An Egyptian man was deported on Thursday after kicking a Customs and Border Patrol dog that discovered prohibited food products.
Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie, 70, kicked the CBP beagle with enough force to lift the dog off the ground, a CBP press release said. The dog, Freddy, suffered contusions to his rib area.
Marie pled guilty to federal charges involving harming animals used in law enforcement.
&#8220;He was credited with time served, ordered to pay the veterinarian’s fee, and to immediately report to CBP for removal from the United States,&#8221; the press release <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/egyptian-traveler-eats-federal-charges-kicking-dulles-cbp-beagle">said</a>. &#8220;Marie departed the United States on a flight to Egypt at 12:30 p.m. today.&#8221;
Freddy was inspecting baggage at Washington Dulles International Airport when he discovered 100 pounds of undeclared food items in Marie&#8217;s luggage. Marie violently kicked Freddy after the CBP canine handler began questioning him, the press release said.
CBP immediately handcuffed Marie and turned him over to Homeland Security Investigations.
&#8220;Kick around and find out,&#8221; CBP said on social media.
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Kick Around and Find Out.<a href="https://t.co/EURMaQX60X">https://t.co/EURMaQX60X</a>
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CBP examined Marie&#8217;s luggage and found &#8220;55 pounds of beef meat, 44 pounds of rice, 15 pounds of eggplant, cucumbers, and bell peppers, two pounds of corn seeds, and a pound of herbs,&#8221; all prohibited in the U.S., the press release said.
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“Being caught deliberately smuggling well over one hundred pounds of undeclared and prohibited agriculture products does not give one permission to violently assault a defenseless Customs and Border Protection beagle,” said Christine Waugh, CBP’s area port director for the Area Port of Washington, D.C. “We rely heavily on our K9 partners and Freddie was just doing his job. Any malicious attack on one of us is an attack on all of us, and CBP will continue to work with our investigating and prosecuting partners to deal swift and severe justice to perpetrators.”
CBP thanked people for their concern about Freddy.
&#8220;He was treated by his veterinarian, and is expected to make a full recovery,&#8221; CBP said on social media.
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Thanks to everyone for their concern about Freddy who was injured while performing his duties at Dulles airport. He was treated by his veterinarian, and is expected to make a full recovery. Here he is enjoying his favorite comfort treat &#8211; a Pup Cup! <a href="https://t.co/g8phC2DDsT">pic.twitter.com/g8phC2DDsT</a>
&mdash; CBP (@CBP) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBP/status/1938618168525672625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) did not release a single illegal alien into the United States during the month of May, a new report from the federal immigration enforcement agency revealed.
The figure lies in sharp contrast to May of 2024 under the Biden administration, when approximately 62,000 illegal aliens were released into the United States.
CBP agents encountered just 8,725 illegal aliens attempting to enter the United States between ports of entry last month. The number marks a whopping 93 percent decline since last May, when immigration enforcement authorities encountered more than 117,000 illegal aliens between ports of entry on the southwestern border.
Acting Commissioner of CBP Pete Flores <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases-may-2025-monthly-update">touted the success</a>, highlighting the work of the Trump administration.
“Under the leadership of this administration, CBP has received historic support resulting in another 93% decrease in illegal crossings along the southwest border this month when compared with last year,” Flores said. “Border numbers continue to trend at historic lows, reinforcing the sustained success of our enforcement efforts in securing the homeland and protecting American communities.”
“This administration has seen the fastest improvement in American border security of all time,” Customs and Border Protection posted on X.
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Thanks to the tireless efforts and diligent work of the men and women of CBP and the leadership of <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Sec_Noem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Sec_Noem</a>, USBP released 0 (not a single one) illegal aliens into our country in May, down from more than 62,000 in May of last year.
This administration has seen the…
— CBP (@CBP) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBP/status/1935033738087268657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
CBP agents also seized hundreds of pounds of deadly drugs, including 718 pounds of fentanyl. The law enforcement agency noted that cocaine seizures jumped by 19 percent from April to May, while heroin seizures surged 191 percent during the same period of time.
