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Category: Immigration
October 2, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Immigration

Single Sector on U.S. Northern Border Sees Unprecedented Surge of Illegals, More Than Past 17 Years Combined.

A Border Patrol sector on the United States-Canadian border has seen an unprecedented number of illegal immigrants in the last year. Covering New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire, the sector has seen border agents detain nearly 20,000 illegal immigrants for the fiscal year 2024. The number of arrests suggests the surge of illegal crossings under the Biden-Harris government is not just impacting the southern border.

According to Chief Patrol Agent Robert Garcia, who oversees the U.S. border’s Swanton Sector, his agents have apprehended 19,222 individuals attempting to cross the border from Canada illegally. He adds that the detained are believed to originate from at least 97 different countries—adding further evidence that the U.S. border crisis is no longer just fueled by illegal immigrants from a handful of Central and South American countries.

Concerningly, the border data released by Garcia shows that far fewer illegal immigrants—6,925—were arrested in his sector in the 2023 fiscal year, and 1,065 in the fiscal year 2022. The number of illegals arrested while crossing from Canada in the Swanton Sector only broke 1,000 apprehensions in a single fiscal year under President Donald J. Trump and has otherwise not crossed into the quadruple digits since 2010.

The Biden-Harris government’s executive action, allegedly intended to reduce the number of asylum seekers entering the United States, only applies to the southern border with Mexico. It is unclear when, in the fiscal year 2024, the Swanton Sector saw the most illegal crossings. The National Pulse reported in August that the Biden-Harris government’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has sought to expedite the asylum process for illegal immigrants entering from Canada.

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A Border Patrol sector on the United States-Canadian border has seen an unprecedented number of illegal immigrants in the last year. Covering New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire, the sector has seen border agents detain nearly 20,000 illegal immigrants for the fiscal year 2024. The number of arrests suggests the surge of illegal crossings under the Biden-Harris government is not just impacting the southern border. show more
October 1, 2024
Immigration

Tim Walz’s Minnesota Swears in First Non-Citizen Cops, Including Hijab-Clad Somali Muslim.

The most populous city in Minnesota, controlled by Democratic vice presidential hopeful Governor Tim Walz, has sworn in its first non-U.S. citizen police officer. Lesly Vera, who was born in Mexico, took the oath of office in Minneapolis last week.

The move follows a policy change by the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) in 2023, eliminating the citizenship prerequisite for law enforcement candidates. Under the new guidelines, candidates only need to be residents authorized to work in the U.S.

“Our 23 new officers include the first Somali-American woman to join the department and the first permanent resident. A police service that looks like our residents is better able to serve our residents, and I couldn’t be more proud of the department we’re building under Chief O’Hara,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said.

Elon Musk, CEO of X, expressed concerns about the move, noting the Roman Empire’s reliance on noncitizens in its military prior to its collapse.

Similar initiatives to put migrants in police uniforms are underway across the country. In the U.S. capital of Washington D.C., foreign nationals can even receive $25,000 signing bonuses.

Noncitizens can also run U.S. elections—despite technically being banned from voting in them—including Kelly Wong, a Chinese citizen appointed to the San Francisco Elections Commission.

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The most populous city in Minnesota, controlled by Democratic vice presidential hopeful Governor Tim Walz, has sworn in its first non-U.S. citizen police officer. Lesly Vera, who was born in Mexico, took the oath of office in Minneapolis last week. show more
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October 1, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Crime
Immigration

Tren de Aragua Sex Attacker Arrested After Tim Walz’s Sanctuary City Policies Prevented His Deportation.

A jail in Democrat Governor Tim Walz’s Minnesota released a Venezuelan gang member from jail after just three days last November. Alejandro Coronel-Zarate, an alleged member of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang, was arrested again this month in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, after choking and beating a local woman in Madison last year.

Minnesota’s Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department had arrested Coronel-Zarate in November but, due to sanctuary city policies, refused to inform Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents of the arrest, likely preventing his deportation and releasing him before a possible arrest by Wisconsin authorities.

