The far left Washington Post published an article today on ICE arrests.

The Democrat rag whines that illegals are being arrested without a criminal record.

Via the Washington Post: “ICE has arrested more than half a million people since President Trump returned to office, and nearly 40 percent do not have a criminal record. As of Aug. 6, ICE had detained more people without a criminal record this year than in all of 2025.”

However, authors David Nakamura and Emmanuel Martinez for some reason forgot to mention that every single one of the ICE arrests involve criminal aliens.

According to Cornell Law, “Crossing the border illegally is a federal crime via 8 USC 1325. 5 year statute of limitation for first time offense.”

So, the WaPo published their article based entirely on fake news.

FOX News contributor Bill Melugin went after the WaPo for their ignorant claims.

Bill Melugin: Crossing the border illegally is a federal crime via 8 USC 1325. 5 year statute of limitation for first time offense.

Overstaying a visa is a civil offense.

Being unlawfully present in the U.S. is a civil offense.

But none of these semantics matter, because any of the above can result in ICE detention.

There is no requirement under US law that an alien must have a criminal record before being detained by ICE. There never has been.

ICE also does not need a judicial warrant to make arrests. (Unless they’re entering private property like a home).

All they need is reasonable suspicion that an alien is unlawfully present in the country.

Bottom line, all aliens who violate US immigration law are subject to ICE arrest and detention. This is how the law has been for decades.

Bill Melugin is a solid reporter.

Too bad WaPo does not have any reasonable people on staff like Bill.

Crossing the border illegally is a federal crime via 8 USC 1325. 5 year statute of limitation for first time offense.

Overstaying a visa is a civil offense.

Being unlawfully present in the U.S. is a civil offense.

But none of these semantics matter, because any of the above… https://t.co/NWNXRQ9Ok5

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 29, 2026

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Country music singer Jelly Roll broke down in tears Thursday while delivering an emotional immigration sermon during his final night guest-hosting ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The tearful performance came just days after Jelly Roll used Jimmy Kimmel’s anti-Trump platform to mock President Donald Trump’s weight, call him a “fat pig,” and make a vulgar joke about the president’s anatomy.

After spending the week insulting Trump and telling angry fans they were free to stop listening to his music, Jelly Roll suddenly wrapped himself in the language of compassion, Christianity, and “human dignity” while promoting rhetoric that closely echoed the talking points of open-borders activists.

Jelly Roll recalled winning three Grammy Awards earlier this year and being asked about immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. At the time, the singer declined to offer a political opinion, a decision he now says he regrets.

The singer became emotional as he claimed he had failed to speak for people who were supposedly “scared” and “hurting.”

“Human dignity isn’t Republican or Democrat. Compassion isn’t left wing and mercy isn’t right wing… There are no boundaries or borders for broken families,” Jelly Roll declared while fighting back tears.

WATCH:

Jelly Roll spent four nights on Jimmy Kimmel calling the President a “fat pig,” joking about his penis, and telling MAGA fans to delete his music.

Then he cried on camera and lectured America:

“Human dignity isn’t Republican or Democrat… there are no boundaries or borders for…

— The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) August 29, 2026

This is the same Jelly Roll who, just six months earlier at the 2026 Grammys, refused to criticize ICE. He called himself a “dumb redneck” who was “disconnected” from current events and said people shouldn’t care about his opinion. Other artists that night denounced immigration enforcement.

Jelly Roll stayed quiet, then promised he would speak “loud and clear.” This week he finally did. The message: compassion has no borders.

Jelly Roll is a convicted felon who has spoken openly about prison, drugs, and robbery charges from his youth. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee later pardoned him. America gave him a second chance, a music career, Grammys, and restored voting rights in March 2026.

He shook President Trump’s hand at a UFC event and later insisted a handshake is not an endorsement. Fine. But crying on national television that there should be “no boundaries or borders for broken families” while sitting in for one of the most partisan anti-Trump hosts on television is not “down the middle.” It is the same open-borders sermon the left has been preaching for years.

