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An illegal alien arrested last year for his fourth DUI since 2016 is going to prison on an immigration charge, according to ...

A two-and-a-half-year-old mystery of a "golden orb" found on the ocean floor has finally been solved.It all started when ...

David Wilcock, known for his appearances on the History Channel’s “Ancient Aliens” and other extraterrestrial content ...

Marine life is indeed extremely interesting and unusual. Nevertheless, some animals in the oceans look really weird and ...

Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas have filed 245 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases ...

It took more than two years, but we can finally rest easy that it's not the contorted remains of an alien creature.

That means Cubans, Haitians, and Venezuelans could start going again in larger numbers to the U.S.-Mexico border to seek ...

Michael W. McConnell, a former appellate judge, is a professor at Stanford Law School.

Trump signed an executive order on the first day of his second term, effectively ending asylum-seeker entries at U.S. borders ...

Supporters of Isaac Villegas Molinas — local elected leaders and members of the National Day Laborer Organization — converged ...

Family-based green card approvals fell 54 percent between July 2025 and January 2026, according to a new analysis.