The Department of Homeland Security openly mocked media outlets in a Wednesday post, claiming that their use of the phrase &#8220;undocumented immigrant&#8221; was no less ridiculous than the use of &#8220;they/them&#8221; pronouns to indicate gender identity.
The official X account for DHS shared a graphic that showed several cut-out headlines, all of which used the term &#8220;undocumented immigrants&#8221; instead of &#8220;illegal aliens&#8221; when referring to those who were in the United States illegally.
&#8220;Undocumented immigrant accused in fatal drunken driving crash to remain jailed,&#8221; one read, and another said, &#8220;Eleven undocumented immigrants arrested in Seymour.&#8221; A third read, &#8220;Who are they undocumented immigrants in Texas.&#8221;
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“Undocumented immigrant” is the immigration equivalent of “they/them.”
DHS has no interest in the left’s open borders pronouns. “Alien” is the technical legal term, and that is what DHS will use. “Illegal” is the only way to correctly describe lawbreakers.
Next thing you know… <a href="https://t.co/MKEe1Z0oA3">pic.twitter.com/MKEe1Z0oA3</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1958185007760970233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;&#8216;Undocumented immigrant&#8217; is the immigration equivalent of &#8216;they/them,'&#8221; the post read. &#8220;DHS has no interest in the left’s open borders pronouns.&#8221;
&#8220;&#8216;Alien&#8217; is the technical legal term, and that is what DHS will use. &#8216;Illegal&#8217; is the only way to correctly describe lawbreakers,&#8221; the post continued, adding as an afterthought, &#8220;Next thing you know you will be calling burglars &#8216;undocumented houseguests.'&#8221;
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Several people responded to the post comparing the headlines to what author George Orwell and scholar William Lutz referred to as &#8220;doublespeak&#8221; — a strategy that often employs the use of watered-down phrasing or euphemisms to make things that are objectively bad seem less so.
Lutz also spoke of using technical jargon ambiguity rather than common terminology or specific language in order to cloud the meanings of things one did not want the public to think about too deeply.
&#8220;Doublespeak poses a threat to the United States because it creates a buffer between what organizations are saying and what people are hearing,&#8221; Lutz explained in an <a href="https://www.ericschwartzman.com/why-doublespeak-is-dangerous/#:~:text=The%20doorman%20on%20a%20building,to%20manufacturers%20of%20malfunctioning%20products.">interview</a>.

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DHS Mocks Media For Use Of Word ‘Undocumented’: ‘The Immigration Equivalent Of They/Them’

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Nebraska will expand ICE’s detention capacity with a new facility called the “Cornhusker Clink,” the latest detention center to follow in the footsteps of Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz.”
The newly announced facility, which will be located in McCook, Nebraska, is the result of a partnership between ICE and the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and will provide the federal law enforcement agency with an additional 280 beds.
The so-called “Cornhusker Clink” comes after ICE teamed up with Florida to create “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-will-be-nearly-impossible-for-illegal-aliens-to-escape-alligator-alcatraz">Alligator Alcatraz</a>” and announced a joint-project with Indiana to establish the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alligator-alcatraz-has-some-new-competition-the-speedway-slammer">Speedway Slammer</a>.”
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08/19/cornhusker-clink-new-partnership-dhs-and-state-nebraska-expand-detention-space">announced</a> the creation of the new facility and told illegal aliens to self deport before they find themselves in an ICE detention facility.
“COMING SOON to Nebraska: Cornhusker Clink. Today, we’re announcing a new partnership with the state of Nebraska to expand detention bed space by 280 beds,” Noem announced before thanking the state’s Republican governor. “Thanks to Governor Pillen for his partnership to help remove the worst of the worst out of our country.
“If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in Nebraska’s Cornhusker Clink,” Noem added. “Avoid arrest and self deport now using the CBP Home App.”
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen expressed his support for the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agenda and explained how his state would work to support the federal efforts.
“Today the State of Nebraska is stepping up its support of President Trump’s and Secretary Noem’s immigration enforcement initiatives in several key ways,” Pillen said. “I am pleased that our facility and team in McCook can be tasked with helping our federal partners protect our homeland by housing criminal illegal aliens roaming our country’s communities today.”
The creation of the “Cornhusker Clink” comes as the Nebraska State Patrol announced it would sign agreements with ICE that could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-dhs-partners-with-100s-of-police-departments-to-supercharge-deportation-campaign">supercharge immigration enforcement</a> efforts in the state.
“I am also proud that the Nebraska State Patrol and National Guard will be assisting ICE enforcement efforts, as well,” Pillen went on to add. “Homeland security starts at home, and, just as when I twice deployed troops to secure our southern border during the failed Biden administration, Nebraska will continue to do its part.”

