Legacy Media Turns On Waterworks For Another Criminal Migrant
'The legacy media must be hard-pressed for sob stories.'
The left rages over 59 white refugees — but defends killers
The left’s radical immigration agenda isn’t just dangerous, it’s hypocritical to the core. Some recent stories show just how radical leftists have become.
Let’s start with a story Blaze News reported this month that should infuriate every law-abiding American. A 42-year-old Venezuelan man — a known hitman tied to the brutal El Chamu gang and accused of four contract killings — was released into the United States after being caught crossing the Arizona border illegally in 2022. That’s right: arrested, deemed inadmissible, then set free.
Leftists' selective outrage reveals a disturbing truth: Their moral compass isn’t guided by justice or suffering. It’s guided by race and politics.
But it gets worse. The Biden administration granted this suspected murderer a work permit because, at the time, the U.S. wasn’t talking to Venezuela about taking back its criminals.
This man walked freely through our communities for nearly three years. He was finally arrested in February 2025 — not thanks to Biden but because President Donald Trump pressured Venezuela to resume accepting deportees. Immigration and Customs Enforcement picked him up in Grapevine, Texas, which happens to be in my backyard.
This is what happens when ideology overrides public safety. And it’s not an isolated case.
An activist judge
In Wisconsin, Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was just indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant evade ICE agents. Dugan reportedly got “visibly angry,” confronted federal agents in her courtroom, and then snuck the man — who was facing battery charges and had been deported once before — out a private exit for the jury.
This man is accused of punching one victim 30 times and attacking a woman who tried to intervene. Both victims were hospitalized. But Dugan, a sitting judge, allegedly aided his escape. That’s not just reckless — it’s criminal.
And yet, as usual, the left rushed to glorify her. Some are actually comparing Judge Dugan to Harriet Tubman. I wish I were joking! Leftist lawyer Jeffrey Mandell and his friends at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel are likening her actions to a modern Underground Railroad — as if protecting a violent illegal alien compares to the rescue of fugitive slaves.
It’s beyond insulting. Harriet Tubman risked her life to free human beings from bondage. Judge Dugan risked the public’s safety to help a man accused of brutal violence. The left’s delusional moral equivalence here reveals exactly how twisted their priorities have become.
Blind eye to genocide
Yet, these priorities don’t apply if you don’t have the left’s approved skin color.
President Trump has made it a priority to deport illegal immigrants who have committed crimes. That’s what this is really about. But instead of recognizing the distinction between lawful immigration and criminal activity, the left screams that Trump wants to “kick out all immigrants” and destroy the American dream.
Then, when the administration offers refugee status to 59 Afrikaners fleeing persecution in South Africa, the same people lose their minds.
These are white farmers and their families — victims of racial violence, land seizures, and targeted killings. The South African government passed a law in 2024 that allows for the confiscation of land without compensation. Political rallies routinely feature chants of “Kill the Boer,” referring to white farmers. A political party leader led one such rally in 2023 — and it wasn’t subtle. The crowd chanted, “Shoot to kill!” with bloodthirsty fervor.
Elon Musk, a South African native, called it open incitement to genocide. He’s right.
You’d think the self-appointed champions of compassion would welcome these families with open arms. But no — they’re furious. MSNBC analyst Richard Stengel dismissed their plight as “apartheid nostalgia.” U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) called it “global apartheid.” And the Episcopal Church, which has helped resettle more than 100,000 refugees and proudly aids illegal aliens, publicly refused to help these 59 families. It even ended a 40-year partnership with the federal government over it.
Why? Because these refugees are white.
Narrative-driven immigration
In summary, the left welcomed a Venezuelan gang hitman into the country and handed him a work permit. Leftists are defending a judge who allegedly helped a violent offender escape ICE. They have no problem with 10 million illegal immigrants who flooded the country under President Biden. But when it comes to 59 South African farmers fleeing actual persecution?
They call it racism. They shut down programs. They rage on television.
This isn’t compassion. It’s a radical ideological agenda that says borders should be open to criminals — as long as they fit the narrative — and closed to those who don’t.
It would be laughable if it weren’t so morally bankrupt.
Leftists' selective outrage reveals a disturbing truth: Their moral compass isn’t guided by justice or suffering. It’s guided by race and politics. Some victims are celebrated. Others are ignored, depending entirely on their skin color and the usefulness of their story.
America is at a crossroads. We can continue this reckless, backward approach — or we can choose sanity, security, and fairness. President Trump is trying to restore order, but the radical left is fighting him every step of the way. And if this latest circus has shown us anything, it’s that leftists are just getting started.
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'Not based on color': Tom Homan debunks media claims about white South African refugees with Glenn Beck
The director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flatly denied the idea that refugees from South Africa were being welcomed to the United States because of their race.
Director Tom Homan spoke to BlazeTV host Glenn Beck on Wednesday, the same day that President Donald Trump welcomed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the White House.
'There's no color to refugees.'
