Verdict with Ted Cruz - December 09, 2025


Bonus Pod： Pritzker releases 1,800 Criminal Illegal Aliens Despite ICE Detainers


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15 minutes

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146.36348

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2,270

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137

Hate Speech Sentences

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00:00:28.880 Good Tuesday morning.
00:00:30.060 It's so nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update.
00:00:32.680 And we've got two stories under one big subject.
00:00:36.200 And it deals with illegal immigration.
00:00:38.420 J.D. Pritzker, the governor in Illinois,
00:00:41.640 has now freed nearly 1,800 illegal aliens
00:00:46.180 charged with murder, assault, and sex crimes.
00:00:49.760 This on top of Gavin Newsom
00:00:51.900 doing something that will shock you even more.
00:00:55.640 Allowing for another illegal immigrant
00:00:57.900 to kill an eight-year-old girl
00:00:59.900 in a drunk driving crash.
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00:02:57.960 It's the 47 Morning Update
00:02:59.780 and it starts right now.
00:03:01.600 Story number one.
00:03:02.680 Democrats have chosen
00:03:04.300 to put more lives at risk.
00:03:07.080 Your life is one of them
00:03:09.160 with the new moves that they're doing
00:03:11.100 to undermine Donald Trump
00:03:13.000 and the laws in this nation.
00:03:15.480 The sanctuary state of Illinois
00:03:18.060 has now released
00:03:20.040 more than 1,800 illegal aliens.
00:03:24.140 They've been charged with crimes
00:03:25.960 such as murder,
00:03:27.580 assault,
00:03:28.420 burglary,
00:03:29.380 robbery,
00:03:29.720 and sex crimes,
00:03:31.500 including crimes against children.
00:03:33.740 And they've released them on purpose
00:03:35.640 back in the communities
00:03:37.140 since Donald Trump took office
00:03:39.280 in late January.
00:03:40.840 The new data is exposing all of this.
00:03:44.380 Immigration and Customs Enforcement
00:03:46.360 Acting Director Todd Lyons
00:03:48.480 released the data on Monday
00:03:50.660 while urging Illinois'
00:03:52.480 Attorney General
00:03:53.280 to honor more than 4,000
00:03:56.160 active ICE detainers
00:03:59.000 that the agency has lodged
00:04:00.520 against criminal illegal aliens
00:04:02.400 in the sanctuary state of Illinois.
00:04:06.280 In particular,
00:04:07.920 Lyons said Illinois officials
00:04:09.560 have already failed to honor
00:04:10.980 more than 1,768 ICE detainers
00:04:16.280 and released the illegal aliens
00:04:18.800 back into neighborhoods.
00:04:20.600 Among those illegal aliens
00:04:22.080 that have been released
00:04:23.080 back into America
00:04:24.240 are five charged with murder
00:04:27.540 who are now walking among us.
00:04:29.400 141 charged with assault
00:04:32.940 walking among us.
00:04:34.940 23 charged with burglary
00:04:36.980 walking among us.
00:04:38.980 10 charged with sex crimes
00:04:41.280 now walking among us.
00:04:43.680 And 4 charged with robbery.
00:04:45.740 24 charged with drug crimes.
00:04:48.440 Many of them dealing with fentanyl
00:04:49.840 that are killing Americans.
00:04:52.100 And 15 charged with weapons offenses as well.
00:04:56.060 Meanwhile,
00:04:56.540 the crimes of more than 4,000
00:04:58.960 illegal aliens
00:04:59.760 with active ICE detainers
00:05:01.540 in Illinois,
00:05:02.760 including 51 charged with murder.
00:05:05.880 1,134 charged with assault.
00:05:09.860 107 charged with burglary.
00:05:12.080 36 charged with robbery.
00:05:15.080 275 charged with drug crimes.
00:05:18.500 And 120 charged with weapons offenses.
00:05:21.800 And this is the one
00:05:22.660 that is the most shocking.
00:05:23.980 813 illegal aliens
00:05:27.860 charged with sex crimes.
00:05:31.180 Governor Pritzker
00:05:31.900 and his fellow
00:05:32.780 Illinois sanctuary politicians
00:05:34.720 are releasing these murderers,
00:05:37.440 pedophiles,
00:05:38.340 and kidnappers
00:05:39.180 back into our neighborhoods
00:05:40.380 and putting American lives at risk.
