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Anti-Semitic acts of terror are a ‘direct result’ of US support to Israel, Mahmoud Khalil says Khalil calls the attacks ‘desperate attempts to be heard’ during first broadcast interview since release from ICE custody

June 24, 2025 Meghan Blonder

(Free Beacon) In his first broadcast interview since his release from detention, Mahmoud Khalil blamed the United States’ “unconditional support” of Israel for the recent string of anti-Semitic attacks. “What is happening is a direct result of the U.S. unconditional [sic] support […]

Migrant corpses found off Spain with hands, feet tied

June 23, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Spanish authorities have launched an investigation after discovering several dead migrants in the Mediterranean Sea whose hands and feet had been tied, police said on Monday. Although most of the tens of thousands of Europe-bound migrants Spain receives arrive via the […]

Border agents warned about possible terrorist ‘sleeper cells’ after Biden admin let in over 700 Iranian illegal migrants

June 23, 2025 Jennie Taer

(NY Post) Customs and Border Protection is warning agents about possible terrorist “sleeper cells” in the US after more than 700 Iranian nationals were let into the US after crossing illegally under the Biden administration, according to a leaked memo obtained by […]

DOJ on ‘high alert’ for Iranian nationals living illegally in US, Bondi says Attorney General Pam Bondi's remarks echo the DHS's notice one day prior that the Iran conflict 'is causing a heightened threat environment in the United States'

June 23, 2025 Ashley Oliver

(Fox) Attorney General Pam Bondi was questioned Monday during a House budget hearing about Iranian nationals who entered the country illegally during the Biden administration after the Trump administration warned the conflict with Iran raised threat levels in the United States. Rep. […]

Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil bashes Columbia ‘hypocrisy’ in first NYC rally since being released from ICE detainment

June 22, 2025 Melanie Marich and Caitlin McCormack

(NY Post) Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil on Sunday bashed his alma mater Columbia University over its “hypocrisy” in claiming to support international students while leaving him to rot in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center for three months until his release […]

Over 700 Iranian nationals released into US during Biden administration despite terrorism concerns Trump's decisive action against Iran raises alarm about security risks following Biden's release of 729 special interest aliens

June 22, 2025 Greg Wehner and Bill Melugin

(Fox) Over 1,500 Iranian nationals who illegally entered the U.S. at the southern border were arrested during the Biden administration, and nearly 50% of them were released back into the country, according to a senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) source. […]

Mahmoud Khalil vows to continue protesting Israel and the war in Gaza after release from detention

June 21, 2025 Holly Ramer and Aron Ranen

(AP) A Palestinian activist who was detained for more than three months pushed his infant son’s stroller with one hand and cheered as he was welcomed home Saturday by supporters including U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Mahmoud Khalil greeted friends and spoke briefly […]

Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil speaks out and reveals his future plans after release from Louisiana lockup

June 20, 2025 Victor Nava

(NY Post) Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil lamented leaving behind some “incredible men” on Friday as he left a Louisiana detention facility, which he hopes becomes a museum to what he described as “America’s racist policies.” “I leave some incredible men behind me, […]

Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil released from federal custody after judge found he may have been unfairly held

June 20, 2025 Priscilla DeGregory and Victor Nava

(NY Post) Mahmoud Khalil is a free man Friday after a New Jersey judge ordered the Trump administration to release the anti-Israel Columbia University protester from a Louisiana immigration lock-up. “My priority now is to get to my beautiful wife and precious […]

Father, son facing terrorism charges in alleged Toronto plot to stand trial in 2026 Accused were 'in the advanced stages of planning a serious, violent attack' when arrested in 2024: RCMP

June 20, 2025 Thomas Daigle

(CBC) A father and son accused of planning an ISIS-inspired mass murder in Toronto have been ordered to stand trial next year. Lawyers for Ahmed and Mostafa Eldidi appeared in Superior Court in Newmarket, Ont., this morning. The court scheduled a six-week […]

Former Rochdale MP says he was ‘warned’ not to mention ethnicity in grooming gangs scandal: ‘They were concerned about votes’ The prime minister told GB News that he is 'glad' to be the leader that has implemented a national inquiry

June 18, 2025 Georgia Pearce

(GB News) Former Labour MP Simon Danczuk has told GB News he was “warned off” by party figures from raising the issue of ethnicity in grooming gangs, due to concerns about “votes.” Speaking to host Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former Rochdale representative […]

Student visa applicants with ‘hostile attitudes’ will be told they can’t come to the U.S. The State Department will start reviewing social media ‘to make America and its universities safer.’

