DHS secretary bashes New York leadership after announcing thousands of arrests in sweeping operation
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin detailed the arrest of thousands of individuals in New York considered to be public safety threats during a press conference Tuesday announcing the success of the federal Operation Rotten Apple. During the announcement, Mullin blasted New York’s leadership, including Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City’s democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, for working against law enforcement. “Operation Rotten Apple was initiated because New York City has a liberal, socialist mayor who, instead of working with law enforcement, tried to cut NYPD’s budget by $22 million and refused to cooperate with federal law enforcement. You also have a governor who refuses to work with us. Over the last 30 days, Operation Rotten Apple has taken over 2,100 of the worst criminals off our streets statewide,” Mullin said. ICE MAKES NATIONWIDE ARRESTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES IN HOLIDAY BLITZ Mullin specifically cited the cases of three foreign nationals, each with violent criminal histories. One arrestee was a 39year-old Indian national with an International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) red notice out on him for an alleged rape he was charged with in Germany, Mullin relayed. ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, RAPE AND CHILD SEX CRIMES IN TARGETED CRACKDOWN Another, a 50-year-old Ukrainian citizen, has a lengthy criminal history that includes convictions for kidnapping, abduction, possession of a weapon and murder, Mullin said. Mullin said the individuals were roaming New York’s streets because of the city and state’s sanctuary policies. DHS DEMANDS NEW YORK SANCTUARY POLITICIANS HONOR DETAINER FOR MAN CONVICTED OF RAPING CORPSE ON SUBWAY “These individuals should never have been on our streets. While radical-left sanctuary states protect illegal immigrants, the Trump administration and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers are out there every day protecting Americans,” he said. He also claimed New York’s Democratic politicians have successfully lobbied for the release of over 13,000 illegal immigrants, while imploring those politicians to cease obstructing DHS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from doing their jobs. MAMDANI SAYS EVEN IF HE CAN GET ALONG WITH TRUMP, HE STILL DEMANDS THAT ‘ICE SHOULD BE ABOLISHED’ “Earlier this summer, the mayor of New York City said he believes ICE raids are ‘cruel, inhumane and do nothing to protect public safety.’ Are you telling me that taking these arrested individuals off the street is not in the interest of public safety? We took them off the streets to protect New Yorkers, while the mayor refuses to cooperate and attempts to slash NYPD’s budget. He is extremely out of touch with what the American people want and what public safety looks like,” Mullin added. Mullin specifically bashed Hochul for terminating 287(g) agreements, which allow local municipalities’ police departments to coordinate and work with federal agents. “Keep in mind that seven of the safest cities in the country cooperate with ICE and the 287(g) program,” he said. HOCHUL REMAINS DEFIANT AFTER SHERIFFS SUE OVER LAW BANNING COOPERATION WITH ICE: ‘BRING IT ON’ “In private, almost every sheriff and police chief wants to work with us. They took an oath to enforce the law, but radical local politicians prevent them from doing their jobs. I thank the sheriffs who stand up against local political interference on behalf of their constituents. Restoring law and order is an issue supported by 80% of the public across party lines,” Mullin continued. He also revealed that the federal government is willing and able to send more federal agents into New York and other cities where leadership refuses to cooperate with federal law and immigration enforcement. BORDER CZAR HOMAN VOWS TO ‘FLOOD’ NEW YORK WITH ICE AGENTS DESPITE HOCHUL’S RESISTANCE “Because local leadership refuses to cooperate through the 287(g) program, we will send as many personnel as necessary to restore law and order. President Trump loves New York and is committed to restoring safety here alongside ICE and DHS,” Mullin said. Fox News Digital contacted the offices of Hochul, Mamdani, DHS and ICE for further comment.
