British deportations have reached a six-year high—but this amounts to fewer than 9,000 people overall, and an increase in illegal immigration is substantially outpacing it. A total of 8,164 foreigners faced enforced returns last year, marking a 28 percent increase compared to the previous year. This figure represents the highest annual count since 2018, which saw 9,236 deportations.
Britain’s Home Office—roughly equivalent to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security—categorizes returns into three types: enforced returns managed directly by the agency, voluntary returns where individuals leave of their own volition, often with assistance, and port returns for those denied entry near the border. Last year, voluntary returns peaked at 25,186—the highest since 2016—while port returns saw a slight decline from the previous year to 23,009.
Four nationalities comprised nearly two-thirds of enforced returns in 2024, with Albanians leading at 32 percent, followed by Romanians, Brazilians, and Poles. Albanians make up a large percentage of those coming to Britain by boat from France.
The total number of illegals living in the United Kingdom was estimated to be as high as 1.2 million in 2017, with a study released last year suggesting that the country has the most illegal immigrants of any European country.
British deportations have reached a six-year high—but this amounts to fewer than 9,000 people overall, and an increase in illegal immigration is substantially outpacing it. A total of 8,164 foreigners faced enforced returns last year, marking a 28 percent increase compared to the previous year. This figure represents the highest annual count since 2018, which saw 9,236 deportations.
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A Mexican national, previously deported from the U.S., has been charged in connection with a multiple shooting in Michigan, according to local media outlets. Gilberto Hernandez-Mendez, 42, faces eleven charges, including murder, attempted murder, and several weapons violations. The charges stem from a February 22 incident in Alpine Township, a northern suburb of Grand Rapids.
Police allege that Hernandez-Mendez shot three women at a residence in the early hours of the morning following a domestic dispute, according to investigators. Officers responding to the scene discovered Norma Ramirez-Martinez, 56, deceased. She was identified as the mother of the suspect’s ex-girlfriend. The ex-girlfriend and another woman were injured in the shooting. Authorities indicated that two daughters of the ex-girlfriend also sustained injuries. The suspect fled the scene but was apprehended roughly four hours afterward.
Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker described the violence as part of a troubling trend, noting, “This is the third domestic dispute-related homicide in Kent County within a month.” He confirmed that Hernandez-Mendez had previously been deported for entering the country illegally and faces federal immigration charges. An immigration detainer is currently in place against him.
President Donald J. Trump announced the opening of a 30,000-bed detention facility on the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in January for the most dangerous illegals, including illegal immigrants too dangerous to return to their home countries. This may include people like Hernandez-Mendez, who have demonstrated a capacity to return to the U.S. and carry out crimes even after being removed from the country.
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A Mexican national, previously deported from the U.S., has been charged in connection with a multiple shooting in Michigan, according to local media outlets. Gilberto Hernandez-Mendez, 42, faces eleven charges, including murder, attempted murder, and several weapons violations. The charges stem from a February 22 incident in Alpine Township, a northern suburb of Grand Rapids.
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A coalition of seasoned military contractors, spearheaded by former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and ex-Blackwater COO Bill Mathews, has presented the Trump White House with a plan to deliver mass deportations. The proposal, outlined in a comprehensive 26-page document delivered to President Donald J. Trump’s team before his inauguration, promises to deport 12 million illegal aliens by the 2026 midterms using “processing camps” on military bases, a fleet of 100 private planes, and a citizen-led “small army” empowered to apprehend violators, at a projected cost of $25 billion.
The plan, seen by POLITICO and marked “unsolicited,” says deporting 12 million people within two years “would require the government to eject nearly 500,000 illegal aliens per month,” necessitating a “600 percent increase in activity.”
Recognizing the federal government’s limitations, the group argues, “It is unlikely that the government could swell its internal ranks to keep pace with this demand … in order to process this enormous number of deportations, the government should enlist outside assistance.”
Prince, a longtime Trump ally, leads the effort alongside Mathews and a team of former immigration officials under the banner of a new entity, 2USV. Despite an initial surge in arrests following President Trump’s return to office, the pace has tapered, highlighting the urgent need for additional manpower and detention capacity. The contractors’ proposal fills this gap, offering a privatized force of 10,000 deputized citizens—veterans, retired law enforcement, and former ICE agents—ready to act under the command of Border Czar Tom Homan.
