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World & Nation
Tom Homan calls out 'radical' judge for 'defying logic' with ruling to stall Trump deportations
Border czar Tom Homan joined 'Fox & Friends' to discuss how
President Donald Trump's leadership has been a 'gamechanger' for
illegal immigration and the legal pushback surrounding migrant flights
to an El Salvador 'mega prison.'
Border czar Tom Homan blasted an Obama-appointed federal judge's
decision to temporarily halt President Donald Trump's use of the
wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport violent illegal immigrant
street gangs, telling Fox News that the decision "defies logic."
"Who in their right mind, whether you're a judge or not, wants [to
allow] TDA [Tren de Aragua], a recognized terrorist organization sent
here by the Maduro regime, to create havoc, to unsettle the United
States through the use of fentanyl to kill thousands of Americans,
violence to American citizens, raping and murdering young women in this
country…?" Homan asked Monday on "Fox & Friends."
"President Trump is going to make this country safe again. He's going to do it. One illegal alien at a time."
‘Two Leakers’: Noem to Prosecute ‘Corrupt’ Agents
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently revealed its efforts
to address leaks of sensitive information tied to immigration
enforcement operations. Secretary Kristi Noem announced that polygraph
testing has begun to identify those responsible. A DHS spokesperson
confirmed the testing has been ongoing for three weeks.
Noem wrote, "We have identified two leakers of information here at the
Department of Homeland Security who have been telling individuals about
our operations and putting law enforcement lives in jeopardy. We plan
to prosecute these two individuals and hold them accountable for what
they've done."
Noem said, "It's not a spectacle. This is our nation's law enforcement
— judicial process. The scales of justice are equally applied to
everybody. We want transparency on this. I believe that this is an
accountability measure."
Accused Tren de Aragua gang members deported to El Salvador get harsh reception
The U.S. deported more than 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador
this weekend, and video posted to social media shows the harsh
reception they received in the Central American country.
Salvadoran officials said the detainees included 238 Venezuelans who
are members of the Tren de Aragua gang, as well as 23 members of MS-13.
They were immediately transferred to a Terrorism Confinement Center,
where they are scheduled to stay for at least one year, under an
agreement between the U.S. and El Salvador worth $6 million, according
to the Associated Press.
“The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for
us,” Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said in comments on X that
accompanied government video of the high-security exchange.
In the footage, shackled prisoners are seen stumbling forward as heavily armed officers push them along.
Trump to Iran: 'Responsible' for Every Houthi Shot Fired
President Donald Trump issued a clear warning to Iran on Monday with a post to his Truth Social account.
"Let nobody be fooled! The hundreds of attacks being made by Houthi,
the sinister mobsters and thugs based in Yemen, who are hated by the
Yemeni people, all emanate from, and are created by, IRAN. Any further
attack or retaliation by the “Houthis” will be met with great force,
and there is no guarantee that that force will stop there. Iran has
played “the innocent victim” of rogue terrorists from which they’ve
lost control, but they haven’t lost control. They’re dictating every
move, giving them the weapons, supplying them with money and highly
sophisticated Military equipment, and even, so-called, “Intelligence.”
Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point
forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of IRAN,
and IRAN will be held responsible, and suffer the consequences, and
those consequences will be dire!"
Iranian general responds to Trump threats against Houthi rebels
Trump ordered U.S. forces to ‘launch decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen’
An Iranian general vowed to respond "decisively and destructively" to
any threats after President Donald Trump said he ordered American
forces to launch military action against Houthis in Yemen.
"We warn our enemies that Iran will respond decisively and
destructively if they carry out their threats," Gen. Hossein Salami,
the leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, told state
media following U.S. strikes over the weekend against the Tehran-backed
terrorist group, according to Reuters.
"We are not a nation to live in hiding. We are a valid and legitimate
system in the world. We announce it if we attack anywhere," Salami was
quoted as saying by ABC News.
Columbia
janitors trapped, attacked by anti-Israel mob say they faced
retaliatory harassment for reporting antisemitic conduct as civil
rights probe launched
Columbia University is facing a new federal investigation over
allegations from two janitors who claimed to have been forced to scrub
off swastikas on campus before later being attacked and briefly trapped
by an anti-Israel “mob” during the takeover of Hamilton Hall last
spring.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency
tasked with enforcing civil rights laws in the workplace, has opened a
probe into complaints from Lester Wilson and Mario Torres, who were
forced to fight their way out of Hamilton Hall nearly a year ago, The
Post has confirmed.