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Nebraska To Expand ICE Detention Capacity With ‘Cornhusker Clink’

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Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s (D-CA) press office attempted to bait President Donald Trump&#8217;s Department of Homeland Security over a case involving an illegal immigrant who is accused of killing three American citizens while making an illegal u-turn on a Florida highway.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-given-commercial-drivers-license-by-californias-newsom-charged-in-fatal-semi-truck-crash">Harjinder Singh</a>, who entered the United States illegally in 2018, was granted a commercial driver&#8217;s license in California. He made the illegal turn from the outside lane at a spot marked &#8220;Official Use Only,&#8221; and his truck crushed a minivan that had been driving in the inside lane. Singh has since been arrested for vehicular homicide and was slapped with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer.
As reports circulated about his illegal entry into the U.S. — and the fact that he&#8217;d obtained a driver&#8217;s license in California — DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin pointed to the sanctuary policies in the state of California under Newsom, arguing that those three people would still be alive otherwise.
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3 innocent people were killed in Florida because Gavin Newsom’s California DMV issued an illegal alien a Commercial Driver’s License—this state of governance is asinine.
How many more innocent people have to die before <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GavinNewsom</a> stops playing games with the safety of the… <a href="https://t.co/chT7ln1TTZ">pic.twitter.com/chT7ln1TTZ</a>
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) <a href="https://twitter.com/TriciaOhio/status/1957433382230507868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Newsom&#8217;s press office responded with a graphic aimed at McLaughlin, laying out a timeline of the events and saying, &#8220;Hey, genius: the federal government (TRUMP ADMIN) already confirmed that this guy meets federal and state immigration requirements — YOU issued him a work permit (EAD). As usual, the Trump Administration is either lying or clueless. p.s. @grok, who was President in 2018?&#8221;
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The graphic noted that Singh had entered the United States illegally in 2018, during President Trump&#8217;s first term, one year before Newsom took office in California. It also noted that, in the state of California, a driver&#8217;s permit or license could not be issued to someone who did not have legal status.
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Hey, genius: the federal government (TRUMP ADMIN) already confirmed that this guy meets federal and state immigration requirements &#8212; YOU issued him a work permit (EAD).
As usual, the Trump Administration is either lying or clueless.
p.s. <a href="https://twitter.com/grok?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@grok</a>, who was President in 2018? <a href="https://t.co/OHVnC3zS20">https://t.co/OHVnC3zS20</a> <a href="https://t.co/raF7hFWGkb">pic.twitter.com/raF7hFWGkb</a>
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPressOffice/status/1957460210110300656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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McLaughlin fired right back, however, noting that Singh had applied for a work authorization while Trump was president the first time — and that it had been denied. It was not until President Joe Biden was in office that he was able to obtain the legal status necessary to get his license in the state of California.
&#8220;False. Harjinder Singh is in the United States illegally and his work authorization was rejected under the Trump Administration on September 14, 2020. It was later approved under the Biden Administration June 9, 2021. The state of California issues Commercial Drivers Licenses. There is no national CDL,&#8221; McLaughlin wrote, concluding her post, &#8220;Sincerely, Genius.&#8221;
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False. Harjinder Singh is in the United States illegally and his work authorization was rejected under the Trump Administration on September 14, 2020. It was later approved under the Biden Administration June 9, 2021.
The state of California issues Commercial Drivers Licenses.… <a href="https://t.co/4YSs3qIj2B">https://t.co/4YSs3qIj2B</a>
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) <a href="https://twitter.com/TriciaOhio/status/1957503043710181746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Governor Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom Tangles With DHS Over Illegal Accused Of Killing Three Americans With Semi-Truck

