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Illegal migrant crime costs have surged to an estimated $166.5 billion, highlighting the stark financial burden of unchecked border policies. This figure, derived from state and federal incarceration and law enforcement data, dwarfs the projected $8.3 billion cost of former President Trump’s proposed mass deportation plan. The disparity underscores the inefficiencies of current policies, with sanc...

Angry outbursts erupted at a public meeting in south suburban Sauk Village Tuesday night, with tensions running high as trustees discuss nearly $100,000 in missing funds. Some trustees are pushing to get an internal audit to get to the bottom of where the taxpayer dollars are today. But some residents do not approve of the auditor some village trustees have in mind—saying his history with the vill...

Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, is the latest company to make changes to its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives under pressure from a conservative activist. The retail giant said it would not renew a racial equity center it created following the 2020 murder of George Floyd and it would no longer participate in an annual benchmark index from LGBTQ+ advocacy group the Human...

Texas unveiled its newly acquired border ranch — offered as the site of detention facilities to help the Trump administration with proposed mass deportations — and Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said Tuesday the state is looking to identify additional land to aid the federal effort. The General Land Office has more than 13 million acres of land under its jurisdiction, Buckingham said. “If...

A few other California cities are duplicating San Francisco’s tactic to merely hand the homeless a one-way bus ticket out of town, not because it's proven to be a particularly effective strategy, but more because it's just cheap and easy. The San Francisco strategy to put a dent in the homeless population by just handing unsheltered people a one-way bus ticket out of town has been around for about...

Texas authorities added even more buoys into the Rio Grande on Wednesday to stop illegal crossing after the Biden administration unsuccessfully sued the state over its floating border barriers. “Despite the Biden-Harris Administration’s attempts to shut down our border security efforts, the buoys are here to stay,” Republican Gov. Greg Abbott posted on X, along with a video showing a section of in...

The ACLU and a Chicago-based group have blasted the city of Peoria days after it enacted a ban on camping in public spaces. In an email, the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness, the Peoria Chapter of the ACLU of Illinois, and the ACLU of Illinois ripped on the Peoria City Council, which voted 6-5 to implement the ban to regulate and curb homeless encampments.

A small crowd gathered at the Thornton Township office in South Holland on the evening of Nov. 19 for a board meeting that was destined not to happen. The day before the meeting, trustees Christopher Gonzalez and Carmen Carlisle released a statement indicating they were effectively boycotting the meeting because of what they called an improperly vetted agenda and an attempt by Supervisor Tiffany H...

The vicious Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua has expanded its territory to at least 16 US states — an area that includes half of America’s population, The Post has learned. Homeland Security officials last week were warned in an internal department intelligence memo about TdA’s growing presence across the country, most recently in Washington, DC, Virginia, Montana and Wyoming. The gang alread...

A teen was arrested Saturday in Seattle for felony property damage during a protest, and police say the King County juvenile detention facility declined to book the suspect into custody. Police say "approximately 200 individuals" participated in a demonstration on Saturday afternoon in downtown Seattle near the Space Needle. The demonstrators were "disrupting traffic and violating municipal laws,"...

The challenges to Tiffany Henyard’s control in the South Suburbs are escalating yet again. Two Thornton Township trustees said they will skip Tuesday night’s board meeting because Supervisor Henyard failed to provide adequate answers about spending. Trustees opposed to Henyard said skipping the meeting will prevent votes on Henyard’s agenda items. The opponents also said they hope it could force a...

Four years after a frenzy to defund police departments nationwide, Colorado voters approved a ballot referendum that earmarked $350 million of the state's budget to recruiting, training and retaining law enforcement officers. Proposition 130, which passed with just shy of 53% of votes, will not raise residents' taxes. Instead, funding for the initiative will be pulled from other public services wi...

The shutdown of the Phillips 66 refinery complex in Wilmington and Carson next year will force California to make up for the loss by importing more gasoline by ocean tanker, which is expected to raise prices to motorists at the pump. —The closure will leave California with eight gasoline refineries, down from 11 five years ago. California for decades produced enough gasoline to supply almost all o...

President-elect Donald Trump has a strategy to tackle the homeless crisis at the national level. He pitched his plan during his campaign, but the question now is: will it happen? And if it does, how will it affect communities here in the Northwest? Trump outlined his vision last year on his "Agenda 47" website. "Our once-great cities have become unlivable, unsanitary nightmares surrendered to the...

Dozens of members of Tren de Aragua have been busted in Chicago in less than two years — and several have been allowed to walk free, according to records viewed by The Post. The alleged crimes range from traffic violations to robberies and drugs, according to the records, which were obtained by America First Legal — a think tank founded by Stephen Miller and other veterans of the first Trump admin...

A set of barriers were recently installed in front of Dior’s Union Square location to prevent thieves from crashing their cars into the building, local officials confirmed — and it’s possible that it will soon be one of many stores featuring the odd-looking fixtures. “We are aware of these bollards and a Public Works inspector reached out to the fronting business owner yesterday,” San Francisco Pu...

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who spent the last four years stuck behind a desk processing illegal migrants under the Biden-Harris administration are preparing to get back out into the field — as President-elect Donald Trump and his “border czar” Tom Homan vowed to “flood” sanctuary cities with agents. The move would mean thousands of desk-bound ICE officers will soon be out maki...

The Chicago City Council unanimously voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax hike in a special meeting Thursday. Aldermen voted 50-0 on the hike without any debate. It was meant to help close a budget gap of nearly $1 billion.

Boeing said it is issuing layoff notices to employees who are included in the aerospace giant’s broader workforce reduction plan. The approximately 17,000 employees included in the cuts were notified this week and are expected to leave the company in mid-January, Boeing said. The cuts, which come after a labor union strike, equate to 10% of its workforce. “We are adjusting our workforce levels to...

The newly confirmed chief of the Los Angeles Police Department made it clear during a recent hearing that his department will "not assist" with the "mass deportations" in comments that sparked social media backlash. "Since my appearance before the committee on public safety, the national election has caused many Angelenos to feel a deep, deep fear, especially in the immigrant community," new LAPD...

What's left of Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has been radio silent on wild claims the Democratic nominee wasted millions on celebrity endorsements. The vice president wheeled out Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo, Eminem and Oprah Winfrey to try and get supporters on side in her failed bid to be president. Since her defeat to Donald Trump, allegations she paid extortionate seven-figure sums to t...

A federal disaster relief official ordered workers to bypass the homes of Donald Trump’s supporters as they surveyed damage caused by Hurricane Milton in Florida, according to internal correspondence obtained by The Daily Wire and confirmed by multiple federal employees.

California legislators signaled concerns with state regulators' newly passed carbon standards, with one of the two appointees who voted against the standards warning the measure’s new costs — which the state said could add 47 cents to the cost of a gallon of gasoline next year — could empower president-elect Donald Trump to take federal action against the state's climate measures.

Donald Trump’s divisive win in the US presidential elections this week has left many American women fearful for their future. The Republican victory took place amid an unparalleled conservative rollback against women’s rights, leaving many anxious about their already vulnerable personal autonomy and freedoms.

Today, surrounded by legislators and community leaders in the rotunda of the California State Capitol, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to help prevent gas price spikes and save consumers money at the pump.