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‘You’re destroying your countries’: Is Europe finally heeding Trump’s warning on illegal immigration?
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Earlier in June, the European Union appeared to finally react to concerns raised by President Donald Trump and many European voters over illegal immigration by introducing tougher border entry rules for the 27-nation bloc.
The EU agreed on new, stricter rules regarding migration and asylum. The laws are specifically designed to ensure that illegal/undocumented migrants who enter the bloc are processed and, where necessary, quickly sent to deportation centers in countries outside the EU.
People seeking asylum will be screened for identity, security, and their health before even entering any asylum system. The border officials will now track and record non-EU citizens entering and exiting the bloc. Plus, it will use biometric data such as fingerprints and facial recognition. And all member states must now help one another and share information.
The Associated Press reported that the provisional deal struck by the EU’s three main institutions is expected to go to EU lawmakers and governments, where approval is expected.
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Mostly illegal migrant men are gathered by Greek coast guard officers after disembarking from a cargo ship, in the port of Lavrio, south of Athens, on July 10, 2025. The migrants were rerouted from Crete, where more than 2,000 people have arrived from Libya in recent days, sparking anger among local authorities and tourism operators. (Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)
Alan Mendoza, founder and executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital that «The EU’s demography is changing Europe’s culture. We are now having to deal with people who are not integrating with the local customs.»
While the U.K. is not part of the EU, he said, «Britain’s efforts are behind the new EU rules.» Noting the country has «not managed to have offshore migrant holding centers, which would make sure Britain is not seen as a soft touch.»
Illegal migrants try to board smugglers’ boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France on Sept. 27, 2025. (Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images)
Other experts say the longer countries take to fix the problem, the harder it will be to deal with. Some say it’s already too late.
While Europe’s workaday men and women have clearly seen the problems of illegal immigration for years, their leaders are only just getting the message.
President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on Sept. 23, 2025. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump told world leaders about the damage caused by a flood of undocumented migrants into Europe during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last year. «You’re destroying your countries,» he said. «Europe is in serious trouble; they’ve been invaded by a force of illegal aliens like nobody’s ever seen before.»
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Migrants from Tunisia and Libya arrive on an Italian Coast Guard boat at the Pelagie Island of Lampedusa, Italy, on Aug. 1, 2020. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images)
Just last week, Vice President JD Vance commented on the stabbing death of the 18-year-old British man who was stabbed to death.
In part, Vance posted, «Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit. His murder is as tragic as it is enraging. He should still be alive today, and he would be if the last few generations of European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it.»
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth also made reference to the topic during a speech to commemorate D-Day in France on the weekend. «Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies. Beaches in Spain and Italy and Greece and Bulgaria, boats and men arrive. When will European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late? I pray not, and I believe not,» he said.
Elsewhere in the EU, Spain seems to have broken with the rest of the bloc on its new stance on undocumented immigration. The country decided to legalize half a million undocumented migrants.
A migrant walks by a makeshift settlement where migrants evicted from a former high school last week are camping outdoors in the middle of winter in Badalona, Spain, Dec. 26, 2025. (Bruna Casas / Reuters)
«When undocumented migrants arrive, they get papers, and they get social security,» Javier Negre, owner of the La Derecha Diario newspaper, told Fox News Digital. He says a lot of the push to house migrants has come via nongovernmental organizations. «NGOs had a big business, and they promoted illegal immigration,» he says.
Another problem is that many undocumented migrants don’t choose to integrate into their new domicile. «They don’t have the same values,» Negre said. «We import a lot of people, and some realize they can steal iPhones and wallets,» he said, commenting on the rise in crimes.
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Critics of the move mostly came from the European left and NGOs. Mélissa Camara, from the French Green party, said the deal was «a historic setback» for human rights in the bloc,» the Associated Press reported.
«The legalization of return hubs outside the European Union, the green light for the detention of minors, home visits inspired by ICE practices: the legal arsenal serving a xenophobic ideology is now complete,» she said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Detuvieron en Ecuador a “Churrón”, el líder criminal de Los Choneros por el que EEUU ofrecía USD 5 millones
El narcotraficante y líder criminal ecuatoriano Francisco Manuel Bermúdez Cagua, conocido como ‘Churrón’, fue detenido el jueves por la noche en un operativo militar en el norte de Guayaquil, la ciudad más poblada de Ecuador. Por su captura, Estados Unidos ofrecía una recompensa de hasta USD 5 millones.
