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Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
DHS revamps ICE tip line with more staff after Colorado attacks
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced it is revamping its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tip line following a weekend attack in Colorado. Twelve people were injured in what the FBI is calling a 'terrorist attack' on Sunday in Boulder, Colorado. UPDATE: Total injured in Boulder attack increases to 12 DHS says that the man arrested in connection with the attack, Mohamed Soliman, is illegally in the United States. Soliman is accused of using a makeshift flame thrower at an outdoor mall to attack a group of people who had gathered in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza. Following the attack, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday that additional personnel will be added to monitor the ICE tip line to collect information on gang members, sex offenders and violent criminals who are illegally in the United States. 'Yesterday's terrorist attack by a suspect illegally in our country, underscores the importance of getting these illegal aliens out of our country,' said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. 'Secretary Noem is revamping ICE's illegal alien tip line to devote more resources and personnel to help remove these criminal illegal aliens from our country.' Tips on suspicious criminal activity can be called into: 866-DHS-2-ICE, or (866) 347-2423. The tip line operates 24 hours a day and is staffed by trained specialists who take reports from the public and law enforcement agencies. Sandra Sanchez can be reached at SSanchez@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
5 days ago
- General
- The Hill
DHS revamps ICE tip line with more staff after Colorado attacks
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced it is revamping its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tip line following a weekend attack in Colorado. Twelve people were injured in what the FBI is calling a 'terrorist attack' on Sunday in Boulder, Colorado. DHS says that the man arrested in connection with the attack, Mohamed Soliman, is illegally in the United States. Soliman is accused of using a makeshift flame thrower at an outdoor mall to attack a group of people who had gathered in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza. Following the attack, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday that additional personnel will be added to monitor the ICE tip line to collect information on gang members, sex offenders and violent criminals who are illegally in the United States. 'Yesterday's terrorist attack by a suspect illegally in our country, underscores the importance of getting these illegal aliens out of our country,' said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. 'Secretary Noem is revamping ICE's illegal alien tip line to devote more resources and personnel to help remove these criminal illegal aliens from our country.' Tips on suspicious criminal activity can be called into: 866-DHS-2-ICE, or (866) 347-2423. The tip line operates 24 hours a day and is staffed by trained specialists who take reports from the public and law enforcement agencies. Sandra Sanchez can be reached at SSanchez@
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
White House names Pennsylvania cities, counties sanctuary jurisdictions 'defying' immigration law
(WHTM) – The White House on Friday released a list of hundreds of 'sanctuary jurisdictions' allegedly breaking immigration law. Eleven Pennsylvania counties were listed, including Adams and Dauphin counties in the Midstate. Allegheny, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Montour, and Northampton counties were also cited on the list. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Five cities were also named on the list published by the Department of Homeland Security: Gettysburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, State College, and York. Dauphin County Commissioner Justin Douglas (D) said Friday afternoon that he'd received no formal communication regarding the list. 'I have a lot of questions of what qualifies us as a sanctuary county,' said Douglas. 'I'm not sure there's any actual legislation that we've passed of any kind. I don't know what the criteria they're using for what they're considering a sanctuary county is.' The Department of Homeland Security says the list was generated as part of 'Executive Order 14287: Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens.' 'Sanctuary jurisdictions including cities, counties, and states that are deliberately and shamefully obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws endangering American communities,' said Homeland Security. 'Sanctuary cities protect dangerous criminal aliens from facing consequences and put law enforcement in peril.' Homeland Security says each jurisdiction will receive 'formal notification of its non-compliance' and will be asked to review policies to align with federal law. Douglas says he has 'more questions than answers' regarding the list, but insisted that 'Dauphin County follows the law and will continue to do that.' According to Nexstar's Border Report, 'the list will be used by the Office of Management and Budget to determine which is receiving federal funding before terminating the grants.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Newsweek
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Donald Trump Deporting Fewer Mexican Citizens Than Joe Biden—Official
