HOUSTON—With 13 stitches in his upper lip and second-degree burns across his body, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer recounted a brutal assault he faced from an illegal immigrant pedophile he was trying to take off the streets.
The injured officer was rehired to the force in September after the Trump administration solicited the help of retired personnel after receiving an influx of cash from the One Big Beautiful Bill.
“It&#8217;s a lot different from the job I left &#8230; everybody&#8217;s running, everybody&#8217;s fighting,” he told The Daily Wire in an exclusive interview Thursday.
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&#8220;We were stopping a vehicle&#8230;a passenger, as he ran, threw&#8230;a 32 oz Yeti style coffee cup into my face, full of hot coffee&#8230;2nd degree burns of my face, neck, arm, chest.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/iNQaWvjpjw">pic.twitter.com/iNQaWvjpjw</a>
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“I would like the rhetoric to cool down a little bit, I think that’s probably fueled by some things that have been said about us,” he added.
Attacks like the one he suffered are now a disturbingly normal part of the job. ICE is facing a 1,000% increase in assaults and an 8,000% surge in death threats.
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Salvadoran illegal immigrant Walter Leonel Perez Rodriguez, 33, hurled a metal cup full of hot coffee into the officer’s face as he tried to evade arrest on Tuesday.
Rodriguez has illegally entered the U.S. at least three times before and had two previous deportation orders, according to ICE. While living in the United States, he sexually assaulted a child and committed a DWI.
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Officers were trying to pull over a separate target when Rodriguez and the others fled from a car.
“We were stopping a vehicle. We had an individual who was a visa overstay from Mexico. We traffic stopped the vehicle,” the officer, whose name is being withheld for his safety, recalled.
“We were able to box the vehicle in, but the passengers bailed out, and a passenger, as he ran, threw what I thought was about a 32-ounce Yeti-style coffee cup in my face full of hot coffee,” the officer said.
The Daily Wire also spoke with an ICE officer who was recently hit by an illegal immigrant driver hoping to run him over. The officer is still undergoing medical evaluation, but believes he has nerve damage and a bone fracture.
“Everything we’ve always trained for, now we&#8217;re actually having to put into motion. The public, they&#8217;ve never seen us do our job, so now that we are actually doing it, people are taking matters into their own hands,” he said.

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The Supreme Court considers President Donald Trump’s authority to impose tariffs, a standoff is brewing in New York City between Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and ICE, and the battle to shift the balance of power in Congress through redistricting ratchets up.
It’s Thursday, November 6, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251106-member-exclusive">video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">SCOTUS Hears Trump&#8217;s Tariff Case</h2>
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Topline: The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case challenging Trump’s authority to impose broad tariffs. The ruling will have a significant impact on Trump’s signature trade policy.
The case is Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump. In total, seven businesses argue that Trump doesn&#8217;t have the legal authority to impose his sweeping tariffs and that these tariffs have caused them significant financial harm.
The tariffs at issue cover a wide range of imported goods, with many set at around 10%, on nearly every U.S. trading partner. Those were enacted due to the trade deficit and the declining American industrial base, which the administration said constituted an emergency. The other set of tariffs is more targeted. They relate to border protection and the illegal flow of drugs into the United States. China, Canada, and Mexico were <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-february-1-canada-mexico-china/">hit</a> with varying rates.
The arguments: The plaintiffs argued that tariffs are taxes, and the power of the purse belongs to Congress, not the president. They claim the statute Trump cited to enact the tariffs, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), doesn’t explicitly allow the president to impose tariffs, though it does give him other powers when it comes to foreign trade during a declared emergency. It’s typically been used for sanctions.
The Trump administration argued that IEEPA does allow the president to impose tariffs, even though it’s never been used for that purpose. They say that the issue at the border constitutes an emergency, thereby allowing the tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico. Similarly, they argue the trade deficit, among other reasons, is an emergency that justifies additional tariffs.
The Court: The response from the bench was nuanced, and opinions seemed to cut both ways.
