Day: January 24, 2025

Veterans groups ask Trump to reconsider immigration executive order, cite impacts on Afghan partners

9:31 am January 24, 2025

Multiple veterans groups sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday, urging him to reconsider a recent executive order regarding immigration and refugee programs, citing concerns about the safety of Afghan interpreters and their families who helped the U.S. military. The executive order, the Realigning the United States Refugee Program, will go into effect […]

Illegal immigrant in Texas wanted for allegedly raping child in Mexico repatriated back to native country

8:32 am January 24, 2025

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas repatriated a Mexican national who was living in Houston, and wanted in his native country for raping a child. ICE said in a news release that 58-year-old Nestor Flores Encarnacion, an undocumented alien, was repatriated to Mexico on Thursday. Flores, who is wanted in Veracruz, Mexico, for […]

Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter impersonated Dodgers star to push through 6-figure wire transfer, audio reveals

8:26 am January 24, 2025

A four-minute audio recording was disclosed by federal prosecutors Thursday that shows Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, allegedly attempting to push through a six-figure wire transfer from one of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ star’s accounts by impersonating him. Mizuhara has been convicted of defrauding Ohtani, the National League MVP and world baseball superstar, and […]

Georgia high school basketball player assaults pair of athletes from opposing team, video shows

8:11 am January 24, 2025

Tempers flared during a high school basketball game in Georgia this month. The heated moment appeared to spark a physical altercation between players from opposing teams. TMZ reported that the fight in question happened during a game between Sonoraville High School and Rockmart High School on Jan. 3 in Calhoun, Georgia. Calhoun is located approximately […]

Rhode Island judge specializing in immigration law resigns after FBI raids office

8:11 am January 24, 2025

FBI agents raided the law offices of immigration lawyer and Central Falls Municipal Court Judge Joseph Molina Flynn in Providence, Rhode Island, Thursday, though the reason for the raid has not yet been disclosed. An FBI spokesperson confirmed that a court authorized the raid, though the spokesperson declined to comment further. Molina Flynn’s office remained […]