ICE arrests of illegal immigrants have surged by 627% in a single month under President Trump & Border Czar Homan.

This should be a clear warning to every illegal alien in our country: Our country is CLOSED to criminals.

This is a deceptive comparison. The source comes from the DHS which says:


But this is comparing Trump's first month's total illegal alien arrests to a subset of arrests (at large) during Biden's last year in office. Since it is unknown how many of the 20,000 arrests under Trump are at large, an appropriate comparison would be Trump's first month vs Biden's 2024 monthly average:

Trump's first month's ICE arrests:	20,000
Biden's total 2024 ICE arrests:	113,000
Biden's 2024 monthly average:	113,000 ÷ 12 = 9,417
Trump's monthly increase:	20,000 ÷ 9,417 = 112% increase

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New York State & New York City have actively encouraged criminal illegal aliens to enter our country & settle in our state, with Albany using federal taxpayer dollars to support them.

Under President Trump this abuse of our tax dollars & disregard for our laws will not be tolerated.

There is no evidence that NY State or City have actively encouraged criminal (or just illegal) aliens to immigrate into the US. However, it is true that New York City is a so-called "sanctuary city" and does afford immigrants (legal or not) certain protections. The basis for these protections is complicated though, and mostly comes from an interest in public health and safety.

There's an argument to be made against some policies of sanctuary cities, but it is patently false to say that New York City has "actively encouraged criminal illegal aliens to enter our country."

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It's illegal to harbor illegal immigrants, & mayors & governors should be held accountable when they harbor them in their cities & states.

I stand with Border Czar Tom Homan's message to the leaders of sanctuary cities who refuse to cooperate with efforts to detain & deport criminals.

Harboring an illegal immigrant typically means providing shelter, transportation, or other substantial assistance while knowing that the individual being helped is an illegal immigrant.

Mayors of so-called "santuary cities" continue to embrace long-standing policies that contribute to public health and safety, and while it's true that illegal immigrants do often benefit from these policies, the policies themselves are not aimed at harboring illegal immigrants.

Time

Democrat's Trump Derangement Syndrome is out of control.

Last night, they refused to stand & applaud for:

- Catching the terrorist that planned the Abbey Gate attack
- Bringing manufacturing jobs back to America
- Designating Tren de Aragua as an FTO

As known beforehand, congressional democrats' refusal to stand was in response to Trump's absurd and dangerous rhetoric (scapegoating immigrants, DEI, and wokeness), mishandling of America's foreign policy (aligning the US with Putin and waging economic warfare on allies through tarrifs), layoff of thousands of federal workers, proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicaid, and anticipation of his compulsive lying (read the NPR fact-check link below).

Not standing or applauding had nothing to do with these three things in particular.

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New York City's Sanctuary City status has cost taxpayers over $5 billion since 2023.

At today's @GOPoversight hearing, Mayor Adams must answer for why he has prioritized illegal immigrants over hardworking, law-abiding New Yorkers.

New York City has and continues to spend a lot of money on arriving immigrants. Many of them come seeking asylum and comply with US law, and once integrated contribute substantially to the local economy. In 2021, NYC immigrants accounted for $61 billion in tax revenue.

However, there is no evidence to claim that NYC Mayor Adams (or any NYC mayor) "prioritized illegal immigrants over hardworking, law-abiding New Yorkers" by helping immigrants integrate into American society. Facts overwhelmingly support the contrary - that helping immigrants who are already in the US is a net benefit for America.

CBPP NYC

It has just been 43 days since President Trump was sworn in, & he has already accomplished more for the American people than any modern President.

My full statement on President Trump's Joint Address here:

It has just been 43 days since President Trump was sworn in, and he has already accomplished more for the American people than any modern President. America’s Golden Age is finally here! He has already signed more than 100 Executive Actions, reversing the disastrous policies of the Biden administration and reinstating his America First agenda to make America strong, secure, and competitive once again.

President Trump delivered a historic and powerful speech, highlighting his efforts to deliver on his promises to the American People. He is cracking down on fraud, waste, and abuse in our government, securing our borders, deporting criminal illegal immigrants, and declaring a national energy emergency to unleash American energy dominance. President Trump also laid out his vision to work with Congressional Republicans to preserve and expand the Trump Tax Cuts, which delivered significant economic benefits to families and small businesses across the country. The Trump Tax Cuts allowed families to keep more of their hard-earned money, empowered small businesses, supported family-owned farms, brought jobs back to America, and counteracted high-tax policies forced on New Yorkers by the centralized Marxist government in Albany.

