‘We Want Islam For This Country’: Muslims In Texas Lay Out Vision For Islamic America
The organization hosting the event has plans for a 40,000-square-foot Islamic facility near Plano, Texas.The organization hosting the event has plans for a 40,000-square-foot Islamic facility near Plano, Texas.Armed Texas homeowner comes face to face with burglar in bedroom in middle of night — and doesn't hesitate
An armed homeowner in Austin, Texas, came face to face with a burglar early Wednesday morning and opened fire.
Austin Police officers responded at 3:51 a.m. to a report of a burglary in the 200 block of Virtus Bend, police said.
'Way to go homeowner.'
The preliminary investigation determined that the suspect entered a residence, proceeded into the bedroom, and was shot by the homeowner during the commission of the burglary, officials said.
When officers arrived on the scene, they located a black male — later identified as 24-year-old Dmario Antonie Jones — with apparent gunshot wounds, officials said.
Officer Aaron Townsend told KEYE-TV that police found the male with "obvious trauma to his body" in the home's front yard.
Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services attempted lifesaving measures, but Jones was pronounced dead at 4:10 a.m., officials said.
Homicide detectives and the Austin Forensic Science Crime Specialists responded to process the crime scene, officials said.
Detectives interviewed the homeowner, who has been fully cooperative with the investigation, officials said, adding that the homeowner has since been released and no charges have been filed at this time.
One commenter under KEYE's Facebook post about the incident declared, "Way to go homeowner."
Those with information can contact police at 512-974-TIPS and can submit tips anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or calling 512-472-8477, officials said.
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‘He got afraid’: Former employee of alleged H-1B fraudster reveals what happened after Sara Gonzales exposé
Back in April, BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales confronted Indian national Nagarjuna Reddy Sakam regarding numerous indicators of H-1B fraud in his business, Great America Technologies. Their exchange was deeply contentious, with Sakam threatening Sara with a lawsuit.
Four months later, the tide has turned.
On this episode of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered,” Sara shares the latest updates on Nagarjuna Reddy Sakam. It doesn’t end well for him.
Sara reveals that after her heated back-and-forth with Sakam went viral, a former Great America Technologies H-1B worker came forward and alleged months of unpaid or delayed wages and that the company charged him thousands of dollars in USCIS and attorney’s fees.
The victim told Sara that the lack of payments resulted in him not being able to pay for his family’s basic needs, including his father’s medical care in India.
“If I [had] the sufficient money to take care of my father, he would [be] alive,” he said.
He also told Sara that Sakam withheld his I-797 form — the USCIS approval notice he needed to prove his status, transfer jobs, or extend his visa — leaving him unable to leave without risking falling out of status.
Shortly after Sara confronted Sakam in April, the whistleblower said he began shutting the company down.
“Once you visited, he got afraid. … He simply started to exit from this company,” he told her.
He noted that Sara publicly exposing Sakam for taking roughly $266,000 in PPP loans, which according to his testimony were not used to pay employees, contributed to his sudden decision to close the company.
However, according to the victim’s account, even after the shutdown, Sakam refused to issue his wages and also withheld the pay stubs he needed to confirm employment at another firm. When he complained, Sakam allegedly revoked his H-1B visa and threatened to call ICE agents.
Sara, “fired up” from the victim’s story, then paid Nagarjuna another visit — and it was the perfect timing, because, according to the whistleblower’s report, he had just returned from India after supposedly fleeing following Sara’s first visit.
After multiple failed attempts to reach Nagarjuna, Sara saw the house being photographed. Two days later, she discovered an active for-sale listing on Zillow.
Sara returned to Nagarjuna’s residence a final time, and even though she says she knew he was home, he refused to answer the door.
But Sara got the last laugh. To find out how the debacle with Nagarjuna ended, check out the episode above.
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Exclusive: ‘We all got in by lying’: Hidden camera shows Talarico’s pastor rejecting Christ’s virgin birth, other foundational Christian beliefs
James Talarico, the Democrat nominee hoping to succeed Republican John Cornyn in the U.S. Senate, is a part-time Presbyterian seminarian who has emphasized, “My politics grows out of my faith.”
That faith was apparently greatly shaped by Jim Rigby, the pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. Talarico previously cited Rigby as one of “the biggest influences on [him] as a Christian, as a human being.”
'It’s mixed with myth.'
Hidden-camera footage exclusively obtained by Blaze News appears to show Talarico’s pastor rejecting one of the fundamental precepts of Christianity: the virgin birth.
