President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden&#8217;s</a> acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) slammed him during an interview on Thursday over his disastrous handling of the U.S. southern border.
Acting ICE Director P.J. Lechleitner was asked by NBC News if Biden &#8220;should have taken that action earlier&#8221; to secure the southern border to stop millions of illegal aliens from entering the country.
&#8220;Yes, yes, absolutely yes, he should have,&#8221; said Lechleitner. &#8220;The administration should have taken that action earlier, and I think the career people in DHS would have liked that.&#8221;
&#8220;All of us at DHS—I don&#8217;t know of anybody that wouldn&#8217;t have wanted that earlier,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Law enforcement is always going to be on that side, where we want tighter controls, because for a while, you remember, it was 10,000+.&#8221;
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ICE Director Patrick Lechleitner blasts Biden for delaying action on the border:
&#8220;Yes, yes, absolutely yes, he should have. The administration should have taken that action earlier, and I think the career people in DHS would have liked that.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/T1Q7C45OGE">pic.twitter.com/T1Q7C45OGE</a>
— Bobby LaValley (@Bobby_LaVallley) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bobby_LaVallley/status/1877366730231566454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
Lechleitner was also asked about Biden not mentioning the border this week when he was asked during an interview if he had any regrets about actions he took as president.
&#8220;Does that surprise you?&#8221; asked NBC News&#8217; Julia Ainsley.
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&#8220;No, but it is unfortunate because I think we could have done more,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We could have added more resources to it, with CBP and ICE, and we could have tried to get more of these individuals who are in the non-detained docket and moved more people. I think we could have used more resources and support. We could have done that the last four years.&#8221;
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&#8220;Biden had an exit interview this week where he was asked about his regrets and he did not mention the border. Does that surprise you?&#8221;
ICE Director Patrick Lechleitner: &#8220;No, it doesn&#8217;t surprise me, but it&#8217;s unfortunate because I think we could have done more.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/twOz4tQQBS">pic.twitter.com/twOz4tQQBS</a>
— Bobby LaValley (@Bobby_LaVallley) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bobby_LaVallley/status/1877353147921813855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2025</a></blockquote>

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An illegal alien in possession of a semi-automatic rifle and an estimated $1 million worth of fentanyl was busted by police at a Massachusetts homeless shelter, prompting an investigation of shelters across the state.
Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, a 28-year-old illegal alien from the Dominican Republic, was <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/01/07/us-news/massachusetts-gov-healey-orders-inspection-of-state-shelters-after-migrant-arrest/">arrested</a> by the Revere Police Department and was in possession of a loaded AR-15 rifle with three magazines and 10 pounds of fentanyl.
The illegal alien’s supply of fentanyl — the deadly drug that has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans — amounts to an <a href="https://www.dea.gov/onepill">estimated 2.2 million</a> lethal doses.
Sanchez was looking for a room at a hotel that had been converted to a homeless shelter when police apprehended him. He is now in state custody and slated to be delivered to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“This individual endangered occupants of the hotel, on-site workers, public safety personnel and the community at large,” Revere Police Chief David Callahan stated. “His arrest underscores our commitment to work tirelessly to protect our community from those dealing deadly Fentanyl and possessing illegal firearms.”
The arrest of the illegal alien prompted Democrat Governor Maura Healy to announce an inspection of homeless shelters across the state as well as a review of their policies. She also directed the blame at the federal government and the “broken federal immigration system.”
&#8220;This further underscores our broken federal immigration system and the urgent need for Congress and the White House to act on a border security bill to prevent criminals from entering our communities,” Healy <a href="https://spectrumnews1.com/ma/worcester/news/2025/01/07/healey-migrant-shelter-inspections-010725">said</a>.
But Healy has been a vocal opponent of President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda and said that state forces will not assist in federal immigration enforcement operations.
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The Democrat Governor said in one November interview that the Massachusetts State Police will “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-gov-refuses-to-help-deportations-as-ice-busts-alleged-illegal-alien-child-rapists-in-her-state">absolutely not</a>” be permitted to assist the federal government in its effort to enforce immigration law against illegal aliens.
ICE agents busted three illegal aliens who are believed to have sexually assaulted children just days after Healy expressed her opposition to the deportation agenda.
One of the three illegal aliens, Guatemalan national Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz, was charged with raping a child and arrested by the Great Barrington Police Department. ICE says, however, that the police department did not honor a federal detainer for the illegal alien and failed to deliver him to federal custody.