El ministro de Defensa Nacional, Gian Carlo Loffredo, anunció la aprehensión vía redes sociales y afirmó que Bermúdez estaba al frente de Los Choneros, la banda criminal más antigua del país. El máximo líder de esta organización, José Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias Fito, fue recapturado en 2025 y extraditado al país norteamericano.
Bermúdez es requerido por la justicia estadounidense por delitos de tráfico de cocaína y tenencia de armas con fines de narcotráfico. Según Loffredo, el detenido será trasladado a la Cárcel del Encuentro, una prisión diseñada bajo estrictas condiciones para líderes y cabecillas criminales, inspirada en el modelo carcelario de El Salvador.
Los Choneros controlaron la actividad criminal en Ecuador hasta finales de 2020, cuando estalló una guerra de bandas por el control del crimen en el país.
La Oficina de Asuntos Internacionales de Narcóticos y Aplicación de la Ley del Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos había anunciado la recompensa de USD 5 millones por información que permita la detención o condena de Francisco Bermúdez, uno de los líderes de la organización considerada terrorista por los gobiernos de Ecuador y Estados Unidos.
“Bermúdez Cagua, quien es el primer miembro de Los Choneros en aparecer en la lista de objetivos del programa de recompensas contra el narcotráfico, participa en la toma de decisiones sobre el tráfico de drogas y armas para Los Choneros”, detalló Tommy Pigott, portavoz principal adjunto del Departamento de Estado.
La declaración recordó que el 27 de junio de 2025, el reciente detenido, junto a otros líderes de la organización, Darío Javier Peñafiel Nieto (“Topo”) y José Adolfo Macías Villamar (“Fito”), fueron acusados por el Distrito Este de Nueva York de conspiración para importar y distribuir cocaína, así como de posesión de armas de fuego para facilitar el tráfico de drogas.
En la acusación, Churrón y Topo figuran como lugartenientes de alto rango de Fito, quien fue capturado a fines en una residencia de Manta tras un año y medio de fuga. “Fueron lugartenientes de alto rango dentro de la estructura de liderazgo de la organización”, señalaba el documento. La cartera al mando del secretario de Estado de EEUU, Marco Rubio, subrayó que Los Choneros mantienen vínculos con el cártel mexicano de Sinaloa y controlan rutas clave del tráfico de drogas a través de Ecuador.
Durante una visita a Ecuador el 5 de septiembre el año pasado, Rubio declaró a Los Choneros y Los Lobos como organizaciones terroristas extranjeras. Esta medida autoriza la sanción de bienes, propiedades y fondos de ambos grupos en el sistema bancario estadounidense y prohíbe cualquier transacción de ciudadanos norteamericanos que involucre activos vinculados a esas organizaciones.
En esa ocasión, el jefe de la diplomacia estadounidense también anunció una ayuda económica de USD 19 millones a Quito, de los cuales 13,5 millones se destinarían a la lucha contra el narcotráfico y 6 millones a la adquisición de drones para la fuerza naval.
Con el regreso de Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca, Estados Unidos incluyó a 12 grupos latinoamericanos en la lista de organizaciones terroristas extranjeras.
Entre los grupos designados figuran, en México: Cártel de Sinaloa, Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, Cártel del Noroeste, Cártel de la Nueva Familia Michoacana, Cárteles Unidos y Cártel del Golfo; en Ecuador: Los Choneros y Los Lobos; en El Salvador: Mara Salvatrucha y Barrio 18; y en Venezuela: Tren de Aragua y Cártel de los Soles.
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Sanctuary county refused 615 ICE transfer requests, turned over just 11 illegal immigrants, records show
Angel mom Cheryl Minter demands accountability from Fairfax DA
The House GOP grilled Fairfax DA Steve Descano over his controversial soft-on-crime record, particularly his office’s leniency toward illegal immigrant criminals. During powerful testimony, Angel Mom Cheryl Minter detailed how her daughter’s murder by an alleged illegal alien with over 30 prior arrests highlighted the tragic consequences.