Border numbers began to plummet almost immediately upon President Donald Trump taking office at the start of this year. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-crossings-plunge-90-to-historic-lows-under-trump-crackdown">Data</a> from the first weeks in February revealed that border crossings had already dropped 90 percent in the first few weeks of the new presidency.
“​We haven’t had numbers this low since the 1960s,” Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, remarked at the time.
The decrease in illegal border crossings proved to be even more drastic than the early data suggested, with Vice President JD Vance <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vance-does-victory-lap-at-border-all-it-took-was-a-new-president">celebrating</a> a 98 percent reduction in illegal immigration during a visit to the border in early March.

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National Guard troops will be deployed into Los Angeles County to aid immigration enforcement as protests in the area escalate into attacks on federal immigration officers.
White House border czar Tom Homan appeared on Fox News on Saturday evening to hit back at local officials who have criticized federal immigration operations in the city. Homan said that National Guard troops would be in Los Angeles County by Saturday night to aid immigration enforcement and tamp down unrest.
“This is about enforcing the law and, again, we&#8217;re not going to apologize for doing it. We&#8217;re stepping up,” Homan said. “We’re already ahead of the game. We&#8217;re already mobilizing. We&#8217;re going to bring National Guard in tonight. We&#8217;re going to continue doing our job. We&#8217;re going to push back on these people, and we&#8217;re going to enforce the law.”
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Border Czar Tom Homan announced that the National Guard will be deployed in Los Angeles County:<a href="https://t.co/cdqcEoUgHt">pic.twitter.com/cdqcEoUgHt</a>
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President Donald Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114644899133296098">posted</a> on Truth Social Saturday evening that the federal government will “step in” if California officials can not contain the violence engulfing Los Angeles over immigration enforcement operations.
“If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can’t do their jobs, which everyone knows they can’t, then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS &amp; LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!” said Trump.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X that Trump signed a &#8220;Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester.&#8221;
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In recent days, violent mobs have attacked ICE Officers and Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying out basic deportation operations in Los Angeles, California.
These operations are essential to halting and reversing the invasion of illegal criminals into the United States.
In…
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1931520821471928407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
Anti-immigration enforcement protests in Los Angeles County <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-bring-chaos-well-bring-handcuffs-dan-bongino-responds-to-protests-at-los-angeles-ice-raids?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=%E2%80%98You+Bring+Chaos%2C+We%E2%80%99ll+Bring+Handcuffs%E2%80%99%3A+Dan+Bongino+Responds+To+Protests+At+Los+Angeles+ICE+Raids">escalated</a> into attacks against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officials on Saturday. Anti-immigration enforcement demonstrations erupted in the city as immigration agents arrested dozens of illegal aliens for deportation.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass spoke out against the federal immigration operations in a statement on Friday night.
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“As Mayor of a proud city of immigrants, who contribute to our city in so many ways, I am deeply angered by what has taken place. These tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city,” Bass posted to X. “We will not stand for this.”
FBI Director Kash Patel responded on X: “We will.”
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Protesters in and around Los Angeles clashed with immigration officials on Friday and Saturday as federal officials warned protesters not to interfere with ongoing operations. Federal law enforcement in riot gear used tear gas and rubber bullets to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/us/la-immigration-raids-ice.html">disperse</a> crowds that descended on some ICE personnel.
&#8220;A message to the LA rioters: you will not stop us or slow us down. @ICEgov will continue to enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a <a href="https://x.com/sec_noem/status/1931456023493308787">post</a> on X.
Protesters pelted one CBP vehicle with rocks, injuring at least one of the agents inside.
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BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> has obtained intense video showing <a href="https://twitter.com/CBP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBP</a> agents’ perspective inside their vehicle as it is pelted with rocks while they attempt to leave the anti-ICE protest in Paramount, CA today. You can hear &amp; see the windows &amp; windshield breaking w/ each hit. Federal source… <a href="https://t.co/2oo2N4GzU1">pic.twitter.com/2oo2N4GzU1</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1931480398824890496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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I’m told one of the agents suffered a minor laceration to his hand as a result of a rock penetrating the windshield. Not major &#8211; but shows things could have been much worse if a few more rocks had come though as the windshield had cracked open. <a href="https://t.co/UPknsi0vaj">pic.twitter.com/UPknsi0vaj</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1931487076262007015?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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FBI officials are working to identify protesters who attacked the CBP agents.