“Your interpretation of the statute would allow the president to shut down all trade with every other country in the world, or impose some significant quota on imports from every other country in the world – but would not allow a 1% tariff. And that leaves, in the government’s words, an odd donut hole in the statute,” Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1986131942094319755">said</a>. “That doesn&#8217;t seem to have a lot of common sense behind it.”
In another moment, judges focused on what exactly constitutes an emergency, and if there are limits. Justice Neil Gorsuch suggested that if the Court broadly sides with the Trump administration, it would give future administrations significant power.
“Could the president impose a 50% tariff on gas-powered cars and auto parts to deal with the ‘unusual and extraordinary threat’ from abroad of climate change? … I think that has to be the logic of your view,” Gorsuch <a href="https://x.com/Acyn/status/1986101846285668665">said</a>.
View from the Oval: Trump very much believes in tariffs – he has spoken about tariffs and trade policy for decades and believes that Americans have been taken advantage of for too long. He framed this case as “literally life or death for our country.” In a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115493671705492320">Truth Social post</a> on Tuesday, he said a victory in court would mean financial and national security for America, but a loss would mean the U.S. being taken advantage of again. 
<h2 style="text-align: center;">ICE Undaunted By Mamdani</h2>
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Topline: With Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral election, how will immigration raids in the city look?
Trump border czar Tom Homan told The Daily Wire that nothing will change on the administration’s end and that “operations will continue.” He is undaunted by Mamdani, who has pledged to keep NYC a sanctuary city that refuses to work with ICE. For years, this has looked like illegal immigrant criminals benefitting from NYC’s lax-on-crime laws getting released from local jails only to walk free and end up in the revolving door of justice. ICE has to then go out into the communities, rather than have the jail contact them, to inform them that these criminals are being released.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">The Growing Redistricting War</h2>
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Topline: Proposition 50 passed by an overwhelming margin in California on Tuesday. It&#8217;s just the latest in what&#8217;s likely to become a messy nationwide redistricting battle.
Challenges moving forward: The biggest issue is that voters gave the state permission to redraw up to five congressional districts to favor Democrats. This was meant to counter the state of Texas&#8217;s effort to create a map that gives the GOP the same advantage. But this could trigger redistricting efforts all around the country. Missouri, North Carolina, and other states have already launched redistricting efforts.
There’s a possibility that, through the wave of redistricting, California’s efforts are more than canceled out in other states. But while this battle plays out, there will be many court cases and different actions at the state level across the country that could influence the final tally.
For example, the California Republican Party just announced a federal-level lawsuit against Prop 50 on Wednesday, calling it unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. And that could also create sweeping implications if it goes up through the federal court system.
Other factors influencing 2026 maps: Louisiana is arguing a major Supreme Court case attempting to get rid of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Section 2, to an extent, removes the race factor from how congressional maps are redrawn. If that happens, it could benefit Republicans in the South and lead to redistricting that favors the GOP in that region. Even with Democratic backlash in other states, by and large, that would be strong news for Republicans.

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Morning Brief: SCOTUS Takes Up Trump Tariffs, ICE Checks Mamdani, & Dems Rig Maps In California

Morning Brief: SCOTUS Takes Up Tariffs, ICE Faces Down Mamdani, And Redistricting In CA

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The Houston Police Officers&#8217; Union is aiming to recruit NYPD officers disaffected by Tuesday&#8217;s election of Democratic socialist Zohran <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-time-new-york-city-turns-to-muslim-socialist-zohran-mamdani-as-next-mayor?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=MAMDANI+TIME%3A+New+York+City+Turns+To+Muslim+Socialist+Zohran+Mamdani+As+Next+Mayor">Mamdani</a> as New York City mayor.
The police union released an ad on Tuesday, asking officers flat out: &#8220;NYPD, are you disgusted with the election of Zohran Mamdani?&#8221;
Mamdani, 34, has pledged to replace police officers with mental health professionals to respond to certain crisis situations across the Big Apple. He previously called to &#8220;defund the police,&#8221; but has attempted to <a href="https://x.com/america/status/1979180171539141060" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backtrack</a> on the problematic stance during his mayoral campaign.
His critics have said that crime will only surge under his leadership.
