WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins were united in their messaging on Tuesday as to how the administration would handle illegal workers on farms: there will be no amnesty.
Rollins addressed the matter first during a press conference at the Department of Agriculture on Tuesday morning, where The Daily Wire asked her about the president&#8217;s previous comments voicing concerns that mass deportations would disrupt the farm industry.
&#8220;The president has been unequivocal that there will be no amnesty,&#8221; Rollins assured The Daily Wire, noting that Trump is focused on his promise to ensure that &#8220;we have a 100% American workforce.&#8221;
&#8220;We must be strategic in how we are implementing the mass deportations so as not to compromise our food supply,&#8221; she caveated. &#8220;Ultimately the answer on this is automation, also some reform within the current governing structure&#8230;there are 34 million able bodied adults in our Medicaid program.&#8221;
&#8220;There are plenty of workers in America, but we just have to make sure we are not compromising today, especially in the context of everything we are thinking about right now,&#8221; she said.
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Her comments came amid claims from conservative commentators like Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon that there was a push for the president to sign an amnesty deal. Kirk emphasized Tuesday that &#8220;people are pushing President Trump for amnesty. They are pushing him for the mass legalization of illegals.&#8221;
The topic has drawn the attention of many within the conservative movement and Republican Party, who have called on the president to adhere to his promises on border security and mass deportations.
And on Tuesday, as she addressed the rumors, Rollins was very frank: there would not be any amnesty deal.
&#8220;So, no amnesty under any circumstances,&#8221; she told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Mass deportations continue but in a strategic and intentional way, as we move our workforce toward more automation and toward a 100% American workforce.&#8221;
She pointed to the members of Congress behind her, also gathered for the press conference on the Department of Agriculture&#8217;s National Farm Security Action Plan.
&#8220;And ultimately, it is the wonderful members of Congress behind me who are taking this on, fixing the current immigration system,&#8221; she concluded.
During the president&#8217;s Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the question came up again. Trump quickly responded: &#8220;There is no amnesty. What we are doing is we&#8217;re getting rid of criminals, but we are doing a work program.&#8221;
Both Rollins and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer voiced their support to the president&#8217;s statements. Rollins emphasized that mass deportations will continue in a strategic way, and the president chimed in, &#8220;We&#8217;ve gotta give the farmers the people they need but we&#8217;re not talking amnesty.&#8221;
Chavez-DeRemer then added that the Department of Labor has developed a new office to answer the needs of farmers and ranchers and producers, and stressed that her office is working &#8220;not to displace the American producer.&#8221;
&#8220;That does not include an amnesty program at all,&#8221; she stressed.

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Jose Ibarra, the illegal immigrant convicted of murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, secured a major court victory last Thursday when a judge ordered a mental evaluation that could lead to a new trial.
Ibarra, 27, was found <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-jose-ibarra-found-guilty-of-killing-georgia-nursing-student-laken-riley">guilty</a> in November on 10 charges, including murder, kidnapping, and aggravated assault with intent to rape Riley, who he murdered after she went jogging at the University of Georgia in Athens.
According to court documents, Ibarra&#8217;s defense attorneys <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/07/us-news/laken-rileys-killer-jose-ibarra-gets-major-win-for-possible-trial-redo/">claimed</a> he &#8220;lacks the mental capacity to understand the nature and object and proceedings&#8221; and is &#8220;suffering from congenital deficiency which could render the client incapable of preparing a defense and standing trial,&#8221; per the New York Post.
Judge Patrick Haggard ordered a &#8220;prompt evaluation&#8221; to determine if Ibarra was fit to stand trial last year and whether he can assist with his current appeal.
“The mental competence of [Ibarra] has been called into question, and this court has found it appropriate for an evaluation to be conducted at the public expense,” the order reads.
Prosecutor Sheila Ross noted in court filings that there was no evidence during the trial suggesting Ibarra wasn&#8217;t mentally competent, though she didn&#8217;t oppose the evaluation and instead left the decision up to the Judge.
Ibarra, a member of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, waived his right to a jury trial, and Judge Haggard sentenced the illegal immigrant to life in prison without parole.
