Patrick Zuberbueler&#8217;s ranch has been in his family for generations.
The land, which sits along the Rio Grande in Val Verde County, is hunting ground and home to their Rambouillet sheep, Angora goats, and cattle. It could also soon become home for new vehicle barriers the Trump administration is hoping to install to prevent border crossings.
There&#8217;s just one major problem: the vehicle barriers would be located along cliffs that drop 275 feet to the river, where it would be near-impossible for anyone to drive across. And the vehicle barriers, which consist of four-foot tall metal posts with a cross beam, don&#8217;t prevent crossings on foot.
&#8220;They keep talking about a vehicle barrier. It&#8217;s impossible for a vehicle to drive across, come into the United States, especially in the western part of the ranch. It&#8217;s deep bluffs. You would have to drive off the bluff and then it would be catastrophic,&#8221; Zuberbueler told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;The plan they have in place makes absolutely no sense,&#8221; Zuberbueler said.
Zuberbueler, citing President Donald Trump&#8217;s success in shutting down the border, says he doesn&#8217;t believe border barriers are necessary. His family has also suffered enough at the hands of overreaching government, he said.
<div>&#8220;The crossings were off the charts when President Trump came into office, they dropped by like 90%,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So they&#8217;ve answered their own question that they don&#8217;t need a wall.&#8221;</div>
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<div>&#8220;And for us personally in my family, we have a unique situation in that through the course of time, we&#8217;ve lost land with the lake filling up. The federal government paid my dad for the land that was going to be inundated with water. And that was in the 60s. And then in the 70s, the state came along and took a portion of the ranch &#8230; and then in the 80s &#8230; they took more,&#8221; he said.</div>
Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez said the planned vehicle barrier would be a waste of taxpayer dollars.
&#8220;There&#8217;s no vehicles coming across that country because they can&#8217;t. There&#8217;s no roads on the Mexican side that&#8217;s going to allow them to put their vehicle across the border through the river because 98% of those, they&#8217;re canyons. It&#8217;s a taxpayer&#8217;s expense that taxpayers don&#8217;t need to burden.&#8221;
Zuberbueler said he&#8217;s become so desperate he emailed the White House, inviting the president to visit his property.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve got to try,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;We don&#8217;t have a choice.&#8221;
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in June its plans to construct a four- to six-foot-tall steel “vehicle barrier” through a $2.6 billion <a href="https://app.govly.com/public/signals/138185?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contract</a>, which also included the paving of new patrol roads between Sanderson and Lake Amistad.
A CBP spokesperson told The Daily Wire that it&#8217;s all part of &#8220;a border security strategy that leverages advanced technology and the natural terrain barriers.&#8221;
&#8220;Cameras, sensors, roads, and limited low-profile post-on-rail barriers will be deployed in strategic locations to restrict unlawful vehicle access while utilizing existing natural barriers. Additionally, CBP will use and improve existing public and park roads where it is possible to provide agents with continued access along the border,&#8221; the spokesperson said.
Nearly 100 miles west of Val Verde County in the Big Bend region of West Texas, Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland is preparing for the federal government&#8217;s construction of similar vehicle border barriers where the cliffs drop &#8220;anywhere from 500 feet to a 1,000 feet.&#8221;
&#8220;I can tell you, all of Terrell County, you cannot drive a vehicle across the border there. Significant cliffs, same thing with that 37 miles of Brewster County and a lot of that country, really all of that country going into Val Verde, it&#8217;s just impossible because of the cliffs that are on either side of the river,&#8221; Cleveland said.
The agency earlier walked back plans to build a 30-foot-tall border wall in the Big Bend region after landowners and sheriffs, including Cleveland, expressed disapproval of the project. Cleveland says the rugged mountains serve as &#8220;big natural barriers&#8221; that keep crossings low and that more cameras and drones in the sky would serve them better.
Cleveland, who served over two decades as a Border Patrol agent, similarly has taken issue with the plan, saying vehicle barriers wouldn&#8217;t make a difference. He said they instead need what has been tagged as the &#8220;virtual wall&#8221; by putting drones in the skies.
The sheriff also emphasized the need for new roads along the border, which is part of the Trump administration&#8217;s construction plans, so authorities can have better access to the frontlines.
&#8220;I believe in barriers where barriers are necessary, and this isn&#8217;t an area where barriers are necessary because we have that time and distance and technology to fill those gaps,&#8221; he said.

