Category: illegal immigrant

More Than 185,000 Illegal Immigrant Arrests Made at US–Mexico Border in August

More than 185,000 illegal immigrant arrests were made at the U.S.–Mexico border in August, according to provisional U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics obtained by The Epoch Times. Some 186,424 apprehensions were made by border agents during the month. Most arrests—about 53,400—took place in the Del Rio sector, an area of 55,063 square miles…


Santa Ana May Allow Illegal Immigrants to Vote in Local Elections

Santa Ana voters may decide in November to allow illegal immigrants to vote in local city elections, after the city council discussed July 19 placing the issue on the General Election ballot. “These are people who pay taxes. These are people who live in our community,” City Councilman Ryan Hernandez, who introduced the item, said…


Mexican People-Smuggler Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Leaving Woman to Die on Texas Road

A Mexican illegal alien was sentenced to 21 years in prison on July 5 for his role in leaving a female Honduran illegal alien to die on the side of a Texas road in a people-smuggling incident in 2018. Nelson Bahena-Garcia, 43, was found guilty and sentenced in the Southern District of Texas for conspiring…


Mexican Human-Smuggler Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Leaving Woman to Die on Texas Road

A Mexican illegal alien was sentenced to 21 years in prison on July 5 for his role in leaving a female Honduran illegal alien to die on the side of a Texas road in a 2018 human-smuggling incident. Nelson Bahena-Garcia, 43, was found guilty and sentenced in the Southern District of Texas for conspiring to commit…


California Gives Free Healthcare to Illegal Immigrants

SACRAMENTO—California is now the only state in the U.S. to offer free healthcare to all low-income illegal immigrants after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $307.9 billion budget June 30. The allocation will give an estimated 764,000 people free healthcare coverage for $2.7 billion annually beginning 2024 under the budget provision’s expanding of the state’s Medi-Cal…


Train Kills 2 Illegal Immigrants Asleep by the Tracks in North Macedonia

SKOPJE, North Macedonia—Police in North Macedonia say two illegal immigrants were killed in the south of the country early Wednesday when a freight train hit them as they slept next to the tracks in the dark. The nighttime incident occurred outside Miravci, a village near the border with Greece. Police said they believed the two…


Massachusetts Judge to Face Prosecution for Allegedly Blocking ICE Arrest

A Massachusetts judge may face prosecution after a federal appeals court on Monday declined to dismiss a case that accuses her of blocking the arrest of an illegal immigrant. In a criminal case filed during the Trump administration, Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph is accused of impeding a federal immigration arrest of a defendant…


Massachusetts Judge Could Face Prosecution for Allegedly Blocking ICE Arrest

A Massachusetts judge may face prosecution after a federal appeals court on Monday declined to dismiss a case that accuses her of blocking the arrest of an illegal immigrant. In a criminal case filed during the Trump administration, Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph is accused of impeding a federal immigration arrest of a defendant…


Massachusetts Judge Might Face Prosecution for Allegedly Blocking ICE Arrest

A Massachusetts judge might face prosecution after a federal appeals court on Feb. 28 declined to dismiss a case in which she’s accused of blocking the arrest of an illegal immigrant. In a criminal case filed during the Trump administration, Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph is accused of impeding a federal immigration arrest of…


Presumed Illegal Immigrant Killed by Border Patrol Agent in Arizona, Sheriff’s Office Says

Federal and local officials are probing the fatal shooting of a man in Arizona by a U.S. Border Patrol agent late Saturday, Feb. 19. The shooting occurred a few miles north of the Mexico border near of the Arizona town of Douglas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) area spokesman John Mennell said on Monday….