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Democrats silent on illegal alien registered to vote in blue state
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Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore and other Democratic leaders have fallen silent after it was discovered that illegal alien Ian Andre Roberts, who was recently arrested by ICE, is registered as an active Democratic voter in the state.
Fox News Digital reached out to Moore’s office and the offices of Maryland’s two Democratic senators, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., asking for their response to an illegal alien being a registered Democratic voter in their state, but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
This week, the Maryland Freedom Caucus blew the whistle on Roberts being listed as an active Democratic voter on the state’s official elections board website despite not being a U.S. citizen and not having lived in Maryland for years.
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Republicans say that illegal alien Ian Andre Roberts being registered to vote in Maryland raises serious concerns about the state’s voting processes. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo and ICE)
On Tuesday, SBE sent a statement to Fox News Digital that a review of public information available through Maryland’s Public Information Act «did not show any voting history for any individual with the name Ian Andre Roberts in Maryland.»
The statement further said that due to Maryland law protecting personal identifying information from disclosure, SBE «cannot and will not publicly announce whether media reports about the individual in question is or is not or was or was not a registered voter in Maryland.»
Finally, SBE noted that according to Maryland law, it is not a crime to unintentionally register to vote despite not being eligible. The office added that «the right to vote is a sacred right that has been expanded through sacrifices of many before us» and «this office will not disenfranchise a voter based upon partial or unsubstantiated evidence.»
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The Maryland State Capitol in Annapolis. (Getty)
In response, Republican state Delegate Matt Morgan, who is chair of the Maryland Freedom Caucus, told Fox News Digital that SBE’s statement only leads to more questions. The Maryland Freedom Caucus sent a letter to SBE on Monday demanding answers about «gaping holes» in the state’s election integrity systems.
«Basically, the board of elections has the excuse that Mr. Roberts was registered accidentally, and therefore he didn’t break a law. This leads me to ask how many other people are accidentally automatically registered? Why was he automatically registered as a Democrat?» said Morgan.
«The Maryland Freedom Caucus looks forward to receiving answers from the state [Board of Elections] on these questions soon,» he added.
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Ian Roberts, formerly the head of Des Moines Public Schools, was arrested by immigration authorities last week. (Getty Images; ICE)
According to Morgan, Roberts’ registration means that he is eligible to vote in all federal, state and local elections despite not being a U.S. citizen, and also despite likely not having lived in Maryland for the past decade.
Morgan pointed to a letter the elections board sent to the Justice Department in August in which State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis expressed concern that if the board gave over voter information to the federal government, that data would be «used for enforcement of immigration laws against Maryland residents.»
Roberts was working as the superintendent of public schools in Des Moines, Iowa, until he was arrested by ICE last week. According to officials, he attempted to flee ICE agents and was taken into custody on a fugitive warrant. He was found with $3,000 in cash, a fixed-blade hunting knife and a loaded Glock 19 firearm, according to ICE.
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Authorities said a handgun was found in a vehicle used by Ian Roberts to flee from pursuing ICE agents. (ICE)
He came to the U.S. in 1999 from Guyana on a student visa and was arrested by ICE last week after having a final order of removal issued against him in 2024. He was hired as head of the Des Moines public schools in 2023 despite having illegal weapons possession charges against him from 2020.
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This comes after several Maryland Democrats, including Van Hollen and Ivey, have been outspoken in their support for the rights of illegal immigrants, even flying to El Salvador earlier this year to visit a suspected MS-13 gang member named Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who at the time was imprisoned after being deported by the Trump administration.
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Tim Tebow urges Congress to fight child trafficking, abuse in emotional plea: ‘Darkest hour of need’
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Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow appeared on Capitol Hill this past week to urge lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee to pass legislation to better combat child exploitation, trafficking, and abuse — describing the effort as a fight «for people who cannot fight for themselves» and in their «darkest hour of need.»
Tebow, the founder and chair of his eponymous Tim Tebow Foundation, used the impassioned testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee to shore up support for the Renewed Hope Act of 2026, or bipartisan legislation that seeks to increase federal resources to fight child exploitation and abuse.
Framing the crisis as a «fight for people who cannot fight for themselves in their darkest hour of need,» Tebow said his foundation is working «imperfectly, but in every way that we can» to support the fight against child exploitation, including by providing additional support to law enforcement, and funding long-term restoration efforts to support victims.
