7 h. ago Two leaders of group suspected of smuggling 20,000 immigrants arrested in LA

Vast human smuggling ring was responsible for deaths of seven, including a four-year-old child, prosecutors sayTwo alleged leaders of a criminal organization suspected of smuggling 20,000 people without permanent legal residency into the US from Guatemala have been arrested in Los Angeles, federal prosecutors said on Monday.Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul, known as “Turko”, and his lieutenant, Cristobal Mejia-Chaj, were taken into custody Friday and have pleaded not guilty to multiple charges related to smuggling migrants across the border over five years, the US attorney’s office said. A federal judge ordered the men, who themselves are in the country illegally, jailed without bond until their trial in April. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago 2 leaders of a group suspected of smuggling 20,000 immigrants are arrested in Los Angeles

Federal prosecutors say two men accused of leading a group suspected of smuggling 20,000 people into the country from Guatemala have been arrested in Los Angeles

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42 h. ago ‘They worship death’: Trump ‘border czar’ reveals extremist views in interview

The ‘great replacement’ theory, human sacrifice and torture videos: Tom Homan’s talk with Tucker Carlson offered a grab bag of far-right talking pointsDon’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download our free app to get trusted reporting.Donald Trump’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, and far-right media personality Tucker Carlson talked about a bizarre range of extremist and racist conspiracy theories in an interview just weeks before Homan took office and was trusted with implementing a wide-ranging crackdown on migrants.The conversation included Carlson’s claim that Mexican cartels come “from cultures that have practiced human sacrifice for thousands of years”, connected the racist “great replacement” theory to Biden’s immigration policy, and advocated the arrest of elected US leaders who opposed Donald Trump’s policies on migrants. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Trump declares the 'invasion of our country is over' and the border is 'closed' after mass ICE arrests

In a post to his Truth Social page, Trump said that in the last month his administration had recorded the lowest number of immigrants trying to enter the country ever.

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6 d. ago Weave got him! Moment cops find £10,000 of cocaine hidden under drug smuggler's WIG

The drugs trafficker had concealed more than 220 grams of the class-A drug in 19 capsules inside his glued-down toupee before trying to board a flight from the Colombian city of Cartagena to Amsterdam.

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7 d. ago Glamorous female drug smuggler who raked in £88,000 after helping flood UK prisons with 'zombie' drug Spice is ordered to repay just £1 after blowing the lot

Abigail Kavanagh, 25, flooded spice - a synthetic form of cannabis - into jails across Wales while working as part of an organised group.

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1 week ago Trump removes Ice chief amid apparent frustration over rate of deportations

Caleb Vitello reassigned as administration reportedly unhappy at slow rate of arrests and deportationsDonald Trump’s presidential administration has reassigned its top official at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) after the agency’s arrests and deportations have been slower than expected, Reuters reported, citing a senior administration official and two other sources familiar with the matter.The official, Caleb Vitello, was in the role in an acting capacity and had been grappling with pressure to step up enforcement after other top Ice officials were reassigned days earlier. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump purges immigration chief for failing to arrest enough illegal migrants in ruthless new crackdown

Caleb Vitello, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was reassigned.

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1 week ago ICE agents are arresting migrants showing up for their immigration hearings and readying them for deportation

Multiple immigration attorneys have reported witnessing clients being arrest in or around courthouses

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