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Civil.ge
2 days ago
- Civil.ge
U.S. Border Patrol Detains Georgian, Says He Is ‘Serious Public Threat'
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USBP) says a Georgian national is in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICI) custody in Brooklyn, New York, after agents uncovered 'damning intel' exposing him as a 'serious public threat.' According to the USBP, the U.S. federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing the American borders, the man arrived in the U.S. in 2023, claiming 'credible fear.' But the USBP adds, 'It's more like he was running from his shady past.' The man, whose name is not disclosed in the report, has a foreign criminal history as well as arrests in the U.S., the USBP says. He was 'leader of a criminal organization,' 'convicted of human smuggling across the Greek-Turkish border,' 'served 9 years in prison out of the 25-year sentence,' and 'admitted to working with the Russian KGB,' according to USBP, without providing any further details. As for his U.S. criminal record, USBP says he was arrested for 'petty theft' and 'possession of stolen goods' in February 2024. 'He didn't waste any time breaking the law – just 7 months in the U.S. and already participating in criminal behavior,' the USBP said, adding that the man is now pending removal proceedings. Also Read: This post is also available in: ქართული
OC Media
2 days ago
- Politics
- OC Media
US Border Patrol announces arrest of suspected Georgian underworld figure in New York City
Join the voices Aliyev wants to silence. For over eight years, OC Media has worked with fearless journalists from Azerbaijan — some of whom now face decades behind bars — to bring you the stories the regime is afraid will get out. Help us fuel Aliyev's fears — become an OC Media member today Become a member The US Border Patrol (USBP) has announced that a Georgian national has been arrested in New York City after federal agents 'uncovered damning intel exposing him as a serious public safety threat'. The USBP said that the individual, who was not named but shown with his face uncovered in a photo, had been previously removed from the US and now faces deportation again. 'The man arrived in the US in 2023, claiming credible fear — it's more like he was running from his shady past', the USBP said on Facebook. In addition to two arrests for theft while in the US in 2024, the individual reportedly has an extensive criminal history abroad — the USBP said he had previously been convicted of human trafficking in Greece, and had served nine years of a subsequent 25-year prison sentence. He is also the 'leader of a criminal organisation', although the USBP did not specify which one. Beyond his criminal connections, the USBP said he had 'admitted to working with the Russian KGB'. It is unclear what exactly the USBP meant, as there is no such agency as the 'Russian KGB' — it is a Soviet era name that has not been in use in Russia since 1991. However, in small print at the bottom of the accompanying post was the official reason for his arrest — 're-entry after removal' — the direct connection between his criminal history and his detention was specified, nor why he is considered a 'serious public safety threat'. Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump's second term in January 2025, the US has aggressively cracked down on illegal immigration, leading to the arrest and deportation of tens of thousands of people.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Moreno on immigration, Trump, stocks
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) spent about ten minutes answering questions from NBC4 Ohio Statehouse reporter Natalie Fahmy Thursday afternoon. Do international students belong at American universities? 'Absolutely,' Moreno said. 'My older brother, in essence, was an international student, because when we arrived in America, he was just about to go to college.' For weeks, international students in Ohio and across the country were being notified that their student visas were revoked. The Trump administration later reversed course, restoring status to most of those students after the Department of Justice said ICE was acting improperly. 'International students play a great role in research and technology, they graduate from these universities and become a great part of our society,' Moreno said. Moreno said while he believes international students should be on U.S. college campuses, it has to be done the right way. 'The difference is, under the Biden administration, there was very little vetting; we had no idea who these people were,' he said. 'A lot of them were coming into our colleges and being agitators, creating problems, crimes committed, spreading of terrorist propaganda. So we, of course, want to restore the proper amount of vetting of foreign students who are additive to our economy.' Have President Donald Trump's Immigration polices been effective? 'Numbers don't lie,' Moreno said. 'Right now, we're seeing a 95% drop in [illegal] border crossings.' According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, these are the numbers: February 2024, U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) apprehended 140,641 people. January 2025, USBP apprehended 29,101 people. February 2025, USBP apprehended 8,347 people. 