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The Trump administration wants migrant children who came to the United States alone to feel empowered to seek help if they have become victimized by traffickers.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to release a 30-second video this week informing migrant children about the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s National Call Center, a hotline where they can seek help if they&#8217;re being abused or exploited, The Daily Wire has learned.
The video, which includes Spanish subtitles, urges migrant children who are in forced labor or exploitative conditions to call a number for support.
Once a child reports abuse, Homeland Security Investigations will &#8220;immediately&#8221; open an investigation, often &#8220;within hours,&#8221; and begin tracking down the victim, John Fabbricatore, a senior advisor at HHS leading the effort to track down the thousands of migrant kids who went unaccounted for under the Biden administration, told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a tool in our toolbox that we can put out there to hopefully get some information on children that are still out there,&#8221; Fabbricatore, who previously served as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office director in Denver, said.
<div data-narration-ignore="true" data-testid="ad-wrapper">&#8220;We&#8217;re gonna do everywhere that we can &#8230; We&#8217;re going to contact social media, we&#8217;re gonna contact influencers, we&#8217;re gonna contact news organizations and try to push that out everywhere we can &#8230; share it with Telemundo and Spanish-speaking channels and media and try to get it out to the broadest audience that we can,&#8221; he said.</div>
The PSA video features an animation of a child walking alone before he&#8217;s seen working cleaning and construction jobs.
&#8220;If you&#8217;re one of the nearly 479,000 children that came to the U.S. alone prior to January 2025, without family, without support, if you&#8217;re being forced to work, experiencing exploitation, or feeling unsafe, help is available,&#8221; the video states.
&#8220;The national call center connects you to support, information, and a safe way to report concerns. You&#8217;re not alone; don&#8217;t let anyone take advantage of you. If you need help or are in danger, call now,&#8221; it adds.
Under then-President Joe Biden&#8217;s watch, federal authorities lost track of roughly 320,000 migrant kids after they were released into the United States to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-the-trump-administrations-effort-to-stop-child-migrant-trafficking?row=0&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;rowType=Web+Search+Overlay">poorly vetted sponsors</a>, according to an August 2024 inspector general’s report.
The Biden administration&#8217;s hotline for migrant minors in distress also had 65,000 unanswered calls, Fabbricatore said.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Monday that federal authorities have now located more than 148,000 previously unaccounted-for children.
Mullin said the administration &#8220;will not stop fighting until every last one is rescued.&#8221;
Roughly 291,000 of the migrant children were never given future court dates, making it nearly impossible for federal authorities to know their whereabouts, according to the inspector general report. 

There were another 32,000 migrant children that were released with hearing dates but failed to appear in court, according to the report, which tracked cases from October 2018 to September 2023.
Federal whistleblowers also exposed the faulty vetting system that they said placed some of the children with gang members, criminals, and traffickers.
Since President Donald Trump&#8217;s return to the White House, the vetting process has been completely overhauled.
The Trump administration now requires sponsors and other adults living in their home to provide their fingerprints for thorough background checks. DNA testing is required for sponsors who claim to be relatives of the child.
Homeland Security agents must also meet with the sponsor and HHS officials inspect the sponsor&#8217;s home to ensure it&#8217;s suitable for the child.
Fabbricatore emphasized that the Trump administration won&#8217;t &#8220;tolerate children being placed with sponsors who pose risks to their safety and well-being.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s very important that we&#8217;re not just releasing children into the community that are just going to disappear,&#8221; Fabbricatore said.
&#8220;We want to make sure that if there is a release that we&#8217;ve gone through an entire process to make sure that that child is going into a safe environment,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;re not releasing kids within a matter of minutes or days like the last administration did.&#8221;
One of the victims of the Biden administration&#8217;s lax vetting system for sponsors recently shared her disturbing account of being held by abusive sponsors. The video was released by Steve Hilton, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in California, to highlight the failures of his opponent, former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
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Migrant girl sent to child traffickers after Becerra dismantled HHS vetting procedures. Forced to work 20 hour days—no pay, no water. Slept on ceramic floor surrounded by men. Sexually assaulted.
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<div data-narration-ignore="true" data-testid="ad-wrapper">&#8220;Because of the administration of Xavier Becerra, I have been sexually abused. I slept on a ceramic floor in a room with four men who were sleeping there. A drunk man came in the house &#8230; and stayed to sleep next to me and he wanted to rape me,&#8221; the girl recounted.</div>
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<div data-narration-ignore="true" data-testid="ad-wrapper">&#8220;I got up and knocked on the door of my supposed sponsor. I knocked on the door and told her that I didn&#8217;t know what that man was doing there. And that&#8217;s where I sleep, I told her. She said, &#8216;Let him because he&#8217;s drunk and he doesn&#8217;t know what he&#8217;s doing.&#8217; Xavier Becerra failed me because he never cared about my safety. I ended up in the hands of child traffickers and I was almost raped. They kept me like a slave and they didn&#8217;t let me talk to my family,&#8221; she added.</div>