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On Tuesday, the GOP-led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> of Representatives once again passed the &#8220;Laken Riley Act,&#8221; a bill that would require federal officials to arrest illegal immigrants who have been charged with theft-related crimes in the United States.
Forty-eight Democrats <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20256" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> with 216 Republicans in voting for the bill, which had previously been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-led-house-passes-laken-riley-act-170-dems-vote-against-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> by the lower chamber in March of last year. This time around, 159 Democrats opposed it, compared to 170 in the earlier vote.
These &#8220;no&#8221; votes showed that some Democrats &#8220;ignored&#8221; voters who &#8220;demanded secure borders, the deportation of violent illegal aliens, and laws that put the safety and security of the American people first,&#8221; said Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA).
The legislation was named after Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was killed last year. A 26-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela, Jose Ibarra, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-jose-ibarra-found-guilty-of-killing-georgia-nursing-student-laken-riley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convicted</a> of murdering Riley and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-nursing-student-laken-riley-immigrant-d8d75ccc6d81e7a88eb7890829d9fc9c#:~:text=The%20killing%20added%20fuel%20to,entered%20the%20U.S.%20in%202022.&amp;text=The%20Venezuelan%20man%20convicted%20in,without%20the%20possibility%20of%20parole." target="_blank" rel="noopener">sentenced</a> to life in prison.
In addition to directing the secretary of Homeland Security to detain aliens charged in the U.S. with theft crimes, the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/29/text?s=1&amp;r=3&amp;q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22Laken+Riley+Act%22%7D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> would allow states to sue federal officials for &#8220;injunctive relief&#8221; if certain immigration actions or policies harm their citizens.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) <a href="https://www.c-span.org/program/us-house-of-representatives/house-session-part-1/654076" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> during a debate on Tuesday that lawmakers were trying to &#8220;score cheap political points off of a tragic death&#8221; with a bill that &#8220;unfairly sweeps up many more innocent lives with no due process.&#8221;
A press release from Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA), who last week <a href="https://collins.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mike-collins-reintroduces-laken-riley-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reintroduced</a> the Laken Riley Act for the new session of Congress, said that the bill &#8220;directly addresses one of the federal policy failures&#8221; related to Riley’s murder.
Ibarra &#8220;is an illegal alien who had been previously cited for shoplifting by the Athens Police Department,&#8221; it said. &#8220;If local law enforcement had called ICE, and ICE issued a detainer and picked him up, Laken would be alive.&#8221;
The Senate <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/all-actions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did not take up</a> the Laken Riley Act for a vote when it was in control of the Democrats. Now, with Republicans back in command, a Senate version has been reintroduced. Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-fetterman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Fetterman</a> (D-PA) is even a co-sponsor.
&#8220;Laken Riley’s story is a tragic reminder of what’s at stake when our systems fail to protect people. No family should have to endure the pain of losing a loved one to preventable violence,&#8221; Fetterman <a href="https://www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/u-s-senators-katie-britt-ted-budd-john-thune-john-fetterman-colleagues-introduce-laken-riley-act-in-119th-congress/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CLaken%20Riley's%20story%20is%20a,what%20makes%20our%20country%20great." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.

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For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
Sunday&#8217;s narrative focused primarily on the terrorist attack that took place last week in New Orleans — along with a concerted effort to drive conversation away from the terror risk posed by the open southern border and toward the threat of homegrown terrorism.
As soon as it was clear that the truck attack in New Orleans had been motivated by radical Islamist ideology — coupled with conflicting reports about the truck that was used and whether it had recently crossed the border — a number, President-elect Donald Trump among them, pointed to the porous border and questioned whether more such attacks might be possible or even imminent.
But Democrats and legacy media were quick to put distance on the topic of the border and the crisis that has unfolded there under the Biden-Harris administration&#8217;s lax policies — and they emphasized the fact that at least in this particular case, the perpetrator was an American citizen who had been radicalized.
On ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week,&#8221; Chief Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas raised the question of how exactly the New Orleans terror suspect had been radicalized — specifically, whether ISIS had recruited him or he had come to them.
&#8220;The main focus of the investigation right now: trying to figure out if the suspect was radicalized on his own or if someone from ISIS directed him in anyway,&#8221; Thomas told anchor George Stephanopoulos.
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“The main focus of the investigation right now: trying to figure out if the suspect was radicalized on his own or if someone from ISIS directed him in anyway.” <a href="https://t.co/8o1oMWvGZN">https://t.co/8o1oMWvGZN</a> <a href="https://t.co/dhsDNS4kDu">pic.twitter.com/dhsDNS4kDu</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1875911278952149161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas doubled down on that narrative, saying outright that the border was not part of the problem, at least in this current case.
&#8220;The assailant who perpetrated the terrorist attack in New Orleans was born in the United States, raised in the United States and served in our armed forces. It is not an issue of the border,&#8221; he said.
