Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) is leading an effort to prevent the deportation of an untold number of illegal aliens, offering them a legal pathway to remain in the United States with a bill that critics have called an amnesty proposal.
Called the Dignity Act, the legislation was introduced by Salazar and Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX). It would allow illegal aliens who have been in the country since 2021 to apply for a renewable seven-year legal status. Those deemed eligible would have to pass a background check and pay $7,000 in restitution over a seven-year period.
The bill would also offer legal status and a pathway to permanent residency — and eventually <a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/1849eea4801/e999781e-b1f3-477f-8f15-20c0d107f5c6.pdf">to citizenship</a> — for recipients of the Obama-era DACA program.
“We are the noblest nation on the face of the Earth. It is time for our immigration system to measure up,” Salazar wrote in Spanish <a href="https://x.com/RepMariaSalazar/status/1944799386107576444">on X</a>.
Salazar repeatedly claimed that the legislation is not an amnesty bill, arguing that it “allows certain long-term undocumented immigrants to earn legal status, without amnesty or a path to citizenship.”
The legislation has been derided by critics as an amnesty measure, however. Former Representative Matt Gaetz <a href="https://x.com/mattgaetz/status/1873399406206267535">warned</a> that &#8220;the &#8216;Dignity Act&#8217; includes amnesty for illegal immigrants,&#8221; while conservative lawyer Will Chamberlain charged that the legislation “is an amnesty bill for illegal aliens and would absolutely blow the door open on legal migration.”
Conservative organizations similarly warned that the legislation includes amnesty for illegal aliens. &#8220;There is no mistake about it, this is first and foremost an amnesty bill,&#8221; the Federation for American Immigration Reform <a href="https://www.fairus.org/legislation/congress/handful-house-republicans-unveil-new-amnesty-bill">wrote</a> when the legislation was introduced in a previous legislative session in 2022.
The Center for Immigration Studies similarly <a href="https://cis.org/Arthur/GOP-Outreach-Midwestern-Hispanics">blasted</a> the bill when Salazar introduced it in 2022, calling it “an amnesty for aliens illegally present in the United States” warning that “all amnesties simply encourage more illegal immigration, and Salazar’s proposal would be no different.”
Salazar touted the legislation in media appearances this week, claiming that some illegal aliens “deserve to stay in the United States.”
“There is another mass of people, most of them Hispanics, who have been here for more than five years contributing to the economy, who do not have a criminal record, and those people deserve some type of dignity and deserve to stay,” Salazar said in an appearance on Fox News.
Daily Wire host Matt Walsh shot back at Salazar on X, blasting her argument that some illegal aliens “deserve” to remain in America despite illegally entering the country.
“Deserve? If foreigners ‘deserve’ to disregard our laws, what laws do I as an American citizen deserve to disregard? Do I deserve to not pay my taxes? Ignore speed limits? Shoplift? Or is this an entitlement reserved only for foreign nationals? Please explain, Maria,” Walsh <a href="https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1945470966055788710">charged</a>.
In addition to offering legal status to illegal aliens, the bill would also <a href="https://immigrationforum.org/article/the-dignity-act-of-2025-bill-summary/">expand</a> the number of migrants who could enter the country on various visas, mandate that employers use E-Verify to check the work authorization status of new hires, increase pay for Border Patrol agents, and grant new funding to upgrade ports of entry along the border.
Salazar is not the only Republican in support of the effort to offer legal status to illegal aliens, however. The act has also received the <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-immigration-maria-salazar-republicans-house-2099411">support</a> of Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Lawler (R-NY), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), David Valadao (R-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Young Kim (R-CA).
Salazar did not respond to a request for comment.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is set to receive a massive influx of funding thanks to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Act, giving the agency a budget that exceeds every federal law enforcement agency, including the FBI.
“President Trump’s signing the One Big Beautiful Bill is a win for law and order and the safety and security of the American people,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/04/secretary-noem-commends-president-trump-and-one-big-beautiful-bill-signing-law">said</a>. “This $165 billion in funding will help the Department of Homeland Security and our brave law enforcement further deliver on President Trump’s mandate to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens.”
That sum includes roughly $75 billion for ICE — additional funding on top of the agency&#8217;s baseline budget, which hovers around <a href="https://time.com/7299360/big-beautiful-bill-trump-ice-immigration/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">$10 billion</a> per year. That additional funding, which is earmarked for hiring agents, creating new detention space, and funding removal operations, translates to an annual funding of more than $25 billion per year through fiscal year 2029. The sum eclipses the $11.3 billion in <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/a-review-of-the-president-s-fiscal-year-2025-budget-request-for-the-federal-bureau-of-investigation">funding</a> requested by the FBI for fiscal year 2025.
