brooke taylor has the follow-up. what happened? >> this is one of the largest operations we have seen yet with border czar tom homan telling fox first that around 90 illegal migrants were arrested. the colony ridge area right outside of houston. a largely hispanic development. officials say hsi along with other officers targeted criminal and illegal migrants early monday morning. border czar tom homan joined that operation. he tells me it was phase one of a larger criminal investigation and that a majority of thieves arrested were criminal migrants. we were waiting on a breakdown already. some had warrants and arrested at work sites and others captured on camera getting arrested during traffic stops conducted by dps. >> something different today. a larger criminal investigation into a network and a lot of the people we were interested in were located in that area. know for a fact there were several sexual predators. child predators that were arrested for sexual misconduct with a child. several of them. one was convicted of homicide

brooke taylor joining us this morning. enforcement administration in dallas. okay, what is he saying about the cartels? reporter: well, stuart, he's saying that once these drugs get across the border they're trafficked further into the united states as we know but really impacting people and communities like here in dallas. the head of the dea dallas division says that fentanyl just continues to poison our communities. we sat down with special agent? charge eduardo chavez telling us that fentanyl is the deadliest illicit drug in the dallas area and according to the dea in 2024, more than 367 million fentanyl pills seized nationwide here in the dallas field division, they seized about 40 million deadly doses. >> for parents, those in their 30s and 40s and 50s and raising children, this is not the same drugs that we remember growing up when we heard all of the campaigns about it. the game has changed and it's become ever more deadly reporter: one of the most high profile cases in a series of deaths among teen teenagers in e

correspondent brooke taylor shows us tonight. >> brooke: bret, dps in texas just released a number ofthe southern border over all in all sectors that, number continues to drop below 500. that is the first time in years. >> ice raids hit denver and aurora, colorado this morning. >> more than 100 members of the violent venezuelan tren de aragua gang targeted in aurora, according to ice. >> you have the right to remain silent. >> similar scenes playing out across the country. in seattle and in southern new hampshire. the d.e.a. says their multi-agency enforcement operation targeted criminal aliens trafficking drugs. at the southern border, illegal encounters continue to go down and powerful cartels are feeling threatened. >> a very volatile situation along the border we know for a fact that the cartels threatened law enforcement especially when it comes to decreasing the number of people on the border. when you are going after drugs. that's going to impact their profits. that's going to impact the cartels and with that we can expect do see escalation of threats from the cartels. >> the f

brooke taylor is in houston, texas where she got access to ice operations, brook. >> we got this look at the day-to-day operations here in houston. there is so much that goes into these arrests, ice officers tell me they have a target list of thousands of illegal migrants they have to filter through that list and then conduct surveillance for days and then they have to wait for the perfect moment to make an arrest. they want to do it in a safe way where no one in the community is hurt. >> right now we have eyes on the target. fair game to say he will be moving soon. >> fox news embeds with ice enforcement and removal operations officer in houston getting a look as officers strategies targets for the day. the first target an illegal migrant who officers have been watching for days. >> target is coming up to the house. >> according to ice, he is from mexico and previously removed from the u.s. after being convicted of alien smuggling. >> the worst of the worst. gang members and violent criminals is what we're focused on. >> illegal migrant from el salvador already deported from the u.s.

brooke taylor is live from dallas with more on this. how far have those numbers been following?llegal encounters at the border continued to drop below .500 and that is the lowest in years. let's take it to what i am talking about. overall 49498 counters and that's all border sectors, 105 illegal encounters in 65% decrease from the same day last year. the del rio sector, 38 illegal encounters and that is 84% decrease from the same day last year. this declines comes as first national guard troops arrive at the border. and next to copledge to send 10,000 troops in exchange for billing tariffs. and threatened the powerful cartels and billion-dollar traffic and drug operation. >> it also is a volatility at the border because law enforcement especially when it comes to decrease the number of people on the border. going after drugs, that will impact profits in impact the cartels and with that, we can expect installation of threats from the cartels. >> i.c.e. continues to target illegal migrants in cities across the country. in aurora, i.c.e. targeted 100 tren de aragua members this mor