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“The assailant who perpetrated the terrorist attack in New Orleans was born in the United States, raised in the United States and served in our armed forces. It is not an issue of the border,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says. <a href="https://t.co/rRMUv9vl3M">https://t.co/rRMUv9vl3M</a> <a href="https://t.co/CdxBxDH9S1">pic.twitter.com/CdxBxDH9S1</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1875918619726557449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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He went on to add that officials had noted a &#8220;significant increase&#8221; in &#8220;homegrown violent extremism&#8221; in recent years, specifically over the last decade.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a very difficult threat landscape,&#8221; he said.
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Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas tells George Stephanopoulos that officials have seen a “significant increase” over the last 10 years in “homegrown violent extremism.”
“It is a very difficult threat landscape.” <a href="https://t.co/r02W91CgMN">https://t.co/r02W91CgMN</a> <a href="https://t.co/yVFQAGxKQg">pic.twitter.com/yVFQAGxKQg</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1875916246870286446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also addressed the idea of violent extremism coming from domestic sources, claiming that it was a deterrent for women who might otherwise run for office.
&#8220;Women are known to be more, shall we say, ethical, than men,&#8221; Pelosi claimed, giving no evidence to support her theory. &#8220;And so, when they go after women candidates, they go after their ethics. And they&#8217;ll say this, that and the other thing. And then the child comes home from school crying because somebody said a bad thing about mom on TV. And nobody wants that.&#8221;
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The threat of domestic violent extremism is discouraging women from running for public office, says <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerPelosi</a>, telling <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a> that women candidates are attacked particularly for their ethics.
&quot;Women are known to be more, shall we say, ethical, than men. And so, when… <a href="https://t.co/ZXOhIkrCdU">pic.twitter.com/ZXOhIkrCdU</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1875939269451063489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Pelosi then pivoted to January 6th, as Congress prepares to certify the results of the 2024 presidential election, claiming that the American people had only voted for President-elect Trump a second time because they were more worried about their bank accounts than the threat of violence.
&#8220;They just had a different view as to what was in their interest, economically and the rest,&#8221; she told his Margaret Brennan.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerPelosi</a> says she doesn&#39;t believe the American people disregarded the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol attack by voting to reelect Donald Trump, but &quot;they just had a different view as to what was in their interest, economically and the rest.&quot; Trump&#39;s continued efforts to falsely… <a href="https://t.co/km4MOA8SGp">pic.twitter.com/km4MOA8SGp</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1875938011424391179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; CNN anchor Jake Tapper pressed Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) on the issue — asking specifically whether Trump had jumped the gun when he linked terror threats in the United States to the porous border and the lax immigration policies under Biden and Harris.
&#8220;Wasn&#8217;t that premature given that this was an American citizen?&#8221; Tapper asked.
Banks pushed back, noting that former President Barack Obama had referred to ISIS as &#8220;the JV team of terrorism, and obviously they&#8217;re not.&#8221; He went on to note that Trump had essentially cut ISIS off at the knees during his first term and was prepared to do the same again.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a> presses GOP <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorBanks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenatorBanks</a> on his and Trump&#39;s comments connecting the New Orleans terror attack to Biden&#39;s border policies: &quot;Wasn&#39;t that premature?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/MhN6BNWdKe">pic.twitter.com/MhN6BNWdKe</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1875938781854884319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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NBC News took a different tack and a different direction, with the focus primarily on the end of Biden&#8217;s presidency and the imminent certification of Trump&#8217;s victory.
On &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; after addressing the New Orleans attack, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ran defense for Biden — and his surrogates in the Democratic Party and legacy media — claiming that no one had misled the American people with regard to the president&#8217;s obvious mental decline.
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Schumer says ‘we didn’t’ mislead Americans on Biden’s mental acuity: Full interview <a href="https://t.co/IfpizHdPFR">https://t.co/IfpizHdPFR</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1875917176646799800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On NBC&#8217;s soon to be spun off affiliate MSNBC, former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was laser-focused on her favorite target: Trump. Her guests joined her to discuss the upcoming sentencing in his Manhattan hush-money trial and how that was likely to impact the beginning of the presidency.
&#8220;The final thing that&#8217;s important to note is by sentencing Donald Trump this Friday, [Judge Merchan] will trigger Donald Trump&#8217;s appellate rights …&#8221; guest Andrew Weissmann noted. &#8220;It gives finality to the trial court&#8217;s ruling here, and it sends a message about this case to the public.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AWeissmann_</a>: “The final thing that&#39;s important to note is by sentencing Donald Trump this Friday, [Judge Merchan] will trigger Donald Trump&#39;s appellate rights… It gives finality to the trial court&#39;s ruling here, and it sends a message about this case to the public.”… <a href="https://t.co/a9SsufKIDz">pic.twitter.com/a9SsufKIDz</a>
&mdash; Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsaki/status/1875985476621947244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Spin Cycle: New Orleans Terror Attack Was Not About The Border, Stop Talking About The Border