In the video, Rigby is asked by a person off-camera, “Do you really believe, like, a virgin had a child?”
“I don’t,” the pastor responds, according to the video.
“The virgin birth stuff, you see it like in Hinduism ... and it’s more like, it’s more like all human beings were born out of the transcendent,” Rigby claims in the video.
“There’s a cosmic process, there’s animals and stuff, so when the Christmas story is told, all of that’s in there.”
“I think the virgin birth came off of Plato,” Rigby continues, according to the video. “‘Only begotten one’ and kind of stuff like that — that’s in the writings of Plato. It’s about humanity and the cosmos.”
After the person off-camera poses the question of whether Jesus is reducible to an “allegory,” Rigby appears to state, “I think there probably was a Jesus, but I don’t think we can get back to that. I mean, I don’t think there’s — ‘cause the stuff is so legendary, and it’s mixed with myth and stuff.”
Rigby both claimed that “there’s no way you can know what happened with Jesus or any of the people from a long time ago” and appeared to suggest that Christ or Christianity was simply trying to convey that "you're a child of the stars," according to the video.
In a separate undercover video obtained and published by Blaze Media, Rigby was asked whether a newcomer to St. Andrew’s has to profess belief “that God became a baby and that a virgin had a baby.” Rigby responds, according to the video, “We all got in by lying.”
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Blaze News did not receive responses from the Talarico campaign or Rigby.
In addition to rejecting the virgin birth, Rigby has expressed disbelief in Christ’s Resurrection. He also has expressed contempt for belief in the supernatural and belittled evangelical Christians.
Rigby previously expressed hope that Talarico would one day succeed him as pastor, and Talarico has delivered various woke sermons at St. Andrew's church.
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BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales' investigation has Indian H-1B sponsor panicking
BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales' investigation into H-1B fraud in Texas has apparently left one alleged Indian fraudster so shaken that he announced that he was shutting down his company, according to a former employee.
Great America Technologies Inc. claims on its website that it "is a Global Management Consulting, Technology Services and Business Process Outsourcing Company. Our headquarter is at Plano, Texas, USA."
'If he has not done any wrong, why should he do that decision?'
State records show that the company, which has an active right to transact business in Texas, was formed in April 2017. It also received two Paycheck Protection Program loans during the pandemic that were later forgiven
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' H-1B Employer Datahub shows that the company has had 33 H-1B beneficiaries approved, including three so far in 2026.
Earlier this year, Gonzales attempted to visit the company's headquarters but discovered that the address listed on the website actually belonged to a different business.
Gonzales claimed at the time that the company was initially formed "with officers from Andhra Pradesh, India. They moved to Razor Boulevard allegedly in 2019, and in 2024, the previous owners ... removed themselves as the directors and listed Nagarjuna Reddy Sakam as shareholder and director."
When the BlazeTV host paid Sakam a visit, he denied employing the number of H-1B workers suggested in the H-1B employer database and lashed out, saying, "Who the f**k are you come ask all these things?" He also accused Gonzales of "creating nonsense."
No doubt to Sakam's chagrin, Gonzales kept digging and found that Sakam had allegedly failed to pay at least one of his H-1B workers his salary.
Blaze News did not immediately receive a response from Great America Technologies.
A former Great America Technologies employee who came to the U.S. on an H-1B visa claimed to Gonzales that in addition to allegedly failing to pay him on time and sometimes at all, the company told him he had to pay USCIS fees and attorney's fees and collected thousands of dollars to that end.
It is illegal for an employer to take payment from people to sponsor them for visas or to offset USCIS filing fees and attorney's fees by withholding an employee's salary or demanding reimbursement.
The former employee alleged that the company told him they would reimburse him after he had worked there for a set period of time.
"These people are taking the advantage and they are sucking the blood from their employees," he told Gonzales.
According to the former employee, Gonzales' previous line of questioning about Great America Technologies so rattled Sakam that "he got afraid. ... He started to exit from this company."
He "invited [a] couple of his employees to his home," the former employee claimed to Gonzales, and told them "you have to [leave] our company within the next couple of days. I am going to shut down my company."
"If he has not done any wrong, why should he do that decision?" said the employee.
The former employee further alleged that Sakam revoked his H-1B visa and threatened to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on him.
Gonzales and her team later learned that the five-bedroom house that Sakam apparently occupied is now listed for sale on Zillow.