liz: brooke taylor thank you so much. great reporting there. please watch this. >> the threat that i worry the most about vis-a-vis europe is not russia, it's not china, it's not any other external actor. what i worry about is the threat from within. the retreat of europe from some of its most fundamental values. values shared with the united states of america. across europe, free speech, i fear, is in retreat. >> why would our allies or anybody be irritated by free speech and someone giving their opinion? these are the values we shared and in that we fought against things like censorship and oppression. he's simply expressed in a speech his view which a lot of people frankly share and i thought he said a lot of things that needed to be said, and honestly i don't know why anybody be upset. i assure you the united states has come under criticism on many occasions from many leaders in europe and we don't go around throwing temper tantrums about it. >> he was standing in a country where free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide. >> free spe

fox news' brooke taylor is in houston with the details. brooke? at the day-to-day i.c.e. operations here in houston. the ero officers tell us with this new push and priority to to go after illegal criminal aliens, they have nearly tripled their arrest numbers in just the last few weeks. >> target's coming out of the house. >> reporter: i.c.e. enforcement and removal operations officers have been watching his movements and patterns for days now. [background sounds] the suspect, an illegal migrant from if mexico convicted in 2004 for alien smuggling and already removed from the u.s. in 2005 but snuck back in. >> we're really looking at our public safety threats, national security threats. they've had their due process, they've never shown up for deportation that. those are our primary targets. >> reporter: how many people, roughly, are on this target list? >> we've got multiple lists, so it's hard to say one specific number. >> reporter: dozens? hundreds in u.s.en -- houston? >> on the list? thousands. >> reporter: thousands. next on their list, an

those numbers all across the country, john periods bill and brooke taylor for us with the update, thanke bad guys before they hit the street and intelligence of how the tda operates and where they are operating in the intelligence together we will have access to. by having i.c.e. part of the gang intelligence using our intel with nypd and correction officers, we can identify the gains inside and outside on the street. >> sandra: new york city mayor eric adams promising to reopen previously closed i.c.e. office on rikers island. it comes as he met with white house border czar, tom homan, yesterday. adams is working with tom homan to override the city sanctuary laws. let's bring in county texas sheriff and retired border patrol agent. thank you for joining us. that is welcome news to you as well, are. >> great to be on with you. it certainly is. what tom has brought to the table with his presence at the administration which is showing more enforcement and the interior as you showed on the prior screen with apprehensions being -- i don't know how long it has been a joy it seemed 60 years b

full coverage on fox, border czar tom homan joining us in a moment and let's get an update from brooke taylor live in dallas. >> defense secretary pete hegseth there visiting el paso calling it a new era at the southerner border and took time to meet our troops and really highlight their mission. hegseth shaking hands with many different service members alongside border czar tom homan. president trump deploying more than 1500 active duty soldiers acrows the southern border adding to the 2500 soldier already there. troops were there to help free up overwhelmed border patrol agents and now have operational control. >> guys and gals of my generation have spent decades in foreign countries guarding other people's borders. it is about time we secure our own border. >> we just spent two weeks in el paso and i saw firsthand the increased military resources and partnerships between agents and the military. we witnessed two removal flights, had exclusive access to a c-17 aircraft where we saw dozens of illegal migrants being returned to ecuador and guatemala and took a helicopter ride over one of the

correspondent brooke taylor takes us along on the mission from dallas. >> in one of the largest operationsn, border czar tom homan tells fox news around 90 illegal migrants were arrested in and around cl colony ridge oe houston. >> large scale criminal investigation. i'm not going to get into the details of that investigation. today was phase one. >> early monday morning, homeland security investigation's special agents, and texas dps troops conducted a targeted operation in the largely hispanic community. >> they were like police on the family dollar and they were taking some people and my mom she got scared. >> homan says the majority of those arrested were criminal migrants. >> the last number i saw was like 69 criminals. >> among those, a three-time previously deported illegal alien from el salvador. according to ice he had a criminal arrest warrant for alleged repeated sexual abuse of a minor. homan says some of the illegal migrants had warrants and were arrested at work sites. others were picked up during traffic stops conducted by texas dps. >> our priority is right now is criminal

