For the first time since 9/11, TSA is allowing airport visitors past security without an airline ticket. 
The new TSA program, called &#8220;<a href="https://www.tsa.gov/precheck/gateside-tsa-precheck">Gateside,</a>&#8221; allows non-ticketed airport visitors to go to airport gates as long as they apply and are screened by TSA security. The White House <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2097302881028182084?s=20">said</a> on Tuesday the new program allows “non-passengers to meet loved ones at the gate.” 
“We came up with a program that doesn&#8217;t compromise security at all — it&#8217;s just a part of the known passenger process,&#8221; Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said. &#8220;We hope that it will help the passenger experience.&#8221; 
Airlines already grant special gate passes to non-ticketed parents accompanying minors to the gate, but Mullin said the new program was designed with all air travelers in mind, not just the elderly and younger passengers who often need assistance. 
“It’s not just kids, it’s adults. It’s our wives, it’s our parents, elderly parents, our grandparents that we want to pick up at the gate,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So we started to look at how we do this better and still keep everybody safe.” 
The program is already up and running at 13 airports across the United States, including Mesa Gateway in Arizona; John Glenn Columbus International in Ohio; Dallas Fort Worth International; Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County; Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National in Kansas; Indianapolis International; Harry Reid International in Las Vegas; Los Angeles International; Bill and Hillary Clinton National in Little Rock, Arkansas; Will Rogers International in Oklahoma City; Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska; San Diego International; and Salt Lake City International in Utah.
But getting through to the gate still has its restrictions. An airport visitor needs TSA PreCheck or a known traveler number to be eligible to get a “Gateside Pass” and must apply for a pass before showing up. TSA requires visitors using &#8220;Gateside&#8221; to apply for a pass &#8220;at least one day before your visit and no more than three days in advance.&#8221;
Those with a “Gateside Pass” will still be subjected to the same TSA screening as ticketed passengers and will not be allowed past the doors leading to the plane. 
Columbus Regional Airport Authority President and CEO Daren Griffin called the move a return to something air travel had lost. 
&#8220;This innovative program helps bring back special moments that many travelers have missed — welcoming loved ones at the gate, enjoying a meal together before a flight, or simply sharing time in the terminal,&#8221; he <a href="https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/john-glenn-international-airport-joins-new-gateside-by-tsa-precheck-program-daren-griffin-flight-restaurants-security-checkpoint-cmh-known-traveler-number">told</a> a local outlet.
Daniel Bubb, a former pilot, also weighed in on the impact of the program, saying it would restore time families and friends used to have together before a flight. 
“I actually remember the days in air travel where friends and family members could go with the people who were traveling past security and go have a meal together, go have a drink, sit and visit before they go to the plane,” <a href="https://local21news.com/news/nation-world/former-pilot-weighs-potential-impact-of-new-tsa-program">said</a> Bubb. 
He added, however, that the new program could lead to longer security wait times. “It’s going to add more people to the lines, and so it is going to lengthen the time. I can see that being a little bit of a challenge, so airports are going to have to figure that out.”
The move is the latest change to TSA under the Trump administration. Last year, the Trump administration ended a policy that forced passengers to take their shoes off as they went through TSA screening and security. The administration also began fully enforcing the REAL ID requirement, meaning travelers 18 and older must present a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or passport to board a domestic flight.