“We are currently seeking information regarding the identity of the person(s) throwing rocks at vehicles conducting critical law enforcement operations. One of the perpetrators in this video is wearing a helmet, and we’re going to use our investigative tools to locate the individual,” FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino <a href="https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1931443283621773508">said</a> on X. “I strongly suggest you turn yourself in, it’s only a matter of time.”
The title of this piece has been updated to reflect more recent information.

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The Texas National Guard has been empowered by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to make immigration-related arrests.
The <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/02/02/texas-national-guard-granted-authority-to-make-immigration-arrests/">memorandum of understanding</a> was written by CBP Acting Commissioner Pete R. Flores. It allows Texas National Guardsmen to conduct patrols and exercise the duties of immigration enforcement agents as long as a Border Patrol agent or other federal immigration officer accompanies them.
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott touted the new policy <a href="https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1886247738402021714">in a post</a> on X.
“In an agreement I signed between Texas and Trump&#8217;s Customs and Border Protection, the Texas National Guard is granted the power of immigration officials to make immigration arrests. Effective immediately,” he wrote. “This boosts man power for border security.”
&#8220;The purpose of this MOU is to grant to Texas National Guard personnel, in a State Active Duty status, authority under Title 8 to exercise the duties and functions of an immigration officer,&#8221; a <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/02/MOU-CBP-Texas-National-Guard.pdf">copy of the memo</a> obtained by The Daily Wire reads. &#8220;This authority shall be exercised only under the supervision and direction of CBP officials.&#8221;
The memo, which had not yet been disseminated to all of Texas&#8217; border sectors as of Sunday, comes after President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) gave other federal law enforcement agents the power to conduct <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-authorizes-federal-law-enforcement-to-implement-trump-immigration-policies/">immigration enforcement</a> activities. The move allowed federal agents to partake in “investigating, determining the location of, and apprehending” illegal aliens in the United States.
Agents within the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the U.S. Marshals Service were all empowered by the Trump DHS.
The agreement between Texas and CBP comes as Trump has <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/26/ice-arrests-raids-trump-quota/">reportedly</a> expressed dissatisfaction with the number of deportations that have thus far been carried out since his inauguration on January 20. Trump officials directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to increase the number of arrests from a few hundred every day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, The Washington Post reported, though White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt disputed the outlet’s report.

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A Customs and Border Protection pilot was killed Monday in a helicopter crash near the California-Mexico border. 
CBP said that the agent, an unidentified Air Interdiction Agent, was on a security mission when the helicopter went down in Potrero, California, in San Diego County. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation and Safety Board are <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-customs-border-protection-pilot-killed-helicopter-crash-near-san-diego" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigating</a> the crash. 
“On December 16, a CBP Air and Marine Operations aircraft on a border security mission was involved in an aviation mishap in the vicinity of Potrero, California,” a CBP spokesman <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1868825846208983182" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Tragically, a CBP Air Interdiction Agent &#8211; the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft &#8211; was pronounced deceased at the scene. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.”
NBC San Diego <a href="https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/1-dead-helicopter-crashes-far-east-san-diego-county/3702060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the helicopter went down in the middle of a field in a hemp farm. 
According to CBP, Air Interdiction Agents “perform air law enforcement operations involving the detection, prevention, interdiction, and apprehension of terrorist, terrorist weapons and other contraband and persons from illegally entering or attacking the United States.”
Earlier this year, the San Diego sector became one of the hot spots for illegal crossings into the United States, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/us/san-diego-migrants-california.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> over 37,000 in April alone. 
Republican San Diego County Board Supervisor Jim Desmond <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/new-ordinance-san-diego-countys-sanctuary-status/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last week that the area is one of the worst in the country for human and drug trafficking. He told NewsNation that around 155,000 illegal migrants have been released into San Diego since 2022. 
