The Great America Show - January 29, 2025


Mid-Day Update： January 29, 2025

Topics
migrant deportations
Hosted by
John Fawcett Lou Dobbs
Mentioned
Donald Trump Tom Holman Tom Homan Jesse Walters Jerome Powell John Lonsky Joe Biden Godspeed
PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT A NATION OF LAW, ORDER AND BORDERS

Episode Stats


Length

4 minutes

Words per minute

162.28

Word count

795

Sentence count

58

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

sentences flagged

Hate speech

3

sentences flagged


Summary

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Trump deports nearly 8,000 illegal aliens in the first week of his presidency. Most of them are criminals. President Trump wants to increase the pace of deportations to 1,200-1,500 per day, bringing the total number of illegal immigrants in the United States to 500,000 annually.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Wednesday, January 29th.
00:00:05.620 Tom Holman, the Borders are as hard at work, perhaps the hardest working man in the Trump administration, of course second to Donald Trump.
00:00:12.940 ISIS reportedly detained and deported almost 8,000 illegal in President Trump's first week.
00:00:20.180 Most of those deported migrants, or as we like to call them, illegal aliens,
00:00:23.100 were criminals guilty of or facing charges of robbery, rape, assault, domestic violence, drunk driving, and or reckless driving.
00:00:30.900 President Trump, however, wants to step up those numbers and get a few more of them out.
00:00:34.780 He wants to raise this pace to 1,200 to 1,500 deportations each day.
00:00:39.420 That would bring the total number of deportations up to roughly 500,000 migrants annually.
00:00:44.140 Folks, these aren't your good old-fashioned people who are in this country for good.
00:00:48.540 These are criminals. These are people who want to do harm to your family.
00:00:51.340 They want to do harm to this economy, and they want to do harm to society.
00:00:55.580 So good on Tom Holman, and good on President Trump keeping his campaign promise.
00:01:00.760 RFK Jr. on Capitol Hill today before the Senate, where he's sitting for Senate confirmation hearings
00:01:05.720 for the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
00:01:09.680 A lot of supporters out there for RFK Jr. rallying behind him, showing support.
00:01:15.020 We're going to need the rhinos in the Republican Party to quit playing games 0.97
00:01:19.060 and to stand behind RFK Jr. and the America First movement that the American people so overwhelmingly voted for.
00:01:28.420 And border crossings.
00:01:29.960 Imagine this, folks. Border apprehensions are plummeting as the Trump effect sets in.
00:01:35.140 In the Del Rio border patrol sector, once one of the busiest regions for illegal border crossings in Texas,
00:01:41.100 migrant apprehensions have dropped nearly 40% in the first full week of Trump's presidency.
00:01:46.020 The drop has been noted across the southwest border as enhanced immigration operations promised by the Trump campaign
00:01:51.660 during the election season have begun to take shape.
00:01:55.380 According to the Border Patrol, the numbers of suspect gotaways in the Del Rio sector also plummeting,
00:02:00.380 dropping more than 60% from 229 to 82 during the post-inauguration week.
00:02:05.800 In the Texas Rio Grande Valley, daily migrant apprehensions during the weekend before the inauguration fell to just 211 compared to 1,200 over the same period
00:02:15.540 one week before the inauguration.
00:02:18.460 Known migrant gotaways from that border region dropped nearly 40% from 75 to 46.
00:02:23.260 These numbers are all according to Border Patrol.
00:02:25.280 Folks, the Trump effect has taken effect and is only going to get better here for the American people
00:02:31.340 and for everyone who's been a victim of illegal immigration across this country.
00:02:37.260 Trump's border czar Tom Homan, who we often parade on this show, was on with Jesse Walters on Fox News last night,
00:02:43.040 says ICE and his czar position are just now getting to work.
00:02:48.040 Take a listen.
00:02:48.480 Are you satisfied, Tom Homan, with the pace of migrant deportations?
00:02:56.720 No.
00:02:57.420 We've got to do more.
00:02:58.740 We've got to open that aperture up, which we're going to do.
00:03:01.640 It was a great start.
00:03:02.560 The first week was unprecedented.
00:03:04.580 I mean, the illegal crossings on the border one day was like 540.
00:03:08.140 I've never seen that, and I started on the border until 1984.
00:03:10.860 And we went from 10,000 a day to under 600.
00:03:14.960 So it's great, it's good, but we're not finished, and we need more deportations, a lot more deportations, 0.89
00:03:21.380 and that's what we're working on.
00:03:22.400 So as you mentioned, it was 10,000 a day for many, many days under Joe Biden,
00:03:26.800 and you guys are basically on pace for just around 10,000 per week.
00:03:31.660 What's your biggest challenge that's holding you back from capturing and deporting more criminal migrants? 0.98
00:03:39.940 Sanctuary cities.
00:03:40.880 Sanctuary cities are difficult to operate in.
00:03:43.020 You know, we'd much rather arrest one agent than arrest one bad guy in a jail.
00:03:48.400 Tom Holman doing the Lord's work, doing a great job for America and truth, justice, and the American way, folks.
00:03:55.760 Godspeed for Tom Holman.
00:03:57.300 Folks, please be sure to join us for today's episode of The Great America Show.
00:04:00.040 We're joined by brilliant economist John Lonsky of the Lonsky Group.
00:04:03.040 We take up the economy moving forward.
00:04:04.980 When we can expect inflation to hit rock bottom,
00:04:07.680 when we can expect our gas prices to take effect, the Trump effect, as we're seeing across the board.
00:04:13.420 And where this economy is heading, is it stable, is it not?
00:04:16.260 What's next for Jerome Powell?
00:04:17.420 We take all that up and much more.
00:04:19.380 Join us for that today and each and every day on The Great America Show.
00:04:22.100 I'm John Fawcett with this midday update.
00:04:23.700 Thank you.
00:04:23.960 I'm John Fawcett with this midday update.