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A Republican senator introduced a bill on Monday that would allow states to run visa programs to fill labor shortages.
Senator John Curtis (R-UT) announced the State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2026 to empower states to expand the number of foreign workers given visas, <a href="https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/08/03/senators-introduce-bipartisan-state-sponsored-migrant-worker-visa-program/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Deseret News. The proposed program would allow states to bring in up to 5,000 migrant workers per fiscal year, plus a proportional cut of a separate 245,000-visa pool based on population.
The bill also caps state-sponsored visas at three years.
Under the bill, visa holders who have been in the United States illegally since December 31, 2016, would have a path to legal residency. The illegal immigrants seeking residency would be required to pay a $1,000 &#8220;penalty,&#8221; according to the bill&#8217;s text.
Curtis, who introduced the proposal alongside Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), said his state is in desperate need of workers.
“I’ve heard time and again from small business owners, farmers, and ranchers across Utah how difficult it has become to hire enough workers to meet growing market demands,” Curtis said in a statement.
“Our legislation would help fill the gap by creating a pilot program allowing states to sponsor visas tailored to their unique economies, without sacrificing rigorous federal vetting or accountability,&#8221; he added.
The proposal comes after House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-republican-amnesty-bill-ignites-ire-of-immigration-hardliners?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=19&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=New+Republican+Amnesty+Bill+Ignites+Ire+Of+Immigration+Hardliners">introduced</a> a separate bill to provide illegal immigrant farmworkers with a path to temporary legal status. Thompson&#8217;s bill quickly faced an onslaught of criticism from immigration hawks.
Gregory Bovino, the former Border Patrol official who led the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids in Minneapolis and other major cities, <a href="https://x.com/GregoryKBovino/status/2079545595359092890" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the bill&#8217;s Republican backers “just stabbed Trump’s deportation promise in the back.”
“They’re only gonna get the message one way. Vote every single one of them out in a massive wave, and replace them with real immigration hawks. Anything less, and they’ll never take us seriously,” Bovino wrote in a recent X post.
For supporters of the bill like John Hollay, president and CEO of the National Council of Agricultural Employers, the Visa plan is viewed as a necessary tool to address a yearslong farming “labor crisis.”
“They can’t get the help they need to harvest their crops and astronomical labor costs have pushed many lifelong farmers to the brink of bankruptcy,” Thompson <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/872828202078448" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“This is happening because the very program that once kept farmers in business is sinking under the weight of bureaucratic costs. Without reform, the H-2A visa program may now be the reason these same farms cannot be passed on to the next generation,” he said.

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Heroic Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on duty arresting illegal immigrants stumbled upon a 2-year-old wandering the streets in nothing but a dirty diaper and stopped what they were doing to rescue him, The Daily Wire has learned.
On July 13, ICE officers conducting a &#8220;routine enforcement operation&#8221; outside Nashville in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, an area with a large population of illegal immigrants, were stopped in their tracks when they saw a small child who was wandering alone in the road in a heavily soiled diaper and was almost struck by a passing vehicle, the agency said. It appeared that the young child had been roaming the streets for several hours without any adult supervision.
The ICE officers, some of whom are fathers, quickly took the child into safety.
Officer Michael Joyce, who is part of an ICE Nashville Fugitive Operations Team, said the young boy was standing in the middle of the parking lot when he arrived. The brave officer blocked traffic while his team called local police and located the child&#8217;s mother, who was asleep in a nearby apartment with the door wide-open.
She appeared to be unaware that her son had wandered off.
“Our officers are trained to respond to emergencies and protect the public, no matter the circumstances,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans acting Field Office Director Scott Ladwig, whose office oversees operations in Tennessee, said in a statement.
“We’re grateful that our team was able to act quickly and help ensure this child’s safety,&#8221; Ladwig said. &#8220;Supporting our communities and working alongside local law enforcement is a responsibility we take seriously.&#8221;
The Murfreesboro Police Department returned the little boy to his mother, who told officers that it was the first time her child left their home alone, ICE said. No criminal charges were filed against the mother.
Officials also notified the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.