'If you remember, during the campaign, my opponent, and many Democrats, said that the reason the border was out of control is because there needed to be this massive border legislation that had to be done,' Moreno said. 'In reality, we just needed a president that followed the law.' Moreno called the drop in illegal crossings 'an amazing accomplishment' for Trump's first 100 days in office. In November 2024, Moreno said his plans for immigration policies include mass deportation, but 'sequenced' the right way. Anything new on legislation to hold private equity firms accountable? Senator Moreno worked to ensure a Chillicothe paper mill would stay open a bit longer than expected, and hopefully well into the future. When he traveled to Chillicothe, he said he planned to introduce legislation to hold private equity firms accountable, like the one that bought the paper mill — Pixelle Specialty Solutions, a subsidiary of HIG Capital. 'We're working through putting guardrails to make certain that we protect communities, that we don't allow companies to come in and destroy communities and leave there with millions of dollars of profits,' Moreno said. 'So, we're working carefully on that.' As far as the mill in Chillicothe goes, Moreno said HIG Capital has 'been great partners in finding a solution.' Moreno said he has talked with them multiple times this week alone. 'They've been very cooperative,' he said. 'It is going to be very difficult. The scale of difficulty is probably the highest I've ever seen. I remain optimistic. This is a total team effort.' Do you stand by calling Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) a 'Fuhrer?' In April, Moreno called Schumer a 'Fuhrer.' By definition, that word means a 'ruthless, tyrannical leader,' but it is strongly associated with Adolf Hitler. 'Democrats have used all kind of awful names about President Trump,' Moreno said when asked if he stands by that comment. Moreno said the 'main point' of his April statement was missed. 'That Chuck Schumer rules the Democratic conference like a dictator, they all have to march in line, there's no free thinking that happens on the Democrat side because they're punished if, by any chance, they were to veer off Schumer's orders,' Moreno said. Moreno said that on the Republican side, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) encourages everyone to 'bring their points of view.' 'Republicans, of course, sometimes, frustrating for me, vote with Democrats on some issues and you just don't see that on the Democrat side,' Moreno said. 'My main message was to get bipartisan legislation accomplished, we need free thinking, independent Democrats, not monolithic sheep that follow the orders of a dictator.' A follow-up question was asked, 'So you do stand by the comment?' 'My point is exactly what I just said,' Moreno responded. 'He acts like a dictator, he treats his conference like a dictator, and I think honestly, at some point they're going to get rid of him.' Moreno then talked about 'racist ads' that were aired about his family during his campaign for U.S. Senate, such as this one, that he believes Schumer was behind. The ad was paid for by a PAC called WinSenate that spent $287,058,948 against Republicans across the country during the 2023-2024 election cycle. 'Your station made millions of dollars airing racist ads,' Moreno said. 'It wasn't even close; it was blatant racist ads against me and my family, so I'm not going to apologize for something that was clearly a quip. The reality is Republicans are very united about restoring this country to greatness. I think the best years of this country are in front of us, and that's what I'm hyper-focused on.' According to the FCC, broadcast stations are prohibited from censoring or rejecting political ads that are paid for and sponsored by legally qualified candidates. This no-censorship provision does not apply to political ads that are sponsored by non-candidate third parties. Should Americans, and Ohioans, still be confident in Trump? Across Ohio and the country, there have been several days of protests, with hundreds, sometimes thousands of people showing up, dissatisfied with the federal government. 'If you were to do interviews with the people that are there, you'd find a lot of out-of-state agitators, a lot of people who have total and complete misinformation,' Moreno said. Moreno defended the Republican party and Trump and said the 'golden age of America is in front of us.' According to an NBC News Poll, 55% of Americans disapprove of the way Trump is handling the presidency. 'In terms of the polling, you look at the fake polls that were put out there that showed President Trump way down in the polling,' Moreno said. 'That's totally inaccurate.' How should Ohioans feel about a fluctuating stock market? 'I will expect that the stock market will be at a record high by the end of the year when these investments kick in,' Moreno said. 'Look, we're bringing almost $6 trillion in new investments to the country.' Moreno said the word 'plummeted' does not accurately describe how the stock market is looking right now. That is despite it facing a significant downturn, largely because of the uncertainty that Trump's tariffs are bringing. Moreno said that the Trump administration and Republicans in Washington are 'securing peace and stability around the world' and said several policies are going to reinvigorate the American economy. 'We are about to make the tax and jobs cut act permanent, we're going to eliminate income taxes on social security, tips and overtime,' he said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Daily Mail
