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Illegal aliens may need to phone home amid new ICE actions

If you’re an illegal alien, your next U.S. flight could end as a one-way trip home.

ICE is now targeting expired visa holders in its airport detention campaigns, according to the Washington Post. The move goes beyond the Department of Homeland Security’s previous focus on aliens with existing deportation orders, according to the outlet.

‘This administration is working diligently to ensure that aliens in our country illegally can no longer fly unless it is out of our country to self-deport.’

“We’ve been saying for a while: If you don’t have permanent status, you should really consider whether it’s safe to fly,” Amica Center for Immigrant Rights deputy program director Atenas Burrola Estrada told the Washington Post. “I think a lot of people were still flying, and it was safe, and that is clearly not the case anymore.”

Burrola Estrada also claimed that nearly a dozen arrests have occurred at the Reagan National, Washington Dulles International, and Baltimore/Washington International airports.

The Transportation Security Administration did not respond to a request for comment.

The Biden administration previously allowed illegal aliens to fly using their CBP One app in lieu of traditional identification. A 2024 DHS report found significant safety concerns with the app-identification and non-detainment system.

RELATED: Illegal immigrant allegedly attacks police in Virginia — after dodging prosecution for allegedly choking his wife

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“DHS reversed the horrendous Biden-era policy that allowed aliens in our country illegally to jet around our country,” a DHS spokesperson said in a statement to Blaze News. “Under President Trump, DHS will no longer tolerate this. This administration is working diligently to ensure that aliens in our country illegally can no longer fly unless it is out of our country to self-deport.”

ICE signed a memorandum of agreement with TSA in May 2025, establishing data-sharing and notification systems between the agencies. The document was first obtained by American Oversight, a nonprofit organization founded by former Obama administration officials.

A Colombian woman engaged to an American citizen was detained by ICE while boarding a Southwest Airlines flight on July 17, according to her attorney, Johanna Kelley.

“There were two or three men, without uniform, without ID, in regular clothing,” Kelley told the Washington Post. “Then they said, ‘We are ICE. You need to come with us. You are arrested because you’re an illegal alien.’”

The woman was released from ICE custody on Wednesday after a Virginia judge granted her bond, according to Kelley.

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‘That absolute coward’: Aaron Rodgers goes scorched-earth on ‘criminal’ Anthony Fauci as fans go ballistic

Aaron Rodgers minced no words when talking about former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday, repeatedly calling him a “coward” in front of a live audience.

The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback was meant to be talking football and his feelings heading into likely his last year in the NFL, but it took less than one minute for the interview to shift from pro ball to politics.

‘Did they do even a minute on Tony Fauci? I bet they didn’t.’

Appearing on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” live from Steelers training camp, host Pat McAfee started off by asking Rodgers simple questions about where his head is at before the start of the 2026 campaign.

“Can you tell us about the mindset of coming into your last season?” McAfee asked.

“How do you kind of view this year versus maybe the years of the past?”

“I’m going to plead the Fifth,” Rodgers quickly replied. “Like that absolute coward, Tony Fauci.”

Rodgers was referring to Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment 111 times last week during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Rodgers’ comments immediately started to rile the crowd up, escalating into jaunts and jeers as Rodgers increased his rhetoric.

“Are you kidding me? You got a pardon, and you pleaded over 100 times?” Rodgers continued.

“What are you scared of, Tony? I thought you were the science!”

RELATED: Two Americas, under Fauci, with liberty and justice for none

Rodgers mocked the doctor for not answering any questions and then looked straight into the camera and seemingly set his sights on ESPN.

The 42-year-old started listing the critical coverage of his “responses,” his “vaccination status,” and even coverage of the marriage between singer Taylor Swift and NFL tight end Travis Kelce.

“Did they do even a minute on Tony Fauci? I bet they didn’t,” Rodgers claimed before McAfee’s panel hilariously urged him to go back to insulting Fauci. Much to their pleasure, the Super Bowl champ obliged as the crowd erupted in “M-V-P!” chants.

Rodgers claimed that Fauci was “spending the entire time writing in his diary about how fun it is to be famous. You got to be kidding me! What are they going to say about me now? … They can’t talk about the COVID stuff because obviously it was made in a lab in China, that’s, like, not even questionable anymore.”

RELATED: ‘He was lying’: RFK Jr. blasts Dana Bash for pushing Fauci’s lies, defending the jab

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As McAfee informed Rodgers they had only four minutes to speak — so he’d like to get some football talk in — the former University of California QB took a second to applaud pundit Stephen A. Smith.

Just days earlier, Smith apologized for his 2021 comments when he suggested NBA player Kyrie Irving made himself look “flat-out stupid” for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. In hindsight, Smith said, “It didn’t make him stubborn or selfish; it made him brave.”