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Upon walking into the Oval Office on January 20, 2025, Donald Trump didn’t just inherit a broken border and a nation flooded with tens of millions of unvetted illegal aliens — he became heir to a shattered legal immigration system, exploited by dozens of reckless parole programs and the doling out of legal status to hundreds of thousands of unvetted migrants. I saw the horror of our hollowed-out immigration system firsthand while serving as the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security.
This illegal and “legal” immigration costs Americans a cool $<a href="https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117257/witnesses/HHRG-118-BU00-Wstate-KirchnerJ-20240508.pdf">150.7 billion</a> every year (that’s a conservative estimate), craters wages for American workers, and drives up the cost of everything from housing to used cars.
Of course, President Trump and his administration have made historic strides in reversing the damage — facilitating the exit of approximately three million illegal aliens from America, ending temporary protected status for dozens of countries, eschewing dangerous parole programs, and, of course, fortifying the border.
A full 180 degrees from these cataclysmic programs and policies of the past is the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program — a program that requires investment in the United States and job creation for American workers in exchange for coveted lawful permanent residency (green cards). Every applicant undergoes extensive background checks and scrutiny. They have to prove they will invest in America rather than drain its resources.
Skeptical? I was too. But, in three years, the EB-5 program generated $75.2 billion in investments, created 1.7 million jobs, and added $184 billion to our GDP.
A budget and immigration hawk myself, I see EB-5 as a revenue generator at a time when Congress needs to find ways to fund critical priorities without descending our country into further debt. Unlike most federal programs, it does not rely on taxpayer dollars: it brings new capital into the U.S. economy, funds development projects, and creates jobs — while generating fees and tax revenue that exceed its administrative costs.
The EB-5 investments also target American communities with high unemployment or in need of economic revitalization. These are often rural or overlooked communities that struggle to attract capital through traditional means. EB-5 helps bridge that gap, bringing investment and job creation to parts of the country that need it most.
In my home state of Ohio, EB-5 funds contributed significantly to the construction of a full-service hospital and the region’s only stand-alone cancer center.
And in Arkansas, EB-5 investment has supported the development of a technologically advanced steel recycling facility in a rural community, contributing to one of the largest economic development projects in the state’s history.
Any American government program, especially immigration programs, must benefit American citizens directly. EB-5 does just that without adding to the taxpayer burden.
Congress needs to reinforce the Trump administration’s efforts by codifying America First programs that require proven vetting and benefit our people and communities — which is exactly why lawmakers should make the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program permanent and include it in the next reconciliation package.
Critics often attempt to characterize EB-5 as an elitist program that benefits only a select few. That completely misses the point: The value of EB-5 is not in who applies — it is in what the program delivers for the United States and the American people: jobs, infrastructure, and economic growth through investment.
The administration has pursued American-first immigration since day one, but it cannot do it alone. It never could. Congress now has an opportunity to step up and deliver a policy that aligns with both national security needs and economic reality. Codifying a program that has been proven to work: enforcing the law, creating lawful pathways to citizenship that serve the national interest, and ensuring that immigration policy actually contributes to — not detracts from — America’s strength.
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Tricia McLaughlin served as the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security. Follow her on X: @TriciaOhio

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Thousands of migrants remain in Ceuta, Spain, on Monday, with hundreds <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/spains-ceuta-overwhelmed-thousands-remain-migrant-border-rush-rcna590549">camping</a> on a beach after last week’s border rush from Morocco overwhelmed the city.
Spanish officials say about 69,500 people have gone back to Morocco in the last four days. That is higher than the first estimates of roughly 50,000 who crossed into Ceuta on Thursday, according to NBC News. The death toll stands at 83 as of Monday.
Many of the migrants who left the city said they turned back after shops closed and left them without food. The migrants also said that they faced hostility from local residents.
Footage from El Trampolin beach shows dozens of migrants, most from south of the Sahara, lying on the sand. Some had wrapped themselves in towels to protect themselves from the wind as army and police vehicles moved along the road behind them.
Ceuta leader Juan Jesus Vivas told Telecinco that 3,000 to 5,000 migrants remain in the territory. He said both reception centers, one for adults and one for minors, had “collapsed.” Official Alberto Gaitan said the city is processing 862 migrant minors who have special legal protections against deportation.
The situation has sharpened tensions inside the European Union over border policy. Spain has accused some its neighbors of failing to help and only offering polarizing responses. Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares noted Monday that Spain had previously supported other E.U. countries during migration crises and now expected the same in return. 
Vivas, however, blamed Morocco. He told El Pais there was a widespread perception in Ceuta that Morocco had allowed, if not orchestrated, the crisis. 
“Morocco has shown us that it isn’t reliable. There’s no alternative but to put in place whatever means are necessary to ensure it cannot do this again,” Vivas said.
Morocco’s Interior Ministry on Sunday blamed the surge on misinformation circulating on social media, human trafficking networks, and a misinterpretation of a Spanish court ruling that bans the immediate deportation of migrants intercepted at sea. That explanation also aligned with Madrid’s official position.
Morocco’s Interior Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment, NBC News reported. In its Sunday statement, it said the country remains “committed to strengthening international cooperation and coordination in combating irregular migration and human trafficking.”
Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told reporters on Saturday that the foreign intelligence agency CNI, which is controlled by the Defense Ministry, had not warned him of an imminent surge. El Pais reported Monday that the lack of warning created tensions between the two ministries. 
An Interior Ministry spokesman downplayed those reported tensions. Defense Minister Margarita Robles declined to say whether the CNI had any prior intelligence of the mass crossing, citing the secret nature of its work while praising the “exceptional” performance of Spanish security personnel.
President Donald <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-migrant-invasion-of-spanish-territory-will-be-a-midterm-talking-point">Trump</a> said Friday the Ceuta events would be a midterm talking point, describing them as looking “like an invasion of a country by hundreds of thousands of people” and warning the United States would face worse if Republicans don&#8217;t win upcoming elections. Vice President JD Vance called the images “an unfortunate reminder of the consequences of mass migration.” The State Department said the U.S. stands with the people of Spain against “this egregious violation of their sovereignty and human rights.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/france-puts-troops-on-border-with-spain-due-to-moroccan-invasion?author=Leona+Salinas&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=France+Puts+Troops+On+Border+With+Spain+Due+To+Moroccan+Invasion">France</a> also moved last week to reinforce its border with Spain, deploying mobile forces, aircraft, and drones in response to the same surge.

