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Chapter 1: What warning did Trump give to state officials regarding ICE?
President Trump is putting state officials on notice, warning them not to interfere with his deportation operation.
Chapter 2: How is ICE prioritizing deportation under Trump?
ICE is doing their job, and they're prioritizing just as the president said they would, and they're going to continue every day.
Chapter 3: What is the status of sanctuary cities under Trump's administration?
Will sanctuary cities cooperate, and how has the public's opinion shifted?
I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Thursday, January 23rd, and this is Morning Wire. As President Trump revs up his administration, Democrats are slamming the brakes on his cabinet confirmations.
We tried to cooperate with the Democrats. The cooperation has not been forthcoming. So I guess it's going to be the hard way.
Chapter 4: What actions is Trump taking against DEI agencies?
And the federal employee purge has begun with DEI agencies and staffers first on the chopping block.
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Trump administration wasted no time this week in implementing the president's immigration agenda. Just days after Trump took office, hundreds of illegal aliens have been arrested and U.S. troops have been dispatched to the southern border.
Here to talk about the furious pace set by Trump on immigration is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce. So, Tim, we've seen a constant stream of news on immigration since Trump took office on Monday. What's the latest?
One of the big items that dropped yesterday was that immigration officials have already detained more than 300 illegal aliens for deportation. Here's Borders are Tom Homan talking about that on Fox News.
Right now, as we said repeatedly in the President Trump's been clear, we're concentrating on the worst first, the public safety threats, the national security threats. And just yesterday, in the last 24 hours, ICE arrested over 308, 308 serious criminals. Some of them were murderers. Some of them were rapists. Some of them raped a child. Some were a sexual assault of a child.
So even before his cabinet is in place, Trump's immigration agenda is well underway. And it's had an impact, too, not only on those arrested and deported, but we've seen cases of self-deports by aliens who have left the country voluntarily rather than waiting for ICE. We see the impact as well in places such as Chicago's Little Village, commonly referred to as the, quote, Mexico of the Midwest.
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Chapter 5: How are locals reacting to Trump's immigration policies?
He's now saying the city will work with immigration officials at least to deport violent criminals. This comes as the Department of Justice has directed federal prosecutors to look into local officials who try to get in ICE's way. But perhaps as persuasive as the DOJ, recent polls say that Americans back Trump's deportation agenda. Listen to this clip of CNN poll analyst Harry Enten explain.
There's real uniformity here. That's what I really think you see. You see real uniformity. Deported all immigrants who are here illegally, 55% of the New York Times. Marquette, 64%. CBS News, 57%. ABC News with a slightly different question, 56%. So what you're seeing essentially here is a very clear indication that a majority of Americans...
In fact, when they're asked this blunt question, which I believe gets at the underlying feelings, do in fact want to deport all immigrants who are here illegally. There's no arguing with these different numbers because they're all essentially the same across four different pollsters.
Well, and we've seen a huge shift in opinion take place over just the last four years, obviously dovetailing with unprecedented levels of illegal immigration. Now, what action is Trump taking on the border itself?
Trump has already made good on his promise to use the military to help secure the border. It's not clear how many troops will end up on the border, but according to CNN, the Pentagon has directed an initial wave of about 1,500 troops to assist border personnel.
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Chapter 6: What are the public opinions on Trump's deportation agenda?
Now, that's on top of about 2,200 troops that were already stationed at the border to help out with logistical and bureaucratic work while border agents do the actual enforcement. According to CNN, up to 10,000 troops could be sent to the border by President Trump.
Well, this was the number one issue for a lot of voters, and Trump is acting on that mandate. Tim, thanks for reporting.
Thanks for having me.
As Marco Rubio gets to work at the State Department, the rest of Trump's cabinet picks are still working their way towards confirmation, while some are being stalled by Democrats.
Chapter 7: How is the military being used to secure the border?
Here with the latest on that front is Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Ricey. Tim, so there's been lots to watch on the cabinet beat. What's the latest with Trump's nominees?
Well, John, after a pretty smooth week of hearings, Democrats are starting to drag their feet on confirming Trump's nominees. Pam Bondi, Trump's pick to be attorney general, was supposed to go up for a vote yesterday. But on Tuesday, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee pushed the hearing for at least a week. They didn't give a reason why, and they don't have to.
Any member of the committee can place a hold on any agenda item for a week at minimum. Now, this was a little bit surprising. Bondi had a few clashes with Democrats during her hearing, but otherwise it went pretty smooth. But it seems like because hearings went so smooth, Democrats are now trying delay tactics to keep Trump from confirming his nominees.
Democrats have tried on numerous occasions to extend questioning beyond the scheduled hearing day. And these delays are starting to add up. By this time in 2009, Barack Obama already had eight cabinet secretaries confirmed. And by this point in 2017, Trump had three cabinet secretaries installed, including his Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security.
That's certainly a stark contrast there. Speaking of the Defense Department, what's the latest on Pete Hegseth?
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Chapter 8: What challenges are Trump's cabinet nominees facing?
Well, the legacy media has spent the past few days salivating a new story about Hegseth. NBC was the first to report the story in which Hegseth's ex-sister-in-law claims that he physically abused his ex-wife. Now, judging from the headlines on NBC, The New York Times and The Washington Post, you'd think this was a pretty open and shut story. There's just one problem.
Samantha Hegseth denies that her ex-husband ever abused her. She signed legal documents to that effect and when reached for comment by NBC, denied it once again. And while the headlines all kind of imply this was Hegseth's ex-wife's sister, it's actually Hegseth's brother's ex-wife.
Hegseth's lawyers have dismissed her as, quote, an anti-Trump far-left Democrat who was divorced from Mr. Hegseth's brother and never got along with the Hegseth family. So it doesn't look like this will do much to derail Hegseth's road to heading up the Pentagon, but it just shows that he's not out of the woods yet and still has some opposition to his confirmation.
Right. As we've reported, Hegseth is facing the hardest journey out of really all of Trump's nominees. Any other nomination news to note?
We have a much lighter hearing schedule this week, and the main event was definitely Tuesday's hearing for Elise Stefanik, Trump's pick for ambassador to the United Nations. Stefanik spent the majority of her time talking about China and its influence on the U.N., saying specifically that the United States needed to work more with smaller countries to fight Chinese influence in the global south.
She also urged lawmakers to exercise caution with the new Syrian government and said that countering Iran would be one of the Trump administration's top priorities. And she spoke out about the U.N. 's role in funding terrorism through its Relief and Works Agency. Trump had cut off American funding to the agency just before Stefanik's hearing.
We should never tolerate any U.S. taxpayer funds going towards terrorism. As in my question with the ranking member Shaheen, I was one of the members that voted to defund UNRWA. I was one of the leaders in standing for that important appropriations vote, which there is a bipartisan consensus on with significant members, Republicans, as well as some Democrats who voted to defund it.
All in all, Stefanik really showed that she knew the ins and outs of the U.N. and seems poised to be pretty easily confirmed.
All right, so a good hearing for Stefanik and at least some signs of progress on an otherwise slow-moving week. Tim, thanks for reporting. Thanks for having me. President Trump has signed an executive order intended to purge diversity, equity, and inclusion employees from the federal government. It's part of his larger anti-DEI agenda.
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