Trump orders Border Patrol to immediately stop setting illegal migrants free in the US: ‘Catch and release is ended’

Goodbye catch-and-release, hello catch-and-deport.

Migrants who are caught illegally crossing the US border will no longer be set free in the US while they await their immigration hearings. Instead, they’ll be taken into custody until they can be deported, Homeland Security sources told The Post.

Border Patrol agents were given the edict by the Trump administration on President Trump’s first full day in office Tuesday. It represents a seismic shift from the “catch-and-release” open border days of the Biden administration, during which around 8 million illegal immigrants flooded into the country.

Under the new orders, illegal migrants stopped at the border can only be released with the approval of from the Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Washington.

Under Biden, migrants often waltzed across the border with no fear of being turned back — emboldened by early signals by the administration that America’s borders were open.

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Illinois and Chicago Defy Federal Deportation and Reject Effort by Alderman Raymond Lopez to Assist

Recent reporting has suggested that mass deportations at the hands of the new Trump Administration have had to be reconfigured.

In a Washington Post article from January 19, it was intimated that the Trump administration was reconsidering their plans because of a leak.

In the article incoming border czar Tom Homan was quoted, “We’re looking at this leak and will make a decision based on this leak.” Homan went on to say, “It’s unfortunate because anyone leaking law enforcement operations puts officers at great risk.”

Tom Homan addresses the latest plan for deportations on Fox News.

Chicago and its sanctuary city status has been a focus of the incoming Trump Organization’s targeted deportation plan. While an operational plan leak may be hindering the administration’s efforts, it certainly will not be the only obstacle the Federal government will encounter in those efforts to round up illegal immigrants.

Illinois has been passing state laws in the last few years that not only protect illegal immigrants but help them avoid detection altogether. This month HB 5164 passed both houses of Illinois Congress and is now awaiting signature from Governor J.B. Pritzker.

The bill addresses “resident” name change. It lowers the residency requirement from six months to three and allows petitioners to keep these name change documents from becoming public in the case that it can cause hardship or harm.

The petitioners would also be able to keep address information from becoming public. The bill would be applicable to criminal offenders as well.

This bill follows a pattern for the Illinois legislature as it pertains to illegal immigrants. Illinois has also passed HB3882 in 2023 allowing illegals to obtain a “standard identification card” replacing the former classification of “non-compliant identification card.” Illinois further muddied the waters of identifying illegals in this bill by changing definitions. Now, a “limited term REAL ID compliant identification card,” can be obtained by asylum seekers and refugees.

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Claims When He Complained About Illegals to Biden Admin, He Was Told to ‘Be a Good Democrat’

New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently sat for an interview with Tucker Carlson and made some revealing statements.

Adams suggests that he believes he was targeted for investigation for speaking out about the border crisis and the problems it created for New York City.

He says that he had more than one meeting with Biden administration officials, including Joe Biden himself, and that after voicing his concerns, he was told by at least one person that he should ‘be a good Democrat.’

It just goes to show how little the Biden administration cared about this issue.

The Daily Mail has more details:

Tucker Carlson stunned as NYC mayor Eric Adams reveals the outrageous five-word warning Biden gave him

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Joe Biden’s shocking response to his demands that the White House do something about the migrant crisis was to keep quite and ‘be a good Democrat, Eric.’

The embattled ‘sanctuary city’ mayor claimed Biden’s reaction to the crisis that has wrecked havoc on his city was just one of many reasons the Democrat Party ‘left me and it left working class people’ in an interview with Tucker Carlson.

Adams, who was indicted by Biden’s Justice Department in September on bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy charges, as well as for allegedly soliciting campaign contributions from foreign nationals, spoke of his frustration with how the saga unfolded.

‘We have Venezuelan gang leaders that were coming to the city creating crimes,’ Adams said, which led to his asking Biden for help the condescending answer he received.

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Trump pauses all court date notices for illegal border crossers, tells Border Patrol they are ‘aliens,’ not ‘migrants’: report

President Donald Trump has ordered the use of court dates and notices to appear (NTA) for illegal immigrants when they are taken into custody by Border Patrol to be halted. This comes as he has announced the end to catch-and-release policies implemented by former President Joe Biden

According to NewsNation reporter Ali Bradley, direction for Border Patrol went out on Monday night stating that they would be “halting the use of ‘NTAs’ (court dates) while reverting to the previous pursuit and use of force policy.”