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Politics

The Trump administration announced that it will be partnering with the state of Indiana to create a new ICE detention facility modeled after Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz,” with the new location dubbed the “Speedway Slammer.”
The new ICE detention facility, which will be established in coordination with the Indiana state government, will be located at the Miami Correctional Facility, located roughly 60 miles north of Indianapolis.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the new facility, explaining that it will allow the federal law enforcement agency to hold another 1,000 illegal aliens at a time.
“COMING SOON to Indiana: The Speedway Slammer. Today, we’re announcing a new partnership with the state of Indiana to expand detention bed space by 1,000 beds. Thanks to Governor Braun for his partnership to help remove the worst of the worst out of our country,” Noem said in a statement to Fox News <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1952839290993651760">announcing</a> the new ICE detention facility.
“If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in Indiana’s Speedway Slammer. Avoid arrest and self deport now using the CBP Home App,” she added, referencing the app that the Trump administration is using to encourage illegal alien self-deportations.
Indiana Governor Mike Braun touted the new partnership with the Trump administration and asserted that the “Speedway Slammer” will assist ICE in its effort to “remove the worst of the worst.”
“We are proud to work with President Trump and Secretary Noem as they remove the worst of the worst with this innovative partnership,” Braun said. “Indiana is taking a comprehensive and collaborative approach to combating illegal immigration and will continue to lead the way among states.”
The “Speedway Slammer” comes on the heels of Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz,” the new ICE detention facility located in the Everglades, which appears <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-will-be-nearly-impossible-for-illegal-aliens-to-escape-alligator-alcatraz?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=35&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Why+It+Might+Be+Impossible+For+Illegals+To+Escape+Florida%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Alligator+Alcatraz%E2%80%99">virtually impossible</a> to successfully escape from due to the treacherous natural conditions in the area and the dangerous wildlife that populate it.
That facility was recently put into service, with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hundreds-of-illegal-aliens-deported-in-first-flights-from-alligator-alcatraz">hundreds</a> of illegal aliens being flown out of the country from the site in late July.

ICE Arrest

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Has Some New Competition: The ‘Speedway Slammer’

Meet "Alligator Alcatraz's" New Competition: The "Speedway Slammer"

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

An arsonist attacked an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Washington state over the weekend, throwing a rock through a window and lighting a fire on the property.
The unidentified arsonist <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/us-news/arsonist-attacks-ice-office-in-washington-state-hurls-rock-through-window/">targeted</a> an ICE field office in Yakima, Washington, about 140 miles away from Seattle. Federal agents, the Department of Homeland Security says, managed to escape from the attack unscathed.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin slammed Democrat politicians for their incendiary rhetoric against ICE agents, accusing them of contributing to the surge in violence against the federal law enforcement force.
“Make no mistake, Democrat politicians like Hakeem Jeffries, Mayor Wu of Boston, Tim Walz, and Mayor Bass of Los Angeles are contributing to the surge in assaults of our ICE officers through their repeated vilification and demonization of ICE,” McLaughlin charged. “From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi Gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is beyond the pale.”
Pictures from DHS and released by the New York Post show plumes of smoke filling the air as the fire burns on the property.
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“Secretary Noem has been clear: Anyone who seeks to harm law enforcement officers will be found and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” the DHS Assistant Secretary went on to say.
Noem has also called out Democrat politicians like Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell for “risking people’s lives” by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kristi-noem-accuses-nashville-mayor-of-risking-peoples-lives-with-opposition-to-ice?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=15&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Kristi+Noem+Accuses+Nashville+Mayor+Of+%E2%80%98Risking+People%E2%80%99s+Lives%E2%80%99+With+Opposition+To+ICE">opposing</a> ICE and doxxing agents who were active in the southern city.
McLaughlin noted that it has not been confirmed that ICE agents were the target of the attack, though the building is identified as a DHS office and is <a href="https://www.ice.gov/node/62180">identified online</a> as an ICE field office.
The arson attack is the latest assault against the agency tasked with upholding and enforcing federal immigration law. ICE agents have faced attacks from both leftwing activists and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspected-tren-de-aragua-member-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-attacking-federal-agent?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=47&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Suspected+Tren+De+Aragua+Member+Charged+With+Attempted+Murder+After+Attacking+Federal+Agent">illegal alien criminals</a>.
One unidentified man is believed to have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/violent-leftists-attack-federal-agents-during-immigration-raids-at-california-pot-farms">fired a pistol</a> at agents near Camarillo, California, while nearly a dozen suspects were <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/10-suspects-charged-july-4-attack-texas-ice-detention-facility">charged</a> early last month after attacking law enforcement at an ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas.

