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We now have data from 10 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 3: the first year President Trump's time in office when it 11 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,279 Speaker 3: comes to illegal immigrants and who has actually been arrested. 12 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 3: We also now know that there was quite a few 13 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 3: on the terrace watch lists. The President has been able 14 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 3: to take off the streets. This as there's new concerns 15 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 3: about sleeper cells in the US that have been activated 16 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 3: because of the war in Iran. This year marks a 17 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 3: critical moment for our country as the opposition grows more 18 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 3: aggressive and unapologetic. The fight now reaches into the everyday 19 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 3: decisions we make. 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It's the 40 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 3: forty seven morning Update, and it starts right now. 41 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 2: Story number one. 42 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 3: I want to start with a story that the mainstream 43 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 3: media doesn't want to spend a lot of time talking 44 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 3: about because it completely destroys the narrative that they push 45 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 3: for years about border enforcement. When Donald Trump ran for 46 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 3: office again, he made a very clear promise to the 47 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 3: American people, secure the border and remove the most dangerous 48 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 3: criminals who entered this country illegally. Now, let's be clear, 49 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 3: this is a story right now that matters when it 50 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 3: comes to national security. We all know about the real 51 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 3: concerns over sleeper cells terrists that came in across our 52 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 3: southern border that have been activated because of what we 53 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 3: are doing in Iran and in the Middle East in general. 54 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 3: That is the reason why this story of immigration is 55 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 3: now coming back to be a much bigger story than 56 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 3: just people running across the border from Latin American countries. 57 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 3: There are many people that came across our southern border 58 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 3: that was wide open under the Biden administration who were 59 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 3: in fact on the terrorists watch lists. How do we 60 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 3: know that because our own government, including during the time 61 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 3: that Joe Biden was present, said it was actually happening 62 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 3: more than any of US could have imagined that men 63 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 3: and women were coming across the southern border, and many 64 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 3: of them were on the terrorists watch lists. Now, when 65 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 3: Trump ran for office, he said, I promise to the 66 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 3: American people, I will secure that border. And not only 67 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 3: has he done it, but he's done it in the 68 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 3: way that many Americans say was a very humane way 69 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 3: of doing it. Now, he didn't just talk about securing 70 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 3: the border as many others have done the past. He 71 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 3: literally did it. And now that promise is being backed 72 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 3: up with hard numbers. According to the Immigration and Customs 73 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 3: Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security, enforcement operations surged 74 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 3: almost immediately after President Trump took office. Again, in the 75 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 3: first fifty days alone, we now know that federal agents 76 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 3: arrested more than thirty two thousand illegal immigrants in nationwide 77 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 3: enforcement operations. Let me repeat that, thirty two thousand arrests 78 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 3: in just the first fifty days. And here's the part 79 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,239 Speaker 3: that the media won't talk about at all. Nearly seventy 80 00:04:56,279 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 3: percent of those arrests already had criminal canvictions or were 81 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 3: facing criminal charges. These weren't random people being picked up. 82 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 3: These were criminals, many of them violent, and some of 83 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 3: them on the terrorists watch list. Now, out of those arrests, 84 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 3: we also have learned now that more than fourteen thousand 85 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 3: of them were illegal immigrants already convicted of crimes not 86 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 3: in other countries, but crimes in the United States of America. 87 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 3: Another ten thousand were facing pending criminal charges not in 88 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 3: other countries, but in the United States of America. And 89 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 3: then when you dig deeper into these numbers that we 90 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 3: now are seeing, it gets even more shocking. Federal agents 91 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 3: were now being told arrested one thousand, one hundred and 92 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 3: fifty five suspected gang members in the first fifty days, 93 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 3: forty four foreign fugitives wanted in other countries, twenty nine 94 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 3: individuals flagged as suspected terrasts. Yes, I'm going to give 95 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 3: you that number again. In the first fifty days that 96 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:09,119 Speaker 3: Donald Trump was back in office, twenty nine individuals were 97 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 3: flagged as suspected terrorists. That is what the Democrats led 98 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 3: into this country with open borders, and they knew it. 99 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 3: Now the story gets even more disturbing when you look 100 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 3: specifically at crimes against children, because one of the top 101 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 3: priorities of these operations under Trump's leadership have been tracking 102 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 3: down illegal immigrants who are accused or convicted of sexual 103 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 3: crimes involving minors. For example, in just the Houston, Texas 104 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 3: region alone, ICE report arresting two hundred and fourteen illegal 105 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 3: immigrants charged with or convicted of child sex crimes in 106 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 3: the first six months of the Trump administration. That