Young Woman Standing Before a Dynamic Digital Screen, Immersed in Internet Visualization. Internet Cyberspace with Web Content, Icons, Animated Stream of Online Applications and Entertainment

Everything Is Fake Now — And It’s Worse Than You Think

Artificial Intelligence

Fake accounts

Food

Fraud

illegal immigrants

Matt Walsh

Music

Opinion

scams

One In Ten Airport Screeners Skip Work As Funding Fight Drags On

The Real Reason Your Airport Is Now A Disaster Zone

Airlines

Airports

Democrats

Donald Trump

illegal alien

James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee in Texas, claimed Thursday that the &#8220;undocumented students&#8221; he previously taught were the &#8220;most patriotic.&#8221;
Talarico, who previously taught sixth-grade language arts at Rhodes Middle School in San Antonio, made the remarks during a live taping of The Bulwark podcast in Dallas with host Tim Miller, where he also criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a &#8220;secret police&#8221; force.
&#8220;I taught a lot of undocumented students, and those students tended to be my most patriotic students,&#8221; Talarico said.
&#8220;They understood something about this country that a lot of us who are native born forget. That this is supposed to be the land of opportunity, that this is supposed to be the place where dreams come true, and they believed that in their bones. And they believed in this country even when this country didn&#8217;t believe in them,&#8221; he added.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
James Talarico claims his illegal immigrant students were more patriotic than American-born ones:
“I taught a lot of undocumented students. Those students tended to be my most patriotic students.”
This is apparently the message he’s going with to Texas parents. <a href="https://t.co/jBWwv7P5F1">pic.twitter.com/jBWwv7P5F1</a>
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href="https://twitter.com/WesternLensman/status/2034802607726727377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Talarico has made similar comments glorifying illegal immigration in the past. In a resurfaced clip from a January Democratic primary debate, he said the U.S. southern border should function like a &#8220;front porch.&#8221;
“Our southern border should be like our front porch; there should be a giant welcome mat out front and a lock on the door,” Talarico said.
Talarico&#8217;s campaign website also states: “Most of us agree on what should happen. Our border should be like a front porch — it should have a welcome mat out front and a lock on the door.”
It adds: “We can both welcome the stranger — refugees, asylum seekers, and folks who want to contribute to our economy and pursue the American dream — and we can keep people out who mean to do us harm.”
In another past clip, Talarico said individuals who commit violent crimes &#8220;should be deported immediately,&#8221; while arguing that law enforcement resources should not be focused on &#8220;hard-working members of our community.”

Raging Moderates Live with James Talarico

Talarico Says Illegal Immigrant Students Are The ‘Most Patriotic’

Democrat

James Talarico

Senate

Texas

Only 15 Democrats were willing to vote with Republicans on Thursday on a measure that would make non-citizens who harmed police animals — such as dogs or horses — either inadmissible or subject to deportation.
The BOWOW Act <a href="https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/2034639336612745286">passed the U.S. House</a> on Thursday by a margin of 228-190, with every Republican voting in favor of the legislation. It will head to the Senate next.
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) <a href="https://calvert.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-calverts-bowow-act-advanced-judiciary-committee">introduced</a> the bill in June of 2025 &#8220;after Freddie, a Customs and Border Patrol agriculture detector dog, was <a class="ext" title="(opens in a new window)" href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/egyptian-traveler-eats-federal-charges-kicking-dulles-cbp-beagle" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" data-entity-type="external" data-extlink="">assaulted</a> in June by a non-citizen from Egypt&#8221; — and the House Judiciary Committee voted to advance the measure in November.
&#8220;I appreciate my colleagues on the Judiciary Committee advancing the BOWOW Act and joining me in standing up for our law enforcement animals who help keep Americans safe. Coming to America is a privilege, not a right. Anyone who assaults an animal, like Freddie, simply has no place in our country,&#8221; Calvert said at the time.
The purpose of the bill, according to its <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4638/text">official description</a>, is &#8220;to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem any alien who has been convicted of or admits to harming a federal law enforcement animal as inadmissible and deportable.&#8221;
The bill would affect non-citizens who were convicted under 18 U.S.C. 1368 — which pertains to the abuse of animals used in federal law enforcement such as service dogs and horses — or those who have admitted to assaulting such animals. Anyone who fit that description would either be inadmissible to the United States or subject to deportation.
The 15 Democrats who voted in favor of the bill were as follows: Reps. Henry Cuellar (TX), Sharice Davids (KS), Don Davis (NC), John Garamendi (CA), Jared Golden (ME), Vicente Gonzalez (TX), Josh Gottheimer (NJ), Adam Gray (CA), Chrissy Houlahan (PA), Greg Landsman (OH), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), Josh Riley (NY), Eric Sorensen (IL), Tom Suozzi (NY), and Eugene Vindman (VA).
Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA), in his first vote since leaving the Republican Party, also voted with the Republicans in favor of the measure.