His foundation currently provides support for some 52 safe homes, and is in the process of expanding the support to an additional 19 homes.
Then-Broncos player Tim Tebow prays before a game against the Oakland Raiders in 2011. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
«It is a thin line between tortured and treasured,» Tebow told lawmakers Tuesday. «And you are that thin line,» he said, urging the chamber to take swift action to approve the bill.
«I spent way too much of my life chasing a much less important MVP,» Tebow added. «I want to spend the rest of my life chasing the most vulnerable people.»
The Renewed Hope Act of 2026, which cleared House committee markup earlier this year, seeks to establish a dedicated workforce of more than 200 analysts, investigators, and forensic specialists working within DHS’s Homeland Security Investigations, or HSI, to «deconflict, coordinate, and synchronize child sexual exploitation investigations.»
The bill would equip and specially train officers on victim identification, location, and rescue operations for unknown children or children identified in sexual abuse databases.
Support for the legislation comes as the number of unidentified child victims in exploitation databases has surged in recent years. According to the Tim Tebow Foundation, there are an estimated 57,000 unidentified victims of child trafficking. The foundation emphasizes that these children remain hidden from official statistics and protection systems — as echoed by others who testified in Tuesday’s emotional hearing.
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Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, speaks at a hearing. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In the last six months alone, Tebow noted that more than 338,000 unique IP addresses based in the U.S. have been identified trading child sexual abuse images across so-called «peer-to-peer» networks.
«Every day, [these children] are praying that we are going to respond,» Tebow said in his testimony. «But how are we going to respond?»
«I am deeply grateful to the members of Congress on both sides of the aisle who are coming together to support the Renewed Hope Act of 2026. This legislation gives our nation the opportunity to build a stronger rescue team of analysts and investigators so that children who are suffering can be identified and protected. This is a problem we can solve.»
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, has long prioritized issues of child trafficking, which he assailed as a «scourge» on our society.
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«I am convening this subcommittee hearing to expose how our youth are groomed, exploited, and overlooked by the existing system,» he said this week. «Congress must dismantle the criminal networks that profit from exploiting the most vulnerable among us and put an end to child trafficking.»
Fox News Digital’s Scott Thompson contributed to this report.
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EN VIVO | El Ejército de Israel lanzó ataques contra hangares de aviones F-14 al sur de Teherán
A más de una semana del inicio de la guerra en Medio Oriente, el régimen iraní afirmó en la madrugada del domingo haber atacado bases estadounidenses en Kuwait y Bahréin, bombardeos que habrían provocado incendios en infraestructuras clave, mientras países del Golfo Pérsico denunciaron una “escalada de violencia” del conflicto en Medio Oriente.
Por su parte, el Ejército de Israel intensificó sus bombardeos en la capital de Líbano. Las autoridades castrenses anunciaron el “ataque preciso” en Beirut contra altos comandantes de la Fuerza Quds de la Guardia Revolucionaria iraní.
El Consejo de Cooperación del Golfo (CCG) criticó los bombardeos de Irán contra Kuwait y Bahréin: el secretario general del organismo, Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, condenó los “nefastos ataques iraníes contra infraestructuras” y sostuvo que reflejan una “escalada de violencia” de Teherán para desestabilizar la seguridad regional.
El ejército israelí informó haber atacado varios depósitos de combustible en Teherán utilizados por las fuerzas armadas iraníes para operar infraestructura militar. Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) también afirmaron también haber dirigido ataques contra aviones de combate F-14 iraníes en el aeropuerto de Isfahán, así como contra sistemas de detección y defensa aérea.
Desde Estados Unidos, el presidente Donald Trump no descartó este sábado la posibilidad de enviar tropas aIráncon el fin de controlar las reservas de uranio enriquecido del país: “Quizá en algún momento lo hagamos. Sería fantástico”. En paralelo, el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu prometió “muchas sorpresas” en la siguiente fase del conflicto que se extiende por toda la región.
A continuación, la cobertura minuto a minuto:
Las fuerzas de defensa de Israel confirmaron ataques a hangares de aviones F-14 en Irán
Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) informaron que, en una amplia oleada de ataques aéreos coordinados por la Dirección de Inteligencia, fueron alcanzados los recintos donde se almacenaban aviones de combate F-14 del régimen iraní en el aeropuerto de Isfahán.