Ibarra had illegally entered the United States during the Biden administration&#8217;s border crisis, having been detained in El Paso, Texas, in September 2022, but was released after approximately one day.
Riley&#8217;s brutal murder shocked the University of Georgia campus and garnered national attention amid heated debates about immigration enforcement.
In January, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signs-laken-riley-act-into-law?author=Daniel+Chaitin&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Signs+Laken+Riley+Act+Into+Law">signed</a> into law the “Laken Riley Act,” which requires federal officials to arrest non-U.S. nationals accused of violent and theft-related crimes in the United States.
Ibarra had been previously arrested for other offenses, but he was released in New York before federal authorities could issue a detainer.
The mental evaluation is set to take place either at the Georgia Department of Corrections or at a designated hospital facility. No timeline has been established for when the evaluation results might be available or how quickly the court will rule on potential next steps.
If the mental evaluation finds Ibarra was not competent during his original trial, his defense team could petition for a retrial, potentially setting aside his life sentence and reopening wounds for Riley&#8217;s family and community.

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A federal judge in Tennessee ordered suspected human smuggler and illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in prison while his case continues to play out in court.
Federal Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.67.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> Monday that Abrego Garcia remain in the custody of U.S. Marshals after his lawyers expressed fear that he may be deported before his criminal case concludes. She previously ruled that he should be released from custody while his trial plays out, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-orders-release-of-maryland-man-but-the-illegal-alien-could-be-deported-again">claiming</a> the Justice Department failed to demonstrate justification for his remaining in custody.
“Abrego shall therefore remain in the custody of the United States Marshal pending further order. He shall, to the extent practicable, be held separately from persons awaiting or serving sentences or being held in custody pending appeal and he shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity for private consultation with defense counsel,” Holmes wrote Monday.
Abrego Garcia’s legal team moved to keep him detained after a Justice Department official <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=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Kilmar+Abrego+Garcia+Will+Be+Deported+To+‘Third+Country%2C’+Prosecutors+Say">indicated</a> that the suspected human smuggler would be taken into ICE custody and removal proceedings begun if he was released by U.S. Marshals.
The illegal alien, who has been incorrectly dubbed a “Maryland man” by the legacy media, faces 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for one count of conspiracy to transport aliens and up to 10 years in prison for each illegal smuggled across the country if found guilty on another count of unlawful transportation of illegal aliens. He was returned to the United States last week after being deported to El Salvador due to suspected ties to MS-13.
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Earlier this month, the Justice Department <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-why-the-trump-admin-says-it-would-be-dangerous-to-release-kilmar-abrego-garcia">argued</a> in Nashville that Abrego Garcia should be detained because he was a flight risk and would endanger the community based on testimony and evidence that he had endangered children through his alleged participation in a smuggling ring, ties to violent gangs, and the multiple complaints from his wife about domestic violence.
The Department of Homeland Security has remained firm in its position that Abrego Garcia will not go free, issuing a swift response to the judge who ordered his release. Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-will-be-deported-to-third-country-prosecutors-say">asserted</a> last week that “Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a dangerous criminal illegal alien” who “will never go free on American soil.”

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President Donald Trump picked up another legal victory in his fight with Governor Gavin Newsom after an appeals court ruled that he acted within the law when he deployed the California National Guard to protect federal personnel and property in Los Angeles County. 
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday issued a 3-0 ruling in favor of Trump, blocking a ruling from a district judge who said Trump had violated the Constitution when he sent in the National Guard against Newsom’s wishes. 
“Both irreparable harm and the public interest weigh in favor of Defendants, who have an uncontested interest in the protection of federal agents and property and the faithful execution of law,” the court wrote in its decision. “The undisputed facts demonstrate that before the deployment of the National Guard, protesters ‘pinned down’ several federal officers and threw ‘concrete chunks, bottles of liquid, and other objects’ at the officers. Protesters also damaged federal buildings and caused the closure of at least one federal building.”