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As we prepare to enter the new year, we&#8217;re taking you back to some of The Daily Wire&#8217;s best reporting from 2024. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mexicos-door-daily-wires-kassy-akiva-sees-the-border-crisis-firsthand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This article</a> was originally published on August 2. 
With more than 10 million illegal crossings recorded since President Biden and Vice President Harris took office, the southern border faces an unprecedented crisis.
In a new documentary, The Daily Wire’s Kassy Akiva shows the chaos firsthand.
Akiva embedded with Texas State troopers and toured the southern border by police cruiser, helicopter, and airboat. “Mexico’s Door,” now streaming on DailyWire+, brings viewers along for the ride, and highlights Texas’s ongoing efforts to protect the border after the Biden-Harris administration failed to do so.
While in Eagle Pass, Texas, Akiva met with a migrant whose wife gave birth just after swimming across the Rio Grande, a rancher who has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars because migrants keep cutting his fences, and members of the Texas National Guard and state law enforcement officers on the front lines of defending America’s border.
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‘Mexico’s Door’ was filmed after Governor Greg Abbott ordered Texas state troopers and the Texas National Guard to secure the southern border under <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/operationlonestar">Operation Lone Star</a>.
Among the officers Akiva meets are Texas State Trooper Jacklyn Gooding, who patrols the border in search of human smugglers and illegal immigrants. Gooding recounts arresting a smuggler last April who was wanted for murder.
“It was a pursuit when I tried to stop the car initially, and we were able to capture the two individuals that were involved in the smuggling event, as well as all the undocumented individuals,” Gooding says. “The suspects were armed at the time: both of them had firearms, and the driver had an active warrant for murder out of Louisiana.”
<div id="attachment_696727" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-696727" class="wp-image-696727 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/02/KassyOlivarezImmigrant_Still-1024x576.jpg" alt="Kassy Dillon and Lt. Chris Olivarez at the Texas-Mexico border speaking to a migrant" width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/02/KassyOlivarezImmigrant_Still-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/02/KassyOlivarezImmigrant_Still-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/02/KassyOlivarezImmigrant_Still-768x432.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/02/KassyOlivarezImmigrant_Still-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/02/KassyOlivarezImmigrant_Still-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Reporter Kassy Akiva and Lt. Chris Olivarez speaking to a Venezuelan migrant who said his wife was taken by the National Guard to a hospital after going into labor.</div>
Akiva encounters a Venezuelan migrant behind the razor wire fence who illegally swam across the Rio Grande while carrying a three-year-old. The migrant says the child belonged to his wife who went into labor and was transported to a hospital right after reaching the shore.
Lt. Chris Olivarez from the Texas Department of Public Safety tells Akiva pregnant mothers commonly wait to cross the border until they are about to go into labor, to ensure their children become citizens.
“To be that far in your pregnancy, they have to know more or less when she is going to give birth in order to cross on this side and cross here in the United States,” Olivarez says. “We see that a lot—where a lot of pregnant females who are coming across, they will wait, usually when they are about to give birth. Then they’ll cross into the United States and they’ll have the baby that same day. or they’ll have it right at the river as they are crossing.”
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Olivarez added that migrants also use children in hopes that the troopers will be more willing to assist them in entering the country.
“They use the children in those types of situations because they know there is a human side to us,” Olivarez said.
Olivarez takes Akiva through the 47-acre Shelby Park, which was a focal point in the struggle between Texas and the Biden-Harris administration before Abbott took control of the park, barring federal agents from entry.
Apprehensions of illegal migrants in the <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters-by-component">Del Rio sector</a>, which includes Shelby Park, were at a high of 71,050 in December. It dropped to 16,710 in January when Abbott took control.
Thirteen Republican governors <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-govs-back-texas-at-border-were-doing-the-job-of-the-federal-government">joined</a> Abbott at Shelby Park in February to support the governor’s ongoing feud with the Biden-Harris administration. Fourteen states have sent personnel to help Texas secure its border.
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Before the State of Texas controlled Shelby Park, the area saw about two thousand illegal border crossings a day, with many migrants swimming across the river and turning themselves in to Customs and Border Protection. But with Texas personnel on the scene, migrants are arrested for illegally trespassing into the park, told to swim back, or wait in hopes that border patrol picks them up. The area now averages about less than one encounter a week, according to Olivarez.
Akiva takes an airboat tour of the Rio Grande with Florida and Texas state troopers, who say the border around the area of Eagle Pass averages about one drowning a day. Olivarez says Texas has stepped up the effort to prevent water crossings by putting up barriers, while the federal government has been reluctant to do so.
While on the boat, Akiva’s team spots a raft staged on the shore of the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, presumably to transport migrants. Mexican troops removed the raft after they were alerted by Texas law enforcement.
From a helicopter, Akiva spots hundreds of thousands of pieces of clothing that migrants take off after they finish their swim and place over the razor wire fences to avoid being cut while climbing over.
Akiva concludes her trip by meeting Texas rancher <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-crisis-texas-rancher-says-migrant-invasion-of-his-border-property-has-cost-him-400k">Wayne King</a>, who says he lost over $400,000 from migrants cutting thousands of holes in his fence, allowing his African and Indian exotic animals meant for recreational hunting to escape.
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“If they really wanted to do this right, why are they coming to my pastures?” King says. “Why are they destroying water troughs? Water lines, windmills, fences? Why are they doing that? Why don’t they just cross the bridge where they can get all of the government’s handouts and everything’s hunky dory?”
King, who lives in a house on the 8,200-acre ranch, says he’s been woken up by migrants in the middle of the night. He says he is “tickled to death” that Abbott has stepped up to secure the border.
“Abbott is doing his utmost best to protect us here on the border,” he says. “It’s just crazy. I mean, but what else do you want to call it when our state is trying to protect us, but yet our federal government is trying to stop the state from protecting us.”

