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City and country governments ignored federal “detainer” requests and released 142 suspected members of MS-13 and other criminal gangs in the eight months up to June 2017, says a report from the Department of Homeland Security to the Senate’s judiciary committee.

Border Patrol agents in the Yuma Sector found an adult MS-13 member hiding in a group of 61 illegal immigrants found in the desert. The gang member initially claimed to be an unaccompanied minor.

Since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2018, there have been more than 13,000 Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) released and resettled across the United States.

Federal prosecutors filed charges in a Maryland court for murder, conspiracy, and racketeering against six members of the transnational criminal gang, MS-13. The charges are part of the Department of Justice’s ongoing effort to curtail the gang’s violent acts across the country.

The violent El Salvadorian MS-13 gang is responsible for at least ten murders in Clark County, Nevada, Sheriff Joe Lombardo announced on Monday.

Police in North Carolina arrested two MS-13 gang members who were allegedly on the run from Virginia murder charges. The two illegal alien gang members smiled for the cameras during their mugshots taken during intake processing.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Tucson Sector arrested an MS-13 member from Texas after reportedly discovering his attempt to smuggle illegal immigrants from Mexico.

U.S. Marshalls arrested two illegal alien MS-13 gang members in Austin, Texas, as part of a Lone Star Fugitive Task Force operation. The marshalls tracked down the duo after a court in Harris County (Houston) issued attempted murder warrants.

President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to pull the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency out of California to punish the state for what he called its efforts to shield criminal gang members in “sanctuary cities.”

An 18-year-old in Virginia posted a photo of himself on Facebook flashing 18th Street gang signs. Now, he is dead after MS-13 members took notice and ordered his torturous execution.

A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies reveals that the hyperviolent MS-13 transnational criminal gang has spread to 22 U.S. states. The gang accounted for 207 murders, mostly in California, Maryland, New York, and Virginia since 2012. The rapid growth of the gang is attributed in the report to the influx of Unaccompanied Alien Children from Central American countries like El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.

Donald Trump has made many references to the violent Central American MS-13 gang. Its members are among those “bad hombres” he famously talked about in the October 2016 presidential debate when warning of the dangers of drug lords and their deadly cartels. And he did not hesitate to mention that unchecked illegal immigration allows even criminal illegal aliens to roam freely in the U.S.

Sheriff’s deputies in Hillsborough County, Florida, arrested a “certified MS-13 gang member” after he allegedly brandished an AK-47 in the middle of a road in an attempt to stop traffic. The gang member is a previously convicted felon who could not legally own or possess the weapon.

Immigration officials deported an MS-13 member on Friday who is wanted for murder in El Salvador. The aggravated felon re-entered the U.S. after being deported in 2014.

Prosecutors in Montgomery County, Maryland, charged a known MS-13 leader for ordering the beating of a 15-year-old girl with a baseball bat who had been forced into prostitution. Two other Salvadoran nationals are also named in the case.

The Director of National Intelligence called Transnational Organized Crime a growing threat to the security and health of U.S. citizens. The director said these groups, including Mexican drug cartels and MS-13 cliques, contribute to “increased social violence” and the erosion of governmental authority in many countries.

Democrats are quietly rejecting the legal reforms needed to stop waves of migrants from walking through President Donald Trump’s proposed concrete-and-rebar wall. The fundamental disagreement over border-law loopholes is rarely cited by media, even as Democrats gradually admit they can fund construction

In his weekly address, President Donald Trump called on Congress to close what he called an immigration loophole that allows “unaccompanied alien minors” to be released, which Trump said was being exploited by MS-13. Transcript as follows: My fellow Americans,

There were nearly 22,000 “potential recruits” for the violent El Salvadorian MS-13 gang resettled across the United States as Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) in 2017, according to officials.

Border Patrol agents in South Texas arrested five Salvadoran MS-13 members illegally entering the U.S. Two of the dangerous gang members had previously been deported. The arrests occurred over a three-day period.

Federal immigration laws are protecting foreign-born gang members from deportation, the top official for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency confirms.

“If we don’t change it let’s have a shutdown, we’ll do a shutdown,” Trump said. “It’s worth it for our country.”

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took aim at transnational criminal organizations during a speech at the University of Texas in Austin. He called these criminal organizations that include drug cartels and the hyperviolent MS-13 gang the “most immediate threat to our hemisphere.”

Officials in Georgia arrested an MS-13 member in connection with a drive-by shooting. The defendant, Walter Alex Flores-Sanchez, aka “El Adicto” (Spanish for “the Addict”) is an illegal alien.

During MSNBC’s coverage of the State of the Union, MSNBC anchor Joy Reid stated MS-13 “a gang nobody that doesn’t watch Fox News has ever heard of,” that President Trump made sound like the biggest threat facing America. Reid said,

“Let us begin tonight by recognizing that the state of our Union is strong because our people are strong,” Trump said. “And together, we are building a safe, strong, and proud America.”

President Trump called on Congress in his “State of the Union” (SOTU) address on Tuesday to “finally close the deadly loopholes” that have allowed the violent, El Salvadorian MS-13 street gang to prosper in the United States.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will welcome 15 guests — a welder, parents of teens allegedly murdered by MS-13 gang members, members of the military and law enforcement, rescue workers, business owners, and a volunteer — to the president’s first State of the Union address Tuesday.

Populist conservative columnist and New York Times best-selling author Ann Coulter says Attorney General Jeff Sessions “better be ready to arrest all” members of Congress who are expected to bring illegal aliens as their dates to President Trump’s “State of the Union” (SOTU) address.

President Donald Trump has invited Evelyn Rodriguez to attend his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. Rodriguez’s 16-year-old daughter, Kayla Cuevas, and a 15-year-old friend were beaten and stabbed to death by MS-13 gang members.

Congressional staffers said that Salvadoran leaders of the notorious MS-13 gang are frustrated that their members in the U.S. are not violent enough. The comments came after a recent visit to El Salvador by the House Homeland Security Committee’s Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee.

A member of the MS-13 transnational criminal organization pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of illegally re-entering the U.S. after being deported.

Police arrested two self-admitted MS-13 gang members who allegedly robbed a New York City cab driver at gunpoint.

In two separate incidents, Border Patrol agents arrested a child rapist and an MS-13 member in southern Arizona–both were previously deported following felony convictions. The men will be charged with illegal re-entry after removal felonies.

New York Times best-selling author and populist conservative columnist Ann Coulter says the number one priority for President Trump’s administration should be deporting the nearly 800,000 illegal aliens who have been shielded from deportation by the President Obama-created Deferred Action

Authorities in Ohio charged four MS-13 gang members this week with conspiracy to commit extortion. In all, authorities arrested 23 gang members or associates. Two of the defendants are also facing charges of an alien in possession of firearms or ammunition.