Mamdani has also pledged to champion the sanctuary city policy that&#8217;s hamstrung local police and prevented them from handing illegal immigrant criminals over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“We believe socialism is going to be bad for law enforcement in New York City. There is opportunity here in Houston for officers to come, make a great life for themselves, the cost of living is a lot less and you can actually do police work and be supported by our mayor and our city council,&#8221; Houston Police Union President Doug Griffith <a href="https://x.com/Brooketaylortv/status/1986076753131897341" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News.
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‼️‼️ ATTENTION NEW YORK CITY COPS ‼️‼️ <a href="https://t.co/zPyDTH7x9M">pic.twitter.com/zPyDTH7x9M</a>
— Houston Police Officers&#8217; Union (@HPOUTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/HPOUTX/status/1985911791642104003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
In their appeal, Texas&#8217;s largest police union offered &#8220;competitive pay&#8221; and other benefits, while also promising a &#8220;supportive mayor and city council.&#8221;
Mamdani, an assemblyman from Queens, defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after receiving more than 1,000,000 votes. The Republican on the ballot, Curtis Sliwa, lagged far behind the two candidates.

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With the strong possibility that Democratic Marxist-Islamist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani may be elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday night, Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s sights are squarely on New Yorkers.
Anticipating the mass escape from New York that might occur with a Mamdani victory, Abbott wrote on X, “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”
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After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.
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This move fits neatly into Abbott’s broader pattern of blending culture-war politics with aggressive state policy. Over the past year, he has made it clear that leftist ideologies — especially in academia — won’t be welcomed in the Lone Star State. “Texas is targeting professors who are more focused on pushing leftist ideologies rather than preparing students to lead our nation,” he wrote last month. “We must end indoctrination and return to education fundamentals at all levels of education.”
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Univ. of Texas professor was dismissed from an administrative post overseeing university academic affairs because of ideological differences.
Texas is targeting professors who are more focused on pushing leftist ideologies rather than preparing students to lead our nation.
We…
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1979953044977598674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Abbott has since championed audits of gender identity and LGBTQ courses across the University of Texas system, framing them as a battle for educational fundamentals. Texas lawmakers, meanwhile, are demanding even stricter oversight, convinced that schools are still promoting “radical leftist” content.
Abbott has also taken a hard line on immigration, and targeted the leftist Northeast. In 2022 alone, Texas bused nearly 16,000 migrants to sanctuary cities including New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Abbott indicated it was relief for overburdened localities. Even Democrats like former New York Governor David Patterson <a href="https://grabien.com/story?id=389990?utm_source=cliplist&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=cliplist20220816&amp;utm_content=story389990">admitted</a> the tactic was “brilliant” from a strategic standpoint, noting its ability to highlight federal inaction while putting sanctuary city leaders on the defensive.
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Abbott’s “100% tariff” joke signals a zero tolerance stance for residents leaving NYC for Texas if a progressive mayor takes office. The idea is to draw a stark line between Texas’ conservative values and what Abbott portrays as leftist chaos elsewhere.
From auditing classrooms to busing migrants and now slapping hypothetical tariffs on New Yorkers, Greg Abbott is proving that in Texas, governance and culture wars are inseparable — and that he won’t hesitate to take his fight beyond the state line.

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Federal agents arrested more than 120 illegal immigrant drivers on Texas roadways amid an investigation that found a major loophole in the Lone Star State that has allowed individuals lacking immigration status to register vehicles.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement made the arrests in a single day last week in Houston as part of an effort to clear “our roads of dangerous, often unlicensed and uninsured, illegal aliens who should NOT be behind the wheel,” the agency said.
It comes as one Texas lawmaker probes officials after he “recently received alarming reports of illegal immigrants being able to register their vehicles” in Texas without a state license, The Daily Wire has learned.
Republican State Rep. Brian Harrison’s office sent a letter Monday to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Board to crack down on state authorities issuing vehicle registrations to illegal immigrants.
