Joe Biden’s Border Failures Come Back To Haunt Trump At Time Of Crisis
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In Landmark Skrmetti Case, Justice Thomas Demolishes The ‘Expert Class’
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has never been shy about telling it like it is in his Supreme Court opinions. So, it came as little surprise when he demolished the so-called “expert class” in the high court’s Wednesday opinion in U.S. v. Skrmetti. In a 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS deemed a Tennessee law prohibiting the surgical and […]Kamala, Newsom, AOC outed: Leaked DHS memo claims they back violent illegal aliens over Americans
As President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security works to clean up the illegal immigration crisis caused by the former Biden administration, a leaked internal memo from the department named several "open borders politicians" who allegedly defended "illegal alien rapists, murders, [and] pedophiles."
The unclassified memo accused progressive politicians of prioritizing illegal immigrant criminals and violent rioters over law enforcement and their American citizen constituents, citing the recent destructive and violent protests in Los Angeles, California, last week.
'ICE, get the f**k out of LA so that order can be restored.'
"Since June 6, thousands of violent rioters protesting [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] operations in Los Angeles have assaulted law enforcement officers with concrete chunks and Molotov cocktails, attacked federal buildings, burned cars, and destroyed other public and private property throughout the city," the leaked memo read. "Still, open borders politicians have consistently defended, excused and denied the violence."
The DHS accused the leftist politicians of attempting to blame the lawless protests on ICE.
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"Leftists slander law enforcement, lie about Trump policies, and praise illegal aliens," the memo continued.
The department's internal document listed several Democratic politicians: former Vice President Kamala Harris, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, and Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Maxine Waters of California. Additionally, it referred to Rep. Norma Torres of California but mistakenly listed her as "Yvette Torres."
The DHS included quotes from each of the individuals to support its claims that the politicians "put Americans last" by defending illegal alien criminals.
It quoted Harris stating, "Demonstrations in defense of our immigrant neighbors have been overwhelmingly peaceful."
The memo noted that Newsom, during his June 10th address to California, said, "[Trump's] administration is pushing mass deportations, indiscriminately targeting hardworking immigrant families, regardless of their roots or risk. What's happening right now is very different than anything we've seen before."
A comment attributed to Bass read, "Stop the raids. There is a real fear in Los Angeles right now. Parents, workers, grandparents, young people scared to go about their daily lives. We are a city of immigrants. Washington is attacking our people, our neighborhoods, and our economy."
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The DHS quoted Sen. Murphy stating, "This is a moment where we have to be on the streets all over the country. ... [President Trump is] trying to turn a protest that is pretty small into something that involves an even bigger confrontation."
It included a comment from Ocasio-Cortez that read, "It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock, rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence."
"ICE, get the f**k out of L.A. so that order can be restored," Torres was cited as saying.
Waters was quoted as stating, "Don't think that somehow, because they called out the National Guard, there was violence. There was no violence."
DHS noted that ICE arrested "murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and other heinous scumbags" during the Los Angeles operation.
The department stated that the leftist politicians have continued to "stand firmly with foreign nationals invading America and causing mayhem" and therefore "do not care about the American people's safety or law enforcement."
The DHS added that the politicians' policies would "never put America first" and that they are "squarely on the side of criminal illegal aliens."
"The Trump Administration will always put the American people first and defend law enforcement working to keep America safe," the department concluded.
Representatives for Harris, Newsom, Ocasio-Cortez, Bass, Torres, Waters, and Murphy did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.
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Trump vows to EXPOSE shadow government with probe of alleged Biden autopen power-grab
American voters feared that a bureaucrat shadow government had seized control of the White House during Biden's administration.
Such concerns were initially sparked by former President Joe Biden's very public mental decline that even seemingly prompted the Democratic Party to push him out of the running for a second term. Concerns grew that Biden's unelected aides were potentially controlling the White House after reports of autopen abuses surfaced.
'Politically, this should end the Democratic Party as a major political entity in the United States.'
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration opened an investigation into Biden's aides to determine who was in charge of the nation the last four years.
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A White House memorandum read, "In recent months, it has become increasingly apparent that former President Biden's aides abused the power of Presidential signatures through the use of an autopen to conceal Biden's cognitive decline and assert Article II authority."
"This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history," the memo continued. "The American public was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden's signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts."
Trump argued that despite Biden's "serious cognitive decline," the administration "issued over 1,200 Presidential documents, appointed 235 judges to the Federal bench, and issued more pardons and commutations than any administration in United States history." Just one month before leaving office, the Biden administration commuted the sentences of 37 criminals facing death row, he noted.
Trump questioned whether Biden was aware of any of those actions taken by his administration. He directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate "whether certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden's mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of the President."
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The Oversight Project previously launched its own investigation into the Biden administration's use of autopen and the former president's mental decline.
Mike Howell, the president of the Oversight Project, told Blaze News, "Actions taken on behalf of an incapacitated Biden should have no legal effect. Those who abused the situation have potentially committed a series of crimes, mostly related to impersonation, fraud, and civil rights abuses. Those who were aware of this happening also have legal liability.