U.S. Customs And Border Patrol Monitor Canadian Border

A Straightforward Vote On Protecting Police Dogs — Dems Went Which Way?

Congress

Dogs

Horse

House of Representatives

Police

Politics

The White House turns green today as Ireland’s prime minister (Taoiseach) Micheál Martin arrives for his annual St. Patrick’s Day meeting with the president. Every March, Americans put aside political differences and raise a pint of Guinness to the ballads, jigs and reels, and the rolling hills of their common ancestral homeland. In Chicago, the river turns green. In New York, the city shuts down for the largest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the world. And in Boston – well, Boston is Irish all year round.
The last time the American media reported on Irishmen in Washington was only last month. Free speech expert Lorcán Price and comedian Graham Linehan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-europe-plans-to-strangle-american-free-speech?author=Lorcan+Price&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=How+Europe+Plans+To+Strangle+American+Free+Speech">testified</a> before the House Judiciary Committee on the mass censorship regime sweeping Europe through its big tech hub in Dublin, Ireland. The American nostalgia of St. Patrick’s Day remembers a wholesome, Christian, culturally rich country that is now close to extinction. Ireland today is a left-wing, globalist hub and it offers a warning about the direction left-wing policies will lead the United States if the American Left regains control in Washington. Ireland’s fall from grace demonstrates how unelected bureaucracies and mass-immigration can reshape a nation.
<div id="attachment_1060857" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1060857" class="size-large wp-image-1060857" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2245192920-864x576.jpg" alt="DUBLIN, IRELAND - OCTOBER 31: The sun shines on a pint of Guninness that is being poured as people enjoy a drink in a bar in the city centre on October 31, 2025 in Dublin, Ireland. The city of Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland, is located on Ireland’s east coast at the mouth of the River Liffey and is a popular destination for domestic tourists and with international visitors. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2245192920-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2245192920-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2245192920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2245192920.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Matt Cardy/Getty Images</div>
While Elon Musk’s DOGE made some headway last year in exposing and trimming some of the worst excesses of America’s deep state, Ireland’s deep state is firmly embedded. There are <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2024/10/19/why-so-many-charities-and-ngos/">32,000 NGOs</a> in Ireland — that’s one for every 155 people in the country. Despite the label “non-governmental,” this sector receives $7 billion (€6 billion) every year, not including additional funds from the European Union, USAID, and other governmental bodies around the world.
These organizations, for the most part, implement policies created by the European Union — another unelected bureaucracy — that are passed with little-to-no real scrutiny by the Irish parliament. In fact, according to an Irish member of European Parliament, <a href="https://gript.ie/fine-gael-mep-70-of-legislation-comes-from-europe/#:~:text=Many%20people%20in%20Ireland%20today,what's%20decided%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20said.">70% of Ireland’s legislation</a> is created in this way.
The American Left would love to see that level of unaccountable NGO rule in the United States. The House DOGE Subcommittee <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/doge-subcommittee-chairwoman-greene-opens-hearing-on-ngos-use-of-federal-funds-to-advance-radical-agenda">found last year</a> that the Biden-Harris EPA had directed $20 billion to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. This provided taxpayer funds to NGOs to implement the Green New Deal. If Republicans lose in 2026, we can expect Democrats to push even larger sums of taxpayer dollars through similar programs with little oversight.
In Ireland, the government openly advertises that it reserves special benefits for <a href="https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving-country/asylum-seekers-and-refugees/services-for-asylum-seekers-in-ireland/direct-provision/#:~:text=Direct%20provision%20is%20the%20name,protection%20and%20are%20waiting%20for:">illegal immigrants who come to its shores</a>. After Russia invaded Ukraine, Ireland announced it would take in every Ukrainian refugee that arrived at Dublin Airport, with no upper limit. The government still provides housing and a weekly stipend many times larger than any other European country, but refuses to run any background checks on these alleged refugees. Dr. Eoin Lenihan explains in his book, Vandalising Ireland, that between 2022 and 2023, 8,975 individuals arrived in Ireland to seek asylum with no valid identification. Only one was prosecuted.