Anti-ICE Vandalism

ICE Agents Narrowly Escape Arson Attack In Washington State

Arsonist Attacks ICE Office In Washington State, Throws Rock Through Window

Crime

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is directing the Department of Homeland Security to develop policies to block male international athletes from competing against women in the United States, The Daily Wire can exclusively report.
On Monday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will issue guidance building off Trump&#8217;s Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports executive order, ensuring that certain athlete-related petitions and applications will be available only to women.
“Men do not belong in women’s sports,&#8221; USCIS spokesman Matthew Tragesser told The Daily Wire. &#8220;USCIS is closing the loophole for foreign male athletes whose only chance at winning elite sports is to change their gender identity and leverage their biological advantages against women.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s a matter of safety, fairness, respect, and truth that only biological female athletes receive a visa to come to the U.S. to participate in women’s sports,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The Trump administration is standing up for the silent majority who have long been victims of leftist policies that defy common sense.&#8221;
The agency&#8217;s update will clarify and revise guidance related to the visa categories &#8220;O-1A aliens of extraordinary ability,&#8221; &#8220;E11 aliens of extraordinary ability,&#8221; &#8220;E21 aliens of exceptional ability,&#8221; and &#8220;national interest waivers (NIWs).&#8221;
When considering these categories, if USCIS is considering a male athlete who says he is a transgender woman and thus wants to compete in women&#8217;s sports in the United States, USCIS will view the fact that this man has competed against women in the past as a negative factor when determining if he is among &#8220;the small percentage at the very top of the field.&#8221;
<div id="attachment_955815" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/?attachment_id=955815" rel="attachment wp-att-955815"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-955815" class="wp-image-955815 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2197854021-1-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2197854021-1-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2197854021-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2197854021-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2197854021-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>Riley Gaines watches as President Donald Trump delivers remarks before signing the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order in the East Room at the White House on February 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)</div>
Similarly, when looking at a male athlete who has &#8220;gained acclaim in men&#8217;s sports and seeks to compete in women&#8217;s sports&#8221; in the United States, USCIS will not consider him to be trying to &#8220;continue work in his area of extraordinary ability.&#8221;
The agency also says that male athletes who want to enter the country in order to compete in women&#8217;s sports &#8220;do not substantially benefit the United States&#8221; and that it is not in the national interest of the United States to &#8220;waive the job offer and, thus, the labor certification requirement for male athletes whose proposed endeavor is to compete in women’s sports.&#8221;
The move, which is part of USCIS&#8217;s efforts to protect all-female athletic opportunities, will ensure that &#8220;male aliens&#8221; who want immigration benefits aren&#8217;t coming to the United States to participate in women&#8217;s sports by pretending to be women.
A USCIS spokesman told The Daily Wire that the president&#8217;s February executive order was the catalyst for the agency&#8217;s decision. That order directed that all funds be rescinded from &#8220;educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities,&#8221; saying that allowing men in women&#8217;s sports is &#8220;demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls, and denies women and girls the equal opportunity to participate and excel in competitive sports.&#8221;
&#8220;It shall also be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth,&#8221; Trump&#8217;s executive order stated.
The move is also interesting since the next Summer Olympic Games will be held in the United States in 2028 ( the 2026 Winter Olympics, will be hosted by Italy). The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee quietly changed its policy in July to comply with the president&#8217;s executive order and ban men from competing against women, a major win for conservatives and the White House.

President Trump Signs No Men In Women’s Sports Executive Order

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Updates Visa Categories To Block Men From Women’s Sports