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Thursday that he&#8217;s working on a plan to block heavily pregnant foreign women from entering the United States to prevent the abuse of birthright citizenship.
During a FOX News interview Thursday morning, Mullin shared that he&#8217;s working with the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine &#8220;how we can stop some of this birthright citizenship by saying maybe you shouldn’t come to the country if you are late into your third term.&#8221;
&#8220;We don’t allow sick individuals to come here if they are coming from an area that could possibly come in and spread a disease,&#8221; Mullin said. &#8220;There is precedent for us to look into saying it’s not safe for you to travel. I know my grandson was just recently born and her OB-GYN didn’t want her flying late into her third trimester.&#8221;
&#8220;So maybe we should be looking at this — they shouldn’t be coming in late into pregnancies because I think at that point, we could cut down a lot of this birthright citizenship too,&#8221; he added.
Mullin&#8217;s comments come after a federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration&#8217;s latest attempt at ending birthright citizenship.
In June, the Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump’s earlier executive order seeking to deny citizenship to the children born to noncitizens in the United States.
Following the high court&#8217;s ruling, Trump signed two executive orders, one aimed at curbing birth tourism and another seeking to prevent visa fraud for those intending to have babies on U.S. soil.
&#8220;The Supreme Court has spoken: Children in the certified class are &#8216;citizens at birth,'&#8221; Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman wrote in her ruling Wednesday.
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) estimates that between 20,000 and 26,000 birth tourists enter the United States annually.
Dr. Wladimir Lorentz, the founder of a birthing center marketed to foreign nationals as &#8220;Have My Baby in Miami,&#8221; was subpoenaed to testify before Congress Tuesday, but invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions.
Another birthing center, De’Ai Postpartum Care Center in Houston, is the subject of a state lawsuit in Texas for allegedly &#8220;exploiting birthright citizenship by unlawfully facilitating the invasion of Chinese nationals … for the sole purpose of giving birth.&#8221; The clinic claimed to have facilitated 1,000 births.
The Daily Wire previously visited the homes the clinic allegedly used to house pregnant Chinese women.
Earlier this year, Lone Star State officials opened an investigation into a hospital that placed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hospital-placed-billboards-in-mexico-advertising-texas-birth-packages-prompting-birth-tourism-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">billboards in Mexico</a> advertising &#8220;birth packages in South Texas&#8221; as part of an alleged &#8220;birth tourism&#8221; scheme.
The billboards offered &#8220;birth packages&#8221; of up to $5,525 through a website named &#8220;havemybabyinTEXAS.com.&#8221; The webpage later quietly went offline, <a href="https://www.chron.com/news/article/birth-tourism-abbott-texas-billboard-22336058.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Chron.com.

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The Trump administration&#8217;s mass deportation effort has picked up speed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers making a record 50,925 arrests in August, according to data the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared with The Daily Wire.
August marked the third straight month of record arrests for ICE and the highest monthly total in the agency&#8217;s history. The agency made 50,208 arrests in July and roughly 43,000 arrests in June.
In a statement shared with The Daily Wire, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE officers are &#8220;working around the clock&#8221; to arrest and deport illegal immigrants roaming the country.
ICE sources told The Daily Wire they&#8217;re now working seven days a week and that the agency mandates that 70% of its personnel report to work each day.
&#8220;The hard-working men and women of DHS continue to break records as they defend the homeland and protect the American people,&#8221; Mullin said. &#8220;For the third straight month, ICE set a new record for the highest number of illegal aliens arrested in a single month, nearly 51,000.&#8221;
Mullin reminded illegal immigrants remaining in the country to &#8220;leave now&#8221; and take advantage of the federal government&#8217;s offer of a $3,000 stipend and free flight home for those who choose to self-deport.
&#8220;If you are in the country illegally, LEAVE NOW. If not, we will find you, arrest you, and deport you,&#8221; Mullin added.
One of ICE&#8217;s targets in August was disgraced provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, who DHS said overstayed his visa and received a deportation order after failing to show up to a hearing.
Yiannopoulos, a proponent of mass deportations, was sent home to the United Kingdom just one day after his arrest in Louisiana late last month.
The self-described &#8220;ex-gay&#8221; claimed in an interview Tuesday that he had a green card and is married to an American citizen, his husband, whom he claims to no longer engage with in &#8220;the sex stuff.&#8221;
Yiannopoulos alleged that federal officials sent notices to old addresses to secure a hearing they knew he wouldn’t appear for. He also said he believes authorities &#8220;canceled&#8221; his green card &#8220;without telling&#8221; him before arresting him.
“I didn’t need to overstay a visa, there were dozens of companies who could’ve sponsored me, and I’m married to an American,” he said.
Along with Yiannopoulos, ICE arrested illegal immigrants convicted of crimes that include DUI manslaughter, child pornography, murder, sexual assault of a minor, and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, according to DHS.
The Trump administration also recently nabbed roughly 2,100 illegal immigrants in a New York operation dubbed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/operation-rotten-apple-ice-nabs-hundreds-of-illegals-released-by-sanctuary-new-york?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98Operation+Rotten+Apple%E2%80%99%3A+ICE+Nabs+Hundreds+Of+Illegals+Released+By+Sanctuary+New+York">&#8220;Operation Rotten Apple&#8221;</a> targeting those released from local jails due to sanctuary laws.
ICE has also begun targeting Haitian migrants who lost their Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in late July after the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a victory in its fight against the longstanding program.