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<div>“The Texas government should be a force multiplier of President Trump’s efforts to combat illegal immigration, not enabling or incentivizing it,” Harrison said. “It is past time the Texas government starts acting like we are in a battle for the future of western civilization, because we are. I’m demanding action now!”</div>
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We made over 120 arrests in Houston Oct. 29 — clearing our roads of dangerous, often unlicensed and uninsured, illegal aliens who should NOT be behind the wheel. <a href="https://t.co/qg4EcN9Fnr">pic.twitter.com/qg4EcN9Fnr</a>
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Harrison cited Texas law that gives the state “broad authority by the Legislature to determine what personal identification must be presented in order to register a vehicle.”
“I am writing today to inquire what steps, if any, the DMV has taken and is implementing to determine whether the owner of the vehicle is a citizen or lawfully in the country before issuing vehicle registrations,” Harrison wrote, concluding “If DMV fails to take prompt and efficacious action to solve this problem, I will file legislation to require DMV verify lawful status before issuing registrations.”
ICE has recently taken steps to arrest<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers-ended-up-on-americas-roads?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=How+Illegal+Immigrant+Truck+Drivers+Ended+Up+On+America%E2%80%99s+Roads"> illegal immigrant truck drivers</a> carrying non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) after a series of devastating crashes on American highways.
Many of those caught were carrying California-issued CDLs, prompting a massive crackdown by the Trump administration.

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A Texas GOP official has suspended a statewide program that prioritized non-white male businesses in state contracting. 
Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock <a href="https://comptroller.texas.gov/about/media-center/news/20251028-historically-underutilized-business-certification-process-under-review-by-acting-texas-comptroller-1761686774358">took action</a> this week to suspend new approvals for companies to be certified as a Historically Underutilized Business, giving them benefits in competing for state jobs. Hancock said that the program was constitutionally questionable because of its emphasis on race. 
“In Texas, we don&#8217;t want to discriminate against anybody, and what this program does is literally discriminate against those that are white,” Hancock told The Daily Wire. “It&#8217;s just been around for a long time, and we&#8217;ve just kind of accepted it and not looked at the constitutionality of it.”
To be defined as a Historically Underutilized Business, the company must be more than 50% owned by black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Native Americans, service-disabled veterans, or women. The program has been in place since 1991. Hancock explained the requirements as “unless you’re white, you qualify.” 
Advantages of being classified as a Historically Underutilized Business include opportunities to bid for contracts from around 300 state agencies that must make a “good faith” effort to reach out to them. 
For example, the Texas Department of Agriculture has <a href="https://texasagriculture.gov/About/Contracting/Historically-Underutilized-Business-HUB">set goals</a> that aim for it to use so-called underutilized businesses for 11.2% of heavy construction jobs, 21.1% of building construction, 32.9% of special trade construction, 23.7% of professional service contracts, 26.6% of other service contracts, and 21.1% of commodities contracts. 
Currently, about 21% of Historically Underutilized Businesses participate in state contracts as prime contractors or subcontractors, receiving 11% of all state spending in total, according to the comptroller’s office. The total awards given to the businesses are over $4 billion, including $1.45 billion for women-owned businesses and $1.6 billion for Hispanic-owned businesses. 
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Hancock said that he was concerned about the process of verifying that one had experienced economic discrimination. 
“How do we audit that somebody was economically discriminated against?” he asked. “How do we verify the information of somebody being economically discriminated against? It&#8217;s got to be more than just skin color.”
He said that contracts should be awarded on the basis of merit, not race or ethnicity. 
The suspension of the program comes after Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order prohibiting race and sex-based preferences when awarding government benefits.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the makers of Tylenol for marketing the drug to pregnant mothers despite allegedly knowing that early exposure to the drug leads to an increased risk of autism, The Daily Wire can exclusively report.
Paxton has filed suit against Johnson &amp; Johnson and its former subsidiary, Kenvue, &#8220;deceptively marketing Tylenol to pregnant mothers despite knowing that early exposure to acetaminophen, Tylenol’s only active ingredient, leads to a significantly increased risk of autism and other disorders,&#8221; a statement from Paxton&#8217;s office reads.