He said he wants to represent “those without representation,” the recovering addict, the felon trying to change, the single mother. Those people exist in America.

Many of them are the ones paying the price when the border is treated as a suggestion. Illegal immigration does not just produce “broken families” on the other side of the Rio Grande. It produces American victims, overwhelmed towns, and children who never get a second chance because a cartel or a repeat offender got one first.

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A far-left NBC News crew filming a sympathetic piece on Palestinian claims of “settler violence” reportedly came under attack Saturday in Jalud, south of Nablus in Samaria.

Masked men jumped from a vehicle, beat members of the team with sticks, threw rocks, and damaged equipment before fleeing.

NBC international correspondent Matt Bradley, producer Lawahez Jabari, cameraman Khaldoon Eid, and a driver were interviewing 51-year-old Aida Ahmed Abdullah and her family.

Abdullah claimed settlers had driven her family from their home. The team was walking toward the house when a gray car reversed up the hill. A masked man in a blue tracksuit leaned out holding a stick, according to NBC News.

At least four men in dark clothing with covered faces leaped out, striking the woman and the crew. Bradley was hit twice in the arm. Equipment and a vehicle were damaged. All were treated for injuries; Abdullah was hospitalized but her injuries were not life-threatening.

Jabari said she saw a gun that was not used. Eid expressed surprise that the attack happened “in the middle of a Palestinian area next to Palestinian houses.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the “criminal acts of violence committed in the villages of Kosra and Jalud by a handful of rioters who violate the law.”

WATCH:

NBC News crew filming a sympathetic piece on Palestinian claims of “settler violence” came under attack Saturday in Jalud, south of Nablus in Samaria.

Masked men jumped from a vehicle, beat members of the team with sticks, threw rocks, and damaged equipment before fleeing,…

— The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) August 29, 2026

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

“I strongly condemn the criminal acts of violence committed in the villages of Qusra and Jalud by a handful of rioters who are violating the law, causing a grave injustice to the law-abiding Jewish community, interfering with the IDF in carrying out its missions, and harming Israel’s standing in the world.

“The security forces acted swiftly, confiscated three vehicles, and brought the incident to an end within a short time.

“The IDF, the ISA, and the police are conducting a vigorous investigation on the ground, and I expect law enforcement authorities to arrest the rioters and bring them to justice as soon as possible.”

Israeli security forces said they received reports of rioters, clashes including stone-hurling, and rioters barricaded in a Palestinian home. Forces removed them, separated groups, protected residents, and confiscated rioters’ vehicles. IDF and Border Police continue operations in Qusra and Jalud.

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An estimated 72,000 migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco on July 30–31, 2026, after a June Spanish Supreme Court ruling barred authorities from immediately returning migrants who arrive by water. Migrants exploited the ruling by walking into the sea on the Moroccan side of the border and technically arriving “by water” on Spanish territory just meters down the coast. Although most returned to Morocco within hours of the initial crossing, thousands remained in the small city, which has only 80,000 inhabitants.

Spanish police sources told El Español they were aware of 15 sexual assault complaints and two arrests, while the National Police confirmed to fact-checker Maldita.es that six complaints had been filed by minors as of August 11. Spain’s largest police union, the SUP, told Reuters that 15 sexual assaults of varying severity had been reported since July 30 and that the significant majority of the victims were underage. However, the Interior Ministry and police declined to confirm the figure.

Health Minister Mónica García said the city’s crisis center for women had treated five people. Courts remanded nine migrants who arrived on July 30 into custody on charges including sexual assault, burglary, and attacking officers. Three of those nine cases involved sexual assaults against migrant women who crossed the same day.

In one case reported by Spiked, three men described as brothers were stopped while allegedly attempting to sexually abuse a 10-year-old girl. Separately, Ceuta University Hospital treated at least five girls under 14 for suspected rape, according to Euronews. All had arrived from Morocco during the influx. Judicial sources said local residents intervened to prevent several additional attempted assaults.

