ICE Gets Shaken Up

ICE Gets Shaken Up

Author: The Claremont Institute October 30, 2025 Duration: 1:10:18

As Trump’s campaign to curb illegal immigration presses on, half of ICE’s top officers have been reassigned in what may be a significant policy shift ahead of the midterms. Meanwhile, Biden’s former press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre sat down for an interview with The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner in which she nearly self-identifies as a DEI hire and tries lamely to defend her old boss. The secretary...goes down with the ship? The guys lay into these topics before bravely excavating the goon-cave so you don’t have to. Plus: for the first time ever, we’re on video!

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