Riley Gaines

A far-left organization partnered with financial institutions, activist groups, and the Mexican consulate to push banks to offer mortgage loans to illegal aliens and “protect undocumented immigrants.”
Rise Economy, a leftist organization formerly called the California Reinvestment Coalition, was behind a <a href="https://calreinvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Here-to-Stay-Report-Final.pdf">report</a> advocating for mortgage loans to be made available to illegal aliens who obtain an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), a financial tool that often enables illegals to obtain home and auto loans.
The report indicates that the marketing and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-the-company-financing-the-illegal-alien-takeover-of-american-homes?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=Investigation&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Meet+The+Mortgage+Company+Enabling+Illegal+Immigrants+To+Buy+American+Homes">distribution</a> of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bank-founded-by-democrat-billionaire-loans-illegals-money-to-fight-systemic-racism?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=11&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Bank+Founded+By+Democrat+Billionaire+Loans+Illegals+Money+To+Fight+%E2%80%98Systemic+Racism%E2%80%99">loans</a> to illegal aliens, which The Daily Wire has documented <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-mortgage-company-is-marketing-home-loans-to-illegal-aliens">extensively</a>, may in part be the result of leftwing ideology and activism rather than simply a response to market incentives.
The group thanked a wide range of supporting organizations, which it said “were essential in framing the research and tailoring the recommendations outlined in this report.” Among those dubbed “community partners” are the Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco and <a href="https://www.lrcl.org/our-mission-history">La Raza Centro Legal</a>, a San Francisco-based ethnic advocacy organization that offers deportation defense.
The La Raza Community Resource Center, which also <a href="https://www.larazacrc.org/">offers deportation defense</a> assistance to illegal aliens, was listed as a partner of the organization. Also listed is the Beneficial State Foundation, the project of a bank run by a Democrat billionaire that The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bank-founded-by-democrat-billionaire-loans-illegals-money-to-fight-systemic-racism?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=11&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Bank+Founded+By+Democrat+Billionaire+Loans+Illegals+Money+To+Fight+%E2%80%98Systemic+Racism%E2%80%99">reported</a> offers auto loans targeted to illegal aliens.
Rise Economy’s report specifically encouraged the distribution of home loans to illegal aliens, urging policymakers and community partners to “work collectively on solutions-driven policies to increase access to mortgage loans for immigrant families including ITIN holders.”
Rise Economy’s goal, the 2019 report noted, was to “push for safe banking and equitable access to small business lending, mortgages, accessible retirement systems, and public benefits for ITIN holders.” The report focused on mortgage loans again, with one section reading “policymakers and community partners should work collectively on solutions-driven policies to increase access to mortgage loans for undocumented families including ITIN holders,” one line reads.
“The Here to Stay campaign coalition recommends that financial institutions provide access to safe banking and lending to immigrant families including ITIN holders,” the report said. “Community-driven solutions must also be proposed to protect undocumented immigrants who rely on public benefits.”
Not all of the partners cited in the report appear to be ideologically motivated, however. Rise Economy added that “this report was made possible with financial support from” various financial institutions, including JP Morgan, Capital One, U.S. Bank, and the Banc of California. None of the banks responded to a request for comment.
The Daily Wire has exposed various companies that market loans to illegal aliens, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-the-company-financing-the-illegal-alien-takeover-of-american-homes?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=Investigation&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Meet+The+Mortgage+Company+Enabling+Illegal+Immigrants+To+Buy+American+Homes">Prysma Lending</a>, which held a webinar with an immigration lawyer and created a guide to deportation defense for its customers. There&#8217;s also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-mortgage-company-is-marketing-home-loans-to-illegal-aliens">Amres</a>, which articulated its goal to “empower non-citizens,” created a guide called “Bridging the Gap for Undocumented Residents,” and told the stories of various illegal aliens who were able to obtain mortgage loans.
The former leader of a Texas land developer lobbying organization appeared to confirm that developments like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/colony-ridge">Colony Ridge</a> would go out of business if they were forced to check if buyers had social security numbers.
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EXCLUSIVE: A Texas land developer admitted that the Colony Ridge business model relies on selling land to unqualified foreign buyers:
&#8220;We will not be able to sell our developments if each of our buyers have to have SS#’s.&#8221;
I obtained his stunning admissions🧵 <a href="https://t.co/f2nWFuWA5r">pic.twitter.com/f2nWFuWA5r</a>
— Spencer Lindquist 🇺🇸 (@SpencerLndqst) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerLndqst/status/1890063065489735954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
One company belonging to the lobbying organization, called Cayetano, encouraged buyers to “own a piece of American land” just north of the border with Mexico. It also accepted identification from the Mexican government in processing land sales, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-developer-tells-mexican-citizens-to-own-a-piece-of-american-land-on-southern-border?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Texas+Developer+Tells+Mexican+Citizens+To+%E2%80%98Own+A+Piece+Of+American+Land%E2%80%99+On+Southern+Border">revealed</a>.
These loans, experts say, can encourage illegal aliens to stay in the country in violation of federal law. Federation for American Immigration Reform Media Director Ira Mehlman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-the-company-financing-the-illegal-alien-takeover-of-american-homes">previously discussed</a> the risks associated with allowing the practice with The Daily Wire
“Access to mortgages can serve as an incentive for illegal aliens to remain in the country, especially at a time when the goal of the government is convincing illegal aliens to leave,” Mehlman noted. “Congress could take many actions — from disclosure to outright prohibition — and set a national standard for states to follow.”
Lending arrangements that rely on ITINs could soon become riskier. Not only is the government cracking down on illegal immigration and pursuing a policy of mass deportation, but the Department of Homeland Security and the IRS signed an <a href="https://immigrationforum.org/article/irs-ice-immigration-data-sharing-agreement-explainer/">agreement</a> allowing the law enforcement agency to obtain information on illegal aliens from the IRS.
Rise Economy did not respond to a request for comment.

