Late last month, when former Afghan commando fighter Rahmanullah Lakanwal vanished without warning from his home in Bellingham, Wash., his wife, Khamila, called his phone, trying to learn where he had gone, according to people familiar with the matter.  “Where are you?” she asked in one call, speaking in their native language of Pashto, according to people briefed on the communications.  He told her, “I’m busy with some...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched its newest immigration crackdown operation in New Orleans aimed at capturing “criminal illegal aliens.” In its announcement of Operation Catahoula Crunch, DHS said the federal crackdown was targeting illegal immigrants who were arrested for crimes and then subsequently released due to sanctuary policies. The department said that such polices “force” local law enforcement to “ignore” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

Venezuela will continue accepting deportation flights from the U.S. at the request of President Donald Trump‘s administration, the country announced Tuesday. Trump threatened to declare the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela to be “closed in its entirety,” causing Venezuela to cancel the twice-weekly flights of migrants from the U.S. on Saturday. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday that, at the request of the Trump administration, those flights...