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Aaron Braun notes that while Barack Obama removed 430,000 people in 2013 by focusing on border crossings and jails, Donald Trump's administration targets the interior because the border is quiet. This involves arresting long-term undocumented residents at home.
Aaron Braun reports that DHS claims to have deported one million people and prompted 2.2 million voluntary departures since January 2025, though official statistics remain unpublished. Meanwhile, ICE set an agency record by arresting 50,000 people in July.
The Trump administration is using new legal strategies to strip legal status from immigrants, making humanitarian parolees and those with temporary protected status vulnerable to deportation.
Following deadly protests in Minneapolis, Aaron Braun reports that the Trump administration shifted to quieter, tech-driven deportations led by Markwayne Mullin. This campaign is funded by a massive congressional appropriation and utilizes Palantir-developed mapping software.
Aaron Braun warns that DOJ-run immigration courts are severely backlogged, forcing judges to run rapid-fire hearings of up to 100 cases in three hours. This rush allows the government to issue removal orders in absentia to migrants missing sudden court dates.
Despite campaigning on immigration, Donald Trump's net approval on the issue is underwater, with Hispanic voters particularly opposed. Aaron Braun notes that Hispanic voters are ten percentage points more likely than other ethnic groups to support abolishing ICE.
Tom Nuttall highlights the AfD's radical 258-page manifesto, which details plans to segregate school classes by removing refugee and disabled children. The party also proposes rewriting curricula to prioritize nineteenth-century German achievements over the historical crimes of the Nazi regime.
A California federal court ruled that Trump administration statutes used to deport non-citizens for peaceful speech are unconstitutional. Judge Noel Wise affirmed that visa holders retain First Amendment rights to criticize the government, blocking retaliatory deportations of student activists.
Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was arrested by ICE on August 27th at a New Orleans airport after overstaying his visa. Yiannopoulos entered the country on May 14th, 2019, and was ordered deported on July 22nd.
Krystal and Saagar point to Milo Yiannopoulos's deportation, engineered by Laura Loomer, as evidence of her immense gatekeeping power. Loomer has successfully blocked White House appointments, got personnel fired from the NSA, and secured exclusive administration scoops.
Saagar argues that visa overstays represent the most common form of first-world immigration fraud in the United States. Wealthier European tourists and students exploit easier visa-upon-arrival access to establish long-term, undocumented residency.
Hill highlights cases of systemic misuse, including a Texas officer tracking an abortion suspect and ICE agents accessing local camera feeds through partner departments. Some cities canceled their contracts after discovering federal immigration officers utilized their data.
Jason Calacanis explains that institutional investors borrow yen at one percent interest to buy high-yield US Treasuries at five percent. Calacanis notes Japan is managing population decline by welcoming skilled immigrants who must demonstrate immediate Japanese fluency and assimilate locally.