Author: Anna Giaritelli

EVERGLADES, Florida — President Donald Trump on Tuesday will tour Alligator Alcatraz, a newly completed, federally run immigrant detention facility in the heart of Florida swampland, following hours of constant construction in the lead-up to his arrival. Dozens of dump trucks were seen on Monday going in and out of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport…

Police and military officers within the Department of Homeland Security are ramping up recruiting to implement President Donald Trump’s immigration priorities, and new legislation could provide more staffing. Since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, the Border Patrol, Secret Service, and Coast Guard agencies have been flooded with applications. In addition, the pending One Big Beautiful…

President Donald Trump faces a major obstacle in keeping the southern border secure through his second term and into the next decade. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the federal agency responsible for guarding the country’s borders, faces a possible staffing shortage in the lead-up to Trump’s departure from office in 2029, one that could affect…

MIAMI — President Donald Trump plans to visit “Alligator Alcatraz,” the newest illegal immigrant detention center in Florida’s Everglades on Tuesday, the same day that the government had planned to move its first detainees into the site, the Washington Examiner learned Sunday evening. Trump will travel to a remote, alligator-filled part of South Florida, roughly…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s (R-GA) legislation to force the federal government to make public the number of illegal immigrants from “special interest” countries arrested at U.S. borders will be voted on Wednesday evening in the House. The bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to release statistics monthly on the number of illegal immigrants from certain…

President Donald Trump’s decision not to protect illegal immigrant workers from arrest and deportation is being met with dire warnings from small businesses and large corporations concerned for economic decline if millions of the workforce are targeted. Groups that represent workers in hospitality, restaurant, and agriculture industries have not only called this past week for…

Illegal immigrant workers in the agriculture and hospitality industries continue to be targeted for arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following President Donald Trump’s recent decision not to exempt them from his deportation operation. On Monday, 84 workers who lack legal immigration status were arrested at a southwest Louisiana racetrack, the agency announced Wednesday.…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was released from the hospital late Tuesday after being transported by ambulance for emergency care due to an allergic reaction, the Washington Examiner has learned. “Secretary Noem was discharged last night,” the DHS wrote in an email Wednesday. Noem was taken to a Washington, D.C.-area hospital Tuesday after suffering an…

Federal immigration authorities will be on site at the FIFA Club World Cup in Miami starting this Saturday, but have maintained that they will be providing extra security for the event and not to arrest illegal immigrants. Federal police from the Department of Homeland Security agencies, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Immigration and…

Congress handed President Donald Trump a victory in his administration’s fight against the fentanyl epidemic with the passage of legislation imposing steep penalties on smugglers caught moving fentanyl analogs into or throughout the United States. The House voted 321-104 on Thursday afternoon on the Senate-passed Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act. The bill will now go…