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A non-English-speaking Ukrainian migrant killed two people while driving a semi-truck in Alabama after becoming distracted by his phone. Now, he&#8217;s getting off with a slap on the wrist.
Andrii Dmyterko recently took a plea deal, pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts of criminally negligent homicide, while prosecutors dismissed two felony charges of homicide by vehicle, Fox 10 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/icegov/videos/1414187794142445/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. He received a sentence of two years in Clarke County jail and was credited for 430 days, meaning he will need to serve less than a year behind bars.
While behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler on May 6, 2025, Dmyterko crashed into four vehicles stopped at a red light, resulting in the deaths of two people. Dmyterko didn&#8217;t stop until his truck was roughly the length of two football fields from the crash scene.
The victims of the crash were later identified as Woodie Earl Beck III, 53, and Ashley Marie Springer McDonald, 37, <a href="https://www.al.com/crime/2025/05/truck-driver-charged-in-alabama-crash-that-killed-coach-woman-was-distracted-by-phone-records-say.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to AL.com.
In an effort to ensure the Ukrainian national stays locked up, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/07/21/ice-asks-alabama-not-release-alien-convicted-fatal-truck-crash-killed-two-alabama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lodged</a> a detainer with local authorities in Alabama requesting that they hand him over upon his eventual release.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the Biden administration let Dmyterko into the country in 2024 through its humanitarian parole program for Ukraine.
That same year, he applied for a work visa and received one, DHS said.
“This alien from Ukraine was paroled into our country by the Biden Administration. Now, because of his reckless driving behind the wheel of a semi-truck, two people are dead,&#8221; Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement earlier last month.
“ICE has lodged a detainer asking Alabama officials to cooperate with us and turn him over when his sentence is complete so that we can remove him from our country,&#8221; Bis added.
The Trump administration has enacted new training requirements for individuals seeking Commercial Driver&#8217;s Licenses to drive heavy trucks following a string of crashes by foreign drivers, some of whom were in the country illegally. Among the changes is the enforcement of an English-language requirement.
President Donald Trump also recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-trumps-patriotic-plan-to-replace-illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers">introduced a plan</a> to train American veterans to replace illegal immigrant truck drivers.
The new program would allow veterans with <a href="https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/military-skills-test-waiver" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two years</a> of experience safely operating heavy military vehicles to bypass the traditional CDL <a href="https://www.roehl.jobs/driving-jobs/cdl-truck-driving-schools/cdl-school-cost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">training process</a>, which takes roughly three to eight weeks and often costs applicants between $3,000 and $6,000.
In a recent X post discussing the new program, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he has &#8220;ZERO TOLERANCE for any Americans being put in harm&#8217;s way,&#8221; adding that it &#8220;shouldn’t be a partisan issue.&#8221;
&#8220;Getting ILLEGALS and FRAUDSTERS out from behind the wheel and putting great American Veterans in the driver’s seat is one of the many ways the Department of Transportation is working tirelessly to bring safety back to our roads,&#8221; he said.