Last week, the same court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/appeals-court-says-trump-can-keep-national-guard-deployed-in-l-a?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Appeals+Court+Says+Trump+Can+Keep+National+Guard+Deployed+In+L.A." target="_blank" rel="noopener">granted</a> an emergency injunction to Trump, allowing him to retain control of the guard while the case played out in court. The court said it was convinced by evidence that the guard “engaged only in protecting federal personnel and property.”
Trump deployed the National Guard earlier this month after violence broke out in multiple California cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, in response to ICE operations. At least 20 people have been federally <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-are-coming-for-you-feds-reveal-more-charges-against-anti-ice-rioters?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=6&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=‘We+Are+Coming+For+You’%3A+Feds+Reveal+More+Charges+Against+Anti-ICE+Rioters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> with actions like spitting on or assaulting federal officers and damaging federal property, while dozens more have been arrested by local law enforcement. 
Trump celebrated the decision from the appeals court. 
“BIG WIN in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the President’s core power to call in the National Guard! The Judges obviously realized that Gavin Newscum is incompetent and ill prepared, but this is much bigger than Gavin, because all over the United States, if our Cities, and our people, need protection, we are the ones to give it to them should State and Local Police be unable, for whatever reason, to get the job done,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “This is a Great Decision for our Country, and we will continue to protect and defend Law abiding Americans. Congratulations to the Ninth Circuit, America is proud of you tonight!”
Newsom also reacted to the decision, noting that the court wrote in its ruling that presidents don’t have unlimited ability to use the National Guard. 
“Donald Trump is not a king and not above the law. Tonight, the court rightly rejected Trump’s claim that he can do whatever he wants with the National Guard and not have to explain himself to a court,” Newsom posted on X. “We will not let this authoritarian use of military soldiers against citizens go unchecked.”
Tensions have remained high in Los Angeles, with the Dodgers saying Thursday that the major league baseball franchise turned away ICE agents hoping to use their parking lots. Homeland Security <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1935787097048109231" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> this claim, saying that vehicles with Customs and Border Protection were briefly in the parking lot for a reason unrelated to operation or enforcement actions.

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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) choked up on Tuesday while recounting his brief <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-senator-removed-by-security-after-disrupting-noem-presser-in-los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detention</a> last week after interrupting a news conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles — a disruption that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) slammed as &#8220;disrespectful political theatre.&#8221;
In remarks on the Senate floor, Padilla appeared to get emotional as he spoke about what happened from his point of view.
&#8220;You’ve seen the video. I was pushed and pulled, struggled to maintain my balance. I was forced to the ground — first on my knees and then flat on my chest,&#8221; Padilla lamented. &#8220;And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway, repeatedly asking, &#8216;Why am I being detained?&#8217;, not once did they tell me why.&#8221;
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Alex Padilla fake cries while explaining how law enforcement protected DHS Secretary Noem from a no-name Senator interrupting her press conference. <a href="https://t.co/RqdJth2YVY">pic.twitter.com/RqdJth2YVY</a>
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Padilla went on to say that &#8220;a lot of questions&#8221; came to his mind, including where was he being taken, was he being arrested there, and &#8220;what would a city already on edge from being militarized think when they see their United States senator being handcuffed just for trying to ask a question?&#8221;
DHS dismissed the notion that Padilla merely spoke out as Noem was informing the public about the Trump administration&#8217;s troop deployment to Los Angeles in response to violent anti-ICE protests.
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BREAKING: California Democratic Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexPadilla4CA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlexPadilla4CA</a> just crashed DHS Secretary Noem’s press conference in LA and was forcibly removed. <a href="https://t.co/Q2sUWiImAM">pic.twitter.com/Q2sUWiImAM</a>
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&#8220;Senator Padilla chose disrespectful political theatre and interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself or having his Senate security pin on as he lunged toward Secretary Noem,&#8221; DHS <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1933236707060822447" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
&#8220;Mr. Padilla was told repeatedly to back away and did not comply with officers’ repeated commands,&#8221; the agency added. &#8220;[The Secret Service] thought he was an attacker and officers acted appropriately. Secretary Noem met with Senator Padilla after and held a 15 minute meeting.&#8221;
Democrats have been in an uproar over what happened to Padilla, going as far as to <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1933231055999226078" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demand</a> an investigation and for Noem to <a href="https://x.com/PramilaJayapal/status/1935007079439151611" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resign</a> from her post. Republicans have largely been more measured in their response.
