Verdict with Ted Cruz - June 11, 2026


BONUS POD： WH Shakes Up Immigration Policy & 5% of UN Workforce under possible Investigation

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UNRWA terrorist ties investigation
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Ted Cruz
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Donald Trump Jake Radio Joe Getty Patriot Mobile Richard Goldberg Ben Ferguson Tom Cotton Bill Haggerty XYZ Storage Mike Lawler
Historic Drone Rescue of American Soldiers Shot Down in Iran, plus Minnesota Dems Hired Private Investigators to Target Fraud Whistleblowers ActBlue Pleads the Fifth on Hiding Foreign Campaign Donations, SPLC Dodges on Funding the KKK & DHS Finds 146,000 Missing Children

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As America marks its 250th anniversary, we re looking back at two-and-a-half centuries of rebellion and liberty through the eyes of the heroes who defended it. Today, we ve got two major stories about how much money is being wasted on UNRWA.

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00:02:37.100 Good Thursday morning.
00:02:37.960 Nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update.
00:02:40.200 And we've got two major stories for you this morning.
00:02:42.480 First up, Democrats are now seeking to undo a Trump-tough strategy on green card policy.
00:02:50.220 This could close a loophole that hundreds of thousands are using.
00:02:54.020 So why are the Democrats doing this right now, putting illegals ahead of Americans?
00:02:58.260 We'll have those details as well.
00:03:00.220 Also, your tax dollars are apparently going to terrorists in UNRWA,
00:03:06.460 who are directly tied to Hamas and even involved in the October 7th attacks.
00:03:12.000 So how do we stop having our tax hours go to UNRWA?
00:03:15.720 And can the president move to declare they're a terrorist organization?
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00:05:14.820 Story number one.
00:05:16.000 We're going to start with a very interesting story, and that is Democrats now are seeking to undo Donald Trump's tough new policy on green card holders.
00:05:26.380 Democrats on Capitol Hill say they're going to move to overturn the president's immigration policy changes.
00:05:32.920 Now, Trump's second term, he said, I'm going to have a new rule that could require many green card applicants already living legally in the United States to leave the country and complete their applications from abroad.
00:05:44.540 That, according to report by The Hill and multiple national outlets have also confirmed the details.
00:05:50.660 Now, the Democrats are losing their minds, saying the policy could affect hundreds of thousands of immigrants currently working, studying and raising families in the United States of America.
00:05:59.000 Now, for decades, many legal immigrants have been able to apply for permanent residency through a process known as adjustment of status, allowing them to remain in the U.S. while their green card applications were reviewed.
00:06:11.200 But the Trump administration said this has become a massive loophole and the new guidance dramatically changes that process.
00:06:18.180 Under the policy, the applicants could now be required to return to their home countries and complete the process through a U.S. consulate unless they can demonstrate what the administration calls extraordinary circumstances.
00:06:31.080 The administration argues this isn't a new law, but rather return to the original intent of immigration status.
00:06:37.140 Homeland Security officials say the temporary visas were never intended to become an automatic pathway to permanent residency
00:06:44.840 and that the new rules will make the immigration system more orderly and also efficient.
00:06:50.780 The administration has also indicated that expectations may be available for individuals who provide a significant economic benefit or serve the national interest.
00:07:00.420 Well, Democrats, you know what they're going to do, stand up for those that aren't American citizens before they stand up for American citizens every single time they can do it.
00:07:10.540 And that's exactly what they're doing now.
00:07:12.600 They're calling this move by the Trump administration disruptive and harmful and hurtful.
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00:07:22.980 and force legal immigrants into lengthy overseas processing backlogs that can stretch for months or even years. 1.00
00:07:29.640 Again, making sure they put those from outside of America ahead of you.
00:07:33.800 Now, immigration advocates are also warning that this will be a disaster. 0.98
00:07:37.360 But again, look at the open border process and what we've actually had in this country.
00:07:41.780 Now, the debate now centers on a larger question.
00:07:44.000 What should legal immigration look like in America?
00:07:47.180 Supporters of President Trump who voted for him said it was very clear.
00:07:51.220 They wanted to shut down the borders.
00:07:52.820 They wanted an orderly program, and they wanted to get illegal immigrants out of this country.
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00:08:39.380 And once again, the Democratic Party making it clear, we stand for illegal immigrants and those from outside the United States of America before we stand up for Americans and what Americans want and or believe on the issue.
