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WATCH: Eye-popping illegal immigration stat prompts senator’s demand to ‘redouble’ deportations

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Testimony from a policy analyst at a libertarian think tank was unexpectedly highlighted by immigration hawks after he delivered an opening statement at a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing featuring controversial Fairfax County prosecutor Stephen Descano. The hearing, chaired by Rep. Thomas McClintock, R-Calif., examined several examples of … Read more

US deportations to El Salvador double as Bukele aligns himself with Trump agenda

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The number of people deported to El Salvador from the U.S. nearly doubled in the first months of 2026, according to official figures, coming as Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has positioned himself as an ally willing to help the Trump administration accelerate deportations, a central priority. The U.S. deported 5,033 … Read more

Tom Homan answers how many more deportations needed to restore country: ‘One hell of a shot’

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, responded to a question about how many more deportations are needed to bring the U.S. back to a country of legal citizens, saying, “millions.” Speaking with Fox News’ Will Cain on Thursday, Homan pushed back on rumors that the administration … Read more

Justice Department targets slow immigration judges as Trump pushes faster deportations

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PHOENIX — The Justice Department is aiming to weed out immigration judges who it feels are ruling too slowly or aren’t following the law, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday, as the Trump administration seeks to remake the courts and cut down on the backlog of 3.7 million cases to ease its mass deportation … Read more

Tom Homan: “Things weren’t perfect” in Minneapolis crackdown, but ICE not backing down on mass deportations

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Phoenix — In an exclusive interview with CBS News, Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, conceded “things weren’t perfect” during the large-scale immigration enforcement crackdown in Minneapolis but stressed that the administration is not backing down from its mass deportation effort. “Things weren’t perfect. We addressed it. We fixed it,” Homan said when asked if … Read more

Inside the heated clash over the DHS ‘master plan’ for deportations

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WASHINGTON — Homeland Security immigration leaders disagreed so vehemently over how to accomplish President Donald Trump’s goal of deporting 1 million people during his first year back in office that during a meeting over the issue, handlers had to “clear the room” to defuse tensions, two DHS officials familiar with the meeting told NBC News.  Subscribe … Read more

Pope Leo statements on Iran war and mass deportations inspire American cardinals to speak out

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When President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran this past week, it came after a chorus of world leaders called for an end to the war. One of those voices belonged to Leo XIV, the first-ever U.S.-born pope in the history of the Catholic Church. The 70-year-old pope was born Robert Prevost and grew … Read more

Democrats demand DHS, State Dept. watchdogs investigate third-country deportations

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A group of Democratic lawmakers called on the internal watchdogs of the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department on Tuesday to investigate the “unlawful and costly” policy of sending people to third countries to which they have no previous connections, according to a letter obtained exclusively by NBC News. Subscribe to read this … Read more

Still eyeing mass deportations, hard-liners push White House to expand targets

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The Trump administration is signaling a shift in immigration enforcement to more workplace arrests as hard-liners in the president’s base push him to begin a second, broader phase of his promised mass deportations. Some inside the White House have reportedly urged less talk of mass deportations ahead of the congressional midterms, as Americans express dissatisfaction … Read more

As Trump pushes deportations, immigration data becomes harder to find

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration likes to promote its immigration enforcement agenda through numbers, with ambitious goals to deport 1 million people, report zero releases at the U.S.-Mexico border and arrest thousands of alleged gang members. For all the boasting, the administration has been releasing less reliable, carefully vetted data than its predecessors on a … Read more