U.S. targets alleged migrant caravan organizers with visa restrictions

By Darryl Coote
Oct. 29, 2026 / 10:38 PM




Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The State Department announced Thursday that it has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on more than 15 people allegedly involved in migrant caravans, the latest action by the Trump administration as part of its immigration crackdown.

The individuals were not identified by the State Department, which said they were targeted in the past week for being involved in organizing, facilitating or promoting "recent" migrant caravans, which are large groups of migrants, traveling together by land, often including family units, women and minors seeking safety in numbers.

State Department spokesman Thomas Pigott said Thursday that investigations indicated that individuals had recruited, coordinated and directed large groups of migrants through Central America and Mexico toward the U.S. southern border.

"Any of these individuals or any caravan participants who apply for a U.S. visa or attempt to travel to our nation will face additional scrutiny, and the department will take appropriate action, which may include refusing or revoking their visas," he said in a statement.

"Crossing the U.S. southern border without authorization violates the law and can lead to arrest, detention, deportation and a future ban on entry to the United States. Those individuals involved in facilitating or participating in such illegal activity will be considered for visa restrictions."

According to a Congressional Research Service report, migrant caravans bound for the United States surged in 2018 and 2019, drawing increased attention from U.S. government authorities attempting to stem irregular migration. Some members of migrant caravans seek asylum at official border crossings, while others attempt to enter the United States illegally.

The visa restrictions were imposed under a broad State Department policy introduce by the Biden administration in November 2023 targeting those facilitating irregular migration into the United States. The policy was expanded in February 2024, and the Trump administration announce a complementary policy in March 2025 targeting foreign officials and other accused of knowingly facilitating illegal immigration..

Under the second Trump administration, the United States has taken a slew of actions targeting immigration, including stricter border control and intensified immigration enforcement within the country, resulting in widespread arrests of people suspect of being in the United States illegally for possible deportation.

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Ignatian Migration Dialogue | Detention in the US

Jesuit Refugee Service/  USA

Sep 30, 2026

We examine detention standards, conditions of deportation, third-country removal to Mexico, and legal remedies to detention. The latter includes the proliferation of habeas corpus petitions. Like all Ignatian Migration Dialogues, this webinar hopes to promote partnerships, greater engagement on this pressing issue, and successful policy/advocacy strategies.

MASS ARRESTS, Enraged Drivers as Anti-ICE Protest BLOCKS Brooklyn Bridge

MASS ARRESTS, Enraged Drivers as Anti-ICE Protest BLOCKS Brooklyn Bridge

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Oct 28, 2026

October 28 2026 MANHATTAN, NEW YORK - Anti-ICE protesters SHUT down all three Manhattan entrances to Brooklyn Bridge. Enraged Drivers begged protesters to leave, while one driver spoke in support.

Mass Arrests with one person carried away by the NYPD

NY Times Endorses Migrants’ Law-Breaking, Poverty, and Exploitation

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Neil Munro

27 Oct 202697

The New York Times is blessing the city’s population of illegal migrant street vendors as noble martyrs, despite the diverse economic damage they impose on ordinary New Yorkers.

The article’s headline, “For Senegalese Street Vendors in New York, ‘Work Is Worship,” obscures the reality that the poor illegal migrants survive by selling knockoff products, paying higher rents by crowding into apartments, and by dodging the property and city taxes paid by normal retailers.

But all is forgiven, perfumed, and downplayed by author Aimee Ortiz as she trills about the migrants’ diverse lawbreaking:

Most days, Khadim Ndiaye wakes up in the apartment he shares with five people in the Bronx and heads down to Canal Street, where he sets up shop on the sidewalk. Cat-eye, oversize and aviator frames bearing familiar logos — Prada, Gucci, Fendi — are among the sunglasses he hawks to passers-by.

Nearly all the migrants are men who have left their wives and families behind in Senegal.

Ortiz and her editors also wink at the cruel border policies that helped kill thousands of migrants during President Joe Biden’s term:

Mr. Ndiaye, 33, is among the thousands of Senegalese migrants who have made their way across the Atlantic from Dakar, Senegal’s capital, followed by a perilous overland trek through South and Central America to New York with one goal: to create a better life for themselves and their families in Senegal.

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A US appeals court ruled 10-7 that immigrants detained after entering the country illegally are not constitutionally entitled to bond hearings,..

