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Trump Admin. Partners With Indiana To Create New ‘Speedway Slammer’

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The Trump Administration announced an exciting new partnership with the state of Indiana to create a new ICE detention facility modeled after Floridaโ€™s โ€œAlligator Alcatraz,โ€ with the new location called the โ€œSpeedway Slammer.โ€

The new ICE detention facility, which will be established in coordination with the Indiana state government, will be located at the Miami Correctional Facility, located roughly 60 miles north of Indianapolis.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the new facility, explaining that it will allow the federal law enforcement agency to hold another 1,000 illegal aliens at a time.

โ€œCOMING SOON to Indiana: The Speedway Slammer. Today, weโ€™re announcing a new partnership with the state of Indiana to expand detention bed space by 1,000 beds. Thanks to Governor Braun for his partnership to help remove the worst of the worst out of our country,โ€ Noem said in a statement to Fox News announcing the new ICE detention facility.

โ€œIf you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in Indianaโ€™s Speedway Slammer. Avoid arrest and self deport now using the CBP Home App,โ€ she added, referencing the app that the Trump administration is using to encourage illegal alien self-deportations.

Indiana Governor Mike Braun touted the new partnership with the Trump administration and asserted that the โ€œSpeedway Slammerโ€ will assist ICE in its effort to โ€œremove the worst of the worst.โ€

โ€œWe are proud to work with President Trump and Secretary Noem as they remove the worst of the worst with this innovative partnership,โ€ Braun said. โ€œIndiana is taking a comprehensive and collaborative approach to combating illegal immigration and will continue to lead the way among states.โ€

The โ€œSpeedway Slammerโ€ comes on the heels of Floridaโ€™s โ€œAlligator Alcatraz,โ€ the new ICE detention facility located in the Everglades, which appearsย virtually impossibleย to successfully escape from due to the treacherous natural conditions in the area and the dangerous wildlife that populate it.

IRS, DHS Reach Game-Changing Agreement For Trump Immigration Agenda

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History in the making…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have reportedly come to an agreement to allow ICE to access taxpayer information to locateย illegal immigrantsย subject to deportation.

According to Fox News, the Trump administration filed a memorandum of understanding late Monday with a court to create guardrails and a process for ICE requests to the IRS to further investigations of criminal illegal immigrants who have failed or refuse to leave the United States 90 days after a judge has issued a final order of removal.ย 

“The Internal Revenue Service and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement have entered into a memorandum of understanding to establish a clear and secure process to support law enforcementโ€™s efforts to combat illegal immigration,” a Treasury Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement. 

“The bases for this MOU are founded in longstanding authorities granted by Congress, which serve to protect the privacy of law-abiding Americans while streamlining the ability to pursue criminals,” the statement said. “After four years of Joe Biden flooding the nation with illegal aliens, President Trumpโ€™s highest priority is to ensure the safety of the American people.”

A senior Treasury Department official said the illegal immigrants have been given due process but have overstayed 90 days post a judge’s removal order. 

The MOU outlines a process to ensure that sensitive taxpayer data information is protected while allowing law enforcement to pursue criminal violations, the official said.ย 

A draft agreement reported last month by the Washington Post said it would limit ICE to confirm the addresses of illegal immigrants who have final removal orders.

The deal would allow ICE to submit the names and addresses of illegal immigrants to the IRS, who could then cross-check thoseย immigrants’ tax recordsย and provide the immigration agency with current address information.

The significant step forward comes amid the Trump Administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

On Monday, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Robertsย temporarily paused a lower courtโ€™s orderย requiring theย Trump administrationย to returnย Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported toย El Salvador. This pause delays the midnight deadline previously set for Abrego Garciaโ€™s return.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis had earlier mandated the administration to โ€œfacilitate and effectuateโ€ Abrego Garciaโ€™s return by midnight, emphasizing that his deportation was an โ€œadministrative error.โ€ The Department of Justice (DOJ) acknowledged the mistake but argued that the courtโ€™s injunction was โ€œpatently unlawful,โ€ asserting that the government lacks the authority to retrieve him from El Salvador.