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The mass migration event taking place in Ceuta, Spain, is a result of multiple push and pull factors that enticed thousands to make the swim from Morocco this week.
Between Thursday and Friday, an estimated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-issues-grim-warning-for-america-as-europe-reels-from-massive-migrant-invasion?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Issues+Grim+Warning+For+America+As+Europe+Reels+From+Massive+Migrant+Invasion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">60,000 migrants</a>, mainly young men from Morocco, swam around or scaled border fences to reach nearby Ceuta, a Spanish territory of roughly 83,000 residents that sits on the African continent. As of publication, nearly three dozen people are dead, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/31/world/spain-ceuta-migrants-morocco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The New York Times.
For days leading up to the surge, a steady flow of hundreds of migrants entered the Spanish enclave, which is located 11 miles from mainland Spain and can be accessed via ferry.
Spain&#8217;s Interior Ministry in a Thursday <a href="https://www.interior.gob.es/opencms/es/detalle/articulo/Comunicado-sobre-la-situacion-en-la-ciudad-autonoma-de-Ceuta/">statement</a> attributed the earlier influx to &#8220;a court ruling to encourage the flow of undocumented migrants, mostly young people.&#8221;
Earlier this month, Spain’s Supreme Court ruled that migrants crossing by sea cannot be immediately deported.
“It has been a slow trickle since the Supreme Court’s ruling, but today has been an explosion,” a spokesman for Spain’s Guardia Civil police told Reuters Thursday.
Earlier this year, Spain&#8217;s far-left Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez allowed more than one million migrants to receive amnesty in an effort to counteract &#8220;MAGA-style leaders&#8221; shutting the doors to illegal immigration, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/world/europe/spain-migrants-legal-status.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The New York Times. The total number of applications was more than double what the government initially expected.
&#8220;What should we do with these people? Some leaders have chosen to hunt them down and deport them through operations that are both unlawful and cruel. My government has chosen a different way: a fast and simple path to regularize their immigration status,&#8221; Sánchez <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opinion/spain-migrants-europe.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a New York Times op-ed in February.
&#8220;MAGA-style leaders may say that our country can’t handle taking in so many migrants — that this is a suicidal move, the desperate act of a collapsing country. But don’t let them fool you. Spain is booming,&#8221; he wrote.
Sánchez traveled to Ceuta on Friday after deploying the Spanish military to quell the ongoing chaos. His government has so far refused to make an emergency declaration, as requested by the local government in Ceuta, since Spain&#8217;s civil protection procedures don&#8217;t consider migration flows a risk to national security, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/spain-ceuta-tarajal-morocco-migrants-5c864e5f951e2a7cf7a3eac417668e97" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
During his visit, Sánchez pledged to start removing some of the migrants and fortifying the maritime border.
&#8220;The Government will guarantee the safety of the residents of Ceuta, intensifying the presence of the Security Forces and Corps on the city&#8217;s streets. Additionally, we will deploy a physical containment barrier in the sea to facilitate repatriation at the border, in compliance with the Supreme Court ruling,&#8221; Sánchez said.
&#8220;We will expedite the repatriation files of the migrants who arrived irregularly. And we will maintain cooperation with the Moroccan authorities to continue fighting against the mafias that traffic in human beings,&#8221; he added.
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On the Moroccan side, authorities clashed overnight with migrants making their way to Ceuta, deploying tear gas and water cannons. In the streets, vehicles were set ablaze amid the chaos.
But some migrants say that authorities in Morocco are helping facilitate their movement.
Moroccan national Ajoub el-Arrot, 24, who entered Ceuta, Spain, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/31/world/spain-ceuta-migrants-morocco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The New York Times that Moroccan authorities &#8220;opened the border and let everyone go by,&#8221; adding, “I don’t know why they let us through.&#8221;
Migrants are continuing to flock to nearby Fnideq, Morocco, which has become a launching point for those making the trek to Ceuta.
Tensions in Ceuta remain high as migrants who have not eaten in days scour the town for food, as local officials say there&#8217;s no plan to feed or shelter the new arrivals. Some of the migrants have already chosen to turn around because they&#8217;re not getting any food as grocery stores shut their doors to them.
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President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to the American people Friday, saying there could be a similar &#8220;invasion&#8221; of U.S. borders if Republicans lose in the upcoming midterms.
&#8220;If we&#8217;re not in office, our country will be invaded at levels that made Spain look small time,&#8221; Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David.

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Why Did Nearly 60,000 African Migrants Storm Spain’s Beaches?