Some of those policies include, according to Bradley, “No alien will be released from custody on an NTA/OR or otherwise without approval from Deputy Chief,” as well as the policy that the government will “no longer refer to aliens as migrants, noncitizens, etc. The legal term is alien and as law enforcement we will use the legal term.”

In addition to these new border and immigration policies, Trump ended the function of the CBP One application on Monday after he took office. The app has been used by immigrants traveling to the United States to set up asylum appointments at the border, whether or not their claims to asylum were legitimate. 

What happened under Biden is that those who set appointments were usually released into the United States with a “notice to appear” or a date for immigration court, sometimes years later down the line. The action from Trump ending those policies sets in motion more strict and secure border policies and will disincentivize people from coming to the border en masse. 

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Homan: Deportations Start Tomorrow with ‘Every ICE Office’, Focusing on Threats

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Border Czar Tom Homan stated that deportations will start on Tuesday with a focus on public safety and national security threats and the deportations won’t be in a specific city, rather “They’re going to do it throughout the country and we have offices throughout the country and every ICE office is going to be out there enforcing the law, starting tomorrow morning.”

Homan said, “Look the president’s been clear that, right out of the gate, we’re going to concentrate on public safety threats and national security threats. So, I can’t believe that any elected politician — I don’t care what party you’re from, why would you not want public safety threats out of your communities? That’s your number one responsibility as an elected official is the protection of your communities.”

Host Elizabeth MacDonald then asked, “So, the deportations are coming tomorrow?”

Homan answered, “Yeah, ICE is going to start doing their job tomorrow. They haven’t been able to do the job for the last four years and now they’re going to start enforcing the law like they should be.”

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WTF: Asylum Seekers Caught With 30,000 High-Caliber Rifle Rounds In Arizona

President Donald Trump’s imminent executive orders addressing the illegal alien invasion, border crisis, and cartel violence could not come soon enough, as a new report out of Arizona says a multi-agency investigation led to the arrest of several asylum seekers and a US citizen in possession of 30,000 rounds of ammunition

Sheriff Mark Dannels of Cochise County, Arizona, revealed Sunday in a Facebook post that in mid-January, Cochise County Counter Narcotics, Trafficking Alliance assisted Homeland Security Investigations and Burau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives seized 10,000 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition and 19,640 rounds of 7.62×39 ammunition from multiple vehicles, operated by several asylum seekers and one US citizen from Texas.

Dannels’ Facebook post read:

Multi-agency investigation results in ammunition seizure

In mid-January of 2025, the Cochise County Counter Narcotics and Trafficking Alliance (CNTA) assisted Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Burau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) with an investigation leading to the seizure of 10,000 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition and 19,640 rounds of 7.62×39 ammunition.

The .50 caliber and 7.62×39 rounds were separated within two vehicles traveling east on Interstate 10 from the Phoenix area. The vehicle containing the 7.62×39 ammunition was interdicted by the Pinal County Sheriff’s office. Still, the second vehicle containing the .50 caliber ammunition was located by CNTA investigators at Motel 6 in Benson.

CNTA, HSI, and USBP contacted the vehicle’s two occupants at the motel. One of the occupants was found to be an asylum seeker out of Cuba and the second individual was identified as a US citizen out of Texas. The second vehicle was occupied by two asylum seekers. This investigation is ongoing and led by HSI and ATF.

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Trump’s Border Czar develops groundbreaking new RULE to force illegals to self-deport…

It seems like every week we’re hearing more clever, unique, and revolutionary ideas from President Trump’s incoming administration to fix the catastrophic mess created by Joe Biden’s regime while he was installed in the White House.

One of the most dangerous and deadly disasters to unfold under Biden’s so-called “leadership” was his open-border policy and the horrific invasion that followed. An estimated 10 million (or more) illegals poured into the US under Biden’s failed regime. These criminals overran American cities, draining billions of taxpayer dollars. And let’s not forget—many of them were housed in fancy hotels with all expenses covered, courtesy of the hardworking, always overlooked US taxpayer.