Dad of girl left permanently disabled in crash with illegal immigrant rips Dems: ‘I reject your sympathy’
The father of a 7-year-old girl left permanently disabled after an illegal immigrant driving an 18-wheeler slammed into the vehicle she was traveling in tore into Democratic lawmakers during a fiery Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday, rejecting their expressions of sympathy and accusing them of failing families like his. “I reject your guys’ sympathy,” Marcus Coleman, whose daughter Dalilah suffered a fractured skull, broken femur and traumatic brain injury in the 2024 California crash, told lawmakers during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing on sanctuary policies across the United States. Coleman said Democratic lawmakers had “never reached out to me” after his daughter’s catastrophic injuries. GRIEVING MOTHERS SCORCH DEM LAWMAKER AFTER HE PIVOTS DURING HEARING TO ATTACK ‘MAGA REPUBLICANS’ “Not one of you guys have ever sat there and seen me in the hallways and said, ‘Hey, sorry about your daughter.’ You guys do it right here where you guys are grandstanding on top of your soapbox,” Coleman said. “This is when you guys care. Right here inside this room is the only time you guys care.” Coleman said his daughter “doesn’t deserve” what happened to her. “She didn’t ask for any of this,” the father said. “The people that jumped the fence did though. They knew exactly what they were doing. They still chose to move forward in that direction. And every day something’s happening to somebody, and it is your guys’ fault. I hold each and every one of you responsible for it, and I always will.” Dalilah was critically injured in Southern California in 2024 when an 18-wheel tractor-trailer traveling at 60 mph slammed into a vehicle she was riding in. Authorities identified the truck driver as Partap Singh, an illegal immigrant from India who had obtained a commercial driver’s license in California. Singh was driving at an unsafe speed and failed to stop for traffic in a construction zone before the crash, authorities said. The hearing focused on sanctuary policies in California, Colorado and Maryland and Republicans’ argument that the policies put Americans at risk by limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Coleman told lawmakers the consequences for his family have extended far beyond his daughter’s catastrophic injuries, saying he has stopped working as a truck driver and is now struggling financially while raising nine children. “I’m no longer truck driving. I no longer make the money that we used to make. I’m now pinching pennies,” Coleman said. “I have nine kids, by the way, that I take care of, and I had to sit there and stretch that.” ANGEL FAMILIES PLEAD WITH LEADERS TO ‘CHOOSE’ AMERICAN CHILDREN OVER PROTECTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS Another parent testifying at Tuesday’s hearing described the lasting toll a separate crash involving an illegal immigrant has taken on her family. Patricia Fox said her daughter, Carissa “Luu” Aspnes, was permanently disabled after a March 2025 hit-and-run crash in Colorado involving an illegal immigrant from Venezuela. Fox told lawmakers her daughter was thrown headfirst into a concrete barrier at nearly 50 mph and that the driver and passenger fled without checking whether she was alive. “Despite her initial prognosis, Carissa survived. Praise God, but survival and recovery are not the same,” Fox testified. Fox said she now uses a Hoyer lift to get her adult daughter out of bed because Aspnes cannot sit up or stand on her own. She said she blends her daughter’s food and feeds her through a G-tube, administers her medications and bathes her, while sleeping lightly at night in case her pulse oximeter sounds an alarm. “One collision created an entire family of victims,” Fox said, arguing that her daughter’s case carried an additional source of anguish because of the accused driver’s immigration status. “If an American citizen had hit my daughter, I wouldn’t be here asking, ‘Why was somebody who had no lawful right to be in this country here to hit her in the first place?’” Fox said. Fox later delivered a pointed message about the partisan divide over immigration policy, telling lawmakers that cases like her daughter’s “shouldn’t be partisan.” “The lives of American citizens should matter to both sides,” Fox said. “We get it. You guys hate Trump. The campaign ads, they’re all the same. Taking the fight to Trump, standing against Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump. “You need to love Americans more than you hate Trump,” she added. “That’s not partisan politics. It’s literally your job.” MOM FROM VIRAL RO KHANNA DEBATE SAYS DEMS CAN’T CLAIM TO SUPPORT BOTH SECURE BORDERS AND SANCTUARY POLICIES Coleman also pointed to his wife, an immigrant who he said followed the legal process to come to the United States, while arguing that people who enter the country illegally should not be afforded the same treatment. “My wife, an immigrant. She did what she’s supposed to do,” Coleman said. “She did exactly what she’s supposed to do to get here.” Coleman saved one of his sharpest attacks for lawmakers who support sanctuary policies, telling them the consequences were sitting directly in front of them. “I think that building needs to get checked for mold or something, because you guys are really out of your guys’ mind thinking that sanctuary cities are the way to go,” Coleman told the Democratic lawmakers. “This is the end result of Sanctuary City right here,” he said, pointing to his daughter
Democrats blink in shutdown fight, hand Trump and GOP win before midterms
House Democrats relented to Republicans in their quest to prevent a government shutdown after spending months raising the possibility ahead of the crucial midterm elections. Tuesday’s successful vote in the House, the second such attempt since July, means that lawmakers have officially punted funding the government until after the November election and are sending the short-term funding patch, known as a continuing resolution (CR), to President Donald Trump’s desk. It also marks the end of months of concerns that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would again shut the government down for political gain as they vie for control of Congress. DEMOCRATS BLINK AS SCHUMER HELPS GOP CLEAR KEY SHUTDOWN HURDLE Both top Democrats caved on pushing for another shutdown, for now. And that gave House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who needed Democratic votes to pass the bill, a win. But while House Democrats agreed to support the bipartisan CR that passed the Senate last month, conservatives raged about certain changes that negotiators in the upper chamber wove into the bill. Conservatives were outraged over an unrelated measure to delay a congressionally approved hemp product ban by 30 days and a provision curbing the Trump administration’s control over federal grants. TRUMP COULD FACE IMPEACHMENT IF DEMOCRATS SEIZE HOUSE MAJORITY, GOP LEADER WARNS House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., and members of Johnson’s right flank have criticized the CR over the hemp ban delay and grant rule change, a sentiment shared by Republicans in the Senate. “The Senate did violence to our bill,” Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. “Hemp and the grants are the two big ones…and frankly, I just don’t think CRs ought to be on suspension…when you put it on suspension, you’re not asking for my vote, okay, you’re going to get Democrats.” Voting on a bill under “suspension” means it gets fast-tracked past multiple procedural hurdles in exchange for raising the threshold for passage from a simple majority to two-thirds. But the modification to the grant rule doesn’t permanently kill it. SCHUMER CAVES, HANDS REPUBLICANS SHUTDOWN WIN AFTER MONTHS OF UNCERTAINTY Senate Republicans were assured by the administration that the push for more control over federal grants could be ready to go by the time the stopgap expires in December. Democrats argue it could be used as a tool to dictate which states do and don’t get federal dollars. Meanwhile, the CR punts the deadline to avert a government shutdown to Dec. 11, giving lawmakers a little over a month to create a new federal budget for fiscal year 2027, which begins Oct. 1. But House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., whose panel is in charge of writing those spending bills along with its Senate counterpart, told Fox News Digital that would not be enough time. He placed blame squarely on Senate Democrats, who he argued were trying to hinder Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine, and her bid for re-election come November. “They clearly do not want Susan Collins to have any success. So all of America has to suffer until they figure out who’s going to win in Maine,” Cole said. “We’re going to risk a year-long CR, if not a shutdown. So they’ve just been incredibly irresponsible.”