June 18, 2025 Maya Sulkin

(Free Press) State Department employees who review applications from foreign citizens for student and exchange visas will be told to review their social media posts and search for signs that they “bear hostile attitudes toward our citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding […]

France aims to intercept UK-bound migrant boats offshore as Channel crossings surge

June 18, 2025 Gabriel Stargardter

(Reuters) Faced with a growing number of Channel migrant crossings, France hopes to stop more small boats from reaching Britain by changing its rules of engagement to intercept vessels, France’s interior ministry has said. France and Britain hope to unveil the measures […]

Wife of Boulder firebombing suspect begs Americans for help while judge delays deportation Texas judge extends order prohibiting deportation while suspect's wife claims family treated 'like animals' in detention

June 18, 2025 Alexandra Koch, Melissa Chrise, Alicia Acuna and Lee Ross

(Fox) The wife of accused Boulder, Colorado, attacker and illegal Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman released her first public statement pleading for the American people’s help after a Texas U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday ruled the family will be allowed to […]

‘Hundreds’ of the ayatollah’s people already in Canada — and more hoping to sneak in While Iranian-Canadians cheer for fundamentalist regime to fall, they and Jewish organizations fear IRGC thugs seeking refuge in Canada

June 18, 2025 Joe Warmington

(Toronto Sun) Sometimes you see a headline that jumps out and makes your head spin. “Iranian Regime Officials Seek Refuge in Canada,” said the banner on Israel’s i24News station. What? So if World War III breaks out or the fundamentalist Iranian theocracy […]

Rep. Mace pushes forward bills to target ‘Hamas sympathizers’ and Muslim Brotherhood

June 18, 2025 Ian Kayanja

(WCIV) With allies holding signs of support, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace held a press conference Wednesday to discuss two bills she claimed advance President Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda and support Jewish Americans. Mace — standing next to Jewish Americans, rabbis and […]

Migrant smuggler suspects go on trial in France over boat deaths

June 16, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Nine men went on trial on Monday in France suspected of smuggling people on a small boat that capsized in the English Channel killing eight passengers in 2022. Four people died and four went missing after the boat capsized a few […]

Key takeaways from grooming gangs report

June 16, 2025 Becky Morton

(BBC) A review into abuse carried out by grooming gangs in England and Wales has been published. The government asked Baroness Casey to carry out the audit, examining existing data and evidence on the nature and scale of group-based child sexual abuse, […]

Bombshell grooming gangs review set to find link between illegal immigration and violence against young girls The Home Office worries the review could cause civil unrest

June 13, 2025 Lewis Henderson

(GB News) A bombshell review into rape gangs is expected to find a direct link between illegal migration and the exploitation of young British girls. The Home Office is anticipated to publish the National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse […]

Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil can remain in detention, judge rules

June 13, 2025 Victor Nava

(NY Post) The Trump administration can continue to hold anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil at the Louisiana detention facility where he’s been locked up since March, a federal judge ruled Friday. Judge Michael Farbiarz had issued a preliminary injunction earlier this week barring […]

Germany’s tough-on-migration turn leaves Afghans in perilous limbo Germany, like the U.S., is closing its door to Afghans facing persecution by the Taliban.

June 13, 2025 Nette Nöstlinger

(Politico) Shakerah Baresh and her four children were on one of the last planes to Germany. Baresh, the former principal of a girl’s school in Afghanistan’s northeastern Panjshir province, arrived in Germany with her children at the end of March, just weeks […]

An Afghan man accused of planning an Election Day attack in the US pleads guilty

June 13, 2025 Nadia Lathan

(AP) An Afghan man in Oklahoma accused of planning an Election Day attack in the U.S. on behalf of the Islamic State group pleaded guilty Friday to terrorism-related charges in federal court. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, pleaded guilty to two offenses: conspiring […]

France’s Afghan migration crisis: Even left-wing official breaks ranks A senior official with communist roots says what many fear: Afghan immigration is tearing at the fabric of French society.

June 12, 2025 Hélène de Lauzun

(European Conservative) The alarming warnings about mass migration are no longer limited to right-wing circles. A former French prefect responsible for equal opportunities, who comes from the left, is alarmed by the massive influx of migrants from Afghanistan, which he believes threatens […]

Federal judge rules anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil cannot be deported or detained by Trump admin

June 11, 2025 Anna Young

(NY Post) The Trump administration is barred from deporting and continuing to detain anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. New Jersey federal Judge Michael Farbiarz issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting federal officials from booting the Columbia University rabble rouser from the country, […]

Irregular border crossings into EU fall 20% in early 2025, Frontex says

June 11, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Kathimerini) Irregular border crossings into the European Union fell by 20% in the first five months of 2025, totaling 63,700, according to preliminary figures released on Wednesday by the EU border agency Frontex. The Central Mediterranean remained the most active migration route, […]

Former Islamic State leader in Germany loses deportation appeal

June 11, 2025 Unlisted Author

(DPA) The former leader of the Islamic State terrorist group in Germany, Abu Walaa, has lost his appeal to avoid deportation. The 41-year-old Iraqi is currently serving a sentence that keep[s] him behind bars until May 2027. Following his release, he is […]

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rashida Tlaib vote ‘present’ on resolution to condemn antisemitic attacks A second antisemitism resolution expressing gratitude to ICE also passed, but with a smaller margin.