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‘Mexico’s Door’: Daily Wire’s Kassy Akiva Sees The Border Crisis Firsthand

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As we prepare to enter the new year, we&#8217;re taking you back to some of The Daily Wire&#8217;s best reporting from 2024. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/homeland-security-failed-to-enforce-mandatory-dna-tests-at-the-border-whistleblowers-say-violent-criminals-and-child-traffickers-took-advantage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This article</a> was originally published on July 25. 
The Department of Homeland Security has refused to follow a law mandating it take DNA samples from illegal immigrants taken into custody, which would identify violent criminals and child traffickers, employees told the U.S. Senate.
Speaking to senators in July, three former officials presented evidence that DHS and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had blocked their efforts to comply with a 2005 law, then retaliated against them when they sounded the alarm about the lawbreaking.
“Given the enormous potential of DNA collection to facility solving crimes, we took our job seriously,” Fred Wynn said.
Law enforcement experts from CBP’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) unit were tasked with implementing a mandatory program to DNA-test illegals. But higher-ups at DHS were so opposed to the law that they continuously thwarted it, eventually disbanding the entire WMD division, the whistleblowers say. Disbanding the division may have opened the United States to a WMD attack, in addition to criminals crossing the border.
The lack of DNA testing also contributed to allowing hundreds of thousands of children to stay with people who claimed to be relatives, but who may have been child labor or sex traffickers. DNA testing is the only reliable way to ensure that children aren’t coming across the border with traffickers, or being taken to live with them by U.S. officials as “sponsors.”
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Mark Jones, previously the acting director of CBP’s WMD unit, said that “the DNA tool is invaluable especially when establishing family units.” More than half a million “unaccompanied minors” have crossed the border illegally and been allowed to remain in the country, and are “reunited” with people purporting to be their relatives, who have sometimes been traffickers.
Jones said the WMD team had its responsibilities stripped, and were told to come to work and simply sit and do nothing. One team member was told to report to a new desk that had no internet, phone, or power.
“Certain senior officials were hell-bent on slow-rolling any process or pilot program that enabled DNA collection,” he said.
In 2018, Jones heard the special assistant to the Customs and Border Protection chief say that “the Commissioner does not want to do this,” while another official said, “if we have to, we will get the press to capture us forcibly taking DNA from an 89-year old woman to garner outrage,” he said.
That year, DHS “shut down the DNA collection pilot program and disbanded the WMD division,” and Jones was demoted three levels, he said.
Mike Taylor, the third WMD whistleblower, said the men have repeatedly reached out to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, but have received no corrective action. Meanwhile, those who retaliated against the men have been promoted.
Congress passed a law requiring the DNA testing of criminals and illegal immigrants in 2005, with near-unanimous bipartisan support. In 2010, the year the requirement kicked in, Barack Obama’s DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder asking for a postponement, writing that “we intend to phase-in implementation over the next year.” Holder acquiesced, with an admonishment that DHS should work quickly.
Ten years later, DHS had simply not done it, and cited the memo from Holder as evidence that it has been exempted from following the law.
In August 2019, the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), a federal agency that investigates whistleblower disclosures and retaliation, <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/osc_cbp_report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that DHS’s “noncompliance with the law has allowed subjects subsequently accused of violent crimes, including homicide and sexual assault, to elude detection even when detained multiple times by CBP.”
The report points to an illegal immigrant who committed multiple sexual assaults in Arizona in 1997. Though police had the DNA of the perpetrator, they could not find a match, since the suspect was not in the system. The crime was only solved in 2019 because the suspect went on to go to prison for another crime, at which point he had his DNA taken.
In 2021, OSC found that DHS retaliated against the whistleblowers due to “displeasure with the Complainants’ perceived and actual involvement in bringing to light the agency’s intentional, decade-long failure to implement a law.”
The office lambasted DHS for lawbreaking and retaliation in the strongest possible terms, and said DHS had given shifting excuses that were demonstrably untrue.
Nonetheless, the retaliation continued. In 2022, DHS took Jones’ and Taylor’s badges, guns, and law enforcement credentials. Taylor lost his law enforcement retirement pension despite his having nearly reached the required 20 years of service.
In 2023, DHS sought to make the whistleblowers’ claims out to be a conspiracy theory with another misleading statement, telling the New York Post that “The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) terminated its investigation into these claims without issuing a Prohibited Personnel Practice Report or seeking corrective action.”
Recently, CBP has engaged in limited DNA testing of illegals—37% in fiscal year 2023. Even with that subset, it matched with the DNA of 1,037 violent criminals. Illegal immigrant DNA was responsible for 42% of all crimes solved using the FBI’s DNA database.
But that meant that nearly two million illegals in DHS custody did not get DNA swabbed that year. Jones noted that “we likely missed over 1,600 violent criminals in 2023 alone” based on the match rate of the smaller sample.
So far in fiscal year 2024, DNA testing of illegal immigrants has matched the DNA of people wanted in 10 homicides and 145 sex offenses.
The limited DNA testing belatedly implemented by DHS has been carried out in a way that ensures it won’t stop known violent criminals from being allowed to stay in the country. Although the technology exists to take and process a cheek swab on site in 90 minutes, DHS mails the samples to FBI headquarters and gets the results back months later. By that time, the illegal immigrants have already been released.
Failing to use rapid, on-site technology means the DNA samples will only be useful in identifying the illegal aliens if they commit crimes in the future.
The more illegal immigrants are tracked with their DNA, the more crimes they are tied to—an uncomfortable fact for Democrats who claim that illegal immigrants do not commit crimes.
In June, a man wielding a machete tied up and sexually assaulted two 13-year-old girls in New York City. DNA from the victims tied the crime to Christian Inga, an illegal immigrant who was swabbed when he crossed the border in 2021.
Rachel Morin, a Maryland mother of five, was raped and murdered last year. Charged in her death was Victor Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who was also suspected of a homicide there. Maryland police had a DNA sample of the perpetrator, but nothing to compare it to. Although Hernandez had been captured at the border three times, his DNA was never taken.
Maryland police ultimately identified Hernandez by comparing his DNA to that of his relatives.
The congressional panel was conducted by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Johnson (R-WI). The senators held the hearing as an unofficial “roundtable,” as Democrats, who control the Senate, refused to participate.
Grassley said the Biden administration has refused to respond to his oversight inquiries on the topic. Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running for president and has positioned herself as a tough-on-crime prosecutor, was tasked by Biden with managing issues related to the border.

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DHS Failed To Enforce DNA Tests At Border. Whistleblowers Say Child Traffickers Took Advantage.