President Trump's bold and commonsense address to Congress establishes a blueprint for implementing policies that will deliver results for the American people. I am eager to continue working with President Trump, on behalf of all of NY-24, to enact America First legislative priorities including: securing the border, supercharging the US economy, unleashing America’s energy potential, and strengthening our national security.

Donald Trump's Joint Address failed to address many of the real-world issues facing ordinary Americans like wealth inequality, unaffordable housing, a broken medical system, and a looming climate catastrophe.

Instead of focusing on a plan to address these very real issues, Trump gave a campaign-style speech filled with lies, misplaced blame, and culture-war distractions like ending DEI and wokeness.

With so many blatant lies, how can anyone say this was a good, or even acceptable, speech from a US President?

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President Trump was instrumental in facilitating the Abraham Accords, the first new peace agreements in the Middle East in almost 30 years.

Which is exactly why I nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize twice.

President Trump will continue to lead by Peace through Strength.

The Nobel Prize is awarded to those who make significant contributions to humanity.

The Abraham Accords normalized relations between Israel and Arab nations, but did not achieve peace in the Middle East. There is even an argument to be made that failure to include Palestine during the Abraham Accords was a catalyst for Hamas to commit the horrific October 7th attacks.

It's hard to believe a reasonable person would think any of Trump's actions are deserving of a Nobel Prize, and it's far more likely that those who say things like this are looking to appease Trump by showing loyalty.

PolitiFact

There are only two genders.

Gender can be defined by the chromosomes of an individual: male = XY and female = XX. However, some individuals are born as X, XXX, XXY, XYY, etc, and do not fall into either category. Instead, classification can be based on reproductive organs, but some people are born with both or even none at all.

How would these people be classified in a two-gender system?

SciAmerica

ZERO Democrats stood for Payton McNabb who suffered a brain injury from a biological man playing women’s sports.

ZERO Democrats stand for women.

It is a logical fallacy (faulty generalization) to frame democrats not standing for Trump's theatrics to mean that "ZERO Democrats stand for women."

Although not conclusive, it wouldn't be out of character for Trump to use Payton, Riley, Nungaray, and other victims of unusual circumstance related to transgenders or migrants as political props to fuel the flames of an emerging culture war.

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Laken Riley’s tragic death could have been prevented with stronger border policies & the repeal of New York’s Green Light Law.

The Laken Riley Act was the first bill President Trump signed into law to ensure such a tragedy never happens again.

America will NEVER forget Laken Riley.

There is no doubt that stronger border policies could have prevented Riley's death, but it is a fact that her murder is unusual and does not represent broader migrant behavior.

Migrants commit less violent crime (and crime in general) on a per-capita basis than Americans at large, and there is insufficient data for this comparison with regard to illegal migrant criminality.

FactCheck Stanford

Thanks to President Trump's America First policies, there has been nearly $2 trillion worth of investments in the United States in only 43 days.

President Trump is bringing jobs back to America. 🇺🇸

This is premature. The "nearly $2 trillion worth of investments" is mainly from tech giants that have pledged to invest in the US, but by no means have they done this yet, nor are they guaranteed to do so.

It's also important to recognize that many of these investments were planned before Trump took office.

Yahoo

DRAIN THE SWAMP!

Trump has appointed more billionaires into key federal agencies than any other president in US history. His current administration has a combined net worth of $460 billion. By comparison, Biden's administration was worth $118 million.

Trump talks about hiring based on merit, yet many of the nominees have been grossly under qualified and seemingly chosen based on loyalty instead of merit. How are Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, or Robert Kennedy Jr. qualified to lead the departments that they have been nominated or appointed to oversee?

Matt Gaetz (nominated for US Attorney General but has since withdrawn) only briefly worked for a law firm before being elected as a congressional representative. Previous attorneys general often had decades of law experience, including experience as federal judges or state and deputy attorneys general. Gaetz was also under federal investigation before his resignation from Congress.
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Pete Hegseth (Secretary of Defense) has limited military experience. He served about ten years as an officer in the National Guard and rose to the rank of Major (4 out of 11 ranks). The Department of Defense has nearly 3 million employees (active duty, National Guard members, and civilians), yet Hegseth never managed an organization with over 100 people in it. By comparison, his predecessor, Loyd Austin, oversaw hundreds of thousands of subordinates as the 12th commander of CENTCOM, as vice chief of staff of the Army, and as commander of US Forces - Iraq. Austin rose to the rank of General (only outranked by the General of the Army) and served for 40 years in the military. Hegseth also has numerous complaints about his conduct while leading small veterans organizations, which include allegations of financial mismanagement.
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RFK Jr. (Secretary of HHS) has claimed, without evidence, that vaccines cause autism, said that Lyme disease is "highly likely to have been a military weapon," and even said that "there's no vaccine that is safe and effective." It has been estimated that vaccines have saved over 150 million lives, and in 1951, a Nobel Prize was even awarded for creation of the yellow fever vaccine. Kennedy's anti-science opinions prompted over 75 Nobel Prize winners to sign a letter addressed to senators opposing his confirmation.
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The Social Security list has someone that is “360 years old” on it.