NY Gov Kathy Hochul accuses Trump of ‘defunding the police,’ says DHS is ‘withholding’ counterterror funds
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul accused President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security of “withholding” millions of dollars in counterterrorism funding. “The Department of Homeland Security, the agency created in response to 9/11, is withholding 40% of New York State’s counterterrorism funding,” Hochul asserted during a press conference with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday. “That 40% adds up to $87 million,” she said. FLASHBACK: MAMDANI TORCHED FOR RECYCLING 9/11 TRIBUTES AFTER YEARS OF NEAR-IDENTICAL POSTS The Democratic governor accused the president of “defunding the police” and said he is “endangering public safety to yet again extract revenge on a blue state.” “Don’t play political games with people’s lives. Release the $87 million you owe us,” Hochul said to the president. “Because if you don’t release the counterterrorism funding, you’re betraying every family that lost someone on 9/11. You’re betraying every police officer and firefighter who puts their lives on the line every single day. And you’re betraying every New Yorker who no longer believes that the federal government is there to protect them,” she said. BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN FIRES BACK AFTER DEMOCRAT CHRIS MURPHY CLAIMS ICE IS ‘TERRORIZING LITTLE KIDS’ Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and the DHS on Tuesday. Mamdani declared that “the federal government’s refusal to provide $87 million in critical public safety and emergency readiness funding that was promised is so unacceptable.” RETIRED PORT AUTHORITY OFFICERS TELL MAMDANI, HOCHUL TO STAY AWAY FROM GROUND ZERO ON 9/11 “We are talking about the money needed to fully fund 12 bomb squads across New York. We are talking about the money needed to ensure that in the event of a catastrophic attack, the FDNY can communicate internally and respond effectively. And we are talking about making sure that should New Yorkers ever face a radiological threat, our first responders have the training, the equipment and the capabilities they need to respond. To put it simply, there is no excuse for the federal government to leave the nation’s largest city to shoulder this burden alone,” he said.
El-Sayed torched online after uneasy union member struggles through campaign event
A woman delivering remarks at a news conference held by Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Monday appeared visibly nervous and repeatedly paused during her speech, prompting a wave of speculation on social media about the reason for her unease. The woman, whom El-Sayed’s staff identified as a union member employed by a truck factory, paused at multiple points during her speech, was breathing heavily and appeared uneasy. El-Sayed and Democratic State Sen. Mallory McMorrow both attempted to comfort the woman as she trudged through her remarks. Some conservative commentators on social media questioned whether the woman had been coerced into speaking at the event, while others used the moment to criticize El-Sayed’s campaign organization. These claims drew the ire of Mallory McMorrow, who ran against El-Sayed in the state’s Democratic primary but has since endorsed his candidacy. “She had never spoken at a press conference before. Beforehand, she shared with me that she was really nervous. But she told me it was important for her to be there as a UAW member because she believed in using her voice for her fellow members and for working families,” the state senator wrote on X. “But the way you all are tearing her apart … It’s callous, cruel and it’s no wonder why so many people absolutely despise this moment that we’re in.” DEMOCRATS’ CIVIL WAR HEADS TO MICHIGAN WHERE PROGRESSIVES FACE BIGGEST TEST YET IN HIGH-STAKES SENATE SHOWDOWN Some commentators focused on the union member’s race, tying the episode to broader criticism of El-Sayed‘s support among Black voters in the Democratic primary. BLACK VOTERS RIP DEMS OVER TAKING THEM FOR GRANTED IN EL-SAYED’S