Trump Border Czar Defends Hefty Immigration Plan Pricetag

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Incoming Trump administration border czarย Tom Homanย told NewsNationโ€™sย Ali Bradleyย there is no โ€œprice tagโ€ for theย mass deportationsย planned by the incoming administration

โ€œWhat price do you put on national security? I donโ€™t think it has a price tag,โ€ Homan said. โ€œWhat price do you put on the thousands of American moms and dads who buried their children? You want to talk about family separation; they buried their children because their children were murdered by illegal aliens that werenโ€™t supposed to be here. I donโ€™t put a price on that. I donโ€™t put a price on national security. I donโ€™t put a price on American lives.โ€

Homan further defended the mass deportationsโ€™ $86 billion price tag, saying it would save American taxpayers money in the future.

โ€œThis operation would be expensive,โ€ he acknowledged. โ€œHowever, itโ€™s going to save taxpayers a lot of money in the long run. Right now, weโ€™re spending billions of dollars on free airline tickets, free hotel rooms, free medical care, free meals, the education system.โ€

Homan, however, said they will also need help from Congress.

โ€œWe need more resources; we need funding. We obviously need to buy more detention beds because everybody we arrest, we have to detain to work on those removal efforts and get travel documents, get flight arrangements. So we need more detention beds,โ€ said Homan.

Homan said the Trump administration doesnโ€™t plan on separating families but rather deporting them together. He said the administration is looking into using halfway houses to hold U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.

โ€œAs far as U.S. children, thatโ€™s going to be a difficult situation because weโ€™re not going to change your U.S. citizenship,โ€ he said. โ€œWhich means theyโ€™re going to be put in a halfway house or they can stay at home and wait for the officers to get the travel arrangements and come back and get the family. You know the best thing to do for a family is to self-deport themselves.โ€

Judge Rebuked Twice By Supreme Court Deals New Blow To Trump Immigration Agenda

A federal judge already twice rebuked by the Supreme Court is back at itโ€”this time blocking the Trump administration from ending legal protections for thousands of Ethiopian migrants.

Judge Brian Murphy, a Biden appointee in Massachusetts, temporarily halted the administrationโ€™s plan to strip temporary protected status (TPS) from more than 5,000 Ethiopiansโ€”a move that would have made them deportable within 60 days.

Murphy said the Department of Homeland Security didnโ€™t follow the law when it pulled the plug on the program.

That ruling lands right in the middle of the administrationโ€™s broader push to shrink TPS and tighten immigration enforcement.

But it also lands on a judge with a track record.

Murphy has repeatedly tried to block Trump-era deportation policiesโ€”especially efforts to send migrants to third countries. The Supreme Court has stepped in twice to reverse him, even issuing a rare 7โ€“2 clarification saying he ignored its orders. An appeals court also shut down one of his more recent rulings just last month.

Critics say this is more of the same.

โ€œThis rogue judge lacks the subject matter jurisdiction to issue this order,โ€ Sen. Eric Schmitt said. โ€œThe assault on the rule of law continues.โ€

Legal analyst Jonathan Turley piled on, warning that โ€œthis system cannot function with such rogue operators at the trial level.โ€

Iowa Solicitor General Eric Wessan pointed to what he sees as a fundamental problem: the law itself.

โ€œOne big problem for Murphy is the statute: It explains TPS determinations arenโ€™t reviewable. Another is the Supreme Court, which has stopped similar orders twice,โ€ Wessan said. โ€œHe finds neither statute nor SCOTUS stops him. Iโ€™m unconvinced.โ€

Murphy, for his part, insists heโ€™s not defying the high court. He noted that the Supreme Court hasnโ€™t fully explained its recent TPS-related rulingsโ€”and hasnโ€™t stepped in on every similar case.

โ€œThere is no reason to assumeโ€ the justices have settled the issue, he wrote.

The lawsuit behind the ruling claims the administrationโ€™s TPS rollback isnโ€™t just proceduralโ€”itโ€™s discriminatory. Lawyers for the plaintiffs argue the policy is aimed at reducing non-white immigration, writing that the effort targets โ€œthe nationals of majority Black countriesโ€ in particular.

The Justice Department is expected to appeal, setting up yet another round in a growing legal fight between the Trump administration and a judge who keeps standing in its way.