They will be in Democrat Party leadership by the end of this speech.

False. The Social Security system defaults unentered birthdates to epoch dates as placeholders. The ages Trump listed are misinterpretations because of these placeholders and are unrelated to the person's true birthdate or age.

AP

The facts don’t lie.

DOGE has exposed billions in waste, fraud & abuse in our government.

and we’re just getting started!

As a matter of fact, the official DOGE site that has "exposed billions in waste, fraud & abuse" has had gross errors in how much waste it has found. On multiple occasions, previously posted "facts" have been pulled or revised after they were discovered to be erroneous.

Some contracts that DOGE claims to have canceled have not been, or at the very least no proof is available. In other cases, the calculated savings are off by millions and even billions of dollars.

An analysis of DOGE's claims by NPR found that only $2 billion of the purported $55 billion in savings is actually substantiated.

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DRILL BABY DRILL 🇺🇸

Domestic energy production was at record levels when Biden left office. And although increased domestic production would reduce energy prices, it would most likely be a short-term phenomena since oil and gas are globally traded commodities.

"Drill baby drill" is also a call to roll back environmental regulations. The world is undeniably at a crossroads. One path leads to a clean future where people and nations work together to transition away from fossil fuels. And the other disregards overwhelming evidence that human-caused climate change will reach a level of change that we can not keep pace with. This path has a very real possibility of ending in calamity. Extreme weather events are already wreaking havoc across the globe, and left uncurbed, they are expected to kill millions and displace billions by this century's end.

We have the technology and resources to change our behavior to still avoid the worst of this. We can grow our economy and clean up the planet at the same time. Biden's Inflation Reduction Act was not perfect, but it laid solid groundwork for real change as the largest investment in climate and energy in American history.

FactCheck NPR UN

President Trump declared a National Energy Emergency to unlock America's full energy potential, resulting in crude oil prices dropping by 5%.

We are UNLEASHING America's full energy potential.

There is no evidence that establishes a causal relationship between Trump's declaration of a national energy emergency and a reduction in crude prices by 5%, or any percent for that matter.

However, there is evidence that Trump is abusing his authority to declare national emergencies. Historically, populist leaders have used emergency powers to tighten their grip over their country. Americans must be wary of any leader who declares a national emergency on dubious pretenses.

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The Trump Administration is working to restore ACCOUNTABILITY & TRANSPARENCY in our government by:

✅ Establishing DOGE
✅ Stopping Biden's Army of IRS Agents
✅ Eliminating DEI offices, employees, & practices

DOGE is acting outside of federal oversight and as such is neither transparent nor accountable.
NYTimes

There is no Biden army of IRS agents. Congress passed a bill to better fund the IRS. This was for activities like updating aging infrastructure and building out programs that make filing easier for ordinary Americans. It also aimed to increase staffing to replace an aging workforce, and increase the number of auditors to catch tax cheats. According to the Congressional Budget Office, for every dollar that America spends on the IRS, it gets $5 to $9 dollars back in increased revenues.
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CBO

There isn't much empirical evidence that DEI has produced meaningful real-world results. There are claims it has and claims it hasn't. Regardless, its overall impacts (good or bad) are being vastly overstated to a point where it's undeniably become a distraction from the real-world issues that America needs to address. Claiming "eliminating DEI offices, employees, & practices" as an accomplishment isn't saying much.
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HBS

Russia, Iran, & China are the modern day Axis of Evil, promoting terrorism & harming American national security.

Under Biden, this trio flourished.

Under President Trump’s strong America First leadership, the Axis of Evil will no longer be able to undermine our national interests with impunity.

Claiming that Biden's international policies lead to Russia, China, or Iran flourishing is unfounded and is a gross oversimplification of complex international politics.