BACKYARD: ‘HUSH US UP’ “Abdul’s support from black Michiganders summed up perfectly in 40 seconds,” radio host and conservative columnist Derek Hunter wrote on X. “The El Sayed campaign is in free fall,” Trump administration official Richard Grenell said. Others questioned whether the woman even wanted to be speaking at a campaign event. “Are they holding a gun to her back?” an organization purporting to represent Democrats backing GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers posted in response to the clip. “She seems to be under duress! Looks like she’s being coerced into speaking. Very eerie!” conservative commentator Link Lauren wrote. “Is it just me or does she look hostage-level nervous?” another X user asked. “Haven’t seen someone set themselves on fire for no reason like this since Aaron Bushnell,” Daily Signal senior correspondent Tony Kinnett posted. MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT MALLORY MCMORROW DROPS OUT OF SENATE RACE WEEKS BEFORE PRIMARY Zaid Jilani, a left-of-center journalist, responded to criticisms of the union member by stating that “conservatives lose a lot of support by being needlessly cruel.” The El-Sayed campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
WATCH: FBI agents confront Swalwell at airport in new footage as viewers zero in and pile on
New footage shows former Rep. Eric Swalwell being met by FBI agents at San Francisco International Airport, prompting criticism and mockery on social media. The video, first obtained by the California Post, shows Swalwell sporting a black sweatshirt and hat deboarding a plane where FBI agents met him at his gate on Aug. 15. The FBI seized Swalwell’s cellphone and laptop at the airport on Aug. 15, according to Fox News Digital’s previous reporting. Swalwell resigned from Congress in April amid allegations of sexual misconduct. The FBI searched his Washington, D.C., home the following day, Fox News Digital previously reported. FBI SEIZES SWALWELL’S DEVICES AT AIRPORT AS SEXUAL MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATION ESCALATES: SOURCES Critics took to social media to roast the California progressive, including for his attire. “I needed this lol,” wrote former Rep. George Santos. “He’s still cooked,” said popular conservative account Catturd. “Looks like he’s headed to an Eminem concert,” wrote one user. “Why is he dressed like Eminem,” said another user. HOUSE AVOIDS UNPRECEDENTED FOUR-MEMBER EXPULSION WEEK AS SWALWELL AND GONZALES RESIGN INSTEAD “WTF is he wearing,” asked one woman. Swalwell resigned from Congress in April after 13 years in office following mounting allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied. He also withdrew from the California gubernatorial race. At least five women, including one former staffer, have accused Swalwell of sexual misconduct or rape. “I will fight the serious false allegations made against me,” Swalwell wrote at the time of his resignation. “However, I must take responsibility and ownership for the mistakes I did make.” SWALWELL ACCUSERS DETAIL EXPERIENCES WITH LAWMAKER AFTER HE ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION FROM CONGRESS The White House recently released declassified documents related to an FBI investigation into his relationship with Christine “Fang Fang” Fang, a suspected Chinese intelligence operative. The California progressive told FBI agents he had “physical relations” with Fang on a handful of occasions and their last sexual encounter occurred in March 2015, according to documents released by the White House Government Transparency task force. Swalwell was interviewed by the FBI first in May 2015 and later in March 2016 regarding his relationship with Fang. CONGRESS IS A HUGE TARGET FOR SPIES. MEMBERS AND STAFF NEED A WAKE-UP CALL AND TRAINING Fang was previously described by U.S. officials as having suspected ties to China’s Ministry of State Security, while her parents were reportedly linked to Chinese intelligence. Fox News Digital reached out to Swalwell’s attorney and FBI for comment. Fox News Digital’s Peter D’Ambrosca contributed to this report.
