DEA https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:52:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg DEA https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 DOJ Announces Historic $6.5 Billion Health Care Fraud Crackdown https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/06/doj-announces-historic-6-5-billion-health-care-fraud-crackdown/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:00:56 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=32328 Written by David E. Smith

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown — the largest coordinated health care fraud enforcement action in U.S. history — charging 455 defendants across 45 states and territories in alleged schemes totaling more than $6.5 billion in false claims.

Led by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the sweeping operation involved the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and 50 state Medicaid Fraud Control Units.… Continue Reading

]]> 32328 Open Borders: A Top National Security Threat https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/07/open-borders-are-a-top-national-security-threat/ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 14:00:40 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=24042 Written by David E. Smith

According to the far left-leaning news source, NBC News, illegal border crossings exceeded 2.7 million during the 2022 fiscal year. In their report, they claim these waves of immigrants “were driven in part by increases in the number of Venezuelans, Cubans and Nicaraguans making the trek north.” Of course that trend continues today and many conservatives believe those numbers are, in reality, much, much higher.

U.S. Representative Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) sent a video report to Fox News showing “how migrants are moving to the U.S.-Mexico… Continue Reading

]]> 24042 It’s Time to Designate the Mexican Cartels as Terrorist Organizations https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/02/its-time-to-designate-the-mexican-cartels-as-terrorist-organizations/ Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:00:47 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=10957 Written by Daniel Horowitz

Imagine for a moment that groups of Islamic terrorists set up shop at our border, killed tens of thousands of Mexicans, mutilated bodies, controlled a flow of hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants every year over our border, and flooded our country with drugs and gangs. These organizations, in our “hypothetical,” operate in over 40 countries, are flush with weapons, money, and military-style tactics, control operations inside our country, and bring in drugs like fentanyl and carfentanil that are essentially chemical weapons.… Continue Reading

]]> 10957 SPOTLIGHT: The Drug Plague is Growing, What to Do? https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/01/spotlight-the-drug-plague-is-growing-what-to-do/ Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:09:36 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=10883 Written by Benjamin Smith

This week we turn our Spotlight on Angela Camp, a drug addiction specialist with Bradford Health Services in Birmingham, Alabama. During an Illinois Church Action on Alcohol and Addiction Problems conference in Springfield, Ms. Camp met with Monte Larrick to discuss the escalating heroin epidemic in the United States and its connection to opioid and marijuana use and addiction.

Ms. Camp explains how availability, affordability, and changes in public perception have contributed to the increase in drug abuse in middle-class America.… Continue Reading

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