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The Department of Homeland Security has busted scores of illegal alien human traffickers and sex predators, and The Daily Wire has obtained exclusive details on the criminal illegals busted by the federal law enforcement agency.
Operations spanning from Newark, New Jersey, to Camarillo, California, resulted in the arrest of dozens of illegal aliens perpetrating the heinous crimes, with the federal agency saying that “the full weight of the American government is bringing the hammer down on human trafficking rings.”
“The brave men and women of DHS are the best in the world at going after traffickers. They are always able to track down those who are trafficking individuals, find the ringleaders, and rip that evil off by its head,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told The Daily Wire.
“I’m so thankful that I get the chance to lead individuals like that, and agents who get up every day to help save our children and to save women and men from the kind of slavery that we’ve seen,” the secretary went on to say, celebrating the work of DHS agents to bust human trafficking rings on the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
One late July operation in Newark resulted in the arrest of four illegal alien child predators by ICE agents over a four-day span. Those arrested in the enforcement action, which was part of Operation Apex Predator, were all registered sex offenders.
A July 22 operation resulted in the arrest of a human smuggler in Laredo, Texas, who was found to be smuggling 101 migrants in a locked trailer. Of those 101 individuals, 12 were children. The man was sentenced to 63 months in prison.
ICE and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation teamed up to levy a four-count indictment against eight people with ties to the criminal gang Tren de Aragua, with the defendants charged for their involvement in a “transnational commercial sex enterprise.”
In one particularly disturbing case, Homeland Security Investigations arrested an Ecuadoran national in New York for the sexual violation of a minor. Authorities discovered that a 15-year-old girl who was pregnant with the man&#8217;s child had been apprehended after attempting to illegally enter the United States, and that the man had been in a relationship with the child in Ecuador since she was 13 years old. The Ecuadoran national, authorities say, arranged to have her smuggled into the United States.
Not all of the perpetrators busted by federal authorities were illegal aliens. One American citizen, who was apprehended by the U.S. Marshals working in coordination with Customs and Border Protection, was identified as a &#8220;high-priority target linked to a criminal syndicate operating in human exploitation.&#8221; The suspect was arrested in Yuma, Arizona, and was wanted for placing individuals into prostitution, residing in a house of prostitution, and profiting from the earnings of prostitution.
Other operations targeted human smuggling rings that sought to bring illegal aliens into the United States for profit. The federal agency busted a transnational smuggling ring on May 2, when it discovered that four Mexican illegal aliens were running an “international human smuggling conspiracy” to bring illegal aliens into the United States from the Canadian border. Those smuggled into the United States would pay thousands of dollars to the criminal ring.
Homeland Security busted another smuggling ring on March 25, when a woman who had smuggled more than 100 Colombians into the United States was sentenced to 30 months in prison following her arrest by ICE in Arizona.
Customs and Border Protection apprehended a Mexican national in California’s Port San Luis who sedated a child and attempted to smuggle the child across the border. The woman claimed that she was the mother and presented a false birth certificate, with agents discovering that the woman did not have any familial ties to the child.
Under Trump and Noem, Homeland Security has also cracked down on forced labor rings. One South Korean company, Taepyung Salt Farm, is <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-issues-withhold-release-order-taepyung-salt-farm">no longer able to import</a> its products to the United States, with Customs and Border Protection agents detaining their imports on account of “information that reasonably indicates the use of forced labor in the production of the company’s sea salt products.”
Agents also shut down a now-infamous marijuana growing operation in Camarillo, California, rescuing 14 migrant children who were at risk of exploitation, trafficking, and forced labor. Agents arrested a whopping 361 illegal aliens, including some with charges for rape, attempted rape, kidnapping, and attempted child molestation.