Russia is by no means flourishing. Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine has put his economy in a precarious position, and if anything, it's been Biden's strong support of Ukraine and Europe, and harsh economic sanctions on Russia, that have thwarted the Kremlin's expansionist plans. Russia has been able to weather the storm so far, but only time will tell. Perhaps he could have done more, or done things differently, but no one knows how events would have unfolded in an alternate timeline. One thing is if for sure though, Russia has been working for years spreading disinformation in the West, and their state-sponsored propoganda has infiltrated the American psyche.
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RyanMcBeth

Iran's regime has been a difficult issue for every administration that has dealt with them. Biden didn't do much with Iran, but Trump's policies were also ineffective, and the same goes for Obama. Biden had a huge at-home economic issue to deal with post covid, and then Russia attacked Ukraine, so it's understandable that Iran was not a top priority for his administration.
Politico

When Biden took office, the US-China relationship was degraded and many communication channels cut off. In 2023, he met with Xi in San Francisco and the two agreed to cooperate and keep talking. Through the CHIPS Act and the NDAA (both passed with overwhelming bipartisan support) Biden's administration took action to slow China's development of AI, and impede their domestic semiconductor production. Overall, Biden didn't accomplish much on China policy, but he did achieve some notable gains. The US economy outpaced China's to widen the gap, with the S&P 500 rising 54% while China's markets underperformed and declined.
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"Under President Trump’s strong America First leadership, the Axis of Evil will no longer be able to undermine our national interests with impunity" is a ridiculous claim. The world just witnessed Trump's administration capitulate to Putin. First, with Hegeseth undermining the West's negotiating position by ruling out a return to pre-2014 Ukrainian territory and NATO membership. And now, after the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting, the Kremlin has said "the new administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. This largely coincides with our vision." Europe, along with the rest of our allies are watching with horror as the US seemingly realigns itself with Russia. Why should any of our allies trust us now? Have we become the bad guys?
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RyanMcBeth

In 2024, New York received $110.2 billion in federal aid, the second most of any state.

Yet, New York still charges some of the highest taxes in the entire country.

By creating a DOGE oversight commission in each state, we can ensure funds are appropriately spent before receiving financial assistance from the federal government.

This is misleading. If federal aid is instead viewed based on how much federal tax revenue a state contributes, then in 2023, NY ranked #28 with $3.94 in federal revenue for every $1 that NY received from the federal government. New Mexico was the most federally dependent state with only $0.85 raised for every $1 of federal aid received.

Still, NY state tax is unreasonably high. In recent years it has ranked last for tax competitiveness and average tax burden (income, property, sales all combined).

SmartAsset TaxFoundation

Thanks to the Trump Tax Cuts created in the TCJA, the top 1% paid MORE income taxes than ever before, while the bottom 50% of earners paid LESS income taxes than ever before.

Don't listen to the Democrats’ lies.

This chart does not show what percent each income bracket paid in federal tax with respect to income. If income is taken into account, then Trump's tax law lowered tax more for the wealthy than it did for the poor.

If the TCJA is extended, then it is expected that in 2026:

- the top 1% would see a net tax cut of 2.5%,
- the top 20%, a 2.0% cut,
- and the bottom 80%, a 1% cut.

Analysis of the TCJA over the last 8 years shows that it failed to deliver on many of its stated objectives. The federal government brought in less tax revenue, which without spending cuts grew the federal deficit, and income inequality climbed since the bill's tax cuts overwhelmingly favored the wealthy.

AmericanProgress TaxPolicyCenter

. @HouseGOP PASSED a resolution to rescind the Biden administration’s ban on gas-powered water heaters.

By reversing this overburdensome rule, we're ensuring affordability & access to water heaters for millions of Americans.

Biden did not ban gas-powered water heaters. His resolution would have, starting in 2029, prohibited new non-condensing, natural gas water heaters from being sold. These are the tankless, on-demand type of water heaters, and of this type, only the less efficient (non-condensing) variety would have been prohibited from being sold. On average, after 9 years of use, the additional up-front cost is made up for in energy savings.

Hardly an overburdensome rule. 2029 is four years away, so the industry would have had time to switch production over to the more efficient (condensing) type.

KCENNews

President Trump’s America First Agenda & the tax cuts achieved in his first term are on the line.

Here’s what will happen if the provisions in the TCJA expire:

- Taxpayers would face a 22% tax hike.
- 26M small businesses would see a 43.4% tax rate increase.
- 91% of taxpayers would have their guaranteed deduction cut in half.

While this is mostly true, it frames renewing the TCJA as an all-or-nothing choice.

The vast majority of tax savings for working-class Americans are from the TCJA's doubling of both the standard deduction and child tax credit. Both of which have broad bipartisan support in Congress and could be voted on to make permanent.

Other TCJA changes, like the reduced top tax bracket (37% vs the previous 39.6%) could be allowed to expire which returns the highest income earners to pre-2018 income tax levels.

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