Spanish television network Cuatro aired footage of local mothers describing changed routines for their daughters. One mother said her 16-year-old daughter “has to go everywhere with her father or with me,” while Ceuta mothers separately demanded the school year be delayed, with one saying she “would not let my daughter come to school alone.”

A month after the initial influx, tensions boiled over into open unrest. On August 27, hundreds of Ceuta residents sat across the road near Benítez Beach for more than two hours, blocking Red Cross vehicles carrying food and water from reaching the El Trampolín migrant camp. Protesters chanted, “They should leave” and “Out with the Red Cross,” according to Euronews. Some protesters broke through police cordons and entered the camp, where they dismantled and set fire to migrant shelters and belongings.

The unrest followed an incident earlier that morning in which roughly 70 migrants attacked a military vehicle carrying four soldiers with stones, prompting police to detain 12 Moroccan migrants. City Finance Councillor Kissy Chandiramani told news radio SER that residents “feel abandoned” by the national government’s lack of response.

Spain is moving migrants from Ceuta to the mainland. Once on the Iberian Peninsula, they are inside the EU’s Schengen Area, although this does not automatically grant them the legal right to move freely throughout it. About 500 unaccompanied migrant girls are being transferred from Ceuta to mainland Spain. Roughly 1,400 to 1,500 unaccompanied minors remain in the enclave’s care.

Migrants who are not swiftly deported are held for processing “for entry into Spain and, from there, the rest of the EU.” This pathway was opened by the June Supreme Court ruling rather than through a formal admissions policy.

European leaders argued that a recent royal decree signed by King Felipe VI may have incentivized the sudden surge in arrivals in Ceuta. On January 27, 2026, Spain’s Council of Ministers approved the decree, granting one-year residency and work permits to an estimated 500,000 undocumented migrants already in the country.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took the strongest stance, calling the Ceuta images “shocking” and saying Spain should be suspended from the Schengen Area, the EU zone in which most member states have abolished passport checks at their shared borders. On July 31, Italy temporarily suspended normal Schengen travel arrangements with Spain by reintroducing border checks on travelers arriving from the country. Meloni described the “uncontrolled immigration” as a threat to national security, according to the House of Commons.

Finland, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, and the Czech Republic joined Italy in calling for Spain’s suspension from the Schengen Area. Separately, leaders of 22 EU nations signed a letter accusing Madrid of undermining bloc-wide migration rules, according to RT.

Not all reactions were critical of Spain. At an emergency EU summit, member states issued a statement expressing “strong solidarity with Spain” and praising the “swift and effective efforts of Spanish authorities.” The statement confirmed that the large majority of those who crossed into Ceuta had been returned to Morocco, with no onward movement to mainland Spain or other member states, according to the House of Commons Library.

Left-wing MEPs, including Spain’s Javi López, called Italy’s position “unworthy of a European partner.” They argued that after Italy received EU support for more than 700,000 arrivals from Libya, “solidarity is not a one-way street.”

The episode has reopened the question of whether Schengen’s border-free structure can withstand a crisis triggered by a single member state’s national court rulings and residency policies, particularly when other capitals view the consequences as their own border security problem.

Italy’s unilateral suspension of Schengen arrangements with a country it does not even border has no clear precedent as a means of using internal EU rules to punish another member state’s domestic migration policies. The move suggests that the union’s response to a Ceuta-scale event remains largely improvised. More than a decade after the 2015 migration crisis, the EU still has no mechanism in place for individual countries to protect their own borders from the consequences of liberal policies adopted by other member states.

In fact, even Italy’s suspension of normal Schengen arrangements with Spain can be challenged before an EU court.

Under the terms of the agreement, Italy can temporarily reinstate border controls to protect against a “serious threat to public policy or internal security,” but the application of these terms remains open to legal interpretation. Furthermore, because Italy does not share a land border with Spain, a court could find that there is no direct security threat, dismissing the fact that migrants can fly into Italy or travel through France before entering the country.

