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Bell was executed in Florida on Tuesday. Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and Utah have scheduled executions for later this year. Executions also have been carried out this year ...

ICE agents are wearing masks to conceal their identities. Now, immigration judges are withholding the names of lawyers ...

New Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) forms in Houston to combat transnational crime, involving multiple agencies such as ICE, FBI, DEA, ATF, and US Marshals.

Braum’s and Simple Modern are teaming up to offer a chance to win a year of free Braum’s ice cream and a full suite of Simple ...

An ICE agent was dragged for nearly a block in Oklahoma by Honduran illegal alien Jose Melgar-Rivas, who faces charges of assaulting a federal officer.

A new state law mandates increased cooperation between state and local law enforcement with ICE. In March, Mayor Demings signed a 287 (g) Warrant Service Officer agreement, which granted Orange County ...

Border Czar Tom Homan, has been repeating the misleading claim that there are "over 600,000 illegal aliens with criminal ...

A U.S. House committee hearing grew heated Wednesday, with Republicans pledging to “come after” non-governmental organizations that contributed to the border crisis under former President Joe Biden ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.

President Trump has granted federal immigration agents "total authorization" to defend themselves following recent clashes.

A green card holder who has been living in the United States for 40 years was detained by federal agents while walking his dog. Reza Zavvar, 52, was apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...