June 10, 2025 Philissa Cramer

(JTA) No one voted against a resolution condemning the rise of hate crimes against Jews when it came to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday evening. But two congresswomen declined to vote yes. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a […]

‘Systemic failure’: At the State House, Muslims tell stories of Islamophobia, advocate for permanent civil rights commission

June 10, 2025 Emily Spatz

(Boston Globe) They were stories of hatred. One girl was playing in the yard with her sister, both wearing their hijabs, when a neighbor offered to take off their religious head coverings unprompted. A woman attending graduate school at Harvard said she […]

Biden admin evacuated 55 Afghans on terror watchlist to US during botched withdrawal: DOJ watchdog

June 10, 2025 Victor Nava

(NY Post) US officials encountered 55 Afghan evacuees on the terrorist watchlist after the Biden administration’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal from the Middle Eastern country, according to a Justice Department inspector general report. The report, released Tuesday, confirmed longstanding suspicions from Republican lawmakers […]

Dutch court forces release of secret Syria report used in asylum decisions

June 8, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The Dutch government has released its confidential report on the security situation in Syria following a court ruling earlier Friday, Dutch public broadcaster NOS reports. The ruling came after a Syrian asylum seeker challenged the rejection of his asylum application […]

Amid recent string of attacks inspired by Israel-Hamas war, some experts worry counterterrorism not a priority 'Immigration security IS national security,' the White House said.

June 8, 2025 Bill Hutchinson

(ABC) Five alleged high-profile terrorist attacks have occurred across the United States in the first six months of 2025, including four that investigators suspect were motivated by the war in Gaza or radicalized by the ISIS terrorist group. But as law enforcement […]

Concern about mass migration is a ‘terrorist ideology’ that requires government intervention, claims Prevent Sir Keir Starmer might be included, Lord Young claimed, citing the prime minister's recent statement

June 7, 2025 Ed Griffiths

(GB News) Government documents have classified concern about mass migration as a “terrorist ideology” requiring intervention through the anti-radicalisation Prevent programme. An online training course on the government’s website identifies “cultural nationalism” as a belief that could trigger referral to the deradicalisation […]

Trump admin cracks down on antisemitism as DOJ official exposes ‘violent rhetoric’ of radical protesters Civil Rights Division's Harmeet Dhillon says rabbis have her 'on speed dial' as administration prioritizes Jewish safety

June 7, 2025 Ashley Oliver

(Fox) The Trump administration has taken a more aggressive approach than its predecessor toward addressing the nationwide surge in antisemitic incidents, launching investigations, punishing elite universities, and intensifying its immigration enforcement practices. President Donald Trump, through the Department of Justice (DOJ) and […]

Pro-Palestine protester who evaded terror charges in two-tier police row is ‘Islamist propagandist’ granted asylum in Britain Mohammad al-Mail claimed he avoided prosecution by misleading investigators

June 7, 2025 Ed Griffiths

(GB News) A pro-Palestinian demonstrator who was arrested but not ultimately charged with terror charges after chanting support for the October 7 Hamas attacks has been identified as Mohammad al-Mail, a 27-year-old Kuwaiti national who was granted refugee status in Britain in […]

Palestinian detained in France after rabbi hit with chair

June 6, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A Palestinian man was taken into custody after he threw a chair at a rabbi on a cafe terrace in a wealthy Paris suburb, a police source told AFP, in an attack France’s main Jewish association condemned as antisemitic. According to […]

Attorney General Gentner Drummond calls for removal of all Oklahoma Afghan refugees

June 6, 2025 Sierra Pfeifer

(KOSU) Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is calling for Afghan refugees to be swiftly expelled from the state. In 2021, nearly 2,000 Afghan refugees resettled in Oklahoma to flee the Taliban. The refugees, many of whom worked for American and allied organizations […]

Three alleged Iranian spies appear at Old Bailey The men are alleged to have targeted journalists working for Iran International, an independent media organisation based in London.

