Whistleblower Claimed She Was Fired For Exposing Anomaly

A former Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) clerk sued her old employers for allegedly firing her because she reported on co-workers selling driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.

According to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, Melissa Moorman discovered in 2024 that two co-workers from the Department of Vehicle Regulation were selling documents to "nonresidents" without proper immigration screenings or testing. Her lawyers argued that she knew of the crime after being invited to participate.

"Barbaric Laotian Criminals" To Be Deported By ICE

For over two decades, several Laotian illegal immigrants were engaged in violent crimes. Now that were convicted, they will be deported back to the Southeast Asian country on 18 August, the Department of Homeland Security announced.

Each of the 12 already had orders of removal placed on them by a federal immigration judge, including some dating back to 2003.

New Orleans Mayor Indicted For Using Public Funds On Her Lover

In New Orleans, a Mayor was indicted last 15 August in what prosecutors called a yearslong scheme to hide a romantic relationship with her bodyguard, who is accused of being paid as if he was working even when they met alone in apartments and traveled to vineyards for wine tasting.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell faces charges of conspiracy, fraud and obstruction, less than five months before she leaves office due to term limits. The first female mayor in New Orleans' 300-year history was elected twice but now becomes the city's first mayor to be charged while in office.

Record Number Of Applicants Flood ICE

About 100,000 Americans have applied for roles with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since the organization began a recruiting drive at the end of last month, the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News Digital.

President Donald Trump's administration launched a drive to hire 10,000 additional ICE agents at the end of July, offering incentives to candidates and removing certain limits on who can apply. The total number of applicants has now eclipsed 100,000 in barely two weeks. The agency had received 80,000 applicants as of 6 August.

Anti-Migration Protests Continue In England

For the past three weeks, Epping – a market town of 11,000, north-east of London – is fast becoming as the focal area and at the very heart of Britain's simmering immigration debate.

What began with the arrest of a 38-year-old Ethiopian asylum seeker, accused of attempting to kiss a 14-year-old girl, has spiralled into protests across England, far-right mobilization and mounting fears of wider unrest.