The bill empowers ICE to drastically increase the number of agents on its payroll, putting it closer to its goal of 1 million deportations per year. The law enforcement agency currently has 20,000 agents and support personnel in 400 different offices across the country. With the new funding, another 10,000 could be hired, marking a drastic, 50% increase in agents and support personnel.
Just under <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/07/03/immigration-spending-increases-trump-big-beautiful-bill">$30 billion</a> has been earmarked for hiring, training, and agent retention, as well as for the modernization of the agency’s vehicles.
The legislation also grants ICE a whopping <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-administration-immigrant-detention-facilities-services.html">$45 billion</a> to increase its illegal alien detention capacity over the next two years, a key component in the effort to deport millions of illegal aliens.
That funding will allow ICE to reach agreements with contractors who will construct detention facilities and provide security, medical care, and transportation as the agency aims to create an unprecedented number of detention spots for illegal aliens. The bill, according to the Department of Homeland Security, will allow ICE to secure 80,000 new detention beds and allow the federal agency to maintain an average daily population of 100,000 illegal aliens in detention at any given time.
The bill allocates another $14.4 billion to fund “removal transportation,” like deportation flights back to illegal aliens’ countries of origin or to willing “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-secures-victory-in-scotus-ruling-enabling-more-deportations?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=17&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Secures+Victory+In+SCOTUS+Ruling+Enabling+More+Deportations">third countries</a>” that agree to accept deportees from the United States.
The legislation also aims to bolster border security, notably allocating $46.5 billion to complete the border wall. The effort marks a drastic shift from the previous administration, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-races-to-sell-off-border-wall-parts-before-trump-takes-office">auctioned off</a> pieces of the border wall for pennies on the dollar just after Trump won the election.
It also grants $3.2 billion for new technology along the border and another $2.7 billion for autonomous border surveillance tech. Customs and Border Protection will, like ICE, be granted funding to hire new agents. That money will allow the agency to hire 3,000 new Border Patrol agents as well as another 3,000 customs officers. Another $855 million will be used to modernize Customs and Border Protection&#8217;s vehicle fleet.

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Senator Markwayne Mullin and Congresswoman Stephanie Bice introduced a joint resolution declaring that &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner&#8221; only be sung in English, The Daily Wire can exclusively report.
The Oklahoma Republicans are introducing the resolution weeks after 30-year-old recording artist Nezza — full name Vanessa Hernandez — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/latin-rb-singer-national-anthem-in-spanish-dodgers-game">performed</a> the national anthem in Spanish at a Los Angeles Dodgers game to protest ICE raids in Los Angeles.
“Para mi gente [for my people]; I stand with you,” Hernandez wrote in the caption of a video of her performance. The performer noted that she chose to sing the anthem in Spanish even after the Dodgers organization specifically requested that she sing it in English.
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Singer Nezza was told by the Dodgers to sing the National Anthem in English but she sang it in Spanish to protest ICE.
She then gets very emotional and cries over ICE deporting criminals who are in our country illegally. <a href="https://t.co/1sTDbXx3aT">pic.twitter.com/1sTDbXx3aT</a>
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1934370251510309052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
Now, Mullin and Bice are leading an effort calling for &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner&#8221; to only be performed in English, preserving the original version of the anthem as it was written by Francis Scott Key during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
“The Star-Spangled Banner is a sacred and unifying tradition that honors our country&#8217;s unbreakable spirit,” Mullin told The Daily Wire. “As our national anthem, it should always be performed as it was originally intended and written, in English.”
The joint resolution has also garnered the support of Republican Reps. Mike Rogers (AL), Randy Feenstra (Iowa), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa), and Buddy Carter (GA).
“A no-name singer chose to make a political statement when signing the National Anthem in Spanish at Dodger Stadium,” Bice charged. “The United States is a nation built on shared values, and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is a symbol of our unity and resilience. It should never be used for political theater or sung in Spanish.”
“Preserving the original English lyrics in public performances honors the historical context and intent of the anthem as a representation of the Nation’s values and Identity,” the resolution states. “Any public rendition of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ should be performed as written by Francis Scott Key, in the English language, to preserve its historical and cultural integrity,” it goes on to say.
The resolution comes months after President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-issue-order-making-english-official-language-of-u-s">signed</a> an executive order naming English the official language of the United States.
