There’s a certain kind of commentator or X user who could watch ICE haul in 10,000 people in five days and still complain that somebody used the wrong font on the press release.
You know the type. Everything is a betrayal, nothing is happening, Trump is getting rickrolled, the courts ruined everything, the swamp always wins, the whole thing is over before it even starts.
Except, no, that’s not what’s happening.
The latest numbers tell a very different story. ICE arrests are surging. The daily arrest rate has doubled, and Team Trump will be ramping up the enforcement push conservatives have been demanding for eons.
That doesn’t mean every problem is solved, but Biden’s border disaster was horrific. The invasion, activist judges, sanctuary states, and now, the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship fiasco will not disappear in one clean sweep.
But the blackpill routine is getting old.
Because the truth is, the enforcement push and the deportation numbers are impressive. And more good news is that worksite operations appear to be on the table.
And now, the next big fight is figuring out how to hit the anchor-baby and birth-tourism racket from another angle after the court’s horrific ruling.
The first sign of better things to come is from The New York Times, of all places.
NYT is now confirming that ICE has doubled its daily arrest rate, with arrests reportedly topping 2,000 migrants a day.
NYT confirms that ICE has doubled its daily arrest rate, with a fraction of the protests and none of the drama, outpacing the records set by Noem.
Immigration enforcement has been arresting over 2,000 migrants a day, or more considering other work in the interior under Mullin.
Here’s a closeup of the image:
This is definitely something, no matter how badly doomers want it to be nothing.
And according to Fox News, there’s a very specific reason this ramp-up is happening now.
The agency is using funding from Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” to pull this off.
This makes the American people happy… fund the mission, use the tools, and turn campaign promises into reality.
A source familiar with ICE operations said the agency is currently ramping up operations using funds from the One Big Beautiful Bill as the passage of the legislation nears its one-year anniversary.
Blackpillers have acted like nothing meaningful could happen unless every immigration problem disappeared overnight. But unfortunately, that’s not how our government works. But when the admin gets the money, the numbers start to move in the right direction.
And The New York Times is now reporting just how much those numbers are moving.
Federal immigration officials have detained more than 10,000 people in five days, and agency leaders have reportedly ordered top ICE officials to focus more of their officers’ efforts on picking up immigrants they want to deport.
Federal immigration officials have detained more than 10,000 people in the last five days, a major surge that has stemmed from a push within Immigration and Customs Enforcement to increase arrest rates.
Agency leaders in recent days ordered top ICE officials to focus more of their officers’ efforts on picking up immigrants they want to deport, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and interviews with federal officials. ICE officers have arrested people at check-ins with immigration authorities, during traffic stops and on the street. The push has apparently yielded results, with recent arrest numbers roughly doubling from the 1,000 picked up each day earlier this year.
ICE officials were told that the White House wanted an increase in arrests, according to three officials with knowledge of the conversations. One of the officials said that it was unclear how long the pace could continue, but that ICE officials had been told that 2,000 arrests a day was the new standard for enforcement.
The White House wanted more arrests, so ICE was told to increase the pace. Ice officers were told to focus more on people the government wants to deport. The good news is that 2,000 arrests a day is now the new standard for enforcement.
So yes, something big is happening.
Because after years of open-border insanity, we can’t pretend the country can dig out overnight. But when federal immigration officials detain more than 10,000 people in five days and the daily arrest rate pretty much doubles, that’s something to celebrate.
And now Team Trump is ready to push even harder on one of the biggest issues driving illegal immigration: work.
CNN says Trump is planning to increase worksite immigration enforcement operations. This is something MAGA voters have been wanting to see, because the jobs magnet is the biggest incentive. If Team Trump can get these illegals at the worksite, that’s a huge win for the American people.
The Trump administration is planning for an increase in worksite immigration enforcement operations, with multiple federal agencies involved in determining how to boost the number of arrests and placate the president’s base, according to five sources familiar with the discussions.
Administration officials say that criminal investigations have been ongoing and that any additional enforcement measures would stem from those probes. A Homeland Security spokesperson told CNN there has been an “increase in criminal investigations targeting fraud.”
The internal effort comes as the administration has tried to balance carrying out a historic number of deportations without agitating key industries — from manufacturing to construction to agriculture — or unsettling a fragile economy.