&#8220;Why don&#8217;t both sides own up to the fact that they both own some responsibility for what happened there? Sen. Padilla should have found a better way to elevate his concerns to the Secretary of Homeland Security, rather than going in there and having that dust-up,&#8221; Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1935367899184513117" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Wednesday.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenThomTillis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenThomTillis</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/SenAlexPadilla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenAlexPadilla</a>: &#8220;Why don&#8217;t both sides own up to the fact that they both own some responsibility for what happened there? Senator Padilla should have found a better way to elevate his concerns to the Secretary of Homeland Security, rather than going in there… <a href="https://t.co/HrKl3Abo9D">pic.twitter.com/HrKl3Abo9D</a>
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&#8220;Having said that, there were clearly people in that building that knew he was a U.S. senator, so the minute he was removed from that situation in that briefing room, then they should have treated him with respect, and allowed him to disperse,&#8221; Tillis added. &#8220;It was disgusting to me to see somebody wrestled to the floor, anybody, but particularly a U.S. senator that&#8217;s in a federal building.&#8221;

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Two illegal aliens facing criminal charges were caught by the FBI days after breaking out of a privately held ICE detention facility in New Jersey. 
Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez of Honduras and Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada of Colombia were apprehended on Sunday, three days after escaping from the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark by breaking through a wall. The details of their captures were not released. Two fellow escapees, Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes and Andres Pineda-Mogollon, are still on the run. 
The FBI is currently offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the capture of Bautista-Reyes and Pineda-Mogollon. Both men have been charged with escape from the custody of an institution or officer and have had previous criminal charges. 
Bautista-Reyes, an illegal immigrant from Honduras who illegally entered the country in 2021, was arrested last month by the Wayne Township Police Department for aggravated assault, attempt to cause bodily injury, terroristic threats, and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes.
Pineda-Mogollon, an illegal immigrant from Colombia who overstayed his tourist visa in 2023, was arrested in April by the New York Police Department on charges of petit larceny and again in May by law enforcement in Union, New Jersey, for residential burglary, conspiracy to commit residential burglary, and possession of burglary tools.
The Department of Homeland Security said last week that the two men were public safety threats. 
The two men captured on Sunday also had criminal histories. 
Sandoval-Lopez, who illegally entered the country in 2019, was arrested by the Passaic Police Department for aggravated assault in February and was arrested in October 2024 for unlawful possession of a firearm. Castaneda-Lozada, who unlawfully entered the country in 2022, was arrested last month for burglary, theft, and conspiracy to commit burglary.
Delaney Hall, which is operated by GEO Group, has faced criticism from some Democrats and activists who say that those detained there are treated poorly. 
DHS has denied those allegations, saying on Friday that “there has been no widespread unrest” at the facility and that it “remains dedicated to providing high-quality services.”
Delaney Hall is the same facility where Newark Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newark-mayor-arrested-after-dem-reps-storm-new-jersey-ice-facility-charge-past-security-officers">Ras Baraka</a>, along with Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-indicted-over-ice-facility-clash-faces-up-to-17-years-in-prison">LaMonica McIver</a> (D-NJ), were arrested during altercations with law enforcement after they attempted to storm into the building last month. McIver was indicted on three counts of forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers and faces up to 17 years in prison.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been ordered to broaden the &#8220;single largest Mass Deportation Operation&#8221; in U.S. history, targeting &#8220;crime-ridden and dangerous&#8221; areas in large Democrat-led cities, President Donald Trump declared on Sunday.
Trump made the announcement in a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114690267066155731" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on Truth Social after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signals-changes-are-coming-to-immigration-enforcement-as-farmers-businesses-complain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">teasing</a> a few days ago that he would ease up on farmers, hotels, and leisure businesses who say they have been hurt by his administration&#8217;s immigration crackdown across the country.
&#8220;In order to achieve this, we must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside,&#8221; the president said.
