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The Trump administration announced sanctions against the leader of Tren de Aragua and other top lieutenants on Thursday amid a broader effort to choke off the transnational criminal organization’s access to cash.The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted six leaders of the Venezuelan gang, which has been designated as a foreign terror organization by the Trump administration, including its leader, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores. Also known as Niño Guerrero, he has led the group as it has evolved from a prison gang into a broader criminal entity with a presence in the United States.“Today’s action highlights the critical role of leaders like Niño Guerrero and his lieutenants in Tren de Aragua’s efforts to increase its destabilizing influence throughout the region,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.The sanctions require that any Tren de Aragua property or funds in the United States, or those controlled by American financial institutions, be frozen and reported to

The Biden State Department accused a high-ranking Vatican official of denying the “full humanity” of people who identify as LGBT, internal communications first viewed by The Daily Wire reveal.Jessica Stern, the Biden State Department’s Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Persons, made the remarks in advance of a trip to the Vatican, heavily redacted emails obtained by The Daily Wire through the Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) indicate.Stern, who vacated her position after President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January, traveled to all six habitable continents to attend pride parades, march alongside a self-proclaimed “transvestite sl*t,” and collaborate with leftist activists as she attempted to influence the policies of foreign governments.One of those trips took the LGBT activist-turned-State Department official to the seat of the Catholic Church.Biden State Department officials admonished the Catholic official for h

Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) is leading an effort to prevent the deportation of an untold number of illegal aliens, offering them a legal pathway to remain in the United States with a bill that critics have called an amnesty proposal.Called the Dignity Act, the legislation was introduced by Salazar and Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX). It would allow illegal aliens who have been in the country since 2021 to apply for a renewable seven-year legal status. Those deemed eligible would have to pass a background check and pay $7,000 in restitution over a seven-year period.The bill would also offer legal status and a pathway to permanent residency — and eventually to citizenship — for recipients of the Obama-era DACA program.“We are the noblest nation on the face of the Earth. It is time for our immigration system to measure up,” Salazar wrote in Spanish on X.Salazar repeatedly claimed that the legislation is not an amnesty bill, arguing that it “allows certain long-term undocumented immigrants to earn legal sta

Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) is leading an effort to prevent the deportation of an untold number of illegal aliens, offering them a legal pathway to remain in the United States with a bill that critics have called an amnesty proposal.Called the Dignity Act, the legislation was introduced by Salazar and Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX). It would allow illegal aliens who have been in the country since 2021 to apply for a renewable seven-year legal status. Those deemed eligible would have to pass a background check and pay $7,000 in restitution over a seven-year period.The bill would also offer legal status and a pathway to permanent residency — and eventually to citizenship — for recipients of the Obama-era DACA program.“We are the noblest nation on the face of the Earth. It is time for our immigration system to measure up,” Salazar wrote in Spanish on X.Salazar repeatedly claimed that the legislation is not an amnesty bill, arguing that it “allows certain long-term undocumented immigrants to earn legal sta

The Trump administration is charging an illegal alien business owner in Arizona for knowingly employing other illegal aliens in his food truck business.Federal prosecutors hit illegal alien business owner 42-year-old Blademir Angulo Audeves with several crimes after Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) took him into custody in Phoenix early this month.The Mexican national, is believed to have hired at least a dozen illegal aliens to work at his restaurant chain, Taqueria El Taco Loko. Every single one of his workers, federal authorities say, were in the country illegally.He now faces several federal charges, including the Harboring of an Illegal Alien, Knowingly Employing Unauthorized Aliens, Improper Entry by an Alien, and Alien in Possession of a Firearm.“A West Phoenix taco shop owner is in federal custody tonight, accused of knowingly hiring a dozen illegal immigrants at his business.”“The owner of the shop is accused of smuggling and hiring people who are not American citizens.”