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Peyton Manning's nephew learns what the liberal media is all about — and it may change him forever
Star quarterback for the University of Texas Longhorns, Arch Manning, describing a video as "hilarious" was enough to change his public perception in the liberal media forever.
For his reaction, Manning seemingly became public enemy No. 1 and was immediately accused of supporting violence against women.
'Obviously f**k Arch Manning.'
The outrage came after Manning laughed at an AI video that showed his coach, Steve Sarkisian, slapping ESPN reporter Holly Rowe after a game.
The video was just six seconds. Manning's reaction lasted slightly longer when he asked media members if they had seen it.
"Him slapping Holly Rowe. Yeah, it's hilarious," Manning said. The entire room laughed along, but the laughter was short-lived.
From that point on, the air around Manning completely changed as the sports world seemed to turn on him.
"Obviously f**k Arch Manning," wrote Katy Duffy, senior producer at the Athletic. Duffy also called it "disgusting" that another reporter had asked Manning the question and shared his answer.
ESPN host Shae Cornette said Manning was "insensitive" and "immature" before adding, "Quite frankly, how dare he say that?"
MS NOW sports columnist Jason Page claimed Manning was showing people "who he really is."
Manning followed protocol and ignored the insults, apologized, and called his own comments "insensitive."
He even contacted Rowe, who accepted his apology. But the next time Manning spoke to the media, fans immediately noticed he was different.
Manning took less than a minute to answer almost 20 questions, barely smiled, and deadpanned most of his answers with the typical non-responses fans are used to hearing from athletes.
The 22-year-old's spark was gone.
Comparing press conferences before and after the ordeal, one college football page said the media fiasco had "just nuked Arch Manning's personality."
Others made similar observations.
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"This is what bogus media criticism creates, what incentive do athletes have to be honest? Zero," Clay Travis remarked.
Popular page ML Football screamed in all caps, "THIS IS AWFUL," in reaction to Manning's new, subdued nature.
Eli Manning, Arch's uncle, spoke with Front Office Sports and, perhaps shockingly, summarized what most seemed to be thinking: Treating the media as friends will come back to haunt you.
"You feel like they're your pal. You relax with them a little bit. You try to be funny, and then they can take it and run," Uncle Eli told host Baker Machado.
The former New York Giant advised his nephew to be careful and find moments where "you can be funny."
Eli's wisdom concluded with saying his nephew will figure things out and eventually "learn and deal with it."
Redemption for Manning — which his uncle said will include "growing pains" — may be in lessons learned, but the backlash to some of his detractors may fill in the gaps of his newfound silence.
For example, the Post Millennial reported that Minnesota TV anchor Jana Shortal said that the entire room needed to apologize, along with Manning, for laughing at what she described as a violent depiction. After calling the whole situation a "huge issue," Shortal was taken off the air a few days later.
"Karma came fast," commentator Brandon Tatum wrote on X.
As well, former NFL wide receiver T.J. Moe replied to Rowe and told her that Manning had no reason to apologize to her and did nothing wrong.
"The proper response here would've been 'No need to apologize, Arch. You did nothing wrong.'"
At the same time, fans noted that the Atlantic's Katy Duffy, a harsh critic of Manning, had herself joked that an NFL player should be slapped "again," but in real life. Interestingly, Duffy replied by saying the post reminded her "how funny" she is.
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DHS blasts Democrats, liberal media over gaslighting campaign about illegal alien shot by ICE
An individual identified by the Department of Homeland Security as an illegal alien from Venezuela was shot on Sunday during an immigration enforcement operation in Austin, Texas.
Democratic officials and the liberal media rushed to vilify Immigration and Customs Enforcement and characterize 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez as a victim who has been subjected to inhumane treatment at the hands of federal authorities.
'He entered illegally under the Biden Administration.'
The DHS has, however, cast doubt on the veracity of the anti-ICE crowd's various claims regarding Perez's case.
"Sanctuary politicians and the mainstream media have wasted no time in spreading lies about an ICE officer-involved shooting of an illegal alien in Austin, Texas," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement.
"Contrary to their claims, this person is an illegal alien who has no legal status to be here and has been given some of the best medical care he’s ever received in his life," continued Mullin. "No amount of smears and false narratives will slow down ICE from doing its job by removing dangerous illegal aliens from our communities and making America safe again."
The DHS fact-checked numerous claims that have been advanced by Democrats and/or the liberal media since the incident.