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A Spanish woman delivered a heart-wrenching firsthand account of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-did-nearly-60000-african-migrants-storm-spains-beaches?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Why+Did+Nearly+60%2C000+African+Migrants+Storm+Spain%E2%80%99s+Beaches%3F">the crush of thousands of migrants</a> who stormed the beaches of Ceuta this week as she made a desperate plea for help.
Surrounded by a horde of Moroccan migrant men shouting and pushing, Ceuta resident Rocio cried out for help from the Spanish government, which she said has been missing in action amid the influx. Between Thursday and Friday, roughly 60,000 migrants, mainly young men, swam or scaled border fences into Ceuta, which sits on the African continent.
Nearly three dozen people are dead, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/31/world/spain-ceuta-migrants-morocco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The New York Times.
&#8220;We are afraid. We cannot condone this. Where are our rights as Spaniards? Where are our principles as Spaniards? &#8230; They need to fortify this city. We need police on the streets, the civil guard on the streets, we need the military on the streets. They&#8217;re not there; we&#8217;re alone. We cannot call the police or the civil guard because they can&#8217;t keep up. We need urgent help,&#8221; Rocio said during a televised interview.
She went on to call the situation an &#8220;invasion&#8221; as she broke down in tears. That was when the migrant men standing behind her began shouting.
&#8220;This is really outrageous. I am surrounded, I&#8217;m afraid. How can I not be afraid? I even feel like crying. This can&#8217;t go on, this can&#8217;t go on, really. This can&#8217;t go on; we need help. The thing is, I&#8217;m shaking. Really, this has to be lived through. You have to live through this as a woman. You have to live through this as a woman,&#8221; Rocio said.
&#8220;You have to live through this to understand it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;This is an invasion. They&#8217;ve started with Ceuta, but this is the border to Spain, the border to Europe. Today it was Melilla, tomorrow it will be the Canary Islands. The day after, it will be Tarifa.&#8221;
At the end of the interview, the reporter remarked that the migrant group closing in behind them couldn&#8217;t be kept away or controlled.
&#8220;They&#8217;ve started approaching us. I am asking them to stay away, but there&#8217;s no way,&#8221; the reporter said. The men then clapped but didn&#8217;t appear to understand what the women had said.
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Spain’s far-left Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, who is set to give amnesty to one million migrants this year, traveled to Ceuta on Friday after deploying the Spanish military to control the melee.
Sánchez vowed to deport some of the migrants.
Earlier this month, however, Spain’s Supreme Court ruled that migrants who enter by sea cannot be immediately expelled.
“The Government will guarantee the safety of the residents of Ceuta, intensifying the presence of the Security Forces and Corps on the city’s streets. Additionally, we will deploy a physical containment barrier in the sea to facilitate repatriation at the border, in compliance with the Supreme Court ruling,” Sánchez said.
After complaining they had not eaten in days and could not find food in Ceuta, thousands of the new arrivals began making the journey back to Morocco on Friday.

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Terrified Spanish Woman Cries Out For Help Over Migrant Invasion

The Trump administration on Friday condemned Spain&#8217;s immigration policies and weighed possible retaliation after tens of thousands of migrants stormed across the Moroccan border into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. 
In a statement, the <a href="https://x.com/StateDept/status/2083197495119626476?s=20">U.S. State Department</a> accused Spain&#8217;s leftist government of facilitating mass illegal immigration, saying its policies fueled the chaos that spiraled into hours of anarchy and left dozens of migrants dead.
“The United States stands with the people of Spain, and all Europeans, against this egregious violation of their sovereignty and human rights,” the State Department said. “This unacceptable incident is the direct result of the Spanish Government&#8217;s deliberate efforts to enable and facilitate mass illegal migration into Europe.”
“We are considering actions to defend Americans at home and abroad from this threat and stand ready to assist other European allies considering similar options,” the federal agency added. 
In damage control, Spain&#8217;s Ministry of the Interior said more than 25,000 migrants have been deported back to Morocco, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spain-ceuta-morocco-migrants-border-crossings/">according to CBS News</a>. The leftist government also claimed authorities were removing roughly 150 migrants per minute. 
The Daily Wire could not independently verify those figures.
Earlier on Friday, President Trump weighed in on the controversy, which had sparked an international outcry, warning Americans that similar scenes could unfold in the United States if the balance of power shifted.
“It’s terrible. Remember that picture. That’s going to be us in three years if the wrong side gets in,” Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-issues-grim-warning-for-america-as-europe-reels-from-massive-migrant-invasion?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Trump+Issues+Grim+Warning+For+America+As+Europe+Reels+From+Massive+Migrant+Invasion">said</a> during a phone interview with Fox News. “If the Democrats get in, you will not live a very good life.”
On social media, the White House echoed Trump&#8217;s argument, <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2083199361316524348?s=20">posting a video</a> of a seemingly quiet and secure U.S.-Mexico southern border.
&#8220;While hordes of Third World migrants storm Spain&#8217;s territory, the United States&#8217; borders are locked down at levels never seen before. President Trump inherited a similar invasion to what Spain is facing, and he stopped it on Day One,&#8221; an official White House page posted on X.
Trump’s comments came after around 50,000 migrants rushed across the border into Ceuta, a Spanish territory on the tip of Morocco, bringing widespread chaos and unrest. At least <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/34-dead-after-tens-of-thousands-of-migrants-invade-spain">34 people died</a> as thousands of migrants, mostly young men, attempted to swim or force their way into Ceuta. 
The brazen invasion appeared almost seamless, with migrants encountering virtually no resistance. One military-aged man went viral on social media after recording himself with a <a href="https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2083138726314594810?s=20">selfie stick as he swam</a> to Ceuta to illegally enter Spain.
The migrants, emboldened by the lax immigration policies of leftist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, brought chaos to the streets of Ceuta, causing fear among locals who were overwhelmed by the flood. 
Migrant Ajoub el-Arrot <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/31/world/spain-ceuta-migrants-morocco">told</a> The New York Times that he was surprised at the lack of resistance. 
“I don’t know why they let us through. Maybe they had some political reason,” he said. “They opened the border and let everyone go by.”