Además, se atacaron sistemas de detección y defensa que representaban una amenaza para las aeronaves de la Fuerza Aérea israelí.
Este operativo se suma a la destrucción de 16 aeronaves utilizadas por la unidad de la Fuerza Quds en el aeropuerto de Mehrabad, en Teherán, el día anterior. Según las FDI, estos ataques forman parte de los esfuerzos para consolidar la superioridad aérea israelí en el espacio iraní. El ejército israelí aseguró que continuará intensificando el daño a los activos del régimen iraní y ampliando su control aéreo sobre todo Irán.
Se conocieron los detalles del bombardeo a la planta de petróleo en Teherán
Estados Unidos e Israel bombardearon el sábado por la noche cinco instalaciones petroleras en la capital de Irán, según informó este domingo un directivo del sector a la televisión pública iraní.
“Anoche, cuatro depósitos de petróleo y un centro de transporte de productos petroleros, en Teherán y en la provincia de Alborz, fueron atacados por aviones enemigos”, declaró Keramat Veyskarami, presidente ejecutivo de la compañía nacional iraní de distribución de productos petroleros.
Veyskarami indicó que las cinco instalaciones “resultaron dañadas”, aunque el incendio fue “controlado”.
Israel interceptó misiles iraníes sobre Jerusalén
El domingo 8 de marzo por la mañana se vieron interceptores de misiles iraníes sobre los cielos de Cisjordania y Jerusalén, mientras la guerra entre Estados Unidos e Israel contra Irán entraba en su segunda semana
Australia estudia proteger a los países de Medio Oriente de Irán
El gobierno de Australia informó este domingo que analiza una petición de países de Oriente Medio para recibir apoyo en la defensa frente a ataques de drones y misiles lanzados por Irán.
La ministra australiana de Exteriores, Penny Wong, confirmó que Australia ha recibido solicitudes de asistencia de “muchos países que no participan en la guerra pero que han sido atacados por Irán”, aunque no especificó cuáles.
Consultada sobre si esta ayuda se vincula directamente con los ataques de drones y misiles iraníes, Wong respondió que es “correcto”.
La ministra aclaró que Australia no participará en acciones ofensivas contra Irán ni en ningún despliegue de tropas terrestres en territorio iraní. “Trabajaremos en ello de acuerdo con la postura que he expuesto”, subrayó la titular de la diplomacia australiana.
Las defensas aéreas de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos responden a las amenazas de misiles y drones iraníes
El Ministerio de Defensa de Emiratos Árabes Unidos informó que sus defensas aéreas están respondiendo a misiles y drones lanzados desde Irán.
Según la autoridad, los sonidos registrados en el país corresponden a las intercepciones realizadas por los sistemas de defensa contra los proyectiles.
El Consejo de Cooperación del Golfo calificó los ataques e Irán contra Baréin y Kuwait como “actos de agresión peligrosos”
El Consejo de Cooperación del Golfo (CCG) también aseguró que los bombardeos que ponen en riesgo la seguridad y la estabilidad regionales. El secretario general del CCG, Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, afirmó que estas acciones reflejan un “enfoque de escalada” por parte de Irán y condenó enérgicamente los “nefastos” ataques registrados en la zona.
Albudaiwi expresó “la condena y denuncia del organismo ante el nefasto ataque iraní”, en particular por el impacto sobre la región. Sostuvo que los ataques contra instalaciones vitales e infraestructura civil representan “una violación flagrante e inaceptable de todas las normas y cartas internacionales”.
El secretario general reiteró que todos los países miembros del CCG respaldan a Baréin y Kuwait en la protección de su seguridad, la defensa de su soberanía y el resguardo de sus infraestructuras críticas.
La advertencia de Pete Hegseth a Irán
A través de la cuenta de X del Comando Central de Estados Unidos (CENTCOM), la administración estadounidense volvió a mencionar la advertencia del secretario de Guerra, Pete Hegseth, al régimen iraní: “Si matan a estadounidenses, si amenazan a estadounidenses en cualquier lugar del mundo, los perseguiremos sin disculparse y sin dudarlo, y los mataremos”.
