Sanctuary Cities

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) confirmed Sunday that 400 Texas National Guard soldiers will be deployed to Illinois and other sanctuary states under a federal directive from President Trump, igniting a fierce interstate clash. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D) denounced the move as “Trump’s Invasion” and called for immediate withdrawal.

During his address to top military leaders, Trump pledged to “straighten out” the country’s dangerous sanctuary cities “one by one.”

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing the blue state of Minnesota for sanctuary policies that effectively protect criminal illegal aliens, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Monday.

The United States Border Patrol will add four marine patrol vessels to augment President Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. The addition of the patrol boats will allow the agency to access inland areas along the Chicago River from Lake Michigan.

Some of the illegal aliens detained at the Broadview Processing Center in Illinois, where left-wing activists recently rioted, have been convicted of domestic violence, drunk driving, and dealing fentanyl. 

A federal grand jury indicted a professor at California State University Channel Islands who is charged with throwing a tear gas canister at federal agents executing a search warrant at a marijuana farm in Camarillo this summer. The grand jury returned the indictment on Wednesday.

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons is sounding the alarm on the public safety risks posed by sanctuary jurisdictions across the United States. In Part Two of an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Lyons detailed how local governments that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement are endangering communities and forcing ICE agents into increasingly dangerous operations.

A San Francisco federal judge this week expanded an order forbidding the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from sanctuary cities for refusing to cooperate with immigration authorities.

A suspected illegal alien was killed after darting onto a freeway to avoid contact with federal immigration officers conducting an enforcement operation at a Home Depot store in Monrovia on Thursday, according to city officials. The man was struck by a passing motorist and taken to a hospital, where he later died.

Attorney General Pam Bondi warned that California will lose federal funding unless Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) ends the state’s sanctuary city policies.

The Santa Ana city council approved a new $100,000 fund of taxpayer dollars to pay the rent of illegal migrants who are “affected by immigration enforcement.”

The FBI announced the arrest of a sheriff from Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on charges of extortion. The arrest of the immigration sanctuary county sheriff follows an investigation into allegations that he extorted $50,000 from a Boston-based cannabis company.

Sanctuary Democrats, including Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, are “choosing criminals,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said Friday.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) published a list of more than 30 sanctuary cities, states, and counties in the United States that were described as impeding law enforcement and putting Americans at risk.

The Trump administration hit yet another roadblock placed by a Biden-appointed federal judge who dismissed a lawsuit this week that sought to curb sanctuary laws in Illinois.

The DOJ has filed a lawsuit against New York City Mayor Eric Adams over the city’s sanctuary policies that shield illegal aliens from ICE.

New York has spent $600 million of state and city tax dollars on organizations that work to defy immigration laws.

The city of Perris, CA, issued a public alert this week instructing residents to stay home and avoid engaging with federal immigration agents, effectively advising illegal immigrants on how to evade arrest during ongoing ICE operations.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) stated that it should be easy for Democratic mayors in large cities to end their sanctuary policies and fully cooperate with ICE in return for protections for worksites. Host

The Trump administration is going to “triple down” and “flood the zone” on sanctuary cities, border czar Tom Homan said in a Q&A with reporters.

If you’re in this country illegally and committing crimes, you should not find refuge in Georgia. Not now. Not ever.

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.

The Senate Parliamentarian on Saturday ruled that the Big Beautiful Bill’s provisions limiting funding for sanctuary cities and restraining federal courts’ ability to issue preliminary injunctions cannot be included in Trump’s landmark legislation without a 60-vote majority.

Democrats are using a House hearing on sanctuary-state governors to excuse and defend the Democrats’ welcome for millions of illegal migrants.

Rep. Tony Wied (R-WI) on Wednesday introduced legislation that would bar federal funding to localities deemed to be “anarchist jurisdictions” by the Justice Department.

According to the lawyer defending Raul Benitez-Santana, the car accident that resulted in the death of a Washington State Patrol trooper in March 2024 was not a crime.

President Donald Trump’s DHS is accusing sanctuary state politicians of “playing Russian roulette with American lives.”

A new bill aimed at holding sanctuary cities “accountable” has been introduced by Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY), with Breitbart News obtaining exclusive access to the proposed legislation as well as the congresswoman’s letter to President Donald Trump pledging to help him stop Democrat-controlled jurisdictions from harboring illegal migrants.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem is going to call for Democrat Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and other leaders in the state to “abandon” sanctuary policies, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is pressuring sanctuary cities and states to end their obstruction of federal immigration law.

Despite the best efforts of Maryland law enforcement authorities to protect a known criminal alien gang member, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Brayan Eleazar Angulo-Barrios, 26, in Hyattsville, Maryland. Angulo-Barrios was shielded from arrest by ICE when he was released by the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections. Officials released the criminal alien despite the filing of an immigration detainer by ICE.

The Trump administration has plans for leaders of sanctuary cities who are harboring illegal aliens, Trump border czar Tom Homan previewed this week, cheekily telling reporters to wait and see what will happen.

Officials or judges knowingly harboring illegal immigrants “will be prosecuted,” President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, warned on Monday.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order (EO) directing the compilation of a list of states and jurisdictions that obstruct federal immigration laws.

Over 100 illegal aliens were busted during a raid at an underground nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Sunday morning.

A Venezuelan national was arrested for the sixth time in the space of just 13 months in sanctuary city Chicago .