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ICE Arrests Hit New Record As Mass Deportation Effort Picks Up Speed

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was aboard a Coast Guard jet Wednesday when one of the aircraft&#8217;s engines failed, forcing pilots to make an emergency landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
The C-37A landed safely, and none of the people aboard were reported injured.
“The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine,” Mullin said in a <a href="https://x.com/SecMullinDHS/status/2095226936981103008">post on X</a>. “No panic, just straight professionalism. After we landed, the pilots told me that was a first for them! We could not have been in better hands.”
The pilot alerted air traffic controllers that the aircraft had lost its right engine and requested an immediate landing at Reagan National. 
“We just lost our right engine and would like to declare an emergency and immediate landing at DCA,” the pilot told the tower, according to an audio recording of the communication obtained by <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coast-guard-plane-markwayne-mullin-emergency-landing/">CBS News</a>.
The pilot reported that 14 people were aboard and that the aircraft had approximately 2.5 hours of fuel remaining. Airports Authority Fire and Rescue personnel inspected the plane after it landed, and the airport said it then moved off the runway.
The cause of the engine failure was not immediately clear.
The C-37A is the military version of the Gulfstream V routinely used to transport the DHS secretary and other senior Coast Guard and department officials. It entered Coast Guard service in 2002.
<a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/16/fact-check-dhs-requests-replace-20-year-old-coast-guard-jet-safety">DHS warned</a> in 2025 that the aircraft was suffering from aging avionics and communications systems. Coast Guard officials have argued that the plane is approaching or has exceeded its useful service life and needs to be replaced.
The initial request for roughly $50 million for a replacement aircraft eventually grew into plans to acquire <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/dhs-purchase-business-jets-during-shutdown-draws-democrats-ire-2025-10-18/">two Gulfstream G700 aircraft</a> at an estimated cost of roughly $172 million. Government procurement documents described the existing C-37A as 23 years old and cited increasing obsolescence and maintenance costs.
The incident also comes as the <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6028090-murray-demands-luxury-plane-details/">Senate Appropriations Committee is scrutinizing</a> DHS’s expanding aircraft fleet. In an August letter to Mullin, committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) questioned the department’s acquisition of 12 aircraft, including five luxury jets used or being prepared for use by senior officials such as FBI Director Kash Patel and border czar Tom Homan. The senators argued that Congress never authorized DHS to purchase the aircraft and demanded records detailing the purchases, flight logs and costs associated with the planes.
For DHS however, Wednesday’s emergency adds another data point to the argument that the Coast Guard’s aging executive aircraft needs to be replaced, even as lawmakers continue to question the cost, necessity and manner in which the department is acquiring its newer jets.

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An illegal immigrant released into the country under the Biden administration has been charged with fatally stabbing his roommate with a machete, The Daily Wire has learned.
Edy Rivas Rizo, a 27-year-old Nicaraguan national, allegedly attacked his roommate at a mobile home park in Hallandale Beach, Florida, around 1:15 p.m on August 2, <a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2026/08/03/that-guy-just-killed-me-were-victims-last-words-after-fatal-hallandale-beach-stabbing-cops-say/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Local 10 News. Surveillance video allegedly showed Rivas chasing the victim, stabbing him in the armpit area, and fighting with him on the ground.
A witness told police that moments before the victim collapsed, he pointed toward Rivas and uttered his final words: “That guy just killed me.&#8221;
In a statement shared with The Daily Wire, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the victim &#8220;would still be alive if it weren’t for the Biden administration releasing him into the country.&#8221;
Rivas illegally crossed the southern border into California in April 2022 and was released into the United States by border agents, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has since lodged a detainer with officials in Broward County to ensure the suspect isn&#8217;t released onto the streets.
&#8220;We will work with our partners in Florida to make sure this killer is removed from our country. Deporting illegal aliens saves lives,&#8221; Mullin said.
Police and surveillance footage showed Rivas and the victim fighting on the ground after the stabbing before two witnesses managed to take the machete away from Rivas. The victim then walked roughly 15 yards before collapsing, according to Local 10 News.
One of the witnesses called 911, and first responders transported the victim to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police later searched Rivas&#8217; home and found &#8220;a large amount of blood&#8221; as well as the machete wedged between two doors in a storage area, according to the arrest report cited by Local 10 News.
Rivas told law enforcement that the victim had attacked him while he was drinking beer outside with two other men and that he went inside to retrieve the machete because he felt his life was in danger. He claimed that during the ensuing struggle, the victim &#8220;accidentally fell on the blade.&#8221;
The illegal immigrant initially denied chasing the victim, according to police, but changed his account after being shown the surveillance footage. Police said Rivas then admitted chasing the victim but claimed that he intended to strike him with the broad side of the machete rather than its sharp edge.
Authorities arrested Rivas and charged him with first-degree murder. He is being held without bond at the Broward County Main Jail.
ICE lodged the detainer with the jail on August 3, according to DHS.