“From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, have all been written in English,” the Trump White House affirmed in the executive order. “It is therefore long past time that English is declared as the official language of the United States.”
“A nationally designated language is at the core of a unified and cohesive society,” the order added.

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The Trump administration is considering multiple different countries that it could potentially deport suspected MS-13 human smuggler Kilmar Abrego Garcia to, naming both Mexico and the African nation of South Sudan as potential destinations for the illegal alien erroneously dubbed a “Maryland man.”
Abrego Garcia was brought back to the United States to stand trial for a human smuggling charge after he was first deported back to his home country of El Salvador. But now the Salvadoran national is expected to be deported yet again if he is let free from jail as he awaits trial.
ICE officials <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/10/us-news/trump-admin-still-deciding-where-it-would-deport-kilmar-abrego-garcia-ice-official-tells-judge/">noted</a> that the federal agency would detain Abrego Garcia and deport him to a so-called “third country,” a country other than an alien’s nation of origin that agrees to receive deportees from the United States. Abrego Garcia has claimed that he is at risk of being tortured if he returns to El Salvador.
The third country arrangement was made possible by a Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-secures-victory-in-scotus-ruling-enabling-more-deportations?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Secures+Victory+In+SCOTUS+Ruling+Enabling+More+Deportations">victory</a> for the Trump administration late last month, which overturned a lower court ruling barring the administration from sending deportees to third countries. Now, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/23/supreme-court-immigrants-deport-torture-sudan/83885228007/">thousands</a> of illegal aliens are expected to be sent to third countries.
The case came after eight criminal illegal aliens, including Cuban and Vietnamese nationals, were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-deports-murderers-and-rapists-to-south-sudan-but-judge-might-order-their-return-to-u-s">deported</a> to South Sudan after their home nations refused to accept them.
Abrego Garcia is currently awaiting trial in Tennessee as he faces charges for a suspected human smuggling incident. The illegal alien was caught on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-suspected-maryland-man-of-getting-paid-to-traffic-illegals-body-cam-footage-shows">body camera footage</a> in 2022 during a traffic stop, in which Tennessee Highway Patrol officers found Abrego Garcia to be driving a modified van with nine men, none of whom spoke English or had driver’s licenses. One officer speculated that Abrego Garcia was “hauling these people for money.”
Abrego Garcia’s case has become a national flashpoint in the immigration debate, with Democrat politicians advocating for the illegal alien and incorrectly referring to him as a “Maryland man,” and Maryland politicians even calling him their constituent.
The illegal alien, who has also been accused of domestic violence, was a member of a far-left organization that advocated for illegal aliens and called for ICE to be abolished, while also receiving federal funding from the Biden administration, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-belonged-to-a-biden-backed-illegal-alien-advocacy-group?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98Maryland+Man%E2%80%99+Kilmar+Abrego+Garcia+Belonged+To+A+Biden-Backed+Group+That+Called+For+Abolishing+ICE">revealed</a>.

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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) slammed his colleagues for calling to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defending ICE agents and saying he “fully supports” the members of law enforcement.
Fetterman blasted those, including his Democratic colleagues, who have called to abolish the federal law enforcement agency, which is responsible for arresting and deporting illegal aliens.
“ICE agents are just doing their job, and I fully support that,” the Pennsylvania Senator said in a video. “People in my party might want to abolish it or treat them as criminals or anything, that’s just inappropriate and outrageous,” he went on to say. “ICE performs an important job for our nation.”
Fetterman doubled down on his comments in a statement on social media Thursday. “ICE performs an important job for our country,” the Democrat from Pennsylvania wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, as he doubled down on his message. “Any calls to abolish ICE are [100%] inappropriate and outrageous.”
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ICE performs an important job for our country.
Any calls to abolish ICE are 💯 inappropriate and outrageous.
— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1943369815600644432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
But shortly after his comments defending ICE, Fetterman <a href="https://x.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1943389088448471531">voiced his support</a> for mass amnesty for illegal aliens, a longtime goal of Democrat politicians.
“Absolutely support amnesty for the hardworking, otherwise law-abiding migrant workers,” Fetterman said online. “Round up and deport the criminals. We must acknowledge the critical contribution migrants make to our nation’s economy.”