“Big Pharma betrayed America by profiting off of pain and pushing pills regardless of the risks,&#8221; Paxton said. &#8220;These corporations lied for decades, knowingly endangering millions to line their pockets.&#8221;
Paxton&#8217;s office accused Johnson &amp; Johnson of attempting to &#8220;silence the science&#8221; about the apparent association between prenatal and early childhood exposure to their acetaminophen products and autism and ADHD. It also said the company marketed Tylenol as a &#8220;completely safe pain medication for pregnant women,&#8221; while knowing about the association, which the office said is in violation of Texas’ consumer protection laws.
Texas is the first state to sue the makers of Tylenol after the Department of Health and Human Services trumpeted a link between prenatal acetaminophen consumption and the incidence of autism and ADHD in newborns.
“Taking Tylenol is not good. I’ll say it. It’s not good,” President Donald Trump said last month at a press conference with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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In the lawsuit, Paxton accuses Johnson &amp; Johnson of trying to &#8220;escape responsibility&#8221; for its actions by breaking off Kenvue as a separate entity after becoming aware of the Trump administration&#8217;s impending announcement.
“Seeing that the day of reckoning was coming, Johnson &amp; Johnson attempted to escape responsibility by illegally offloading their liability onto a different company,&#8221; Paxton writes. &#8220;By holding Big Pharma accountable for poisoning our people, we will help Make America Healthy Again.”
Paxton&#8217;s office says the pharmaceutical company &#8220;violated the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act by fraudulently transferring liabilities arising from Tylenol to a separate company, Kenvue, in order to shield their assets against lawsuits arising from the harmful impact Tylenol had on children.&#8221;
“We believe independent, sound science clearly shows that taking acetaminophen does not cause autism,&#8221; Kenvue <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/09/22/trump-tylenol-autism-announcement-kenvue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement last month. &#8220;We strongly disagree with any suggestion otherwise and are deeply concerned with the health risk this poses for expecting mothers.”
Paxton has taken on other large pharmaceutical companies, suing Pfizer over the COVID vaccine and Eli Lilly for allegedly bribing providers to prescribe its medications.
In 2024, Paxton — along with dozens of other states — secured a $700 million settlement with Johnson &amp; Johnson for misleading and deceptive claims related to its baby powder products that contained talc.
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An illegal immigrant charged in the murder of 43-year-old Mary Gonzales entered the United States under President Joe Biden using the controversial CBP One app, The Daily Wire has learned.
Javier Roman Hernandez entered the country in July 2023 through Hidalgo, Texas. He was arrested on October 8 and charged earlier this week with murdering Gonzales, whose body was discovered on October 6 in a “wooded area” near a tire shop in Austin after she was reportedly shot and killed. Hernandez was one of nearly a million immigrants who entered the country under Biden using the CBP One app, which streamlined the entry process at the peak of the immigration crisis.
Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-administration-ends-cbp-one-immigration-app-moments-after-taking-office">terminated</a> the app, which is estimated to have allowed nearly a quarter of a million “inadmissible aliens” into the country.
“These alleged cold-blooded murderers should have never been in our country in the first place and Mary Gonzales should still be alive,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. “One of these criminals came into our country using Biden’s disastrous CBP One app. Open border policies have deadly consequences. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, these accused murderers will never be free on American streets to commit heinous crimes again.”
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Jesus Llamas-Yanez, who had convictions for driving under the influence and assault and is currently wanted in Mexico, was also charged with Gonzales’s murder, according to <a href="https://www.fox7austin.com/news/2-men-from-mexico-arrested-connection-north-austin-murder">Fox 7 Austin</a>. A third suspect, Enrique Gomez-Urbina, was also in the country illegally and arrested by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrants-arrested-after-woman-found-shot-death-texas-woods-1-wanted-mexican-feds-police">Fox News</a>.
The Biden administration introduced the CBP One app in January 2023, allowing hundreds of thousands of migrants to remotely schedule appointments at points of entry and be paroled into the country’s interior. It was later discovered that three suspected ISIS members from Tajikistan arrested by federal authorities last year had used CBP One to enter the U.S., <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/FILE_6538.pdf">according</a> to data the Department of Homeland Security provided to the House Judiciary Committee.