Coronel-Zarate entered the U.S. illegally around September 2023, crossing the border in the area of El Paso, Texas. In early November, Madison police received the report from the female victim, and Coronel-Zarate was arrested shortly after the report in Minneapolis over an alleged car theft.

While Minneapolis police did contact Wisconsin authorities, Coronel-Zarate had been released after 36 hours and fled before they could arrest him in relation to the alleged assault charges. It was not until September 2024 that police in Wisconsin were able to arrest him after he resurfaced in Prairie du Chien in late August.

TIM WALZ’S ANTI-BORDER RECORD.

Governor Tim Walz—the 2024 Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee—has previously compared ICE enforcement actions to “terrorism.”

During a 2017 campaign event, he stated, “The week after I was elected in 2006… I drove out to Worthington as the congressman-elect, went into the basement of the Catholic Church where Father Brixius was, who asked me to look around at all the children crying, and he said, ‘This is what terrorism looks like in America today.’”

Walz was referring to an ICE action that took part in 2006 against illegals accused of stealing or buying Social Security numbers to obtain work at meat packing plants.

Vice President Kamala Harris, the democrat nominee for president and Walz’s running mate has compared ICE agents to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in the past as well. Speaking at a Senate hearing in 2018, Harris questioned Ronald Vitiello—the then-acting director of ICE— and pressed him on the history of the KKK and its targeting people based on their race, asking if he saw any “parallels” to the group and ICE.

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A jail in Democrat Governor Tim Walz's Minnesota released a Venezuelan gang member from jail after just three days last November. Alejandro Coronel-Zarate, an alleged member of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang, was arrested again this month in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, after choking and beating a local woman in Madison last year. show more
September 30, 2024
William Upton
Crime
Immigration
News

Eight Alleged Migrants Jailed for Looting in Flood-Ravaged State.

Eight alleged migrants have been arrested for looting in an area of eastern Tennessee that has been severely impacted by flooding and mudslides caused by Hurricane Helene. The men, arrested on Saturday, faced their first court appearance on Monday.

Five of the men are being charged with aggravated burglary. Washington County law enforcement says they broke into occupied structures to rob individuals impacted by the catastrophic flooding. They have been identified as Albin Nahun Vega-Rapalo, 24; David Bairon Rapalo-Rapalo, 37; Kevin Noe Martinez-Lopez, 25; Marvin Hernandez-Martinez, 43; and Dayln Gabriel Guillen Guillen, 37.

Meanwhile, an additional three men have been charged with burglary after being caught looting unoccupied buildings. The three are identified as Jesus Leodan Garcia-Peneda, 51; Josue Berardo Ortis-Valdez, 30; and Ersy Leonel Ortis-Valdez, 33.

“Kamala [Harris] and [Joe] Biden don’t have the resources to rescue Americans [but they do] have the resources to import migrants to loot them,” commented Stephen Miller, a former advisor to Donald Trump.

APOCALYPTIC STORM DAMAGE.

A large swath of the United States, almost 500 miles wide and stretching from Florida through Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, southern Virginia, and Kentucky, was devastatingly impacted by Hurricane Helene over the weekend. Making landfall in the Florida panhandle, the storm’s high winds caused extensive damage along the Gulf Coast.

As the storm moved north, catastrophic flooding occurred as Helene dumped historic amounts of rain throughout the Appalachian Mountains. Consequently, millions are without power, and hundreds are believed dead. Mudslides and flash floods destroyed numerous small towns dotting the mountain valleys throughout western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee.

The Biden-Harris government has been the target of sharp criticism for its slow response to the crisis. President Joe Bident spent the weekend with family at his Delaware beach home. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris attended several campaign fundraisers on the West Coast, only returning to Washington, D.C., on Monday.

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Eight alleged migrants have been arrested for looting in an area of eastern Tennessee that has been severely impacted by flooding and mudslides caused by Hurricane Helene. The men, arrested on Saturday, faced their first court appearance on Monday. show more
September 30, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Immigration
Politics
World

Populists Win Historic Victory Driven by Youth Vote.