Trump Administration Delivers Historic Border Security Win โ€” Lowest Apprehensions Since 1970

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The Trump administration has closed fiscal year 2025 with a historic milestone on border security โ€” the lowest U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions in more than five decades, according to preliminary enforcement data released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Border agents recorded 237,565 apprehensions in fiscal year 2025 โ€” slightly above the 201,780 apprehensions in 1970 but dramatically below recent levels. The numbers represent an 87% drop compared to the average of the past four fiscal years (1.86 million apprehensions) and showcase what can happen when the federal government finally enforces immigration laws.

This achievement came even though 72% of this yearโ€™s total apprehensions happened during the final 111 days of the Biden administration โ€” before President Trump returned to office and immediately began reversing his predecessorโ€™s โ€œopen-borderโ€ policies.

โ€œFiscal year 2025 shows what happens when we enforce the law without compromise,โ€ said CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott. โ€œFor too long, agents and officers were handcuffed by failed policies. Today they are empowered to do their jobs โ€” and the result is the most secure border in modern history.โ€


Reversing Bidenโ€™s Border Chaos

When President Trump took office in January 2025, he inherited what many described as a border crisis fueled by Bidenโ€™s mass-release policies. In just the first 111 days of the fiscal year, under Bidenโ€™s watch, 172,026 apprehensions occurred โ€” nearly three-quarters of the yearโ€™s total.

But once Trumpโ€™s immigration directives took effect, the situation changed dramatically. Over the next 254 days, apprehensions plummeted to 65,539 โ€” just 27% of the fiscal yearโ€™s total.

September 2025 alone saw only about 279 apprehensions per day along the Southwest border โ€” a staggering 95% decline compared to the Biden-era daily average of 5,110. It also marked the fifth consecutive month of zero illegal immigrant releases by Border Patrol โ€” a stark contrast to 9,144 releases in September 2024.

Across all entry points, CBP recorded roughly 26,000 total encounters in September, down 89% from Bidenโ€™s monthly averages.


Strong Action From Day One

President Trump wasted no time taking decisive action to reestablish border control:

  • Deployed additional personnel to the southern border.
  • Ended โ€œcatch-and-releaseโ€, ensuring illegal migrants are no longer released while awaiting hearings.
  • Shut down Bidenโ€™s CBP One app parole loophole, later repurposing the app to help migrants self-deport.
  • Paused parole programs and authorized ICE to cancel parole statuses.
  • Ordered strict enforcement of existing immigration laws, restoring morale and authority to frontline border agents.

These policies stand in sharp contrast to Bidenโ€™s approach, which relied on controversial โ€œparoleโ€ programs and insisted on new legislation instead of acting on existing laws.

Blue City Prosecutor Vows To Pursue Federal Agents Criminally After Trump Term Ends

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a Soros-backed progressive prosecutor, is facing mounting bipartisan criticism after making fiery remarks comparing federal immigration agents to Nazis and suggesting they should be โ€œhunted down.โ€

Speaking last week, Krasner denounced Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as โ€œa small bunch of wannabe Nazis,โ€ adding, โ€œIf we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities.โ€

The comments prompted swift backlash from Republicans, with Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) a member of the House Intelligence Committee, urging the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation.

Steube cited federal statutes that make threatening a federal law enforcement officer a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

โ€œThe DOJ should absolutely arrest and convict this guy,โ€ Steube said.

Krasner has a history of antagonism toward federal immigration enforcement. He previously claimed he would seek to arrest and prosecute federal agents who โ€œcome to Philly to commit crimes,โ€ an apparent reference to controversial law enforcement actions during a Minnesota operation in which a woman was shot after allegedly attempting to ram officers with her vehicle.

In the speech that drew Steubeโ€™s condemnation, Krasner boasted that the 350 million Americans living in the United States vastly outnumber ICE agents, and he floated the idea of coordinating with prosecutors in other states to pursue them criminally after President Donald Trumpโ€™s term ends.

Even prominent Democrats distanced themselves from Krasnerโ€™s rhetoric. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called the remarks โ€œunacceptableโ€ฆ abhorrent and it is wrong; period; hard-stop; end of sentence.โ€

Republicans were far less restrained.

โ€œWe have a psychopath with a badge,โ€ Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa) said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

Meuser blasted Krasner for what he described as chronic failures to prosecute violent crime, pointing to reports that the district attorneyโ€™s office prosecutes only about 30% of violent crime arrests.