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Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro (D) and multiple news outlets pushed the claim by Perez's immigration attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, that the Venezuelan was issued a work permit.
The DHS countered that Perez's "work permit expired in 2025" and noted that "a work permit does NOT grant legal status."
As for Goldfinch's complaint that Perez was ordered removed in absentia, the DHS replied, "Yes. This is why aliens must show up to their removal proceedings. Legal obligations do not end because someone’s address changed."
The DHS similarly rejected the suggestion by Castro and others that Perez lawfully entered the United States and is here legally, stating, "He entered illegally under the Biden administration. The illegal alien had no valid work permit, had no protective status, and had a final order of removal from a Department of Justice (DOJ) Immigration Judge."
In a letter to Sec. Mullin dated Tuesday, Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) and about 100 other Democratic lawmakers also claimed that Perez "is not receiving the care he needs in detention," has received no pain medication, and was forced to sleep on the floor.
The DHS said instead that Perez "is receiving medical care around the clock, including pain medication," and that he "was released from the hospital and arrived at the detention facility just a few hours later, where he slept on a bed."
Democrats further claimed in the letter that "there is no indication Mr. Garces Perez posed a threat to officers." However, newly released footage appears to show a car matching the description of Perez's vehicle speeding away from law enforcement.
"Resisting officers and evading arrest is dangerous for our officers, illegal aliens, and the public," said the DHS. "We remind the public that resisting officers and evading arrest is a felony and a federal crime."
His translator at a news conference Monday said, "He asked the ICE officer if he could please at least pull over so that they could detain him. They said no, and they side-swiped him, basically. He did a U-turn to try and find a spot to park so that he could go with them, and they basically ran into him and then shot him."
Perez is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 30 in connection to his attorney's effort to challenge his deportation.
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Texas man reports foul smell permeating his entire home — police make gruesome discovery next door
Texas police say that the decomposing body of a 68-year-old man would have gone undiscovered if his neighbor had not reported the foul smell permeating his home.
The neighbor, who only wanted to be identified as Lekan, resorted to calling on KHOU-TV to seek relief from the odor that has driven him from his condominium unit.
Bizarrely, the unit where the man died is not adjacent to Lekan's unit, and it is a mystery as to how the odor is spreading to his home.
Lekan said that he noticed flies and an odor when he returned from a work trip on Friday to the One Orleans Place condo community near Jeanetta Street in Houston.
"I saw flies by the door, and then I was wondering what's there," he said. "So I got closer. I could smell the stench."
The odor continued through the weekend and forced Lekan to call his landlady, call the HOA, and eventually dial up 911.
Firefighters searched the building and found the decomposing body of his neighbor, according to police. There were no signs of foul play.
Although officials removed the body, Lekan said the odor continued and then began permeating everything in his unit.
"My food, my clothing. And I'm sure the furniture," he said. "I don't know how I'm going to deal with that."
He was forced to rent a hotel room to escape the odor but says he cannot afford the extra expense.
Bizarrely, the unit where the man died is not adjacent to Lekan's unit, and it is a mystery as to how the odor is spreading to his home.
KHOU reporter Michelle Choi had to move their interview outside the unit because of the smell. But while they were reporting on the incident, some signs of relief arrived for Lekan.
They saw a biohazard cleanup crew was working on cleaning the unit where the man died, and Houston Health Department workers also responded to the complaint from Lekan.
KHOU said they are seeking answers from the city, the landlady, and the condo association.
"My home means everything to me," said Lekan. "My home is my sanctuary."
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Border Patrol RESCUES Chinese and Mexican nationals locked into train car by smugglers, CBP says
Border Patrol agents rescued four illegal immigrants who had been found locked inside a railcar in Texas, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
CBP said exclusively to Blaze News that two other migrants had been found in a similarly locked railcar just one week previously, but one was deceased.
'No one should believe the lies of smugglers who say they can provide safety, because they only care about the money they can gain by exploiting vulnerable people.'
The rescued migrants were identified as three Mexican nationals and one Chinese national.
They were discovered just before dawn on Sept. 16 by Border Patrol agents of the Uvalde station who were inspecting freight cars at a secondary rail near Knippa.
A Border Patrol canine alerted agents about an autorack car carrying automobiles. When they inspected it, they found four people locked inside without any means of escape.
The migrants were taken to the Uvalde Station for processing, according to CBP.
