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New Trump Poll Reveals Shift As Midterms Near New Trump Poll Reveals Shift As Midterms Near
New Trump Poll Reveals Shift As Midterms Near President Donald Trump’s latest poll numbers are in, and they bring a fresh warning sign for his second term. A New York Times/Siena national survey of registered voters released Monday, May 18, found Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 37 percent, according to the Siena Research Institute. The poll also found that 59 percent of voters disapprove of Trump’s job performance. The result marks a second-term low for Trump in New York Times/Siena polling, according to The New York Times. Voters gave Trump poor marks across several major issues. The Siena Research Institute said majorities di…
MS-13-Linked Fugitive Wanted For Murder In El Salvador Found Living In Virginia: ICE MS-13-Linked Fugitive Wanted For Murder In El Salvador Found Living In Virginia: ICE
MS-13-Linked Fugitive Wanted For Murder In El Salvador Found Living In Virginia: ICE A fugitive wanted for aggravated homicide in El Salvador — and tied to the violent MS-13 gang — was found living in Virginia before being arrested by federal agents, officials announced. Federal authorities say the case underscores how someone with no known US criminal history can still be wanted for serious crimes overseas. They described her as "one of the media's 'non-criminals.'" US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested Idalia Isabel Morales-Mejia, who is wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide and has been identified as a documented associate of MS-13. The arres…
Most Common First, Last Names Revealed In New US Census Data Most Common First, Last Names Revealed In New US Census Data
Most Common First, Last Names Revealed In New US Census Data The most common last names in the US today would look very familiar to the country's first census takers. The US Census Bureau released data on Tuesday, April 14, that shows the most common first and last names reported in the 2020 Census. Despite massive population growth and waves of immigration, many of the most popular last names have remained among the leaders since the first census was conducted in 1790. Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, and Jones have been the top five last names, holding their rankings in 2000 and 2010. "It is certainly surprising given the enormous change in p…
‘Don’t Tell Lawyer’: Immigration Officer Took Cash In Recorded Bribery Scheme, Feds Say ‘Don’t Tell Lawyer’: Immigration Officer Took Cash In Recorded Bribery Scheme, Feds Say
‘Don’t Tell Lawyer’: Immigration Officer Took Cash In Recorded Bribery Scheme, Feds Say A former federal immigration officer admitted to taking bribes from immigrants in exchange for promises to fix their status, the FBI announced on Thursday, April 2. Amara Dukuly, 44, of Woodlyn, Delware County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the bribery of a public official, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf said on Wednesday, March 25. Dukuly, who worked as a fraud detection and national security officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, used his position from approximately 2015 through his arrest in June 2025 to solicit payments from individuals seeking help w…
Deadly Virginia Stabbing Sparks ICE Warning: ‘Do Not Let This Murderer Go Free’ Deadly Virginia Stabbing Sparks ICE Warning: ‘Do Not Let This Murderer Go Free’
Deadly Virginia Stabbing Sparks ICE Warning: ‘Do Not Let This Murderer Go Free’ A man accused of a deadly stabbing inside a Fairfax County home is now at the center of a growing political firestorm, with federal immigration officials imploring Virginia leaders not to release him. Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, 38, was arrested on Sunday, March 30, one day after a man was found stabbed to death inside a home on Bellview Drive in Bailey’s Crossroads, according to police. Officers were called shortly before 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, to the 6000 block of Bellview Drive, where they found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds to his upper body. The victim was rushed …
Rapist Deported From Maryland — Sheriff Warns End Of ICE Partnership Puts Public At Risk Rapist Deported From Maryland — Sheriff Warns End Of ICE Partnership Puts Public At Risk
Rapist Deported From Maryland — Sheriff Warns End Of ICE Partnership Puts Public At Risk A convicted rapist who assaulted a victim in Frederick County has been deported from Maryland — and the county’s sheriff says the removal may be one of the last made possible under the state’s cooperation with ICE. Ruben Alonso Hernandez-Lainez, 29, a Salvadoran national convicted of rape and assault in Frederick County, was removed from the United States, years after he illegally entered the country in 2021, according to federal officials. In May 2022, Border Patrol agents encountered him near Hidalgo, Texas, and he was then released into the United States. Less than a year later, on May …
Murder, Rape Convict Under Removal Order Since 2005 Arrested By ICE In Maryland Murder, Rape Convict Under Removal Order Since 2005 Arrested By ICE In Maryland