25-04-2025
- Daily Mail
Shocking new footage shows migrants hiding in bush to evade border agents in Texas
The desperate lengths used by migrants attempting to enter the US can be seen in shocking new footage. US Border Patrol (USBP) captured video of an encounter at the Laredo Sector of the US-Mexico border involving at least three illegal aliens on Thursday morning. The clip shows men dressed in black clumsily emerging from dried up weeds along a slope near the Grande Rio River. Agents were seen pulling the men from their hiding places and dragging them up the ledge as they accepted their defeat. One of the officers appeared to use a baton to poke at one of the illegal migrants, who was holding a red iPhone, before pulling him by his shirt away from the water. The agent recording the video then reached out his hand to haul the migrant to the level ground he was standing on. Meanwhile, another official, situated at the edge of the river, ripped through the weeds to uncover the remaining two aliens. Sharing the footage on their Instagram account, USBP proudly caption their post 'Detect, Identify, & Mitigate.' The video was also uploaded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Laredo Sector (LRT) Chief Patrol Agent Jesse D. Munoz. In the clip that was shared online, Steve Miller Band's song 'Abracadabra' played as the migrants were detained. It is unclear what happened to the men after their covers were blown by the agents. has reached out to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for more information. The LRT is responsible for a 136-mile stretch of the 1,954-mile-long Southwest border along the Rio Grande River, which separates Texas and Mexico. The law enforcement agency patrols the area from the Texas-Mexico border to Oklahoma and Arkansas state lines, according to CBP. 'The Laredo Sector is a multi-task law enforcement agency that has served the Southwest Border and Laredo since 1924,' the sector's CBP profile reads. 'Our primary function is to enforce the immigration laws and prevent illegal entry of aliens into the country.' Munoz was named Chief Patrol Agent for the LRT Border Patrol in August 2024. Running from the Pacific Coast to the Gulf of Mexico, the Southwest border is the most frequently crossed border in the world, according to the National Criminal Intelligence Resource Center (NCIRC). In March, USBP reportedly detained 7,181 illegal aliens across various points of entry of the US-Mexico border. This averaged to roughly 673 interactions each day. This was a 14 percent drop since February, when 8,347 migrants were apprehended. More drastically, March's numbers reflected a 95 percent decrease in illegal migrant encounters at the Southwest border since March of last year. There is no recent data regarding how many people have been apprehended specifically from the Laredo section. But in March 2021, the last time CBP shared data by sector, 2,045 unaccompanied children, 1,507 families and 50,109 single adults crossed through the Laredo Sector. Trump has taken a firm stance on illegal immigration, vowing to secure American borders during his second presidential term. The White House announced in January: 'Over the last 4 years, the prior administration invited, administered, and oversaw an unprecedented flood of illegal immigration into the United States. 'Millions of illegal aliens crossed our borders or were permitted to fly directly into the United States on commercial flights and allowed to settle in American communities, in violation of longstanding Federal laws. 'The American people deserve a Federal Government that puts their interests first and a Government that understands its sacred obligation to prioritize the safety, security, and financial and economic well-being of Americans.' A recent Reuters poll revealed more than half of Americans approve of his immigration policies, which resulted in than 6,000 deportations in just the first two weeks of Trump's second term. Within the first 50 days of being in office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 32,809 illegal immigrants - nearly half of which were convicted criminals - according to the DHS. However, the most recent roadblock in Trump's mass deportation plans has come from legal push back from the Supreme Court. Trump has since been battling with Democratic judges to try and deport criminal illegal aliens promptly without trial. Barack Obama-appointed District Judge James Boasberg has gone as far as threatening administration members with criminal prosecution for contempt of court. 'I'm doing what I was elected to do, remove criminals from our Country, but the Courts don't seem to want me to do that,' he said. Trump complimented his administration for doing 'an incredible job' to achieve his goals but complained of the Supreme Court stopping him 'at every turn.'