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FIRST ON FOX: Records obtained by a conservative legal group show Fairfax County, Virginia, declined to transfer 615 illegal immigrants to ICE over the past 16 months, while turning over just 11.
Fairfax County, whose board includes one Republican supervisor for what is the most populous jurisdiction in the Old Dominion, formally designated itself a sanctuary jurisdiction in 2021 after passing the Public Trust and Confidentiality Policy or «Trust Policy.»
America First Legal filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the county seeking records from the office of Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Ann Kincaid, who testified at a contentious House hearing earlier this spring on Fairfax’s reluctance to cooperate with federal law enforcement.
The data, obtained directly from a Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office document, showed that for the entirety of 2025, Kincaid’s office refused to transfer 448 illegal immigrants to the Department of Homeland Security for processing and instead only turned over a total of nine to ICE. During the first four months of 2026, Fairfax declined to transfer another 167 illegal immigrants, while turning over only two.
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Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid (Eva Russo/Getty Images)
Since then, county policy has barred law enforcement from honoring ICE civil detainers or otherwise assisting with federal immigration enforcement.
America First Legal (AFL), which first obtained the data, placed much of the blame on Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephen Descano, who sat beside Kincaid at the recent hearing and faced sharp questioning from Republicans over his prosecutorial discretion in cases involving illegal immigrants arrested in the county.
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AFL said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital that Fairfax’s overall framework encourages recidivism by illegal immigrant offenders and has directly led to several gruesome cases, including the murder of Fredericksburg, Virginia, woman Stephanie Minter, whose alleged killer is an illegal immigrant from West Africa with a lengthy criminal record in Fairfax County.
AFL noted that Descano is under investigation by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division over claims U.S. citizens are effectively discriminated against because of the prosecutor’s stated preferential policies, which appeared on his campaign pages and elsewhere and were highlighted by Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock, R-Calif., and others during the hearing.
The group pointed to fatal stabbings; the alleged assault of a woman on the Washington & Old Dominion Trail, a popular rail trail spanning from Washington, D.C., to Purcellville that has long been considered safe; and other crimes allegedly committed by illegal immigrants who, it said, received light sentences or had charges dropped.
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Descano has long defended his prosecutorial discretion as evidence-based and handled on a case-by-case basis.
A Descano spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement Thursday that the DOJ’s probe is politically motivated and has «distort[ed] the office’s policy.» The spokesperson also said the notice appeared to arrive intentionally just before Descano testified before McClintock.
«Our office’s policies are fair, legal and reflect the values of Fairfax County, and we will not be distracted from our mission of keeping this community safe and holding individuals accountable when they commit crimes,» the spokesperson said.
Fox News Digital also reached out to Kincaid’s office for comment.
Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, left, and Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Ann Kincaid, right, testify before Congress. (Tom Williams/Getty Images)
AFL counsel Will Scolinos rejected the county’s defense, telling Fox News Digital that tragic cases such as Minter’s murder are the product of the Trust Policy and the shielding of «hundreds of illegal aliens … from federal law enforcement.»
«This deliberate obstruction by county officials protects illegal alien lawbreakers and endangers every family in Northern Virginia,» Scolinos said. «For too many families, it is already too late. But to protect other Virginians from future crimes at the hands of illegal aliens with prior arrests, Fairfax County must reverse this reckless, anti-American governance immediately.»
In the most recent month recorded, April 2026, 32 illegal immigrants were listed as being in the sheriff’s office’s custody, with none released to ICE. All 32 were subject to an «informed detainer,» and three were listed as convicted.
AFL also noted that Santa Clara County, California — home to the San Francisco 49ers’ new stadium — informed the group that it received 529 ICE detainer requests in 2025 and honored none.
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«If each detainer represents a unique illegal alien, an average of 1.34 arrested illegal aliens were released into Santa Clara every day,» AFL said in April.
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The numbers reflect a pattern that is expected to continue drawing scrutiny from the Trump administration and groups such as AFL, which has also sought data from sanctuary jurisdictions nationwide.
Fox News Digital reached out to DHS for comment.
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