Border Patrol braces for gunfire after Mexican cartel reportedly puts out hit against agents



The United States Border Patrol issued a warning to its officers to prepare for potential gunfire following reports that a Mexican cartel had issued a hit against agents.

A Border Patrol memo from Thursday, obtained by NewsNation, stated that the San Diego Sector Intelligence Unit received an alert on December 4 "regarding a possible threat" to agents stationed at the Imperial Beach and Chula Vista Border Patrol Stations.

'They fear no one anymore, especially the US law enforcement.'

"Information received indicated top cartel leaders ordered the shooting towards agents in response and retaliation for an incident that occurred," it read.

The memo referred to a November 27 incident in which a Border Patrol officer struck an illegal immigrant with a patrol vehicle. According to the agency, the individual was a cartel member.

Video footage of the incident showed a group of men attempting to scale the border wall. NewsNation reported that these men were aiding another person in unlawfully crossing the border when a Border Patrol agent, responding to the breach, struck the alleged cartel member.

The agency stated that the driver was fixated on two other individuals who were actively scaling the wall when he hit the man.

"Therefore, cartel leaders are angered, claiming the incident occurred without cause or remorse," the Border Patrol's memo stated. "The information received indicated the shooting could possibly occur over the next few days."

The agency advised agents to remain vigilant.

NewsNation's Ali Bradley reported that activists have called for the Border Patrol agent who struck the suspected cartel member to be fired. The incident is still under investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office and Customs and Border Protection's Office of Professional Responsibility.

"Sources within border patrol leadership tell me that anytime the cartel threatens to shoot an agent it should be taken seriously and the san diego Sector should be on high alert," Bradley wrote in a post on X.

The man who was struck "got up and ran back to Mexico," according to Bradley.

CBP confirmed that two of the men were arrested in connection with the "human smuggling incident." It is unclear if the man who was hit by the patrol vehicle was one of those detained.

The Sinaloa Cartel previously issued an order for its members to shoot at Border Patrol agents in Texas after its co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was arrested.

Victor Avila, a former Department of Homeland Security agent, told NewsNation, "This is the difference of the evolution of the cartels. They fear no one anymore, especially the U.S. law enforcement."

"We know that they have no regard, and they do whatever they want in Mexico, and they're running a parallel government over there," he stated. "In fact they do have the resources, and in fact they do have the capabilities and will use them against us."

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NBC leaves out CRITICAL context in Trump interview



Unlike Kamala Harris, President-elect Donald Trump isn’t afraid to sit down for conversation with his opposition — and he gave his first sit-down interview since winning the 2024 election to NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

And of course, picking at Trump’s plan for the immigration crisis was at the top of interviewer Kristen Welker’s mind.

“You promised to end birthright citizenship on day one. Is that still your plan?” Welker asked, to which Trump promptly responded, “Yeah, absolutely.”

“The 14th Amendment though says that ‘All persons born in the United States are citizens.’ Can you get around the 14th Amendment with an executive action?” Welker asked again.


“We have to end it. We’re the only country that has it,” Trump said. “You know, if somebody sets a foot, just a foot. One foot. You don’t need two, on our land, congratulations, you are now a citizen of the United States of America. Yes, we’re going to end that because it's ridiculous.”

Welker continued asking if Trump planned to do so through executive action, which he first offered that they would need to “go back to the people.” Finally, he replied again with “if we can.”

Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Program” can’t help but point out the flaw in Welker’s use of the 14th Amendment. “It was written for slavery. It was written because all citizens could vote.”

“So the Southerners, the Democrats, said, ‘Well, they’re not citizens, they’re from Africa, so they can’t vote,’” he continues. “If you were born here, even if you were born a slave, that’s what that was about. That was not illegal immigration,” Glenn explains.

“We are the only one that has it. And the only reason we do have it is because of slavery. It was a way to make sure the Democrats didn’t just cut blacks out of the vote again. That’s what’s so crazy,” he adds.

Not only does Welker not seem to understand the history behind the 14th Amendment, Stu Burguiere points out that she doesn’t understand what the amendment itself says.

“‘All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the state wherein they reside,’” Burguiere reads from the 14th Amendment. “That phrase, ‘and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,’ means that illegal immigrants are not included.”

“To be subject of that jurisdiction means that you have to have a basis in the country. So it’s not like you just cross the border and, ‘Hey, I’m now a subject of this jurisdiction.’ You’re a visitor,” Burguiere continues.

“Or in this case, a criminal crossing the border. So you would not necessarily get those protections of that 14th Amendment,” he adds.