โ€œEvery responsible Democrat must condemn this behavior,โ€ Meuser said. โ€œFailure to do so only increases the temperature in an already volatile situation, endangering federal law enforcement and communities alike.โ€

Meuser also accused Senate Democrats of borrowing Krasnerโ€™s โ€œreckless political playbookโ€ by using Department of Homeland Security funding as leverage in government shutdown negotiations.

Critics have long dubbed Krasner โ€œLet โ€™Em Go Larryโ€ for his lenient prosecution policiesโ€”an approach Meuser contrasted sharply with Krasnerโ€™s aggressive posture toward federal immigration officers.

Meuser has authored the Holding Prosecutors Accountable Act, legislation that would strip Justice Department grant eligibility from district attorney offices that fail to prosecute at least two-thirds of arrests.

The Department of Homeland Security weighed in as well. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin called Krasnerโ€™s comments โ€œvile,โ€ accusing him of encouraging violence and doxing of law enforcement officers.

โ€œHe is intentionally stoking the flames of hatred and division in this country for political gain,โ€ McLaughlin said, citing a reported 1,300% increase in assaults against ICE agents. โ€œThe violence and dehumanization of these men and women who are simply enforcing the law must stop.โ€

McLaughlin argued that Krasner should instead be thanking ICE for removing dangerous criminals from the Philadelphia region, including Yehi Badawi of Egypt, convicted of aggravated assault and robbery; Cuban national Alan De Armas-Tundidor, a convicted drug trafficker; and Thanh Long Huynh of Vietnam, convicted of rape and cocaine distribution.

Other Pennsylvania Republicans emphasized that Krasnerโ€™s threats are legally hollow.

State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Gettysburg) who taught constitutional law at the U.S. Army War College, noted that the federal supremacy clause would override any attempt by Philadelphia officials to interfere with lawful federal immigration enforcement.

โ€œThe Constitution is not optional,โ€ Mastriano said bluntly.

State Sen. Jarrett Coleman (R-Allentown) chairman of the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee, echoed that warning, calling claims that city officials can block ICE โ€œempty threats.โ€

โ€œIf they do obstruct federal law enforcement efforts, the Pennsylvania Senate will be the least of their worries,โ€ Coleman said, adding that if Krasner focused more on prosecuting violent offenders, โ€œPhiladelphia wouldnโ€™t be such a s—hole.โ€

As criticism intensifies, Krasnerโ€™s remarks have reignited a broader debate over progressive prosecutors, public safety, and the limits of local resistance to federal law enforcementโ€”one that now may draw scrutiny from the Justice Department itself.

Trump To Sign Order To Prepare Guantanamo Bay For 30K Prisoners

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President Donald J. Trump participates in a roundtable discussion on immigration and border security at the U.S. Border Patrol Calexico Station Friday, April 5, 2019, in Calexico, Calif. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

Presidentย Donald Trumpย announced Wednesday that he would sign an executive order for the Pentagon to prepare Guantanamo Bay to detain 30,000 “criminal illegal aliens.”

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“Today I’m also signing an executive order to instruct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay,” Trump said. “Most people don’t even know about it.”

He said they need 30,000 beds to house the detainees, adding that putting them there will ensure they do not come back.

“Itโ€™s a tough place to get out of,” Trump added.

This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

Supreme Court Rules Wrongfully Deported Man Must Return To US

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The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, aย Salvadoran national living in Maryland,ย from an El Salvador prison.

Abrego Garcia, 29, was deported to the El Salvadoran mega-prison last month for being an allegedย MS-13 gang member,ย however, his attorneys maintain he does not have any gang ties. Garcia’s wrongful deportation has triggered an onslaught of criticisms from both sides of the aisle. (RELATED: IRS, DHS Reach Game-Changing Agreement For Trump Immigration Agenda)

The Supreme Court sided with U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis who initially ordered federal officials to coordinate Garcia’s return back to Maryland in a Monday order, calling his deportation “wholly unlawful.”

Fox News reports:

“On March 15, 2025, the United States removed Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from the United States to El Salvador, where he is currently detained in the Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT),” the order states. “The United States acknowledges that Abrego Garcia was subject to a withholding order forbidding his removal to El Salvador, and that the removal to El Salvador was therefore illegal.” 

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she “would have declined to intervene in this litigation and denied the application in full.”