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The board <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-diego-county-board-of-supervisors-votes-to-protect-violent-illegals-sheriff-fires-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> last week 3-1 for a policy that would turn the jurisdiction into a “super sanctuary” county, thereby preventing its sheriff’s department from notifying ICE about illegal immigrants who had committed violent crimes.
However, San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez indicated that she would disregard the board’s policy. 
“The Sheriff’s Office will not change its practices based on the Board resolution and policy that was passed at today’s meeting. The Board of Supervisors does not set policy for the Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff, as an independently elected official, sets the policy for the Sheriff’s Office. California law prohibits the Board of Supervisors from interfering with the independent, constitutionally and statutorily designated investigative functions of the Sheriff, and is clear that the Sheriff has the sole and exclusive authority to operate the county jails.”

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The Biden administration is using its final weeks to haul a massive amount of border wall materials away from the southern border to be sold off in a government auction, an apparent effort to hinder President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to secure the border, The Daily Wire has learned.
Videos obtained exclusively by The Daily Wire from a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent show unused sections of the wall being hauled away on the back of flatbed trucks from a section of the border just south of Tucson, a hotspot for illegal crossings during the Biden administration. The agent estimates that up to half a mile per day of unused border wall is being moved.
“They are taking it from three stations: Nogales, Tucson, and Three Points,” the border patrol agent, who was granted anonymity to speak freely, told The Daily Wire. “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 <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/trump-harris-border-wall-arizona-rusting-2021-rcna173094" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remained untouched at the border</a> 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 at the border.
WATCH: Trucks Take Massive Amount Of Unused Border Wall Off The Border To Sit In Government Auction Site
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EXCLUSIVE: Weeks before Trump takes office, Biden is racing to auction off unused border wall materials.
Video shows trucks hauling wall materials off the border to a government auction site, where a massive amount of wall is waiting to be sold. <a href="https://t.co/ogaQMBHw7R" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/ogaQMBHw7R</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1867257767641174408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">December 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The government contractor, DP Trucking LLC, is transporting the pieces of the wall north on Interstate 19 to Pinal Airpark in Marana, Arizona, where it is being auctioned 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 is unable to disclose further information about the work.
Video of the GovPlanet auction site where the material is being taken shows seemingly 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 <a href="https://www.govplanet.com/jsp/s/search.ips?sm=0&amp;l2=USA-AZ&amp;k=Steel%20Bollard%20Wall%20Sections&amp;mf=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">auction website</a> 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 Dec. 11 and Dec. 18 for more of the 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.
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Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), whose congressional district borders the Pinal Airpark where the material is being sold, said the Biden administration is “purposefully hamstringing” Trump before he takes office.
“The Biden Administration is well aware they shouldn’t have reversed the construction of the border wall. If it’s true, they’re purposefully hamstringing an incoming president, it wouldn’t be shocking,” Crane told The Daily Wire. “Why would they want to see President Trump succeed with policies they aggressively sabotaged?”
The long-time border patrol agent has seen political fights play out over the border before, and believes that the Biden administration is trying to stymie Trump’s ability to quickly secure the border as soon as he returns to office.
“When Trump comes back, and he wants to start the border wall all over again, the whole entire funding fight is gonna happen again,” the agent said. “That’s their play. He’s gonna have to fight for this — again.”
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The Customs and Border Protection Agency referred The Daily Wire to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saying the latter had jurisdiction over the materials until they are erected. From there, The Daily Wire was referred to the Defense Logistics Agency, where an official said the standing policy is to refer all media requests on this to the public affairs team at the Office of the Secretary of Defense. A member of the public affairs team declined to respond to inquiries.
Trump is <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-day-one-deportations-border-wall-scrapping-biden-humanitarian-programs-2024-11-12/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected to use an executive order</a> to unlock funds to restart construction of the border wall that was halted under Biden, with anticipation that it could be one of his day-one actions.
Crane, the Arizona congressman, says the last-minute fire sale by the Biden administration is “a direct affront to the will of the people.”
“The American people gave President Trump a mandate in November, which included the fulfillment of his plans to secure the border,” Crane said. “Any last-ditch attempt to obstruct this mandate by the Biden Administration would be a direct affront to the will of the people.”