In 2022, a 23-year-old Irish schoolteacher, Ashling Murphy, was brutally stabbed 11 times in the neck while out for a run. Her murderer, Jozef Puska, was unemployed and receiving funds from a social welfare program. As an EU citizen (Puska moved from Slovakia in 2013), he had an automatic right to live in Ireland, despite being unemployed. Puska was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment, but he remains in the country without a deportation order. Ashling’s boyfriend, Ryan Casey, was accused of “incitement to hatred” by the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg0ee65eqo">BBC</a> for raising concern about the unmitigated immigration regime that led to her murder. To date, the system has not been reformed to prevent similar tragedies.
<div id="attachment_1060839" style="width: 875px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1060839" class="size-large wp-image-1060839" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-1237802580-865x576.jpg" alt="TULLAMORE, IRELAND - JANUARY 18: Pupils from Ashling Murphy's class hold photographs of her and red roses ahead of her funeral at St. Brigid’s Church, County Offaly on January 18, 2022 in Tullamore, Ireland. The murder of the beloved 23 year old school teacher has caused widespread anger and shock in Ireland, with tens of thousands of people attending vigils in recent days. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)" width="865" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-1237802580-865x576.jpg 865w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-1237802580-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-1237802580-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-1237802580.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px" />Charles McQuillan/Getty Images</div>
The United States has seen similar tragedies as a result of the disastrous Biden-era immigration regime. Young girls like Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, and Kayla Hamilton bore the brunt of this policy. A new Democratic administration will certainly re-open the border and cause more pain and suffering, precisely because open borders — not the safety of young women — has become a defining policy priority of the Left.
Ireland’s Christian heritage has been politicized and defeated in a woke crusade. The last decade brought with it a wave of referendums that ripped Ireland’s conservative safeguards out of the constitution. Ireland voted in large numbers to create constitutional rights for same-sex “marriage” and abortion (with no restrictions). In 2024, the ruling parties put forward a vote to remove the word “woman” from the constitution and define “family” as any “durable relationship.” Only in a last-minute polling turnaround that indicated the Irish people are finally waking up to the destruction of their culture, did the government lose the vote. The star of that 2024 campaign, Maria Steen, was unceremoniously <a href="https://lawliberty.org/ireland-at-rock-bottom/">blocked from running for President</a> last year.
A nation’s politics necessarily impact its culture. The Irish culture Americans celebrate every March is deteriorating rapidly. The Gaelic language is confined to rural villages, and less than <a href="https://www.cso.ie/en/csolatestnews/pressreleases/2023pressreleases/pressstatementcensus2022resultsprofile8-theirishlanguageandeducation">2% of the population</a> speak it on a weekly basis. This year, the government perverted the celebration of the Irish Catholic St. Brigid by <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/ireland-is-playing-with-holy-fire/">casting her as a pagan goddess</a>. In the aftermath of the George Floyd debacle in Minnesota, Ireland eagerly joined the cancellation spree. Trinity College Dublin “denamed” (renamed) its Berkeley Library, previously named after a significant Irish-born philosopher, due to alleged ties to slavery.
While the United States has never passed a popular vote to create constitutional rights out of thin air, it repeatedly elects politicians who seek to protect made-up rights, misuse the law, and sell out their Christian faith. The last administration attempted to codify Roe v. Wade. It succeeded in codifying parts of Obergefell v. Hodges with bipartisan support in the “Respect for Marriage Act.” Thirty-four felony convictions nearly blocked Donald Trump from the ballot in 2024. In the United States, Christian faith is becoming increasingly politicized. Daily Wire’s Megan Basham has catalogued this bastardization of Christianity in the United States in her book, &#8220;Shepherds for Sale.&#8221; Renaming libraries and toppling statues has also become common under Democrat governance.
Ireland’s transformation did not happen overnight. It happened through bureaucrats, state-funded NGOs, and cultural elites who slowly replaced national identity with global ideology. Americans celebrating St. Patrick’s Day should remember: the country they toast tonight is not the one that exists today. Ireland shows what happens when elites, bureaucracies, and ideology override national identity. As Americans celebrate 250 years of independence, they should reflect on their own national identity as they head to the ballot box this year. After all, Ireland is the future the American Left wants.
* * *
Roger Berkeley works with mission-driven organizations to develop their political and communications strategies. Now based in Washington, DC, Berkeley has been politically active in his native Ireland since 2016, driving change on free speech and life issues.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Aerial view of St. Anne’s Church of Ireland in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, surrounded by cemetery and lush countryside, Traditional rural church architecture and Irish cultural landscape for editorial and travel use