Murder, Rape Convict Under Removal Order Since 2005 Arrested By ICE In Maryland A Guatemalan national convicted of second-degree murder and rape — and under a final removal order since 2005 — has been arrested in Maryland, federal authorities announced. Manuel Matta-Reyes, 55, a citizen of Guatemala, was arrested upon his release from MCI–Hagerstown after the facility honored an ICE immigration detainer, officials said. His criminal history includes convictions for second-degree murder in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and rape in Prince George’s County, according to ICE Baltimore. ICE said Matta will remain in federal custody pending his removal from the United S…
ICE Detains PG County Man During Bread Pickup, Leaving Pregnant Wife Alone Days Before Birth ICE Detains PG County Man During Bread Pickup, Leaving Pregnant Wife Alone Days Before Birth
ICE Detains PG County Man During Bread Pickup, Leaving Pregnant Wife Alone Days Before Birth A simple errand to pick up a package turned into a life-altering moment for a Maryland couple preparing to welcome their first child. Alejandro kissed his pregnant wife, Selina, and left their Prince George's County home one January morning to retrieve a package his mother had mailed from Guatemala — a special bread he had been craving, according to loved ones. He never made it back. On Sunday morning, Jan. 18, the man was pulled over on University Boulevard and detained by ICE while driving home, according to the Prince George’s County Immigrant Rights Collective, which is now helping sup…
ICE Detains Brazilian Trump Supporter, Influencer: Report ICE Detains Brazilian Trump Supporter, Influencer: Report
ICE Detains Brazilian Trump Supporter, Influencer: Report Júnior Pena has been vocal about his support for President Donald Trump and in a series of social media posts, told immigrants they had nothing to worry about, as long as they weren't criminals. On Saturday, Jan. 31, Pena was arrested by ICE agents in Long Branch, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.  He is being detained at Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, according to The Guardian. "I [support] Donald Trump, I like the guy," Pena, who has lived in the US since 2009, said. According to the Brazilian Times, Pena was taken into custody a…
Drunk Driver Jumps Curb, Shatters Virginia Family As Teen Fights For Life Drunk Driver Jumps Curb, Shatters Virginia Family As Teen Fights For Life
Drunk Driver Jumps Curb, Shatters Virginia Family As Teen Fights For Life A teenage boy is fighting for his life after a drunk driver jumped a curb and slammed into him while he was walking with friends in Virginia, leaving his family clinging to hope inside the ICU. Subhan Rahmim was critically injured near North Van Dorn Street and Holmes Run Parkway in Alexandria on Thursday, Jan. 15, after a driver under the influence veered onto the sidewalk and struck him at speeds above the posted 35 mph limit, according to his family. Police said officers shut down northbound North Van Dorn Street after the crash and rushed Subhan to the hospital with life-threatening inj…
Mother Killed By ICE Agent Mourned As Video, Witnesses Dispute Trump Admin. Claims Mother Killed By ICE Agent Mourned As Video, Witnesses Dispute Trump Admin. Claims
Mother Killed By ICE Agent Mourned As Video, Witnesses Dispute Trump Admin. Claims Loved ones are remembering Renee Good as a caring mother and passionate writer after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed her during the Trump administration's surge of federal law enforcement to the Twin Cities. Good was shot in a residential part of south Minneapolis at around 9:30 a.m. CST on Wednesday, Jan. 7. The shooting happened near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue, just blocks from where the 37-year-old lived. Donna Ganger, Good's mother, identified her as the victim to the Minnesota Star Tribune. "That's so stupid," Ganger said after learnin…
Mugshot Shows ICE Detainee In NJ Days Before He Died In Custody At Delaney Hall Mugshot Shows ICE Detainee In NJ Days Before He Died In Custody At Delaney Hall
Mugshot Shows ICE Detainee In NJ Days Before He Died In Custody At Delaney Hall A 41-year-old man detained at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark died after suffering a medical emergency while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to ICE. Jean Wilson Brutus, a Haitian national, died on Friday, Dec. 12 from suspected natural causes, one day after entering ICE custody at the Newark facility, immigration officials said. Brutus was transferred to Delaney Hall on Thursday, Dec. 11 after being released from the Union County Jail in Elizabeth following an arrest for criminal mischief involving damage to property last month, ICE said.  His m…
Bosnian-Born Woman Admits To Hiding War Crimes To Get US Citizenship: Feds Bosnian-Born Woman Admits To Hiding War Crimes To Get US Citizenship: Feds