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Yahoo
378 immigration cases filed in the Western District of Texas this week
Apr. 18—SAN ANTONIO — Acting United States Attorney Margaret Leachman for the Western District of Texas announced in a Friday news release that federal prosecutors in the district filed 378 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from April 11 through April 17. Among the new cases, a Mexican national named Cristo Jesus De Nasareth was arrested April 14 by U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Horse Patrol Unit along FM 170 near the U.S.-Mexico border. A criminal complaint affidavit alleges that when asked if he had any weapons on his person, Jesus De Nasareth told the agents he had a pistol inside one of his pockets underneath multiple layers of clothing. Jesus De Nasareth made his initial appearance in a federal court in Pecos on April 17, charged with one count of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition and one count of illegal entry. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement Removal Operations (ICE ERO) agents in San Antonio received notification that Mexican national Netsai Moreno-Suarez was arrested for a traffic violation on April 11. Moreno-Suarez was transferred into ICE ERO custody, charged with illegal re-entry. She was previously removed from the United States in August 2023 after being convicted for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens and being sentenced to five years of probation. If convicted, Moreno-Suarez faces up to 20 years in federal prison. On April 12, Janet Amanda Gonzales, of San Antonio, was arrested in Kinney County for allegedly transporting five illegal aliens further into the United States. A criminal complaint alleges that U.S. Border Patrol agents observed several individuals laying on top of each other on the backseat of Gonzales's vehicle as she arrived at an immigration checkpoint near Brackettville. Gonzales allegedly admitted that she was conspiring with other subjects to transport the illegal aliens for monetary gain. A convicted felon, Gonzales was sentenced in April 2021 to two years of probation for exploitation of child/elderly/disabled. The following day, April 13, a USBP agent observed multiple people running away from the brush and enter a pickup truck on the side of Highway 277 near Texas Loop 79. The agent performed an immigration inspection on the individuals, allegedly discovering four illegal aliens and U.S. Citizen Roberto Hernandez. A criminal complaint alleges that Hernandez was contacted by a co-conspirator and asked to pick up a group of illegal aliens to transport them to a residence in Del Rio. USBP agents arrested Mexican national Arturo Mendoza-Yerbafria near Sanderson on April 15 for illegal re-entry. Mendoza-Yerbafria has been thrice deported, most recently on May 15, 2024 through Laredo Columbia Bridge. He was convicted in March 2018 and sentenced to 366 days in prison for one count of bringing in and harboring aliens. Honduran national Efrain Antonio Corroto-Herrera was arrested near Eagle Pass after records indicated he had been previously deported twice, the most recent removal being to Honduras on March 12 through Laredo. Corroto-Herrera was convicted in Austin on Feb. 26 for assault causing bodily injury, for which he received a sentence of 180 days confinement. Mexican national Zacarias Bautista-Emiliano was arrested by USBP agents for being an alien illegally present in the U.S, having been previously deported as recently as October 2024 through San Ysidro, California. The October removal was Bautista-Emiliano's fifth deportation and his criminal history includes a felony conviction in 2013 for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14. His criminal record also includes two additional felony convictions: illegal re-entry in New Mexico in 2014 and illegal re-entry in Arizona in 2022. Bautista-Emiliano received sentences of 46 months in prison and 40 months in prison, respectively, for those convictions. In Austin, Honduran national Elvin Alexis Canelas-Morillo was placed into federal custody April 17. He pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily injury in a 2023 Travis County case and was sentenced to 179 days confinement. Canelas-Morillo has four prior removals, most recently in April 2022, and a lengthy criminal history that includes multiple immigration convictions, burglary of a building, and evading arrest. He now faces a charge of illegal re-entry. Mexican national Heber Vivero-Martinez was also transferred to federal custody in Austin on April 17. Along with three prior convictions for illegal entry, Vivero-Martinez was convicted in 2019 for assault causing bodily injury. At the time of his transfer, he was serving 20 days in the Travis County Jail for a DWI charge. Vivero-Martinez's immigration record includes two removals in 2013 and four voluntary returns between 2007 and 2009. In El Paso, Mexican national Adolfo Martinez-Padron was arrested and charged with illegal re-entry. He has been previously removed six times, most recently March 27 through Del Rio. Martinez-Padron's extensive criminal history includes two felony convictions for possession of a controlled substance, two DWIs, and assault causing bodily injury to a family member. Mexican national Santa Cruz Garcia-Morales was arrested in El Paso as well, having been previously removed from the U.S. four times and granted two voluntary removals. In 2023, Garcia-Morales was convicted in Salt Lake, Utah and sentenced to 180 days in jail for domestic violence in the presence of a child. In May 2024, he was sentenced to 18 months of probation in West Jordan, Utah for aggravated assault. These cases were referred or supported by federal law enforcement partners, including Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE ERO), U.S. Border Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), with additional assistance from state and local law enforcement partners. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas comprises 68 counties located in the central and western areas of Texas, encompasses nearly 93,000 square miles and an estimated population of 7.6 million people. The district includes three of the five largest cities in Texas—San Antonio, Austin and El Paso—and shares 660 miles of common border with the Republic of Mexico. These cases are part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN). Indictments and criminal complaints are merely allegations and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
