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Congressman Jeff Hurd backs ICE enforcement: “We need to follow the law”

KJCT-TV ABC 8, Approved, National / June 13, 2025 / border security, Congressman Jeff Hurd, dEPARTMENT OF hOMELAND sECURITY, Federal Law Enforcement, ICE, Illegal Immigration, Law and Order, Mesa County, Peaceful Protests, Southern Border, Western Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) – “I don’t think this is a republican issue or democratic issue. This is an issue of economic security, national security, and we need to follow the law,” Congressman Jeff Hurd said.

Despite ongoing ICE protests across the country, the Department of Homeland Security said they will continue to crack on illegal immigration.

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Released and reloaded: Montrose bond records show cracks feeding Colorado’s criminal underworld

Rocky Mountain Voice, Approved, Local, Top Stories / June 10, 2025 / Bail Reform, border security, Colorado Crime, Drug cartels, Law Enforcement, Montrose County, Personal Recognizance Bonds, Public safety, Sheriff Gene Lillard

When a Montrose County woman was released on a $0 personal recognizance bond after skipping court in late 2023, it wasn’t her first time facing charges. It wouldn’t be her last either. Within nine months, she was arrested again – this time for second degree assault, harassment and criminal attempt. Her story is not an outlier. It is a warning.

“There’s a revolving door with criminals or serious crime,” said Montrose County Sheriff Gene Lillard in a recent interview with RMV. “Last month we picked up one person five times – they were released on PR bond. There’s no consequences.”

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Garbo: Sanctuary policies led to chaos—and now they’re blaming ICE

Rocky Mountain Voice, Approved, Commentary, National, Top Stories / June 10, 2025 / border security, Democratic Policies, Deportation, Double Standards, ICE, Illegal Immigration, Los Angeles, Public safety, Riots, Rule of Law, Sanctuary cities

The chaos unfolding in Los Angeles isn’t just disturbing, it’s the natural result of years of political cowardice and ideological extremism. The riots erupting in response to ICE’s lawful enforcement of deportation orders are not acts of civil disobedience. They are acts of defiance against the rule of law itself. And the blame lies squarely at the feet of Democratic leadership in California, who declared Los Angeles a “sanctuary city,” emboldening illegal activity while abandoning their sworn duty to protect American citizens.

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‘So, arrest me’: Newsom taunts border czar as ICE riots rage

Daily Wire, Approved, National / June 9, 2025 / border security, California Riots, Gavin Newsom, ICE, Immigration Policy, Law and Order, Los Angeles Riots, National Guard, Public safety, State vs Federal, Tom Homan, Trump Administration

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned the Trump administration on Sunday and dared border czar Tom Homan to arrest him amid the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles County.

Trump drew the ire of California Democrats, such as Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, after he deployed the National Guard to shut down the riots that broke out over the weekend. Homan then warned Newsom and Bass against impeding federal law enforcement officers and threatened them with arrest if they “cross[ed]” the line.” The California governor shot back, imploring the Trump administration to keep their “hands off these poor people” who are “just trying to live their lives.”

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ICE’s gang member deportations linked to sharp drop in Denver, Aurora murder rates

Breitbart, Approved, Local, National / May 16, 2025 / Aurora police, Biden Immigration Policy, border security, Colorado Law Enforcement, Denver Homicides, gang violence, ICE Enforcement, Illegal Immigration, Immigration Policy, Public safety, Tren de Aragua, Trump Deportation Strategy, Venezuelan gangs

New data shows that homicides in Denver and Aurora, Colorado, have experienced a significant drop in the wake of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) efforts to take down the Tren de Aragua gang members that had been causing so much chaos in the area.

But local Americans are still being killed by President Joe Biden’s migrants, including a 24-year-old woman killed in July of 2024 in Aurora by a 15-year-old reckless illegal-migrant driver. The local prosecutor just offered a sweetheart probation and community service deal to the youth migrant who is now applying for humanitarian asylum.

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Minary: Common principles of Conservatism and why they matter in Colorado

Approved, Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice, State, Top Stories / May 5, 2025 / border security, Conservatism, Constitutional governance, Election Integrity, Family values, Fiscal Responsibility, Government Efficiency, Parental Rights, Property Rights, Protection of life, Religious freedom, Safe communities, UNAFFILIATED VOTERS

The majority of Coloradans have become disengaged and disillusioned with Party politics and rhetoric, for good reasons. Both major parties, R and D, have lost their way. So, the largest bloc of voters in CO is now “Unaffiliated.”

In political discussions, we often use ‘labels’ to describe ourselves and others. These labels include terms like Republican, Democrat, Moderate, Right, Left, Liberal and Conservative. Unfortunately, if you ask 10 people to define exactly what their own political label means, only one can do it with any clarity. That leads very quickly to stereotyping, misunderstandings and disagreement. Rather than listening, we talk over, rather than with, each other.

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Tristan: Trump’s first 100 days prove America’s home improvement is not about reality show illusions

Rocky Mountain Voice, Approved, Commentary, National, Top Stories / April 29, 2025 / America rebuilding, American renovation project, border security, Department of Education reform, National debt crisis, Trump 100 days, Trump economic policies, Trump home improvement plan, Trump immigration policies, Trump second term, Trump's America First agenda, U.S. trade reset

There are many home improvement reality shows on television today. Every episode, following completion of the project, culminates in the highly anticipated “reveal.”

Eyes will light up, and tears are shed as homeowners overcome with joy, marvel at the new cabinetry that beautifully adorns the kitchen, an ultra-modern range that now offers a double oven, a smart refrigerator that automatically adds dairy products to the grocery list, and the old laminate countertops that were stained and riddled with chips and knife marks, have been replaced with breathtaking pristine granite.

The homeowners beam with pride and are thrilled with the anticipation of cooking in this new culinary paradise.

In an immensely larger way, as we consider the actions of the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term, I suggest that a home improvement project is currently underway here in America, which I dub as “The United States of America Renovation Project.”

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How Trump sealed the border in his first 100 days

Approved, Daily Wire, National / April 28, 2025 / border security, Migration, Trump Administration

The United States endured a never-before-seen surge in illegal immigration under President Joe Biden, watching as hordes of migrants charged border barriers and towns across the country were reshaped virtually overnight by mass migration.

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Trump Admin reforms ‘unaccompanied alien children’ policy to prevent trafficking

National, Approved, Breitbart / February 17, 2025 / border security, Human trafficking, Trump admin, Unaccompanied alien children

President Donald Trump’s deputies have reformed the Democrats’ 2008 “Unaccompanied Alien Children” (UAC) program to shrink migrant smuggling by labor traffickers and by illegal migrant parents.

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NYC’s first major immigration raids kick off under Trump crackdown, nabbing violent murderers and kidnappers

National, Approved, New York Post / January 28, 2025 / border security, ICE, Immigration raids

Heavily armed federal immigration agents swept through the Big Apple in the dark early Tuesday, nabbing accused illegal-migrant killers and traffickers in the first deportation raids under President Donald Trump’s crackdown.

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