A US appeals court ruled 10-7 that immigrants detained after entering the country illegally are not constitutionally entitled to bond hearings, reversing a July ruling affecting Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi

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A US federal appeals court has ruled that certain immigrants who entered the country without lawful admission are not constitutionally entitled to individual bond hearings while their removal proceedings are pending. On October 23, 2026, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, issued a 10-7 decision reversing an earlier ruling that had granted relief to three detained immigrants. According to the court’s opinion in Alvarado v. Vergara, available on Justia, the majority concluded that the Fifth Amendment does not require individual hearings to assess whether the men pose a danger to the community or a flight risk under the immigration detention provision at issue. The ruling reverses orders requiring authorities to provide the men with hearings within 90 days.

Appeals court reverses earlier ruling

The decision arose from consolidated cases involving Ignacio Sosnava Rodriguez, Alejandro Villegas Angel and Miguel Angel Gomez Alvarado. The three men challenged their detention through habeas corpus petitions, a legal procedure that allows people held by the government to ask a court to review the legality of their detention.

The men argued that holding them without individual bond hearings violated the Fifth Amendment’s protection against deprivation of liberty without due process of law. Federal district courts in Texas granted habeas relief, ordering the men’s release and barring immigration authorities from detaining them again without first conducting individual bond hearings to assess their dangerousness and flight risk.

In July 2026, a divided three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit upheld those orders, concluding that the men were entitled to individual bond hearings within 90 days of their detention. The full appeals court subsequently reconsidered the cases. In its October 23 decision, the en banc court reversed the earlier rulings, concluding that the men were not constitutionally entitled to individual bond hearings while their removal proceedings remained pending.

ADRA is Embarrassing the Church

October 21, 2026 NewsHound


According to Gateway Pundit, another massive migrant caravan is marching through Mexico toward the US border as we enter the final weeks of the midterm election cycle. And ADRA is helping it happen.

The migrants marching in the latest caravan are mostly from Central America and they just departed Mexico’s southern border.

The Central American migrants told journalist Julio Rosas that they hope the Democrats win the midterm elections.

Last month, a migrant caravan was spotted marching toward the US border ahead of the midterm elections.

At least two NGOs are funding this caravan. According to independent reporter Anthony Aguero, “Proyecto Faro and ADRA” are the two main NGOs assisting the migrant caravan.

Tom Homan recently said the migrants will be sent back to their home countries or a third party country.

“They’ll be immediately turned around, or they’ll be arrested and prosecuted and deported,” Homan said.

“Zero releases from the border under the Trump administration. President Trump promised that. He’s going to keep that promise,” he said.

“I hope voters are paying attention,” Homan said. “Remember the images of 12,000 illegals per day coming across the border. Now they want to abolish the agency that finds them and deports them!”

Observations

Another massive Central American migrant caravan is currently marching north through Mexico toward the U.S. border in the final weeks before the midterms, with participants openly telling journalists they hope Democrats win so enforcement will ease.⁠

Independent reporter Anthony Aguero has identified two NGOs—Proyecto Faro and ADRA (the Adventist Development and Relief Agency)—as the primary groups assisting the caravan’s logistics and support.⁠

ADRA is an ideologically-captured arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which wraps itself in the language of neutral Christian charity and “serving all without regard to political affiliation.”

ADRA has a long, documented history of taking tens of millions in USAID and State Department funds under the Biden administration to distribute cash, food, shelter, and other aid to U.S.-bound migrants across Latin America as part of United Nations regional immigration plans. The organization’s own past statements (including board member, Ted Wilson) dismiss accusations of facilitating irregular migration as “patently false.”

Russia-Linked Group Claims Armed Incursion Into NATO Territory, Threatens Further Sabotage

Oct 13, 2026 10:51

Updated Oct 13, 2026 13:01

Concrete anti-tank obstacles known as “dragon’s teeth” near the Latvia-Belarus border in Piedruja, Latvia, on August 17, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)

IVAN KHOMENKO
News Writer

An armed group calling itself “Black Rus” has claimed responsibility for a cross-border operation in Latvia involving masked individuals, damaged surveillance equipment, and an attempt to push 20 undocumented migrants across the border from Belarus.

A senior NATO strategic communications official said the incident showed signs of possible involvement by Russian and Belarusian intelligence services.

According to Latvia’s public broadcaster LSM on October 12, the group published a video statement on Telegram claiming responsibility for the incident, which took place overnight on October 5–6 near the Latvian-Belarusian border.

In the video, a masked man using a distorted voice and identifying himself as Neman, the group’s spokesperson, claimed that three members had participated in the operation. He also threatened further acts of sabotage against countries bordering Belarus.

Jānis Sārts, director of NATO’s Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, suggested that the group was unlikely to be operating independently. He said the involvement of armed individuals in moving migrants toward Latvia’s border bore characteristics of an operation potentially coordinated by Russian and Belarusian intelligence services.