is 107 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 3: two hundred and fourteen child predators in one single region 108 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 3: and official state. The number has already surpassed the total 109 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 3: arrests of those crimes during the entire previous year when 110 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 3: Joe Biden was in charge. Now, these cases included crimes 111 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 3: like sexual assault of a child, child molestation, sexual exportation 112 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 3: of minors, possession of child pornography. And now we've gotten 113 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 3: the newest numbers to add to that base. We now 114 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 3: know from ICE that four hundred and fourteen illegal alien 115 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 3: child sex offenders were arrested in the Houston area alone 116 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 3: during President Trump's first year in office. Why is the 117 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 3: media not telling you this story. This isn't nationwide, this 118 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 3: is in one city. The headline from the local paper 119 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 3: reads this way, more than four hundred criminal legal aliens 120 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 3: have been charged with or convicted of child sex crimes 121 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 3: have been arrested in Houston Texas, and official stated parents 122 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 3: can sleep a little bit better knowing those individuals are 123 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 3: no longer a threat to their family. Now these are 124 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 3: the same people the Democrats want you to feel sorry for. 125 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 3: ICE announced on Monday that the enforcement and removal operations 126 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 3: in Houston not only netted one hundred no weight I'm 127 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 3: sorry the four hundred and fourteen illegals during President Trump's 128 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 3: first year back in office, but officials said the number 129 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 3: almost doubled that of predators arrested during the final year 130 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 3: of Joe Biden's administration. As a group, the arrested criminal 131 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 3: legal aliens accounted for seven hundred and sixty one child 132 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 3: sex offenses and five hundred and twenty five other criminal offenses, 133 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 3: ranging from homicide to robbery. The announcement states, ICE then 134 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 3: listed some of the arrestees who came from countries such 135 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 3: as Honduras, Mexico, El Salvador, Columbia, and the United Kingdom. 136 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 3: Now these are the crimes that have been committed, and 137 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 3: some of them are absolutely heinous. Illegal aliens have been 138 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 3: accused of or convicted of committing crimes against children in 139 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 3: the United States of America at extremely young ages. One 140 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 3: report in January was that an illegal alien was accused 141 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 3: of raping a fourteen year old girl with autism in 142 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 3: the sanctuary state of California. For example, the following month, 143 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,559 Speaker 3: an illegal alien fugitive was charged with possession of child 144 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 3: sexual abuse material commonly known as child pornography. In another case, 145 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 3: Texas Highway Patrolled troopers on horseback tracked and arrested an 146 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 3: illegal alien on a remote border ranch in Maverick County 147 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 3: on New Year's Day. The troopers closed in on their 148 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 3: target just outside of Eagle Pass, Texas, shortly before noon. 149 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 3: Troopers identified the man as a previously deported illegal alien, 150 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 3: a convicted sex offender with multiple convictions for child related 151 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 3: sexual crimes. ICE is also arrested one one thousand, five 152 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 3: hundred and five illegal aliens in November, including gang members, 153 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 3: child rapists, and foreign fugitives. The outlet also reported, and 154 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 3: there's also yes more on the terrace watch lists now 155 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 3: regarding the four hundred and fourteen illegal aliens convicted of 156 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 3: or charged with child sex crimes who were caught in 157 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 3: Houston alone. ICE Enforcement Removal Operations acting field directors said 158 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 3: this while elected officials and media pundits across the country 159 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 3: were zealously trying to manipulate the American public with fake 160 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:36,439 Speaker 3: news stories about ICE public safety missions. The brave men 161 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 3: and women of ICE were quietly going about their business 162 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,959 Speaker 3: to arrest and remove more than four hundred dangerous child 163 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 3: predators from our local community in Houston. Thanks to their 164 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 3: tireless efforts, parents across Southeast Texas can sleep a little 165 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 3: bit better tonight knowing that these pedophiles and child rapists 166 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:59,079 Speaker 3: are no longer a threat to their children. Which brings 167 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 3: us back to the big part of the conversation. Why 168 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 3: is the media not covering this? And why is it 169 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 3: that the media, which is now obsessed with sleeper cells 170 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 3: in the country, even new warnings of possible attacks in California, 171 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 3: for example, by these sleeper cells. Why are they not 172 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 3: telling you about how many people on the terrorists watch 173 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 3: lists have been caught, how many of them came across 174 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:25,599 Speaker 3: the border that we know are in this country illegally, 175 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 3: and that the Biden administration knew for a fact that 176 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 3: the open border policy was allowing for terrorists to come 177 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 3: into America. Many of them may be in the sleeper 178 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 3: cells that so many are now concerned about. This is 179 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 3: exactly why I wanted to spend the time talking to 180 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 3: you about it. Right now, not only is the border 181 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 3: a national security issue, but it's also a national security 182 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 3: issue not just from