President Donald Trump’s sweeping promises have translated into a whole-of-government approach for immigration enforcement. In other words, nearly every major Cabinet agency is an immigration agency in Trump’s government.
A drug dealer who sold a dose of fentanyl that killed a woman in Escondido pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges.
A 37-year-old man from Mexico, who is in the United States illegally, received a federal prison sentence Tuesday for his role in drug trafficking in Columbus. Francisco Villegas-Garcia will serve 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl,
US immigration officials launched a new round of enforcement operations in the Los Angeles area Sunday, according to two people familiar with the effort.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes slammed President Trump's attempt to halt federal funding and said the state needs more DEA agents.
Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped 94% compared to last year, with U.S. Border Patrol officials attributing the decline to the Trump administration’s policies. Meanwhile, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has intensified its efforts to target transnational criminal organizations,
Trump's deportation mission is bringing more arrests and removals of migrants with ties to gangs, violent criminal histories and allegations of sexual assault.
Over the second half of the 20th century, Mexican and US drug enforcement efforts created an ever-more profitable black market. Low-level corruption accompanied the expansion of drug production and trafficking south into other areas of Mexico like Nayarit, Michoacán and Guerrero.