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Tag: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Katie Britt Alabama News
Britt leads charge on mandatory E-Verify legislation – ‘Ensure jobs go to Americans, not illegal aliens’

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) recently introduced federal legislation that would require employers to use E-Verify when hiring someone, a move designed to cut down on the employment of illegal immigrants.

Nathaniel Ledbetter Alabama News
‘Not true’: House Speaker Ledbetter slams Alabama Values PAC mailers on 2024 illegal immigrant college bill

House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) defended Republican House members who voted for a 2024 bill that would’ve allowed some illegal immigrants to attend public colleges and universities in Alabama.

Lee County Sheriffs Office Alabama News
Illegal alien rape suspect fatally shot after opening fire on Lee County Sheriff’s deputies

An illegal alien rape suspect from Guatemala died after opening fire and injuring one Lee County Sheriff's deputy in Loachapoka on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool) Alabama News
'A damn shame': Alabama GOP federal delegation stands with Trump, decries Democrat response to protecting Americans over illegals

In one noteworthy moment, the President said that the duty of the American government was to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens, and invited those in the chamber who agreed to stand up. Notably, the Democrats remained seated, which not only drew Trump's ire but also that of Alabama's Republican federal lawmakers.

A protester shouts at federal immigration officers Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck) Alabama News
Pete Riehm: Did Democrats get another George Floyd moment?

Trump must cut off all federal dollars to sanctuary cities and states until they decide to rejoin the Union and abide by federal law. If he doesn’t, the republic is in jeopardy.

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Illegal alien sentenced for trafficking heroin in Bessemer

An illegal alien was sentenced on heroin-trafficking charges last week.

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Number of ‘unaccompanied alien children' sent to Alabama sharply declines under Trump in 2025

The number of unaccompanied alien children sent to Alabama by the federal government declined significantly at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term compared to that of former President Joe Biden.

Andrew Isker Alabama News
'The Boniface Option' author Andrew Isker explains how mass immigration, DEI are destroying generational success in America

On a recent episode of “1819 New: The Podcast,” Isker discussed the “trash world” in which today's youths live and how the inversion of America’s founding Christian values — particularly regarding mass immigration — has made the American Dream out of reach and reshaped the culture.

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ALEA, ICE work together to detain illegal commercial truck drivers

Alabama is teaming up with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to make the state’s interstates safer.

Kamala Harris Alabama News
Allen Keller: The proper designation of fascism

Whereas the current administration has the benefit of context and history as mitigating factors for its current actions regarding the ICE crackdowns, the Democrats have no such benefit, so in the end it is they – not we – who are more rightly imputed with the designation of fascist.

State Sen. Arthur Orr Alabama News
State Sen. Orr on steep drop in public school enrollment: Illegal aliens 'moved somewhere safer'

During Friday's broadcast of Huntsville radio WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) spoke about the decreasing number of public school students in Alabama.

Mario Rosas Jeranimo Alabama News
Illegal alien arrested in Summerdale on child sex charges

An illegal alien was arrested in Summerdale recently on child sex charges.

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'We cannot afford weak leadership or half-measures' — AG Marshall warns against consequences of rising crime, illegal immigration and trans issues

Alabama Attorney General and candidate for the U.S. Senate, Steve Marshall, spoke about several issues important to Alabamians on a recent installment of the America’s Kitchen Table podcast.

DEA FBI Alabama News
Multiple immigration arrests made in South Alabama, FBI announces

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the arrests of more than a dozen people in Baldwin and Mobile Counties on Thursday.

Giovanna Hernandez-Martinez Alabama News
Jennifer Oliver O'Connell: The curious case of Leeds 'social worker' Giovanna Hernandez-Martinez

A young woman who became a valedictorian, obtained a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, and managed to succeed in the shadows for 17 years should have had the wherewithal to sort out her illegal status. Why didn’t she?

Lady Justice Alabama News
Dr. Daniel Sutter: The due process American immigration needs

The uneven application of due process threatens the Trump administration’s illegal immigration deportation efforts.

Giovanna Hernandez-Martinez Alabama News
Trump’s DHS slams mainstream media’s ‘sob story’ over arrest of illegal alien in Leeds

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) criticized on Thursday the mainstream media’s narrative around the recent arrest in Leeds of Giovanna Martinez, a JSU graduate who worked with the Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama.

El patron Alabama News
Federal judge drops charges against Mexican restaurant manager arrested in recent raid

A federal judge dropped charges against an Opelika Mexican restaurant manager on Friday for insufficient evidence of hiring illegals.

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Chinese illegal alien, refugee arrested with over 5,000 gift cards, 300 allegedly counterfeit

Jiandong Cao and Xuejun Zheng were both arrested by the Pelham Police Department recently for allegedly possessing 15 counterfeit devices after being suspected of switching out gift cards at local CVS stores.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION RAID Alabama News
Illegal immigrants busted in Loxley dispersed to planned locations in case of raid

Homeland Security officials in Atlanta said illegal immigrants on a raided construction site in Baldwin County had planned hideout spots to disperse to in case of a raid.

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Three Mexican nationals arrested in investigation at restaurants across Alabama

Three Mexican nationals—Luis Miguel Campos-Reyes, Isaac Fernandez-Lopez, and Marco Antonio Guzman—were arrested and face federal charges this week after local, state, and federal law enforcement raided multiple Mexican restaurants across Alabama on Tuesday.  

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Seven illegal aliens detained at Chow King in Albertville

Seven illegal aliens from China, Mexico, and Guatemala employed at a Chinese buffet in Albertville were detained by local and federal law enforcement on Friday.

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ICE raids Mexican restaurants across River Region, Auburn

ICE and various federal, state and local law enforcement agencies raided multiple Mexican restaurants across central and eastern Alabama on Tuesday.

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Huntsville federal grand jury hands down six indictments for Mexican nationals accused of reentering U.S. after deportation

A federal grand jury in Huntsville indicted six Mexican nationals for reentering the U.S. illegally after being previously deported.

Randall Woodfin Alabama News
Phil Williams: Left-wing libs fiddle while cities burn

Too often liberals feel that their role is to make life easier for criminals and harder for law-abiding citizens. All too often law-abiding citizens grow numb like the vast number of Afghan citizens I knew who just accepted a life of societal upheaval. 

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LA mayor Karen Bass tries to stop federal immigration raid; Tuberville — 'Lock her up'

On Monday, U.S. Border Patrol and other law enforcement agents executed an immigration raid targeting illegal aliens near a park in Los Angeles, drawing the ire of LA Mayor Karen Bass.

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State Sen. Elliott: 'Make it harder for illegals to work here' on state, federal levels

The federal E-Verify system is an internet-based system that helps employers verify an employee's work eligibility in the United States. However, in Alabama, employers and lawmakers say it's not foolproof and more could be done.

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