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents captured more than 1,300 illegal aliens in the Houston area in June, nabbing a plane hijacker, child predators, and murderers.ICE agents and members of Texas law enforcement arrested an astonishing 1,361 illegal aliens in the Houston area last month, including Adermis Wilson-Gonzalez, a 56-year-old Cuban national with a conviction for hijacking a plane.Wilson-Gonzalez served 20 years in prison after he was convicted in 2003 for hijacking a plane traveling from Cuba to Florida. The man was released from prison into the United States before being apprehended by law enforcement agents late last month. He was just one of many criminal illegal aliens caught last month in southeast Texas.“The brave men and women of ICE continue to work tirelessly around the clock targeting dangerous criminal aliens to restore integrity to our nation’s immigration system and bolster public safety in our communities,” said Gabriel Martinez, the acting Field Office Director for ICE Enfo

Senator Markwayne Mullin and Congresswoman Stephanie Bice introduced a joint resolution declaring that “The Star-Spangled Banner” only be sung in English, The Daily Wire can exclusively report.The Oklahoma Republicans are introducing the resolution weeks after 30-year-old recording artist Nezza — full name Vanessa Hernandez — performed the national anthem in Spanish at a Los Angeles Dodgers game to protest ICE raids in Los Angeles.“Para mi gente [for my people]; I stand with you,” Hernandez wrote in the caption of a video of her performance. The performer noted that she chose to sing the anthem in Spanish even after the Dodgers organization specifically requested that she sing it in English.Singer Nezza was told by the Dodgers to sing the National Anthem in English but she sang it in Spanish to protest ICE.She then gets very emotional and cries over ICE deporting criminals who are in our country illegally. pic.twitter.com/1sTDbXx3aT— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 15, 2025Now, Mulli

The Trump administration is considering multiple different countries that it could potentially deport suspected MS-13 human smuggler Kilmar Abrego Garcia to, naming both Mexico and the African nation of South Sudan as potential destinations for the illegal alien erroneously dubbed a “Maryland man.”Abrego Garcia was brought back to the United States to stand trial for a human smuggling charge after he was first deported back to his home country of El Salvador. But now the Salvadoran national is expected to be deported yet again if he is let free from jail as he awaits trial.ICE officials noted that the federal agency would detain Abrego Garcia and deport him to a so-called “third country,” a country other than an alien’s nation of origin that agrees to receive deportees from the United States. Abrego Garcia has claimed that he is at risk of being tortured if he returns to El Salvador.The third country arrangement was made possible by a Supreme Court victory for the Trump administration late last mont

Illegal alien and suspected MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a member of a far-left organization that raked in cash from the Biden administration as it advocated for illegal aliens.Abrego Garcia, infamously and erroneously dubbed a “Maryland man” by Democrat politicians after he was deported to his home country of El Salvador, was a member of a leftwing organization called CASA, which lobbies on behalf of illegal aliens and is now advocating for the Salvadoran national to be shielded from deportation.The group called to abolish ICE and runs campaigns to prevent local law enforcement agents from collaborating with federal immigration enforcement, all while the Biden administration pledged more than $5 million to the organization. It also openly identified Abrego Garcia, a suspected MS-13 human smuggler, as a member of the organization.“CASA is outraged that ICE deported CASA member Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in violation of a court order and at grave personal danger,” the organization wrote

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an Egyptian national and former chaplain at a children’s hospital who was flagged on the FBI’s terror watchlist.Egyptian national Imam Ayman Soliman was arrested by federal immigration enforcement agents Wednesday after the man, whose asylum was revoked under the Biden administration, met with ICE and FBI agents, one report noted.Soliman, who formerly worked as a chaplain at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and presided over services at a local mosque in the Ohio city, first came to the United States roughly a decade ago and was granted asylum status in 2018. That status, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin says, was revoked under the Biden administration.The DHS official also noted that Soliman “was flagged on the FBI terror watchlist,” leading to his apprehension on Wednesday.Court documents indicate that members of Soliman’s family, who were still in Egypt, had filed a request to migrate to the United States to join him.Some support