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President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> said his second administration will be &#8220;fully operational&#8221; in roughly two hours.
The prediction was made on Sunday during Trump&#8217;s remarks at Turning Point USA’s America Fest in Phoenix, Arizona, while he was talking about border security.
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&quot;We&#39;re going to be fully operational, I would say, by about 2 o&#39;clock on the 20th&quot;
President Trump is ready to take office on January 20th! <a href="https://t.co/dWyNplTebB">pic.twitter.com/dWyNplTebB</a>
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&#8220;We are going to be fully operational, I would say, by about two o’clock on the 20th,&#8221; Trump said.
Trump is <a href="https://www.usa.gov/inauguration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to take the oath of office during his inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol at around noon ET on January 20, 2025.
&#8220;For those of us standing before you today, I can proudly proclaim that the golden age of America is upon us,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1870887140512665727" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a>, eliciting cheers from the audience.
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PRESIDENT TRUMP: Standing before you today, I can proudly proclaim that the GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA IS UPON US! <a href="https://t.co/kZ6zM9fott">pic.twitter.com/kZ6zM9fott</a>
&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1870887140512665727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Trump&#8217;s pick for border czar, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-homan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Homan</a>, said on CNN last week that the incoming president&#8217;s deportation plan will <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-deportations-start-day-one-no-limit-to-how-many-are-being-removed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">get started</a> on &#8220;day one.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;Right out of the gate, the president has made it clear, and I’ve made it clear, the priority right out of the gate’s public safety threats and national security threats.&#8221;
Trump later <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1870893967665234409" target="_blank" rel="noopener">talked</a> about how he campaigned on &#8220;an agenda of delivering profound change to Washington.&#8221;
After mentioning his sweeping defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump noted how the incoming GOP Senate majority &#8220;is working very hard&#8221; to confirm nominees for his &#8220;dream team Cabinet.&#8221;
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PRESIDENT TRUMP: I made a series of Day One promises in my campaign — and 29 days from now, I intend to KEEP those promises.
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&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1870893967665234409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Trump said his team will &#8220;embark on the most exciting and successful period of reform and renewal in all of American history.&#8221; He then brought up the &#8220;series of big day one promises&#8221; made on the campaign trail.
&#8220;And 29 days from now, I plan to keep those promises to the American people,&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1870893967665234409" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;And just as we did four years ago, my administration&#8217;s will live by the motto: &#8216;promises made, promises kept.'&#8221;
The America Fest event has been taking place over the past few days, featuring dozens of speakers.
Among the others who delivered remarks was Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-at-amfest-america-is-on-the-cusp-of-a-new-golden-age" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Trump is ushering in the “golden age,” propelled by the support of the American people.
&#8220;This is all happening because President Trump is a force, is a historic force, is the historic force of our age,&#8221; Shapiro said.

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Trump Predicts His Administration Will Be ‘Fully Operational’ Within Two Hours

President-elect Donald Trump has filed an amicus brief in a Texas court calling on a federal judge to &#8220;immediately stop any ongoing sale of border-barrier materials&#8221; until an investigation of the Biden administration&#8217;s conduct regarding the border wall is complete, according to a <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/trump-amicus-border.pdf">copy of the brief</a> obtained by The Daily Wire.
The brief, written for Trump by attorney John Sauer, who is poised to be Trump&#8217;s solicitor general in his second term, cites The Daily Wire&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-races-to-sell-off-border-wall-parts-before-trump-takes-office">exclusive report</a> on video showing the Biden administration moving large quantities of border wall material off the southern border to be sold off to private parties in an auction.
&#8220;The outgoing Biden Administration’s reported &#8216;fire sales&#8217; of border-wall materials to private parties raise grave concerns about the legality of Defendants’ conduct and their compliance with this Court’s permanent injunction in this case,&#8221; the brief writes. &#8220;The Court should order an immediate stop of all such sales and perform a searching examination of the Government’s conduct—by ordering formal discovery if necessary—to ensure compliance with the Constitution, the law, and the Court’s orders.&#8221;
The Daily Wire&#8217;s December 12 report found that the material was being hauled off by private contractors to an auction site, where bidding for entire segments of unconstructed wall started at just $5. Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-bidens-border-wall-sale-is-almost-a-criminal-act-will-seek-restraining-order">said</a> at a press conference this week that the outgoing administration &#8220;is trying to sell it for five cents on the dollar knowing that we’re getting ready to put it up.&#8221;
Steven Cheung, Trump&#8217;s top spokesman, said Trump filed the brief because of the Biden administration&#8217;s &#8220;egregious history of violating the law.&#8221;
&#8220;Any attempt by Biden officials to obstruct President Trump’s plan to build the Border Wall is unlawful, unconstitutional, and possibly criminal, as our brief argues,&#8221; Cheung said. &#8220;The Biden Administration has an egregious history of violating the law, especially in its catastrophic open-border policy, so the courts should review their actions here with particular skepticism.&#8221;
READ MORE: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-races-to-sell-off-border-wall-parts-before-trump-takes-office">EXCLUSIVE: Biden Races To Sell Off Border Wall Parts Before Trump Takes Office</a>
&#8220;President Trump will not be deterred from Building the Wall, securing our border, and Making America Great Again,&#8221; he added.
The amicus brief, filed in the Southern District of Texas, is in reference to cases brought by Texas and Missouri against the Biden administration regarding the sale of wall material. It argues that Trump has made clear his &#8220;support for building a system of border barriers at the southwestern border&#8221; and that &#8220;building the border wall is the clear and emphatic policy of the incoming Trump Administration.&#8221;
&#8220;Accordingly, President Trump is deeply troubled by recent reports that officials in the Biden Administration have been selling off border-wall materials at rock-bottom prices, especially during this lame-duck period,&#8221; the brief states.
&#8220;President Trump has a paramount interest in preventing any unlawful sell-off of border wall materials that may be occurring,&#8221; it says. &#8220;One of President Trump’s dominant priorities for the next four years—building the border wall—could be unlawfully hampered, delayed, or obstructed by such efforts.&#8221;
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EXCLUSIVE: Weeks before Trump takes office, Biden is racing to auction off unused border wall materials.
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The brief also references Trump&#8217;s mandate to cut out waste, fraud, and abuse, pointing to his creation of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. An investigation by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) found that the Biden administration is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-calls-on-pentagon-to-halt-sale-of-border-wall-says-gov-recouping-just-02-of-taxpayer-cost">recouping just 0.02%</a> of the initial cost of the materials in its sale.
The brief also argues that the Biden administration&#8217;s argument in defense of the sale — that a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act passed in 2023 authorizes the sale — is wrong. The bill&#8217;s provision calls for &#8220;a plan to use, transfer, or donate to States on the southern border,&#8221; and was written by Republicans with the intent of stopping the administration from selling off border parts, according to congressional sources.
&#8220;That language does not mandate or authorize DoD to sell the excess border wall material at a steep discount to private parties,&#8221; the brief states.
The brief is in support of legal action taken earlier this week by Texas and Missouri, who also cited The Daily Wire&#8217;s reporting in their call for a permanent injunction.
&#8220;Videos obtained by The Daily Wire show flatbed trucks hauling massive, unused border wall panels—each weighing over 16,000 pounds—away from construction sites in Arizona to government auction yards,&#8221; the <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/PLAINTIFFS-OPPOSED-MOTION-TO-ENFORCE-PERMANENT.pdf">filing reads</a> before quoting a border patrol agent who blew the whistle to The Daily Wire. &#8220;The stated goal? Clear it all out &#8216;before Christmas.'&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s brief cites The Daily Wire&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-races-to-sell-off-border-wall-parts-before-trump-takes-office">report</a> by James Lalino as an authority in the case. You can read the full amicus brief below.
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Trump Files Amicus Brief To Stop Biden’s Border Wall ‘Fire Sale’

