A Blue Alert was issued on Wednesday for a man accused of shooting an Alvarado police officer during an attack at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility on July 4, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI.

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FEMA officials say Noem took days to sign off on the deployment of resources to assist with the search and recovery efforts.

President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation package, which he signed into law July 4, includes roughly $13 billion in funding to reimburse states that spent, or plan to spend, their own funds to deter illegal border crossings between January 2021 and January 2029.

Suspected members of an Antifa cell are facing a slew of charges for allegedly attacking an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Alvarado, Texas.

Authorities have issued a Blue Alert for Benjamin Hanil Song, wanted in a North Texas ICE facility ambush on July 4 that wounded an officer.

This type of vigilante lawlessness is emblematic of the dangers federal, state, and local law enforcement officials face every day,’ an official says.

Texas prosecutors are juggling a big wave of immigration-related crime, with over 300 new cases filed in just the final days of June.

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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling means that Senate Bill 4, which allows local police to arrest suspected undocumented immigrants, continues to be blocked.

A former DACA recipient who received a green card under the Biden administration has been charged in connection with an anti-ICE attack in Alvarado, Texas.