James Lalino is a freelance writer, investigative journalist, and television news producer based in Washington, D.C.

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EXCLUSIVE: Biden Races To Sell Off Border Wall Parts Before Trump Takes Office

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First, I want to say Happy Veterans Day and thank you to everyone who has served in uniform in the United States military. You are making a sacrifice, and you have made sacrifices none of the rest of us have made. We owe you our undying gratitude, particularly on Veterans Day. Thank you so much for fighting for this country, for defending this country, and for making everything we have possible.
Today, we have winning on the menu with two big Trump wins right off the bat.
Trump has now tapped Tom Homan as his new “border czar.” Tom Homan is, of course, the former acting ICE chief. In a social media post late on Sunday, Trump made his <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113462412414821782" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement</a>:
<blockquote>I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders (“The Border Czar”), including, but not limited to, the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security. I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders. Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin. Congratulations to Tom. I have no doubt he will do a fantastic, and long awaited for, job.</blockquote>
Homan is somebody who really stands up for the principles of a closed border and for legal immigration. In October during an <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mass-deportation-plan-cost-consequences-60-minutes-transcript/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview with 60 Minutes’</a> Cecilia Vega, Homan clarified his positioning on deportation:
<blockquote>Vega: We have seen one estimate that says it would cost $88 billion to deport a million people a year.
Homan: I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s accurate or not.
Vega: Is that what American taxpayers should expect?
Homan: What price do you put on national security? Is it worth it? 
Vega: Is there a way to carry out mass deportation without separating families?
Homan: Of course there is. Families can be deported together.</blockquote>
Trump is serious about deporting a large number of people, and Homan is the most serious person to act as “border czar.”
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In a hearing in 2019 before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Homan <a href="https://congress.gov/116/meeting/house/109772/documents/HHRG-116-GO00-Transcript-20190712-U10.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced down</a> the venerable intellect, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Congress:
<blockquote>Ocasio-Cortez: Mr. Homan, your name is on this. Is this correct?
Homan: Yes, I signed that memo.
Ocasio-Cortez: So you are the author of the family separation policy?
Homan: I am not the author of this memo.
Ocasio-Cortez: You’re not the author, but you signed the memo?
Homan: Yes, a zero-tolerance memo.
Ocasio-Cortez: So you provided the official recommendation to Secretary Nielsen on family—for the United States to pursue family separation?
Homan: I gave Secretary Nielsen numerous recommendations on how to secure the border and save lives.
Ocasio-Cortez: But it says here that you—you gave her numerous options, but the recommendation was option three, family separation.
Homan: What I’m saying, this is not the only paper where we had given the Secretary numerous options to secure the border and save lives.
Ocasio-Cortez: And so the recommendation — of the many that you recommended — you recommended family separation.
Homan: I recommended zero tolerance.
Ocasio-Cortez: Which includes family separation.
Homan: The same as it is with every U.S. citizen parent that gets arrested when they’re with a child.
Ocasio-Cortez: Zero tolerance was interpreted as the policy that separated children from their parents?
Homan: If I get arrested for DUI and I have a young child in the car, I’m going to be separated. When I was a police officer in New York and I arrested a father for domestic violence, I separated that father from—
Ocasio-Cortez: Mr. Homan, with all due respect, legal asylees are not charged with any crime.
Homan: When you’re in the country illegally, it’s a violation of eight United States Code 1325.
Ocasio-Cortez: Seeking asylum is legal.
Homan: If you want to seek asylum, go through the port of entry, do it the legal way. The Attorney General of the United States has made that clear.</blockquote>
That is the new border czar. Trump was not joking when he talked about closing the border and taking the issue of illegal immigration seriously.
Tom Homan as the “border czar” was not Trump&#8217;s only announced pick over the weekend. He also announced Rep. Elise Stefanik to his choice for the U.N. ambassador role.
That&#8217;s a great job. If you have to pick any job in the American government, U.N. ambassador is a fantastic job because you have a very nice apartment in New York City, and then you go over to the U.N., which is a repository of all human scum, and yell at dictators all day. It&#8217;s a pretty phenomenal job.