Austria’s populist Freedom Party (FPOe) achieved its largest election success in the party’s history on Sunday, September 29, as young voters flocked to support the anti-mass migration party and its “remigration” policies. The FPOe won 29.2 percent of the national vote, beating their previous record of 26.9 percent back in 1999 when the party entered a coalition government as the junior partner of the center-right Austrian People’s Party (OeVP).

Herbert Kickl, leader of the FPOe and an ally of Hungary’s Viktor Orban in the European Union (EU), ran on an anti-mass migration platform and endorsed the concept of “remigration,” which could see large-scale deportations of illegal aliens and possibly incentives for migrants to return to their home countries.

“These invaders want to harm us, endanger our security and our prosperity,” Kickl said during the election campaign, calling for “Fortress Austria.”

The FPOe has become very popular among young voters, attaining first place among those under the age of 34 and winning 37 percent of the vote among those aged 35 to 59.

Despite winning the election, Kickl and his party will have to form a coalition government with another party for a majority in the Austrian parliament. Unlike Germany‘s Alternative for Germany (AfD) and France’s National Rally (RN), there is no so-called cordon sanitaire against the Austrian populists, with all other parties colluding to shut them out of office. This means there is a realistic prospect the FPOe could form a government with the center-right OeVP.

The OeVP last formed a coalition with the FPOe in 2017, which lasted until 2019. However, the OeVP was the senior partner in that coalition, and it is unclear whether it would accept a junior role with Kickl rather than an OeVP politician becoming Chancellor.

The Social Democrats, Greens, and liberal NEOS group have all ruled out working with the FPOe.

Image by C.Stadler/Bwag.

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Austria's populist Freedom Party (FPOe) achieved its largest election success in the party's history on Sunday, September 29, as young voters flocked to support the anti-mass migration party and its "remigration" policies. The FPOe won 29.2 percent of the national vote, beating their previous record of 26.9 percent back in 1999 when the party entered a coalition government as the junior partner of the center-right Austrian People's Party (OeVP). show more
September 30, 2024
Crime
Immigration

Machete-Wielding Syrian Migrant Arrested After Rampage Leaves 31 Injured.

A 41-year-old Syrian national has been apprehended following a series of violent incidents on Saturday evening. Local authorities in Essen, Germany, report that the man used a machete and a van to carry out attacks across the city, which resulted in injuries to 31 people, including several children. The condition of some of the injured, especially the children, remains critical.

The chaos commenced around 5:10 PM when the assailant, who was pictured carrying a Palestinian flag, set fire to a residential building at the intersection of Altenessener Strasse and Pielsticker Strasse. Following this, another building on Zollvereinstrasse was also set alight. Residents made desperate efforts to rescue individuals trapped in the burning structures, with some onlookers capturing poignant images of parents handing their children to rescuers. Official reports from the police indicated 29 injuries caused by the fires, while the fire department counted 31 total injuries.

After starting the fires, the attacker drove his van to Katernberger Strasse, where he rammed it into a greengrocer’s shop twice. Exiting the vehicle, he then threatened passers-by with a machete. People in the vicinity attempted to defend themselves by throwing objects at the assailant.

Police were quickly called to the scene and found the man in a shed near the greengrocer’s shop. He was cornered and, following a tense standoff during which officers warned him to lie down, subdued without further violence.

ESTRANGED WIFE WAS TARGET?

“This was all the work of a man who may not have been able to cope with the separation from his ex-wife. Many people were seriously injured, and apparently, he didn’t care about the damage his actions caused,” said CDU Interior Minister Herbert Reul of North Rhine-Westphalia following the attacks.

The National Pulse reported in August that one in 10 Syrians now live in Germany, with nearly half taking state welfare assistance.

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A 41-year-old Syrian national has been apprehended following a series of violent incidents on Saturday evening. Local authorities in Essen, Germany, report that the man used a machete and a van to carry out attacks across the city, which resulted in injuries to 31 people, including several children. The condition of some of the injured, especially the children, remains critical. show more
sweden quran burning
September 30, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
Immigration
World

Violent Crime EXPLODES in Europe’s ‘Shining Example’ of Mass Migration.

