Thursday, November 6, 2025

Non-Citizens Accounted for 64% of Federal Arrests in 2018.

A recent report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reveals a significant shift in federal arrest numbers for noncitizens over a 20-year span. In 2018, non-U.S. citizens represented 64 percent of federal arrests, a notable rise from 1998, when they accounted for just 37 percent and U.S. citizens comprised 63 percent.

Despite noncitizens making up approximately seven percent of the U.S. population, according to 2017 Census Bureau data, the BJS report highlights that they were responsible for 15 percent of all federal arrests and an equal percentage of non-immigration crime prosecutions in U.S. district courts in 2018.

A notable increase was seen in the five judicial districts along the U.S.-Mexico border. Federal arrests in these regions nearly doubled from 33 percent in 1998 to 65 percent in 2018. The report indicates that almost 95 percent of this increase pertains to immigration offenses.

The data further reveals that Mexican nationals constituted about 40 percent of these noncitizen arrests, with Central Americans making up another 20 percent. Comparatively, U.S. citizens accounted for 36 percent of all federal offense arrests in 2018.

From 1998 to 2018, the percentage of federal arrests involving Mexican citizens increased from 28 percent to 40 percent, and arrests involving Central Americans surged from 1 percent to 20 percent. Meanwhile, U.S. citizen federal arrests saw a decrease from 63 percent to 36 percent.

The report also identifies the most common offenses leading to prosecutions of non-U.S. citizens in 2018. These include illegal reentry (72 percent), drug-related offenses (13 percent), fraud (4.5 percent), alien smuggling (4 percent), and visa misuse (2 percent). In contrast, U.S. citizens were most frequently prosecuted for drug offenses (38 percent), weapons charges (21 percent), fraud (12 percent), public order crimes (12 percent), and alien smuggling (6 percent).

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A recent report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reveals a significant shift in federal arrest numbers for noncitizens over a 20-year span. In 2018, non-U.S. citizens represented 64 percent of federal arrests, a notable rise from 1998, when they accounted for just 37 percent and U.S. citizens comprised 63 percent. show more

So Who’s Going to Rebuild Ukraine? You Guessed It… Migrants!

The neoliberal oligarchy hopes to reap profits from the aftermath of the Ukraine war by reconstructing with Middle Eastern, sub-Saharan, and South Asian migrant labor, believes Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse.

“They’ve created two major problems,” Kassam explained. “One being Ukraine and the war… the other being mass migration… So they find a solution to both of those problems: the idea of mass importation of people from South Asia, from the Arab world, and from sub-Saharan Africa into Ukraine.”

Kassam noted that Western politicians and corporations are already “divvying up” the reconstruction process despite the fact that “the war hasn’t ended, and they keep telling us that the end of the war isn’t in sight.”

“At the same time, you’ve got all these big, corporate, multinational American companies going out there and saying we want a piece of this, we want a piece of that,” he continued.

The corporations will not be going to “old boys” in Alabama or Arkansas for workers, he believes, but will resort to “cheap migrant labor,” who will be rewarded for their efforts with European citizenship. Kassam has previously predicted Ukraine will become the “first African nation in Europe.”

The National Pulse chief believes there has been a firm shift on Ukraine at Mar-a-Lago, however, with Donald Trump telling Republicans on Capitol Hill the Ukrainians are “never going to be there for us” and arguing “we should pay our own troops more” instead of funding Volodymyr Zelensky’s military.

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The neoliberal oligarchy hopes to reap profits from the aftermath of the Ukraine war by reconstructing with Middle Eastern, sub-Saharan, and South Asian migrant labor, believes Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse. show more

Chicago Homelessness Surges Amid Migrant Crisis.

Homelessness in Chicago has surged dramatically within the past year, reflecting a broader crisis rooted in continued economic challenges and a flood of migrants arriving from the southern border. According to the city’s annual snapshot, the number of homeless individuals has increased by 200 percent, rising from 6,139 in 2023 to 18,836 in 2024.