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Illegal alien deportation flights have begun at “Alligator Alcatraz,” the new Department of Homeland Security detention site nestled in the Florida Everglades.
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis announced during a press conference that the first deportation flights had left from the new facility this week, with hundreds of illegal aliens being sent out of the country from the location.
“I’m pleased to report that those flights out of Alligator Alcatraz by DHS have begun. The cadence is increasing,” the Florida Governor <a href="https://x.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1948736523807195326">said</a>. “We’ve already had a number of flights in the last few days,” he added, also noting that “hundreds of illegals have been removed from here.”
“This provides an ability to enhance the mission to increase the number and frequency of deportations,” he said of the site.
The site’s name is a nod to the natural conditions that made Alcatraz virtually impossible to escape from. The new illegal alien detention facility is surrounded by a harsh landscape, which The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-will-be-nearly-impossible-for-illegal-aliens-to-escape-alligator-alcatraz">detailed</a> would make it incredibly difficult to escape from.
“The whole purpose is to make this be a place that can facilitate increased frequency and numbers of deportations of illegal aliens, and that is the goal,” DeSantis said during the press conference, adding that the site is a “sensible spot” for an ICE detention facility given that it has an airplane runway on-site.
“You don’t have to drive them an hour to the airport, you only have to go a couple thousand feet and they can be on a plane and out of here.”
Other officials noted the strategic value of Alligator Alcatraz, also highlighting that its location makes escape from DHS custody unlikely. “There is only one road leading in and the only way out is a one-way flight,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-alligator-alcatraz-detention-center-florida/">noted</a>. “It is isolated, and surrounded by dangerous wildlife in unforgiving terrain.”
“If people get out, there’s not much waiting for them other than alligators and pythons,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier added.
The first deportation flights out of the facility come just after the Trump administration has secured a massive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-will-soon-get-more-money-than-the-fbi-have-capacity-for-a-million-annual-deportations?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=10&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=ICE+Will+Soon+Get+More+Money+Than+The+FBI%2C+Have+Capacity+For+A+Million+Annual+Deportations">influx of funding</a> for ICE, with much of the funding set to be used to increase the agency’s detention capacity.