00:05:42.880 The Department of Homeland Security
00:05:44.020 Secretary,
00:05:45.320 Tricia McLaughlin,
00:05:46.260 said in a statement.
00:05:47.660 She then said,
00:05:48.300 we are calling on Governor Pritzker
00:05:50.000 and his administration
00:05:51.740 to stop this dangerous derangement
00:05:54.180 and commit to honoring
00:05:55.340 the ICE arrest detainers
00:05:57.020 of the more than 4,000
00:05:59.940 criminal illegal aliens
00:06:01.260 in Illinois' custody.
00:06:03.440 It is common sense.
00:06:05.460 Criminal legal aliens
00:06:06.520 should not be released
00:06:07.580 back into our streets
00:06:08.780 to terrorize
00:06:09.720 more innocent Americans.
00:06:12.680 ICE officials said
00:06:13.660 Illinois has released
00:06:14.800 from custody
00:06:15.860 and failed to honor detainers
00:06:18.000 for illegal aliens,
00:06:19.120 such as a 49-year-old
00:06:21.340 Victor Manuel Menendez
00:06:23.680 Garcia of Mexico,
00:06:24.800 who was convicted
00:06:26.340 of kidnapping
00:06:27.740 for ransom
00:06:28.840 and sentenced
00:06:30.120 to 18 years
00:06:31.580 in prison.
00:06:33.520 A new release
00:06:34.300 from ICE
00:06:34.980 detailed other instances
00:06:36.600 where illegal aliens
00:06:37.660 were released
00:06:38.560 from custody
00:06:39.360 instead of being
00:06:40.900 turned over
00:06:41.620 to ICE agents.
00:06:43.020 Juan Morales-Martinez,
00:06:45.280 an illegal alien
00:06:46.180 from Guatemala,
00:06:47.280 for example,
00:06:47.960 was arrested
00:06:48.520 after a vehicle crash
00:06:49.920 near Westfield, Illinois,
00:06:52.080 where he was a passenger.
00:06:54.040 Early reports
00:06:55.040 the vehicle crash
00:06:56.020 showed not one,
00:06:57.800 but two fatalities.
00:06:59.700 It was a county board member
00:07:01.100 and his wife.
00:07:02.900 Police also found
00:07:04.100 an extended magazine
00:07:05.320 and ammunition
00:07:06.240 in the vehicle.
00:07:07.820 On October the 25th,
00:07:10.000 ICE lodged a detainer
00:07:11.380 on Morales-Martinez.
00:07:13.320 October the 27th,
00:07:14.820 ICE arrested Morales
00:07:15.880 after his release
00:07:17.000 from the Clark County Jail.
00:07:19.440 The jail did not
00:07:21.220 cooperate with ICE,
00:07:22.820 but ICE officers
00:07:23.600 suspected his release
00:07:24.640 and performed
00:07:25.360 an enforcement action
00:07:26.600 outside of the county jail.
00:07:29.440 He has now been removed
00:07:30.620 from the United States
00:07:31.560 of America,
00:07:32.140 but he would be among us
00:07:33.620 if it was left up
00:07:34.820 to the sanctuary state
00:07:36.720 of Illinois.
00:07:37.920 There was another man
00:07:39.100 by the name of
00:07:39.780 Gonzales Jimenez,
00:07:40.440 an illegal alien
00:07:42.380 from Mexico.
00:07:43.860 He was arrested
00:07:44.580 and convicted
00:07:45.160 for one count
00:07:45.940 of driving under the influence
00:07:47.260 and domestic battery
00:07:48.560 and two counts
00:07:49.900 of criminal sexual assault.
00:07:52.660 Yet again,
00:07:53.560 Illinois chose deliberately
00:07:55.220 to refuse the ICE detainer
00:07:57.780 for this individual.
00:07:58.920 Again,
00:07:59.760 accused of two counts
00:08:01.680 of criminal sexual assault.
00:08:03.920 On November the 13th,
00:08:06.800 ICE arrested the man
00:08:07.960 as he was released
00:08:09.160 from jail.
