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ICE Is on a $45 Billion Building Spree. Can Small Towns Support These New Migrant Warehouses?

In his second inaugural address, President Donald Trump pledged to crack down on illegal immigration: “All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.” The administration set a minimum goal of 3,000 deportations per day.

There was a problem. At the time, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operated or contracted with more than 200 disparate facilities across the country, from federal detention centers to county jails, and it had the resources to detain only about 41,000 people at a time. To reach its daily deportation goal, the government would have to scale up its capacity. So this year the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has gone on a real estate shopping spree, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on warehouses across the country. The plan: to transform them into detention centers for undocumented migrants.

It is inhumane to store human beings—people who in many cases have not been convicted or even accused of anything more serious than civil immigration violations—in warehouses like so much freight. It is also far too costly, both in tax dollars spent and in harms imposed on the communities where these holding centers are being built.

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Cells of Chinese nationals illegally in US use gift card fraud to fund CCP: ICE director

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons revealed on Thursday that transnational gangs within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have been defrauding the United States via a massive gift card scheme aimed at enriching the Chinese military. The matter was revealed following a Homeland Security Investigation (HSI).

Testifying before Congress, Lyons explained that the US is funding its own adversaries through gift card fraud committed by Chinese illegal aliens who unlawfully entered the United States under the Biden administration. He told lawmakers that the CCP has deployed its transnational criminal organizations to “wreak havoc” on the US.

“HSI actually broke the largest gift card fraud case ever, and it was from transnational gangs within the CCP that were sending that money back to military units in China. And that all came from gift card fraud here in the United States,” the ICE director said.

Lyons contended that “it was military-aged Chinese males who entered under the last administration…that were able to [send the gift cards] back to the People’s Republic of China.”

HSI’s operation “Project Red Hook” revealed how Chinese organized crime groups exploit gift cards to launder money. According to HSI, “organized criminal elements in China acquire gift cards through multiple fraudulent means. For example, gift cards are obtained by hacking US companies and targeting US citizens through romance and elder fraud schemes. The criminal elements then send the gift card data to multiple cells of Chinese nationals operating in the United States through a Chinese-based messaging platform.”

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New Report From Conservative Think Tank Claims Gavin Newsom Spent a Billion Dollars to Import 400,000 Illegal Aliens

According to a new report from the Manhattan Institute, California Governor Gavin Newsom not only allowed thousands of illegals to pour into his state, he paid a massive amount of money in order for it to happen.

This was done mainly through grants that were given to charities which then turned around and aided in all of this illegal immigration.

These were tax dollars. The people of California essentially paid for this without their consent. Taxpayers should be furious.

Breitbart News reports:

Report: Gov. Newsom Spent $1 Billion to Import 400,000 Extra Illegal Migrants

California Governor Gavin Newsom covertly spent $1 billion importing 400,000 migrants from poor countries to serve the state’s Democratic political machine and elite-dominated economy, according to data provided by the Manhattan Institute in New York.

“Since Newsom took office, California has granted massive contracts for migrant-related services: more than $250 million to Catholic Charities; $85 million to Jewish Family Services; $12 million to Centro Legal de la Raza; $23 million to the Immigration Institute of the Bay Area; and more,” according to an article by Christopher Rufe in City Journal.

The funding is in addition to California’s share of the massive federal funding directed by President Joe Biden’s pro-migration border chief, Alejandro Mayorkas.

The state’s Democratic government also steered $110 million to the major Latino political machine, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles (CHIRLA):

CHIRLA can be described as a one-stop activist machine, with the ability to produce propaganda, engage in legal action, and — most importantly — get people into the streets. The group coordinates the L.A. Rapid Response Network, which tracks ICE raids and takes “direct action to shut down detention centers.” During the wave of protests in L.A., CHIRLA activists agitated on social media, led a street protest, and called for a “Summer of Resistance.”

Newsom has always thought that he is untouchable. That’s why he does things like this without a care in the world.

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ICE agent charged with assault in Minnesota for allegedly pointing gun at motorists

An ICE agent has been charged with assault for allegedly pointing his gun at people in a car while driving on a Minneapolis highway, prosecutors in Minnesota said on Thursday.

Hennepin county attorney Mary Moriarty said she believed it was the first criminal case brought against a federal immigration officer involved in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that surged federal authorities into cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland and New Orleans.

An arrest warrant says Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr was charged with two counts of second-degree aggravated assault. The warrant says Morgan was working as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in the Minneapolis area on 5 February when he pointed a gun at the occupants of a vehicle on Minnesota state highway 62.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and justice department officials didn’t immediately respond to emails seeking comment. The Associated Press called a number associated with Morgan and sent a message to his possible email address but did not receive any immediate response.

