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Man arrested for offering $500 bounty to kill ICE agents

A Massachusetts man was arrested Thursday on charges of offering a $500 bounty on Twitter to anyone who killed an ICE agent -- the latest in a series of horrific threats aimed at the immigration law enforcement amid the ongoing deportation debate.

August 9, 2018
Republican U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins, center, is surrounded by reporters as he leaves federal court, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, in New York. Rep. Collins of western New York state has been indicted on charges that he used inside information about a biotechnology company to make illicit stock trades (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Chris Collins arrested after insider trading allegation

The FBI arrested Rep. Chris Collins Wednesday on charges of insider trading after the Securities and Exchange Commission accused him of passing on secret information about a failed clinical test to his son, who dumped 1.3 million shares of stock in a pharmaceutical company.

August 8, 2018
In this July 26, 2018, photo, visa applicants wait to enter the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China. Data analysis by the Center for Migration Studies shows that about 5.5 million illegal immigrants since the year 2000 came to the U.S. legally but overstayed their visas. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) **FILE**

Visa overstays present wrinkle in immigration issue

More than 400,000 people came to the U.S. on legal visitor visas in 2017 but were still here six months after their time was up, the government said in a new report Tuesday detailing the less-talked about side of illegal immigration.

August 7, 2018
FILE - This April 2, 2017 file drone photo shows the U.S.-Mexico border fence on the outskirts of Nogales in southern Arizona. A U.S. border patrol agent is going on trial for second-degree murder in U.S. District Court in Tucson on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in a rare Justice Department prosecution of a fatal cross-border Mexico shooting. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff, File)

Illegal immigrant ‘family’ nabbed after man found to have raped girl

A woman turned her juvenile daughter over to a sexual predator to sneak them both into the U.S. in exchange for getting the mother a job, Homeland Security officials said Tuesday, detailing one of the horrific abuses that migrants are able to make of the immigration system.

August 7, 2018
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) supporters march to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office to protest shortly after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' announcement that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), will be suspended with a six-month delay, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York) ** FILE **

DACA ruling appealed by Trump administration

The Trump administration filed notice late Monday that it is appealing last week's ruling that ordered it to restart the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty in full.

August 6, 2018
Karrar Noaman Al Khammasi

Refugee charged with murder was in ICE custody in 2016

An Iraqi refugee now charged with attempted murder of a Colorado police officer was actually in ICE custody in 2016, but was ordered released thanks to a court decision that ruled his previous convictions for assault and a host of other crimes weren't serious enough to deport him.

August 6, 2018
Alex Jones, center, an American conspiracy theorist and radio show host, is escorted out of a crowd of protesters after he said he was attacked in Public Square on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Cleveland, during the second day of the Republican convention. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Alex Jones/Infowars shutdown ignites debate over social media content policing, censorship

Facebook and YouTube shut down accounts Monday run by radio host Alex Jones, saying his charged rhetoric violated their policies and were detracting from their efforts to spawn a civil conversation. Apple also said it nixed Mr. Jones' podcast from its iTunes subscription lists, and Spotify erased the host's program from its feed, as social media companies began to take a more active role in policing their content.

August 6, 2018
Peter Sprunger-Froese, with hat, joins a group of about 120 people as they stand on the front steps of the Colorado Springs City Hall, Colo., Tuesday, March 22, 2016, to protest against a resolution drafted by Councilman Andres Pico to ban refugees from Syria and other Middle Eastern countries from relocating to Colorado Springs. Pico said his intention was to heighten security, not to disparage refugees, The Gazette reports. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP) ** FILE **

Iraqi refugee charged with attempted murder of Colorado police officer

An Iraqi refugee now charged with attempted murder of a Colorado police officer was actually in ICE custody in 2016 but was ordered released thanks to a court decision that ruled his previous convictions for assault and a host of other crimes weren't serious enough to deport him.

August 6, 2018
A U.S. Border Patrol agent looks at one of border wall prototypes Thursday, June 28, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

DHS cut corners to start building Trump’s border wall

Homeland Security cut corners in deciding where to build President Trump's border wall, and still hasn't been able to put any of the new designs the president demanded into operation, the government's chief watchdog said in a new report Monday.

August 6, 2018