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NYC's controversial tent shelter housing illegal aliens slated to close



The massive tent city shelter at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field is scheduled to shut down next year, and the city plans to relocate the illegal immigrants currently residing there by mid-January.

On Tuesday, Democrat Mayor Eric Adams' office announced that it plans to close additional shelter spaces around the city, citing lower numbers of individuals relying on the taxpayer-funded shelter services.

'The re-election of President Trump was the final nail in the coffin to secure this closure.'

Adams' administration will close 25 shelters, including the 2,000-bed makeshift facility in Floyd Bennett Field, which the city leases from the federal government through the National Park Service.

"The number of asylum-seekers in city shelters has decreased for 22 straight weeks and is now at its lowest point in over 17 months," Adams' office stated. "New York state, which was paying the costs of sheltering migrants at Floyd Bennett Field, will continue to reimburse New York City for costs for equivalent care incurred at other sites across the city."

Adams credited the closures to the city's "smart management strategies" that addressed the immigration crisis.

"Our intensive case management, paired with 30- and 60-day policies, have helped more than 170,000 migrants take their next steps on their journeys, because migrants don't come here to live in our shelter system — they come here to pursue the American dream," Adams stated. "We're going to continue looking for more sites to consolidate and close and more opportunities to save taxpayer money, as we continue to successfully manage this response."

The Mayor's Office of Asylum Seeker Operations Executive Director Molly Schaeffer called the Floyd Bennett Field tent shelter a "relief valve" that provided "critical shelter and resources" at the height of the immigration crisis for the city.

In September, a 30-vehicle caravan of New York City residents protested the potential renewal of the migrant shelter, which they argued had invited more crime and violence into their neighborhoods.

Assemblywoman Jaime Williams (R-Brooklyn) previously told the New York Post, "We have these migrants coming in, door-knocking, stealing packages, you know, soliciting everywhere in front of our supermarkets, playing at the heartstrings of people."

"And this is not what our community is about," Williams continued. "Floyd Bennett Field is not a place to house migrants. It's a flood zone [with] no infrastructure whatsoever. So when you have them in that type of setting, there is nothing left to do. They're going to be on the street because they don't have any jobs."

More than 100 residents held a similar protest against the shelter in June.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) responded to the announced closure.

"Today's announcement that the Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter will close next month, days before President Trump is sworn in, shows the impact his agenda is already having on our country's migrant crisis," Malliotakis told WABC-TV.

"While we kept the pressure up by rallying, protesting, passing legislation, and filing bipartisan lawsuits to terminate the lease, the re-election of President Trump was the final nail in the coffin to secure this closure, restore order in our community, and put American citizens first," she added.

Adams has plans to meet with President-elect Donald Trump's incoming border czar, Tom Homan, on Thursday.

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Illegal alien allegedly repeatedly rapes minor daughter, sent to another Mass. shelter instead of jail: Ex-facility director



A former director of a Massachusetts migrant shelter revealed disturbing accounts of child sexual abuse and violence.

Jon Fetherston managed a migrant shelter in Marlborough from November 2023 to July 2024. The facility, a Holiday Inn, housed a packed 550 people, he told the Daily Wire.

'A gentleman then drove his car into my office.'

During his time running the shelter, he reported horrific incidents of widespread violence and child rape.

"There was a lot of violence," Fetherston told the Daily Wire. "Unfortunately there was a gentleman in the hotel that impregnated his own daughter and got very violent when the state removed her from the shelter."

The Maine Wire released a June report that appeared to confirm Fetherston's account.

Ronald Joseph, an illegal immigrant, reportedly raped his 14-year-old daughter on numerous occasions, including on their journey to the United States and after entering the country, the Maine Wire reported.

The child was removed from her father's custody "on an emergency basis," according to records obtained by the news outlet.

After losing custody of his daughter, Joseph reportedly "got very agitated and started yelling" at a shelter staff member, which led to the police being called.

Rather than facing arrest, Joseph was given a Lyft ride — paid for by taxpayers — to another shelter in Massachusetts, which also housed women.

"They had me send them to Worcester County," Fetherston told the Daily Wire. "And I, for the life of me, don't understand why he wasn't locked up. A man who admits he committed rape, you're just going to put in another shelter so he can rape again another day? It makes no sense."

Another individual, 29-year-old Gladimy Rodene, staying at the same Holiday Inn shelter, was apprehended after he was accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl and another resident at the facility.

"She told the police officer that she was raped multiple times. It was probably the most disturbing conversation I've ever heard in my adult life," Fetherston stated.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement told the Daily Wire that it does not have detainer requests against Joseph or Rodene.

