorities as a suspect in a 2021 murder.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Just outside the federal immigration courtroom in downtown San Antonio, organizers with the Party for Socialism and Liberation led an anti-ICE protest attended by more than 100 people. One passionate speaker identified herself as a San
In the midst of the Los Angeles riots, Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX) proposes legislation to increase the criminal penalties associated with assaulting and interfering with the duties of law enforcement officers, including ICE agents or CBP officials. Gonzales announced the proposed legislation in a Sunday press release.
A protest in San Antonio was attended by more than 300 people who were angry with the latest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) mass deportation enforcement actions. The rally was organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation. This political party also organized and rallied leftist activists to resist the Trump administration’s efforts to enforce immigration law in Los Angeles.
A source within Customs and Border Protection told Breitbart Texas that a large contingent is being sent to assist with quelling the violent anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles. The specially trained agents will augment Border Patrol agents already on the ground in the city and add to the 2,000 National Guardsmen President Trump has committed to send in response to the violence.
Members of the LGBTQ community attended a community meeting hosted by the San Antonio Police Department and the San Antonio Pride organization aimed at addressing speculation about the murder of Jonathan Joss, a voice actor. Joss, an openly gay man who provided the voice for the character of John Redcorn on “King of the Hill,” was murdered in San Antonio on Sunday.
