Crackdown! Trump Justice Department Criminally Charging Illegal Border-Jumpers

The border is getting under control faster than many of us (including me) would have believed possible, and all it took was a new president. Attempted border crossings have dropped to almost none, Tren de Aragua and MS 13 gangbangers are being rounded up and sent to El Salvador to enjoy the gentle and loving ministrations of that nation's Terrorism Confinement Center, and the Biden administration's "Get Out of Immigration Jail Free" app has been re-purposed into the "Go Home Now Before We Find You" app.

Now, the Department of Justice, as part of Operation Take Back America, has slammed criminal charges on over 900 people for violating American immigration law.

Since the inauguration of President Trump, the Department of Justice is playing a critical role in Operation Take back America, a nationwide initiative to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).
Last week, the U.S. Attorneys for Arizona, Central California, Southern California, New Mexico, Southern Texas, and Western Texas charged more than 900 defendants with criminal violations of U.S. immigration laws.

This is what we call "a good start."

Here are a few specifics:

The Southern District of Texas filed 225 cases in relation to immigration and border security. Of those cases, 70 face allegations of illegally reentering the country with the majority having felony convictions such as narcotics, violent and/or sexual crimes and prior immigration offenses, among others.

So, drug smugglers, probably cartel members or at least working for the cartels, as well as sexual predators.

The Western District of Texas filed 259 immigration and immigration-related criminal cases. Among the new cases, Mexican national Miguel Angel Torres-Segura resided illegally in San Antonio and was arrested March 28 for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens. A criminal complaint alleges that Torres-Segura participated in a human smuggling organization (HSO) that transported illegal aliens using tractor trailers, carrying out at least 19 human smuggling events and leading to the apprehension of more than 900 aliens between May 2021 and June 2022.

A coyote, then, and a busy one at that, who brought over 900 people into the United States illegally.

And, in Arizona:

The District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 204 defendants. Specifically, the United States filed 83 cases in which aliens illegally re-entered the United States, and the United States also charged 107 aliens for illegally entering the United States. In its ongoing effort to deter unlawful immigration, the United States also filed 13 cases against 14 individuals responsible for smuggling illegal aliens into and within the District of Arizona.

More human smugglers and more just illegal border-jumpers.

There's more where that came from.

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The Federalist's Senior Legal Correspondent, Margot Cleveland, has an interesting X thread on this you should check out.

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— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) April 8, 2025

She makes some interesting points, including that illegal re-entry - meaning they were kicked out once and tried to sneak back in - is now to be dealt with more severely, and that's as it should be. In any type of crime, repeat offenders eventually end up being punished more severely, except in certain Democrat-controlled urban jurisdictions, where the jails have revolving doors. When it comes to immigration law in the United States, though, boy, howdy, things have changed.

Cleveland also points out that the "leave now" message is liable to be taken a lot more seriously now that people in the country illegally know that they are liable to be charged with a crime if they stay - or if they try to come back after being repatriated once.

Now then - can we get this particularly odious illegal alien picked up and repatriated? That would be a real high-profile win.

Interesting: 🚨 You know you need to step it up a notch when an illegal alien is this vocal.

“I am an immigrant, I am undocumented, unafraid, queer, and unashamed!” - Greisa Martinez Rosas.
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— MAGA Rapid Response (@MAGAresponse) April 6, 2025

Thanks to President Trump, illegal immigration into our great country has virtually stopped. Despite the radical left's lies, new legislation wasn't needed to secure our border, just a new president.

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