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2 weeks ago | 
readlion.com | Jason Hopkins |Virginia Allen |John Ransom |Adam Pack
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is relaunching the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office, according to a press release shared exclusively with the Daily Caller News Foundation. VOICE, which was shuttered just months after President Joe Biden entered office in 2021, offers key support services to victims of immigrant crime and their family members.
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1 month ago | 
readlion.com | John Ransom |Jason Hopkins
It was a busy weekend for news, especially from the Trump administration. Here are the top stories: A poll that’s causing seismic tremors in Washington, D.C., shows more Americans believe the country is on the right track than at any time since 2004, reports Axios. At the same time, the Democratic Party has reached an all-time low in polling data stretching back to 1990. The poll from NBC News, which was conducted March 7-11, mirrors other surveys.
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1 month ago | 
readlion.com | Ireland Owens |John Ransom |Jason Hopkins
(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democrats’ push to massively expand Medicaid over the past several years has turned the program into something nearly unrecognizable. A series of reports have outlined the growing list of problems at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), including improper payments, healthcare funds being used for non-medical expenses and able-bodied adults receiving funds meant for Americans who may desperately need it.
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2 months ago | 
readlion.com | Fred Lucas |Jason Hopkins |John Ransom |Tyler O’Neil
(The Daily Signal) – The White House has touted January’s 36% decline in border apprehensions—the lowest number of illegal aliens apprehended along the border in almost five years—as the “Trump effect.”That total includes 29,116 apprehended at the border outside of official ports of entry, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. That’s the lowest since May 2020. And that compares to 47,316 apprehensions outside of official ports in December.
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2 months ago | 
readlion.com | Jillian Schneider |Bethany Blankley |Jason Hopkins |Reagan Reese
Denver Public Schools (DPS) has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for permitting immigration enforcement officers to enter schools and other previously protected areas. DPS filed the complaint against the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, claiming “irreparable harm” was done to the public school system. Previously, ICE agents would not enter “protected areas” such as schools, medical facilities, places of worship, or social services centers.
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2 months ago | 
readlion.com | Tom Joyce |Jason Hopkins |Adam Wittenberg
Counties and states are entering agreements with the federal government to hasten deportations of criminal illegal immigrants. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced this week his state signed a letter of intent to join the 287(g) program under President Donald Trump, which allows state corrections officers to transport criminal migrants into federal custody without direct supervision from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, assisting in the deportation process.
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2 months ago | 
readlion.com | Jason Hopkins |Adam Wittenberg |Bethany Blankley
(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Newly-minted Attorney General Pam Bondi immediately ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to pull funding from sanctuary cities and called for an investigation into the funding of organizations that provide assistance to illegal migrants.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
readlion.com | Adam Wittenberg |Jason Hopkins |Owen Klinksy |Reagan Reese
Hundreds of illegal immigrants are on their way out of the country after officials began what President Trump has called “the largest deportation operation in American history.” Starting Tuesday, Trump’s first full day in office, federal officials targeted self-designated “sanctuary cities,” such as Denver, Boston and Seattle, rounding up more than 300 illegal migrants, The New York Post reported, including men with convictions for child molestation and attempted murder.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
readlion.com | Jason Hopkins |John Ransom
(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) launched a lawsuit against President Donald Trump before the conclusion of his first day in office. A group of immigrant organizations led by the ACLU sued the Trump administration over an executive order that seeks to withhold birthright citizenship against individuals born on American soil to parents living unlawfully in the country or on certain temporary visas.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
readlion.com | Reagan Reese |John Ransom |Jason Hopkins
(Daily Caller News Foundation) – President Donald Trump wasted no time once being sworn into office, signing over 200 executive actions within his first 12 hours in office spanning from addressing the border crisis to the economy. Sitting at a desk in the middle of Capital One Arena while surrounded by 20,000 of his supporters, Trump signed various executive orders (EO), including one which withdraws the United States from the Paris Climate Accord.