“Nevertheless, I agree with the Courtโ€™s order that the proper remedy is to provide Abrego Garcia with all the processes to which he would have been entitled had he not been unlawfully removed to El Salvador,” Sotomayor wrote. “That means the Government must comply with its obligation to provide Abrego Garcia with โ€˜due process of law,โ€™ including notice and an opportunity to be heard, in any future proceedings.”

The Justice Department responded to the order in a statement to Fox News in a statement. 

“As the Supreme Court correctly recognized, it is the exclusive prerogative of the President to conduct foreign affairs,” the statement says. “By directly noting the deference owed to the Executive Branch, this ruling once again illustrates that activist judges do not have the jurisdiction to seize control of the Presidentโ€™s authority to conduct foreign policy.”

Haitian Gang Member Shouts โ€˜F*ck Trump,โ€™ Thanks Obama’ During Deportation: Watch

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*This article contains graphic language*

Shocking footage…

A Haitian gang member was recorded by Fox News praising former Presidentsย Joe Bidenย andย Barack Obama as he was arrested by ICE for deportation this week.

Fox News filmed several illegal aliens being arrested by ICE in Boston this week as the agency carried out Trumpโ€™s illegal immigration crackdown just days after his inauguration.

โ€œIโ€™m not going back to Haiti!โ€ one man could be heard screaming as he was arrested by ICE agents. โ€œFuck Trump! You feel me? Yo, Biden forever, bro! Thank Obama for everything that he did for me, bro!โ€

ICE told Fox News that the man in question was a gang member from Haiti with โ€œseventeen criminal convictions in recent years.โ€

Fox News also recorded the arrest of a Salvadorian illegal alien who had previously been โ€œcharged locally with rape,โ€ but was quickly โ€œreleased by sanctuary jurisdiction,โ€ as well as an illegal alien from Brazil wanted for armed robbery and a Dominican illegal alien who had been charged with drug trafficking and assault with a deadly weapon.

In another moment captured by Fox News, ICE agents arrested an MS-13 gang member for gun charges, as well as his roommate, who was also found to be living in the United States illegally.

โ€œICE says he was released from local custody just the day before,โ€ reported Fox News on the MS-13 gang member. โ€œTheir detainer request was ignored because of sanctuary policies.โ€

The Trump administration has started flying immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally out of the country using military aircraft, a White House spokesperson said Friday.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared photos on the social media site X of individuals in handcuffs boarding a military plane.

โ€œDeportation flights have begun,โ€ Leavitt said. โ€œPresident Trump is sending a strong and clear message to the entire world: if you illegally enter the United States of America, you will face severe consequences.โ€

This week, Trump’s border czar Tom Homan announced ICE had made over 1,000 arrests while carrying out deportation orders.

Report: Trump Admin Sends Over 100 Iranians Back To Tehran In Rare Deal

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The Trump administration has reportedly deported a planeload of more than 100 Iranians under a deal struck with the Iranian government.

Iranian officials confirmed to The New York Times that the planeload of migrants took off from Louisiana on Monday night and was expected to arrive in Iran via Qatar on Tuesday. A U.S. official also reportedly confirmed the plan to the outlet.

Monday’s round of deportations is the first step in a larger plan to deport approximately 400 Iranian nationals.

“The Trump Administration is committed to fulfilling President Trumpโ€™s promise to carry out the largest mass deportation operation of illegal aliens in history, using all the tools at our disposal,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Fox News on Tuesday.

The deal marks a rare instance of cooperation between Tehran and the US, which saw heightened tensions in the wake of this summer’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Iranian officials told The Times that the deportation deal came about after months of discussions between the two nations.

The identities of the Iranian deportees are unknown, but The Times reported that the group included men and women, some of whom were couples. The outlet also noted, citing Iranian officials, that some of the deportees volunteered to leave the U.S. after spending time in detention centers, while others were not going voluntarily.

Iranian officials also told The Times that in almost every case, the deportees either had asylum requests denied or had yet to appear before a judge for a hearing on their requests.

“We have urged the American government to respect the rights of Iranian migrants and their citizenship rights under international law. They must not be denied consular services, fair judicial process, or the principles enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” Noushabadi told Tasnim news agency.

Another official told the news agency that the individuals being deported had left Iran legally, but how they entered the U.S. was “another matter.” For decades, the U.S. had granted refuge to Iranians fleeing political repression due to the regime’s reputation for brutal human rights abuses.

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