"Politically, this should end the Democratic Party as a major political entity in the United States. The entire apparatus was in on this. There should be no coming back from it," Howell added.
Biden responded to Trump's investigation announcement, claiming he was aware of all the actions taken under his presidency.
"Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn't is ridiculous and false," Biden said.
He accused Trump of attempting to distract the public from the controversy surrounding his "big, beautiful bill."
"This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and congressional Republicans who are working to push disastrous legislation that would cut essential programs like Medicaid and raise costs on American families, all to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations," Biden stated.
Mike Howell is a contributor to Blaze News.
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Trump admin saves migrant sisters from sex slavery in crackdown on Biden's lost kids crisis: Report
President Donald Trump's Homeland Security Investigations rescued two migrant sisters from sex slavery, according to a Tuesday report.
Sources told the New York Post that the Honduran nationals, 16 and 18 years old, crossed the border into the U.S. as unaccompanied minors.
'Unlike the previous administration, President Trump and Secretary Noem take the responsibility to protect children seriously and will continue to work with federal law enforcement to reunite children with their families.'
On Saturday, HSI special agents rescued the sisters from a hotel in West Covina, California. The two were reportedly held in captivity and forced into prostitution.
According to sources, Christopher Ramirez was accused of "pimping" the sisters and arrested on local charges. Ramirez will also reportedly face federal charges.
Federal agents are still searching for co-conspirators who assisted with trafficking the sisters from Texas to California, the Post reported.
The outlet stated that the younger sister was transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services, which is the agency responsible for placing unaccompanied minors with U.S.-based sponsors. The older sister was released after refusing federal services.
The sisters' rescue is tied to a broader effort by the Trump administration to locate migrant children the federal government lost track of after they crossed the border alone and were placed with sponsors in the U.S. Trump has prioritized reuniting the children with their relatives.
Under the former Biden administration, the federal government lost contact with more than 320,000 unaccompanied migrant minors, leaving the children vulnerable to sex and labor trafficking.
From fiscal years 2019 to 2023, Immigration and Customs Enforcement transferred custody of 448,000 unaccompanied minors to the HHS' Office of Refugee Resettlement. In theory, the ORR was to prioritize placing children with thoroughly vetted, related sponsors. However, the agency was overwhelmed by the exploding border crisis and pressured to make placements quickly.
An inspector general report found that 32,000 unaccompanied minors did not appear for their immigration court dates, and ICE failed to serve Notice to Appear documents to 291,000.
"By not issuing NTAs to all UCs, ICE limits its chances of having contact with UCs when they are released from HHS' custody, which reduces opportunities to verify their safety," the report read.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin previously stated that within Trump's first 70 days, the administration had already reunited approximately 5,000 children with family or a "safe guardian."
"Unlike the previous administration, President Trump and Secretary Noem take the responsibility to protect children seriously and will continue to work with federal law enforcement to reunite children with their families," McLaughlin said.
ICE told Blaze News that it cannot comment on ongoing investigations.
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Trump admin ends Biden's free ride: 5+ million deadbeat student loan borrowers to face collections
President Donald Trump's Department of Education announced Monday that it will soon end the former Biden administration's free ride for student loan borrowers in default.
The ED's Office of Federal Student Aid will restart collections on May 5 for more than five million borrowers who have not made a payment for at least 360 days. Another four million borrowers — not yet considered to be in default — have not paid in 91 to 180 days.
"As a result, there could be almost 10 million borrowers in default in a few months. When this happens, almost 25 percent of the federal student loan portfolio will be in default," read a press release from the ED.
'The Biden Administration misled borrowers: the executive branch does not have the constitutional authority to wipe debt away, nor do the loan balances simply disappear.'
According to the department, 42.7 million student loan borrowers owe over $1.6 trillion. It noted that most borrowers are either delinquent or in an interest-free forbearance or deferment period.
"Only 38 percent of borrowers are in repayment and current on their student loans," it said. "Resuming collections protects taxpayers from shouldering the cost of federal student loans that borrowers willingly undertook to finance their postsecondary education."
The department has not collected on its defaulted student loans since March 2020, despite Congress mandating repayment in October 2023.
Trump's ED slammed the former administration for its refusal to lift the pause on collections, which "kept borrowers in a confusing limbo."
It further noted that under former President Joe Biden, the ED "failed to process applications for borrowers who applied for income-driven repayment and continued to push misguided 'on-ramps' and illegal loan forgiveness schemes to win points with borrowers and mask rising delinquency and default rates."
Over the next couple of weeks, the FSA will notify those currently in default about the payment restart. It will begin sending notifications of wage garnishments "later this summer," the department stated.
ED Secretary Linda McMahon said, "American taxpayers will no longer be forced to serve as collateral for irresponsible student loan policies."
"The Biden Administration misled borrowers: the executive branch does not have the constitutional authority to wipe debt away, nor do the loan balances simply disappear," she continued. "Hundreds of billions have already been transferred to taxpayers. Going forward, the Department of Education, in conjunction with the Department of Treasury, will shepherd the student loan program responsibly and according to the law, which means helping borrowers return to repayment—both for the sake of their own financial health and our nation's economic outlook."