liz: brooke taylor thank you so much great reporting as always., let's get reaction from a great writer, great author, new york post columnist miranda devine. great to see you again, thanks so much for joining us. what's your reaction to this bust of 90 ill little aliens outside houston including child predators and child sex abusers? >> thanks, liz. i mean, what were they doing here in the first place? it just is the belief that the biden administration allowed in so many child molesters. i mean, it's really beyond anything that we've seen before, that there are so many of these bad guys that are being picked up are pedophiles. how does that happen and the only thing you can think is it's exactly what donald trump has said, that these are the countries just opened up their jails and they just sent them across the border to uncle sucker, which joe biden had turned the whole of america into, and you know, it's a lot easier shutting the border as donald trump has done now, then it is to try and find these people who are hiding away, inside america a

brooke taylor is live in dallas with the details. hi, brooke. >> hi, dana.ther 1500 troops to the southern border. this is going to bring the total to about 3600 active troops at the border. it all comes as the number of illegal migrant encounters continue to plummet. check this out from saturday. 331 encounters on saturday alone. in guantanamo the military expanding the facility housing up to 30,000 illegal migrants until deported to their home countries. last two flights have brought illegal migrants there so far. kristi noem visited gitmo on friday and talked about concerns over human rights. >> what we're doing is giving due process to migrants. we have done that all the fame following the same procedures we always have been. where are they advocating for the children that are missing that joe biden lost? why not advocate for families who lost children? laken riley's family, jocelyn's family. >> in houston ice announced they got a criminal alien wanted for aggravated assault. this baltimore ice arrested this ms-13 gang member from el salvador convicted o

that is the lowest they have seen in years, bret. >> bret: brooke taylor in dallas. brooke, thanks.e house we are awaiting that news conference. up next, we bring in the panel for the news conference between president trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. those conversations obviously continuing in the oval office as they get ready to talk about what they have been talking about. you'll love this! centrum silver is clinically proven ♪ old ♪ like a relentless weed, moderate to severe ulcerative colitis symptoms can keep coming back. start to break away from uc with tremfya... with rapid relief at 4 weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation. at one year, many people experienced remission... and some saw 100% visible healing of their intestinal lining. serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms or if you need a vaccine. healing is possible with tremfya. ask your doctor about tremfya today. ♪ >> bret: looki

brooke taylor reporting for us from texas.blican montana senator, tim, former navy seal and combat veteran and purple heart recipient and pilot. thank you for being here today, one of the things that strikes us is this question of how the cartels are going to like having their business shut down at the southern border and lawrence jones was there with tom homan and pete hegseth the secretary of defence and ask them about the possibility of cartel violence given all this. >> the most powerful military in the world will not be intimidated by anybody let alone cartels. >> not a question of if but when. it will happen. [inaudible] there will be violence. >> martha: $13 million in drug cartel and smuggling, that business seems to be disappearing. what will happen? >> confrontations, no question about that. this is a lifeline for these businesses and that's what they are, we can call them cartels and criminals but these are multinational, multibillion-dollar organizations that if you put them on the stock exchange they would be some

on its practice bunt crackdown, while de is looking at -- smuggling operations at the border, brooke taylorst on this crisis? >> well, when it comes to the border, president trump not only focused on stopping illegal migrants, but the flow of this deadly fentanyl. the fentanyl crisis has been a problem for years. impacting community is like right here in dallas, so we sat down with the special agent in charge of the dea division, edward o chavez, hugh showed us just how small a deadly dose can be, only 2 milligrams, just a few that you could barely see. according to the dea in 2024, there were more than 367 million fentanyl pills sees to it nationwide. the dallas field division seized about 40 million deadly doses. >> fentanyl is still the most deadly illicit drug available in the dallas fort worth area. the pills at a wholesale price are still averaging less than $8 a pill. >> on one of his biggest cases to make national headlines was a string of deadly teenage fentanyl deaths and overdoses in the branch school district in 2022 and 2023. we are talking about victims from 14 to 17 years old