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Illegal Immigrant Released By Biden Kills Roommate With Machete As He Gave Chilling Last Words

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WASHINGTON — In March, the Senate confirmed one of its own, Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
President Donald Trump announced Mullin&#8217;s nomination on Truth Social, in a post that also served as a pink slip for scandal-plagued Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem, many in the president&#8217;s orbit felt, had hindered the administration&#8217;s deportation agenda with her flashy media appearances and personal blunders. Surely Mullin, the hardcore MAGA legislator, would not make the same mistakes.
Less than five months into his tenure, it seems Mullin may have made mistakes of his own.
Speaking over the weekend at a National Governors Association meeting in Oklahoma City, Mullin recommended revising employment-based work visa programs to fix labor shortages, saying: &#8220;If we&#8217;re looking to grow our economy, then we need more permanent solutions on this.&#8221;
&#8220;This narrative that it steals American jobs is true in some industries, it&#8217;s not true for all industries,&#8221; he noted. &#8220;It is America. We want to take care of Americans first. It’s our economy, it’s our homeland, but there’s a way to utilize labor where we’re not having the participation rate we need to, and we can plug those holes.”
Mullin quickly clarified his remarks on X, posting: &#8220;NO amnesty for illegal aliens. Ever.&#8221;
But the remarks spread like wildfire on social media, drawing fierce criticism from commentators like Laura Loomer.
&#8220;Markwayne Muslim [sic] got rich in industries that depend on cheap illegal alien labor,&#8221; she posted on August 3. &#8220;Now, as DHS Secretary, he’s refusing to deport illegals at the scale President Trump promised because those same businesses still &#8216;need&#8217; illegal alien workers.&#8221;
&#8220;This is not what we voted for. Once again, Markwayne wants to appease liberal media and big labor,&#8221; Fox News commentator Tomi Lahren said of Mullin&#8217;s remarks.
Lahren&#8217;s &#8220;once again&#8221; points to growing dissatisfaction with Mullin among the MAGA hardliner crowd, whose ranks are frustrated with what they perceive as his unwillingness to aggressively carry out Trump&#8217;s promised deportation agenda.
The president has repeatedly expressed frustration with Mullin in private, two sources familiar with the situation shared, not only over immigration policy, but also over the secretary&#8217;s attempt to cancel the &#8220;Salute To America&#8221; fireworks display on July 4 due to severe weather.
White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told The Daily Wire that Trump &#8220;has confidence in his Cabinet to carry out the agenda the American people voted for.” But one source with knowledge of the president&#8217;s frustrations shared that Trump has already considered replacing Mullin.
Trump&#8217;s former chief strategist Steve Bannon would like to see Mullin replaced with Bill Pulte, a Trump enforcer whose brief stint leading the Office of the Director of National Intelligence was marked by aggressive staffing purges. Bannon says Pulte is seen as a &#8220;folk hero&#8221; with the MAGA base — but Pulte <a href="https://x.com/pulte/status/2084756473855311960">said Tuesday</a> that he isn&#8217;t interested in the job.
That&#8217;s not going to stop Bannon, who has been pushing the White House to oust Mullin before the Republican Party&#8217;s September midterm convention in Texas.
&#8220;Hardcore MAGA base has two core central issues,&#8221; Bannon told The Daily Wire Tuesday. &#8220;The stolen 2020 election and the invasion of the southern border predicated upon the stolen election and the illegitimate Biden regime.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re 90 days out from a midterm that could end the presidency with impeachment and try to end Trumpism, it has to be all hands on deck seven days a week,&#8221; Bannon said. &#8220;To know that he went after some governors&#8217; conference in Oklahoma and had time to be up there with [Oklahoma Governor Kevin] Stitt, who&#8217;s another squish, right &#8230; I understand he&#8217;s your buddy from Oklahoma, but if you&#8217;re that f*cking dumb, right? You should be fired.&#8221; 
Loomer echoed that point, saying, &#8220;He’s ignoring why President Trump made him DHS Secretary to begin with and what wins midterms: MASS DEPORTATIONS!&#8221; 
The Trump administration has deported more than 605,000 illegal aliens this term, according to the White House, and an additional 1.9 million have self-deported. That brings the total number of illegals leaving the United States since the president returned to the White House to over 2.5 million. But for many in the MAGA base, <a href="https://massdeportationcoalition.org/playbook/">those numbers fall short</a>.
“Every young voter I talk to is asking where the mass deportations are,&#8221; conservative commentator Jack Posobiec told The Daily Wire. &#8220;This is easily a number one issue with many, many among the grassroots who are feeling like the domestic policies have taken a backseat.&#8221;
A DHS spokesman told The Daily Wire that Mullin has been very clear in his message to illegals: that they will be detained and deported if they come to the U.S. illegally. The Department of Homeland Security is &#8220;focused on delivering on the president’s mission to deport illegal aliens and protect the homeland,&#8221; the spokesman added.
&#8220;Anyone who says otherwise is just trying to sow division and create an illusion of chaos.&#8221;