The statements come just after an anonymous House Democrat indicated that opponents of mass deportations must be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-demand-blood-storming-of-white-house-to-resist-trump">willing to get shot</a> while protesting ICE. “There needs to be blood to grab the attention of the press and the public,” the Democrat said.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-fundraises-trying-abolish-ice-amid-trumps-crackdown-illegal-immigration">called</a> for ICE to be abolished in a fundraising email, in which she dubbed ICE a &#8220;rogue agency.&#8221;
Fetterman’s break with Democrat colleagues who advocate for the abolition of ICE comes as the federal agency has been hit with a wave of attacks.
A gunman was killed after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-gunman-in-tactical-gear-killed-after-opening-fire-on-border-patrol-agents">opening fire</a> on Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas, in what authorities say appeared to be “a purposeful ambush/attack against federal agents.” Two officers were injured in the attack.
Other radicals have set out to obstruct ICE agents as they arrest illegal aliens, or foster violent unrest at protests against the agents. Four individuals were arrested in Los Angeles upon suspicion that they laid <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-left-activists-in-l-a-arrested-for-targeting-immigration-enforcement-vehicles-with-tire-spikes?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Far-Left+Activists+In+L.A.+Arrested+For+Targeting+Immigration+Enforcement+Vehicles+With+Tire+Spikes">homemade road spikes</a> in the way of law enforcement vehicles.

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‘Inappropriate And Outrageous:’ Dem Senator Slams Colleagues For Calling To Abolish ICE

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Illegal alien and suspected MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a member of a far-left organization that raked in cash from the Biden administration as it advocated for illegal aliens.
Abrego Garcia, infamously and erroneously dubbed a “Maryland man” by Democrat politicians after he was deported to his home country of El Salvador, was a member of a leftwing organization called CASA, which lobbies on behalf of illegal aliens and is now advocating for the Salvadoran national to be shielded from deportation.
The group called to <a href="https://wearecasa.org/policy-agenda/immigration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abolish ICE</a> and runs campaigns to <a href="https://wearecasa.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prevent</a> local law enforcement agents from collaborating with federal immigration enforcement, all while the Biden administration pledged more than $5 million to the organization. It also openly identified Abrego Garcia, a suspected MS-13 human smuggler, as a member of the organization.
“CASA is outraged that ICE deported CASA member Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in violation of a court order and at grave personal danger,” the organization <a href="https://wearecasa.org/casa-demands-justice-for-kilmar-armando-abrego-garcia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a statement.
Now, CASA falsely claims that “the Trump administration disappeared Kilmar Abrego Garcia.” The leftwing organization identified the suspected MS-13 gang member and human smuggler as one of its members in an <a href="https://wearecasa.org/casa-demands-justice-for-kilmar-armando-abrego-garcia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April statement</a> condemning his deportation, and has remained involved in the case, with CASA <a href="https://apnews.com/video/wife-of-kilmar-abrego-garcia-says-effort-to-free-him-has-been-the-hardest-thing-in-my-life-bcc1f7ebbc4843bfb826e4b57edeba56" target="_blank" rel="noopener">representatives</a> appearing to flank his wife at a recent press conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
CASA, to which the Biden administration <a href="https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/754c4ce6-4aab-ad50-7221-31e1f1e71de6-R/latest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">awarded</a> millions of taxpayer dollars, has offices across the mid-Atlantic region, including in Maryland, where Abrego Garcia resided prior to his deportation. Included in the more than $5 million awarded to CASA by the federal government since 2022 was a <a href="https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_23CICET00324_7003" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$250,000 grant</a> from the Department of Homeland Security to fund “<a href="https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship-resource-center/civic-assimilation/learn-about-the-citizenship-and-assimilation-grant-program/fy-2023-grant-recipients" target="_blank" rel="noopener">innovations in citizenship preparation</a>.”
The group has multiple membership tiers, including one that allows members to access a range of services, <a href="https://wearecasa.org/legal-services-md/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> legal deportation defense, vocational training, and citizenship application assistance. Each of the three <a href="https://wearecasa.org/membership/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">membership tiers</a> requires members to pay a monthly or annual fee. It is not apparent what membership tier Abrego Garcia belonged to, nor whether he sought out services from the leftwing organization.
CASA did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry concerning Abrego Garcia’s membership.
In addition to offering support services to illegal aliens, CASA also pushes an extreme ideological agenda. The far-left organization <a href="https://wearecasa.org/policy-agenda/immigration/abolishice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calls</a> for ICE to be abolished, calling it a “rogue agency” that has “caused immense harm to our communities.”