El Ejército israelí alertó sobre el lanzamiento de un misil desde Irán
Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) afirman haber detectado un nuevo ataque con misiles balísticos procedentes de Irán. Se espera que en los próximos minutos suenen las sirenas en el sur de Israel.
La Guardia Revolucionaria iraní amenazó con la posibilidad de librar una “guerra intensa” durante seis meses
El ejército ideológico de Irán afirmó este domingo que el país está en condiciones de sostener una guerra intensa contra Estados Unidos e Israel durante al menos seis meses.
“Las Fuerzas Armadas de la República Islámica de Irán son capaces de continuar al menos una guerra intensa de seis meses al ritmo actual de operaciones”, aseguró el portavoz de la Guardia, Ali Mohammad Naini, en declaraciones recogidas por la agencia Fars.
La fuerza de élite iraní también informó que ha atacado “más de 200” objetivos vinculados a bases e instalaciones estadounidenses e israelíes en la región.
Benjamin Netanyahu afirmó que Israel mantiene el control “casi total” del espacio aéreo iraní
El primer ministro israelí aseguró que la operación busca erradicar el régimen de Irán y modificar el equilibrio de poder en Medio Oriente
El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, afirmó que su país mantiene un control casi total sobre el espacio aéreo iraní tras una semana de ataques coordinados con Estados Unidos.
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Debate on Capitol Hill continues to rage over whether President Donald Trump started a «war» with the strikes he carried out against Iran last weekend, a key consideration for whether the president must look to Congress for authority to continue Operation Epic Fury.
Where Republicans see a narrowly tailored attack designed to prevent a U.S. adversary from securing nuclear capabilities, Democrats see a conflict that could easily spill into a broader one.
«Congress is not supposed to be an after-the-fact spectator, the Constitution makes plain,» Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., told Fox News Digital.
«President Trump has not said, like in Venezuela, ‘this is a police operation,’ that it’s ‘an arrest,’» Kaine said, comparing the strikes to the January capture of Nicolás Maduro.
President Donald Trump announced «major combat operations» in Iran, marking a significant escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran. (Al Drago/Getty Images)
Democrats like Kaine have blasted Trump for dragging the U.S. into a conflict that, in their view, looks a lot like a war — something only Congress has the power to declare. It is that determination that makes them believe lawmakers should use the War Powers Act of 1973 to curb Trump’s powers in Iran.
That law prevents the president from continuing hostilities against a foreign power that extends past 60 days.
Republicans like Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., see no reason to invoke the War Powers Act, given the scope of the current conflict.
A measure to kill a Democrat-led war powers resolution aimed at handcuffing Trump’s military operations in Iran passed on Wednesday in a 53-47 Senate vote.
«I mean, even if you disagree with this, I just don’t think you can dispute [that] they’re complying with the statute. The president has the authority under Article II to do what he has done so far,» Hawley said, referring to the Constitution’s military power granted to the country’s commander in chief.
Last Saturday, the U.S. conducted a series of strikes in collaboration with Israel, targeting the country’s military leadership and killing its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Trump administration has framed the attack as a necessary campaign to halt Iran’s work towards obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Although Hawley supports the administration’s work so far, he has a firm red line in mind for where the conflict would require Congressional say-so.
«Ground troops would be a different deal,» Hawley said. «But [Trump] just said, ‘We’re not going to do ground troops,’ so, I just say to my Democrat friends — I think they’re just looking for something to vote against the president on.»
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Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, pictured during a Senate hearing in Jan. 2026. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Democrats remain unconvinced.
Some Democrats noted that the language the administration has used suggests it views the conflict as something more than isolated strikes.
«The president and the secretary of state have called it a war. So have the generals. If we’re at war, Congress has to provide authorization,» Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said.
Other Democrats, like Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., attacked the administration’s stated reason for the attack.
«There was no imminent threat to the United States. There were threats to Israel, but in terms of an imminent threat, there was not one. Consequently, this is the president’s war of choice,» Warner said.
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The sun sets behind a plume of smoke rising after a U.S.–Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
«You have to come before Congress,» Warner added.
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To Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the consideration should deal less with technicalities and more with consideration of the cost that could come with Trump’s attacks.
«The American people make the decision on going to war because it’s their sons and daughters that will lose their lives. I still think that’s the case, regardless of who the president might be,» Durbin said.
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