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Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday afternoon by federal agents at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center following a confrontation with officers from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The tense incident, captured on video by local media, occurred during a “congressional oversight” visit involving three New Jersey Democrats and concluded with Baraka, also…

 Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order creating a national center for homeless veterans, using funds reallocated from programs previously directed toward services for illegal immigrants, Fox News Digital has learned. The order instructs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the National Center for Warrior Independence on the VA campus…

 Getty Images The state of California is under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security over allegations that it provided federal benefits to immigrants residing in the U.S. illegally. At the center of the probe is the California Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI), which is now facing a federal subpoena. Authorities claim the program…

 Getty Images President Donald Trump’s administration dismissed the nation’s top copyright official just days after removing the Librarian of Congress. Shira Perlmutter, who led the U.S. Copyright Office—an agency under the Library of Congress—was abruptly terminated, according to Fox News. The U.S. Copyright Office told the outlet that Perlmutter had gotten an email from the White…

 Getty Images House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green has demanded that Tennessee authorities turn over unredacted reports and footage from the traffic stop of alleged MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia, where he was suspected of trafficking illegal migrants. The Tennessee Highway Patrol pulled over Agrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador by the…