He added: &#8220;These, and other such Cities, are the core of the Democrat Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base, cheat in Elections, and grow the Welfare State, robbing good paying Jobs and Benefits from Hardworking American Citizens.&#8221;
The order follows Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signals-changes-are-coming-to-immigration-enforcement-as-farmers-businesses-complain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggesting</a> last week there would be a policy change because farmers as well as people in the hotel and leisure industries were raising concerns about losing good and longtime workers to immigration enforcement, only for illegal criminals to apply for the jobs.
His comments sparked blowback, including from Daily Wire host Matt Walsh, who <a href="https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1933168224507662529" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>: &#8220;Employers who knowingly rely on illegal immigrant labor should be in prison. Instead we’re going to back off of immigration enforcement for their sake? Hell no. We can’t tolerate this.&#8221;
In recent weeks, ICE has ramped up operations around Los Angeles, leading to protests and riots. Trump called in the National Guard and U.S. Marines, claiming Democrat leaders failed to contain the unrest. They, in turn, insist the president escalated the situation with the deployments.
Trump said on Sunday that the American people want their cities, schools, and communities to be &#8220;SAFE and FREE from Illegal Alien Crime, Conflict, and Chaos,&#8221; and the present contended that&#8217;s why he directed his administration to &#8220;reverse the tide of Mass Destruction Migration.&#8221;
&#8220;Our Federal Government will continue to be focused on the REMIGRATION of Aliens to the places from where they came, and preventing the admission of ANYONE who undermines the domestic tranquility of the United States,&#8221; Trump asserted.

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Dying civilizations reveal themselves in familiar ways. Faith is abandoned, culture is drained of meaning, and the will to defend the home is eroded. But there are two unmistakable signs that a civilization is in mortal danger: when its people cease to build families — and when it tolerates invasion without resistance.
In 2006, Pat Buchanan raised a warning to the American people: “We are entered upon the final act of our civilization. The last scene is the deconstruction of the nations. The penultimate scene, now well underway, is the invasion unresisted.”
What the American people are witnessing in Los Angeles is that penultimate scene. Flying the flags of foreign lands, the barbarians have stormed the gates. They bear no loyalty to America, no reverence for her inheritance, and no desire to become part of her family.
Millions of deportable aliens fill American cities and hold American jobs, but they are strangers in our midst. Not because sanctuary cities like Los Angeles have failed to welcome them, but because they intend to tear down the permanent things that make this nation worth belonging to.
The Republic has been invaded. We need mass deportations. Not someday. Now.
Mass deportations are fiscally responsible, morally just, and <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/poll-trump-deportation-program-nets-positive-approval-contrasting-views-on-scope/ar-AA1GjePH?ocid=BingNewsSerp">politically popular</a>. Flying someone safely home is possibly the most merciful consequence for violating our laws. Mass deportation is not extreme — it is the moderate, moral alternative to chaos that any serious nation would take to defend its borders. And while some might criticize the amount of funding that this endeavor requires, you can’t put a price on the safety and well-being of the American people.
Approximately <a href="https://www.fairus.org/issue/how-many-illegal-aliens-are-united-states-2025-update">18.6 million</a> illegal aliens reside in the United States. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has a backlog of more than nine million pending immigration benefit applications. Another 3.5 million cases are backlogged in the DOJ immigration court system. To restore our immigration system (both legal and illegal), we should <a href="https://static.heritage.org/-2025/NewAmericanImmigration_Booklet.pdf?_gl=1*tgx60l*_gcl_au*Nzg2MzEyMDc1LjE3NDIzMTI3MjU.*_ga*MTgxNTg1ODk1MS4xNzM0NDUwMTI4*_ga_W14BT6YQ87*czE3NDk1MjMzMzckbzE0MCRnMSR0MTc0OTUyMzM0MSRqNTYkbDAkaDA.">pause intake</a> of additional applications, including employment authorization documents. In the meantime, the administration can work to remove all deportable aliens between now and January 19, 2029.