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Trump to slam border shut with vast buoy wall, tightening grip on illegal crossing chaos
President Donald Trump's administration is gearing up to clamp down further on illegal crossings from Mexico by installing floating buoy barriers in the Rio Grande.
The Washington Examiner reported Wednesday that the Trump administration plans to place a 17-mile-long buoy wall in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
'Gov. Abbott deployed them soon after and proved that they were very effective.'
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R), under former President Joe Biden in 2023, installed the state's own buoy barriers to curb the nation's illegal immigration crisis, particularly in the highly trafficked Eagle Pass area. The interconnected inflatable sphere buoys were four feet wide and acted as a floating fence that, when grabbed, would spin to prevent illegal aliens from being able to climb over.
It was the first time such a deterrent had been deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border, and the move faced legal challenges from the Biden administration's Department of Justice. The lawsuit claimed that Texas violated federal law by failing to obtain authorization to install the barrier. It also argued that the buoys created both environmental and safety concerns.
Trump's DOJ is expected to drop the case against Texas over its buoy wall.
According to the Washington Examiner, the first Trump administration's Border Patrol initially developed the idea of installing floating barriers. However, it never did so due to the administration change.
After former Border Patrol agent Mike Banks was hired as Texas' border czar, the state rolled out the plan independently. Banks is now the national Border Patrol chief.
The Washington Examiner reported that Texas wants to gift its 1,000-foot barrier to the Trump administration.
Selene Rodriguez with the Texas Public Policy Foundation told the news outlet that the state's implementation of the buoy wall proved effective at deterring illegal crossings.
"Left to fend for ourselves, Texas found innovative solutions to secure our border and support our law enforcement," Rodriguez stated. "The buoy barrier was a necessary measure that proved further action can be taken, and we are happy to see that measure now taken by the Trump administration."
Border czar Tom Homan told the Washington Examiner that the floating wall is "a great border barrier concept."
"[Border Patrol] was studying their use at the end of Trump 45 and thought they were an excellent method to secure the border and save lives," Homan said. "They were not deployed because the administration changed hands. Gov. Abbott deployed them soon after and proved that they were very effective. Border barriers such as walls and buoys work. The data proves it."
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Trump’s DOT left to clean up Biden admin's $43 billion grant fiasco
The Trump administration’s Department of Transportation revealed that it inherited an “unprecedented backlog of grants” left by the Biden administration.
In late March, the DOT’s Federal Highway Administration reported that Secretary Sean Duffy had finalized a $221 million federal grant to rebuild Rhode Island’s Washington Bridge — its westbound side has been closed since December 2023 following a “critical failure.” The funding for the project was initially announced in the fall of 2024, but the Biden administration “failed to sign the agreement.”
‘Under the Trump administration, we’ve ripped out this red tape and are getting back to what matters.’
The DOT’s announcement noted that "the Trump administration inherited roughly 3,200 unobligated grants that had been promoted by the previous administration but never fulfilled.”
Duffy stated, “Since coming into office, my team has discovered an unprecedented backlog of grants leftover from the previous administration.”
He slammed “ridiculous DEI and Green New Deal requirements” for preventing “real infrastructure from being built and funded.”
“Under the Trump administration, we’ve ripped out this red tape and are getting back to what matters. As part of our work to deliver real results, we are pleased to announce $221 million in grants for Rhode Island’s Washington Bridge — a critical link that carries thousands of vehicles a day,” Duffy declared.
A DOT spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the backlogs totaled $43 billion. After Trump won the election but before he took office, the Biden administration reportedly announced $9 billion worth of grants to 1,000 recipients that were not made official before Biden departed.
“Nothing was done to actually get these grant agreements signed and sent to projects,” the DOT spokesperson stated.
During the April 10 Cabinet meeting, Duffy told President Donald Trump about the previous administration’s massive grant backlog.
“The last administration announced 3,200 projects, big, beautiful roads and bridges — most of them are good. But they announced them — they didn’t sign a grant agreement,” he explained. “So the money doesn’t go out the door to build the infrastructure in the country. And it’s fun to do an announcement. It’s actually the harder work to put together these grant agreements.”
Duffy noted how the Biden administration included “green and social justice requirements.”
“We’re pulling all that out and putting the money toward the infrastructure, not the social movement from the last administration,” he said.
Trump responded, “Good steel, right? As opposed to green papier-mache.”
On Monday, Duffy announced that the DOT had saved taxpayers $63.9 million by terminating a grant between the Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak to build a high-speed rail project in Texas.
Duffy called the project “a waste of taxpayer funds and a distraction from Amtrak’s core mission of improving its existing subpar services.”
“If the private sector believes this project is feasible, they should carry the pre-construction work forward, rather than relying on Amtrak and the American taxpayer to bail them out. My department will continue to look for every opportunity to save federal dollars and prioritize efficiencies,” Duffy said.
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