Two other suspected Tren de Aragua gang members accused of <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/09/06/us-news/tren-de-aragua-members-arrested-in-shooting-released-from-custody/">attempted murder</a> in Aurora used the app to come into the United States.
Jennie Taer contributed to this report.

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Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott said on Sunday that the state is actively going after professors at public universities who push leftist ideologies over important studies.
Abbott made the comment in response to a University of Texas at Austin professor getting dismissed from an administrative post over &#8220;ideological differences,&#8221; a move that was <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2025/10/15/university-of-texas-mark-artman">reported</a> by Axios last week. In a <a href="https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1979953044977598674">post</a> on X sharing the Axios story, Abbott wrote, &#8220;Texas is targeting professors who are more focused on pushing leftist ideologies rather than preparing students to lead our nation.&#8221;
&#8220;We must end indoctrination and return to education fundamentals at all levels of education,&#8221; he added.
After being dismissed, tenured psychology professor Art Markman said on LinkedIn he’s preparing for “a new chapter” in his career. He had been at the University of Texas for 27 years, eventually becoming senior vice provost for academic affairs. Markman is also a co-host of the science podcast, &#8220;<a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381443482/two-guys-on-your-head">Two Guys on Your Head</a>.&#8221; He did not say what &#8220;ideological differences&#8221; led to his dismissal.
The Daily Wire reached out to the University of Texas at Austin, seeking comment.
Markman&#8217;s dismissal came as the University of Texas System, which consists of 14 academic and health institutions across the state, launched a review of gender identity and LGBTQ studies, the Austin American-Statesman <a href="https://www.statesman.com/news/education/article/ut-system-audits-gender-courses-gop-targets-21075365.php">reported</a>. The probe will look into courses at all 14 of the system&#8217;s institutions.
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&#8220;The U.T. System has been reviewing courses on gender identity taught at all U.T. institutions to ensure compliance and alignment with applicable law and state and federal guidance, and to make sure any courses that are taught on U.T. campuses are aligned with the direction and priorities of the Board of Regents,&#8221; the University of Texas System said in a statement. &#8220;This review will be discussed at the November Board of Regents’ meeting.&#8221;
Pressure has ramped up on Texas universities to gut courses that include diversity, equity, inclusion, and radical gender theory as President Donald Trump takes action against schools that push leftist ideologies.
Texas A&amp;M, which is not part of the University of Texas System, has also faced controversy in recent weeks after Dr. Melissa McCoul, an English professor, was filmed in class pushing pro-LGBT talking points and telling a student who opposed her to leave a lecture. The videos showing McCoul spouting radical gender theory in a children&#8217;s literature class at the university were obtained by Republican Texas Rep. Brian Harrison and first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-texas-am-student-booted-from-lecture-after-objecting-to-professor-pushing-radical-gender-theory">reported</a> by The Daily Wire.
Harrison then went on a crusade accusing Texas A&amp;M of leftist bias and pushed for the university&#8217;s president, Mark Welsh to step down or be fired. Welsh&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-am-president-to-resign-after-leftist-politics-infiltrated-university-childrens-lit-course">resignation</a> was announced less than two weeks later.
Harrison appears unconvinced that Texas is going far enough to address LGBT courses at public universities. The state lawmaker <a href="https://x.com/brianeharrison/status/1979965546637472043">responded</a> to Abbott&#8217;s post on Sunday, saying that the University of Texas System is still promoting &#8220;LGBTQ Studies.&#8221; The University of Texas <a href="https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/wgss/courses/">offered</a> numerous courses on LGBT topics this fall, including &#8220;Queer Eastern Europe,&#8221; &#8220;Queer Latinx Aesthetics,&#8221; and &#8220;Black Queer Art Worlds.&#8221;

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The Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection approved $4.5 billion for the construction of highly technical sections of the border wall.
CBP announced last week that 10 contracts were cleared in September for 230 miles for “barriers” and roughly 400 miles for “technology,” including a “Smart Wall,” which uses multiple elements to monitor and prevent people from crossing over the border illegally.