Ireland Is The Future The American Left Wants

Censorship

Europe

Globalization

Ireland

Leftists

St. Patrick's Day

The following is an edited transcript excerpt from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/hosts/michael-knowles?elementPosition=4&amp;row=2&amp;rowHeadline=Hosts&amp;rowType=Hosts+Portrait+Carousel">The Michael Knowles Show</a>.
* * *
A Honduran national, deported four times from the United States, reportedly <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiall5yi0wM">pushed</a> an elderly Air Force veteran onto the tracks of the New York City subway. You can <a href="https://www.wkrn.com/news/national/honduran-man-accused-of-shoving-2-onto-nyc-subway-tracks-was-deported-4-times-dhs/">read about it</a> in the local news, however, you&#8217;re not going to see a lot about it in the national news.
This guy was arrested last Tuesday for pushing two people: a 30-year-old man and an 83-year-old man onto the tracks. This was unprovoked. This guy is a serial criminal, a four-time deportee. According to the deputy assistant secretary of <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/03/12/four-time-deported-criminal-illegal-alien-15-prior-charges-arrested-after-shoving">DHS</a>, he should never have been able to walk our streets and harm innocent Americans.
<iframe loading="lazy" title="NYPD searching for suspect who pushed 2 men onto subway tracks" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eiall5yi0wM?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
He’s probably going to get off the hook. Soon, he&#8217;ll be receiving various taxpayer subsidies and eating a dollar-a-slice pizza. He’s also probably living it up at the Roosevelt Hotel, where illegal aliens have been able to get better accommodations than most actual taxpaying New Yorkers for years now.
The reason this story matters is not that it&#8217;s shocking or surprising. It&#8217;s not “man bites dog.” This has been happening for a long time.
This is directly attributable to mayors and governors like Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul. Mamdani and Hochul and all the Democrat mayors and governors of sanctuary cities and states are aiding and abetting these crimes. They are actively encouraging these crimes because sanctuary cities and states refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, and they refuse to turn these criminals over to ICE.
According to the current policy in New York City, this guy — if he is sent to prison — will be allowed to get out and run free in the city afterward. When ICE shows up and says we want to pick this guy up and deport him for the fifth time, New York will say, No. We will not hand him over to you. We will protect the guy who threw the 83-year-old Air Force veteran onto the subway tracks, the guy with a rap sheet a mile long who has broken our laws countless times.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/hosts/michael-knowles?elementPosition=4&amp;row=2&amp;rowHeadline=Hosts&amp;rowType=Hosts+Portrait+Carousel"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-1054531 aligncenter" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/MK-watch-now-1-1024x171.jpg" alt="DailyWire+" width="1024" height="171" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/MK-watch-now-1-1024x171.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/MK-watch-now-1-300x50.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/MK-watch-now-1-768x128.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/MK-watch-now-1-1536x256.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/MK-watch-now-1.jpg 1800w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a>
At this point, the only way to stop him from doing it again is probably capital punishment. Yes, right now he wouldn&#8217;t get back into the country because President Trump closed the border. But the next time you get a Democrat president, he or she will once again make the border wide open. And this guy will walk back in.
These Democrat mayors and governors — Zohran Mamdani, Kathy Hochul, and the rest of them — are actively working with this guy. They have blood on their hands. Every woman these people light on fire in a subway car in New York, every throat these people slash, every crime these people commit is on their hands.
And that&#8217;s not hyperbole. They are very practically, very literally protecting these people from federal immigration enforcement. They are keeping them in the country, holding them tight when federal immigration enforcement tries to enforce the law.
Furthermore, we have to recognize something about illegal immigration: every single crime that illegal immigrants commit here is needless, gratuitous, and preventable. Every single one.
The libs like to say, Actually illegal aliens commit much less crime than the native-born population.
First of all, that isn’t true. Then they try to say illegal aliens commit less violent crime than the native-born population. You can make some arguments for that, but they’re pretty weak arguments — and it misses the point.
We have to deal with the crime that native-born Americans commit. That’s baked in. We don’t have an option. We can’t strip them of citizenship. But every single illegal immigrant who commits a crime here — whether it’s rape and murder or jaywalking and tax evasion — every single one of those crimes is preventable.
And therefore the people who fight tooth and nail to keep illegal immigrants in this country — even the convicted criminals, felons, and murderers — those people have blood on their hands.
That is why immigration is not an abstract policy debate. It is a question of responsibility.
And the American people should hold every single Democrat accountable for it.