Woke stunt goes horribly wrong as Michigan Dems open convention with brutal ‘land acknowledgment’
LANSING, Mich. — A woke stunt went horribly wrong at Sunday’s Democratic Party Nominating Convention in Michigan as a top official opened the event with a brutal attempt at a “land acknowledgment.” “I am here to offer our land acknowledgment,” said Portia Roberson, the vice chair of the state’s party, at the outset of the afternoon gathering of Democrats. “Our land acknowledgments in Michigan recognize the state as the ancestral, traditional and contemporary land of the Anishinaabe, Three Fires Confederacy — “ But she was cut off after an incorrect pronunciation of Anishinaabe when several audience members began shouting the correct pronunciation at Roberson, to which she replied, “Say it again for me.” OBAMA CENTER EMBEDS ‘INDIGENOUS’ LAND MESSAGE ON CONTROVERSIAL SITE “Stand up,” Roberson then told a woman wearing a white t-shirt in the crowd. “You do it better than me. Make it — I’m big on names being pronounced right, so make sure I get it right.” The audience member then repeated the pronunciation of the word Anishinaabe until Roberson successfully mimicked it into the microphone. “Thank you. Wait, don’t sit down yet,” she told the convention-goer. “I might get another one wrong. You may have to correct me, and I want to get this right.” OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER FOLLOWS WIDELY MOCKED ‘STOLEN LAND’ ACKNOWLEDGMENT WITH NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE SHOW She then picked up where she left off. “Including the Odawa, Ottawa, Ojibwe, Chippewa and … Potawatomi,” she said, sparking another round of audience shouting with a mispronunciation of the last tribe. “See, usually I rehearse before I come out. This time I rushed it and I didn’t rehearse. I apologize,” Roberson admitted before exiting the stage. The Democratic Party of Michigan did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment about the land acknowledgment or Roberson’s pronunciation mishaps. Land acknowledgments have become a woke ritual for those aiming to placate the far-left by recognizing where an event is held or institution is located is on land that was originally inhabited by Indigenous people — with the implication that the land was ‘stolen’ from them. JEWISH AG’S CONVENTION BOYCOTT EXPOSES DEEPENING ISRAEL FAULT LINE AMONG MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS The convention room inside the Lansing Center, where the event was held over the weekend, was about half-full as Michigan’s Democratic nominees for statewide office paraded onto the stage one-by-one. Each gave a brief speech surrounded by supporters holding campaign memorabilia. The convention’s largest draw was embattled Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive who mostly lashed out at President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance over economic issues, and stumped for socialized healthcare. EL-SAYED’S HASAN PIKER PROBLEM FOLLOWS HIM TO DEM CONVENTION AS JEWISH VOTERS BREAK RANKS Trump was also invoked by several of the candidates. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who is running for governor, Michigan Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, Benson’s nominee for lieutenant governor and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, a software engineer who is running for Secretary of State, were a few of the major attractions of the convention. “When I’m secretary of state, your data will belong to you,” he said, “not the federal government.” Brinks focused her ire on Rep. John James, R-Mich. “Time and time again, James has made it clear that he is not fighting for the people of Michigan,” she said. “He’s fighting for Donald Trump.” Gilchrist said he’d protect Michiganders’ data from the federal government, which is seeking voter rolls in several states.
White House brings receipts after media claims noncriminal ICE arrests ‘soaring’: ‘False narratives’
EXCLUSIVE: The White House and Department of Homeland Security are pushing back on “false narratives” being advanced by the mainstream media and bringing the receipts after the Washington Post and New York Times reported that noncriminal ICE arrests are skyrocketing under President Donald Trump. The Washington Post reported last week that ICE is arresting “soaring numbers” of “noncriminal” illegal immigrants. The outlet said the agency had “detained more people without a criminal record this year than in all of 2025.” The New York Times took a similar line, reporting that “ICE arrests soar as people with no criminal record are increasingly targeted.” However, Lauren Bis, a special assistant to the president and White House spokeswoman, told Fox News Digital that though “nearly 70% of illegal aliens arrested by ICE have been convicted or charged with a crime in the United States,” the “actual arrests of public safety threats and criminals is much higher.” This, she said, is due to many of the “noncriminal” illegal immigrants arrested by ICE having prior criminal history in their home country, including murder, child sex abuse and gang activity. “These are just a few of the media’s ‘non-criminals,’” said Bis, adding, “Why does the mainstream media continue to peddle false narratives protecting criminal illegal aliens?” TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S IMMIGRATION PUSH FUELS ICE’S BIGGEST ARREST MONTH IN AGENCY HISTORY Fox News Digital reached out to the Washington Post and New York Times for comment. According to the Department of Homeland Security, “Nearly 70% of illegal aliens ICE arrested across the country have criminal convictions or pending criminal charges just in the U.S.” The agency said, however, that this statistic “doesn’t account for those wanted for violent crimes in their home country or another country, INTERPOL notices, human rights abusers, gang members, terrorists” and other offenses in foreign countries. While DHS has emphasized that entering the country unlawfully constitutes a crime, the agency has previously shed light on some of the serious criminal charges of individuals considered noncriminal arrests. This May, Homeland Security Investigations arrested Salvadoran national Josue Saul Garcia-Lopez, who, despite not having a U.S. criminal record, had an international warrant showing him as an active member of the foreign terrorist organization MS-13 and had been involved in extortion and robbery schemes in El Salvador for several years. NEW YORK TIMES TORCHED FOR ‘FALSE’ REPORTING ON ICE INVESTIGATIONS, OUTLET FIRES BACK Just days before, ICE had also arrested a Honduran national named Fredy Alexander Lopez Lara, who had an international warrant for homicide in his home country. Another MS-13 member, Salvadoran national Danny Granados-Garcia, was arrested by ICE in April. He was wanted in his home country for murdering a pastor. In March, San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents arrested Mexican national Salvador Suazo-Garcia in Lemon Grove, California, processed him administratively, and turned him over to Mexican authorities. Suazo-Garcia entered the U.S. legally in May 2021 under the Biden administration. He was wanted in Mexico for lewd and lascivious acts upon a child. Shortly before Suazo-Garcia’s arrest, Border Patrol agents also arrested a female illegal immigrant from Mexico named Silvia Del Rosario Torres-Castro, who was wanted in her home country for homicide. Late last year, ICE arrested Antonio Israel Lazo-Quintanilla, a Salvadoran national who is a member of another foreign terrorist organization called the 18th Street Gang. DHS said that “while technically his only crime in the United States is driving without a license,” Lazo-Quintanilla was on El Salvador’s most wanted gang members’ list and was wanted for aggravated homicide, extortion, possession of drugs and other felonies. Lazo-Quintanilla’s mugshot showed his face covered in tattoos, including the numbers “666” across his forehead. Months before that, DHS said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Mexican brothers Pedro Luis Ortiz-Mendez and Jose Vicente Ortiz-Mendez in Texas. Both brothers are wanted for multiple murders tied to an attack on a festival in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, where at least one victim was shot and another victim was attacked with a machete. BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN FIRES BACK AFTER DEMOCRAT CHRIS MURPHY CLAIMS ICE IS ‘TERRORIZING LITTLE KIDS’ Bis said that “these are just a few examples of murderers, gang members, and pedophiles the media refers to as ‘non-criminals’ because they only have criminal records in their home country.” “No one would want these heinous criminals to be their neighbors,” she said. “From foreign fugitives, gang members, and terrorists, ICE is getting the worst of the worst off our streets and out of our country.”
Majority of Americans reject Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America, poll finds
A new poll has found that a majority of Americans oppose President Donald Trump’s decisions to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America and impose higher tariffs on Canadian goods. In the 3-day Reuters/Ipsos poll that ended Sunday, 63% said they opposed renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, compared to 14% in favor. The rest were undecided or skipped the question. The survey also found that 57% opposed new tariffs on Canadian goods, compared to 20% who supported the measures. When asked by Fox News Digital for reaction, White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said, “Canada has been a bad neighbor by ripping off our country for years. “President Trump promised voters that he would not allow our country to be taken advantage of anymore, which is why he is fighting so hard to protect American industries and workers. Thanks to the President’s bold leadership, we are putting America back on the map,” she added. TRUMP’S CANADA TARIFF FIGHT REACHES CRITICAL POINT AS HOUSE GOP SUMMONS TRADE CHIEF Trump last Thursday signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, a move that came during a trade war with Canada. “The Lake of America was something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, actually. As you know, we took something called the Gulf of Mexico — we changed