The incident was the fourth time in recent weeks that illegal aliens were found locked into autorack train cars at the Del Rio sector, including the lethal incident on Sept. 11.
On Sept. 7, agents rescued three others locked into a train car at the same secondary rail.
And on August 30, they rescued eight people locked inside a train car, including a child, at that rail.
"This is the work of criminal alien smugglers who have no regard for human life," said Anthony "Scott" Good, a Del Rio Sector chief patrol agent.
"Doors on freight cars are locked externally, and migrants are trapped for an indefinite amount of time without food or water," he added. "No one should believe the lies of smugglers who say they can provide safety because they only care about the money they can gain by exploiting vulnerable people."
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The Homeland Security Investigations office is still investigating the lethal Sept. 11 incident.
The Sept. 7 incident involved a Mexican national, one Nicaraguan, and one Honduran, according to CBP.
"Attempts to make illegal entry via trains have historically had tragic results," said Good after that incident. "U.S. Border Patrol urges anyone considering such rash action to understand their decision could result in disaster."
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Texas shuts down rioters, Democrats fan the flames after ICE shooting
Radicals waving foreign flags and leftist signage flooded the streets of North Austin on Sunday following a nonfatal shooting involving a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and a Venezuelan national.
As the sun set on a day full of anti-ICE rhetoric from Democratic officials, including Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, protesters turned violent, prompting a crackdown from Texas Department of Public Safety troopers.
The shooting
The shooting took place just before 1 p.m. on Sunday in the 8000 block of Anderson Square.
'I am ready to Melt ICE.'
Austin-Travis County EMS Rob Luckritz noted that the individual who caught the bullet — identified by his immigration attorney as 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan national allegedly working as a DoorDash driver — had stable vital signs but was nevertheless taken to Dell Seton Medical Center in "serious condition."
A video live streamed around the time of the shooting and reviewed by the New York Times captures the sound of screeching tires and a collision, then pivots to show a damaged Corolla driven by Perez stopped next to an SUV driven by an ICE officer, the NYT reported. The vehicles can be seen on the video facing in opposite directions.
In a different video obtained by ABC News that shows the aftermath of the shooting, Perez can be heard claiming in Spanish that he was shot for failing to "brake," the outlet reported.
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Homeland Security Investigations is now investigating the shooting with the help of the FBI.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, the individual shot on Sunday is an "illegal alien from Venezuela, who illegally entered our country under the Biden administration and had a final order of removal, during a law enforcement operation today in Austin, TX."
Perez received treatment at the hospital and was transferred into ICE custody.
The Democratic reflex
Following the shooting, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson joined other Democrats in presuming the worst and attacking ICE, stating, "I am very angry and extremely disappointed that a person was shot on the streets of Austin by ICE. While I’m angry and disappointed, I’m not surprised. This has happened in other cities. With the rogue nature of ICE and the chaos we’re seeing fomented by ICE, there’s no reason to be surprised."
Texas Rep. Greg Casar (D) also seized the opportunity to remind everyone that he loathes federal immigration enforcement, stating, "The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning."
"Just like Americans have from Minneapolis to Houston, Austinites will speak out peacefully against this deadly mass deportation machine. ICE has been terrorizing our country for far too long. We will not be silent," added Casar, the son of immigrants.
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) tweeted, "Trump has allowed ICE to flood our streets and put our communities in harms [sic] way again and again and Governor Abbott is complicit every time."
Anchor-baby Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) accused the DHS of being the "biggest threat to our collective safety" and noting, "I am ready to Melt ICE and dismantle DHS!"
While admittedly short on information, Texas state Rep. Vikki Goodwin (D) stated, "This violence cannot continue."
The restoration of order
As Democrats took turns attacking ICE online, a horde of anti-ICE demonstrators rallied near the scene of the shooting, waving signs that said, "Stop ICE murder," "F**k ICE," "Moms against ICE," "Justice 4 Wilber," and "Abolish ICE."
The mob grew increasingly unruly, not only lobbing rocks and other projectiles at law enforcement but attempting on multiple occasions to march on the taped-off site of the shooting. The Texas Department of Public Safety troopers responded by firing pepper balls toward the radicals while Austin police officers in riot gear stood ready.
After deploying tear gas, tackling some rioters, and successfully dispersing the mob, whose assembly was declared unlawful, troopers left the scene around 11 p.m., reported NBC News.
Blaze News reached out to the Texas Department of Public Safety and the DHS for comment but did not immediately receive responses.
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