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Barnama
21 hours ago
- Politics
- Barnama
Trump Deploying 2,000 Troops To Los Angeles Over Immigration Protests
WASHINGTON, June 8 (Bernama-dpa) -- The National Guard will be deployed to Los Angeles as protests over immigration raids continue, the White House said on Saturday, according to German news agency (dpa). The protests began on Friday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers executed search warrants across the city. According to the US Department of Homeland Security, around 1,000 protesters attacked ICE officers on Friday. United States Border Patrol chief Michael Banks wrote on X that several arrests had been made on Saturday for alleged assaults on federal agents.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
NM US Attorney says 82 people facing newly created criminal charge for entry along NM-Mexico border
From left to right: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks and United States Attorney for New Mexico Ryan Ellison stand along the New Mexico-Mexico border in a recent visit to tout recent border arrests. (Photo courtesy USAO) The United States Attorney in New Mexico announced Thursday that 82 people are facing brand new criminal charges aimed at cracking down on illegal crossings where Mexico shares a border with New Mexico. A recent land transfer from the Department of Interior to the Department of Defense effectively made the 170-mile stretch of United States-Mexico border in southwest New Mexico into a military base, authorizing federal troops to detain and transfer individuals to federal law enforcement for criminal charges, according to a news release. Those who are arrested in the 60-foot buffer zone can face charges for 'unauthorized entry into the New Mexico National Defense Areas,' according to charging documents, a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison. The names of the 82 individuals charged were not immediately available, though federal court records show that U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison, who was named as the United States Attorney for New Mexico on April 18, personally signed 28 charging documents for named defendants on April 28. Arizona AG queries ICE about arrest of New Mexico man 'The Department of Justice will work hand in glove with the Department of Defense and Border Patrol to gain 100% operational control of New Mexico's 170-mile border with Mexico,' Ellison said in a news release. 'Trespassers into the National Defense Area will be Federally prosecuted—no exceptions.' United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks joined Ellison for a 'high-level visit' April 25. They touted the newly created criminal charge as a way to leverage 'expanded military and prosecutorial authority to deter unlawful border crossings,' according to the news release. Standing on the newly created National Defense Area in New Mexico on April 25, Hegseth warned that anyone caught there would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. If you try to come in illegally as a cartel, or you try to smuggle or traffic. You will be detained by a member the U.S. military, and you will be handed over to US Customs and Border Patrol, and then you will be prosecuted by the US DOJ, and then you will be charged to the maximum extent of the law,' Hegseth said, according to video he posted to social media. The buffer zone along the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico, Arizona and California is known as the 'Roosevelt Reservation' and excludes areas of private or tribal land. Now that it's under control of the Defense Department, it's treated as an extension of the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Huachaca in Cochise County, Arizona. Rebecca Sheff, an attorney with the ACLU of New Mexico, said in an April 22 news release that the newly created military buffer zone 'represents a dangerous erosion of the constitutional principle that the military should not be policing civilians.' She also said U.S. citizens who live near the border could be prosecuted under the newly created statutes.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘CLOSING TIME': White House, Border Patrol troll with deportation meme video
The official White House and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) X accounts trolled critics on Monday by posting a meme video showing deportations to the famed '90s song "Closing Time," a longtime staple at closing bars and weddings. "It's closing time. We are making America safe again," CBP said in its post. The video, which was posted by the White House as well as U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks and Customs and Border Protection, shows authorities processing shackled illegal immigrants to the tune of "Semisonic" lead singer Dan Wilson singing, "Closing time, you don't have to go home but you can't stay here." The video then cuts to show agents loading illegals on a plane for deportation as Wilson sings, "I know who I want to take me home," with the words Border Patrol clearly visible. President Trump Comforts Mother Whose Son Died Of Fentanyl Poisoning: 'Up There Watching You' Since retaking the Oval Office, President Donald Trump has made securing the border and cracking down on illegal immigration one of his top priorities. In an interview with Cbs in late February, Banks said illegal border crossings had plummeted by 94%. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security said last week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had arrested just under 33,000 illegal immigrants. Read On The Fox News App Click Here For More Immigration Coverage Further, a senior Trump administration official confirmed to Fox News that a total of 261 illegal aliens were deported to El Salvador on Saturday – 137 were via the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, 101 were Venezuelans removed via Title 8, 21 were Salvadoran MS-13 gang members, and two were MS-13 ringleaders and "special cases" for El Salvador, according to the official. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained the video during Monday's White House press briefing, saying it "sums up our immigration policy pretty well: You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." Tom Homan Warns Major Sanctuary State Will 'Get Exactly What They Don't Want' "The White House and our entire government clearly is leaning into the message of this president and we are unafraid to double down and to take responsibility and ownership of the serious decisions that are being made," said Leavitt. "The president was elected with an overwhelming mandate to launch the largest, mass deportation campaign in American history. And that's exactly what he is doing." She said that over 50 days into the administration, Trump continues to receive "overwhelming public support for the policies that he is enacting." "So, we are unafraid to message effectively what the president is doing on a daily basis to make our, communities safer," she article source: 'CLOSING TIME': White House, Border Patrol troll with deportation meme video
Fox News
17-03-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
‘CLOSING TIME': White House, Border Patrol troll with deportation meme video
The official White House and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) X accounts trolled critics on Monday by posting a meme video showing deportations to the famed '90s song "Closing Time," a longtime staple at closing bars and weddings. "It's closing time. We are making America safe again," CBP said in its post. The video, which was posted by the White House as well as U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks and Customs and Border Protection, shows authorities processing shackled illegal immigrants to the tune of "Semisonic" lead singer Dan Wilson singing, "Closing time, you don't have to go home but you can't stay here." The video then cuts to show agents loading illegals on a plane for deportation as Wilson sings, "I know who I want to take me home," with the words Border Patrol clearly visible. Since retaking the Oval Office, President Donald Trump has made securing the border and cracking down on illegal immigration one of his top priorities. In an interview with CBS in late February, Banks said illegal border crossings had plummeted by 94%. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security said last week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had arrested just under 33,000 illegal immigrants. Further, a senior Trump administration official confirmed to Fox News that a total of 261 illegal aliens were deported to El Salvador on Saturday – 137 were via the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, 101 were Venezuelans removed via Title 8, 21 were Salvadoran MS-13 gang members, and two were MS-13 ringleaders and "special cases" for El Salvador, according to the official. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained the video during Monday's White House press briefing, saying it "sums up our immigration policy pretty well: You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." "The White House and our entire government clearly is leaning into the message of this president and we are unafraid to double down and to take responsibility and ownership of the serious decisions that are being made," said Leavitt. "The president was elected with an overwhelming mandate to launch the largest, mass deportation campaign in American history. And that's exactly what he is doing." She said that over 50 days into the administration, Trump continues to receive "overwhelming public support for the policies that he is enacting." "So, we are unafraid to message effectively what the president is doing on a daily basis to make our, communities safer," she explained.