Bosnian-Born Woman Admits To Hiding War Crimes To Get US Citizenship: Feds A Bosnian-born woman who formerly lived in Hartford has been found guilty of lying to get American citizenship after she hid alleged war crimes and violent acts from immigration officials, federal authorities said.  Nada Radovan Tomanic, who now lives in West Virginia, admitted to lying for years to gain citizenship, the US Attorney for Connecticut said on Friday, Nov. 14.  Federal investigators say Tomanic, 53, once served in the Zulfikar Special Unit of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1990s war. Court documents say she took part in the physical and psychological ab…
Trump’s Disapproval Rating Grows, But Democrats Are Seen As ‘Out Of Touch’: New Poll Trump’s Disapproval Rating Grows, But Democrats Are Seen As ‘Out Of Touch’: New Poll
Trump’s Disapproval Rating Grows, But Democrats Are Seen As ‘Out Of Touch’: New Poll President Donald Trump’s disapproval rating is rising. But Democrats face their own trust gap, and control of Congress still looks like a dead heat. A Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll conducted Friday, Oct. 24 through Tuesday, Oct. 28 finds 41 percent approve of President Donald Trump’s job performance, while 59 percent disapprove — the highest disapproval in this series since January 2021. The national online survey included 2,725 adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points The broad dissatisfaction with Trump has not yielded a clear Democratic edge…
‘Your Countries Are Going To Hell’: Trump Lectures World Leaders During UN Address ‘Your Countries Are Going To Hell’: Trump Lectures World Leaders During UN Address
‘Your Countries Are Going To Hell’: Trump Lectures World Leaders During UN Address President Donald Trump used his United Nations stage to scold allies, slam the UN’s relevance and taunt delegates, telling them, “Your countries are going to hell,” as he veered off script and ran well past his allotted time. Speaking at the General Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 23 in Manhattan, Trump repeatedly questioned the institution’s value and cast himself as a fixer where diplomats failed. “What is the purpose of the United Nations?” he asked, deriding what he called “strongly worded letters” and “empty words.” He added, “It’s sad I had to do these things instead of the United Nations …
Tougher US Citizenship Test Coming Tougher US Citizenship Test Coming
Tougher US Citizenship Test Coming The US citizenship test is about to get more challenging. The Department of Homeland Security will bring back the more demanding 2020 civics exam, expanding what applicants must know about American history and government, while keeping the English portion as is. In a notice filed Wednesday, Sept. 17 and slated for Federal Register publication this week, the department said that the "United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is reimplementing the 2020 Naturalization Civics Test with some modifications." The agency noted that, "This notice does not change the English la…
ICE Eyes Major Expansion With 300 New Offices Nationwide: Report ICE Eyes Major Expansion With 300 New Offices Nationwide: Report
ICE Eyes Major Expansion With 300 New Offices Nationwide: Report US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is gearing up for a major footprint expansion, pursuing roughly 300 new offices across the country to house a surge of new enforcement officers and lawyers, according to a new report. The Washington Post published a story late Thursday afternoon, Sept. 18, saying that senior ICE officials have asked the General Services Administration to secure sites “as fast as possible” to support plans to add more than 10,000 employees, and that internal GSA teams have created standing “ICE Surge” planning meetings to speed the buildout.  No leases had be…
Citizenship Yanked After Maryland Man’s Horrific Child Rape Conviction Exposed: DOJ Citizenship Yanked After Maryland Man’s Horrific Child Rape Conviction Exposed: DOJ
Citizenship Yanked After Maryland Man’s Horrific Child Rape Conviction Exposed: DOJ A convicted child rapist in Maryland has been stripped of his US citizenship after federal prosecutors revealed he repeatedly raped a girl under 14 and lied to immigration officials to hide his crimes, the Justice Department announced. Jorge Antonio Graciano Lara lost his naturalization status after a federal judge in Maryland granted the Justice Department’s motion to revoke it this week, according to federal officials. The government filed its suit in November 2024, arguing that Graciano Lara should never have been granted citizenship because of his September 2017 conviction for second-de…
Over 110K Join London Anti-Immigration Rally; Elon Musk Warns Crowd: 'Fight Back Or Die' Over 110K Join London Anti-Immigration Rally; Elon Musk Warns Crowd: 'Fight Back Or Die'
Over 110K Join London Anti-Immigration Rally; Elon Musk Warns Crowd: 'Fight Back Or Die' More than 110,000 people filled central London for an anti-immigration protest, one of the largest nationalist gatherings in decades. The “Unite the Kingdom” rally on Saturday, Sept. 13, was billed as a “festival of free speech” but ended in violence. Crowds stretched for miles, with protesters waving Union Jacks and St. George’s Cross flags as they marched across Westminster Bridge to Whitehall, seat of the prime minister’s office and government departments, according to the Guardian. @10newsau Hundreds of thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday in a larg…