Stefanik happens to be an excellent candidate for this position. Just last December, she stood up to antisemitism on college campuses. In last year’s Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on “Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism,” Stefanik <a href="https://stefanik.house.gov/2023/12/icymi-during-questions-from-stefanik-presidents-of-harvard-upenn-mit-refuse-to-condemn-calls-for-genocide-of-jews" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> then-Harvard University President Claudine Gay, along with several other university heads, whether allowing antisemitic chants calling for the elimination of the state of Israel was, in fact, antisemitic:
<blockquote>Stefanik: I will ask you one more time. Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Harvard&#8217;s rules of bullying and harassment? Yes or no?
Gay: Antisemitic rhetoric when it crosses into conduct, that amounts to bullying, harassment, intimidation, that is actionable conduct, and we do take action.
Stefanik: So the answer is yes. That calling for the genocide of Jews violates Harvard Code of Conduct. Correct?
Gay: Again, it depends on the context.
Stefanik: It does not depend on the context the answer is yes, and this is why you should resign. These are unacceptable answers across the board.</blockquote>
After this hearing — and after she was found to have plagiarized multiple works, including her dissertation — Gay ended up losing her job.
So, these are all excellent picks.
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A video posted on X by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/customs-and-border-patrol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Customs and Border Protection</a> (CBP) was ripped apart by social media users who noticed that federal government agents&#8217; idea for removing debris from Hurricane Milton probably wasn&#8217;t the most efficient strategy.
In the post, CBP wrote, &#8220;Along with our partners at @FEMA, we will continue with disaster recovery as a result of Hurricane Milton. The safety of the American people is our top priority.&#8221; The 20-second video shows at least 14 CBP officers moving a small log to a debris pile by passing it down a line.
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Along with our partners at <a href="https://twitter.com/fema?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FEMA</a>, we will continue with disaster recovery as a result of Hurricane Milton. The safety of the American people is our top priority. <a href="https://t.co/l8NfS8dPlc">pic.twitter.com/l8NfS8dPlc</a>
&mdash; CBP (@CBP) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBP/status/1847027336324985169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The video was blasted by social media users, who quipped that using over a dozen people and taking 20 seconds to move a log around 30 feet was a perfect example of the federal government&#8217;s inefficiency.
&#8220;I was in Asheville yesterday and saw one 75-year-old veteran carry a log twice this size twice as fast as these 20 government employees,&#8221; Daily Wire Senior Editor Cabot Phillips <a href="https://x.com/cabot_phillips/status/1847328448315785561" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
&#8220;Is it just me or is this an insane waste of resources?&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/LelandVittert/status/1847342865737011279" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> NewsNation anchor Leland Vittert. &#8220;Put the @cbp officers on the border to stop [fentanyl] and hire some folks with chainsaws &#8212; what am I missing?!&#8221;
&#8220;Government waste and incompetence in full view right here,&#8221; The Federalist CEO Sean Davis <a href="https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1847326069394641359" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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&#8220;We can get 14 federal officers to move an 18-inch log, but we can&#8217;t get one Secret Service Agent to check out a sloped roof,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/VAKruta/status/1847342941729087919" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a> Daily Wire editor Virginia Kruta. &#8220;Sadly, that tracks.&#8221;
Other social media users pointed out that using a wheelbarrow would allow one person to transport numerous logs that size, speeding up the process, but apparently, the CBP officers preferred the assembly line method.
At least Americans can rest easy knowing the answer to the question. It takes at least 14 CBP officers to move a small log 30 feet. Americans are still waiting to find out how many CBP officers it takes to stop the Biden-Harris administration&#8217;s border crisis.

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A Cuban national who has been accused of murdering a woman in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> was reportedly released into the country by the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> last year, according to a new report. 
NewsNation <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/migrant-entered-via-cbp-one-222006710.html#:~:text=Dayren%20Roque%20Lopez%2C%2041%2C%20from,in%20a%20Cleveland%20residence%20Sunday." target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Tuesday that 41-year-old Dayren Roque Lopez, who is suspected of murdering 25-year-old Dayana Garcia, was released into the United States in San Ysidro, California, in August 2023 using the Biden administration’s Customs and Border Protection One app. The app allows people seeking entry into the U.S. expedited processing and gives them a court date to hear their asylum claim. 