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The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) on Tuesday endorsed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tulsi-gabbard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tulsi Gabbard</a>, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the next director of national intelligence (DNI).
The NBPC endorsed Gabbard in a letter to Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, the next chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Gabbard, a former Democrat and member of Congress, was tapped by Trump last month in one of his first nominations after winning the November election.
“On behalf of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), I write to express our complete and total support for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), former U.S. Representative and Lieutenant Colonel Tulsi Gabbard. We have no doubt that Lt. Col. Gabbard is the right person to be the DNI and will work tirelessly to keep our nation safe, just as she has done for the past two decades,” the NBPC said in a letter obtained by The Daily Wire.
The NBPC letter may help Gabbard as she attempts to win over Republican support for her nomination despite her recent arrival to the party. Toward that end, Gabbard began meeting with GOP members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday. She plans to finish those meetings on Wednesday with a visit to Sen. John Cornyn of Texas.
The NBPC praised Gabbard for her past military service, which the group said exemplifies the traits a competent DNI needs in order to take on the national security challenges of maintaining a secure border.
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“The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), led by the DNI, plays an integral role in our border security by monitoring the potential for these threats to enter our country,” the NBPC letter says. “From transnational criminal organizations operating in North, Central, and South America to foreign terrorist organizations and hostile state actors, these entities and individuals will always attempt to exploit our unsecure borders to further their activities that threaten the American people.”
“In order to adequately confront these threats, the IC must have strong, courageous and competent leadership – that leader is Lt. Col. Gabbard,” the letter says.
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Top Border Patrol Union Endorses Tulsi Gabbard For Intel Post As She Courts Capitol Hill