Bad Bunny Refuses Mainland US Shows Over Immigration Raids: 'ICE Could Be Outside' Bad Bunny Refuses Mainland US Shows Over Immigration Raids: 'ICE Could Be Outside'
Bad Bunny Refuses Mainland US Shows Over Immigration Raids: 'ICE Could Be Outside' One of the world's biggest music stars says he's skipping the continental US because of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids under President Donald Trump. Superstar rapper Bad Bunny made the comments to British magazine i-D in an interview published on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The Puerto Rican superstar, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, told Variety in June that it was "unnecessary" to bring his Debí Tirar Más Fotos (I Should Have Taken More Photos) world tour to the mainland US. Bad Bunny confirmed to i-D that he left the 50 states off the t…
New Details Revealed About Suspect In Charlie Kirk's Killing As Manhunt Intensifies New Details Revealed About Suspect In Charlie Kirk's Killing As Manhunt Intensifies
New Details Revealed About Suspect In Charlie Kirk's Killing As Manhunt Intensifies Authorities have released more information about the suspect wanted in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Kirk was shot in the neck at around 12:10 p.m. MDT on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The 31-year-old was holding a rally on the campus in Orem, Utah, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City. Social media videos show Kirk collapsing after a single shot was fired. He was rushed to a hospital by private vehicle and later pronounced dead, his spokesperson told The New York Times. Investigators said security footage captured a person in dark clothes …
Ana María Membreno Dies After Domestic Violence Attack In Virginia; Family Calls For Awareness Ana María Membreno Dies After Domestic Violence Attack In Virginia; Family Calls For Awareness
Ana María Membreno Dies After Domestic Violence Attack In Virginia; Family Calls For Awareness Friends and family of a 28-year-old Virginia woman who died after a domestic violence attack are remembering her as a vibrant spirit while calling for greater awareness to prevent future tragedies. Ana María Membreno, known to her loved ones as “Catalina,” died at a Virginia hospital days after what her family says was a violent act of domestic abuse. Her friends describe her as an extroverted, joyful woman who loved soccer, dancing, and surrounding herself with loved ones. Ana María “Catalina” Membreno GoFundMe "From a very young age, she showed great intelligence and dedicati…
New Nationwide 'No Kings 2' Rally Billed As 'Biggest Ever' Coming Soon: What To Know New Nationwide 'No Kings 2' Rally Billed As 'Biggest Ever' Coming Soon: What To Know
New Nationwide 'No Kings 2' Rally Billed As 'Biggest Ever' Coming Soon: What To Know A pro-democracy coalition behind June’s “No Kings” demonstrations is gearing up for a larger, louder return to the streets, saying it will rally nationwide against what it calls President Donald Trump’s authoritarian power grabs. Organizers say the coordinated protests are slated for Saturday, Oct. 18 at sites across the country, with messaging focused on Trump’s threats to deploy National Guard troops in cities and his continued mass deportation agenda.  The group frames the moment starkly: “This isn’t just politics. It’s democracy versus dictatorship. And together, we’re choosing dem…
300+ Workers Returning To South Korea After Historic Hyundai Immigration Raid 300+ Workers Returning To South Korea After Historic Hyundai Immigration Raid
300+ Workers Returning To South Korea After Historic Hyundai Immigration Raid More than 300 South Korean workers detained during a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai battery plant will be released and returned home, officials said. South Korea finalized negotiations with the US on the workers' release, according to Kang Hoon-sik, chief of staff for President Lee Jae Myung. A charter plane will return the detainees to South Korea once the remaining administrative steps are completed, the Associated Press reported. The Korean nationals were among more than 475 people arrested at the construction site for a Hyundai-LG Energy Solution battery facility o…
Hundreds Arrested In Immigration Raid At Hyundai Facility In Georgia Hundreds Arrested In Immigration Raid At Hyundai Facility In Georgia
Hundreds Arrested In Immigration Raid At Hyundai Facility In Georgia South Korea and immigrant rights advocates are criticizing the Trump administration after federal agents arrested nearly 500 workers at Hyundai's $4.3 billion battery plant in Georgia. The raid happened at the HL-GA Battery Company facility in Ellabell, a community about 30 miles west of Savannah, on Thursday, Sept. 4. The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia announced the operation in a news release on Friday, Sept. 5. More than 400 agents, led by Homeland Security Investigations, raided the 3,000-acre site, halting construction on a facil…