live for us in dallas, texas, brooke taylor. brooke. >> hi, harris.rants with things like homes, cars, education, small business loans of up to $15,000, even loans to help with credit scores. all of this is taxpayer money. a watchdog group called open the books is behind this investigation. according to their findings, the office of refugee resettlement, which is part of hhs, distributed the billions of dollars. it's not the first time the office has faced criticism. last year, and inspector general report revealed the o -- oh rr cannot track down approximately 32,000 migrant children. here's a breakdown of how much grant money was awarded with your tax dollars according to this report. in 2021, they gave up more than $2 billion. in 2023, that skyrocketed to more than $10 billion. that's during the same time period we saw a record number of migrants encounters at the southern border. in 2024, more than $4 billion. according to the report, most of the funding went to programs for other migrant children. other programs include matching savings for cars,

. >> ainsley: brooke taylor has the latest. morning. >> brooke: this is one of the largest operations we have seen yet. i sat down with botom homan. 90 were arrested in and around colony ridge area near houston. this is largely hispanic development. officials say hsi, ero and texas dps targeted criminal and illegal migrants. tom homan says it was phase one of larger criminal investigation and majority of those arrested were criminal migrants. we are waiting on a breakdown of how many, he said some had warrants and were arrested at work sites and others were arrested during traffic stops conducted by dps. >> it is different today. it is larger criminal investigation into a network and a lot of people were located in that area. there were several sexual predators, child predators, that were arrested for sexual misconduct with a child. one was convicted of homicide or murder. >> brooke: authorities say they have had issues for a while. three migrants had been deported four other times, arrested after deputies say they found 350 po

brooke taylor interviewed the head of d.e.a. in texas. she is in texas now. >> once the pills get across the border they impact communities like here in dallas. we sat down with the head of the d.e.a. in the dallas division saying that fentanyl continues to poison our communities. special agent in charge chavez says that fentanyl remains the most deadly elicit drug available in the dallas area. in 2024 more than 367 million fentanyl pills seized nationwide. the dallas field division seized about 40 million deadly doses. >> for parents, those in their 30s and 40s, 50s, raising children this is not the same drugs that we remember growing up when we heard all of the campaigns about it. the game has changed and it has become even more deadly. >> one of his most high profile cases involved a series of deadly fentanyl deaths and overdoses among teenagers in the carallton school district in 2022 and 2023. for nearly two years authorities tracked social media and text messages and eventually able to link the deadly pills to a lab in mexico. >> dr

team coverage with our chief correspondent jonathan hunt, more on the anti-ice activists, and brooke taylor starts off in dallas. what do we know about this raid in colony ridge? speak of the person who joined this operation tells me that they arrested about 90 illegal migrants. this makes it the largest operation we have seen under the trump administration. homan says this is part of a larger criminal investigation. he called a phase one and something they have been planning for a while. early monday morning, hsi along with special agents and texas dps made the arrest in end around colony ridge, a largely hispanic of elements outside of houston. we sat down with border czar tom homan right after he joined the operation. >> warrants on some people. some were traffic stops conducted by texas dps. the last number i saw was like 69 criminals. i know for a fact, there are several sexual predators, child predators arrested for sexual misconduct with a child. there were several of them. i know one was convicted of either homicide or murder. >> among those arrested, a three-time previously deporte

