Commentary I have said for the past two years that when they’re in power, the anti-border left would never abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) outright. Instead, they’d just cripple the agency with a lack of funding and policies that would tie their hands. I enforced the immigration laws for nearly 35 years, and I…
Power Cut Across Texas as Snow, Ice Blanket Southern Plains
DALLAS—A winter storm dropping snow and ice also sent temperatures plunging across the southern Plains, prompting a power emergency in Texas a day after conditions canceled flights and impacted traffic across large swaths of the United States. Rotating power outages were initiated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, early Monday morning, meaning…
ICE Nearly Released Sex Abuse Convicts Due to Biden Memo
AUSTIN, Texas—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was prepared to release three men convicted of sex offenses against children, Texas officials said, in an apparent misapplication by authorities of enforcement directives from President Joe Biden’s administration. The three were not released after discussions in recent weeks between the state prison system and immigration authorities. But the…
US Marshals, ICE ‘Reevaluate’ Operations on Sex Offenders After Biden Deportation Freeze
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are working to “reevaluate” enforcement operations on sex offenders after a recent executive order issued by President Joe Biden. “According to our Sex Offender Investigations Branch chief, the USMS is working with ICE to reevaluate upcoming enforcement operations to ensure compliance with recent Executive Orders…
26 Rescued From Ice Floe in Lake Superior Off Minnesota
DULUTH, Minn.—Twenty-six people fishing on Lake Superior were rescued when an ice floe broke away from the Minnesota shoreline, stranding them in frigid weather. The Duluth Fire Department got a call Tuesday morning from a resident who saw ice shanties floating away. Crews brought the anglers to shore a few at a time by boat….
Rescuers Brave Cracking Ice to Pull Two From Sinking Truck
Firefighters battled crumbling ice in Long Island Sound to rescue two people trapped after a truck broke through and sank in the frigid waters beneath, authorities said on Tuesday. Social media images of the incident near the Connecticut city of Stamford showed rescuers extending an aerial ladder over the ice to reach the couple in…
Hundreds Deported Under Biden, Including Witness to Massacre
HOUSTON—President Joe Biden’s administration has deported hundreds of immigrants in its early days despite his campaign pledge to stop removing most people in the United States illegally at the beginning of his term. A federal judge last week ordered the Biden administration not to enforce a 100-day moratorium on deportations, but the ruling did not…
ICE Arrests 21 Across the US in ‘Operation No Safe Haven Plus’
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 18 foreign nationals who were being pursued for their roles in known or suspected human rights violations or human smuggling and trafficking, the agency announced on Wednesday. The arrests came during a nationwide operation called “Operation No Safe Haven Plus” that concluded on Dec. 17. According to…
ICE Reports Decline in Arrests, Deportations Due to COVID-19
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested and deported nearly one-third fewer illegal immigrants this year due to the ongoing CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, the agency said in its latest report. From October 2019 to September 2020, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officials conducted 103,603 arrests, a 28 percent decline from the…
ICE Says Arrests, Deportations Fall in 2020 Due to COVID-19
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested and deported almost one-third fewer illegal immigrants this year because of the ongoing CCP virus pandemic, the agency said in its latest report. From October 2019 to September 2020, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officials conducted 103,603 arrests, a 28 percent decline from the previous fiscal…
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