A significant portion of this increase comes from 13,679 “sheltered new arrivals” and 212 “unsheltered new arrivals.” The latter represents a 960 percent jump from last year’s count of 20. Additionally, 1,422 “unsheltered non-new arrivals” and 3,523 “sheltered non-new arrivals” were documented. Notably, almost 30 percent of the homeless population comprises children under 18.

The rise in homelessness coincides with the arrival of buses of migrants sent from Texas amid the Biden government’s border crisis. Chicago officials, including Maura McCauley from the Department of Family and Support Services, report efforts to resettle over 43,000 migrants.

McCauley cited the end of pandemic-era support measures and increasing housing costs as contributing factors. “We anticipated this increase and expanded our shelter capacity fivefold. Without these measures, the situation could have been unprecedented and tragic,” McCauley said.

Mayor Brandon Johnson has been a focal point of criticism due to the crisis. Community frustrations boiled over in April when Johnson proposed allocating $70 million to migrant care. Meanwhile, Johnson’s administration has imposed a 60-day limit for migrant stays in city shelters. However, officials do not foresee a mass exodus from shelters, citing staggered exit dates and residents possibly re-entering temporary shelters if necessary.

Despite public anger, Johnson continues to defend the city’s sanctuary policies. Tensions remain high as citizens demand more resources for local communities and transparency around city expenditures.

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Homelessness in Chicago has surged dramatically within the past year, reflecting a broader crisis rooted in continued economic challenges and a flood of migrants arriving from the southern border. According to the city’s annual snapshot, the number of homeless individuals has increased by 200 percent, rising from 6,139 in 2023 to 18,836 in 2024. show more

Biden’s DHS Released ISIS-Linked Migrant into U.S. After They Crossed The Southern Border.

A Tajikistani migrant connected to the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group was released into the United States by Joe Biden‘s Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The individual is among a group of foreign nationals apprehended in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New York City during a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) anti-terrorism operation.

The Tajik migrant entered the U.S. through the southern border and is believed to have been vetted by federal law enforcement. Initial screenings did not reveal ties between the Tajik migrant and ISIS. They were subsequently released into the U.S. interior and assigned a court date in 2025 to appear before a federal immigration judge. However, subsequent investigations raised concerns, prompting action by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.

Unchecked flows of illegal migrants at the U.S. southern border continue to pose a national security threat, with the Tajik ISIS affiliate being only the latest terrorist to gain entry to the country. The National Pulse previously reported that a known member of the Somali terrorist group al Shabaab was able to reside in the U.S. for almost a year due to an error by federal agencies.

In another concerning border security breach, an allegedly “demobilized” member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)—a communist-aligned terror group—was apprehended in Texas this past March. The Biden government twice released Mohammad Kharwin, an Afghan national associated with the Hezb-e-Islami group, into the U.S. interior after he initially crossed the border earlier in March 2023.

Since Fiscal Year 2021, almost 400 individuals on the Terrorist Watch List have been apprehended at the border trying to enter the U.S.

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A Tajikistani migrant connected to the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group was released into the United States by Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The individual is among a group of foreign nationals apprehended in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New York City during a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) anti-terrorism operation. show more

WATCH: Most ‘Biden Jobs’ Are Being Taken by Illegals as Regime Rewards ‘Illegality and Criminality.’

Most of the jobs created under Joe Biden “are not jobs for American workers,” according to Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse. “These are not jobs for either the native nor the legal migrant,” he told Turning Points USA founder Charlie Kirk.

Kassam says the public “rightly are sick of” of this “rewarding of illegality, rewarding of criminality” by the Biden regime, which may explain why the incumbent rates so poorly on the economy in polls, despite the corporate media insisting it is growing well.

The National Pulse has previously reported research by Steve Englander, head of macro at Standard Chartered, estimating that “undocumented [sic] immigrants account for half of job growth in FY24 so far.”