The organization <a href="https://wearecasa.org/casa-demands-justice-for-kilmar-armando-abrego-garcia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notes</a> that it is currently working to pass legislation in Maryland that would prevent local law enforcement agencies from working with ICE to identify and apprehend illegal aliens. The group is also <a href="https://wearecasa.org/maryland-2/legislative-session-agenda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advocating</a> for legislation that would prevent ICE from obtaining identifying information from Maryland’s state and local agencies, shielding illegal aliens from being identified by federal immigration enforcement agents.
The group’s sister organization, <a href="https://casainaction.org/#footer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> CASA in Action, advocates for specific policies and endorses candidates who encourage “greater engagement of Latinos and voters of color in elections.”
“By mobilizing Black, Latine, Afro-descendent, Indigenous, and Immigrant voters, CASA in Action … play[s] a powerful role in electing progressive change leaders,” the group <a href="https://casainaction.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">goes on</a> to say.
Abrego Garcia was returned to the United States to stand trial for human smuggling charges, but is expected to be deported yet again before his trial concludes, this time to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-will-be-deported-to-third-country-prosecutors-say?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=9&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Kilmar+Abrego+Garcia+Will+Be+Deported+To+%E2%80%98Third+Country%2C%E2%80%99+Prosecutors+Say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">willing</a> “third country” instead of his home country of El Salvador.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an Egyptian national and former chaplain at a children&#8217;s hospital who was flagged on the FBI’s terror watchlist.
Egyptian national Imam Ayman Soliman was arrested by federal immigration enforcement agents Wednesday after the man, whose asylum was revoked under the Biden administration, met with ICE and FBI agents, one <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1943058161910583578">report</a> noted.
Soliman, who formerly worked as a chaplain at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and presided over services at a local mosque in the Ohio city, first came to the United States roughly a decade ago and was granted asylum status in 2018. That status, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin says, was revoked under the Biden administration.
The DHS official <a href="https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1943061001123041322">also noted</a> that Soliman “was flagged on the FBI terror watchlist,” leading to his apprehension on Wednesday.
Court documents <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2025/07/09/cincinnati-chaplain-detained-by-ice/84521510007/?taid=686eb2e34ec9cd00011f2d44&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">indicate</a> that members of Soliman’s family, who were still in Egypt, had filed a request to migrate to the United States to join him.
Some supporters of Soliman <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2025/07/09/cincinnati-chaplain-detained-by-ice/84521510007/?taid=686eb2e34ec9cd00011f2d44&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">say</a> that he was fleeing violence and persecution in his home country and argue that he should not be sent back to Egypt. Even if his fears are found to be credible by the federal government, a recent Supreme Court ruling could enable his deportation to a willing third party country.
The Trump administration deported several illegal aliens, who could not be returned to their home countries, to South Sudan after the African nation agreed to receive deportees from the United States. The deportation operation was swiftly challenged in court, but the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-secures-victory-in-scotus-ruling-enabling-more-deportations?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=17&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Secures+Victory+In+SCOTUS+Ruling+Enabling+More+Deportations">ruled in favor</a> of the Trump administration.
The ruling is expected to enable the deportation of thousands of illegal aliens whose home countries are unwilling to accept them, or who have credible fears of torture or persecution if they are returned to their nation of origin.

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Border Patrol agents arrested four people on Tuesday, suspected of planting tire spikes in front of vehicles used by federal immigration enforcement agents in Los Angeles in an attempt to impede their mission.
Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino said that the individuals, Jenaro-Ernesto Ayala, 43; Jude Jasmine Jeannine Allard, 28; Sadot Jarnica, 54; and Daniel Montenegro, 30, were arrested for “interfering with federal agents conducting immigration enforcement operations.”
“They are facing felony charges for placing homemade tire spikes to disable law enforcement vehicles,” Bovino added. “Anyone who interferes with our lawful mission will be arrested.” The four were taken into custody after federal agents <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14889485/feds-photo-transgender-woman-attacks-ice-agents.html">conducted</a> a raid in a Home Depot parking lot in L.A.&#8217;s Van Nuys neighborhood.
An image shared by Bovino on social media shows homemade tire spikes, which appear to have been made by piercing nails through pieces of a garden hose or piping.