Top White House officials are actively engaging with military contractors as Capitol Hill Republicans push for more funding to support Trump’s immigration crackdown. War Room host Stephen K. Bannon, a key figure in Trump’s first administration, who is aware of the plan, praised its ambitious scope: “People want this stood up quickly, and understand the government is always very slow to do things. It’s smart to start bidding out right now and get a feel for what else outside companies, contractors can do.”
The plan’s scope is massive: a fleet of 49 readily available planes, expandable to 100, would transport deportees, while temporary camps on U.S. Army bases could be erected in under a week. “The management team of 2USV includes individuals and companies that specialize in erecting temporary housing facilities,” the document states, citing prior success with Afghan refugee camps and U.S. Customs and Border Protection projects. A legal framework to streamline deportations includes mass hearings conducted by 2,000 attorneys and paralegals, ensuring rapid processing while maintaining order.
White House spokesman Kush Desai says the administration “remains aligned on and committed to a whole-of-government approach to securing our borders, mass deporting criminal illegal migrants, and enforcing our immigration laws.” While the proposal’s fate remains uncertain—it’s been circulating among Trump allies since December—Desai was non-commital on it, saying, “White House officials receive numerous unsolicited proposals from various private sector players, [but] it is ultimately up to the agencies responsible for carrying out the President’s agenda to consider and sign contracts to advance their mission.”
Prince and Mathews frame their bid as an economic and national security imperative, echoing Trump’s rhetoric: “In order to save the U.S. economy, the nation has to eject as many of these illegal aliens as quickly as possible,” they declare, pointing to burdens on welfare, education, and public safety.
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A coalition of seasoned military contractors, spearheaded by former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and ex-Blackwater COO Bill Mathews, has presented the Trump White House with a plan to deliver mass deportations. The proposal, outlined in a comprehensive 26-page document delivered to President Donald J. Trump’s team before his inauguration, promises to deport 12 million illegal aliens by the 2026 midterms using “processing camps” on military bases, a fleet of 100 private planes, and a citizen-led “small army” empowered to apprehend violators, at a projected cost of $25 billion.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced the closure of the Asylum Seeker Arrival Center at the Roosevelt Hotel, which will wind down operations for the next several months. The hotel, with roughly 1,000 rooms, has been operating as a housing shelter and processing center for illegal immigrantasylum seekers since May 2023 as unlawful border crossings surged under former President Joe Biden.
The Manhattan-based hotel turned illegal immigrant processing center has facilitated the registration of over 173,000 migrants, representing nearly three-quarters of the 232,000 migrants who entered New York City since spring 2022, according to Mayor Adams’s office.
“Today we are announcing the Roosevelt Hotel, which served as both our asylum arrivals center and the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center for nearly two years, will be closing in the coming months thanks to the successful strategies we put in place here in New York City,” Mayor Adams said in a video announcing the closure. He added: “The Roosevelt Hotel was opened in May 2023 during the height of the crisis, with the city receiving an average of 4,000 arrivals each week. Now, thanks to our policies, we’re down to an average of just 350 new arrivals each week.”
The closure is part of a broader plan to shut down 53 emergency shelter sites by June, as the number of migrants under city care has fallen from a peak of 69,000 to under 45,000. However, the move also appears spurred by the Trump administration’s seizure of $59 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds that had been funneled to several New York City hotels operating as shelters.
Notably, the Roosevelt Hotel briefly hosted illegal Venezuelan immigrant Jose Ibarra, who, after later obtaining a humanitarian flight to Atlanta, Georgia, murdered nursing student Laken Riley.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced the closure of the Asylum Seeker Arrival Center at the Roosevelt Hotel, which will wind down operations for the next several months. The hotel, with roughly 1,000 rooms, has been operating as a housing shelter and processing center for illegal immigrant asylum seekers since May 2023 as unlawful border crossings surged under former President Joe Biden.
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Stephen Miller, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, stated in a briefing that the U.S. will utilize the resources of multiple federal departments to support President Donald J. Trump’s mass deportation program. “I can promise you that the full might of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, and every element and instrument of national power will be used to remove with speed all criminal illegals from the soil of the United States of America, to enforce final removal orders, and to ensure that this country is for American citizens and those that legally belong in this country,” he vowed.
Miller confirmed the administration is committed to removing all criminal illegal immigrants from the United States, enforcing removal orders, and maintaining the integrity of American citizenship.
Miller outlined actions taken early in Trump’s presidency, referencing challenges inherited from the Biden-Harris government, such as a non-operational U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) previously focused on resettling illegal immigrants instead of removing them. “In 30 days, the president sealed the border shut, declared the cartels to be terrorist organizations, has increased ICE deportations to levels not seen in decades, and we are shortly on the verge of achieving a pace and speed of deportations this country has never before seen,” he stressed.
