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On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” former Vice President Dick Cheney accused President Barack Obama of “doing nothing” to secure the border and the president “clearly isn’t supporting security on the border.” Failures that he says have destroyed the

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell met privately with dozens of governors Sunday as the Obama administration tried to get support from the leaders of states that will host thousands of the Central American

HOUSTON, Texas–Breitbart Texas has learned that foster parents will be paid thousands of dollars per month for each illegal immigrant they house.  Crittenton Foster Care recently placed an advertisement in the Penny Saver Newspaper in Murrieta, California asking for “loving, compassionate parents to

HOUSTON, Texas–A Houston man now faces up to life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for his conviction on charges related to trafficking of minor girls for prostitution. The charges involve the trafficking of at least three

In an appearance on MSNBC’s “All In” on Monday, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) reacted to remarks made by Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) on Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” suggesting that the thousands of illegal youth streaming across the U.S.-Mexico

Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme in California is one of three military bases reportedly housing unaccompanied illegal alien children in response to the influx that have crossed the U.S. southern border in recent months. The Ventura base now has

Navy pilot, combat veteran, and Oklahoma Congressman Jim Bridenstine, who sits on the House Armed Services committee, was denied entry to the Health and Human Services facility housing over 1,000 unaccompanied alien children at the Fort Sill military base in

An Oklahoma congressman says he was denied access to a Health and Human Services housing facility for unaccompanied minors in his own state. Oklahoma Republican Rep. Jim Bridenstine revealed Wednesday that he was not allowed to view an HHS facility housing

HOUSTON, Texas–Attorney General Greg Abbott announced the release of a Human Trafficking Prevention Manual that is targeted to teachers and other education professionals who will be facing an onslaught of potential victims in this coming school year. The release of

A list of “pimps and purchasers” will be featured on a new website launched by the Oakland Police Department. The list that you never want to be on includes suspects arrested and charged with soliciting prostitutes or benefiting from the illegal

HOUSTON, Texas–A week-long, nationwide effort by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as well as federal and local law enforcement agencies, resulted in the recovery of 168 children who were victims of sex trafficking. Additionally, almost 300 pimps were apprehended

FALFURRIAS, Texas–The remnants of a mass grave–where the remains of unidentified illegal immigrants were recently exhumed–revealed that more bodies had been buried in the graves than had previously been reported. For more than 20 years this cemetery has been the

HOUSTON, Texas–47-year-old Gerardo Salazar, a fugitive since 2005, landed in the U.S. on Wednesday to face various charges related to an alleged sex trafficking ring that he was the head of. He is accused of smuggling minor girls into the

San Francisco police met with business and hotel owners recently in an effort to crack down on Union Square’s bustling prostitution trade. “It’s a hot spot known around the world for shopping, but now there’s a seedy type of shopping

During a general speeches session on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, Rep. Louie Gohmert cited Breitbart Texas’ Sylvia Longmire’s piece from earlier in the week about the unaccompanied Central American youth being housed at U.S.

Berlin has banned the logo of the California-based Hells Angels from its city, viewing aspects of it “as symbols of a criminal organization.” The first Hells Angels charter was outlawed in Hamburg in 1983, but the move to ban the

An illegal immigrant from Mexico, who violated an order to leave the U.S., will be allowed to stay in the country after he took refuge in an Arizona church.  In May Breitbart Texas reported on 36-year-old Daniel Neyoy Ruiz, who has lived

Breitbart Texas contacted Gov. Perry’s office to request his comments about the growing humanitarian crisis underway in South Texas. Perry’s press secretary, Lucy Nashed, responded to a series of questions from Breitbart Texas about the issue stating, “Texas has been

A pair of San Francisco sisters were arrested Monday on suspicion of operating at least four brothels in the city’s Richmond district, where eager patrons paid up to $200 a piece to have sex with young Asian women, reports the

On Saturday, a coalition of grassroots conservatives led by TEA party coordinators beat back the so-called “Texas Solution” at the Texas GOP convention held in Fort Worth. The margin of victory was a spread of slightly more than 1,000 votes

The Texas GOP Platform committee has approved language in the 2014 Texas Republican Platform to prohibit Texas from creating laws to ban reparative therapy when such treatment is sought by a patient. Other states, like California and New Jersey have

HOUSTON,Texas–The U.S. House of Representatives passed a series of bills on Tuesday attacking various aspects of our national problem of human trafficking. Texas is currently one of the nation’s hubs for human trafficking and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) took the

Los Angeles Dodger Yasiel Puig is confronting a Cuban accuser who asserts that Puig and his mother collaborated with the Cuban government to have him thrown in prison. Miguel Angel Corbacho Daudinot claims that Puig and his mother made a

Pakistan’s intelligence agency (ISI) has a controversial history of assisting terrorists, including the Taliban and al-Qaida. Now, the Times of India is reporting that Pakistan’s ISI has plans to conduct terror attacks on two foreign consulates in India, including the U.S. consulate in Chennai

Over the last month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) worked on a large-scale initiative called Project Southbound. The project, which reportedly targeted gangs affiliated with the Sureños gang, ultimately lead to the apprehension of 600 gang members

25-year-old Alexander Johnson will spend 128 months in prison for sex trafficking a minor, according to reports from the FBI. He pled guilty to sex trafficking and transportation of a minor in December 2013. An FBI press release stated that U.S. District Judge

Lt. Governor David Dewhurst seeks re-election in November 2014. The federal government’s litany of policy failures is endless, but their longstanding refusal to take meaningful steps toward securing the border has created a crisis with deadly repercussions. In recent testimony

To be naïve to the sensitivities of a particular community is forgivable; however, to turn a blind eye to a community’s deep-seated concerns when they are brought to your attention is shameful. This is precisely what happened in the City

A new report reveals that at least 700 Christian women are kidnapped and forced into conversion to Islam and Islamic marriages in Pakistan each year. According to the Fides agency, the Solidarity and Peace Movement, a coalition of non-governmental organizations,

29-year-old Hector Lopez Zepeta from Guatemala is in jail for alleged sexual assault. He is accused of raping a woman before and after they illegally crossed the U.S./Mexico border, according to police reports. Noe Castillo, Assistant Chief of Police at

According to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CPB), $14.4 million worth of marijuana was recently seized in the south Texas area during the last week of March. In addition, agents saved the lives of four individuals last who are believed to

On March 25 a tip led police in Austin, Texas to the scene of a then-suspected human smuggling operation in a trailer home located on Freidrich Lane, according to initial reports collected by Breitbart Texas. 28 people, most of whom are suspected illegal

A television documentary has exposed that diplomatic staff have avoided prosecution for 88 crimes over the last six years. The figures come from the Foreign Office, and will appear alongside allegations that diplomatic bags are being used to carry drugs

HBO Comedian Bill Maher recently named Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold as a candidate for his “Flip a District” project along with other Members of Congress he may take interest in defeating in 2014, according to local reports. Rep. Farenthold, the

Two alleged members of the Folk Nation/Gangster Disciples gang in El Paso pled guilty in a sex trafficking case that could land the pair in federal prison for up to twenty years, according to local news reports. Kiry Hakeem Nalls

HOUSTON, TEXAS–Five individuals stand accused of armed conspiracy to detain and threaten foreign nationals–including women and children–for the purpose of forcing third parties to make ransom payments, as previously reported by Breitbart Texas. A criminal complaint obtained by Breitbart Texas