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Border Patrol agents arrested (clockwise from top left) Jenaro-Ernesto Ayala age 43, Jude Jasmine Jeannine Allard age 28, Sadot Jarnica age 54, and Daniel Montenegro age 30, for interfering with federal agents conducting immigration enforcement operations. They are facing felony… <a href="https://t.co/DQR55jDchb">pic.twitter.com/DQR55jDchb</a>
— USBP Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino (@USBPChiefELC) <a href="https://twitter.com/USBPChiefELC/status/1942758548171071662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Two of those arrested, Ayala and Allard, were <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-09/advocates-for-day-laborers-arrested-after-tire-spikes-found-at-immigration-raid">identified</a> as “day laborer advocates” with a non-profit called the “Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur De California.” The organization claims that the two individuals arrested were observing the federal law enforcement agents and have seen no evidence connecting them to the spikes.
The use of tire spikes against federal agents is one of the latest attempts by leftist agitators in Los Angeles to impede immigration enforcement.
One leftist activist, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftwing-activist-network-distributes-riot-gear-to-los-angeles-anti-ice-agitators?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=26&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Meet+The+Leftwing+Activist+Using+Social+Media+To+Funnel+Riot+Gear+To+Anti-ICE+Protests">revealed</a>, distributed respirator masks, gloves, and helmets to agitators on the “front lines” of the uprisings against ICE in Los Angeles. “Only grab gear if you are literally going out to the front lines TODAY,” the leftist activist said on social media.
Federal authorities arrested one man who was also found to have passed out respirators to rioters in Los Angeles. The suspect, who was <a href="https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1933158095833964798">charged</a> with conspiracy to commit civil disorders, could face up to five years in prison.
L.A.-area leftists have also revealed the addresses of hotels that were housing ICE agents on social media, luring agitators to the locations who attempted to disrupt the agents&#8217; sleep by creating disturbances in parking lots outside.
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Far-Left Activists In L.A. Arrested For Targeting Immigration Enforcement Vehicles With Tire Spikes

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The Trump administration released the names and criminal history of dozens of criminal illegal aliens currently being detained at Guantanamo Bay, including murderers, pedophiles, and drug smugglers.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the names and criminal histories of 26 criminal illegal aliens currently held at the military facility, which the administration pledged to use to detain illegal aliens shortly after Trump took office.
“We’re arresting criminal illegal aliens and getting them off America’s streets. Guantanamo Bay is holding the worst of the worst including child predators, rapists and murderers,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/08/dhs-releases-names-worst-worst-convicted-criminal-illegal-aliens-detained">charged</a> as the executive agency showcased a list of criminal illegal aliens with final orders of removal who are being held at the facility.
Among those held at Guantanamo Bay are an illegal alien and Chinese national, Jin Feng Lu, who was convicted of homicide, and Shubham Singh, an Indian illegal alien convicted of child pornography.
The two are joined by Honduran illegal alien Franklin Almendarez-Alvares, and illegal alien Carlos Olivo Orellana of El Salvador, both of whom were convicted of lewd acts with a minor.  There’s also Nigel Tomlinson, an illegal alien from the United Kingdom with a conviction for child sexual abuse, and Colombian illegal alien Luis Fernando Ospina Tabarez, who was convicted of smuggling heroin.
Guantanamo Bay began being used to hold criminal illegal aliens after Trump signed an executive order, called “Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity,” on January 29, which directed DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to create detention space at the naval base.
The military facility has <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-guantanamo-detain-foreigners-from-26-countries/">reportedly</a> been used to detain just over 660 illegal aliens, who are detained separately from those kept at the facility in connection to the war on terror.
“Whether it is CECOT, Alligator Alcatraz, Guantanamo Bay or another detention facility, these dangerous criminals will not be allowed to terrorize U.S. citizens,” McLaughlin asserted. “President Trump and Secretary Noem are using every tool available to get criminal illegal aliens off our streets and out of our country. Our message is clear: Criminals are not welcome in the United States.”

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Meet The Criminal Illegal Aliens Held At Guantanamo Bay

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President Donald Trump is set to visit Florida&#8217;s newest illegal alien detention facility — dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” — later today. Officials say the site will not only increase the federal government’s holding capacity, but also provide ICE with a detention facility that is nearly impossible to break out of.
Construction began on the location, an old aircraft training site, in early June, and the facility is expected to have space for around 5,000 illegal aliens. It is expected to be operational this week and will include laundry facilities, air conditioning, and medical care.
The facility’s construction costs, Department of Homeland Security officials say, will be paid for in part by FEMA funds that were used under the Biden administration to house illegal aliens in hotels.
The site’s nickname is a nod to the harsh conditions that made escape from the notorious California prison, Alcatraz, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/">incredibly treacherous</a> and virtually impossible. Though Alligator Alcatraz isn’t tucked away on an island like its namesake, the facility’s security is similarly bolstered by a harsh landscape that would require escapees to contend with the forces of nature.