Even this may have been an underestimate, however, with research by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), covered by The National Pulse in February, finding Biden‘s vaunted “jobs recovery” is driven almost entirely by illegal immigrants.

Kassam has explained how this is possible before, noting that illegal immigrants are still able to take jobs if they are issued so-called employment authorization documents by the Biden regime. These enable them to work while they await their day in immigration court.

This is often set for years from the date they first encounter U.S. border officials, and hundreds of thousands have been granted a stealth amnesty as a result of the federal government terminating their asylum cases without any decision on their right to asylum being taken.

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Most of the jobs created under Joe Biden "are not jobs for American workers," according to Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse. "These are not jobs for either the native nor the legal migrant," he told Turning Points USA founder Charlie Kirk. show more

TERROR IN AMERICA: 8 ISIS Members Arrested After Crossing Southern Border.

Eight Tajikistan nationals with ties to ISIS were arrested by ICE and the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia after entering the U.S. illegally through our southern border.

The details: The suspects entered the U.S. without initial flags from Customs and Border Protection or the Department of Homeland Security. Post-release, they were identified as having ties to ISIS, raising alarms about possible terrorism threats.

How’d we find them? Wiretaps revealed one suspect discussed bombings reminiscent of the Boston Marathon attack.

Back up: This comes one week after FBI Director Christopher Wray testified to the Senate that he was concerned about an increased threat of a coordinated terrorist attack inside the U.S.

Big picture: This all circles back to Joe Biden’s reckless open border. 294 illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist have been apprehended at the southern border since Biden took office. And those are just the ones we caught. Customers and Border Protection estimate over 1.7 million illegal aliens have entered the U.S. undetected under Biden.

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Eight Tajikistan nationals with ties to ISIS were arrested by ICE and the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia after entering the U.S. illegally through our southern border. show more

WATCH: Even CNN Warns Biden Has Let Bloody ‘Tren de Aragua’ Gang Into America.

The danger posed by the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in the United States is now even being acknowledged by corporate media networks like CNN. According to the network, the violent Venezuelan street gang has gained footholds in several communities across the country under the Biden government—including towns in Texas, Florida, and New York. Additionally, court documents suggest that Diego Ibarra, brother of Jose Ibarra, the illegal alien accused of murdering Laken Riley, is likely a member of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.

“Federal authorities are warning that a ruthless criminal gang from Venezuela has now infiltrated the U.S.,” host Brianna Keilar warned on the network’s program CNN News Central. Meanwhile, her co-host, Boris Sanchez, added: “Tren De Aragua is accused of a string of seemingly unrelated crimes, from an alleged multistate human trafficking ring to the mysterious murder of a former police officer in Miami.”

The violent gang, which originated in the Venezuelan prison system, has been able to infiltrate the U.S. through the Biden government’s open borders policies. Consequently, this has resulted in increasing incidents of violent crime that law enforcement has tied to Tren de Aragua operations across the country.

“[F]ederal and local law enforcement and members of Congress and immigrants are all telling us the same thing. The gang is now here in the country and it poses a serious threat,” CNN admits. According to the network, border patrol agents in Texas identified upwards of 60 members of the violent gang in the fiscal year 2023 through criminal complaints and witness statements.

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The danger posed by the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in the United States is now even being acknowledged by corporate media networks like CNN. According to the network, the violent Venezuelan street gang has gained footholds in several communities across the country under the Biden government—including towns in Texas, Florida, and New York. Additionally, court documents suggest that Diego Ibarra, brother of Jose Ibarra, the illegal alien accused of murdering Laken Riley, is likely a member of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang. show more

Mass-Amnesty for Illegals is Coming.

Joe Biden is reportedly planning an executive order that would give amnesty to hundreds of thousands of people who entered the United States illegally.

The details: CBS News reports that the Biden regime is planning to “unlock temporary legal status and potentially a path to American citizenship for hundreds of thousands of [illegal] immigrants living in the U.S. illegally,” according to five people familiar with the White House discussions.