Fetherston also recounted other violent episodes, including an instance in which a migrant drove a vehicle into his office. According to Fetherston, the perpetrator was retaliating against him for pulling back taxpayer-funded supplies.

"If you were receiving benefits and you were receiving those, then we were going to start scaling back on providing diapers, formula, and wipes," he explained. "That did not go over well with the migrants. They thought that they were being attacked. A gentleman then drove his car into my office."

Despite Massachusetts' shelter system being overwhelmed by a massive influx of illegal immigrants, Governor Maura Healey (D) has firmly stated that state police will "absolutely not" collaborate with President-elect Donald Trump on his mass deportation strategy. She has committed to using "every tool in the toolbox" to "protect" illegal aliens from ICE.

Marlborough Police did not reply to the Daily Wire's request for comment, and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities declined to provide a statement.

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Trump vows to terminate birthright citizenship — but wants Dreamers to stay



President-elect Donald Trump pledged to end birthright citizenship as one of his initial actions upon taking office. However, he also expressed that he wants Dreamers to be able to remain in the United States despite their illegal immigration status.

During a Friday interview with Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press," Trump elaborated on his strategy for mass deportations, confirming his "day one" plan to end birthright citizenship.

'Then the public turns against us. But we have to do our job.'

Welker asked Trump whether he intended to accomplish that goal by using executive action to get around the 14th Amendment, which states that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Trump replied, "We're going to have to get [birthright citizenship] changed. We'll maybe have to go back to the people. But we have to end it. We're the only country that has it."

He noted that he is open to using executive action.

"Every time somebody puts two feet or even one foot on a piece of our land, it's welcome to long-term litigation," Trump stated, referring to the lengthy legal battles that precede the deportation of an illegal alien.

"Other countries, every other country, when somebody walks on and they see that they're here illegally, they walk them off; they take them back to where they came from," he added.

Trump declared, "We have to get rid of this system. It's killing our country."

The president-elect also discussed plans to deport families together, reinforcing remarks made by his incoming border czar, Tom Homan.

Homan previously addressed concerns about family separation under the Trump administration, stating that families would not need to be split up since they could be deported as a unit.

When asked about family separation, Trump told Welker, "I don't want to be breaking up families, so the only way you don't break up the family is you keep them together and you have to send them all back."

"So no more family separations?" Welker asked.

He explained that families would have two options: either they be deported as a unit, or those legally in the U.S. may remain while other members without legal status leave.

"Well, it depends on the family. The family may decide to say, 'I'd rather have Dad go, and we'll stay here.' And in which case they have that option," Trump responded.

He anticipated that legacy media would use his mass deportation efforts to turn the public against him.

"I'll tell you what's going to be horrible, when we take a wonderful young woman who's with a criminal," he continued. "And they show the woman, and she could stay by the law, but they show the woman being taken out. Or they want her out and your cameras are focused on her as she's crying as she's being taken out of our country. And then the public turns against us. But we have to do our job."

Welker pressed the president-elect about his plans for Dreamers, individuals without legal status who moved to the U.S. as children.

Trump noted that his administration is immediately focused on deporting criminal illegal aliens.

"The Dreamers are going to come later, and we have to do something about the Dreamers because these are people that have been brought here at a very young age. And many of these are middle-aged people now. They don't even speak the language of their country," he stated.

Trump vowed to "work with the Democrats on a plan" to address Dreamers, claiming that Republicans are "very open."

When asked whether he would like Dreamers to be able to remain in the U.S., Trump responded, "I do."

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Mike Lee catches NBC omitting words from Constitution — then he reveals why NBC anchor didn't want you to hear them



Sen. Mike Lee (R) called out NBC News' "Meet the Press" and anchor Kristen Welker on Sunday for omitting six important words from the 14th Amendment.

Speaking with President-elect Donald Trump about his plan to end birthright citizenship — which grants United States citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil — Welker tried to suggest the plan is unconstitutional by citing the first sentence of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment.

'[Meet the Press] seems to try to render a debatable matter beyond debate by selectively omitting key words from the Constitution.'

After Trump confirmed that ending birthright citizenship is "absolutely" his plan, Welker said, "The 14th Amendment, though, says that, quote, 'All persons born in the United States are citizens.'"

But there is a significant problem with Welker's quote, according to Lee.

In fact, Welker omitted six words from the first sentence of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment — and those "words matter," Lee explained.

Here is what the beginning of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment actually says:

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.