Satellite <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/satellite-images-florida-alligator-alcatraz-facility-2089792">images</a> indicate that the ICE detention facility is being built at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, a 39-square-mile site nestled deep within Florida’s Everglades, a nearly 40 mile drive from Miami.
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Illegal aliens detained at the new ICE facility have little hope of escape. If they were to make it out of the detention facility’s walls, they’d be forced to navigate forests, marshes, challenging terrain, and a variety of fearsome predators — including, but not limited to, alligators — as they make a grueling trek towards civilization.
Both White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis touted the security of the site, and the natural deterrents that await illegal aliens who somehow break out of the facility.
“There is only one road leading in and the only way out is a one-way flight,&#8221; <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-alligator-alcatraz-detention-center-florida/">Leavitt noted</a>. &#8220;It is isolated, and surrounded by dangerous wildlife in unforgiving terrain.&#8221;
“They ain&#8217;t going anywhere once they&#8217;re there, unless you want them to go somewhere,&#8221; DeSantis added. “Because good luck getting to civilization. So the security is amazing — natural and otherwise.”
If illegal alien escapees were somehow able to walk along the one road connecting the facility to the western edge of Miami, it would take anywhere from 10 to 12 hours to make it to the city on foot. But the route would almost certainly result in their recapture, forcing escapees to brave the surrounding marshlands, waterways, forests, and swamps that separate Alligator Alcatraz from the city.
Satellite images show the facility — the long vertical runway on the west side of the map — up against a sprawling marsh.
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The few available Google Earth images show vast, open lakes and waterways that only appear navigable by airboat and would be virtually impossible to traverse without specialized equipment, even if one was fortunate enough to evade predatory wildlife.
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The Everglades are home to several predators, perhaps most notably, the American alligator. Growing up to <a href="https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/alligator.htm">15 feet long</a> and weighing up to 1,100 pounds, the American alligator is among the most fearsome animals on the North American continent and the species is known to be common in the Everglades.
“Do not swim, snorkel, or dive … in any canal, pond, freshwater lake, marked channel, or boat basin,” the National Park Service <a href="https://www.nps.gov/ever/faqs.htm#:~:text=Stay%20a%20safe%20distance%20from,or%20basking%20alligators%20or%20crocodiles.">warns visitors</a> to the Everglades.
Escapees from the ICE detention facility would also run the risk of encountering the Burmese python, an invasive species with no natural predators in the region that can grow up to 20 feet long.
Experts aren’t sure just how many Burmese pythons are roaming around the Everglades, with Rory Feeney, the bureau chief of land resources at the South Florida Water Management District, <a href="https://www.history.com/articles/burmese-python-invasion-florida-everglades">saying</a> that “it could be tens of thousands, or it could be hundreds of thousands.” The population is so difficult to estimate, experts say, because of the challenging and often inaccessible terrain of the Everglades. The Everglades are also home to the <a href="https://bergeronevergladesfoundation.org/the-florida-black-bear/#:~:text=Florida%20black%20bears%20are%20found,wetland%20habitats%20of%20the%20Everglades.">black bears</a> and a <a href="https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/floridapanther.htm#:~:text=Panthers%20in%20Everglades%20National%20Park,or%20low%20water%20level%20areas.">dwindling number</a> of Florida panthers.
“It presents an efficient, low-cost opportunity to build a temporary detention facility because you don&#8217;t need to invest that much in the perimeter,&#8221; Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier <a href="https://abc7ny.com/post/what-is-alligator-alcatraz-florida-ag-james-uthmeier-proposes-migrant-detention-center-everglades/16848113/">said</a> of Alligator Alcatraz. “If people get out, there&#8217;s not much waiting for them other than alligators and pythons.”

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Why It Might Be Impossible For Illegals To Escape Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials say CNN has endangered the lives of federal agents after the news network promoted an iPhone app used to “track ICE activity in real time” in an article published on Monday.
Called ICEBlock, CNN noted that the app encourages users to report ICE sightings and pinpoint the locations of federal agents to help illegal aliens avoid arrest.
“Users can tap the map to report an ICE sighting in their area, and then everybody who uses the platform within five miles of that sighting will get a push alert,” a CNN reporter said before adding that the application’s users remain anonymous.
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🚨NEW—CNN pushes new app &#8220;ICEBlock&#8221; meant to &#8220;track ICE activity in real time,&#8221; alerting illegal aliens before they are detained and deported.