June 6, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Sky News) Three Iranian nationals charged with spying offences have appeared in court. Mostafa Sepahvand, 39, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 44, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 55, appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday, charged with offences under the National Security Act. They […]

Germany’s Merz blames migration for ‘imported’ rising anti-Semitism

June 6, 2025 Unlisted Author

(DPA) Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said migration is a significant factor behind the rise of anti-Semitism in Germany, calling it a “terrible challenge” for the country. “We have a sort of imported anti-Semitism with the big numbers of migrants we have within […]

Critics have meltdown and accuse Trump of imposing renewed ‘Muslim ban’ through ‘disgusting’ travel order Democrats say Trump is bucking 'core American values'

June 5, 2025 Emma Colton

(Fox) Democrat lawmakers and social media critics are accusing President Donald Trump of rolling out a “bigoted” travel ban they say is riddled with “Islamophobia.” “This discriminatory policy, which limits legal immigration, not only flies in the face of what our country […]

German Cabinet approves stricter asylum measures The German government has proposed several new measures as it pushes on with plans to further curb irregular migration. This comes despite a legal setback this week when a court ruled pushbacks at the border unlawful.

June 4, 2025 Timothy Jones

(Deutsche Welle) The German Cabinet on Wednesday approved several measures to tighten Germany’s asylum laws, including a plan to make it easier to determine “safe countries of origin” and thus to deport rejected asylum-seekers. This comes after another policy put in place […]

ICE arrests suspected Al-Qaida operative in Philadelphia

June 4, 2025 Jason Hopkins

(Daily Caller) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a suspected Al-Qaida member residing in a city notorious for refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Authorities apprehended a Tajikistan-born Russian national in the early morning hours of May 23 in Philadelphia, […]

A US judge halts the deportation of the Egyptian family of the Boulder firebombing suspect

June 4, 2025 Colleen Slevin, Jesse Bedayn, Rebecca Santana and Hallie Golden

(AP) A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the government to immediately halt deportation proceedings against the family of a man charged in the firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, to ensure the protection of the family’s constitutional rights. U.S. District Judge Gordon P. […]

Tom Homan ‘convinced’ US will see major terror attack because of Biden’s lax border policies: ‘It’s coming’

June 3, 2025 Victor Nava

(NY Post) Border czar Tom Homan warned Monday that he’s “convinced” the US will suffer a major terrorist attack as a direct result of former President Joe Biden’s immigration and border policies. “It’s coming,” Homan said of the possibility of a 9/11-style […]

Family of Boulder firebombing suspect taken into federal custody, visas revoked: sources Mohamed Sabry Soliman’s wife and five children are in federal custody, sources confirm

June 3, 2025 Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Bill Melugin

(Fox) The family of a Boulder, Colorado, firebombing suspect is in federal custody and their visas have been revoked, sources confirm to Fox News. According to senior sources within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the […]

French police pulled dead woman and child off migrant boat and let people smugglers carry on to UK

June 3, 2025 Ella Bennett

(LBC) Two people smugglers have been jailed after piloting a boat across the Channel from France to the UK, which saw a woman and child die shortly after setting off. Afghan nationals Shah Salim Sajjadi, 38, and Safiollah Mohammadi, 25, were arrested […]

Far-right PVV pulls out of Dutch coalition over asylum plans

June 3, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) The Dutch government collapsed on Tuesday morning after Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right PVV, stepped out of the coalition after failing to have his own way over asylum. “No signature for our asylum plans, no changes to the main […]

Video appears to show Boulder suspect speaking to camera while driving before attack The suspect, 45-year-old Mohamed Soliman, faces federal and state charges.

June 3, 2025 Kevin Shalvey, Emily Shapiro and Luke Barr

(ABC) A video posted on social media appears to show Boulder, Colorado, terrorism suspect Mohamed Soliman speaking to the camera while driving before the attack. The individual is seen in the video wearing a hat and shirt that match videos ABC News has […]

Germany’s Merz says court ruling will not stop migration crackdown

June 3, 2025 Friederike Heine and Matthias Williams

(Reuters) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that a court ruling against the expulsion by border police of three Somali asylum seekers could restrict his government’s migration crackdown but would not stop it. People would continue to be turned away at […]

Wilders: PVV will quit cabinet unless it agrees to asylum plan

June 2, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) Geert Wilders has ratcheted up his threat to bring down the government over asylum, warning that his PVV party will leave the coalition unless the other parties adopt six of the 10 points in his latest plan for stricter immigration […]

Trump blames Biden border policies for Boulder attack

June 2, 2025 Alex Gangitano

(Hill) President Trump on Monday blamed the antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colo., a day earlier on former President Biden’s border policies, calling the incident that injured several people an example of the need for secure borders. A man used a “makeshift flamethrower” […]