Some of the new technology includes “steel barriers, waterborne barriers, lights cameras,” and other tools to detect potential “illegal traffic,” according to CBP.
“For years, Washington talked about border security but failed to deliver. This President changed that,” CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said in a statement. “The Smart Wall means more miles of barriers, more technology, and more capability for our agents on the ground. This is how you take control of the border.”
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The 10 contracts were the first to be paid for through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed in July. The bill included billions for border and immigration purposes, including hiring more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and $12 billion to pay back states for costs inflicted by the Biden-era border crisis.
The funding will go to projects along the border, spanning from California to Texas. Since Trump took office in January, several other projects have been cleared through contracts or waivers to continue wall construction, which was primarily halted during the Biden administration.
CBP’s webpage on the Smart Wall explains that the overall goal is to “gain operational control of the border” by combining a mix of measures, including a “secondary” wall and other technologies based on factors such as “geographic characteristics” and “procurement timelines.”
“The Smart Wall serves as a necessary tool to protect areas between ports of entry along the Rio Grande, where crossings already constitute improper entry,” Brandy Perez, a research assistant at the Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, said.
“The Department of Homeland Security’s $4.5 billion investment in Smart Wall construction amplifies America’s inherent right as a sovereign nation to decide who legally belongs on U.S. soil and who does not,” Perez added.
“The previous Trump administration implemented barriers in regions across the Southwest border and witnessed a decline in illegal crossings by 87% in the<a href="https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2020/10/29/border-wall-system-deployed-effective-and-disrupting-criminals-and-smugglers?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Yuma </a>sector and a 26% decrease in narcotics seizures in the Rio Grande sector, proving that walls deter foreign nationals who seek to break the laws of the United States and jeopardize public safety,” she continued.
As long-term developments at the border continue, the administration recently touted that fiscal year 2025 was the lowest for apprehensions at the southern border since 1970, and no releases of those crossing illegally in five months as of September, according to a CBP news release.
“Fiscal Year 2025 shows what happens when we enforce the law without compromise,” Scott stated at the time. “For too long, agents and officers were handcuffed by failed policies. Today they are empowered to do their jobs – and the result is the lowest apprehensions in more than five decades, and the most secure border in modern history.”

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A &#8220;small group&#8221; of the 200 Texas National Guard troops deployed to Illinois was reportedly sent home after a photo of several heavyset guardsmen arriving in the state sparked viral criticism over fitness standards.
The Texas Military Department said that an unspecified number were not &#8220;in compliance&#8221; with its &#8220;validation process,&#8221; Task &amp; Purpose <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-national-guard-chicago-standards/">reported</a>. A photo taken by an Associated Press photographer and published by ABC News last week showed the larger-bodied National Guard members.
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“In less than 24 hours, Texas National Guardsmen mobilized for the Federal Protection Mission,” a spokesperson told Task &amp; Purpose by email this weekend. “The speed of the response necessitated a concurrent validation process, during which we identified a small group of service members who were not in compliance and have been replaced.”
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth responded to the Task &amp; Purpose article on social media, writing, &#8220;Standards are back at The [Department of War].&#8221; Since taking over at what was previously known as the Defense Department, Hegseth has gone on a fitness blitz, urging military leaders and troops to uphold strict standards, telling military leaders last month that it&#8217;s &#8220;tiring&#8221; to &#8220;see fat troops&#8221; and &#8220;it’s completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals.&#8221;
The National Guard Bureau, which operates within the War Department, released a <a href="https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Press-Releases/Article/4322684/ngb-statement-on-fitness-standards-for-mobilization/#:~:text=When%20mobilizing%20for%20active%20duty,standards%20will%20take%20their%20places.">statement</a> after the photo went viral, emphasizing that troops “are required to meet service-specific height, weight and physical fitness standards at all times.”
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&#8220;When mobilizing for active duty, members go through a validation process to ensure they meet those requirements,” the bureau added. “On the rare occasions when members are found not in compliance, they will not go on mission. They will be returned to their home station, and replacements who do meet standards will take their places.”