“We welcome the EEOC’s decision to open an investigation into Mario’s
and Lester’s charges of discrimination,” former US Attorney General
Bill Barr, whose firm Torridon is representing the two men, told The
Post.
Trump
says Biden’s autopen pardons are ‘void, vacant and of no further force
or effect,’ vows probe of Jan. 6 House select committee
President Trump said early Monday that he was voiding all the last-minute pardons former President Joe Biden made using autopen.
“The ‘Pardons’ that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of
Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND
OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done
by Autopen,” Trump posted on Truth Social early Monday morning.
“In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he
did not know anything about them!” he said of the oldest-ever president
and concerns at his age-related mental abilities at 82.
“The necessary Pardoning Documents were not explained to, or approved
by, Biden,” he wrote. “He knew nothing about them, and the people that
did may have committed a crime.”
Trump also warned that members of the former Jan. 6 House select
committee who Biden issued pardons would be “subject to investigation
at the highest level.”
DHS' Kristi Noem says Trump admin will resume construction of 7 miles of southern border wall
Noem says building the wall in Arizona is part of the Trump administration's efforts to 'make America safe again'
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced
the building of seven miles of new border wall in Arizona as part of
the administration's efforts to "make America safe again."
Noem's announcement, coming in a short video posted to her X account,
marks the beginning of additional border wall construction along the
southern border during the second Trump administration. The DHS said in
a press release Friday that U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) had
awarded the first contract of President Donald Trump's second term to
Granite Construction Co. for more than $70 million, which will result
in seven miles of new border wall in the Rio Grande Valley Sector,
according to Noem's announcement.
"Everybody, I’m here in Arizona, and right at this spot, you can see
where the border wall ends," Noem said while standing along the border,
donning a CBP hat and jacket. "As of today, we’re starting 7 new miles
of construction, we’re going to continue to make America safe again."
Bessent: Some Countries Offering to Drop Tariffs
President Donald Trump's tariff plan already is working, as some U.S.
trade partners "want to drop their tariffs," Treasury Secretary Scott
Bessent said.
Trump announced 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, and an
additional 10% tariff on goods from China. The president also said he
will impose reciprocal tariffs on all trade partners beginning April 2.
During a Sunday appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," Bessent said some
other countries are not waiting to react to Trump's tariffs.
Schumer dismisses possible AOC primary challenge, says he's focused on bringing Trump's numbers down
Schumer said he supported a Republican spending bill because a government shutdown would be worse
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer dismissed the possibility of a
primary challenge from progressive lawmaker Rep. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., in an interview following his controversial
support for a Republican spending bill.
"That's a long time away," Schumer told The New York Times in an
interview when asked about reports that Democratic lawmakers have
privately encouraged Ocasio-Cortez to run against him for New York's
U.S. Senate seat in 2028.
Ocasio-Cortez has emerged as one of the leading voices in the
Democratic Party critical of Schumer for supporting the House-passed
funding measure to avoid a government shutdown.
Miranda Devine: While Hunter Biden vacations in South Africa, a brave whistleblower rots in a Cyprus jail
While former convicted felon Hunter Biden enjoys a luxurious vacation
in South Africa, with round-the-clock Secret Service protection paid
for by the taxpayer, the first whistleblower to report Biden corruption
is being brutalized in a Cyprus jail cell.
Gal Luft, the Israeli-American professor who told the FBI in 2019 that
Hunter and his uncle Jim Biden were paid millions by a Chinese company
while Joe Biden was VP, has been in a bleak Cypriot jail for six months
awaiting extradition over what he says are politically motivated
charges carried over from the Biden Department of Justice.
Luft was set to be a witness in the House Oversight Committee’s Biden
corruption investigation but was arrested in Cyprus in February 2023,
three weeks after Republicans took control. He had been secretly
indicted on arms dealing and foreign agent violations three months
earlier, exactly one week before the midterm elections.
Texas shifts Operation Lone Star after illegal immigrants stop crossing border
After four years and more than $11 billion spent battling the worst
mass migration border crisis in US history, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s
Operation Lone Star has repositioned most state troopers and police
personnel from a southern border riverfront that quickly fell quiet
after President Donald Trump entered office.
Texas has quietly stood down its state police, criminal investigations
agents, Texas Rangers, and SWAT teams off the 1,954-miles of Rio Grande
for the first time in four years, officials confirmed when recently
asked why they were conspicuously absent from the El Paso-Juarez
region.
The withdrawal amounts to a kind of “peace dividend” for state law enforcement officers after years of border chaos.