Crowd of people in a NYC subway station waiting for the train

Air Force Vet, 83, Shoved Onto Subway Tracks — The Dem Policy Now Under Scrutiny

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Michael Knowles

New York City

Sanctuary Cities

Subway

U.S. Air Force

Veterans

dystopian

This Insane Moment Belongs In A Dystopian Novel

George Orwell

Legacy Media

New York Times

Radical Islam

“Our southern border should be like our front porch; there should be a giant welcome mat out front and a lock on the door.&#8221;
James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Texas Senate, is facing heat over his previous comments that the border should be like a &#8220;giant welcome mat&#8221; for illegal immigrants.
Talarico secured a victory in the Democratic Senate primary in Texas on Tuesday over Rep. Jasmine Crockett. As of Wednesday morning, with 92% of the votes counted, Talarico has secured 53% of the vote while Crockett lags behind with 46%, according to the Associated Press.
“Our southern border should be like our front porch; there should be a giant welcome mat out front and a lock on the door,&#8221; Talarico said in the resurfaced clip, which was from a January debate between the two Democratic candidates.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
FACT CHECK:<a href="https://twitter.com/NRSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NRSC</a> conveniently cut Talarico’s full quote:
“Our southern border should be like our front porch. There should be a giant welcome mat out front and a lock on the door.” <a href="https://t.co/YltkYf9b3W">https://t.co/YltkYf9b3W</a> <a href="https://t.co/d4aIFhZCwz">pic.twitter.com/d4aIFhZCwz</a>
— JT Ennis (@jt_ennis) <a href="https://twitter.com/jt_ennis/status/2015277177911074956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Senator John Cornyn, who will face a May 26 runoff against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for the Republican nomination, reacted to the clip in January, calling it &#8220;Completely unhinged.&#8221;
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Completely unhinged <a href="https://t.co/yxKAslwL2Z">https://t.co/yxKAslwL2Z</a>
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/2015168353636061483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Paxton also responded to the clip at the time, saying, &#8220;James, I don’t believe Texans feel the same.&#8221;
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
James, I don’t believe Texans feel the same. <a href="https://t.co/T4pyfSCoe1">https://t.co/T4pyfSCoe1</a>
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2015171299803357200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Talarico&#8217;s earlier statement appears to be his official stance on the border and immigration. His campaign website also <a href="https://jamestalarico.com/issue/immigration-border-security/">states</a>: &#8220;Most of us agree on what should happen. Our border should be like a front porch — it should have a welcome mat out front and a lock on the door.&#8221;
It adds: &#8220;We can both welcome the stranger — refugees, asylum seekers, and folks who want to contribute to our economy and pursue the American dream — and we can keep people out who mean to do us harm.&#8221;
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, James Talarico, has repeatedly said the border “should have a giant welcome mat and a lock on the door.” <a href="https://t.co/Mmc3Ami4yZ">pic.twitter.com/Mmc3Ami4yZ</a>
— Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) <a href="https://twitter.com/JennieSTaer/status/2029207736450273335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Talarico has made the statement during other stops along the campaign trail, including while visiting the southern border in El Paso.
In one of the earlier clips, Talarico said, &#8220;If anyone commits a violent crime in this country, they should be deported immediately,&#8221; adding, &#8220;Every law enforcement resource that is spent going after hard-working members of our community is law enforcement resources that aren&#8217;t spent on going after folks who are actually a threat to public safety.&#8221;

welcome_montage_final

Dem Nominee Wants ‘Giant Welcome Mat’ On America’s Front Porch — And It Gets Crazier

'Giant Welcome Mat': Talarico Faces Heat For Border Stance

Jasmine Crockett

A federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden struck down a key initiative of the Trump administration&#8217;s deportation effort Wednesday.
Judge Brian E. Murphy of the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that the Trump administration can&#8217;t deport illegal immigrants to third countries, which are nations other than their native soil. Instead, federal authorities must attempt to remove the illegal immigrant to their home country or another country approved by an immigration judge, Murphy said in the 81-page ruling.
&#8220;It is not fine, nor is it legal,&#8221; Murphy wrote of the deportation policy.
&#8220;This new policy — which purports to stand in for the protections Congress has mandated — fails to satisfy due process for a raft of reasons, not least of which is that nobody really knows anything about these purported &#8216;assurances.&#8217; Whom do they cover? What do they cover? Why has the Government deemed them credible? How can anyone even know for certain that they exist? These are basic questions that the Constitution permits a person to ask before the Government takes away their last and only lifeline.&#8221;
Murphy ruled that illegal immigrants must have &#8220;meaningful notice&#8221; before they&#8217;re deported to a third country so they have the opportunity to share if they fear persecution or torture there.
“These are our laws, and it is with profound gratitude for the unbelievable luck of being born in the United States of America that this Court affirms these and our nation’s bedrock principle: that no ‘person’ in this country may be ‘deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law,’” Murphy wrote.
&#8220;The simple reality is that nobody knows the merits of any individual class member’s claim because Defendants are withholding the predicate fact: the country of removal,&#8221; he wrote.
The Trump administration has shipped off illegal immigrants to countries like Eswatini, Rwanda, Ghana, El Salvador, and South Sudan, as part of the strategy.
The government has 15 days to appeal the order, which exempts border crossers who are to face &#8220;expedited removal.&#8221;
The Supreme Court previously ruled in June against Murphy&#8217;s previous order that prevented the Trump administration from deporting illegal immigrants to third countries. As a result, the Trump administration was able to deport a group of eight illegal immigrants with rap sheets to South Sudan, where none of them held citizenship.
The group of deportees had criminal convictions in the United States and deportation orders, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/south-sudan-deportation-supreme-court-judge-murphy-148cee2906dc7286b074116d3eec6fd4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press.