Similar migration patterns have been documented across Europe. Rather than seeking asylum in the first safe country they reach, migrants often cross multiple countries in an attempt to reach wealthier nations with more liberal or generous welfare and migration policies, such as Germany or the Scandinavian countries. Others may prefer France or Italy over Spain.

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In a recent online panel featuring members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), activist and streamer Michael Beyer said efforts to reshape the Democrat Party and the country would be “a violent process,” according to video circulated by Canary Mission. Beyer argued that “the Democratic Party establishment that we have has to be ripped out” and that “we can actually start to grab hold of the ship of state and steer it in our direction, but it’s going to be a, you know, violent process.”

The remarks, captured during what appears to be a DSA‑linked video meeting or panel, were compiled into a viral clip shared on X that shows multiple DSA figures discussing revolutionary change and the overthrow of existing U.S. institutions.

Separately, so called democracy advocate Ian Bassin, co‑founder and executive director of the nonprofit Protect Democracy, has described organizing “wargames” with Democratic senators and election‑law experts to rehearse responses to potential threats to the 2026 midterm elections. In a recent episode of the podcast “The Court of History,” Bassin explained that participants were assigned roles such as congressional leaders, administration officials, civil‑society litigators, online conspiracy influencers, and foreign actors like Russia or Iran to “walk through a set of scenarios” and stress‑test the system.

He told host Sidney Blumenthal that the exercises were designed as method‑acting‑style simulations, encouraging players to “get into the mindset” of figures ranging from an acting director of national intelligence to a conspiracy‑minded online influencer or major media outlet.

Clearly, Democrats are increasing levels of insanity as we approach the 2026 midterms.

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Four men have pleaded guilty over a horrific arson attack that destroyed four ambulances belonging to a Jewish emergency medical charity in north London.

Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, Judex Atshatshi, 18, and Saif Ali, 18, entered guilty pleas at the Old Bailey to destroying or damaging property while being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.

The attack took place during the early hours of March 23 in Golders Green, an area with a large Jewish population.

Three members of the group set fire to four fully stocked ambulances operated by Hatzola, while another waited nearby in a car, the court heard.

As the vehicles burned, gas canisters inside them exploded.

Each ambulance was worth approximately £250,000, while four electrical charging stations and their cables were also damaged.

Four usual suspects have pleaded guilty to destroying four Jewish community ambulances in an arson attack causing £1m of damage in north-west London.

Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, Judex Atshatshi, and Saif Ali, both aged 18, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to a charge of… pic.twitter.com/pcvS9XjtOG

— Tommy Robinson (@TRobinsonNewEra) August 28, 2026

Prosecutors have said they believe the ambulances were deliberately targeted because of their connection to the Jewish community.

The Crown Prosecution Service has maintained the attack was terrorist related, although lawyers representing the four men dispute any terrorist connection.

Hatzola is a volunteer-run Jewish organization that has provided free emergency medical assistance in Golders Green since 1979.

The charity treats and attends to patients regardless of their religion.

The Community Security Trust, which works to protect British Jews from such attacks, described the destruction as an “appalling antisemitic act.”

“This was an appalling antisemitic act against a volunteer ambulance service providing emergency medical assistance to people of all backgrounds across north London, simply because those ambulances belonged to a Jewish charity,” a spokesperson said.

According to U.S. court documents, an Islamic militant group later claimed responsibility for the ambulance attack.

Prosecutor allege that Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, an Iranian-Iraqi militia commander, subsequently shared propaganda footage of the destruction.

Al-Saadi was arrested in Turkey and extradited to the U.S. back in May.

The Justice Department has accused him of involvement in planning more than a dozen terrorist attacks across Europe and North America.

British intelligence officials reportedly believe secret intelligence points toward Iran or Iranian proxies having been involved in the attack.

Iqbal, Khan, Atshatshi and Ali were remanded in custody and are expected to be sentenced next spring.

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