Trump Admin Slams Spain’s Mass Migration Policies After Deadly Migrant Invasion

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Thousands of African migrants swam to the shores of the Spanish territory of Ceuta on Thursday, leading to a chaotic scene that officials are scrambling to contain.
Dramatic video shows the moment the migrants, who are mainly young men from Morocco, swam onto the shores with some using inflatable inner tubes before marching down the beach and through the nearby roads. The border breach comes after Spain&#8217;s Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that migrants crossing by sea cannot be immediately deported.
“It has been a slow trickle since the Supreme Court’s ruling, but today has been an explosion,” a spokesman for Spain&#8217;s Guardia Civil police <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-migrants-cross-into-spains-ceuta-foot-efe-reports-2026-07-30/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Reuters.
Juan Jesús Vivas, the leader of Ceuta, urged the Spanish government to make a national emergency declaration and deploy the military to quell the migrant invasion, according to Reuters. Spain’s interior ministry said it couldn&#8217;t declare a national emergency as it doesn&#8217;t view migration flows as a risk to national security, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/spain-ceuta-tarajal-morocco-migrants-5c864e5f951e2a7cf7a3eac417668e97" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez <a href="https://x.com/sanchezcastejon">said</a> the country &#8220;is fully committed to providing an immediate response to the situation in Ceuta&#8221; and that they&#8217;re &#8220;mobilizing all necessary resources, working with Moroccan and international authorities, and preparing the necessary measures to restore normalcy as soon as possible.&#8221;
&#8220;I just conveyed this to President @JuanVivasLara. This is the moment to build solutions, with responsibility and cooperation,&#8221; Sánchez wrote on X Thursday.
It&#8217;s not the first time Ceuta — which, along with Melilla, Spain, are the European Union&#8217;s only land borders with Africa — has experienced a mass migration event. In May 2021, the Spanish territory saw the arrival of roughly 8,000 migrants during a period of just two days, according to the AP.
The situation doesn&#8217;t appear to be coming to an end anytime soon as migrants continue staging at the Moroccan city of Fnideq to prepare to enter Spain, migrant ​rights activist Zakaria Zarroqui told Reuters.
&#8220;The situation remains out of control as we speak,&#8221; Zarroqui said.

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Dramatic Video Shows Thousands Of African Migrants Storming Spain’s Border

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have descended on airports across the country, expanding enforcement operations to target illegal immigrants who overstayed their visas, according to The New York Times.
Federal immigration officers have been seen arresting individuals at the check-in counters and boarding gates and are said to be operating at 15 airports, the outlet <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/ice-arrests-airports-visa-overstay.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, citing documents and interviews with immigration attorneys.
&#8220;This administration is working diligently to ensure that aliens in our country illegally can no longer fly unless it is out of our country to self-deport,&#8221; a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson told The New York Times.
The latest operation builds on a TSA-ICE partnership launched in May 2025 to arrest individuals with outstanding deportation orders at airports, The Times reported.
It also comes as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on ICE to increase arrest numbers, agency sources have recently told The Daily Wire.
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Several recent airport arrests have gone viral on social media.
ICE arrested Chantal Alejandra Morales Rojas on July 20 while she attempted to board a Southwest Airlines flight from Denver to Oakland, <a href="https://www.9news.com/article/news/latest-news-ott/immigration-judge-grants-bond-woman-ice-dia/73-a462eafa-ef1f-4fc1-af6e-60be892e77ba?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to 9News. The incident was captured on video, appearing to show plainclothes officers intercepting her on the jetway before escorting her away.
All the while, the woman behind the camera was repeatedly calling for &#8220;help&#8221; and crying out &#8220;ICE is here&#8221; and &#8220;f*ck ICE,&#8221; according to the video.
A GoFundMe set up for Morales Rojas said she has a valid work permit and a pending asylum application, 9News reported.
ICE said she entered the United States on October 20, 2024, and that her visa expired on January 4, 2025, according to the outlet. The agency added that having a pending case or work authorization doesn&#8217;t keep ICE from making an arrest.
&#8220;A &#8216;work permit&#8217; and/or a pending asylum case does NOT confer any type of legal status in the United States or prevent ICE from arresting or deporting an illegal alien from the country,&#8221; ICE said.
An immigration judge has since granted bond to Morales Rojas, <a href="https://www.9news.com/article/news/latest-news-ott/immigration-judge-grants-bond-woman-ice-dia/73-a462eafa-ef1f-4fc1-af6e-60be892e77ba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to 9News.
As a result of the Trump administration&#8217;s latest arrest effort, immigration lawyers say they are instructing their clients awaiting decisions on pending immigration applications to avoid travel.
&#8220;Before, I was saying, ‘As long as you have an ID, you can travel domestically.&#8217; Now I am turning around and saying, ‘If you are in the process of changing status, avoid any travel,'&#8221; Shannon Shepherd, an immigration lawyer who is vice chair for the Chicago chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, told The Times.

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