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The Trump administration has now deported over 1,000,000 illegal immigrants from the United States, but roughly a third of those were recent border-crossers who were turned back home, according to new data obtained by The Daily Wire.
The total removals touted by the Trump administration don&#8217;t just include deportations carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but also account for migrants turned away at the border by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Since President Donald Trump&#8217;s return to the White House, ICE has deported roughly 706,000 of the one million total, while CBP has removed around 323,000 others, according to the data provided by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Additionally, the Coast Guard removed roughly 900 illegal immigrants.
Todd Bensman, who recently left his role as senior adviser to the ICE Office of the Director, said he doesn&#8217;t believe Trump administration officials are fully satisfied with the numbers.
&#8220;I don’t think anyone in the administration is thrilled with these numbers over 18 months given that 200,000-plus a month were pouring over the border for four years straight. But people have to remember that Biden left America’s deportation infrastructure in ruins as it retreated,&#8221; Bensman told The Daily Wire.
Still, Bensman, who is now serving as a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, said he&#8217;s optimistic the numbers will shoot up with fewer bureaucratic hurdles in place.
&#8220;Bed space and detention centers had to be rebuilt and 10,000 agents hired and Congress wouldn’t pass the big beautiful budget bill for the first six months. Everything is finally in place now so I’m optimistic the numbers will only climb higher from here,&#8221; he said.
Other former immigration officials who support the president&#8217;s plan say he&#8217;s falling short and that the claim of one million deportations is misleading.
&#8220;People see one big number and think it&#8217;s one operation. It&#8217;s three operations rolled into one. ICE works the interior, CBP works the border, and the Coast Guard works on the water,&#8221; Scott Mechkowski, former ICE New York field office deputy director, said.
Mark Morgan, former acting CBP commissioner, said outright that &#8220;mass deportations are not happening.&#8221;
Morgan and Mechkowski are part of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-faces-pushback-from-conservative-allies-on-deportation-data?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Faces+Pushback+From+Conservative+Allies+On+Deportation+Data">Oversight Project</a>, a nonprofit group that is advocating for a “mass deportation” and is suing the Trump administration over its failure to respond to outstanding Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for deportation data. The conservative group argues that the Trump administration may have inflated its deportation statistics.
&#8220;Mass deportation is ICE,&#8221; Morgan said, adding that the removals should only account for &#8220;the people that are already in the United States being removed&#8221; and &#8220;not border security.&#8221;
Morgan likened Trump officials&#8217; touting of one million deportations to the Obama administration&#8217;s misleading deportation data strategy.
Under then-President Barack Obama, nicknamed &#8220;the deporter-in-chief,&#8221; deportation figures largely accounted for recent border crossers who were quickly turned back.
Border returns accounted for 70% of all deportations in fiscal year 2013, <a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/publication/deportation-and-discretion-reviewing-record-and-options-change?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Migration Policy Institute. In fiscal year 2016, 85% of all <a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/journal/policy-beat/obama-record-deportations-deporter-chief-or-not?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deportations</a> were immediate returns of border crossers.
&#8220;This is exactly what Obama did,&#8221; Morgan said. &#8220;Obama, leading up to the first election, he wanted to appear a little bit tough &#8230; He was combining what ICE and CBP were doing. When somebody comes to the border and they&#8217;re put through voluntary removal, expedited removal, and they&#8217;re not handed over to ICE, that&#8217;s not a deportation.&#8221;
On Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said 1.4 million illegal immigrants have self-deported, either on their own or through the Trump administration&#8217;s CBP Home app, which pays for their trip home and provides a $2,600 &#8220;exit bonus.&#8221; Self-deportations are separate from the data provided by DHS.
The pace of the Trump administration&#8217;s effort is only expected to pick up with renewed pressure on ICE officers across the country to increase arrest numbers, according to agency sources.
&#8220;It&#8217;s wearing everyone out,&#8221; said one agency source.
&#8220;And at the same time, they want big arrests &#8230; but those take time to sit and find and wait. No vehicle stops too, which is harder. So they want big arrests and numbers at the same time. It&#8217;s hard to do both, not enough time or days to do it,&#8221; the source said.