This means that Welker omitted the phrase, "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof," to create the illusion that Trump would be acting unconstitutionally if he sought to outlaw birthright citizenship.

But according to Lee, that critical phrase empowers Congress to define what it means, and, therefore, to regulate birthright citizenship.

"Congress has the power to define what it means to be born in the United States 'and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,'" Lee explained. "While current law contains no such restriction, Congress could pass a law defining what it means to be born in the United States 'and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,' excluding prospectively from birthright citizenship individuals born in the U.S. to illegal aliens."

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Importantly, Lee pointed out that Congress has attempted to regulate birthright citizenship in the past.

In 1993, for example, then-Sen. Harry Reid (D) proposed legislation that would have limited birthright citizenship to children whose mothers are either U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents. Ultimately, the bill did not become law. But, Lee said, it demonstrates that Congress is well aware of its ability to regulate birthright citizenship.

In the end, Lee condemned NBC and Welker for "one-sided" coverage, explaining why he believes Welker omitted that key provision from the 14th Amendment.

"[Meet the Press] seems to try to render a debatable matter beyond debate by selectively omitting key words from the Constitution, making it appear incorrectly that the Fourteenth Amendment proscribes any and all restrictions on birthright citizenship," Lee said.

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NYC Mayor Adams eyes executive action to roll back sanctuary policies



New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) stated Sunday that he is weighing executive action to amend the city's sanctuary status, bypassing the Democratic-controlled New York City Council.

During an interview on WCBS-TV's "The Point with Marcia Kramer," Adams told Kramer that he is exploring his powers to get around the council's refusal to roll back New York City's sanctuary policies, which have thwarted Immigration and Customs Enforcement's efforts to remove criminal illegal aliens.

'I don't want to walk into a meeting with the border czar with preconceived notions and lines in the sand.'

He insisted that he has been advocating for more cooperation between ICE and New York City law enforcement prior to the November election.

"The city council made it clear that they don't want to change that," he said, referring to the council's resistance to alter the city's sanctuary laws.

"I think they're wrong," Adams declared.

He explained that his office is looking into his executive order powers to determine how he can circumvent the city council to protect the community from violent criminal illegal aliens.

"Once the city council made it clear, we're not changing the sanctuary city laws to allow [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to go after those dangerous offenders. Once they made that clear, I went to plan B and said, 'What are my options and my powers?'" Adams said.

He discussed his plans to meet with President-elect Donald Trump's incoming border czar, Tom Homan, on Thursday. The mayor has agreed to work with the administration to tackle the immigration crisis in New York City.

When asked about his goals for the sit-down with Homan, Adams told WCBS, "It's all about hearing in a very clear way what's the message and the goal of the border czar, and see how do we collaborate to deal with the securing of our borders and making sure that we can ensure that this city retains and continues to be the safest big city in America."

"I don't want to walk into a meeting with the border czar with preconceived notions and lines in the sand. I want to walk in and sit down with him and say, 'Let me hear your vision, and let me share what my vision is,'" he continued.

Adams called the public safety of New Yorkers his "north star," noting that his mission is to "deal with the small number of violent offenders who are making their way into our country."

The mayor stated that he hopes specifically to address the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which has significantly grown its influence in the United States over the past year.

The mayor highlighted the importance of border security and raised concerns about whether Venezuela is releasing its prisoners and permitting its criminal citizens to escape to the U.S., as Trump has repeatedly claimed.

Adams indicated that he is open to deporting alleged criminal illegal aliens before they are convicted, though he noted that he would prefer for criminals to serve time first.

"My belief has always been, I want you when you're arrested to serve your time because you're not giving justice to the person who was victimized by them because then if they go out, they can come right back into the country," Adams explained.

He expressed that foreign nationals pursuing the American dream should have an easier legal route to immigrate to the U.S., but he also suggested that they be guided to settle in regions where they are needed.

"We're dealing with a population problem in many of our municipalities. Why aren't we telling the individuals we allow to come into the country: 'You're going to go where we need you; you're going to fill the jobs that we're looking for'?" he said.

Adams was asked whether he would consider allowing ICE to reopen its outpost at Rikers Island.

Last week, New York City Council member Robert Holden, a fellow Democrat, challenged Adams to back up his "tough talk" on the city's sanctuary policies by reopening ICE's office to facilitate easier communication between the city and federal immigration agents.

Adams told Kramer on Sunday, "I heard one councilman state that, indicating a litmus test. I'm not into litmus tests. I'm into solving problems."