In 2023 alone, 195 shootings and 72 bombings have resulted in 30 deaths in the European Union (EU) member state of Sweden. Migration-background gangs are responsible for much of the criminal activity, with gang members from Sweden recently killed in Muslim-majority countries like Bosnia, Iraq, and Turkey, which have exported a significant number of their nationals to the Nordic country. The gang activity is escaping containment within Sweden’s borders, with neighboring countries like Norway and Denmark suffering from a spillover of Swedish gang activity.

The left media, as well as liberal politicians and parties in the Western world, have long attempted to portray Sweden as a “shining example” on the topic of mass migration. The reality, however, has become extremely dark.

“They would like to be this shining example: have a lot of refugees coming to Sweden, [and] have a good economy, and don’t have any right-wing, populist parties in parliament. But that just fell apart,” opined Patrik Öhberg, a professor of political science at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

In Norway, former Justice Minister Sylvi Listhaug warns that the country must avoid falling into “Swedish conditions,” referring to the growing gang violence. Norwegian police suspect that a bombing in Drøbak, near the capital of Oslo, is the work of Sweden-based gangs, now believed to operate in all 12 Norwegian police districts.

Danish authorities have also reported a rise in Sweden-based criminals crossing into their country. In early September, Danish authorities charged two Swedish teenagers with attempted murder. Danish police say organized crime gangs operating in both Sweden and Denmark recruited the teens. Danish Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard expressed concern over the recruitment of young “child soldiers” to carry out attacks on Danish soil.

Swedish and Danish officials held emergency talks in August, with Swedish Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer acknowledging the severity of the issue and promising more decisive action.

Sweden’s center-right government, backed by the populist Sweden Democrats (SD), is increasing penalties for gun crimes and introducing stop-and-search zones. It also plans to offer migrants $34,000 to return to their homelands.

Stricter asylum policies since populists gained influence in government saw migration figures turn negative this year, but this may have been a statistical trick. Many issues with social division and lack of integration remain endemic.

Image by Patrick Buechner.

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In 2023 alone, 195 shootings and 72 bombings have resulted in 30 deaths in the European Union (EU) member state of Sweden. Migration-background gangs are responsible for much of the criminal activity, with gang members from Sweden recently killed in Muslim-majority countries like Bosnia, Iraq, and Turkey, which have exported a significant number of their nationals to the Nordic country. The gang activity is escaping containment within Sweden's borders, with neighboring countries like Norway and Denmark suffering from a spillover of Swedish gang activity. show more
Migrant Crime
September 27, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Crime
Immigration

Biden-Harris Released 13,000+ Convicted Killers Into the U.S.

The Biden-Harris government has released over 13,000 murderers, over 5,000 sexual assault convicts, and over 662,000 criminals overall into the United States. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) Deputy Director Patrick J. Lechleitner released the statistics, which Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) published on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, September 27.

According to the ICE report, 13,099 illegal alien convicted killers have been released into the United States, along with 15,811 criminals convicted of sexual assault, another 9,461 convicted of other sex offenders, 2,521 kidnappers, and 56,533 dangerous drug offenders, among others.

Lechleitner claims that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has “removed or returned more than 893,000 individuals” since mid-May last year. However, he also admits that a total of 662,566 illegals with criminal histories have illegally entered the United States and remain in the country. Of the total still in the U.S. illegally, just under 15,000 are currently being detained by ICE, while the remainder remain at large.

“As of July 21, 2024, there were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on ICE’s national docket—13,099 criminally convicted MURDERS! Americans deserve to be SAFE in our own communities,” Rep. Gonzales said.

Under the border policies of the Biden-Harris regime, millions of illegals have flowed into the United States, including notorious gang members like those belonging to Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua. Many illegals have committed heinous crimes after entering the country, with several high-profile murders linked to illegals, including the killing of nursing student Laken Riley in February of this year.