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Tulsi Gabbard

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on Monday night that officials in the Biden administration who are involved in the selling off of border wall construction materials before President-elect Donald Trump takes office &#8220;should expect&#8221; to be criminally prosecuted by the Department of Justice.
Cruz&#8217;s remarks follow an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-races-to-sell-off-border-wall-parts-before-trump-takes-office">exclusive report from The Daily Wire</a> revealing that the Biden administration is auctioning off materials that have yet to be used to construct the border wall.
&#8220;This is one of the most offensive things I&#8217;ve ever seen,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;Let me give you an analogy: Let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re a sheriff, you&#8217;re an elected sheriff, and you get beat. You get beaten. So there&#8217;s a new sheriff coming into office, and let&#8217;s say you have 10 squad cars that are $50,000 a piece, and on your last week in office, you decide, I&#8217;m going to sell all the squad cars for 100 bucks each, because I hate the sheriff that beat me, and I want to make sure the new sheriff has no squad cars.&#8221;
&#8220;Let me tell you what that is, that is theft of government resources,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Let me be very clear to every official at the Department of Homeland Security or anywhere else who approves selling off incredibly expensive portions of the border wall for $5 a piece: you are engaged in theft of government property, and you should expect the Department of Justice to investigate you and prosecute you.&#8221;
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Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tedcruz</a> on the Biden administration selling off President Trump&#8217;s border wall: &#8220;This is one of the most offensive things I&#8217;ve ever seen.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/aLu0qDnhln">pic.twitter.com/aLu0qDnhln</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1869052793727906175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
Videos obtained exclusively by The Daily Wire last week show unused sections of the wall from a section just south of Tucson being hauled away on the back of flatbed trucks. A border patrol agent, who was granted anonymity to speak freely, told The Daily Wire they estimate up to half a mile per day of unused border wall is being moved.
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“They are taking it from three stations: Nogales, Tucson, and Three Points,” the agent said. “The goal is to move all of it off the border before Christmas.”
Trump made clear during his campaign that he intends to finish construction of the border wall, making use of the materials that have remained untouched at the border since President Joe Biden took office in 2021. If the material brought to the border during his first term is sold off, it will significantly delay any progress on one of Trump’s flagship campaign promises.
The government contractor, DP Trucking LLC, is transporting the pieces of the wall north on Interstate 19 to Pinal Airpark in Marana, Arizona. They will be auctioned there through GovPlanet, a surplus government equipment auction marketplace.
“They just started taking all the wall that was not used, which is still totally good and usable, and they started taking it northbound,” the agent said. “They’re pulling it all off the border.”
Harold Lambeth, the owner of the trucking company, confirmed to The Daily Wire in a phone call that his company is transporting the unused border wall sections north away from the construction sites. He said he could not disclose further information about the work.
Video of the GovPlanet auction site where the material is being taken seemingly shows endless piles of unused border wall material. Another video, taken from one of the construction sites on the border, shows DP Trucking LLC trucks passing through with the same style of unused border wall stacked up the back of their flatbeds.
The auction website shows that sales occurred as recently as December 4 for precisely the types of materials being pulled off the border. GovPlanet has online auctions set for December 11 and December 18 for more border wall material, which is listed on the company’s website as “32.91’ X 7.91’ Steel Bollard Wall Sections w/Grout.”
The bidding for each section of wall panels is set to begin at only $5.00, according to the website.
James Lalino contributed to this report.
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President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s incoming border czar, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-homan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Homan</a>, emphasized he will not be deterred by Democrat-led areas that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities seeking out illegal immigrants, particularly those who pose a threat to the community.
During an interview on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; with anchor Maria Bartiromo, Homan said he wanted to &#8220;make something clear&#8221; to so-called sanctuary states and cities that are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsom-looks-to-create-legal-fund-to-fight-trump-agenda-in-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gearing up</a> to push back on the second Trump administration&#8217;s plan to tackle the border crisis.
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Incoming Border Czar Tom Homan sends a message to Democrat officials vowing to give sanctuary to criminal illegal aliens: &#8220;Let us in the jail— it&#8217;s safer for everybody&#8230; We&#8217;re going to send agents out on Day One.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/GvuL4ATDno">pic.twitter.com/GvuL4ATDno</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1865793572898738180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;I want to send them a clear message,&#8221; Homan said. &#8220;If you let us in the jail, we can arrest the bad guy in the jail, in the safety and security of the jail. One officer could do that. But when you release the public safety threat back in the community, you put the community at risk. You put my officers at risk. You put the alien at risk.&#8221;
Homan, who previously served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), explained what he expects would happen under such a scenario.
&#8220;You&#8217;re going to release that guy in the community, I&#8217;m going to send an entire team to go look for the guy in your community,&#8221; Homan said. &#8220;And what&#8217;s going to happen? We will find that guy. And when we find that guy, there&#8217;s probably going to be others — others that are not a priority. However, if they&#8217;re in the country illegally, they will be arrested too, because we&#8217;re not going to tell an immigration officer, like the Biden administration did, that you&#8217;re going to turn your back on a known immigration illegal.&#8221;
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Immigration officers have an &#8220;oath to uphold,&#8221; regardless of opposition, Homan stressed.
&#8220;You are forcing us into a community at large numbers where other non-priority aliens will be arrested. That&#8217;s the result, the exact result you don&#8217;t want,&#8221; Homan said. &#8220;So let us in the jail. It&#8217;s safer for everybody and it&#8217;s the right thing to do to the security communities. What we&#8217;re going to do, Maria, we&#8217;re going to target, as I say, public safety threats, national security threats.&#8221;
Looking ahead to the second Trump administration, which is set to begin on January 20, Homan predicted that his efforts will begin right away. He also addressed Bartiromo&#8217;s question about whether he expects the military to get involved.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to send agents out on day one,&#8221; Homan said. &#8220;We&#8217;re already working on targeting. DoD [Department of Defense], they have helped every administration. We would like DoD to help us in a lot of areas in transportation and infrastructure building, intelligence, and targeting. But a sworn immigration officer with immigration authority will be making those arrests.&#8221;

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Trump Border Czar To Sanctuary Communities: Let Us In Jails Or Face ‘Exact Result You Don’t Want’

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President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> announced Thursday evening two new picks to help carry out his planned crackdown on illegal immigration and secure the border. 
Trump said Rodney Scott would be the Customs and Border Protection commissioner, and Caleb Vitello would be the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He previously announced that former acting ICE Director Tom Homan would be his &#8220;border czar&#8221; and oversee mass deportation operations. 
Scott, who has almost three decades of experience with Border Patrol, would be back in the same position he held during Trump’s first term. Under Trump, Scott implemented policies like Remain-in-Mexico, where asylum seekers would have to stop in the first available country, and Title 42, a measure to turn back illegal immigrants due to concerns about COVID. 
“As the Chief, he led over 22,000 personnel, and was responsible for securing the International Borders of the U.S. between the official ports of entry,” Trump posted. “After retiring, Rodney has continued to educate politicians and the public about the importance of meaningful Border Security.”
Scott left the position during the Biden administration and later endorsed Trump’s 2024 re-election campaign. 
“President Trump respected the experience of career border security professionals and listened to our advice,” Scott <a href="https://www.bpchiefscott.com/speaking-the-truth-with-facts-and-evidence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in an October letter. “When border security experts explained to President Trump how illegal immigration empowers the cartels to control who and what enters our home, he listened and acted.”
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In a separate post on Truth Social, Trump said that Vitello would serve as the acting director of ICE. As ICE&#8217;s assistant director of the Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs, Vitello currently assists with training, equipment, safety, and policy. Previously, he was the chief of staff for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, supervising all daily operations and communications. 
“Caleb’s exceptional leadership, extensive experience, and commitment to ICE’s mission make him an excellent choice to implement my efforts to enhance the safety and security of American communities who have been victimized by illegal alien crime,” Trump posted 
Trump has vowed to secure the border and enact the largest deportation operation in American history, starting with those illegal immigrants with violent criminal histories who have entered the country unlawfully.

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