ICE Homeland Security Federal Detainee Flight, Minnesota, December 2025

Biden-Appointed Judge Rules Against Trump’s Third Country Deportations

Deportations

California Republican gubernatorial candidate and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has said he supports creating a &#8220;path to citizenship&#8221; for illegal immigrants living currently in the United States, a stance that has drawn scrutiny from conservative voters in a crowded GOP primary.
During a November interview with Pastura California that recently resurfaced, Bianco laid out his plan for allowing illegal immigrants to remain in the country.
&#8220;My family immigrated here from Italy and they came here for jobs, that&#8217;s what things were here for. You came here [for] a job, you said that America is the greatest country in the world and I wanna be an American and you bust your behind to make sure that you provide for your family. That&#8217;s what it was then,&#8221; Bianco <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/02/19/republican-chad-bianco-vows-support-path-citizenship-illegal-aliens-california-governor/">said</a> during the interview.
&#8220;The people that are coming here now, especially illegally, are coming here for free stuff, and then we are the ones that are paying for that. So the immigration system has to be fixed. We have to have a secure border.&#8221;
Bianco also said he believes the border &#8220;is secure right now,&#8221; though he argued the country faces a major problem with visa overstays and illegal immigrants already in the United States.
&#8220;But we have to address it, we have to make it right, whether they came across illegally into the country, legally or not, is irrelevant because we allowed it to happen. So now we just have to fix it. Secure our borders, don&#8217;t let that happen again, and now we have to give a path to citizenship to the ones that are here. We have to create a way for them to become U.S. citizens and &#8230; make their families great. If they truly did come here to make their lives and their families&#8217; lives better, we have to get to a position where we allow that to happen.&#8221;
Bianco added that if illegal immigrants are caught breaking laws &#8220;and committing crimes, they gotta go back.&#8221;
&#8220;As the governor of California, we will fight for a path to citizenship,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;We have to start working for the people that are here trying to make California great and we have to make their lives easier.&#8221;
When asked about his resurfaced remarks, Bianco told Breitbart on Thursday that he&#8217;s “been very clear” on immigration and that “both sides of the political aisle” have used his comments “to benefit them.”
“Immigration is being made into a political tool, and California residents are the pawns,” Bianco said.
But it&#8217;s not the first time Bianco has appeared to favor illegal immigrants.
Last April, Bianco told podcast host Britt Mayer that he did not want his deputies cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), arguing that doing so could deter illegal immigrant crime victims from reporting offenses.
“I don’t want my line deputies, my patrol deputies, absolutely cannot be cooperating with the federal government in immigration reform because the people that we go to help are calling for our help,” Bianco said. “They are being victimized. And if they are afraid to report crime because they’re afraid to be deported themselves for being a victim.”
“If a woman is raped and she will not report that to law enforcement because she believes she is going to be deported, then we are failing as an absolute country because we should be only caring about who victimized that poor girl or woman or man, and how can we make sure we get that criminal off the streets and behind bars, and if they’re illegal, they need to be deported immediately,” Bianco said.
Bianco also reiterated that the United States &#8220;absolutely must have a path to citizenship for people that are here.&#8221;
In a statement to Breitbart, Bianco said he believes “every person who is in jail for victimizing Californians should be deported” and that &#8220;sheriffs operating jails should be cooperating with the federal government.”
“The sanctuary policies prevent that from happening and force the release of criminals back into our neighborhoods,” Bianco said. “Sanctuary policies place sheriffs at risk of criminal prosecution and removal from office because of ridiculous sanctuary state laws. The vast majority of residents, including immigrants, want that to end.”
The gubernatorial hopeful also said that “the threat of deportation cannot be used by criminals to prevent the reporting of crime.”
“A child being molested under threat of deportation should not be afraid of turning toward a deputy for protection,” Bianco said. “With all that said, sanctuary state policies need to be repealed. They harm our communities. As California governor, I will gladly work with other governors to pressure Congress to fix a broken immigration system.&#8221;

