In exchange for a plea of guilty, a federal judge in San Antonio sentenced a Honduran illegal alien to ten years in prison for his role in leading a human smuggling organization that brought nearly 3,000 migrants into the United States without authorization. The judge also fined the Honduran national $4,500.
Prosecutors in the District of Arizona filed federal charges against a Phoenix-area business owner for employing illegal aliens. The owner, an illegal alien from Mexico, was also charged with being an alien in possession of a firearm.
The Trump Administration announced that it will be implementing a 30 percent tariff on all commercial goods that move north of the border. President Donald Trump took the punitive action due to Mexico’s failure to do enough against drug cartels
On Wednesday, Border Patrol agents announced the discovery of seven illegal aliens concealed in a sweltering hidden compartment under a flatbed trailer in South Texas. The discovery followed the driver of a truck pulling the trailer crashing into a ranch fence near Laredo in a bid to escape. The aliens were found sealed into the poorly ventilated compartment during one of the hottest weeks of the summer thus far.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is planning to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien accused of being an MS-13 gang member and human smuggler, should he get released from jail ahead of a federal trial against him.
In May 2024, the Biden administration admitted more than 62,000 migrants into the U.S. who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry. Under the Trump administration, one year later, that number fell to zero. At the same time, illegal border crossings fell by nearly 93 percent compared to the same period last year.
Most Americans say Kilmar Abrego Garcia is “likely an MS-13 gang member,” a new poll reveals, despite claims otherwise by Democrats.
Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 8,500 migrants who illegally crossed the southwest border from Mexico into the United States in May, according to unofficial Border Patrol reports reviewed by Breitbart Texas. This is the second straight month of increased apprehensions. However, more than 99 percent of these were returned to Mexico or a safe third-party country.
United States Attorneys stationed along the U.S./Mexico border charged 1,238 people with immigration-related criminal offenses during the past week. Most of the criminal cases involved illegal aliens charged with unlawful entry, while some cases involved U.S. citizens and legal residents who allegedly engaged in Alien Smuggling.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two heavily armed human smugglers during a vehicle stop near the border in California. The agents also arrested two illegal aliens who had entered the country from Mexico.
An apparent shootout among rival migrant groups near an asylum camp in Bosnia has left six people wounded, including five seriously.
A Texas sheriff’s deputy intercepted a pickup truck hauling a trailer packed with large round bales. Stuffed inside the hollowed-out bales were about a dozen illegal aliens being smuggled into the U.S. interior.
U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican state police teamed up to destroy a cartel smuggling observation post near Nogales, Arizona.
House Homeland Security Committee Mark Green (R-TN) is launching an investigation into Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s alleged involvement in a human smuggling ring. Abrego Garcia was deported by President Donald Trump’s administration to El Salvador after he was accused of being an MS-13 gang member. Democrats have since sought his return to the United States.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Department Organized Crime Unit executed two search warrants on residences in San Antonio, leading to the arrest of five suspects due to a long-running investigation into human smuggling. Sheriff Javier Salazar told reporters one suspect is believed to be a member of the notorious Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien who was deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, is being investigated by the DOJ.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem requested that the Department of Justice seek the death penalty against two Mexican nationals charged with human smuggling resulting in three deaths. The deaths took place in a failed human smuggling attempt off the coast of San Diego, where at least three migrants drowned.
Four illegal aliens from Mexico are accused of being involved in an international human smuggling conspiracy linked to the Canadian border.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations agents interdicted an attempted human smuggling incident off the coast of California, according to Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks. A video posted on X shows the agents ramming the alleged smuggler’s boat in an attempt to stop them.
An illegal alien has been indicted for his alleged role in smuggling a teen into the country and inducing her to say she was his sister.
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) transferred control and administrative jurisdiction of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the New Mexico-Mexico border to the Department of the Army. The move by the Interior Department is to comply with President Donald Trump’s order for the U.S. military to take control of federal land along our southern border.
West Texas Sheriff Thad Cleveland knows better than anyone that you can’t take your eyes off the border, even in the most remote parts of the Lone Star State. Despite the slowdown in illegal alien crossings nationwide and an increase in deportations, Cleveland tells Breitbart Texas, “Even though crossings have decreased, we are still tracking groups of illegal aliens hoping to get away from authorities, some we fear may attempt to return after recent removals.”
A suspect involved in an alleged illegal alien smuggling venture is now in an Arizona hospital after crashing his vehicle while fleeing from the U.S. Border Patrol. According to authorities, the unidentified United States citizen was attempting to smuggle three illegal aliens into the United States before crashing the vehicle on Saturday.
Eagle Pass, Texas, police officers apprehended two men shortly after they illegally crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S. The men were wearing wet suits and apparently used underwater propulsion devices to assist their undetected crossing.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his state police teamed up with ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents to arrest a Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang member. HSI says this is the first in the nation arrest of a TdA gang member under the Alien Enemies Act, the governor said.
St. Patrick’s Day turned out to be a bad day for human smuggling as police in Louisiana arrested a man for driving a Mexican national from Austin, Texas, to Florida. The alleged human smuggler, also a Mexican national, previously received legal status in the U.S. under the Obama-Biden era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
The U.S. Treasury Department placed the leader of a cartel-connected human smuggling organization in its blacklist — a move that looks to freeze all of their assets and forbids any U.S. citizen from doing business with them.
Two migrants have died in attempts to cross the treacherous waters of the English Channel from France to Britain over the past two days.
An alleged human smuggler now faces additional federal charges of attempting to bribe a U.S. Border Patrol agent. The alleged bribery happened after a Santa Teresa, New Mexico, Station agent arrested the Mexican national for illegally re-entering the United States after removal.
A member of Mexico’s National Guard pleaded guilty to using his position to help a car theft ring that was supplying vehicles from Texas to the Gulf Cartel in Mexico.
Un miembro de la Guardia Nacional de México se declaró culpable de usar su posición para ayudar a una red de robo de autos que suministraba vehículos al Cártel del Golfo en México.
A man from Laredo, Texas, is under arrest after Texas Department of Public Safety troopers allegedly caught him smuggling illegal aliens. The arrest followed a dangerous high-speed pursuit through a residential neighborhood near the state’s border with Mexico.
A pair of Guatemalan men who allegedly operated one of the biggest human smuggling rings in the United States have been taken into custody in Los Angeles, California.
A social media post by the Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, Michael W. Banks, shows February apprehensions to be a record low for the Agency. Banks’s post reveals the startling impact of the Trump presidency on illegal migration to the United States in the 42 days since assuming office.
Many of the same smugglers who made money bringing people into the U.S. illegally are now profiting by taking self-deportees back to Venezuela.
The Trump administration is investigating the dangerous lack of vetting of migrant children during the Biden administration that left thousands of them open to illegal labor and sex trafficking and exploitation.
Border Patrol agents arrested multiple criminal aliens who illegally crossed the border into the United States. Many of these included illegal aliens with previous convictions for sex crimes and crimes against children.
Border Patrol agents in Michigan arrested a “leader of hitmen with the Gulf Cartel” during an immigration enforcement action last week.
Court sentenced a Syrian national to three years in prison after finding him guilty of causing the death by negligence of a 3-year-old.
Mexican officials teamed up with U.S. Border Patrol to locate another cross-border smuggling tunnel. Officials report the finding of a tunnel on Tuesday near the Stanton-Lerdo Port of Entry in El Paso.