In response, Rodgers said to Smith, “You are not a coward. I appreciate you.”

Viewers may be surprised to see that McAfee did not back off from the conversation. In fact, he took significant time to talk about the abuse he took for hosting Rodgers on his platform at the time in 2021.

McAfee said that given his history with the quarterback and all they had discussed years prior, he knew Rodgers would have something to say. This culminated in McAfee leading an applause with the live audience for Rodgers.

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Bloody pig masks and live spiders: The disturbing secret war eBay waged on critics

What began as criticism of eBay’s business practices spiraled into one of the most bizarre corporate harassment scandals of our time, which ended in David and Ina Steiner receiving millions from the online marketplace.

And harassment may be putting it lightly — as they were sent live cockroaches, spiders, fly larvae, a bloody pig mask, and a book on dealing with the death of a spouse.

The couple’s online newsletter, EcommerceBytes, reports on eBay as well as other internet marketplaces and angered eBay executives enough for them to begin cyberstalking the pair.

“They apparently were saying bad things about eBay,” BlazeTV co-host Jeff Fisher explains on “Pat Gray Unleashed.”

“And that pissed eBay off, including the CEO of the company,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray says.

They also sent porno magazines and listed the couples’ home on Craigslist as a “nightly destination for singles, couples, and swingers.”

“They sent porn magazines on purpose to their neighbors just to embarrass David,” Gray comments.

“And don’t forget, they put a GPS tracker on their car,” Fisher says.

The couple opened a civil lawsuit against the former eBay executives in 2021, which was finally settled this year on July 27.

The payout was a whopping $55.7 million.

“That’s nice,” Gray says. “OK, that takes a little bit of the edge off all of it.”

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Tennessee Republican begins impeachment process against judge who BLOCKED TPS removals to Somalia

Republican Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee has filed articles of impeachment against a federal judge after she ruled to block the president’s rescission of deportation protections for Somalis.

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs issued an administrative stay on Friday to stop the administration from deporting Somalis who had been granted Temporary Protection Status.

‘This judicial activist’s obstruction of the people’s will must be stopped. Judge Burroughs must be impeached.’

Ogles fired back in a statement on Saturday, threatening to impeach Burroughs, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama. On Monday, he filed the articles.

“America is not Africa’s dumping ground. We will end Temporary Protected Status, remove those who have no lawful right to remain, and put the sovereignty of the American people FIRST,” he wrote on social media.

Ogles explained the justification for the impeachment in a statement to Just the News.

“SCOTUS made it very clear that lower courts cannot suspend TPS. Yet, an Obama-appointed judge is defying the court and the Constitution in an attempt to subvert the will of the president,” Ogles said. “This judicial activist’s obstruction of the people’s will must be stopped. Judge Burroughs must be impeached.”

Burroughs issued the stay after African Communities Together and other plaintiffs accused the administration of discrimination on the basis of race as well as national origin. The plaintiffs had changed their lawsuit in order to fit the standards the Supreme Court had placed on federal judges blocking TPS terminations.

The same judge had also issued a previous stay over the TPS program. Department of Homeland Security General Counsel James Percival issued a stern condemnation of Burroughs’ latest decision.

“Judge Allison Burroughs just entered yet another order preventing the termination of Somalia TPS,” Percival posted Friday. “There is no serious debate about what is going on in these cases — defiance, obstruction, and delay.”

RELATED: Spain says 25,000 migrants have been expelled from tiny Ceuta territory — with at least 34 DEATHS

The process to remove a judge is difficult and unlikely. Ogles has begun the process, but a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives will need to approve the motion.

Then, the articles would go to the U.S. Senate for trial, and two-thirds of the senators would need to vote to convict to remove Burroughs from office.

Only eight federal judges have been convicted and removed in U.S. history.

Ogles is facing a fierce and well-funded challenge in the Republican primary, and Democrats are also targeting his seat as a possible pickup for them in the general election.

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Trans-identifying reality TV star arrested for heinous acts with a child, police say

A transgender-identifying reality television star has been arrested for multiple felonies related to child molestation allegations.

Sidney Favors is known by stage name Sidney Starr and has been cast in numerous shows including “Love & Hip Hop” and “Baddies.”

Favors was booked under charges of sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age.

On Monday, the Hapeville Police Department said the 37-year-old was arrested on Sunday at the Embassy Suites hotel on International Boulevard.

Favors was booked on charges of sexual battery against a child under 16 years of age, aggravated child molestation, and sodomy, according to records from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.

“Because this case involves a juvenile, no additional information will be released from our agency,” said the Hapeville Police.

A TMZ report says Favors allegedly confessed to performing oral sex on the minor in a hotel in Hapeville.

Favors had become famous after claiming to have had a sexual relationship with the rapper Chingy. The artist denied the claims, and Favors later admitted fabricating the entire allegation.