'He Is Not A Criminal:' DC Dad Ripped From Family By ICE While Sitting In Parked Car 'He Is Not A Criminal:' DC Dad Ripped From Family By ICE While Sitting In Parked Car
'He Is Not A Criminal:' DC Dad Ripped From Family By ICE While Sitting In Parked Car A DC dad was torn from his family after ICE agents detained him while he sat in a parked car — leaving his two young daughters at home, waiting and wondering when — or if — their father will come back. Mauricio Alexander Esquivel García, known to loved ones as Alex, was detained by ICE in Fort Totten on Sunday, Aug. 31, according to his family.  They say he was “simply waiting for his father in a parked car” when agents took him away. “In just a matter of minutes, his family’s life completely changed,” wrote Adelina Rodríguez Orellana, Alex’s cousin and the organizer of a fundraiser l…
Community Rallies For Maryland Mom Killed By Partner Arrested After Fleeing To Texas Community Rallies For Maryland Mom Killed By Partner Arrested After Fleeing To Texas
Community Rallies For Maryland Mom Killed By Partner Arrested After Fleeing To Texas Support is swelling for the family of a mother of four who was killed by her partner in Maryland before he was arrested for murder in Texas. Luis Antonio Quintanilla, 39, is behind bars waiting to be brought back to Montgomery County after he allegedly killed Maritza Dinora Ferman Sorto. On Sunday, Aug. 31, at about 2:42 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting in the 9000 block of Centerway Road in Gaithersburg. First responders found Sorto suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Despite lifesaving efforts, the 35-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene, …
Trump Admin’s ‘Extraordinary’ Lawsuit Against Maryland Judges Tossed By Virginia Court Trump Admin’s ‘Extraordinary’ Lawsuit Against Maryland Judges Tossed By Virginia Court
Trump Admin’s ‘Extraordinary’ Lawsuit Against Maryland Judges Tossed By Virginia Court A Virginia judge has tossed out a lawsuit by the Trump administration targeting federal judges in Maryland.  US District Judge Thomas Cullen — who was nominated by Trump in 2020 — ruled Tuesday, Aug. 26, that the administration’s lawsuit against Chief Judge George L. Russell III and every other active and senior judge in the US District Court for the District of Maryland could not stand.  The case stemmed from temporary standing orders Russell issued earlier this year that briefly blocked the removal of immigrant detainees who had filed habeas petitions. Instead of challenging th…
Heroic NY Paramedic, Model Stabbed While Saving Women From Attackers In Germany Heroic NY Paramedic, Model Stabbed While Saving Women From Attackers In Germany
Heroic NY Paramedic, Model Stabbed While Saving Women From Attackers In Germany An EMT and model from upstate New York is fighting to recover after he was brutally stabbed while protecting two women from a tram assault in Germany. John Rudat, 21, of Colonie, – who recently completed paramedic school and works as an EMT in Albany County – intervened after seeing two women being attacked in Dresden on Sunday, Aug. 24, according to a GoFundMe campaign. In the struggle, he was slashed in the face with a six-inch blade, leaving him with severe injuries that required emergency surgery overseas. Photos from the aftermath show blood across the tram floor as passengers used ti…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia Re-Arrested In Maryland, ICE Moves To Deport Him To Uganda Kilmar Abrego Garcia Re-Arrested In Maryland, ICE Moves To Deport Him To Uganda
Kilmar Abrego Garcia Re-Arrested In Maryland, ICE Moves To Deport Him To Uganda Maryland native Kilmar Abrego Garcia was arrested, taken into custody, and again faces deportation following a planned meeting with ICE on Monday. Abrego Garcia, who was reunited with his family over the weekend, months after he was mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran detention facility, is again fighting for his right to stay in the country following his latest detention. HSI Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that Abrego Garcia was arrested again in Maryland and is being processed for deportation, reportedly to Uganda, where he has no ties, and does not speak the language. Today, ICE law…
Maryland Dad Wrongly Deported To El Salvador Now Facing Removal To Uganda Maryland Dad Wrongly Deported To El Salvador Now Facing Removal To Uganda
Maryland Dad Wrongly Deported To El Salvador Now Facing Removal To Uganda Kilmar Abrego Garcia's stay back in Maryland — and the United States — may be short-lived. The Maryland father of three was released from custody in Tennessee and ordered back home to his family months after he was deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison due to "an administrative error." Abrego Garcia, an alleged former MS-13 gang member, is now likely to be deported to Uganda, according to reports, after he refused to plead guilty to human smuggling charges, which would have allowed him to serve his time in Costa Rica.  "The government informed Mr. Abrego that he has until first th…