00:08:10.740 Juan Alberto Caro Morin,
00:08:12.620 an illegal alien
00:08:13.360 from Mexico,
00:08:14.340 was arrested and convicted
00:08:15.620 of aggravated
00:08:17.540 criminal sexual abuse
00:08:19.300 of a victim
00:08:20.300 and a family
00:08:21.160 and sentenced to six years
00:08:22.720 in Illinois'
00:08:23.440 Department of Corrections.
00:08:25.160 ICE detainer
00:08:26.020 for that man
00:08:27.000 was also not honored.
00:08:28.960 On November the 9th,
00:08:30.140 ICE arrested Caro Morin,
00:08:31.740 where he is currently
00:08:33.600 in ICE custody.
00:08:35.220 Yet again,
00:08:35.880 Illinois saying,
00:08:36.800 no,
00:08:37.080 we'd rather play politics
00:08:38.440 than keep our citizens safe
00:08:40.560 from these dangerous criminals.
00:08:43.500 This is just one example
00:08:45.260 of what Donald Trump
00:08:47.400 and our government
00:08:48.420 is up against
00:08:49.340 as time and time again,
00:08:52.140 these radicals
00:08:53.240 in radical cities
00:08:54.280 and states around the country
00:08:55.740 are constantly refusing
00:08:57.840 to work with ICE
00:08:59.320 to keep Americans safe.
00:09:01.620 And yet again,
00:09:02.160 the president
00:09:02.620 is not backing down,
00:09:04.300 sending more resources
00:09:05.340 to Illinois
00:09:05.880 to find
00:09:07.180 and to put into custody
00:09:08.700 these more than
00:09:09.680 1,800 illegal aliens
00:09:11.740 charged with murder,
00:09:13.480 assault,
00:09:14.120 sex crimes,
00:09:14.960 and what has happened?
00:09:16.700 Illinois chose
00:09:17.540 to put them back
00:09:18.440 into our neighborhoods
00:09:19.400 instead of hand them over
00:09:21.020 to ICE.
00:09:22.180 Now story number two.
00:09:23.400 It's not just in Illinois
00:09:24.620 where the radicals
00:09:25.740 are defying Donald Trump
00:09:27.040 and putting Americans'
00:09:28.020 lives at risk
00:09:29.140 and many Americans
00:09:29.960 are actually losing
00:09:31.000 their lives.
00:09:32.300 Another sad and shocking story
00:09:34.040 is now coming out
00:09:34.860 of California
00:09:35.620 where an illegal alien
00:09:36.880 is accused of drunk driving
00:09:38.400 and causing a crash
00:09:40.220 that left an 8-year-old girl
00:09:41.820 dead in the sanctuary
00:09:43.320 state of California.
00:09:45.600 Last week,
00:09:46.940 Immigration and Customs
00:09:48.100 Enforcement agents
00:09:49.340 lodged a detainer
00:09:51.060 against a 25-year-old
00:09:52.940 Guatemala man
00:09:54.080 after he allegedly
00:09:55.380 caused a head-on collision
00:09:56.840 on a San Diego highway
00:09:58.280 that resulted in the death
00:09:59.560 of the 8-year-old
00:10:00.380 little girl.
00:10:01.660 According to local police,
00:10:03.700 Alva Rodriguez
00:10:04.680 was driving a 2005
00:10:06.680 Toyota Tacoma truck
00:10:08.500 when he crossed lanes
00:10:09.620 and hit a Toyota Camry
00:10:11.200 head-on.
00:10:12.580 The driver of the Camry,
00:10:14.080 a 26-year-old man
00:10:15.140 from Yuma, Arizona,
00:10:16.420 suffered major injuries,
00:10:18.180 as did his front passenger,
00:10:20.300 a 28-year-old woman.
00:10:22.200 Three children
00:10:23.160 in the back of the Camry,
00:10:24.600 a 5-year-old boy,
00:10:26.320 a 4-year-old girl,
00:10:27.380 and an 8-year-old girl
00:10:28.580 were taken to a nearby
00:10:29.680 children's hospital.
00:10:31.560 The girl did not survive
00:10:33.200 her injuries
00:10:33.860 and died at that hospital.