RELATED: Trans-identifying liberal seems to call for DEATH of Elon Musk over comment about Zizian trans cult

Favors’ social media account says he is a cast member of “Baddies ATL,” “Love & Hip Hop: New York,” and “Wild ‘N Out” on MTV.

Fulton County Jail records list the transgender-identifying celebrity as a black male.

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Popular OnlyFans model takes major legal step in years-long case alleging she fatally stabbed boyfriend

A popular OnlyFans model accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death inside a Florida luxury condo in 2022 has reached a plea deal with prosecutors, her legal team confirmed to Fox News.

Courtney Clenney, 30, was charged with second-degree murder with a weapon in the death of her 27-year-old boyfriend, Christian “Toby” Obumseli, according to records from the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center.

A ‘tempestuous and combative relationship.’

Clenney’s attorneys, the Prieto Law Firm and Puglisi-Carames Law, stated that the agreement will not be finalized until the court accepts it and did not reveal specifics.

“We will reserve further comment on the specific terms until they are placed on the record before the court,” Clenney’s attorneys said, according to Fox News.

The attorney for the stabbing victim confirmed that Clenney has reached a plea deal.

“On behalf of the Obumseli family, I am pleased to announce that defendant Courtney Clenney, the state, and the Obumseli family have reached a resolution that would avoid an unnecessary trial,” the attorney said in a statement, according to WFOR-TV.

“Pleading guilty and accepting full responsibility will begin the process of bringing closure to a very tragic, life-changing event for the Obumseli family,” the statement said.

Citing a court docket, People magazine reported that Clenney is scheduled to appear before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Andrea Ricker Wolfson on Aug. 10 for a plea hearing.

WFOR reported that Clenney initially pleaded not guilty of fatally stabbing Obumseli.

RELATED: Fired cop avoids jail time after allegedly groping OnlyFans star in X-rated ‘traffic stop’ video while on duty

Blaze News previously reported that Clenney and Obumseli arrived at their high-rise building in Miami’s upscale Edgewater neighborhood just after 4:30 p.m. on April 3, 2022. Soon the couple reportedly began fighting, according to a wrongful death lawsuit Obumseli’s family filed.

“Building security arrived at the Clenney unit, knocked on the door, heard yelling through the door, stood outside, and did nothing despite knowledge of Ms. Clenney’s history of past disturbances in the unit and common areas, her history of erratic, volatile, and aggressive behavior … and her recently diagnosed mental health disorder,” the complaint stated.

“By the time Ms. Clenney finished committing her crime, at 4:58 p.m., she opened the door to her unit and security saw her and her dogs covered in blood and Mr. Obumseli was already unconscious on the floor,” the lawsuit asserted.

The complaint noted, “Had the building personnel or security performed their duties when they were first notified about the fight, two minutes after it started, Christian Obumseli would still be alive.”

The Miami Herald reported that defense attorneys have argued that Clenney was in a tumultuous, toxic relationship with Obumseli, and that she was a victim of battered women’s syndrome and was “forced to take action in the defense of her life.”

A police report said officers discovered Obumseli with a single stab wound to the torso.

Clenney stated that she hurled a knife at Obumseli from more than 10 feet away after he threw her to the ground. However, prosecutors argued that the autopsy revealed a deep puncture wound indicative of an up-close stabbing.

Clenney’s attorney noted that the OnlyFans model immediately called 911, which the attorney claimed supports his client being charged with manslaughter rather than second-degree murder.

Clenney never denied she was responsible for the victim’s injuries but asserted that she was acting in self-defense, Court TV reported.

Two months before Obumseli died — Feb. 21, 2022 — Clenney was caught on video attacking her boyfriend in the elevator of their Miami apartment building, prosecutors said.

As Blaze News previously reported, Clenney was arrested in August 2022 on the Big Island of Hawaii by Hawaii County police with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service.

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said the relationship began in November 2020 but eventually spiraled into a “tempestuous and combative relationship,” Fox News reported.

Clenney has nearly two million followers on Instagram under the name “Courtney Tailor.”

The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to Blaze News‘ request for comment.

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‘It is illegal to be white’: Auron MacIntyre calls out white woman’s guilty verdict for using a racial slur

On April 28, 2025, Shiloh Hendrix was at the park with her child when she got into a confrontation with a man after she allegedly called his child a racial slur.

The man began videotaping her, which he later posted to social media where it went viral.

Over a year later, Hendrix has been found guilty of disorderly conduct against the man operating the camera, and BlazeTV host Steve Deace — alongside millions of freedom-loving Americans — isn’t happy with the outcome.

“What does this case tell us about the current state of the culture we’re in?” Deace asks Auron MacIntyre on the “Steve Deace Show.”

“That it is illegal to be white,” he answers, pointing out that the man in the video “was accused of sexual assault against a 16-year-old.”