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Passes Major Deportation Milestone, But There’s More To The Story

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An illegal immigrant with a rap sheet is accused of murdering an elderly veteran outside his Utah home.
Army and Air Force veteran James Randell “Randy” Witten, 71, was hanging up decorations on his porch in Davis County, Utah, in May when Axel Eduardo Chavez-Marroquin, 24, allegedly drove up and fatally shot him from behind, <a href="https://www.ksl.com/article/51596068/newly-unsealed-charges-say-west-point-veterans-doorbell-camera-recorded-the-murder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to local news outlet KSL.
The accused &#8220;leapt out of the front passenger seat and moved towards James, firing approximately 10 rounds and killing James from behind,&#8221; KSL reported, citing charging documents. Chavez-Marroquin then returned to his car and sped away.
Police received reports of a car with something orange covering its license plate driving &#8220;erratically&#8221; nearby shortly after the shooting, the local outlet reported. One witness reported seeing a passenger tossing donuts, a beanie, a bandana, and gloves out of the vehicle.
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Surveillance footage showed a passenger exiting the vehicle and ripping off the orange tape concealing the license plate before the car headed into Las Vegas hours after the shooting, according to KSL.
Authorities in Nevada located the vehicle on June 16 with Chavez-Marroquin inside and arrested the illegal immigrant. He was transferred to the Davis County Jail in Utah on June 29.
Chavez-Marroquin, who hails from El Salvador, crossed the California border illegally in 2021 before the Biden administration released him into the country, <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/07/20/ice-lodges-arrest-detainer-criminal-illegal-alien-arrested-murdering-veteran-utah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The illegal immigrant received a conviction for domestic violence in Santa Ana, California, in 2024, DHS said. Authorities also arrested him for domestic violence in Laguna Niguel, California, in 2025.
In both cases, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged detainers with authorities in California, who released him from custody under local sanctuary policies, according to DHS.
Chavez-Marroquin arrived in West Point, Utah, from Nevada just eight hours before the shooting and left immediately after carrying out the attack, authorities said.
ICE has lodged a detainer seeking Chavez-Marroquin&#8217;s arrest for the third time following his latest crime, the agency said Monday.
In his latest case, prosecutors have argued that he&#8217;s a flight risk given his ties to El Salvador and his status as a fugitive from California, where he was on probation, according to KSL.
“This monster is charged with murdering a 71-year-old Army and Air Force veteran in Utah. California sanctuary politicians RELEASED this criminal from jail TWICE after arrests for domestic violence. Following his release, he went on to commit this heinous murder,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement.
“This illegal alien should’ve never been allowed on our streets, and James Witten should still be alive today. ICE is now asking officials in Utah to commit to not releasing this criminal from jail and to work with ICE so that we can remove him from our country. Reckless sanctuary policies in states like California are putting American lives at risk,&#8221; Bis added.
The suspect is charged with murder with a dangerous weapons enhancement, discharge of a firearm causing serious injury, obstruction of justice, and dangerous weapon conduct by a restricted person, according to KSL.

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin won&#8217;t say whether he briefed President Donald Trump before briefly pausing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) traffic stops in the wake of two recent fatal shootings.
During a Friday briefing on the department&#8217;s efforts to clean up the voter rolls of noncitizens, Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan asked Mullin to clarify if he informed Trump before suspending ICE traffic stops.
&#8220;The president and I are very close. I was texting with him this morning,&#8221; Mullin said. &#8220;There&#8217;s no daylight between us and the enforcement. In fact, we have ramped up our enforcement in our arresting illegals.&#8221;
Mullin then redirected the conversation to arrest and deportation data.
&#8220;Our arrests are up, we&#8217;re hitting single-day records every single day, but what we’ve done is I’ve turned down the temperature of the stove to try to get it correct without boiling over,&#8221; he said.
The decision to pause vehicle stops followed two recent fatal shootings of migrants by ICE officers trying to pull over vehicles in Houston and Biddeford, Maine. In the Houston case, ICE said Mexican illegal immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo &#8220;attempted to evade arrest&#8221; and &#8220;rammed&#8221; an ICE vehicle before he &#8220;weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer resulting in our officer firing his weapon in self-defense.&#8221;
In the Biddeford shooting, which occurred last week, an ICE officer fatally shot a Colombian man who “attempted to flee the scene” of a traffic stop, the agency said.
The morning after vehicle stops were paused, Trump posted on Truth Social that he opposed the change and viewed it as capitulating to criminals and anti-ICE Democrats.
“The Open Border Policy of Sleepy Joe Biden allowed 25,000,000 people to pour into our Country, unchecked and unvetted,” the president said. “Many were Criminals, and we have to get them out. In order to do this, we must be strong, tough, and smart, and we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP! Once we do, we are playing right into the criminal’s hands.”
“The Radical Left Dumocrats would like to see this done, but it won’t happen on my watch. I.C.E., be judicious, fair and smart, and go back and do your very important job,” he said. “Keep those Crime Stat Records coming! Remember, you are loved and respected in America.”
ICE sources also questioned whether Mullin informed Trump before enacting the pause.
“Not sure how they don’t consult Trump about this before they send out guidance to every field office,” one agency source said.
White House border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday credited Mullin with deciding to cease the tactic, emphasizing that it was a &#8220;temporary&#8221; measure, not &#8220;a policy change.&#8221;
ICE officers across the country received orders to resume vehicle stops on Thursday, with some new changes, including a requirement that at least one agent on the team have a body camera, sources said. There is concern within ICE that not all officers have received body cameras, making it impossible to resume traffic stops in some parts of the country.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the concerns during her Thursday briefing, saying all ICE body cameras will be distributed within the next 60 days.
“It’s been a slower rollout than we would have hoped, but that’s because [of] the Democrats’ decision to shut down DHS for several weeks. So, we expect to fully execute on the promise of body cams to all field offices across the country very soon,” she said.