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After Mahmoud Khalil —whom the Trump administration wanted to deport, prompting protests from leftists on campus and in the media — consistently avoided condemning Hamas on a television interview, the Department of Homeland Security bluntly declared, “Mahmoud Khalil refuses to condemn Hamas because he IS a terrorist sympathizer not because DHS ‘painted’ him as one.”
Khalil, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-anti-israel-agitator-demands-20-million-from-trump-admin">filed a $20 million claim</a> against the Trump administration this month, was interviewed on CNN by hosts Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown; Brown displayed her own prejudice by quoting a United Nations Special Committee stating it had grounds to say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians and Gaza. Blitzer and Brown supported Khalil as Blitzer selectively played a clip of Khalil making a statement against antisemitism, and Brown insisted, “You&#8217;ve consistently condemned antisemitism before and since your arrest.”
The hosts conveniently ignored Khalil having led American undergraduates at Columbia University in actions in support of Hamas after its October 7, 2023, attack. “He served as the negotiator on behalf of the occupying students with the university, pressuring the administration to accommodate student demands based on their illegal activity. He helped organize an illegal encampment on the campus that denied access to ‘Zionist’ students,” JNS <a href="applewebdata://187BEFC8-51EE-4818-A3C5-5F1D4D558027/v">noted</a>.
“Do you specifically condemn Hamas, a designated terrorist organization in the United States, not just for their actions on October 7?” Brown asked.
“I condemn the killing of all civilians, full stop,” Khalil dodged. “But what I don&#8217;t want to get into is &#8212; no. I am clear with condemning all civilians. I&#8217;m very straight in my position in that part. But it&#8217;s disingenuous to ask about condemning Hamas while Palestinians are the ones being starved now by Israel.”
“It is fair to ask you about whether you can condemn Hamas because the Trump administration has claimed that you are a Hamas sympathizer. So, it&#8217;s very important to actually ask that question in this broad conversation,” Brown persisted.
“Yes. I simply asked and protested the war in Palestine,” Khalil dodged again. “That&#8217;s what I did. That&#8217;s my duty as a Palestinian, as a human being right now, is to ask for the stop of the killing in my home country. And that&#8217;s consistent with who I am. I&#8217;m a firm believer in international law and human rights and all my values come from that. &#8230; And that&#8217;s why I wouldn&#8217;t really engage in much into such questions on condemnation or not, because selective condemnation is not &#8212; wouldn&#8217;t get us anywhere.”
DHS issued this response to Khalil’s appearance on CNN: “Mahmoud Khalil refuses to condemn Hamas because he IS a terrorist sympathizer not because DHS ‘painted’ him as one. He ‘branded’ himself as an antisemite through his own hateful behavior and rhetoric. It is a privilege to be granted a visa or green card to live and study in the United States of America. The Trump Administration acted well within its statutory and constitutional authority to detain Khalil, as it does with any alien who advocates for violence, glorifies and supports terrorists, harasses Jews, and damages property.”
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Mahmoud Khalil refuses to condemn Hamas because he IS a terrorist sympathizer not because DHS ‘painted’ him as one. He ‘branded’ himself as antisemite through his own hateful behavior and rhetoric.
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Tens of thousands of illegal aliens have self-deported since the Trump administration began encouraging illegal aliens to return to their nations of origin and repurposed an app used by the Biden administration to streamline mass migration into the United States, a new report says.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials, Breitbart News <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/21/trumps-cbp-home-app-gets-tens-of-thousands-illegals-to-self-deport/">reports</a>, say that there have been tens of thousands of illegal alien self-deportations since the Trump administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-transforms-bidens-cbp-one-app-leave-now-and-self-deport">overhauled</a> the Customs and Border Patrol One app.
The platform was originally used by migrants to remotely schedule asylum application interviews before the Trump administration revamped it, now allowing illegal aliens to submit their intent to depart from the United States, giving officials an estimate on the number of illegal aliens leaving the country by their own accord.
Encouraging self-deportations, immigration experts <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-one-simple-trick-that-could-lead-illegal-immigrants-to-self-deport">tell The Daily Wire</a>, is an essential part of any campaign to crack down on illegal immigration and decrease the number of illegal aliens in the United States, which the Federation for American Immigration Reform <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-alien-population-surges-to-record-high-bombshell-study-finds">estimated</a> at 18.6 million as of early 2025.
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“As of 2025, American population growth comes almost entirely from unsustainably high levels of immigration, both legal and illegal,” the organization charged.
The CBP Home app is part of a broader effort to get illegal aliens to voluntarily leave the United States, with the administration now offering illegal aliens <a href="http://v/">$1,000 to self-deport</a> and threatening to fine them <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-to-fine-illegal-aliens-nearly-1k-a-day-for-refusing-to-self-deport">nearly $1,000 per day</a> they refuse to leave the country.
The DHS also launched an advertising campaign encouraging illegal aliens to leave the country. The ad, which showcased violent criminal illegals captured by ICE like a previously deported MS-13 murder suspect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/previously-deported-ms-13-member-leads-authorities-on-manhunt-in-colony-ridge">caught at Colony Ridge</a>, featured DHS Secretary Kristi Noem as she told illegal aliens to “do what’s right: leave now.”
ICE also published a <a href="https://www.ice.gov/self-deportation">guide to self deportation</a> on its site, telling illegal aliens, “you do not need to turn yourself in to an ICE office if you intend to self-deport. You may simply leave the country.”
“If you’re illegally present in the U.S., you can leave at any time. You don’t have to wait for ICE officials to find, arrest, detain and remove you. You can plan and organize your affairs,” the government agency explains. “If ICE officials arrest you, there’s no going back — you may not have time to get your affairs in order, gather your belongings, or even say goodbye to the people you care about.”
“Removal comes with other consequences, too, including bars to reentry. Bars to reentry are penalties for violating U.S. immigration law,” the law enforcement agency says under a sub-head that reads “If You Don’t Self-Deport.”
“Being barred from reentry means the U.S. government won’t let you come back into the U.S. — even for a short visit.”

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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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