In just the first 18 days of the administration, approximately 11,000 illegal immigrants were deported. Plans are in place to expand detention facilities, with the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba already receiving illegals and ramping up to accommodate up to 30,000 detainees.
The administration reports a sharp decrease in illegal border crossings. Since January 20, apprehensions at ports of entry have reportedly dropped by 93 percent.
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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller: “Today, it is officially the law of the land… that 6 Mexican cartels, and 2 transnational gangs—Tren de Aragua and MS-13… are now formally designated as foreign terrorist organizations… This is a sea change in U.S. policy.” pic.twitter.com/97XvJVO4Ma
Stephen Miller, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, stated in a briefing that the U.S. will utilize the resources of multiple federal departments to support President Donald J. Trump's mass deportation program. “I can promise you that the full might of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, and every element and instrument of national power will be used to remove with speed all criminal illegals from the soil of the United States of America, to enforce final removal orders, and to ensure that this country is for American citizens and those that legally belong in this country,” he vowed.
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France’s Senate voted Thursday to support a bill prohibiting illegal aliens from marrying in the country as the government intensifies a crackdown on illegal immigration. The measure—which the left labels unconstitutional—cleared its first reading in the upper house with 227 votes in favor and 110 opposed and is championed by immigration hardliners Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau and Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin.
The legislation now heads to the National Assembly, France’s lower house, for further debate. The move underscores a rightward shift in French politics, spurred by last summer’s legislative elections that left parliament deadlocked, with Marine Le Pen’s populist National Rally (RN) winning the most seats of any single party.
The French authorities aim to curb sham marriages and seal loopholes that illegal immigrants exploit to secure residence permits or citizenship through matrimony.
This push defies a 2003 ruling from the French Constitutional Council, which declared that a foreigner’s illegal status alone cannot block their right to marry. Green Senator Melanie Vogel slammed the bill as “a blatant assault on the Constitution,” while Socialist Corinne Narassiguin accused it of fueling “a toxic atmosphere of xenophobia and racism.”
The proposal gained traction after a northern French mayor faced legal action from a former mosque leader, whom he refused to marry in 2023. That leader was later deported. French law mandates that all marriages occur in city halls, amplifying the stakes of such disputes.
The Senate’s decision also follows a recent incident where prosecutors called in Beziers mayor Robert Menard for rejecting a 2023 wedding between a French citizen and an Algerian illegal, spotlighting the growing tension over immigration controls in France.
France’s Senate voted Thursday to support a bill prohibiting illegal aliens from marrying in the country as the government intensifies a crackdown on illegal immigration. The measure—which the left labels unconstitutional—cleared its first reading in the upper house with 227 votes in favor and 110 opposed and is championed by immigration hardliners Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau and Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin.
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A recent report by the watchdog group Open the Books revealed vast sums lavished on grants for migrants by the Biden-Harris government. These grants, managed by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, totaled over $10 billion in just one fiscal year. The Office’s responsibilities include managing unaccompanied migrant children at the southern border and resettling refugees entering the United States legally.
The watchdog’s analysis of fiscal years shows a marked increase, with $2.4 billion awarded to nonprofits in FY 2021 and $3.4 billion in FY 2022. This spiked to $10 billion during FY 2023 before decreasing to $4.2 billion in FY 2024. This surge occurred alongside an escalating migrant crisis from 2021 to 2024.
The funds were reportedly utilized for various initiatives, including actively aiding migrants in saving for vehicles and homes while providing loans and legal assistance. Open the Books CEO John Hart criticized the spending, stating, “We’re hurting American taxpayers… How is it moral to ask them to pay the bill for someone who wants to come to this country illegally?”
This revelation comes as scrutiny of government spending intensifies, spearheaded by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently retrieved $59 million initially allocated for migrant housing in New York City, terminating the employment of four Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staff involved in the transactions.
A recent report by the watchdog group Open the Books revealed vast sums lavished on grants for migrants by the Biden-Harris government. These grants, managed by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement, totaled over $10 billion in just one fiscal year. The Office's responsibilities include managing unaccompanied migrant children at the southern border and resettling refugees entering the United States legally.
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A status conference scheduled for March 3 regarding the fate of three Venezuelan illegal immigrants who successfully attained a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) from a U.S. District Court preventing them from being sent to a migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay has been canceled. The U.S. District Court in New Mexico—which granted the restraining order—vacated next month’s status conference after President Donald J. Trump’s administration deported the three men to their home country of Venezuela instead.
