Illegal migration

ICE arrests 11 Iranians in US illegally, Homeland Security says

One of the 11 Iranian nationals was on the known or suspected terrorist list, and another served as an Iranian army sniper, according to a CBS report shared by DHS's official X/Twitter.

 An ICE agent in Los Angeles, June 2025; illustrative.
 Migrants crossing into the United States from Mexico, in El Paso

US offers $1,000 stipend to encourage migrants to self-deport

 U.S. President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump and Bukele discussed the detention of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who has been held in a prison in El Salvador since March 15.

El Salvador’s president, Trump’s new deportation partner, is a pro-Israel Palestinian

 Colombians deported from the United States arrive at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia, January 28, 2025.

Trump administration launches new 'self-deportation' app


Trump slaps retaliatory measures on Colombia after it turns away deportation flights

The measures include imposing emergency 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the US; a travel ban and visa revocations on Colombian government officials; and Treasury and banking sanctions.

US President Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024.

Police arrest over 30 illegal migrants, six car thieves across the country in weekend raids

Israel Police arrest over 30 illegal migrants and six car thieves in raids across the country.

 Israel Police arresting illegal migrants in a series of raids across the country, January 12, 2024.

Smuggled in car with yellow hostage ribbon: Police arrest five illegal Palestinian entrants

Border police officers subsequently examined the car and found that the driver had illegally entered Israel from the West Bank.

Border police officers found Israeli flags along with a wig, among other objects the Police announced on September 4, 2024.

Female IDF soldier smuggles Schalit deal prisoner, other Palestinians, into Israel

According to the indictment, this occurred in the past few months and in some cases, while the accused wore an IDF uniform.

Israeli soldiers check cars at a checkpoint near the West Bank City of Jericho

Israeli Police arrest 17 illegal Palestinian residents in a single vehicle

Separately from this incident, the police have conducted multiple operations against illegal residents and those who assist them in violation of the law. 

 Israeli police guard while Palestinians perform Friday prayers in the East Jerusalem  Neighborhood of Ras Al Amud, October 13, 2023.

New UN migration chief worried boat deaths becoming 'normalized'

Earlier this month, a dinghy filled with belongings of refugees holding Somalian and Turkish documents and other belongings washed ashore in Netanya, with no expected survivors.

Massimo Sestini’s entry, which took second place in the General News slot, is a colorful overhead shot of refugees packed into a boat off the Libyan coast, prior to being rescued by an Italian naval frigate.

Smotrich: High Court is 'solely responsible' for Eritrean riot in Tel Aviv

'Israel is not functioning': Lapid lashes out over Eritrean riots • Likud MK vows to 'eliminate illegal migrants'

 Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

Florida bans driver's licenses of immigrants living in US illegally

The new law will be "the strongest anti-illegal immigration legislation in the country," according to the governor's office.

 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during the Florida Family Policy Council Annual Dinner Gala, in Orlando, Florida, U.S., May 20, 2023.

UK home secretary defends extreme immigration rhetoric

"I will not shy away from saying we have a problem with people exploiting [our] generosity, breaking our laws and undermining our system."

Home Secretary Suella Braverman arrives for Day 3 of G7 Interior Ministers.

Police arrest 36, including 10 illegal residents, in raid of Israel's South

The operation also included briefly detaining drivers who drive wildly and endangered people's lives.

 Border police in 'Operation Wandering Storm'

US President Biden compares illegal immigrants to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany

A reporter asked Biden during the press briefing if he thinks that migration is a human right, to which he replied by comparing illegal immigrants to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany.

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden talks about the status of coronavirus vaccinations at the White House on Tuesday.