During the initial incident, armed individuals accompanying migrants from Belarus reportedly threatened Latvian military personnel while attempting to force their way across the border.

Several hours later, masked individuals entered Latvian territory again near the village of Matuliški, stealing surveillance cameras and damaging border monitoring equipment.

Latvia’s State Security Service opened criminal proceedings on October 9 concerning the alleged establishment of a criminal organization intended to commit particularly serious crimes against peace, as well as against Latvia and Ukraine.

The agency declined to provide further details, citing the interests of the ongoing investigation. No official determination linking the group directly to Russian or Belarusian intelligence services has been publicly established.

Earlier, in July 2026, Latvia tightened security around critical energy infrastructure, including a major hydroelectric dam and its largest underground gas storage facility, following intelligence warnings of potential Russian sabotage. Latvian officials also called for additional NATO air defenses and a stronger allied military presence amid growing concerns over hybrid threats.

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HUNDREDS of Migrants CONTINUE March toward US after Leader is ARRESTED

 

Anti-ICE Demonstration in New York City

DHS chief, ICE officials spotlight sanctuary city consequences

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DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and ICE officials hold a press conference to highlight the dangerous consequences of sanctuary city policies.

Mamdani Presser after ICE Shooting on Marble Hill NYC

 

LIVE: Scene near site of ICE-involved shooting in New York City

LIVE: Scene near site of ICE-involved shooting in New York City

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They Trained to Protect Immigrants From ICE. Now They’re Prepping to Defend the Midterm Elections.

ICE-watchers-turned-poll-watchers are preparing for the worst, as the Trump administration hints at potential strategies to disrupt the midterm elections.

Demonstrators at a voting rights rally outside the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 15, 2026, a day after the Supreme Court rejected implementing the Trump administration’s new restrictions on mail-in voting. Photo: Pete Kiehart/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Jessica Washington

September 22 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET

ICE watchers across the country who watched federal agents shoot people in the streets and fought to drive ICE from their cities are turning their new skills against the next authoritarian threat from the Trump administration: election interference.

Volunteers who showed up a few months ago asking, “Where do I buy a whistle?” are now trained and committed members of an “ICE Watch” movement, said Zach Mueller, whose anti-authoritarian group States at the Core started hosting trainings earlier this year. “They’re not in the normal cast of characters that have been showing up to rallies over the last several decades,” said Mueller. Now, they’re planning to fan out to their local polling places and defend their neighbors’ rights to vote.

The ICE-watchers-turned-poll-watchers are preparing for the worst despite a temporary win the voting rights movement secured last week, when the Supreme Court upheld a decision to block a Trump administration rule that would have let the U.S. Postal Service refuse to deliver ballots from states that don’t share their voter rolls with the federal government, among other new constraints, which advocates warned would lead to chaos and uncounted votes. While that plan was foiled for the midterms, other electoral threats abound.

“There are 100 different scenarios that you can run through,” said Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible. “Could be ICE at the polls, could be Trump getting every Republican to swear to sabotage the results … Could be something after the fact, seizing ballot boxes or refusing to acknowledge the results. Who knows?”

Customs stops more than 600 stolen cars from being shipped out...

Customs stops more than 600 stolen cars from being shipped out in international crime theft ring

Friday, October 2, 2026 6:10AM



U.S. Customs and Border Protection has stopped more than 600 attempts this year to ship stolen vehicles overseas

WPVI


Federal agents announced a major crackdown on stolen cars at a busy East Coast port.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Thursday that they have stopped more than 600 attempts this year to ship stolen vehicles overseas through the Port of New York and New Jersey, as part of an international crime ring.

Security camera videos provided by homeowners captured intruders entering homes while families slept upstairs and searching drawers and bags for key fobs to high-end vehicles parked outside.

Many of the stolen vehicles ultimately end up in containers at the Port of Newark before being shipped to overseas buyers, generating millions of dollars for criminal organizations, according to officials.

Michael McCarthy of Homeland Security said the effort has prevented millions of dollars' worth of stolen vehicles from leaving the country.

"Keeping over $36 million in stolen property from leaving this country, but behind those numbers are real victims, every single one of those vehicles were taken from someone -- a family, a commuter, a small business," McCarthy said.

Customs and Border Protection displayed several high-end vehicles investigators recovered after they were stolen.

"This illegal trade represents a significant loss for American consumers, businesses and insurance companies and it undermines the integrity of our borders," said TenaVel Thomas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection port director.

Law enforcement agencies involved in efforts to break up the theft rings discussed their ongoing work at the Port of Newark but did not disclose their tactics.