In one notable case, the Biden-Harris regime released a Peruvian gang leader wanted in connection to 23 murders into the country earlier this year. Gianfranco Torres-Navarro, lead of the “Los Killers,” allegedly specializes in contract killings.

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The Biden-Harris government has released over 13,000 murderers, over 5,000 sexual assault convicts, and over 662,000 criminals overall into the United States. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) Deputy Director Patrick J. Lechleitner released the statistics, which Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) published on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, September 27. show more
September 27, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
Immigration

Town Allocates $10M More to Combat Venezuelan Gang the Media Said Wasn’t A Problem.

Local leaders in Aurora, Colorado, are planning to increase the police budget by $10 million to combat the rise in international gang activity and retail crime after previously downplaying the impact of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua on the city. The total budget for law enforcement will reach nearly $165 million in 2025, with police currently understaffed and struggling to cope with rising levels of migrant crime.

Aurora has become a focus of media attention after a viral video in August showed armed gang members stalking through an apartment complex. Former President Donald J. Trump has highlighted the issues in Aurora as an example of rampant migrant crime under the Biden-Harris government. However, Colorado’s Democratic Governor Jared Polis has downplayed the issue, claiming conservatives are exaggerating the situation, and some Republican-in-name-only (RINO) officials in the city are joining Polis in minimizing the situation.

Meanwhile, federal authorities confirm Tren de Aragua was involved in the apartment complex situation, and the moves to increase the police budget clearly indicate that Aurora’s situation is getting worse.

Jessica Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) warns, “We have next to no vetting for the Venezuelans who are entering the country because we have no relationship with the government of Venezuela,” with “no way of knowing whether they were in prison in Venezuela.”

Nevertheless, Venezuelans are among the nationalities fast-tracked for entry into the United States by the Biden-Harris governments under its Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) parole program.

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Local leaders in Aurora, Colorado, are planning to increase the police budget by $10 million to combat the rise in international gang activity and retail crime after previously downplaying the impact of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua on the city. The total budget for law enforcement will reach nearly $165 million in 2025, with police currently understaffed and struggling to cope with rising levels of migrant crime. show more
September 26, 2024
Crime
Immigration

Illegal Caught at Border & Freed by Biden-Harris Regime Kills in Maryland.

An illegal alien who was freed by the Biden-Harris regime after being detained at the southern border has been arrested and charged with murdering an 18-year-old girl in Maryland. The 23-year-old from El Salvador, Gerber Luis Sanchez Centeno, is charged with the first-degree murder of an 18-year-old woman, Dania Cruz-Mejia, also from El Salvador. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, Maryland, a self-declared sanctuary county.

Authorities state that Sanchez Centeno and Cruz-Mejia had been in a relationship for two years before both entered the United States. According to police, Cruz-Mejia was murdered on September 18 during a dispute with Sanchez Centeno. After an investigation, police apprehended Sanchez Centeno two days later. He is currently held in Montgomery County Jail without the option of bail.

Records indicate that Cruz-Mejia entered the U.S. earlier this year. Sanchez Centeno crossed the southern border on June 2, where he was detained by Border Patrol agents near Santa Teresa, New Mexico. On that same day, he was placed in the Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program, fitted with a GPS ankle monitor, and released. Federal data shows that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had available detention beds at the time of his release.

By early August, Sanchez Centeno had absconded from the monitoring program, leading DHS to terminate his enrollment. The practice of releasing migrants from ATD monitoring mere weeks after initiation has been on the rise under the current administration.

The case comes just after it was revealed that members of the notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were also released by the Biden-Harris regime into the United States after being detained at the border earlier this year. Another illegal arrested in June for the murder of a 12-year-old girl in Texas was also caught and released by the border officials.

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An illegal alien who was freed by the Biden-Harris regime after being detained at the southern border has been arrested and charged with murdering an 18-year-old girl in Maryland. The 23-year-old from El Salvador, Gerber Luis Sanchez Centeno, is charged with the first-degree murder of an 18-year-old woman, Dania Cruz-Mejia, also from El Salvador. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, Maryland, a self-declared sanctuary county. show more