This will take both resources and courage — but the American people support the goal. Six months into the Trump administration, the President’s <a href="https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1932107479976128956">approval rating</a> on immigration is “surging like a rocket,” according to CNN.
Now, Congress must act — and pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act with urgency.
The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, is <a href="https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1931834653889134879">calling for protests</a> in the United States and threatening mobilizations over a minuscule 3.5% tax on remittances. In response to such threats, Congress should use reconciliation to increase the remittance tax to at least 15% — as Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) has rightfully <a href="https://x.com/Eric_Schmitt/status/1931880241188024476">proposed</a>. It is immoral for foreigners to break our laws, only to then wire dollars that ultimately fund the regimes and networks undermining us.
Congress must also do its job and deliver all the resources necessary to enforce our laws and restore order: expanded ICE funding for detention beds, agents, transportation, and legal support; the permanent codification of President Trump’s proven border policies; and the end of legal gamesmanship that allows illegal aliens to exploit endless appeals and paralyze the system.
Deportable aliens who are put into removal proceedings should not be granted endless chances to delay justice. They previously had due process opportunities to apply for a visa or refugee protection to lawfully enter the U.S. and, once in the U.S., to seek a lawful benefit, including asylum, with DHS. Once an alien is in removal proceedings, the only question should be: is the alien deportable as charged?
The days of surrendering our sovereignty to process lawyers and activist judges must end.
We must institute mandatory E-Verify. No work permits should be granted unless — and until — an immigration benefit has been lawfully approved. Simply filing an application must not become a backdoor pass to employment in the United States. The rule must be simple: no approval, no work.
Asylum fraud is the Trojan horse of the current crisis. We must close it.
And we must <a href="https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/birthright-citizenship-fundamental-misunderstanding-the-14th-amendment">end</a> universal birthright citizenship and chain migration. Only the children of American citizens should have automatic birthright citizenship. And family-based immigration means nuclear family only. Gone will be the days of migration chains that allow aliens, not Americans, to decide who comes here permanently.
Mass deportations are necessary not only to bring back law and order and protect the working class, but also to restore the full political rights of every American. While the Trump administration has rightfully prioritized the deportations of violent criminals, mass deportations require extending far beyond that. Allowing any illegal alien to stay not only erodes law and order but undermines the blessings of American citizenship — especially for those in deep-blue states.
The American people are ready. The President is ready. Now Congress must be ready.
We will not witness the end of the American Republic — unless we choose to.
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Kevin Roberts, Ph.D., is president of The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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President Donald Trump signaled on Thursday that &#8220;changes are coming&#8221; to his immigration policy, noting that farmers as well as hotel and leisure businesses have complained about his &#8220;very aggressive&#8221; crackdown on illegal immigrants.
In a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114670684664650262">post</a> on Truth Social, the president said that he&#8217;s heard from farmers and people in the hotel industry who are concerned about the administration&#8217;s immigration crackdown &#8220;taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace.&#8221; Trump added that the United States must deport criminals while also protecting farmers.
&#8220;In many cases the Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy are applying for those jobs. This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!&#8221; Trump added.
Later on Thursday, Trump <a href="https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1933211435032600896">told</a> reporters at the White House that a new order on certain immigration enforcement will be issued &#8220;pretty soon.&#8221;
&#8220;Farmers are being hurt badly. You know, they have very good workers who have worked for them for 20 years. They&#8217;re not citizens, but they&#8217;ve turned out to be great, and we&#8217;re going to have to do something about that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We can&#8217;t take farmers and take all their people and send them back &#8230; and you know what&#8217;s going to happen, what is happening, they get rid of some of their people &#8230; and they end up hiring the criminals that have come in, the murderers from prisons and everything else.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s shift comes as his administration has ramped up immigration enforcement operations in the Los Angeles area, including detaining suspected illegal immigrants on the street, at businesses, and on farms. ICE agents were spotted chasing down and detaining farm workers in Ventura County, California, earlier this week.
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The White House said on Wednesday that since last week, 330 suspected illegal immigrants in the Los Angeles area have been detained, 113 of whom had past criminal convictions.