Officials also urged vehicle owners to take precautions that could make it more difficult for thieves to steal their cars.

"Never leave their cars and key fobs in vehicles, keep doors locked, windows closed, park your cars in well-lit areas," Hudson County Sheriff's Office Chief Paterson Pasteur said.

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Protesters against illegal immigration in South Africa call for more deportations

Hundreds of people have held a demonstration against illegal immigration in the South African city of Durban

ByKAYLEEN MORGAN Associated Press and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press
September 30, 2026, 3:58 PM

DURBAN, South Africa -- Hundreds of people held a demonstration against illegal immigration in the South African city of Durban on Wednesday, vowing to intensify their actions against what they say is the government's failure to deal with the issue.

The crowds, led by the March by March group, had set a Sept. 30 deadline for those living illegally in South Africa to leave the country. The deadline wasn't recognized by the government and authorities.

With some brandishing traditional Zulu weapons and singing cultural songs, they marched through Durban’s streets. Police didn’t report any incidents of violence against foreigners during the protest.

A similar deadline set for June 30 sparked a mass repatriation of foreigners to their various African countries after attacks on immigrants. The governments of those nations arranged for the evacuation of their citizens.

Wednesday's demonstration was the latest protest in South Africa over the last few months. There have been reported attacks against some foreign nationals that have led to diplomatic tensions between the South African government and some African nations.

South African authorities also have reported the deportations of thousands of foreigners who were in the country illegally in recent months.

Earlier this month, Nigeria’s parliament indefinitely suspended official visits and engagements with South Africa over the immigration tensions.

For years, South Africa has attracted foreign nationals seeking economic opportunities from across the continent, including from nearby countries Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique and Malawi, and as far away as Nigeria, Ghana and Ethiopia.

Many blame migrants for the country’s high levels of unemployment, crime and pressure on public services.

“We were raising another concern about our porous borders and the fact that we have overstretched resources that are not enough to take care of us,” said Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, the leader of March and March.

The protests were meant to put more pressure on the government and called for more deportations of those who are in the country illegally, she said.

“The message we are sending today is that people are getting really, really fed up," she said. "We also hope that our government will take the cries of the people seriously, instead of trying to look good to the international world."

Protesters said that the demonstration was also meant to express outrage over the issue of femicide and gender-based violence in the country, which has recently been highlighted by the killing of at least 11 women in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg.

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Mogomotsi Magome reported from Johannesburg.

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DHS Calls on Sanctuary Politicians to Stop Violent Rhetoric Against ICE as Assaults Increase by More Than 1,600%

Release Date: September 24, 2026


Assaults against ICE officials have risen by more than 1,600% compared to the first year and a half of the Biden Administration

WASHINGTON – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement calling on sanctuary politicians across the country to stop using hateful and violent rhetoric against the men and women of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who are currently facing a more than 1,600% increase in assaults against them.

According to the latest data, there were 647 assaults against ICE from January 20, 2025 to September 20, 2026, compared to just 37 under the Biden Administration from January 20, 2021 to September 20, 2022. This marks an increase of 1,649%.

“The brave men and women of ICE, who are simply enforcing the laws mandated by Congress and protecting the American people, are under attack every single day. Since President Trump unleashed ICE to do their jobs, assaults against them have risen by more than 1,600% in the first year and a half of the administration,” said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “This is the result of the vicious lies being spread by sanctuary politicians and their foot soldiers who are involved in anti-ICE riots and other acts of violence. DHS is calling on these sanctuary politicians to stop attacking federal law enforcement, stop putting the needs of illegal aliens ahead of the safety of American citizens, and to start working with us to make America safe again.”

Below are some of the most egregious examples of hateful rhetoric by sanctuary politicians against ICE:

• Representative Greg Casar said “we will all be more safe when ICE gets the hell out of Austin, Texas.”
• Representative Lloyd Doggett falsely claimed that illegal aliens “are not posing any danger to our community and are contributing to our community,” while also saying that ICE “acts in a secretive way as if it’s above the law.”
• Austin Mayor Kirk Watson falsely claimed that ICE has a “rogue nature” and “foment[s] chaos.”
• Austin City Councilwoman Krista Laine falsely claimed that ICE is “terrorizing our cities and threatening the safety of our residents.”
• Minnesota Governor Tim Walz compared ICE to a “modern-day Gestapo.”
• Representative Jasmine Crockett compared ICE to “slave patrols…disappearing people based on their skin color,” and also accused ICE of “turning us into Nazi Germany.”
• Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker claimed that the United States is “essentially” becoming Nazi Germany because of ICE’s heroic efforts.
• Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared mask-wearing ICE agents to a Neo-Nazi group.
• Representative Becca Balint compared ICE law enforcement officers to “vigilantes” engaging in “kidnapping.”
• Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hosted a webinar providing tips for illegal aliens to evade arrests at homes, workplaces, or in public.
• Representative Dan Goldman posted an online video calling on illegal aliens to make a plan for ICE encounters.
• Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued multilingual flyers and online resources advising illegal aliens on how to evade arrest.
• California Governor Gavin Newsom released guides and sanctuary laws advising illegal aliens how to recognize ICE, block entry, and defy arrest.
• Representative Shri Thanedar introduced the Abolish ICE Act and stated that ICE “cannot be reformed and must be abolished.”
• Representative Ilhan Omar delivered a House floor speech calling to abolish ICE.
• Representative John Larson called ICE law enforcement officers “the SS” and “the Gestapo” for arresting criminal illegal aliens.
• Representative Pramila Jayapal called ICE agents “deranged” and said it is “inspiring” to obstruct immigration enforcement.
• Representative Eric Swalwell compared ICE agents to a “KGB officer in Russia.”

CARAVAN HEADS TO U.S. | 600+ migrants head to U.S.-Mexico border from Honduras

ADRA Helping to Fund Migrant Caravan Marching To United States Border

ADRA Helping to Fund Migrant Caravan Marching To United States Border

September 28, 2026 NewsHound

A migrant caravan is marching toward the US border ahead of the midterm elections. More than 400 aliens from the Honduras entered Mexico on Thursday en route to the United States, Reuters has confirmed. By now, the group has swelled to under 1,000 according to latest reports.

At least two NGOs are funding this caravan. ADRA and Proyecto Faro, according to independent reporter Anthony Aguero. Both NGO’s are ideologically aligned with the political, or progressive, left.

• Proyecto Faro, the immigrant support nonprofit out of Rockland County, New York, is funded by a mix of foundations, nonprofits, and government grants. Mainly funded by a Jewish Foundation, The Harry Donenfeld Foundation, named for the Jewish immigrant who co-founded DC Comics.
• ADRA stands for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, its the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a progressive denomination. Its biggest funder is the U.S. government, mainly USAID, which has given it roughly three hundred eighty-five million dollars. Their last report clarifies they were given at least 36 million US dollars by the end of 2025… more to come.

In January of last year, ADRA (which has championed climate change initiatives, mass immigration, and United Nations inclusions) was named on national television for helping to facilitate mass illegal immigration into the united states.

ADRA receives a large portion of its budget from the United States government and the United Nations, and thus is forbidden to proselytize. It has become just another NGO among hundreds, with post-Christian values and a program of uprooting patriarchy and traditional societies, promoting feminism, and of empowering all-pervasive totalitarian government. Ted Wilson took office in 2010 with the hope of reforming ADRA (and La Sierra), but failed at both. ADRA has its own value system and is, like our hospitals and medical school, only very loosely affiliated with the SDA Church and its message and value system.

Under the guise of being humanitarian, ADRA has supported these issues.

On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy Indicts Trump’s War on Immigrants

Preaching on the Good Samaritan for World Day of Migrants, Washington’s archbishop named Minneapolis, a five-year-old used as bait, and a nation that “passed on by.” He told Catholics to fight every dimension of it.

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Cardinal Robert McElroy stood at the ambo of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle on Sunday evening, less than a mile from the White House, and told Washington’s Catholics that their country has spent a year and a half walking past a man left bleeding by the road.

“For the last year and a half, the people of the United States have witnessed the suffering of the undocumented in our midst, purposely and strategically magnified by our government,” the archbishop of Washington said, “and for the most part, we have simply passed on by.”

The Mass marked the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which Pope Leo XIV devoted this year to children under the theme “Even Just One of These Children.” McElroy preached on the Good Samaritan. He borrowed a rule from one of his seminary scripture professors: in any parable, look for the character you most dislike, “and that is you.”

For Americans in 2026, he said, that character is the priest who crossed to the other side of the road (and the Levite who followed him).

The parable came second. McElroy opened with what he called the two great legacies that shape America’s duty to the stranger: the command in Deuteronomy that “you shall not violate the rights of the alien or the orphan,” and the words Emma Lazarus wrote for the Statue of Liberty. “There was a time when these words brought tears to every American,” he said of the poem. “Now they are shunned, riddled with conditions, or ignored altogether because they remind us of what we have become.”

BREAKING: Man shot by ICE officer in Austin is illegal immigrant from Venezuela, DHS sources say