Worksite enforcement is where immigration policy gets real, fast. You crack down on that, and the entire incentive structure falls apart. Team Trump is looking at expanded worksite operations, and DHS is pointing to more criminal investigations targeting fraud, so that means the pressure campaign is ramping up, big time.
And that brings us to the next big fight: birthright citizenship.
The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling created a separate mess that requires a serious workaround.
After the court’s ghastly decision, the right might need to switch focus and plug these loopholes.
There’s a popular X post making the rounds. It lays out a bold idea. If foreign nationals want to game American citizenship for future access to the country, the answer should be simple: shut off the access.
Dear @VP @JDVance, I was honored to see you endorse my idea of prohibiting birth tourism citizenship in U.S. Territories (which China has exploited to the hilt), and I’d like to offer you some even bolder ideas to save our national sovereignty.
So far, solutions to the Anchor Baby problem have focused on the “anchors,” but the SCOTUS decision requires renewing focus on the “boats” they tether and ending their incentives to give birth here. Here’s how.
Take all the conditions in the original Trump EO and direct all the consequences onto foreigners who exploit “loophole citizenship” by declaring them PERSONA NON GRATA.
Specifically, if an alien without legal permanent residency chooses to have a child on U.S. soil, the foreigner parents must either renounce the child’s American citizenship or lose the ability to ever again legally step foot in the U.S., their choice.
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1182(f)), the President has broad power to suspend or restrict entry of any class of foreign nationals the President determines would be “detrimental to the interests of the United States.” The President should use this authority to deem such foreigners:
permanently ineligible for U.S. entry under any visa type (whether visitor, student, work, or otherwise)
permanently ineligible to petition for asylum, refugee, or temporary protected status
permanently ineligible for lottery or family based entry
permanently ineligible to petition for any legal residency or U.S. citizenship whatsover, including by future marriage to an American citizen.
Foreigners cynically use their children as tools to get lawful access to the U.S., its resources, and its opportunities that were paid for in blood and treasure by generations of Americans that came before. Forever shut the door to that access and birth tourism would plummet overnight.
But what about the people who would defy any ban or are already here illegally? That’s a tougher problem, but still addressable. The lawbreakers would have know that if they exploit “loophole citizenship” and choose not to renounce their child’s U.S. citizenship, they will have automatically moved themselves up on the deportation tracking and priority list.
The president can also exercise his discretion under the INA to strip away common procedural tools immigration lawyers use to delay or withhold removal and can require expedited deportation once they are caught as we currently do with repeat offenders and criminals.
Congress, for its part, should codify these changes to prevent any potential future open borders President from unilaterally undoing them. It may also need to create mechanisms for a parent covered by the EO to be able to renounce their child’s American citizenship as an exercise of their parental rights, especially in cases of truly accidental births on U.S. soil.
States too have a role to play in limiting perverse incentives. For example, they can require parents who are here illegally to pay for the public schooling of their children, whether U.S. citizen or not (and thereby prompt the court to revisit the wrongly decided Plyler v. Doe decision of 1982).
People are furious because the biggest court rewrite of the Constitution since Obergefell has placed our national identity at the mercy of foreigners making decisions according to THEIR interests, on THEIR timing, and on THEIR terms.
In the American system of government, for every egregious SCOTUS decision, there should be an equal and opposite reaction from the other federal branches, the states, and the People. It’s how our system is designed, and we should exercise that power to make sure it is Americans, and only Americans, who decide who can join our great nation.
We need this type of smart, clever thinking, not doom and gloom.
We all can see that the left built an immigration system around freebies. Come here, stay, delay removal, exploit loopholes, hire lawyers, drag out the process, and eventually dare the country to do anything about it. Birthright citizenship became one of the biggest incentives of all, especially when foreign nationals realized a child born on US soil could become a permanent ball and chain to the country.
The idea in the X post flips the script and puts pressure back where it belongs. If foreign parents are using American soil as a loophole, then the consequences should fall on the people who are actually gaming the system. Cut off future entry, petitions, and all the rewards. Make the racket way more expensive and difficult than it’s worth.
That’s how a sovereign nation is supposed to think when the Supreme Court screws us over.
The blackpillers can keep whining if they want. At this point, it’s practically a lifestyle brand.
But actual facts are promising… ICE arrests are surging, the White House wants more, worksite enforcement is coming, fraud investigations are ramping up, and the right is already looking for new ways to fight back after the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship disaster.
No, the job isn’t finished. But the push and momentum are very real.
This doesn’t look like some sad surrender…