“This matter is before the Court on Respondents’ Notice of Removal, filed February 11, 2025. Having considered the information provided in the Notice of Removal, the Court hereby vacates the status conference set for March 3, 2025,” an order signed by the Chief Judge on Friday reads. The judicial order goes on to note that while the Court had issued a TRO preventing the three plaintiffs from being removed from the United States to the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Trump administration opted instead to return them to their home country of Venezuela. The Chief Judge rightfully notes this negates the need for further proceedings.
In early February, President Trump announced that illegal immigrants considered too dangerous to hold in standard U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities—or, in some instances, too dangerous to deport to their country of origin—would instead be sent to a 30,000-bed migrant holding facility at Guantanamo Bay. The individuals now being detained at the U.S. military base in Cuba include numerous members of the extremely violent Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua.
A status conference scheduled for March 3 regarding the fate of three Venezuelan illegal immigrants who successfully attained a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) from a U.S. District Court preventing them from being sent to a migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay has been canceled. The U.S. District Court in New Mexico—which granted the restraining order—vacated next month's status conference after President Donald J. Trump's administration deported the three men to their home country of Venezuela instead.
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President Donald J. Trump’s Attorney General, Pam Bondi, has announced charges against New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), dubbed the “Queen of Lawfare” by War Room host Stephen K. Bannon on Tuesday. Mark J. F. Schroeder, the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), has also been charged. The charges center on the Democrats’ alleged failure to enforce immigration laws in the state, resulting in American citizens being victimized by illegalaliens.
“This is a new DOJ. We are taking steps to protect American citizens,” Bondi announced, alongside “angel moms” whose children were murdered by illegal immigrants. Bondi is taking particular issue with so-called “green light laws” requiring illegals to be “tipped off” if the federal authorities request their details.
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BREAKING: @AGPamBondi announces the DOJ has filed charges against the State of New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul, AG Letitia James, and DMV Commissioner Mark Schroeder.
President Donald J. Trump's Attorney General, Pam Bondi, has announced charges against New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), dubbed the "Queen of Lawfare" by War Room host Stephen K. Bannon on Tuesday. Mark J. F. Schroeder, the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), has also been charged. The charges center on the Democrats' alleged failure to enforce immigration laws in the state, resulting in American citizens being victimized by illegal aliens.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced during Wednesday’s press briefing that President Donald J. Trump‘s policy of mass deportating illegal immigrants is continuing apace. This week already, according to Leavitt, 190 illegal immigrants from Venezuela have been returned directly to their home country on two deportation flights.
“On another important matter this week, illegal alien criminals continue to be arrested and sent home as part of the ongoing mass deportation effort of the Trump administration,” Leavitt stated during the White House press briefing. She continued: “Just this week, two planes—with 190 Venezuelan illegal aliens—arrived in the Venezuelan capital from Fort Bliss, Texas.”
She then provided examples of “some of the criminal illegal aliens who were arrested in the country this past week,” including “a citizen of Nigeria who had been convicted of money laundering,” a “citizen of Mexico who had been convicted of assault, and two more citizens convicted of aggravated assault.
The Trump administration is arranging for migrants who cannot be deported directly to their home countries to instead by removed to Guatemala or, in the case of criminals, El Salvador, or detained in Guantanamo Bay.
.@PressSec gives an update on the Trump admin’s efforts to arrest and deport illegal aliens:
-Two planes with 190 Venezuelan illegal aliens arrived in Venezuela.
-Illegal aliens convicted of money laundering, assault, and aggravated assault were taken off American streets. pic.twitter.com/Q4qSIJ0NPu
— Federation for American Immigration Reform (@FAIRImmigration) February 12, 2025
President Trump authorized the beginning of the mass deportation program—spearheaded by border czar Tom Homan—almost immediately after taking the Oath of Office on January 20 of this year. However, while raids led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continue, interference by open borders advocates, George Soros-controlled media companies, and even employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has resulted in illegal immigrants being tipped off to pending raids in several instances.
Subsequently, The National Pulse reported on Tuesday that Homan confirmed an individual connected to the FBI was the source of a leak that tipped off media and illegal immigrant gang members to an ICE raid in Los Angeles.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced during Wednesday's press briefing that President Donald J. Trump's policy of mass deportating illegal immigrants is continuing apace. This week already, according to Leavitt, 190 illegal immigrants from Venezuela have been returned directly to their home country on two deportation flights.
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