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, A California Gubernatorial Candidate, Tours Skid Row

GOP Gubernatorial Candidate’s Immigration Stance Raises Eyebrows In Deep Blue State

California

Elections

gubernatorial race

Republican

The following is an edited transcript excerpt from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1912-gen-z-attacks-jesus-because-he-has-a-god-complex?elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowHeadline=Recent+Episodes&amp;rowType=Horizontal+Show+Episodes+Carousel">The Michael Knowles Show</a>.
* * *
There is some good news on immigration.
CBS News published a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-detention-voluntary-departures-record-high/">new report</a> on the rise of self-deportations.
As you know, CBS has made a move closer to the center. Historically, CBS has been a pretty left-wing news source that is until the hiring of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief. Bari is more center-Left. She’s not center-Right and she&#8217;s not a conservative in any way. But she is far more reasonable than her predecessors.
Well, CBS has a story on a record number of illegal-alien detainees giving up their cases and voluntarily leaving the country, and that figure only appears to be climbing.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
CBS NEWS: &#8220;A record number of detainees are giving up their cases and voluntarily leaving the country&#8230; That figure only appears to be climbing.&#8221; 👍🏻 <a href="https://t.co/zv4OVq6RXP">pic.twitter.com/zv4OVq6RXP</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/2021945082417492108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Credit: @RapidResponse47/X.com
Here we have the percentage of detained cases that end in voluntary removal — illegal immigrants who receive due process and then say, you know what, whatever, I give up, I&#8217;m going back to Venezuela.
As you can see from the chart, it started in 1985 with around 6 or 7%. Then, by the end of the Reagan era, it jumped to 19%.
But then, after Reagan amnesty, it all goes way, way down. By the ’90s you&#8217;re looking at 3%, 2%, and it kind of hovers around there for a little while. We see more activity after Donald Trump’s first term, getting up to 21%. Then it starts to go back down as we have trouble enforcing the border. And then, when Trump gets reelected in 2024, it spikes again to 28%.
So last year president Trump formally removed something like 525,000 illegal aliens, which are much better numbers certainly than Joe Biden or even Barack Obama. If you will recall, liberals called Obama the “deporter-in-chief,” but that wasn’t entirely true because Obama was counting the illegals he turned away at the border, so he artificially inflated his numbers. In any case, 525,000 is a good start, however, we have something like 20 million illegals in the country.
The real story, though, is the number of self-deportations, a lot of people choosing to just leave the country.
Some people on the Right were skeptical of this. They didn&#8217;t totally believe it. But we&#8217;re seeing this verified in labor numbers. We&#8217;re seeing it come up in reports from think tanks. We&#8217;re now seeing this reported by CBS News: 28% of these detainees are just choosing to remove themselves. Again, those numbers are not included in the formal deportation totals, but that&#8217;s a pretty good number.
<h3><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1912-gen-z-attacks-jesus-because-he-has-a-god-complex?elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowHeadline=Recent+Episodes&amp;rowType=Horizontal+Show+Episodes+Carousel">WATCH: The Michael Knowles Show on DailyWire+.</a></h3>
So why is this happening? 
Other people on the Right have criticized the White House for putting on a “show” of deportations but not really carrying them out.
So you put on the show — the “cruelty is the point” of these really cool edits that come out from the DHS and ICE social media accounts. Videos of them taking illegals to the ground and cuffing them up. Like the big show of force we see in Minneapolis, which the Left tried to fight Trump on. Ultimately, though, I think it was either a draw or Trump won because he got the locals to start handing over the criminals.
In any case, many people on the Right say, I don&#8217;t want the show, I want the deportations.
We all want more deportations. But the show is important.
Look at the wonderful leader of El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele. We send a lot of illegal aliens to El Salvador. When Bukele started rounding up the criminals in his country — face-tattooed gangsters, in some cases Satan-worshiping gangsters — when he started doing that, he didn&#8217;t just kind of do it quietly. He made these great videos absolutely humiliating these people. He even made videos of destroying the graves of their members and family members, going in with sledgehammers and smashing their gravestones and treating these people like cockroaches and sending a message.
And the message was heard because El Salvador went from being the most dangerous country in the Western Hemisphere to one of the safest. Very impressive.
The flamboyance was the point.
Sometimes the libs say the cruelty is the point, as if Republicans are just sadists or something. No, cruelty is not the point. We don&#8217;t want to be cruel. We don&#8217;t want to be unjust. But the flamboyance is the point. The showmanship is the point. It serves a practical, strategic purpose.
When you have videos of ICE agents showing up and getting a little rough with people — totally within the confines of the law, but a little rough — that sends a message. When you show leftists trying to attack ICE by driving their cars into agents — and the agents finally protecting themselves, following the law and shooting back — that sends a message. And the law is a real teacher.
So then the question becomes: Well, is the flamboyance really paying off, or is it just a way to mollify conservatives who aren&#8217;t getting enough deportations?
The numbers are pretty clear here and they are resulting in self-deportations, in people voluntarily leaving.