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After a brief halt on traffic stops, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers received a directive Thursday to resume them, but with new restrictions in place.
Sources familiar with the new orders told The Daily Wire that teams making traffic stops must have at least one officer with a body camera, a teammate with specialized prosecutions training, and an &#8220;operational&#8221; justification for the stop. The short suspension on traffic stops came just one day after the latest fatal ICE-involved shooting of a Colombian migrant driver in Maine on Monday.
The order also followed an ICE-involved shooting just days earlier in Houston, where an officer conducting a traffic stop fatally shot a Mexican illegal immigrant.
While vehicle stops are back on, the new restrictions still make it difficult for officers to make arrests since ICE hasn&#8217;t distributed body cameras yet to all its officers after receiving funding from Congress.
&#8220;Basically, it boils down to unless someone has a body-worn camera, no vehicle stops can be made. Since the majority of officers do not have body worn cameras, hardly any stops will be made,&#8221; said one agency source.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed concerns that the agency has been slow to distribute body cameras to agents since the officers involved in the latest shootings didn&#8217;t appear to be wearing them.
&#8220;With respect to body cameras, I know there’s been some questions about that in recent days. Over half of all ICE field offices now do have body cameras and the remainder of the field offices are expected within 60 days,&#8221; Leavitt told reporters.
&#8220;It’s been a slower rollout than we would have hoped, but that’s because [of] the Democrats&#8217; decision to shut down DHS for several weeks. So, we expect to fully execute on the promise of body cams to all field offices across the country very soon,&#8221; she said.
When the pause began, ICE sources fumed that it would restrict their ability to make arrests.
“Numbers are going down, we can’t do sh*t,” one source said.
By Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he wanted the suspension to end, saying the change would play into the hands of criminals and Democrats.
“The Open Border Policy of Sleepy Joe Biden allowed 25,000,000 people to pour into our Country, unchecked and unvetted,” the president said. “Many were Criminals, and we have to get them out. In order to do this, we must be strong, tough, and smart, and we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP! Once we do, we are playing right into the criminal’s hands.”
“The Radical Left Dumocrats would like to see this done, but it won’t happen on my watch. I.C.E., be judicious, fair and smart, and go back and do your very important job,” he said. “Keep those Crime Stat Records coming! Remember, you are loved and respected in America.”
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-was-caught-off-guard-by-dhs-move-to-halt-ice-vehicle-stops-3ede393e">reportedly made</a> the decision to pause the stops without consulting the president, which angered Trump.
This is a breaking news story that will be further updated with more information.