George Behizy:

BREAKING: Border Patrol just released final border invasion data under the Biden regime, and it got much worse.

Since 2023, 936,500 illegals entered through Biden’s app, and 531,690 migrants were flown in.

YET, Democrats still don’t want to pass the Laken Riley Act to streamline the arrests of dangerous illegals. It’s almost like they’re hoping to one day retake power and give all of them citizenship so they’ll be voters forever.

The deportation operation shouldn’t be casual. It needs to be aggressive, fast, and, quite frankly, ruthless. We can’t even begin to estimate what it will cost us in the future if we don’t SEND THEM ALL BACK.

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Here are the 25 Shocking Photos That Expose the True Disaster of Joe Biden’s Presidency

In less than 24 hours, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.

Since seizing office in 2021 following a presidential election that was tainted by widespread voter fraud, Joe Biden has overseen rampant inflation, disastrous foreign policy, a rise in poverty, the invasion of over ten million illegal aliens, the persecution and torture of political opponents and an obsession with identity politics, among many other failings.

In addition to his political failings, Biden has also been in a state of constant mental and physical decline that eventually culminated with him being forced to drop out the presidential race and make way for his vice-president Kamala Harris.

Thankfully, the American people recognized Harris’s role in Biden’s disastrous leadership and delivered a landslide election victory to Donald Trump that was too big to rig.

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New Haven Mayor Elicker Launches New Guide That Specifically Highlights Resources Available To Illegal Immigrants

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker, Police Chief Karl Jacobson and more than a dozen town officials attended a press conference at the Atwater Senior Center in the Fair Haven section of the city yesterday, another in a series of meetings about “protecting” immigrants — legal and illegal — from the incoming Trump Administration.

Representatives from Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro’s office were in attendance, too.

It’s worth reminding that DeLauro just voted AGAINST the “Preventing Violence Against Women By Illegal Aliens Act” earlier this week.

As in other meetings, Elicker reminded folks that New Haven is a sanctuary city, or as he calls it a “welcoming city” for everyone, “no matter what your document status is.”

“New Haven has been a welcoming city for decades, and decades, and decades,” Elicker boasted, at times speaking in Spanish to the crowd. “We are a city of immigrants.”

“We are here today to make it abundantly clear that when we confront challenges, we do it together … and we all stand united today,” he said.

During the meeting, Elicker announced that the city had developed a guide to help new residents, including illegal immigrants, so they can better navigate their arrival in New Haven.

Print copies of the “Resource Guide for New Residents” are available in English and Spanish.

The digital versions can be found on the city website at newhavenct.gov/welcome.

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Rand Paul Drops the Hammer: Denver Mayor May Be REMOVED FROM OFFICE Over Defiance of Trump’s Deportation — ‘It’s a Form of Insurrection’

In a fiery appearance on Face the Nation, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) issued a stern warning to Denver Mayor Mike Johnston over his open defiance of federal immigration laws and President Trump’s promised deportation efforts.

“You know, I’m 100% supportive of going after the 15,000 murderers, the 13,000 sexual assault perpetrators, rapists—let’s send them on their way to prison or back home to another prison,” Paul asserted.

However, he made it clear that such efforts must not involve deploying the U.S. Army domestically, a move Paul deemed both unconstitutional and dangerous.

“We’ve had a long-standing distrust of putting the Army into our streets,” Paul explained. “The police understand the Fourth Amendment. They go to judges, get warrants, and ensure specificity. So, I’m for removing these people, but through the normal process of domestic policing.”

Calling the mayor’s actions a “form of insurrection,” Paul declared that Johnston could face removal from office and potential legal consequences if he continues down this path.

“The mayor of Denver, if he’s going to resist federal law, which is a long-standing history of the supremacy of federal law, if he’s going to resist that, it will go all the way to the Supreme Court,” said Paul.

“I would suspect that he would be removed from office. I don’t know whether or not there’d be a criminal prosecution for someone resisting federal law, but he will lose. People need to realize that what he is offering is a form of insurrection where the states resist the federal government.”

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