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(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has launched an initiative with state and local law enforcement 287(g) partners to locate roughly 450,000 “unaccompanied alien children” (UACs) who were illegally smuggled into the U.S. during the Biden administration and placed with unvetted sponsors. 

• A Columbia man has been sentenced to prison for a road rage attack involving a teen with a learner’s permit. Prosecutors say Nathan Griffin, 34, chased a 15-year-old and his father off Grindstone Pkwy. in May 2024, followed them into a parking lot, drove toward the father and fired six shots but missed. Police linked Griffin to the case through a separate road rage incident a week earlier. He pleaded guilty to first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful exhibition of a weapon. He was sentenced him to 15 years.