“So, we have a Somali criminal, sexual assaulter, doing this, creeping on this woman with a child in the park, but she says the same word he does,” he explains. “They both say exactly the same word, but one of them was convicted of a crime for doing that.”

“And the only explanation — there’s literally only one — is that she was convicted for being white. And, of course, we see this conviction alongside Anthony Fauci and his testimony this week. And as nice as it was to see Anthony Fauci embarrassed, we all know that pretty much no penalty is coming for Anthony Fauci,” he says.

“So, we now live in a country where Shiloh Hendrix can be convicted of a crime, but Anthony Fauci can kill millions of people, destroy the economy and the lives of millions of children, and receive no penalty,” he adds.

MacIntyre tells Deace that the justice system is “entirely eroding before our eyes.”

“What she’s being judged for, therefore, is her whiteness, because if two black people were saying this to one another in any context, we wouldn’t be here with any kind of a trial in Minnesota or anywhere else,” Deace comments.

“We would just call it a rap video,” MacIntyre adds. “And that’s obviously the case. This man was harassing a woman with a child in the park. He has a history of [alleged] sexual violence against minors, but she is the violator here.”

“And let’s be clear … she was found innocent of directing the slur at the child. It was only the slur directed at the man who was harassing her, the [alleged] sexual offender … who she was ultimately convicted of harassing,” he continues.

“Again, this is just a hate speech law,” he adds.

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Actor Jon Bernthal calls pit bull fear ‘ridiculous’: ‘It’s just dog racism’

Action star Jon Bernthal came out in defense of the most widely criticized breed of dog and said their behavior depends on the owner, not the animal.

Star of “The Punisher” and “The Walking Dead,” Bernthal appeared on “The Howard Stern Show” on Saturday and briefly referenced pit bulls when asked about his own dogs.

‘It’s like being afraid of somebody for their race or their sexual orientation.’

Doggie DEI

Bernthal has advocated for pit bulls on numerous occasions and has three of his own: Lil Bam Bam, Boss, and Venice.

On Saturday, host Howard Stern asked whether Bernthal’s dogs were present when he got into a fight, a story he told earlier in the interview.

“Did they attack?” Stern asked.

“No. … My dogs are the greatest, and they’re unbelievably well-trained,” Bernthal replied, immediately defending the breed against those who see them as aggressive. “People have got to stop that.”

The 49-year-old then chalked up any bias toward the dogs as a form of racism.

“It’s just racism. It’s just dog racism. I think to be afraid of a breed of dog is completely ridiculous. It’s like being afraid of somebody for their race or their sexual orientation; it’s completely ridiculous.”

At that point, Bernthal made his most distinct claim, saying that “if a pit bull bites you, it’s going to suck, but they’re no more likely to bite you than a chihuahua or any other breed of dog.”

RELATED: Sheriff unloads on dog owner accused of letting ‘vicious’ animals maul neighbor to death, faking heart attack to avoid jail

Killer stats

A study published in the Journal of Surgical Research in May stated that out of 276 patients who sustained dog bite injuries between 2016 and 2024, “pit bulls were implicated in nearly one-third of all injuries and were significantly more likely to require surgical intervention” in comparison to other breeds.

A 2023 study by DogsBite.org stated that “attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity rates, higher hospital charges, and a higher risk of death than are attacks by other breeds of dogs.”

The study went on to say that between 2011 and 2017, pit bulls “inflicted the highest prevalence of injuries” where the breed of the dog was known. This totaled 245 out of 511 cases, or 47.9%. The breed was known just 36% of the time, or 511 of 1,422.

Data from the same organization claimed that pit bulls were responsible for 71% of fatal dog bites in 2017, 72% in 2018, and 68% in 2019.

RELATED: Rabid defenders of pit bulls are spiritually blind — and ignoring the tragic stats

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The same literature review concluded that “strict regulation of pit bulls may substantially reduce the U.S. mortality rates related to dog bites.”

National legislation surrounding pit bulls exists in countries like the U.K., where they are banned, and New Zealand, where they cannot be imported.

Additionally, animal care retailer Hepper stated in a 2025 article that at least six municipalities in the U.S. restrict pit bull ownership. This includes Council Bluffs, Iowa; Prince George’s County, Maryland; Melvindale, Michigan; Kearny, Missouri; Sparta, Tennessee; and Miami, Florida.

As for Bernthal, he attributed the pit bull rep to “a lot of knuckleheads” who “unfortunately are attracted to that breed of dog.”

“To me, when I see some wannabe gangster getting pulled down Venice Beach by his pit bull, and I’m like, ‘You feed that f**ker, and he’s pulling you?'” Bernthal exclaimed. “To me that’s not manly or strong at all. I think you gotta train your dogs.”

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