Social media users poked fun at the troops shown in the AP photo. One X user <a href="https://x.com/sportsdummie/status/1975653450810859930">wrote</a>, &#8220;Meal Team 6 reporting for duty,&#8221; while another person <a href="https://x.com/homemade_jorts/status/1975670929314529690">said</a>, &#8220;Guess they missed @PeteHegseth memo about weight.&#8221;
The <a href="https://nationalguard.com/basic-combat-training/army-combat-fitness-test">Army Fitness Test</a>, which National Guard troops are required to pass, &#8220;consists of six events that assess strength and endurance, improving readiness and preventing injuries.&#8221; Troops are required to take the test at least once a year.
The Trump administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-deploys-national-guard-to-chicago-as-pritzker-melts-down-over-invasion">deployed</a> around 300 National Guard troops to Illinois as the president seeks to crack down on illegal immigration and violent crime in the Chicago area. The Trump administration, however, has been <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/appeals-court-blocks-trump-deploy-national-guard-illinois-rcna237065">blocked</a> by an appeals court from deploying those troops to the streets.

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An illegal immigrant gang member on the run for allegedly killing a man in California went on to kill a woman in Texas before Immigration and Customs Enforcement <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-wants-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker-jailed-for-failing-to-protect-ice-officers">agents</a> were able to apprehend him, The Daily Wire has learned.
Cambodian citizen Savin Seng, 41, is wanted in California for allegedly murdering 20-year-old Gabriel Isiguzo outside a North Hills strip club in 2022, according to ICE. Authorities said the killing was “unprovoked,” while <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/help-needed-capture-gunman-allegedly-killed-man-north-hills-strip-club-unprovoked-shooting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> at the time suggested the shooting stemmed from an argument over a handicapped spot outside the club.
Seng then went on to allegedly kill 47-year-old Charminy Lewis in Victoria, Texas, on Friday, authorities <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VCSOTexas/posts/wanted-murder-suspect-taken-into-custody-on-friday-october-3-2025-at-approximate/1336578791842323/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. He was later caught by the Victoria County Sheriff’s Department while walking down the highway with a loaded pistol.
Seng, who goes by the moniker “Two-Face,” admitted to authorities that he’s a member of the Asian Boyz gang and said that he desired to return to his home country, <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.2034990/gov.uscourts.txsd.2034990.1.0_1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to court documents. When asked how he obtained a firearm, Seng told officers “that he wasn’t a snitch” and that the “gun fell from the sky and he picked it up.”
“For the second time in three years, this violent criminal alien gang member has allegedly murdered someone and then attempted to flee from authorities,” Homeland Security Investigations Houston Special Agent in Charge Chad Plantz said in a statement shared with The Daily Wire.
“Within just 36 hours, the law enforcement community in Southeast Texas banded together leveraging our various resources to successfully locate him and safely take him into custody before he could harm anyone else,” Plantz added.
Seng has a lengthy rap sheet in California that includes two convictions for burglary and one conviction each for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, felon in possession of a firearm, and domestic violence, according to court records.
Seng entered the United States legally in 1984, but was ordered deported in April 2016, according to ICE.
ICE previously had him in custody, but wasn’t able to obtain travel documents from the Cambodian government to send him back, federal law enforcement sources told The Daily Wire.
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In some immigration cases, ICE is unable to deport illegal immigrants home because their countries refuse to accept their own citizens who are egregious criminals. ICE cannot hold detainees indefinitely and is required to release them after a certain period of time.
In an effort to fix the issue, the <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/06/23/dhs-releases-statement-major-victory-trump-administration-and-american-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump</a> administration has brokered deals with “third countries” to take in foreign deportees.
A third plane of deportees from the U.S. arrived in the small African nation of Eswatini on Monday as part of the effort, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/eswatini-will-receive-11-more-third-country-deportees-us-2025-10-06/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Reuters. The Trump administration is also seeking to deport MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-trump-eswatini-deportation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS News.
The Asian Boyz started in Southern California in the 1980s, and many of its early members were teenage immigrants from Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Philippines, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-sep-20-mn-24877-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Los Angeles Times.

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