Lopez was arrested in Zavala County, Texas, on Monday after he was accused of murdering Garcia in Cleveland, Tennessee. He was caught almost 30 miles away from the Texas/Mexico border, according to police. 
Lopez had work authorization in the United States and was set to have a hearing on his immigration status in Memphis in November, according to NewsNation. 
Cleveland Police said that they were working with Texas Rangers to bring Lopez back to Tennessee to face first-degree murder charges. The suspect reportedly was arrested on domestic charges in February but was not convicted. 
Cleveland Police Chief Mark Gibson said that the circumstances around Garcia’s death were still under investigation, and officials were not ready to release the cause of death to the public. 
“We have been in contact with her family, and I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ll start finding out a lot more information about her as time goes,” he <a href="https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world/man-wanted-for-tennesssee-womans-murder-arrested-in-texas-dayren-roque-lopez-zavala-county-bradley-county-cleveland-dayana-garcia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said the incident exemplifies the Biden-Harris administration’s failed immigration policies. 
“The accused murderer of a 25-year-old woman in Cleveland, Tennessee, is an illegal alien, someone who came in this country on the CBP One App,” she said. “You&#8217;ve heard me talk about this because it is another of those components that the Biden-Harris administration is using trying to make illegal aliens legal. This absolutely has to stop. This is why it is imperative that we close the border.”
Thousands of foreign nationals have been released into the U.S. through the CBP One app, which allows foreign nationals to schedule appointments to apply for asylum at ports of entry.

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Cuban National Suspected Of Murder In Tennessee Was Let In By Biden Admin

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After U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Customs and Border Protection</a> (CBP) released their border encounter numbers for July 2024, showing such numbers have surpassed 10 million, along with roughly 2 million known gotaways, since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) blistered the Biden administration for their failure to control the border.
“Despite the false narrative they’re attempting to project, the unprecedented border crisis the president and his ‘border czar’ have created continues to rage on,” Green stated. “This administration is orchestrating a massive shell game, encouraging otherwise-inadmissible aliens to cross at ports of entry instead of between them—thereby creating a façade of improved optics for the administration, but in reality imposing a growing burden on our communities. Total encounters at our ports—land, sea, and air—are up exponentially this fiscal year compared to the Biden-Harris administration’s first year in office, and are on track to surpass last year’s total. Since January 2023, more than 1.28 million inadmissible aliens have been granted entry to our country at official ports of entry through just the CBP One and CHNV mass-parole programs Biden and Harris created. And now the CHNV program has been halted due to massive fraud.”
“Even if another illegal alien did not cross our Southwest border for the remainder of Biden-Harris’ term, the millions they have already allowed into our country have done damage that will take decades to remedy,” he continued. &#8220;And for the families of Americans like Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, and Jocelyn Nungaray, that damage will never be undone.”
Riley’s body was found February 22 on the University of Georgia campus after she had gone for a jog, with police beginning a search for her after she did not return home. Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, a Venezuelan national, was arrested and charged the following day.
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Rachel Morin, 37, a mother of five, was murdered in Maryland last year. Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, 23, an illegal immigrant was accused of raping and murdering Morin six months after illegally crossing the southern U.S. border.
Nungaray, 12, was is believed to have been murdered by two adult illegal immigrants from Venezuela in June of this year.

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‘This Administration Is Orchestrating A Massive Shell Game’: CBP Releases July Border Encounter Numbers

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Customs and Border Protection said on Wednesday that it had recorded more than 179,000 encounters at the southern border in April as thousands of illegal immigrants continue to be released into the country. 
According to the <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases-april-2024-monthly-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBP numbers</a>, Border Patrol recorded more than 128,900 encounters with foreign nationals between ports of entry along the southern border in April. At the same time, it had 41,100 encounters with individuals who used the app created by the Biden administration to be processed at a port of entry into the United States. The encounters were down from last month&#8217;s 189,357 and April 2023’s 211,992. 
