Director of Policy Studies at Center for Immigration Studies.
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The Department of State’s Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force has now revoked more than 6,000 visas from foreigners who engaged in or facilitated birth tourism.
We are identifying and holding accountable everyone involved in this illicit practice.
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ICE SHATTERS ARREST AND DEPORTATION RECORDS IN FY 2026
ICE recorded more than 491,000 immigration arrests and 483,000 deportations in FY 2026 — the highest totals in agency history, with more than EIGHT times as many deportations and SIX times as many arrests as in Biden’s first fiscal year, and more than TWICE as many deportations as in Obama’s final full fiscal year.
Under President Trump’s leadership, ICE has been unleashed to remove illegal aliens and deliver on the mandate of the American people.
The patriots of ICE are delivering historic results, and the work to MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN will not slow down!
Jessica Vaughan retweeted
Afghan SIV prog: Fraud & lack of vetting. Afghan who lied on his visa application then naturalized, helped at least 4 others file fraudulent applications, writing bogus letters claiming they assisted the US & were entitled admission to the US. go.shr.lc/4kbjxNU @washtimes
Jessica Vaughan retweeted
Under President Trump’s leadership, more than 3 million migrants have left the U.S. As of October, we have now deported nearly 1.2 million illegal aliens and arrested over 1.25 million illegal aliens.
Here are some examples of the worst illegal aliens arrested by @ICEgov during FY26.🧵
Jessica Vaughan retweeted
The House of Representatives is planning to double down on government-assisted trafficking of children by reauthorizing the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). Despite the name, the TVPRA actually incentivizes child trafficking and makes the US gov’t complicit. Instead of fixing the law, @SteveScalise has scheduled a vote on a bill (HR 1144) to reauthorize it. Shameful. Tell your Representative to vote NO on HR 1144.
Jessica Vaughan retweeted
We must re-vet all Afghan SIV holders. How quickly people forget the Afghan, Dilbar, who was sentenced last month for twice paying someone to compile and submit a fraudulent Special Immigrant Visa Application, which he was granted. @SecRubio @USCIS #ntlsecuirty
An Afghan man who was granted American citizenship allegedly returned his gratitude to the country by helping people gain visas through immigration fraud. thepostmillennial.com/news/a…
Jessica Vaughan retweeted
Lankford was the front man for the disastrous amnesty bill the GOP establishment tried to get us to swallow a few years ago.
Needs to be watched like a hawk.
Jessica Vaughan retweeted
NEW: A caravan of about 1,500 migrants is heading north through southern Mexico. Some told @Reuters that Democrats winning control of Congress last week gave them new hope that U.S. immigration policies could change.
The group, which includes many families, left Tapachula near the Guatemala border Tuesday. Parents carried young children in their arms and on their shoulders as the caravan made its way north.
“We believe the Democrats will help us… with God’s help,” Cesar Sandoval, a 47-year-old Nicaraguan who was deported from the U.S. a few months ago, told Reuters.
Their first stop is Mexico City, more than 600 miles away. They plan to ask the Mexican government for help and protection from detention as they travel north. Some say they’ve survived kidnappings or other crimes in Mexico and hope to seek asylum in the U.S.
The Trump administration has said these caravans will not make it into the United States.
Jessica Vaughan retweeted
"The president is absolutely right. When you have caravans traveling through Central America and through Mexico these other governments need to step up and deal with it. If they do reach the southern border they're going to find a Border Patrol that is extremely ready. The president is still the president." @DHSGenCounsel
Another illustration of how there is no such thing as cheap labor -- it's subsidized by taxpayers, especially in California.
This great article shows how employers hide behind staffing companies to insulate from illegal hiring. To break this business model, federal & state govts need to create a staffing company certification that creates standards for legal recruiting, hiring, work safety & liability.
Jessica Vaughan retweeted
📷 THE BEN FRANKLIN FELLOWSHIP PROUDLY HELPING LEAD THE WAY AT THE FORUM 2026!
The Ben Franklin Fellowship is honored to serve on the Host Committee for The Forum 2026, taking place November 10–12 at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Bringing together leaders, policymakers, scholars, entrepreneurs, and organizations from across the conservative movement, this inaugural gathering provides an important opportunity for thoughtful discussion, vigorous debate, new partnerships, and collaboration on the challenges and opportunities facing our nation.