US Repatriation Flights To Venezuela Resume

What Even CBS Just Admitted About Trump’s Latest Impact

CBS News

El Salvador

Nayib Bukele

An illegal immigrant behind the wheel tried to flee from federal immigration agents in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Wednesday, crashing into multiple vehicles during the pursuit.
Alexander Romero-Avila, an illegal immigrant from Honduras who was released under the Biden administration, &#8220;began driving recklessly and ran red lights&#8221; as federal agents pursued him, before crashing &#8220;into multiple vehicles,&#8221; including an ICE car, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire.
No civilians or ICE officers were injured in the crash, DHS said. Romero-Avila was transported to a nearby hospital &#8220;for evaluation of injuries.&#8221;
&#8220;Law enforcement immediately called 911 to get medical assistance,&#8221; Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
“These dangerous attempts to evade arrest have surged since sanctuary politicians have encouraged illegal aliens to evade arrest and provided guides advising illegal aliens how to recognize ICE, block entry, and defy arrest. Our officers are now facing a 3,200% increase in vehicle attacks,&#8221; McLaughlin said.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">
BREAKING: Suspected illegal alien being pursued by federal immigration officers collides with another motorist, causing multi-vehicle crash in St. Paul, Minnesota
&#8220;The person that was being pursued sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital… <a href="https://t.co/4VvOkSkDEA">pic.twitter.com/4VvOkSkDEA</a>
— Border Hawk (@BorderHawkNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/BorderHawkNews/status/2021673818360570185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Anti-ICE demonstrators quickly gathered at the scene of the crash, blowing whistles and recording the incident to alert the public to a federal operation, according to videos circulating online. Local police responded to the crowd, the St. Paul Police Department said in a statement.
Protesters regularly follow federal immigration agents in the Twin Cities, making it all the more challenging for any arrests to be made, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/dwn-260120">as The Daily Wire recently reported</a> during a ride-along with ICE in the area.
St. Paul Democratic Mayor Kaohly Her used the incident to condemn ICE, blaming the agency for the pileup, <a href="https://www.fox9.com/news/ice-agents-st-paul-vehicle-crash-crowd-gathers-1-hurt-feb-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox 9.
&#8220;The incident today at Selby and Western underscores the fact that ICE is still present, causing chaos, and putting residents at risk in Saint Paul. I want to thank those who continue to show up and keep watch over their neighbors. I also want to thank the Saint Paul Police for staying on the scene to clean up and ensure those impacted received assistance,&#8221; Her said.
&#8220;Because of the reckless way that ICE is running their operation, one person ended up in the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, and several bystanders had their cars damaged. This is just another incident that tells us loud and clear: Operation Metro Surge needs to end immediately,&#8221; she added.
In recent weeks, the Trump administration has sought to quell violence in the streets of Minneapolis and to take a softer approach on raids following two fatal shootings of anti-ICE activists.
One of the activists, Renee Good, appeared to hit an ICE officer with her vehicle, which she attempted to use to block a street federal agents were trying to cross, before shots were fired.
President Donald Trump recently sent border czar Tom Homan to lead the federal effort in Minneapolis, replacing former Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who was known for his aggressive, sweeping approach to arrests.
Last week, Homan announced that after meeting with local authorities, he brokered &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; levels of cooperation, leading the feds to commence a &#8220;drawdown&#8221; of 700 federal agents.

Federal Agents Descend On Minneapolis For Immigration Enforcement Operations

Illegal Immigrant Leads ICE On ‘Dangerous’ Chase In Minnesota, Causes Multi-Car Crash

Illegal Immigrant Leads ICE On 'Dangerous' Chase In Minnesota, Causing Multi-Car Crash

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Minnesota

Menu