00:10:36.440 How many deaths
00:10:37.260 of children
00:10:37.880 at the hands
00:10:38.460 of criminal legal aliens
00:10:39.800 need to happen
00:10:40.540 before Governor Newsom
00:10:42.760 and sanctuary politicians
00:10:44.340 will prioritize
00:10:45.920 the safety and security
00:10:47.360 of American families?
00:10:49.240 That's what the Department
00:10:50.340 of Homeland Security
00:10:51.180 said in a statement.
00:10:52.240 ICE officials said
00:10:54.200 that Rodriguez
00:10:54.840 had a history
00:10:55.740 of drunk driving,
00:10:57.340 including a 2020 arrest
00:10:58.960 for driving
00:10:59.540 under the influence,
00:11:00.660 and then another arrest
00:11:02.420 in 2021
00:11:03.740 for driving
00:11:05.160 under the influence
00:11:06.140 and a hit-and-run.
00:11:08.760 This serial drunk driver
00:11:10.540 should never have been
00:11:11.800 allowed back
00:11:12.660 onto California roads.
00:11:14.380 We are praying
00:11:15.480 for the family
00:11:16.220 of this child
00:11:17.060 who will be grieving
00:11:18.500 this holiday season.
00:11:20.000 Secretary Noem
00:11:21.660 is now calling
00:11:22.680 on Governor Newsom
00:11:23.500 to honor this
00:11:24.300 ICE arrest detainer
00:11:25.580 for this illegal alien.
00:11:28.660 And yet again,
00:11:29.560 you have another
00:11:30.360 elected official
00:11:31.280 in another sanctuary state
00:11:33.340 that is saying,
00:11:34.800 I will put
00:11:35.600 illegal immigrants
00:11:37.220 ahead
00:11:38.220 of American citizens.
00:11:40.640 And that's not
00:11:41.480 the only place
00:11:42.160 it's happening.
00:11:43.260 The New York mayor,
00:11:44.660 Mondani,
00:11:45.400 now telling illegal aliens
00:11:46.920 in New York City
00:11:47.920 how to stand up
00:11:49.660 to ICE agents.
00:11:51.840 The New York City
00:11:52.580 Democratic Socialist
00:11:53.860 mayor-elect
00:11:54.600 now giving lessons
00:11:56.260 telling illegal immigrants
00:11:58.000 in this area
00:11:58.560 that you must stand up
00:12:00.160 to ICE agents.
00:12:01.560 The news comes
00:12:02.660 as President Trump's
00:12:03.640 administration
00:12:04.200 has been working
00:12:04.920 to safeguard
00:12:05.580 American communities
00:12:06.540 from illegal alien crime
00:12:07.940 and as federal officials
00:12:09.780 have been arresting
00:12:10.740 the worst of the worst
00:12:11.700 criminal aliens.
00:12:13.420 In a video
00:12:14.120 posted on Sunday,
00:12:16.380 Mondani talked about
00:12:17.440 a recent ICE raid
00:12:18.560 in Chinatown,
00:12:20.040 adding,
00:12:20.960 when he officially
00:12:22.040 becomes a mayor,
00:12:23.300 he will protect
00:12:24.140 all New York residents
00:12:25.900 and that means
00:12:27.100 the illegal immigrants.
00:12:28.920 He said,
00:12:29.400 that includes
00:12:30.160 the more than
00:12:30.680 three million immigrants
00:12:31.820 who call the city
00:12:32.560 their home.
00:12:33.400 But we can all
00:12:34.780 stand up to ICE
00:12:35.940 if you know
00:12:36.860 your rights,
00:12:37.600 he said.
00:12:38.580 And then he gave
00:12:39.280 points about
00:12:40.080 avoiding ICE agents
00:12:41.480 altogether,
00:12:42.440 saying,
00:12:42.880 quote,
00:12:43.920 ICE cannot enter
00:12:45.200 into private spaces
00:12:46.300 like your home,
00:12:47.720 school,
00:12:48.400 or private area
00:12:49.660 of your workplace
00:12:50.680 without a judicial
00:12:51.700 warrant signed
00:12:52.520 by a judge.
00:12:54.040 He went on
00:12:54.520 to explain
00:12:54.980 that they had
00:12:55.440 a right to keep
00:12:56.280 their door shut,
00:12:57.820 literally telling
00:12:58.520 the criminals
00:12:59.340 exactly how to
00:13:01.360 fight back
00:13:02.220 and not be arrested.