it — and now it’s very routinely the Gulf of America,” Trump said in the Oval Office. The president said he directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the department to update the Geographic Names Information System to reflect the name change. The order called Lake Ontario a “tremendous asset” to the United States. TRUMP URGES CANADIAN COMPANIES TO IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO US, SAYS ‘I DON’T WANT CANADIAN ANYTHING’ “The United States is the greatest protector of the Great Lakes, including the body of water currently known as Lake Ontario,” the order states. “Without the security and investment provided by the United States, this freshwater system would not be open for shipping, recreation, and responsible use to the same extent as it is today.” Trump later accused Ontario of ripping off American businesses in a post on Truth Social on Sunday, claiming Canada wants “to be treated like a state, but they aren’t one.” “They’ve been ripping us off for decades, and it’s going to stop,” Trump wrote. The U.S. imposed a 50% tariff on a range of Canadian goods in late July, with the duties going into effect earlier this month. Canada responded with its own tariffs of up to 50% on U.S. imports. The Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted online gathered 1,023 responses from U.S. adults and had a margin of error of 4 percentage points. Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
Trump finds unlikely ally in longtime arch nemesis as Hollywood bleeds jobs
One of President Donald Trump’s most persistent political foes has found common ground with him in their shared push to save Hollywood. Trump wants to incentivize film and television production in Hollywood after years of job loss and other states and countries enticing projects to leave what has been the heart of entertainment in the U.S. for more than a century. And Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who once led the first impeachment against Trump and has maintained a strong opposition to him since he retook office, is on board with the idea. SCHIFF ATTACK ON TRUMP’S DC INDYCAR RACE BACKFIRES AFTER DRIVER POINTS OUT CONTRADICTION “I am in strong agreement with the President,” Schiff said on X. “Congress should immediately take up and pass a federal film tax incentive to bring back these good-paying jobs that we’ve lost to other countries.” “Let’s work together — Republicans and Democrats — to get this done, and bring the movie magic back to America,” he continued. Hollywood’s stature as an entertainment colossus has taken a hit over the last few years following the COVID-19 pandemic and the burst of the streaming bubble. The industry has lost 49,000 jobs since 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. PARAMOUNT ESCALATES THREAT TO LEAVE CALIFORNIA AS DEM AG’S ANTITRUST LAWSUIT STALLS WARNER BROS MERGER Trump said on Truth Social after meeting with the actor Jon Voight, who serves as the U.S. special ambassador to Hollywood, that he was interested in launching federal tax incentives to stop the bleeding from Tinseltown. Trump is urging Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress to tackle the issue immediately to “craft Legislation to save the Movie, Television, and Entertainment Business in America.” “Congress should approve, immediately, a Federal Production Incentive to create Entertainment Jobs in America. It can be done quickly, accurately, efficiently and, importantly, will benefit ALL of America,” Trump said. That comes with its own headaches, given Congress’ truncated schedule during September, the entire month of October being dedicated to campaigning for midterm elections and November officially launching the lame duck session of Congress in Washington, D.C. BILL MAHER, WOODY HARRELSON SOUND OFF ON CALIFORNIA BUSINESS CLIMATE, SAY STATE DESERVES TO BE ‘S— ON’ Trump noted that film and television production has moved elsewhere in the country and abroad, leaving Hollywood a “complete and total disaster.” California is lagging behind other states and countries in its tax breaks for the industry. Recognizing the substantial post-pandemic drop in jobs, the state Legislature moved to more than double California’s Film & Television Tax Credit Program to $750 million, with sweeteners baked in to get productions to relocate back to California. That program was undermined by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, however, when he installed a $5 million state corporate tax credit cap over the next three years. Even with the strides taken to attract productions back to Hollywood, California is still behind Georgia and New York, which allocate more than $1 billion and roughly $800 million, respectively, in tax breaks for productions. Canada and the United Kingdom also offer generous tax breaks, attracting production away from the U.S. entirely. “There is no incentive to be there, and it is hurting California very badly,” Trump said. “Jon, and many others in the Industry, are suggesting we do Federal Tax Incentives in order to Make our Movie and Television Production Business GREAT AGAIN, perhaps GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!”