View of the US-Mexico border wall in Nogales, Arizona on September 17, 2025. As of 2022, approximately 11 million people lived in the United States illegally, according to government figures. And this figure may have risen since then to as many as 14 million, according to the Washington-based Migration Policy Institute. Undocumented workers paid $97 billion in taxes in 2022 alone, according to Americans for Tax Fairness. Figures from 2024 from the US Labor Department said nearly half of the foreign-born workforce in America is Latino. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

‘MOST SECURE border in American history’: Illegal southern border crossings drop to lowest annual level in over 50 years

The Trump administration ended fiscal year 2025 with the lowest amount of United States Border Patrol apprehensions since 1970. As a testament to the administration’s success, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also reported the lowest total monthly illegal border encounters ever recorded.

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Patel shutters ‘corrupt’ FBI unit that previously spied on GOP senators, firing agents involved

FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the FBI has officially dismantled a public corruption unit, known as CR-15, in addition to firing a number of agents connected to previous misconduct involving surveillance of Republican senators — outed by a recent report by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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(Background) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 6: Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) (C), accompanied by (L-R) Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on October 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Grassley has released a document he says came from a whistleblower, alleging that the FBI subpoenaed the phone records of eight Republican senators during an investigation.(Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) / (R) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 6: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) (C), accompanied by (L-R) Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), holds up documents as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on October 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Grassley has released a document he says came from a whistleblower, alleging that the FBI subpoenaed the phone records of eight Republican senators during an investigation.(Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley: Biden’s FBI targeted 8 GOP senators’ personal cell phones in ‘Arctic Frost’ probe

A newly obtained FBI document has revealed that the agency, under the Biden administration, targeted the personal cell phones of eight Republican senators and one Republican House member as part of its “Arctic Frost” investigation, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said on Monday.

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