A woman accused of having an illegal abortion has been cleared by a jury. Nicola Packer, 45, cried as she was acquitted of “unlawfully administering to herself a poison or other noxious thing” with the “intent to procure a miscarriage”. Her trial at Isleworth Crown Court heard she took abortion medicine at home during the...
The US government is offering migrants who are in the country illegally a sum worth $1,000 (£751) and paid travel if they decide to leave the US. “Self-deportation is the best, safest and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in Monday’s announcement. Those who...
Plain-clothes police officers have seized an illegal e-bike after the rider was spotted doing wheelies on Torquay pier. The bike, which had been illegally modified to reach speeds of up to 35mph without pedalling, lacked insurance and will be destroyed due to its illegal modifications, the Devon and Cornwall force has said. A privately owned...
As I pointed out here, many on the left have predictably jumped to the side of Judge Hannah Dugan after she was arrested by the FBI for ushering an illegal immigrant out of her courtroom in an attempt to help him avoid arrest by ICE. Nearly all of Judge Dugan’s defenders are already on the...
Come on, man. If this happened in a Hollywood movie, we’d roll our eyes at an amateurish attempt at irony. Well, as William Shatner said in Airplane II … irony can be pretty ironic sometimes. And this time we get double the irony! Law enforcement authorities on Sunday arrested a second individual in South Florida...
    You know the adage, “Don’t shoot yourself in the foot”? That’s exactly what New Yorkers are doing by pouring their tax dollars into the Legal Aid Society. It should be called the Illegal Aid Society. It’s 99% publicly funded — with your state and local tax dollars — and its chief...
I guess I am a total jerk, but according to The New York Times, I should be deeply concerned that an illegal alien from Jamaica who came here as an adult, was convicted of kidnapping and who spent most of his time in the United States, was deported back to his home country. Nope, not...
Ten years for killing two people while driving drunk and high? That sentence seems light enough even if Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano had been here legally. Now he might serve only three years for the two deaths, thanks to the Calfornia Department of Corrections, which informed the families of the victims that Ortega-Anguiano had earned enough...
Spanish police uncovered an illegal underground shooting range during a search of a home in the southern province of Granada. They suspect the range, located three floors underground, was operated by a weapons trafficking ring to test assault rifles and other arms being supplied to drug gangs. Police said neighbours could not hear guns being...
Newsom Signs Bill to Cover Free Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants (He Should Thank Trump) – HotAir
California Democrats continue spending money like drunken sailors on shore leave. Yesterday, Gov. Newsom signed a bill to cover a massive shortfall caused by the expansion of the state’s Medicaid service (known as Medi-Cal) to illegal immigrants. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday that plugs an unexpected budget gap to fund Medi-Cal through late...
Why would a judge in Fairfax County, Virginia release a sex offender with a detainer from Immigration and Customs Enforcement? Perhaps residents in northern Virginia should demand an answer to that question — and soon. ICE first encountered Ander Cortez-Mendez in February 2018, when the Guatemalan crossed illegally into Texas and was ordered to appear...
Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent Reuters Sewage spilled illegally into Britain’s largest lake on a record number of days last year, an analysis of water company data by campaigners suggests. The analysis, which the BBC had exclusive access to, used United Utilities operational data to establish when the company was discharging sewage into Windermere when...
Paul Seddon Political reporter BBC The home secretary has said plans for new checks on unauthorised working will help cut levels of illegal migration. Yvette Cooper has announced plans to expand the range of companies that can be fined for not carrying out right-to-work checks on casual workers. Speaking on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura...
Today, on the 22nd anniversary of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, key architects and commanders of this monstrous war crime, from Condoleezza Rice to David Petraeus, sit comfortably in cushy positions at top American universities. At the same time, the overseers of the ongoing U.S.-backed Israeli bombardment and siege on Gaza, considered a genocide...
Thousands of illegal cigarettes have been taken off Devon and Somerset’s streets as part of a major operation. Trading Standards South West (TSSW) and police officers visited 50 premises across the region during a week of action from 10 to 14 March. The crackdown – part of Operation CeCe – seized 127,371 illegal cigarettes, 65.94kg...