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and far-Left Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) exchanged heated words Thursday over immigration policies and child separation.
The DHS chief was on Capitol Hill to testify in front of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
During the hearing, DeLauro blew up at Mullin, accusing his agency of separating thousands of children from their parents. 
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“3,900 children were separated from their families,” DeLauro said. 
“450,000 kids were lost during the Biden administration, and you didn’t say a word about it,” Mullin fired back. 
DeLauro, who represents New Haven, Connecticut, erupted and started wagging her finger at the Homeland Security chief. 
“Mr. Secretary! Do not interrupt,” DeLauro said, raising her voice in front of the cameras.
“Don’t you point your finger at me,” Mullin replied. “Don’t be a hypocrite.” 
“I will point my finger at you,” DeLauro interjected, before asking the chairman to put Mullin “in his place.” 
“You should be as upset about the 450,000 kids that were lost. You didn’t say a word about it. For four years, you never said a word,” Mullin exclaimed. 
“You should be put in your place,” he added. 
The heated confrontation follows a renewed spotlight on President Trump’s immigration and deportation agenda. 
Earlier Thursday, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority handed the Trump administration two major immigration victories, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ms-now-hits-the-panic-button-over-trump-supreme-court-wins?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=MS+NOW+Hits+The+Panic+Button+Over+Trump+Supreme+Court+Wins">sparking widespread leftist meltdowns.</a> 
In a <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-5_86qd.pdf">6-3 ruling</a>, the court held that the Trump administration can move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitian immigrants and 6,000 Syrians currently living in the United States. In a different <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-5_86qd.pdf">6-3 ruling</a>, the court upheld the federal government’s authority to turn away asylum seekers at ports of entry through a policy known as “metering,” rejecting arguments that federal law requires officials to process every migrant who arrives at the border seeking asylum.
Following the high court’s ruling, officials announced that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-alligator-alcatraz-as-desantis-says-it-fulfilled-its-mission?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Inside+%E2%80%98Alligator+Alcatraz%E2%80%99+As+DeSantis+Says+It+Fulfilled+Its+Mission">Alligator Alcatraz</a>, the detention facility in Florida’s remote Everglades, is shutting down. 
In a press conference with White House Border Czar Tom Homan, DeSantis said the detention space, which was used to deport roughly 21,000 people, was no longer necessary. 
“I said from the beginning that this was an emergency solution that would be temporary, that once DHS had the wherewithal to be able to handle these illegal aliens, particularly the criminal illegal aliens, that they would be able to do so, and we would still help,” DeSantis said. “In terms of us managing this facility, the minute that’s no longer needed, then we obviously would break down the facility.&#8221;

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A Biden-appointed judge blocked federal immigration agents from arresting targets at immigration courts — as ICE sources warn that the order could lead to more arrest activity.
Judge P. Casey Pitts of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued the <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.453807/gov.uscourts.cand.453807.205.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order</a> Tuesday after the Trump administration ramped up courthouse arrests through its mass deportation effort. Pitts labeled the policy as “arbitrary and capricious,” saying the administration &#8220;failed to provide reasoned explanations for their actions.&#8221;
“It is now clear that the lack of connection between ICE’s stated rationales for the 2025 courthouse-arrest policies and the expansion of arrests at immigration courthouses results not from merely unreasoned decisionmaking but a complete lack of decisionmaking,” Pitts wrote.
&#8220;ICE is not arresting individuals who appear for criminal or civil violations ‘unrelated’ to the arrest but instead arresting noncitizens based on the very immigration offenses for which the noncitizens are appearing in immigration court,&#8221; he added.
While Pitts argued that &#8220;it is far from obvious that vacating the courthouse-arrest policies will significantly hinder ICE’s operations,&#8221; sources told The Daily Wire that the statement may be far from the reality.
Sources within ICE said that when officers can&#8217;t nab targets at immigration courts, they are forced to hit the streets in greater numbers resulting in more arrests. One also noted that the change could expose officers and the public to more risks.
&#8220;This will once again put at risk the community because officers won&#8217;t be able to make arrests in a safe location where the people attending court are screened for weapons and other items that can cause bodily harm. Also, it will once more put officers out in the field, increasing the chance of collateral arrests instead of only the target being apprehended,&#8221; an ICE source said.
Another agency source said they have plenty of &#8220;at large targets,&#8221; adding that the court arrest tactic was an effective tool when it started, but that word got out eventually and &#8220;people started to miss their appearances.&#8221;
The Trump administration&#8217;s use of the tactic led protesters and Democratic lawmakers to show up at immigration courts across the country in attempts to block the arrests.
Former ICE New York Field Office Deputy Director Scott Mechkowski echoed that courthouses, like local jails, &#8220;are the single safest place to take a removable alien into custody.&#8221;
&#8220;The realistic alternative is not &#8216;no arrest,&#8217; it’s an armed team going into a neighborhood, a workplace, or a home to find that same person at large,&#8221; he said.
The ruling also struck down a Trump-era policy that allowed ICE officers to hold detainees in temporary detention rooms for up to 72 hours or more, exceeding the 12-hour holding limit, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/us/ice-arrests-immigration-courts-california.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Times.
Homeland Security Counsel James Percival condemned Pitts&#8217; order as &#8220;naked judicial activism in service of an anti-American, open borders agenda.&#8221;
&#8220;When a judge sentences a defendant, the defendant is taken into custody. If an alien is ordered removed by an immigration judge, the same should happen,&#8221; Percival <a href="https://x.com/DHSGenCounsel/status/2069551898231730568">wrote</a> on X.

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