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The United States is deporting fewer people back to Mexico than at the same time in 2024, it was reported Thursday. The director of Baja California's Migrant Affairs Office in Mexico said that 32,537 Mexican nationals were returned during the first three months of the year, compared to 47,659 during the same time last year, per Border Report. "The numbers predicted by President Donald Trump are well below what we are seeing in terms of deportations," Adriana Minerva Espinoza Nolazco told reporters this week. Newsweek reached out to the Baja California state government and Mexico's National Institute of Migration for comment via email Friday morning. A senior U.S. Department of Homeland Security official told Newsweek that the 142,000 deportations carried out since January 20 were "just the beginning." Carlos Flores, of Honduras, who was deported from the United States, rubs his face as he looks at his phone at a migrant shelter where he lives with his wife and two daughters, on May... Carlos Flores, of Honduras, who was deported from the United States, rubs his face as he looks at his phone at a migrant shelter where he lives with his wife and two daughters, on May 1, 2025, in the border city of Tijuana, Mexico. More AP Photo/Gregory Bull Why It Matters President Donald Trump promised mass deportations of illegal immigrants as part of his 2024 campaign, but the program has faced logistical and legal challenges. Reports have indicated a slight rise in deportations overall, but not a rapidly rising number. What To Know According to Border Report, Espinoza Nolazco said that about 4,200 people had been taken to a shelter meant for deportees since it opened on January 27. It was designed to temporarily house 500 people per day. The shelter was set up to offer a place to sleep, along with food and basic services to aid migrants on their journey back home from the U.S., but only about 37 people per day have arrived. There has also been an ease in the flow of migrants trying to reach the U.S., Espinoza Nolazco said, with between 50 percent and 60 percent fewer new arrivals in Tijuana. The border city had been one of the main stopping points for immigrants awaiting appointments with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) during the Biden administration, but the majority of immigrants are now barred from making such bids for entry. After Trump's first 100 days in office in April, the White House said that more than 100,000 people had been deported, but as Newsweek previously reported, accessing public data on removals has become difficult since former President Joe Biden left office. Illegal border crossings from Mexico into the U.S. have dropped significantly, but leaders south of the border are remaining prepared for another influx, from the south or north. What People Are Saying Adriana Minerva Espinoza Nolazco, director of Baja California's Migrant Affairs Office in Mexico, told reporters this week: "We have to remain ready for an influx that could happen at any moment, we can't afford to rest and be caught unprepared." A senior DHS official, in a statement to Newsweek: "President Trump and Secretary Noem have jumpstarted an agency that was vilified and barred from doings its job for the last four years. In the face of a historic number of injunctions from activist judges, ICE, CBP, and the U.S. Coast Guard have made historic progress to carryout President Trump's promise of arresting and deporting aliens who have invaded our country. "Additionally, illegal aliens are hearing our message to leave now or face the consequence. Thousands are using the CBP Home App to self-deport. Migrants are now even turning back before they reach our borders—migration through Panama's Darien Gap is down 99.99%." Migration Policy Institute, in a brief on the U.S.-Mexico relationship this month: "No country is more critical for U.S. migration management than Mexico. The former administrations of U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador worked together toward a system in which migrants who reach their countries' shared border would do so through lawful means. "Their efforts led to dramatic and sustained downturns in unauthorized crossings of the U.S.-Mexico border in 2024. The future of U.S.-Mexico migration cooperation, and to some extent broader regional efforts, now rests on negotiations between the Trump administration and the administration of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum." What Happens Next Mexico appears ready to welcome more deportees from the U.S., while Trump's budget, currently sitting in Congress, is designed to empower ICE to increase removals.
Int'l Business Times
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
Mexico Makes Water Payment To U.S. After Trump's Sanctions Threat, But Still Far From Total
Mexico made the first payment of water owed to the United States under a 80-year-old treaty, but the amount is still far from the total owed to its northern neighbor. According to Border Report, the Claudia Sheinbaum administration sent a total of 56,750 acre feet of water through a "transfer of ownership in Amistad Dam" on April 30, meaning that the country gave part of the water that was listed as its own in the reservoir. A spokesman for the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission confirmed the payment was made. However, the figure is still far from the 1.14 million acre-feet owed by Mexico. The country has until October to pay the debt. So far it has paid a little over 600,000 acre-feet in about four and a half years, so it would have to rapidly increase deliveries if it has any hopes of meeting the deadline. The decision to increase water deliveries from the Sheinbaum administration took place less than a day after Trump threatened to impose sanctions, saying there will be "an immediate delivery of a number of millions of cubic meters" of water to the region." Mexico's water commission CONAGUA has constantly argued that the country is not unwilling to comply, just unable to do so. "We want to comply with the treaty – from which both countries benefit greatly. But we are in a drought situation made worse in recent years due to factors such as climate change," a Mexican official told Border Report in late April. That's why The New York Times warned that while the concession defused bilateral tensions, it could "revive civil unrest triggered by previous water payments to the United States." It recalled that in 2020 farmers seized control of a dam in the border region and attempted to cease water deliveries to the U.S. Originally published on Latin Times Donald trump Mexico Water