Moriarty said during a news conference that Morgan was driving a rented, unmarked SUV on the shoulder of the highway when a car on the road moved into the shoulder to try to slow Morgan down, not knowing he was a federal officer. After the car returned into the legal lane, Morgan pulled up alongside and pointed his service weapon at the people in the car.

Morgan, 35, and his partner, who was not charged, were on their way to the federal building to end their shift when they were caught in traffic. Charging documents note Morgan did not say the incident occurred during an enforcement action.

According to the charging documents, Morgan told a Minnesota state patrol officer that he pulled up alongside the victim’s vehicle, drew his firearm and yelled: “Police. Stop.” The warrant says the victims couldn’t hear him because their windows were up.

Morgan was charged with two counts of assault because he threatened both people in the vehicle, and there is a warrant out for his arrest, Moriarty said.

She said Morgan’s actions were beyond the scope of a federal officer’s authority.

“There is no such thing as absolute immunity for federal agents who violate the law in the state of Minnesota,” she said.

In Minnesota, felony second-degree assault is punishable by up to seven years in prison, or up to 10 years’ imprisonment if the assault inflicted “substantial bodily harm”.

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Same County That Prosecuted Cops in the George Floyd Case Is Now Hunting ICE Agents — County Attorney Brags About It on MSNOW

A county prosecutor in Minnesota is taking a legally questionable and structurally dangerous step: prosecuting a federal immigration agent for actions taken in the line of duty.

As previously covered by The Gateway Pundit, Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County attorney, has announced charges against an ICE agent stemming from an incident involving an unmarked vehicle and alleged firearm use during a highway encounter.

According to the criminal complaint cited in the interview, motorists claimed they were approached by a black SUV without identifying markings, leading to confusion over whether the individual was law enforcement.

That claim, however, underscores a central issue: a criminal complaint is not proof. Rather, it is an allegation, often built on limited testimony, and in this case, the publicly presented evidence appears to rely heavily on witness accounts without corroborating physical evidence.

Under normal legal standards, that threshold raises serious questions about whether a warrant should have been issued at all.

More importantly, the legal foundation of the case itself is highly unstable. State prosecutors generally do not have the authority to charge federal agents for actions taken within the scope of their duties.

That principle exists for a reason. Without it, federal law enforcement would be subject to a patchwork of politically driven prosecutions across different states, effectively undermining the ability of agencies like ICE to function.

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DHS Deports South American Illegal Aliens to Africa as Part of New ‘Safe Third Country’ Agreement

The Department of Homeland Security has deported approximately 15 illegal aliens from Latin America to the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of a bilateral agreement that allows the U.S. to send third-country nationals to African nations when their home countries refuse repatriation or when migrants successfully block removal by claiming their lives would be in danger at home.

The group arrived in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, early Friday.

An official at the Congolese migration agency confirmed the arrivals to the Associated Press but provided no further details.

U.S. attorney Alma David, who represents one of the deportees, told the Associated Press the migrants are all from Latin America and that the Congolese government plans to keep them in the country for a short period. David said she has been in contact with her client since the arrival.

The deportations are part of the Trump administration’s expanded “Safe Third Country” removal policy.

This approach bypasses legal maneuvers commonly used by migrants who persuade immigration judges that returning to their home country would be unsafe. The policy also addresses cases where countries such as India, China, Vietnam, and Laos refuse to accept their own nationals, particularly those with criminal records.

According to reporting, the Trump administration has now secured agreements with at least seven African nations, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Eswatini, and Equatorial Guinea.

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Anchor Baby Boom: New Pew Data Shows Nearly 10% of All U.S. Births in 2023 Were to Illegal Alien or Temporary Immigrant Mothers

Nearly 10 percent of all babies born in the United States in 2023 were to mothers who were either illegal aliens or holding temporary legal status, according to new data released by the Pew Research Center.

The figures, published late last month, show that 320,000 of the roughly 3.6 million babies born across the country that year had mothers who were non-citizens.

This marks the highest total of anchor babies since 2010, when Pew recorded 325,000 such births, and represents an increase for the third straight year.

Of the 320,000 births:

Approximately 245,000 were to mothers who were unauthorized immigrants, with fathers who were neither U.S. citizens nor lawful permanent residents.

Another 15,000 involved mothers with temporary legal status and fathers who were not citizens or lawful permanent residents.

The remaining 60,000 were born to illegal immigrant mothers where the father was a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Pew reports:

Generally, the trends in births to unauthorized immigrants follow the growth and decline of the unauthorized immigrant population. The number of unauthorized immigrants more than tripled from 1990 to 2007. The number of births also more than tripled, from 120,000 in 1990 to a peak of about 380,000 in 2006.