As immigration agents carried out the president&#8217;s deportation agenda in California, anti-ICE protests and riots broke out in Los Angeles last weekend. Joining the demonstrations were members of Unite Here Local 11, a local labor union that represents workers in the hotel, food, and casino industries. The organization, which is part of a local leftist coalition that has pushed anti-police talking points and given tips for how to respond to ICE agents, condemned the law enforcement response to the riots.
Trump&#8217;s mass deportation operation has been celebrated by most Republicans and conservatives, but has concerned some farmers and business owners who work in industries that have relied on hiring illegal immigrant workers. In January, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau <a href="https://www.weau.com/2025/01/24/farmers-advocacy-groups-speak-concerns-over-workforce-president-trump-continues-with-plans-immigration-crackdowns/">urged</a> Trump to pursue a secure border without going after illegal immigrants who have worked on the state&#8217;s many dairy farms &#8220;for years.&#8221;
In April, Trump addressed some of these concerns during a Cabinet meeting, <a href="https://x.com/Acyn/status/1910382262610526486">saying</a>, “We are also going to work with farmers. If they have strong recommendations for their farms for certain people, we’re going to let them stay in for a while. &#8230; We have to take care of our farmers, our hotels and, you know, the various places where they need the people.”
The president added that employers could lobby the government for their illegal immigrant workers to be allowed to remain in the country.
“So a farmer will come in with a letter concerning certain people, saying they’re great, they’re working hard,” Trump said. “We’re going to slow it down a little bit for them, and then we’re going to ultimately bring them back. They’ll go out. They’re going to come back as legal workers.”
Trump&#8217;s post on Thursday was met with backlash among some conservatives who argued that it would be a step back from what the president initially promised to do on the campaign trail. Daily Wire host Matt Walsh <a href="https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1933168224507662529">wrote</a> on X, &#8220;Hell no. We can’t tolerate this.&#8221;
&#8220;Employers who knowingly rely on illegal immigrant labor should be in prison,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Instead we’re going to back off of immigration enforcement for their sake?&#8221;
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for clarification on Trump&#8217;s post.

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We have all seen the images this past week. They have become a far too common sight in America’s largest cities: cars ablaze, small businesses looted and vandalized, city centers held hostage by violent mobs, all while local law enforcement stands idly by.
President Trump took decisive action to protect the public from lawless rioters by activating the National Guard, but many of the rioters continue to engage in blatant criminality, correctly guessing they face only a remote risk of prosecution. Congress and state legislatures, however, can step in by making it ruinously expensive to riot.
For decades, the federal government has used private litigation as a tool to further public policy objectives. Disabled Americans can sue businesses for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Consumers who suffer even the most trivial losses from deceptive advertising can bring class actions against manufacturers. Litigation is expensive, often ruinously so, and the government therefore outsources much of its law enforcement to private citizens, armed with statutes that award attorneys’ fees and civil penalties.
Rioting is first and foremost a criminal matter, and local police departments and district attorneys should quell riots through vigorous, evenhanded enforcement of criminal law. But they do not. Congress should thus fill this void by creating a private right of action, that is, the ability to bring a lawsuit against individuals who create disruptions in the form of riots.
The first step would be to define a riot, taking care to draw a clear line between criminality and First Amendment activity. Fortunately, the law already makes this distinction: expressing one’s thoughts using signs or chants is legal, but trespassing, assault, and vandalism are not. A riot should therefore be defined as a gathering of two or more people who are present in a location where they lack legal permission to be (whether private property or public property without a required permit) who engage in or aid and abet trespass, assault, and vandalism that results in property damage and obstructed rights of way. If Congress is the body passing the law, it can add a requirement that the riot affects interstate commerce (a very broad and easily satisfied requirement) to ensure the law is upheld.
The second step would be to identify the parties who can bring suit under this law. Riots result in many kinds of harm. Workers are unable to make it to work on time. Business owners contend with shattered windows, stolen inventory, and lost revenue when law-abiding residents stay home. Parents are unable to take their children to school. Police officers are assaulted. The law must recognize each of these harms by allowing anyone who suffers a harm to their person or property to bring suit.