Trump pressed the South African leader about the mistreatment, and sometimes murder, of white Afrikaner farmers in his country. Trump even showed Ramaphosa a horrifying video that featured gravesites and a stadium full of South Africans singing about shooting white people.
Beck asked Homan if he had any comment about the "debacle" in the media where left-wing outlets criticized the Trump administration's decision to bring 59 white South Africans to the U.S.
"There's no color to refugees," Homan plainly stated. "We don't base refugee status on color. We base it on the law. ... It's not based on color. I know, I read a lot of media stories, and a lot of the media is basically, you know, 'because they're white.' Refugee status isn't based on color."
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Homan added that refugee status in relation to race is "not the way the law is written" and assured Beck, "That's not the way we're doing things."
When it came to illegal immigration, Beck and Homan also discussed the CBP Home app, a program designed to help illegal immigrants self-deport back to their home country.
"It's been good," Homan explained. "I mean, several thousand signed up. We just did our first flight where we hosted that flight and sent them home."
Homan was likely referring to a flight of 65 illegal immigrants who accepted a free plane ticket to their home country on the condition they would receive $1,000 upon landing.
The director revealed that there had been around 4,500 additional sign-ups, and when a group of illegal migrants at a detention center had been presented with the option recently, about 50% of them volunteered.
"'You want to go home? We'll make arrangements. Go home, and you get $1,000 for going.' And just about half of the population raised their hands," Homan said.
Homan's conversation with Beck also included responses to politicians like Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D), both of whom made strong statements about the Trump administration and Homan's department.
Walz had referred to ICE agents as a "modern-day Gestapo" that is "scooping folks up off the streets," while Swalwell had claimed that the Trump administration had been prosecuting its political enemies.
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Outcry Over White South African Refugees Shows Democrats’ Goal Is Control, Not Compassion
Democrats' selective outrage reveals that the demographic transformation of the West is not a byproduct of migration but the goal itself.The Left’s Outcry Over South African Refugees Exposes Their Anti-White Bigotry
All the moral talk of giving justice to the persecuted, helping the helpless, liberating the oppressed — it only ever goes one way.
Trump Is Right To Prioritize Refugees Who Will Make Better Americans
A successful refugee policy must balance sustainability and cultural coherence.Conor McGregor says he will run for Irish president — promises end to mass immigration and tax slavery: 'I am the only one'
Former UFC champion Conor McGregor has promised to end problems related to the mass intake of refugees if elected president of Ireland.
McGregor visited the White House on St. Patrick's Day and spoke briefly to media members about the "travesty" of the "illegal immigration racket" being perpetrated on the Irish public.
He then gave his current government a 12-day limit to create a plan surrounding "mass deportations" of criminals and illegal immigrants, as well as a way to end human trafficking in Ireland. If the government failed to adhere to the timeline, McGregor said he would be sending over his plan written on White House stationary.
'Ireland has a mass illegal migration problem.'
On Sunday, McGregor pushed the idea that he would run for Ireland's presidency in a series of posts on X that focused on immigration, refugees, and the overall quality of life for Irish citizens.
"Ireland has a mass illegal migration problem that is eradicating our communities and exacerbating our housing, homelessness, healthcare crisis, all while we are governed by those who usher it in at a rapid rate. In dead of the night at that!" McGregor wrote.
He added that the country does not have the proper infrastructure, services, or checks in place, and therefore must "stop and reverse" illegal immigration in order for the country to survive.
The 36-year-old then directed his attention to a "human trafficking racket" through refugee centers called International Protection Accommodation Services centers. IPAS is a segment of Ireland's Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth that deals with the accommodations of asylum seekers and refugees.
"An end to our hotels, our office blocks, our nursing homes, and now even our schools being transformed into IPAS centres must come into effect immediately!" McGregor exclaimed. "We have well over 300 IPAS centres now across Ireland with many more proposed for this year alone. The destruction of our country right before our eyes is being harboured by our own government!"
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McGregor later revealed he would not vote in favor of the European Union's migration pact without a vote from the Irish people and then said Irish citizens have been slaving away while their taxes pay for "new to the parish visitors."
"[Refugees/asylum seekers] receive all benefits under the sun, and also, now exposed (it was silent) their foreign imported vehicles fixed and paid for anytime needed," McGregor claimed. "Full exemption from driving on foreign reg plates, having zero tax and insurance, and on top of that your car repaired at full cost to the state! That is what the people of Ireland should get now! Because the absolute audacity!!"
Is he eligible?
Many have argued whether or not McGregor is legally eligible to run for the president of Ireland. According to government websites, McGregor does meet the qualifications but would need to be nominated by a given number of sitting government officials.
An Irish presidential candidate must be at least 35 years old, an Irish citizen, and be nominated by at least 20 members of Irish parliament or at least four county councils.
McGregor would then need to be elected by a vote of the people.
The Irishman has floated the idea of running for president since 2024 and has the potential to wield significant powers that are typically seen as ceremonial.
The presidential powers include appointing the prime minister, members of government, and judges. As well, the president can dissolve or summon the parliament, as McGregor has claimed.
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