00:13:03.900 Last weekend,
00:13:04.960 ICE attempted
00:13:05.420 to raid Canal Street
00:13:06.460 and detain
00:13:06.980 our immigrant immigrants.
00:13:08.880 As mayor,
00:13:09.760 I'll protect the rights
00:13:10.440 of every single
00:13:11.360 New Yorker,
00:13:12.120 and that includes
00:13:12.660 the more than
00:13:13.060 three million immigrants
00:13:14.020 who call the city
00:13:14.660 their home.
00:13:15.300 But we can all
00:13:15.820 stand up to ICE
00:13:16.540 if you know
00:13:18.300 your rights.
00:13:19.200 If you encounter ICE,
00:13:20.460 these are the things
00:13:21.200 that every New Yorker
00:13:22.060 should know.
00:13:22.560 First, ICE cannot enter
00:13:24.000 into private spaces
00:13:24.860 like your home,
00:13:26.040 school,
00:13:26.480 or a private area
00:13:27.420 of your workplace
00:13:28.020 without a judicial
00:13:29.020 warrant signed
00:13:29.620 by a judge.
00:13:30.440 That looks like this.
00:13:31.520 If ICE does not
00:13:37.380 have a judicial warrant
00:13:38.220 signed by a judge,
00:13:39.420 you have the right
00:13:39.980 to say,
00:13:40.800 I do not consent to entry,
00:13:42.140 and the right
00:13:42.580 to keep your door closed.
00:13:43.940 Sometimes ICE will
00:13:44.820 show you paperwork
00:13:45.500 that looks like this
00:13:46.800 and tell you
00:13:49.180 that they have the right
00:13:49.880 to arrest you.
00:13:52.100 That is false.
00:13:54.060 ICE is legally
00:13:54.680 allowed to lie to you,
00:13:55.740 but you have the right
00:13:56.540 to remain silent.
00:13:57.620 If you're being detained,
00:13:58.640 you may always ask,
00:13:59.660 am I free to go,
00:14:00.500 repeatedly,
00:14:00.880 until they answer you?
00:14:02.100 You are legally allowed
00:14:03.120 to film ICE
00:14:03.800 as long as you do not
00:14:04.780 interfere with an arrest.
00:14:06.000 It is important
00:14:06.520 to remain calm
00:14:07.260 during any interaction
00:14:08.340 with ICE or law enforcement.
00:14:09.920 Do not impede
00:14:10.480 their investigation,
00:14:11.500 resist arrest,
00:14:12.260 or rule.
00:14:12.940 One last thing,
00:14:14.020 New Yorkers have
00:14:14.480 a constitutional right
00:14:15.580 to protest,
00:14:16.460 and when I'm mayor,
00:14:17.400 we will protect that right.
00:14:18.860 New York will always
00:14:20.020 welcome immigrants,
00:14:21.000 and I will fight
00:14:21.760 each and every day
00:14:22.780 to protect,
00:14:23.900 support,
00:14:24.400 and celebrate
00:14:25.000 our neighborhood
00:14:25.620 brothers and sisters.
00:14:29.580 That is the mayor
00:14:30.800 elect of New York,
00:14:32.020 making it very clear
00:14:32.980 he doesn't work
00:14:33.620 for the citizens
00:14:34.280 of New York,
00:14:34.920 instead he works
00:14:35.600 for the illegal immigrants,
00:14:37.420 and telling them
00:14:38.080 everything he can
00:14:39.060 to help them
00:14:39.880 continue to break
00:14:41.120 the laws.
00:14:42.460 So yet again,
00:14:43.520 we are having
00:14:44.300 a conversation
00:14:45.140 about more Americans
00:14:47.060 who are being killed.
00:14:48.660 One thing is for sure,
00:14:49.780 the President
00:14:50.200 of the United States
00:14:50.720 of America
00:14:51.240 has promised,
00:14:52.500 no matter what,
00:14:53.640 to go wherever
00:14:54.340 these criminals are,
00:14:55.420 to find them,
00:14:56.160 to hunt them down
00:14:57.140 and to bring them
00:14:58.120 to justice,
00:14:59.140 even if the radicals
00:15:00.620 on the left
00:15:01.100 like Mundani
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