The third step would be to craft a remedy that gives the law teeth. A challenge with enforcing criminal rioting laws is the difficulty of determining precisely which member of a riot committed which act of criminality. Civil law need not be so exacting. A participant in a riot — or those who provided material support to rioters (the deep-pocketed unions and nonprofits who help organize the protests that quickly become riots) — should face civil liability for harm that occurred during the riot. While some victims face tremendous financial harm, like a small business owner whose shop or restaurant is looted, others face smaller, harder-to-quantify harms. Plaintiffs should therefore be able to recover not only their actual damages, but a civil penalty in the tens of thousands of dollars, sufficient to deter rioters. Like almost all civil enforcement statutes, there should be a mandatory award of attorney’s fees to prevailing plaintiffs to ensure that anti-rioting cases are financially viable for attorneys.
The coddling of rioters by state and local authorities has caused tremendous destruction in American cities. In the past five years, we have seen riots ostensibly related to policing, race relations, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and, now, the enforcement of immigration laws. As long as rioters know they can act with impunity, the riots will continue. A law that makes funding or participating in riots financially devastating will make many rioters—and those who fund them—think twice before blocking a bridge or smashing a storefront window.
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Jesse Franklin-Murdock is counsel at Dhillon Law Group Inc. and he is also a resident of San Francisco, where violent riots have taken place over the course of the last week.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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The GOP-led House passed on Tuesday a bill to prohibit noncitizens from voting in local Washington, D.C., elections, overcoming the majority of Democrats who voted against the measure.
A <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025163" target="_blank" rel="noopener">total</a> of 210 Republicans and 56 Democrats supported the legislation, which bars foreign nationals from voting in local contests in the nation&#8217;s capital and repeals a <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/dc-council-passes-non-citizens-voting-bill-washington/65-ec15212a-2d97-4f42-ad18-15202fca197e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">measure</a> passed by the D.C. Council in 2022 that allowed it in the first place. Another 148 Democrats voted against it.
&#8220;Free and fair elections are a prerequisite for a healthy republic. The radical DC Council’s decision to allow noncitizens — including illegal aliens and foreign agents — to vote in local elections dilutes the voting power of the citizen voter,&#8221; said Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), who introduced the House <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/884/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a>.
&#8220;That power must be defended, and I am thrilled House Republicans took action today to do so,&#8221; Pfluger added. &#8220;Anyone who voted against this legislation, voted for the transfer of political power away from legal voters. With the House passage of my legislation, we are one step closer to restoring the sanctity of the voting process to ensure that only American citizens are voting in our nation’s capital.&#8221;
In 2023, the House <a href="https://rollcall.com/2023/02/09/house-passes-resolutions-to-block-dc-voting-criminal-code-changes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> a resolution from Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) to block the enactment of the D.C. <a href="https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/24-242" target="_blank" rel="noopener">measure</a> via the Home Rule Act. However, the Democrats who controlled the Senate at the time did not take up the resolution and the bill went into effect. Last year, the House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-bill-to-bar-noncitizens-from-voting-in-d-c-local-elections" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> a similar bill from Pfluger, but it met a similar fate.
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Now that Republicans control both chambers of Congress, Democrats have been relegated to voting in the minority on party-line issues and otherwise can voice their dismay when they do not get their way — as did Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District&#8217;s non-voting delegate in the House.
&#8220;Republicans refuse to make the only election law change D.C. has requested: making D.C. a state so that it can hold elections for voting members of the House and Senate,&#8221; Norton said in a <a href="https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-statement-house-passage-two-anti-dc-bills" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
Noncitizens are not allowed to vote in federal elections, but they are allowed to for certain local contests in some municipalities in states like California, Maryland, and Vermont, along with D.C. Republicans in Congress have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/most-house-dems-vote-against-bill-to-require-voters-prove-citizenship-again" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed</a> for legislation requiring individuals to show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in elections for federal office.
The House also passed on Tuesday a <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2096/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> from Rep. Andrew Garbino (R-NY) to restore collective bargaining rights for D.C. police officers and reinstate the statute of limitations for disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of the Metropolitan Police Department.

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