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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 11: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on December 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee convened to hear testimony from top national security officials on potential worldwide threats. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

DHS offers $3K ‘Holiday Stipend’ to illegal aliens who voluntarily self-deport before the new year

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has increased its holiday-season incentive for illegal immigrants to voluntarily self-deport, temporarily tripling the payment to $3,000 for those who depart by December 31, 2025.

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The Darkness of Terror Drifts Over the West

By Richard Pollock
December 22, 2025

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PUERTO CABELLO, VENEZUELA - DECEMBER 18: An oil tanker remains anchored at the dock during a walk around the outskirts of the 'El Palito' refinery on December 18, 2025 in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. President Trump stated on December 17th that Venezuela took away oil rights from the US. Trump's administration has sanctioned Venezuelan oil with blockades, while many US Navy units are deployed off the coast of Venezuela under the premise of combating the drug cartels. (Photo by Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)

U.S. seizes second merchant ship off of Venezuelan coast

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that United States military forces have intercepted a second merchant ship off the coast of Venezuela.

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 18: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to journalists after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on December 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump suspends green card lottery after Brown and MIT suspect used program to enter the U.S.

President Donald Trump has suspended the green card lottery program that allowed the suspected gunman in both the Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor shootings to enter the United States.

(L) National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Joe Kent. (Photo via: soaa.org) / (Background) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 08: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an East Room event on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan at the White House July 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

NCTC Director Joe Kent: NCTC identified 18K known and suspected terrorists who entered U.S. during Biden admin.

During a congressional hearing on worldwide threats, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Joe Kent testified that his agency has identified approximately 18,000 “known and suspected terrorists” who entered the United States under the Biden administration from 2021 to 2025.

GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - FEBRUARY 09: Guatemalan immigrants deported from the United States arrive on a ICE deportation flight on February 9, 2017 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The charter jet, carrying 135 deportees, arrived from Texas, where U.S. border agents catch the largest number illigal immigrants crossing into the United States, many of them from Central America. U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to vastly increase the number of deportations. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

DHS purchases six Boeing 737s to form deportation fleet, saving taxpayers $279M

The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed its purchase of six Boeing 737 planes, creating its own fleet that will be used for deportation flights.