brooke taylor has the details. talked to them with more now. what did you learn, brooke? good morning. >> when it comes to the border, president trump not only focused on stopping illegal migrants but also the flow of fentanyl at the hands of these powerful mexican cartels. the fentanyl crisis has been an issue for years impacting real people, real communities like here in dallas. we sat down with the special agent in charge who leads the d.e.a.'s dallas division. only two milligrams, a few tiny grains you can barely see. acarding to d.e.a. in 2024 more than 367 million fentanyl pills seized nationwide. here in the dallas field division they seized about 40 million deadly doses. >> fentanyl is still the most deadly illicit drug available in the dallas/ fort worth area. the pills at wholesale price are averaging less than $8 a pill. >> one of his biggest cases to make national headlines was a string of deadly teenage fentanyl deaths and overdoses a school strict in 2022 and 2023. two years later investigators traced the source of those pills to labs in mexico connecting th

here's correspondent brooke taylor. >> $22 billion straight from taxpayers' pockets spent on migrantsa new report from a watchdog group, on the books. migrants from cuba and haiti, humanitarian parolees from afghanistan and ukraine, special visa holders from afghanistan and iraq, and unaccompanied minors were eligible for the grants. the funds went toward cars, homes, education, small business loans up to $15,000, and loans to help repair credit scores. on the books ceo says it hurt american taxpayers. >> people in places like north carolina, los angeles, that have lost everything, how is motorsport to ask them to pay the bill for someone who wants to come to this country illegally? that's outrageous. >> the money was awarded through refugee resettlement, a division under the health and human services department. there's been no response to our request for comment. in 2020, according to the watchdog report, the oarr awarded $2.6 billion in grants. in 2023, the number more than tripled to $10 billion. in 2024, $4 billion. while the grant money surged during a time migrant encounters at

. >> harris: let's look at texas with brooke taylor right now. >> a new report today from a watchdog group shows that the department of health and human services has spent $22 billion on migrants over the last few years. we are talking things like cars, homes, even help with credit scores and guess where the money is coming from? the taxpayers' pockets. open the books is the name of this government watchdog group. they doug into this. their investigation revealed the money was distributed through the office of refugee resettlement, division within hhs. the office has come under fire in the past. last year as everyone may remember an inspector general report revealed they could not track the exact whereabouts of 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children. still this latest report notes the most funding went to programs for unaccompanied migrant children. other programs including matching savings for cars and homes, small business loans, and help with credit scores. in 2021, according to the watchdog report they gave out more than $2 billion in grants. check 2023 out. that was more than $10

brooke taylor joins us this morning. brooke, you spent the day with i.c.e. reporter: we did. we got an inside, exclusive look at just the day-to-day operations here in houston. the i.c.e. officers we were with told us with this new priority to go after these criminal illegal aliens, they are seeing at least 2-3 times the number of arrests they usually have in just the last few weeks. >> target's coming out of the house. >> reporter: i.c.e. enforcement and removal operations officers have been watching his movements and patterns for days now. [background sounds] the suspect, an illegal migrant from mexico convicted in 2004 for alien smuggling and already removed from the u.s. in 2005 but snuck back in. >> we're really looking at our public safety threats, national security threats. heavy had their due process, they've never shown up for deportation. those are our primary target. >> reporter: how many people roughly are on this target list? >> we've got multiple lists, so is it's hard to say one specific number. >> reporter: dozens, hundreds, in houston? >> on

first brooke taylor is live in dallas with more. the report reveals the department of health and human services gave out $22 billion to nonprofit organizations to help out migrants over the last few years. this includes things like cash hand-outs for cars and homes and guess who is paying for this? you the taxpayer. the government watchdog group called open the books is behind this investigation. according to their findings, the office of refugee resettlement, part of hhs, distributed the billions of dollars. it is not the first time the office has faced criticism. last year an inspector general report revealed the orr couldn't track down around 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children. here is a breakdown of how much grant money was awarded with your tax dollars according to this watchdog report. in 2021, they gave out more than $2 billion. in 2023, take a look at this. that skyrocketed to more than $10 billion during a record number of migrant encounters at the southern border and in 2024, more than $4 billion. according to the repor