The mechanics: Under this mass amnesty order, Biden would use a policy called “parole in place” to give the illegals work permits and protect them from deportation as long as they have spouses who are American citizens.

  • They could also become eligible for permanent U.S. residency and even citizenship.

The sources for this CBS News report are two current U.S. officials, two former officials, and a congressional official—all of whom spoke anonymously.

What do Americans think? A brand new CBS News poll found that 62 percent of Americans agree with Donald Trump’s proposed policy to deport every single illegal alien.

Big picture: These plans come as Biden’s approval hovers at an all-time low, fueled by the American public’s rejection of his failed open border policies.

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Joe Biden is reportedly planning an executive order that would give amnesty to hundreds of thousands of people who entered the United States illegally. show more

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DATA: Majority Want ALL Illegals DEPORTED!

A recent CBS News/YouGov poll reveals that 62 percent of registered voters favor the U.S. government implementing a national program to deport all illegal immigrants. This includes support from one-third of Democratic voters. The survey, conducted from June 5 to June 7, encompassed 1,615 registered voters across the country, with a focus on battleground states such as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

The poll‘s findings echo earlier proposals by former President Donald J. Trump, who has pledged to undertake the “largest deportation” operation in American history if returned to the White House. In an interview with Time Magazine, Trump emphasized his intention to involve the National Guard in the effort, describing illegal immigrants as participants in an “invasion” of the country. Several polls have shown voters overwhelmingly agree with Trump’s use of “invasion” to describe the Biden government’s border crisis.

Customs and Border Protection reports reveal around eight million encounters with illegal immigrants at the southwest land border over the past three and a half years. This figure excludes an estimated 1.7 million “gotaways” who crossed without detection. The number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. is estimated to have grown significantly beyond the 10.5 million recorded in Joe Biden‘s first year in office.

Furthermore, the poll shows a divided opinion on Biden’s recent executive order aimed at managing border encounters. The order stipulates shutting down temporary asylum requests if daily border encounters an average of 2,500 at official entry points. Seventy percent of those surveyed approve of this executive order, while 30 percent disapprove.

Regarding trust in handling illegal border crossings, 70 percent of respondents believe Trump‘s policies would reduce crossings, in contrast to 20 percent for Biden‘s policies. Additionally, 49 percent think Biden’s policies would lead to an increase in illegal crossings.

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A recent CBS News/YouGov poll reveals that 62 percent of registered voters favor the U.S. government implementing a national program to deport all illegal immigrants. This includes support from one-third of Democratic voters. The survey, conducted from June 5 to June 7, encompassed 1,615 registered voters across the country, with a focus on battleground states such as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. show more

ICYMI: Biden Orders Border Patrol to Release Most Adult Illegals.

An internal memo from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) advises San Diego sector agents to release single adult migrants from over 100 countries, with only six designated high-risk nations receiving proper scrutiny.

The memo, issued after Joe Biden handed down an executive order ostensibly aimed at curbing illegal immigration, classifies adults from Uzbekistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Georgia, Moldova, and Kyrgyzstan as requiring mandatory referral for further vetting before release.

This indicates that, while the Biden regime is officially committing to stricter border enforcement, significant numbers of migrants, including those from China, the Middle East, and Africa, are continuing to be released into the United States.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials allege there are difficulties repatriating migrants from certain eastern hemisphere countries due to lack of cooperation from their home governments—but Biden has done little to impose sanctions on such countries, or withhold visas or foreign aid from them.

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk referred to the memo instructions as a policy of “voter importation” on his X platform, formerly known as Twitter.

Polls show an absolute majority of Americans believe Biden is deliberately “encouraging” illegal aliens to enter the United States to “create a permanent majority” for the Democrats over time.

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An internal memo from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) advises San Diego sector agents to release single adult migrants from over 100 countries, with only six designated high-risk nations receiving proper scrutiny. show more