#TheForum2026 #BenFranklinFellowship #AmericanLeadership #ForeignPolicy
Jessica Vaughan retweeted
🚨🚨BREAKING: TSA officers tracked and flagged about $136 million in bulk cash that was in outbound luggage at John Glenn Columbus International Airport. The money originated from multiple Somali communities and was intended to be transferred overseas.
Jessica Vaughan retweeted
🌾 CONGRESS IS SLIPPING AMNESTY INTO A FARM LABOR BILL
Don't take my word for it. Read the official summary from the Congressional Research Service.
H.R. 9535, the "Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act." Sponsored by House Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson. 61 cosponsors, 52 of them Republicans.
One line tells you everything. The bill "establishes an H-2A visa pathway for current unauthorized agricultural workers who otherwise meet requirements."
Current unauthorized workers. People who are here illegally right now.
The sponsor's pitch: "With the border now secure, it is time to address these shortcomings."
The border is more secure because we finally started enforcing the law. You don't reward that by handing a visa to the people who broke it.
And the timing couldn't be worse. Monday night the President said, "We haven't put the same pressure on waitresses and on farmworkers, etc. Not even close." That's exactly the opening this bill's supporters have been waiting for.
We've seen this movie before. In 1986 Congress created the Special Agricultural Worker program, and it was riddled with fraud, with applicants claiming farm work they never did. My career taught me that every carve-out turns into a business model. Make farm work the safe lane and the fake employment letters will show up by the truckload.
Farmers have a real labor problem and I'm not dismissing it. Fix H-2A. Speed it up. Cut the red tape. Let it run year-round. That's legal labor and I'll support it.
But a visa for people who are here illegally isn't a workforce plan. It's amnesty in overalls.
Call your representative and ask one question: are you one of the 61?
@POTUS @StephenM @RealTomHoman @SecMullinDHS @ICEgov @HouseAgGOP @CongressmanGT @Jim_Jordan @JudiciaryGOP @Phase2Deport @NICEnforcement @itsyourgov
Jessica Vaughan retweeted
Say it louder for the countries in the back!
Nayib Bukele: “There is no State that cannot defeat criminals. If a State does not defeat criminality, it is because the State is complicit.” @nayibbukele
Jessica Vaughan retweeted
On May 28, ICE lodged a detainer asking Illinois authorities not to release Shageldi Bashimov, an illegal alien from Turkmenistan, who had been convicted for aggravated battery with use of a deadly weapon. He had been sentenced to two years in prison in Chicago.
Illinois sanctuary politicians refused to honor the detainer, RELEASING this violent felon back onto the streets without notifying ICE.
Sanctuary politicians care so much about illegal aliens that they’d rather release a convicted violent felon than cooperate with federal law enforcement. These reckless sanctuary policies are only going to endanger more innocent Americans.
#EXCLUSIVE: @DHSgov says they’re looking for a convicted violent felon after Illinois authorities released him back into the community despite an @ICEgov detainer.
Shageldi Bashimov, a citizen of Turkmenistan, is currently a target for the agency—DHS says he was convicted of aggravated battery with use of a deadly weapon and sentenced to two years in prison in Chicago.
ICE lodged a detainer on May 28th seeking to take him into immigration custody. DHS says Illinois authorities declined to honor that request and released him without notifying ICE.
Bashimov entered the U.S. legally in March 2024 but overstayed his permitted time, according to the department.
@SecMullinDHS is calling on Illinois and other sanctuary states to change their policies saying, “These reckless sanctuary policies are only going to endanger more innocent Americans…”
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Left out of this headline - She has had a final deportation order since 2013.
ICE agents arrested Ann Lawani, a nurse and professor who has lived in Lodi for the last 13 years, during a "targeted enforcement operation" in September. ktla.com/news/california-nur…
Jessica Vaughan retweeted
📊 NEW DATA: A new survey from the Census Bureau shows a big slowdown in growth of the foreign-born population through mid-2025, with an increase of just 174,000 from mid-2024 to mid-2025, compared to growth of 2.4 million from 2023 to 2024.
It is almost certain that changes at the end of the Biden administration and then in the first few months of the Trump administration fundamentally altered prior trends, in particular reducing the arrival of new illegal immigrants.
Read more: cis.org/Camarota/New-America…
Outgoing Texas comptroller Huffines Wants ICE to Investigate Every Government Agency in Texas for federal work authorization hiring violations. texasscorecard.com/state/huf…