The app is completely free and anonymous to use. <a href="https://t.co/f142PBR9Bo">pic.twitter.com/f142PBR9Bo</a>
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1939691690614267986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
The app <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/tech/iceblock-app-trump-immigration-crackdown">reportedly</a> has more than 20,000 users. The developer behind it describes the platform as an “early warning system.”
ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons slammed CNN, <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/statement-ice-acting-director-todd-m-lyons-news-coverage-ice-spotting-app">accusing</a> the outlet of putting the lives of federal law enforcement agents at risk. “CNN’s promotion of an ‘ICE spotting’ app is reckless and irresponsible,” Lyons charged. “Advertising an app that basically paints a target on federal law enforcement officers’ backs is sickening.”
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“CNN is willfully endangering the lives of officers who put their lives on the line every day and enabling dangerous criminal aliens to evade U.S. law,” he went on to add. “Is this simply reckless &#8216;journalism&#8217; or overt activism?”
During Monday&#8217;s White House briefing, Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Olohan asked Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about CNN&#8217;s promotion of ICEBlock.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MaryMargOlohan</a> asks <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> about CNN&#8217;s promotion of &#8220;ICEBlock&#8221;, an app that tells you where ICE agents are:
LEAVITT: &#8220;It&#8217;s unacceptable that a major network would promote such an app that is encouraging violence against officers who are trying to keep our country safe.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Bkd8RpJYqJ">pic.twitter.com/Bkd8RpJYqJ</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1939751696042782869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It sounds like this would be an incitement of further violence against our ICE officers,&#8221; said Leavitt.  &#8220;It&#8217;s unacceptable that a major network would promote such an app that is encouraging violence against law enforcement officers who are trying to keep our country safe.&#8221;
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin also <a href="https://x.com/RedWave_Press/status/1939700272109953439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">warned</a> that the app is &#8220;absolutely obstructing justice&#8221; in a climate where federal agents are often vilified.
“Our ICE enforcement officers are seeing a 500% increase in assaults against them, and a lot of this is because politicians like AOC, like Governor Tim Walz, like Gavin Newsom demonize our ICE enforcement officers and give them free passes,” McLaughlin charged.

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ICE Officials Slam CNN For Promoting App That Helps Illegals Dodge Federal Agents

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) raided a Los Angeles residence that the federal law enforcement agency says has been used to harbor Iranian illegal aliens with ties to terrorists.
CBP arrested two unidentified individuals at the home on Friday after a previous operation at the same address resulted in the arrest of seven Iranian nationals, some of whom are on the FBI terror watch list and associated with an Iranian human smuggling network.
“CBP executed a federal search warrant today at a human smuggling hub in Los Angeles tied to national security threats,” Customs and Border Protection said in a post on X on Friday. “Two individuals were arrested during the operation, which was led by CBP’s Special Response Team with support from Border Patrol tactical units and Air and Marine Operations.”
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CBP executed a federal search warrant today at a human smuggling hub in Los Angeles tied to national security threats. Two individuals were arrested during the operation, which was led by CBP’s Special Response Team with support from Border Patrol tactical units and… <a href="https://t.co/9bhtCw2iWs">pic.twitter.com/9bhtCw2iWs</a>
— CBP (@CBP) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBP/status/1938741939890696464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
“The location has been repeatedly used to harbor illegal entrants linked to terrorism,” the federal law enforcement agency added.
The arrests come amid a broader wave of enforcement actions against Iranian illegal aliens in the wake of the United States’ bombing campaign that targeted Iran’s nuclear production sites.
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Federal authorities arrested <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-arrests-100-iranian-nationals-across-us-amid-sleeper-cell-concerns">130 Iranian nationals</a> who were in the United States illegally in the week following the strikes against Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities, with 670 Iranians currently being held in ICE detention centers.
Among those <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hezbollah-link-among-11-iranians-arrested-by-ice-in-48-hour-sweep">arrested</a> was a man who served as a sniper in the Iranian military, while another Iranian national was identified as a former member of the Iranian military’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. That individual, ICE said, was connected to the terror organization Hezbollah.
Federal authorities also arrested an American citizen who is accused of harboring an unlawfully present Iranian national and now faces federal charges after she threatened to “shoot officers in the head” as they conducted the raid.
“We have been saying we are getting the worst of the worst out — and we are,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “We don’t wait until a military operation to execute; we proactively deliver on President Trump’s mandate to secure the homeland.”

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