In 1990, births to unauthorized immigrant mothers were about 3% of the 4.1 million births in the U.S. that year. In 2006, these births were about 9% of the total.

Between 2006 and 2019, the annual number of births to unauthorized immigrant mothers dropped by more than 40%, to 215,000.

Pew estimates that roughly 260,000 of these children would not have qualified for automatic U.S. citizenship under President Donald Trump’s January 2025 executive order limiting birthright citizenship to cases where at least one parent is a citizen or lawful permanent resident.

That order is currently facing a legal challenge at the Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments on April 1.

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Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy SLAPS New York with $73 MILLION Federal Funding Cut for REFUSING to Revoke Illegally Issued Commercial Driver’s Licenses to Illegals

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is withholding a staggering $73,502,543 in federal highway funds from the state of New York.

Because far-left New York Democrats under Governor Kathy Hochul have flat-out refused to revoke thousands of illegally issued nondomiciled commercial learner’s permits (CLPs) and commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) handed out in violation of federal law.

Back in December 2025, The Gateway Pundit reported on the FMCSA audit that flagged New York as one of the worst offenders in the nation for rubber-stamping CDLs to non-domiciled drivers, many of them illegal aliens or migrants whose temporary work authorizations had lapsed.

“When more than half of the licenses reviewed were issued illegally, it isn’t just a mistake—it is a dereliction of duty by state leadership. Gov. Hochul must immediately revoke these illegally issued licenses. If they refuse to follow the law, we will withhold federal highway funding,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy at the time. “This administration will never stop fighting to keep you and your family safe on our roads.”

On Thursday, the Trump administration stripped the state of New York of more than $73 million in federal highway funding after it failed to revoke thousands of improperly issued commercial learner’s permits and CDLs.

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Far-Left Minnesota District Attorney Announces FELONY Assault Charges Against ICE Agent in Minneapolis

One of the most radical district attorneys in the entire country has escalated her war against the Trump Administration and ICE in dramatic fashion.

As KTTC reported, Hennepin County District Attorney Mary Moriarty announced that her office had filed two counts of assault charges against an ICE agent during a Thursday press conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

“Today, our office has charged Gregory Donnell Morgan, an ICE agent, with two counts of second degree assault,” Moriarty said. “There is now a warrant for Mr. Morgan’s arrest which allows law enforcement to arrest him anywhere in the country.”

Moriarty, who is backed by leftist billionaire George Soros, went on to say that the case is from a February 5th incident on Highway 62. Morgan was allegedly driving an unmarked, rented SUV illegally on the shoulder of the eastbound lanes near the Portland Avenue exit.

Moriarty said Morgan was appearing to bypass slower traffic and going after the victims in their car.

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Spain Grants Legal Status to 500,000 Illegal Immigrants Under Royal Decree

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said his government will approve a royal decree to regularize nearly half a million illegal immigrants.

Sánchez, a socialist, said in an April 14 post on X that the Council of Ministers will approve a royal decree launching the extraordinary regularization of people living in the country illegally, a process expected to affect nearly half a million individuals.

A royal decree is a legal measure approved by the government and formally enacted by the king of Spain, allowing policies to take effect without a full parliamentary process, according to Spain’s 1978 constitution (Articles 62 and 97).

He described the move as an act of “normalization” and “justice.”

“Today, once again, I feel proud to be Spanish,” Sánchez said.

Sánchez made the announcement while on an official visit to China, where he said in a April 14 post on X that “Spain is betting on an EU-China relationship based on trust, dialogue, and stability.”

The proposal was first presented on Jan. 27 to allow about 500,000 illegal immigrants already living and working in Spain to get legal status through an accelerated process.

The campaign for the measure began with a 2024 petition that received more than 600,000 signatures, backed by a number of nongovernmental organizations and Spain’s Catholic Episcopal Conference.

Details were shared by La Moncloa, the official seat of the Spanish government, who said in an April 14 social media post that the regularization would apply to individuals who have been in Spain since before Jan. 1, 2026, have remained for at least five uninterrupted months, and do not have a criminal record or “pose a threat to public order, security, or health.”

Irene Montero, a former equality minister and current MEP from the hard-left Podemos party, said in an April 14 post on X that the process could ultimately extend further, stating that up to 800,000 illegal immigrants should be granted papers.

She said that the process will “treat people as people and not as slaves,” and that efforts should continue “so that regularization reaches everyone.”

The government’s plan has drawn criticism from the opposition.

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