to the migrant crisis, 1500 active-duty troops are soon to be deployed to the southern border, brooke taylornow what exactly are they going to be doing there? >> the pentagon says they're going to deploy 1500 more troops to the southern border this is going to bring the total to 3600 active troops, these troops what they're going to do is help build wire barriers, they can help with transportation and anything else to support the border patrol agents on the ground. it all comes as a legal migrant encounter have plummeted, texas dps says only 331 encounters on saturday along and guantanamo bay, the military expanding the facility to house up to 30000 illegal migrants until they could be deported to their home countries. two flights have brought illegal migrants there so far, dhs secretary kristi noem visited gitmo on friday and responded to concerns over human rights. >> were giving due process to migrants, we've done all the time following the same procedures we've always happen but where they advocating for the children that are missing that joe biden lost wire than a advocating for these f

fox had an exclusive ride along with ice agents making a series of arrests in houston and brooke taylor was with them. what did you find out and what did you see? hello. >> yeah, we got this exclusive look at the day-to-day operations here at ice in houston. the ero officers tell me with this added priority to go after criminal illegal aliens they see two to three times the number of arrests in the last few weeks. >> targets coming to the house. >> removal operations officers have been watching his moments and patterns for days now. the suspect, an illegal migrant from mexico convicted for alien smuggling and already removed from the u.s. in 2005 but snuck back in. >> we are looking at public safety threats and national security threats. they had due process. never shown up for deportation. those are the primary targets now. >> how many people are on the target list? >> multiple lists. it's hard to say a specific number. >> dozens, hundreds? >> thousands on the list. >> next on their list an illegal migrant from honduras convicted of indecency and exposure to a child. >> according to ic

brooke taylor from dallas. >> the pentagon has said they'll send additional 1500 troops to the southernmber of illegal migrant encounters continue to plummet as you just mentioned. show you more of some of our latest numbers here on thursday. 352 illegal encounters, friday 289, saturday 331 encounters. in guantanamo bay the military gearing up to expand the facility to hold up to 30,000 illegal migrants until they can be deported to their home countries. the most violent criminal illegal migrants will be taken there. ice operations target illegal migrants across major cities. in houston ice arrested a three-time previously deported criminal alien wanted for aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. baltimore ice arrested this ms-13 gang member from el salvador convicted of possession of a loaded handgun. in boston, an illegal fugitive arrested wanted for aggravated homicide in el salvador. >> it takes a whole team to find somebody that doesn't want to be found in the neighborhoods. we'll keep doing it until tda iser add rated from this country. that's my number one goal. >> the

brooke taylor's opportunity. she was embedded with officers in houston she shows us how ice works to target some of the most dangerous criminals. >> investigation. >> investigation? yes. >> >> for what? soaks assault conviction in home country is back in ice custody. he has already been deported twice. >> see order or something. >> we're not looking to go out there and scare or terrorize the communities. we are looking make these communities safer. these folks, criminals like this individual here, they are victimizing those same communities. nobody wants those folks in our community. >> the director of enforcement and removal operations in houston says their arrest numbers have nearly tripled in the last few weeks. he tells fox they're also working closer than ever with other federal agencies like hhi, the fbi, cbp and atf. the same week as fox's exclusive ride along, officials arrested three suspected tren de aragua members in houston. >> we do try to target the worst of the worst. looking at public safety threa

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force also came that's when we started to having some kind of robust attendance and vice president brooke-taylor and i we're going to invite more people from who run community organizations but our agenda has been quite full and i want to give full attention but each time we've had a member from the reentry community or just community affected by the criminal justice system, we've had better attendance and then that is run through, you know, a month or two following. so i agree with you and you know, we we've tried a lot of different things we point out to the community then some community members will say, you know, it's easier for us to show up at city hall. >> but i think the purpose for us going out too is that a lot of people don't feel comfortable coming to city hall and being recorded. so i still think, you know, we do as much as we can to be out there so people feel comfortable giving information to us that we can use and try to make improvements. >> i think i also really want to recognize though that the sheriff's office has tried to make do with a diminishing staffing issue and we've h