a terrorism perspective, but from a 183 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 3: child's safety perspective. There are so many people that came 184 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 3: across our border, and the former administration and the Democratic 185 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 3: Party knew that there were really bad people that were 186 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 3: coming across, and they deliberately chose to allow those people 187 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 3: across while flooding this country with tens of millions of 188 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 3: illegal immigrants. Why did they do it? Because they want 189 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 3: to fundamentally change this country. They want to change the 190 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 3: fabric of this country, the values of this country, just 191 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 3: like we are witnessing right now in Europe and other 192 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 3: nations around the world. That is the plan of the 193 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 3: Democratic Party. Now, the president of the United States of 194 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 3: America has one thing that is really working to his advantage. 195 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 3: There is new CNN polling that is out right now 196 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 3: that says, today the Dems are pulling worse on immigration 197 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 3: than they did during Trump's first term in office. Which 198 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 3: party do you trust more on immigration? Take a listen 199 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 3: to this from CNN's own reporting. 200 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 4: I think it's so important to note after all the 201 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 4: events in Los Angeles, after all the event Minneapolis have, 202 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 4: after all the events of the last year. On immigration, 203 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 4: can Democrats actually take advantage on this issue? And a 204 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 4: look at the polling suggests actually, no, They're in a 205 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 4: worse position, in a worse position than they were at 206 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 4: this point during Donald Trump's first term. Take a look here, 207 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 4: trust which party more in immigration? In twenty eighteen, Democrats 208 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 4: had an edge of about six points. You come over 209 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 4: to this side of the screen. 210 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 3: Now, look at that. 211 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 4: Republicans are the ones who have actually have an edge 212 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 4: on immigration. So this whole idea that Democrats are going 213 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 4: to be able to take advantage of the immigration group 214 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 4: of the immigration issue actually doesn't bear itself out in 215 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 4: the polling despite everything that's been going on. In fact, 216 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 4: Democrats are in a worse position than they were during 217 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 4: Donald Trump's first term. Yeah, maybe they don't like what 218 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 4: Donald Trump the president is doing, but they don't think 219 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 4: Democrats will. 220 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 3: Do a better job. 221 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 4: Correct, They think Democrats will do a worse job on immigration. 222 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 4: Dem Republican. All right, what about border security in general? Okay, 223 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 4: border security in general? So this is immigration at large? 224 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 4: What about border security? Look at this, look at these numbers, 225 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 4: how party trusted more on border security again at this 226 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,239 Speaker 4: point Trump's terms. Look at this in twenty eighteen, Republicans 227 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 4: at a thirteen point advantage. If anything, the advantage is 228 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 4: a little bit larger now, Republicans up by fifteen points. 229 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 4: So when you put it all together, you put immigration 230 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 4: with border security and the idea that Democrats will be 231 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:16,559 Speaker 4: able to take the ball and run away on it, 232 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 4: the polling data suggests no, no, no, this is actually 233 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 4: an issue that Republicans should be more comfortable running on 234 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 4: than Democrats. Democrats running immigration may actually be to the 235 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 4: Republicans advantage. 236 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 3: What a So you listen to CNNs on reporting now 237 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 3: and now you realize that the Dems are pulling worse 238 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 3: on immigration than they did during Trump's first term. Why 239 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 3: is that? Because of this? Nationwide immigration officials say roughly 240 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 3: seventy percent of all ICE arrests now involve illegal immigrants 241 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 3: who have already committed crimes in the United States of America. 242 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 3: That means the focus of these operations is very clear. 243 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 3: They are literally removing the most dangerous offenders. First, when 244 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 3: you look at the broader enforcement picture under President Trump, 245 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 3: the scale of the crackdown becomes even clear. Federal authorities 246 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 3: say immigration enforcement teams are now targeting violent offenders, gang members, terrorists, 247 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 3: repeat border crossers, human traffickers, sex traffickers, and child predators, 248 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 3: all part of what the DHS calls a strategy to 249 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 3: remove the worst of the worst. So even as Democrats 250 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 3: claim that the Republicans and Trump and law enforcement just 251 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 3: rounding up random, sweet people, that is a lie. More 252 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 3: than seventy percent of ICE arrests now involve illegal immigrants 253 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 3: who have already committed crimes in the United States of America. 254 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 3: President Trump campaigned on restoring law and order at the border, 255 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 3: and according to federal law enforcement statistics, tens of thousands 256 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 3: of arrests later, including hundreds of predators targeting children and 257 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 3: people on the terrorists watch list. The Trump administr Nation 258 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 3: says that promise is now becoming a reality. 259 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 260 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 2: with Ben Ferguson. 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