Former President Donald J. Trump was famous for talking tough about illegal immigration. In fact, his reputation as an enforcer appears to have resonated south of the Rio Grande. “Trump’s tough-on-the-border rhetoric makes its way down to Mexico and Central America, and it drives people’s decisions. They know it’s going to be a less welcoming…

Attorneys general from 49 U.S. states are suing telecommunications company Avid Telecom, claiming the firm is “initiating and facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to millions of people.” The lawsuit (pdf) was filed on May 23 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, where Avid Telecom is headquartered. Defendants in the suit are listed…

Republican Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez praised his Democratic New York City counterpart, Mayor Eric Adams, for being outspoken on how the influx of illegal immigrants is impacting Adam’s jurisdiction. “I’m actually quite proud of Mayor Adams from New York for standing up and talking about how this is impacting the city of New York,”…

Title 42, is a Trump-era public health order that gives the government power to automatically expel illegal immigrants, and is set to expire on 11 May, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It will be possibly replaced by an order called Title 8, which offers more severe punishments for crossing into the United…

A former U.S. Marine Corps pilot was arrested in Australia after having been “lured” there by Australia’s security agency, his lawyer said on Monday, after an extradition hearing in court in Sydney. Daniel Duggan, 54, is facing extradition to the United States for allegedly training Chinese military pilots on how to land aircraft on aircraft…

NEW YORK—The former chief executive of Rochester Drug Co-operative was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Wednesday for conspiring to distribute opioids illegally, in the first criminal opioid trafficking case against a drug wholesaler and its executives. U.S. District Judge George Daniels sentenced Laurence Doud, 79, to 27 months at a hearing…

In 2022 alone, “our Sheriff’s Department … eradicated 1,100 illegal cannabis locations,” says San Bernardino County Supervisor Dawn Rowe. “They seized 1.4 million plants, cannabis plants, 97 tons of processed marijuana … 350 illegal firearms.” Siyamak sits down with Rowe, who explains the impacts of illegal growth sites in San Bernardino County and what the…

Some members of the European Union are calling for the body to support renewed construction of border barriers as Europe has seen a rise in illegal border crossings in recent months. On Jan. 21, 26 European Union members and envoys for Switzerland and the United Kingdom visited Greece, where Greek Citizens’ Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos…

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. In the vast Rif region of Morocco, cannabis farms stretch as far as the eye can see. This illegal trade is a lucrative one, yet many of the half a million Moroccans farming the crop live between poverty and fear. Shot in…

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