“We are still experiencing challenges along the borders and the nation’s immigration system is not appropriately resourced to handle them, so we continue to call on Congress to take action that would provide our personnel with additional resources and tools,” said acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller. 
CBP also said that cocaine seizures at the border had increased 95% since March and that the agency has confiscated 11,400 pounds of fentanyl so far in fiscal year 2024. 
While Miller highlighted the dip in encounters, House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green (R-TN) said that the number was still too high. 
“These numbers make one thing clear — we are still in a crisis of the Biden administration’s making,” Green said in a <a href="https://mailchi.mp/chsrep/chairman-green-welcomes-new-members-to-committee-on-homeland-security-for-118th-congress-1739603?e=41ec78a261">statement</a>. “Going from ‘absolutely catastrophic’ in December to just ‘catastrophic’ in April may be acceptable for Secretary Mayorkas and President Biden, but no one else.”
Green also criticized parole programs adopted by the Biden administration that allow inadmissible aliens to enter the United States. 
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“The fundamentals of this unprecedented homeland security crisis are all the same: illegal aliens know they will likely be released if they cross between ports of entry, and record numbers continue flocking to our ports of entry to take advantage of the Biden administration’s unlawful mass-parole programs,” Green added. 
The numbers also come as Fox News <a href="https://twitter.com/billmelugin_/status/1790783036713312574?s=46&amp;t=5nB3R1hthzMlYMrXjZyN8Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> the number of known illegal immigrant “gotaways” who made it into the United States. According to the numbers, gotaways have exploded under President Joe Biden with more than 600,000 in fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
From fiscal year 2010 to 2020, there were about 1.4 million known gotaways, while there were 1.6 million recorded from fiscal year 2021 to 2024.

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Two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/national-guard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Guard</a> troops and one Border Patrol agent are dead after a helicopter conducting operations along the southern border in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> crashed. 
The UH-72 Lakota helicopter carrying three National Guard troops and a Border Patrol agent was patrolling the border in Starr County when it went down. One National Guard soldier survived and was taken to the hospital for treatment. 
General Daniel Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, said that he and the National Guard “send our deepest condolences to the families, loved ones, friends &amp; colleagues of the two Army National Guard Soldiers and the U.S. Border Patrol officer killed in today&#8217;s helicopter crash in Texas.”
“We mourn these heartbreaking deaths. They are a tragic loss beyond words. We pray for the speedy recovery of a third Guard Soldier who was seriously injured. All of these people represent selfless service &amp; the best of America,” he added. 
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Kelly &amp; I, &amp; the National Guard family, send our deepest condolences to the families, loved ones, friends &amp; colleagues of the two Army National Guard Soldiers and the U.S. Border Patrol officer killed in today&#39;s helicopter crash in Texas. We mourn these heartbreaking deaths. They… <a href="https://t.co/8WZ6wtTujI">pic.twitter.com/8WZ6wtTujI</a>
&mdash; Chief of the National Guard Bureau (@ChiefNGB) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChiefNGB/status/1766324089466114428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Hokanson said that the crash occurred around 2:50 p.m. MST while conducting aviation operations near Rio Grande City, Texas. The cause of the crash is still under investigation, and the names of the killed won’t be released as families are notified. 
Starr County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted in the response to the crash and said that it took place in the eastern part of the county. Starr County Judge Eloy Vera said that three men and one woman were on the helicopter, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/helicopter-crash-texas-caf206040e2f7efc142c514d500180ab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press. 
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/mexican-cartel-members-laugh-after-national-guard-helicopter-crashes-kills-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported </a>that it obtained footage from a Customs and Border Protection source that showed Mexican cartel members laughing as the helicopter went down. One person reportedly shouted “go to hell” in Spanish as the helicopter crashed. 
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Starr County has previously seen high numbers of crossings, and the Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-22176.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">waived</a> some legal requirements to move forward with the Trump administration’s plan to put up a border wall in the county. 
“The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border in Starr County, Texas,” DHS said in October. 
Under President Joe Biden, record numbers of illegal immigrants have crossed into the United States, prompting calls from lawmakers to close the border and rescind his earlier executive orders that reversing Trump-era border policies.

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