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NYC Mayor Adams keeps door open to GOP switch, plans meeting with Trump's border czar



On Friday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) appeared to leave open the possibility of switching to the Republican Party in the future amid discussions about his plans to meet with President-elect Donald Trump's incoming border czar, Tom Homan, next week.

During an interview with NY1, Adams was asked whether he would consider rejoining the GOP. The mayor was a registered Republican from 1995 through 2002.

'Those who don't like it, they will cancel me.'

"The party that's the most important for me is the American party. I'm a part of the American party," Adams responded.

"I love this country," he continued. "This is the home of the free, the land of the brave."

In a later interview with PIX11, Adams was asked to clarify his remarks but again did not outright dismiss the possibility of leaving the Democratic Party.

"You know what the headlines are going to be now that you haven't said 'no' to becoming a Republican," a news anchor with the media outlet told the mayor.

"I think that's what people fail to realize is I'm not motivated by headlines. We need to move away from identifying, classifying ourselves as anything other than Americans," Adams responded.

"I'm an American," he said. "So, no matter what party I'm on or vote on, I'm going to push for the American values."

Adams remarked that voters made it clear that they are fed up with political "squabbling" and are seeking solutions.

The mayor stated that he plans to run his re-election bid as a Democrat. However, he noted that he anticipates some on the left will still move to "cancel" him.

"My focus is the American people and the people of New York City. And those who don't like it, they will cancel me, and I say, 'Cancel me,'" he declared, repeating similar comments he made earlier in the week.

During his Friday interviews, Adams announced that he would sit down with Homan next week to discuss the administration's strategies for deporting criminal illegal aliens from the city.

Homan said earlier this week that he is "willing to meet with anybody to help make their communities safer."

When asked about meeting with Adams, Homan told NewsNation's Chris Cuomo on Tuesday, "I'm looking for partnerships. I'm not looking for enemies."

Adams has been accused of flip-flopping on his position regarding immigration and New York City's sanctuary status. Despite his advocacy for deporting violent criminal illegal immigrants, he does not endorse mass deportations of those he considers law-abiding immigrants.

The mayor's commitment to work with the incoming Trump administration has drawn scrutiny, particularly amid the ongoing criminal investigation against him. Critics have speculated that Adams might be trying to gain favor with Trump to secure a pardon.

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Trump devises workaround to deport illegal aliens when home countries refuse to repatriate: Report



President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration has reportedly devised a workaround to deport illegal aliens whose home countries are unwilling to take them back.

Trump's administration is currently compiling a list of countries for deporting illegal aliens should their countries of origin decline to accept deportation flights from the United States, according to a Thursday report from NBC News.

'President Trump was given a mandate by the American people.'

Multiple nations, including Venezuela, China, and Cuba, have previously refused to repatriate their citizens who have illegally fled to the U.S.

Sources with knowledge of the incoming administration's strategy informed NBC News that illegal aliens could potentially be sent to other countries for deportation.

Countries on the list reportedly include Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, Panama, and Grenada, with the possibility of more being added.

A source told the news outlet that the incoming administration has already contacted government officials from the countries listed to negotiate arrangements for deportation flights.

NBC News noted that it remains unclear whether the deported immigrants would be granted legal authorization to reside and work in the countries to which they are sent.

Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Trump's administration, told NBC News, "President Trump was given a mandate by the American people to stop the invasion of illegal immigrants, secure the border, and deport dangerous criminals and terrorists that make our communities less safe. He will deliver."

A spokesperson for the government of Panama told the media outlet, "The Panamanian government does not respond to assumptions and rumors. We cannot speculate in this regard. We prefer to engage with the new U.S. administration once it takes office."

Mexico's president and the Bahamas' prime minister told the outlet that they do not want to accept illegal aliens.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated, "Obviously, we are in solidarity with everyone, but our principal function is to receive Mexicans. And we hope to have an agreement with the Trump administration in case there are these deportations so that they can also send people who come from other countries to their countries of origin."

Philip Davis, a spokesperson for the Bahamas' prime minister's office, told NBC News that the administration presented the idea but that the Bahamas "firmly rejected it."

"The Bahamas simply does not have the resources to accommodate such a request. The prime minister ... remain[s] focused on addressing the concerns of the Bahamian people. Since the prime minister's rejection of this proposal, there has been no further engagement or discussions with the Trump transition team or any other entity regarding this matter. The government of the Bahamas remains committed in its position," the spokesperson said.

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Venezuelan Busted For Extorting Illegals In PA Exposes Evil Side Effect Of Biden’s Open Borders

One immigration expert referred to it as 'new age slavery' that traps people in a spiral of debt.