News from February 2026
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 10, 2026
A resident of Coalgate, Oklahoma, Treyvian Jamal Mason, also known as Tray Mason, has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for possessing a stolen firearm.
By T. P. Broyles | Feb 10, 2026
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned witnesses during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration hearing focused on fraud in Minnesota.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 10, 2026
Fredy Aureliano Morales-Ramirez, a Guatemalan national described as a criminal illegal alien by U.S. authorities, has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for assaulting two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in...
By F. E. Simons | Feb 10, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has requested that local authorities in Charlotte, North Carolina, not release Jamie Iram Gamez Cadena, a Mexican national who is in the United States illegally on an expired B-2 tourist visa.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 10, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported the arrest of several individuals identified as criminal illegal aliens over the past weekend.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 9, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expanded its online database, WOW.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 9, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reported the recent arrests of several individuals identified as criminal illegal aliens across the United States.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 9, 2026
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has indicted Darwin Alexander Davila-Perez, a Nicaraguan national, for assaulting a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during an enforcement operation in December 2025.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 9, 2026
On February 3, 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed an arrest detainer with Miami authorities for Oscar Ernesto Sanchez-Aguire, a Salvadoran national accused of sexually assaulting an Uber driver and causing a car crash in...
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 9, 2026
Since January 20, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports that nearly 7,000 individuals described as criminal illegal aliens have been released from New York City custody due to the state's decision not to honor Immigration and...
By T. J. Graves | Feb 9, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced the recent arrest of several individuals convicted of serious crimes, including murder, involuntary manslaughter, assault, and drug trafficking.
By R. C. Jamison | Feb 9, 2026
The Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held a legislative hearing today to review four bills aimed at supporting wildlife stewardship, conservation efforts, and the management of water projects.
By H. B. Edwards | Feb 9, 2026
Rep. Dale W. Strong (R-AL), chairman of the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology, has announced a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, February 11, to evaluate how the federal government addresses agroterrorism threats to food and...
By F. E. Simons | Feb 9, 2026
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) posted several updates on February 8-9, 2026 regarding their work seizing large quantities of illegal drugs such as fentanyl at U.S. borders.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 9, 2026
A Toledo man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after being convicted on multiple charges related to child sexual abuse and exploitation.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 9, 2026
Two men have been sentenced in federal court in Boston for their involvement in a scheme to steal checks from the mail and commit bank fraud.
By H. B. Edwards | Feb 9, 2026
This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a nominations hearing to consider Wesley Brooks for assistant secretary of State for oceans, international environment, and scientific affairs, and Jeremy Carl for assistant secretary of...
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 9, 2026
Todd O’Gara, the founder and executive chairman of Wanu Water, Inc., has been sentenced to 51 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 9, 2026
Federal authorities have recovered more than $6.5 million in taxpayer funds that were stolen through pandemic-related fraud schemes, according to an announcement by Timothy Courchaine, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 9, 2026
William Eric Cooper, a former member of the Georgia National Guard, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor to produce sexually explicit images.