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00:08:57.980 Next, story number two.
00:08:59.560 There is a U.S. probe of the embattled U.N. Gaza Relief Agency.
00:09:05.560 It has now expanded to more than 1,500 staffers that have suspected ties directly to terrorist organizations like Hamas.
00:09:15.120 It is known as UNRWA, and it could soon be labeled a foreign terrorist organization.
00:09:20.820 But your tax dollars have actually been going there.
00:09:23.180 There is momentum now growing for UNRWA to lose its diplomatic immunity as well,
00:09:28.380 which would expose it to lawsuits from October 7th survivors and victims' families.
00:09:35.260 Now, the media is not covering this.
00:09:37.640 Thank goodness the Free Beacon is.
00:09:39.700 And that's why we're going to use this show.
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00:09:47.500 Because what I'm about to tell you should enrage all of you.
00:09:50.460 Now, the federal investigation is into the staff at the United Nations Relief and Work Agency.
00:09:56.040 It is the U.N. Gaza Relief Organization that has been closely linked now directly to Hamas.
00:10:01.980 They say it will soon encompass more than 1,500 unrelinked individuals suspected of direct terror ties.
00:10:09.980 Now, this is an unprecedented dragnet reported here for the first time by the Washington Free Beacon.
00:10:15.780 Where are all the other media outlets and why are they not covering this is the question you should be asking.
00:10:21.300 Because all they did was ask basic questions and they exposed now what has been described as a humanitarian aid group.
00:10:28.000 That's not what they were at all.
00:10:29.680 Brimming with Hamas operatives, so actual terrorists within UNRWA.
00:10:34.120 And then it's generating momentum because of this report in Congress and the Trump administration
00:10:39.340 for not only harsher sanctions on the embattled aid group,
00:10:43.160 but then maybe even designating them a terrorist organization.
00:10:46.980 Quote,
00:10:47.620 The punitive measures up for consideration include stripping UNRWA of its diplomatic immunity under U.S. law,
00:10:53.840 which would open it up to legal action from terror victims
00:10:57.420 and fully designate the aid organization as a foreign terrorist organization.
00:11:01.320 Because they're not doing aid at all. 0.95
00:11:02.220 They're filled with terrorists. 0.98
00:11:03.120 They are literally a terrorist organization. 0.92
00:11:04.960 Now, that's coming according to not one, not two, but three Trump administration officials
00:11:09.240 and other sources tracking the matter in Congress.
00:11:12.100 Now, again, why is this the first that you and I are hearing about this is the question we should all be asking.
00:11:18.240 Now, these discussions have apparently accelerated since the free beacon reported in April that UNRWA and other UN agencies are stonewalling a federal probe into their ties directly to Hamas.
00:11:30.180 The U.S. Agency for International Development, Inspector General's Office, a law enforcement agency separate from the largely defunct USAID, has spent months independently unearthing evidence that countless UNRWA employees actually participated.
00:11:48.040 Listen carefully to this.
00:11:49.760 In the Hamas October 7th terror attack.
00:11:52.520 So these UNRWA employees were the terrorists in the October 7th terror attack.
00:11:57.860 They say the probe will soon expand to more than 1,500 suspected militants with direct UNRWA ties.
00:12:06.520 Now, UNRWA, an official organ of the notoriously anti-Israel United Nations,
00:12:11.800 your tax dollars goes there, your tax dollars goes to UNRWA,
00:12:15.180 is the only aid group with a large operation, quote-unquote, in Gaza.
00:12:19.120 Well, apparently it's just funneling money to terrorists.
00:12:21.600 With as many as 13,000, they say, Gazan employees and a large distribution network.
00:12:26.860 network. Man, that seems to work perfect for a terrorist organization. Now, UN officials have 0.90
00:12:31.540 insisted, of course, and lied for years, that it's the only viable option for getting aid relief to
00:12:38.040 the Gazans who are in need. Israel and its supporters have long claimed that UNRWA is fully
00:12:43.240 infiltrated by Hamas. Now we see the evidence of that. And it's cemented the terror group's control
00:12:48.400 also over aid distribution. And much of that aid is actually sold off and they make money off of
00:12:53.300 it which is even more shocking now USAID inspector general is currently working with the state
00:12:58.020 department in the latter's effort to build a blacklist that will ensure terror linked under
00:13:02.620 employees cannot circulate to other aid organizations within the united nations systems
00:13:07.820 because again this is the this is the united nations it's been infiltrated by terrorist
00:13:12.640 organizations and your dollars are going to them the inspector general has already confirmed
00:13:18.880 That one UNRWA school principal, so it's a school principal, participated in the October 7th attacks as a member of Hamas East Battalion and has flagged multiple others for the State Department as well.
00:13:32.760 Quote, the USAID inspector general's cases coming in droves are corroborating the obvious parent subsidy relationship between UNRWA and Hamas in Gaza.
00:13:42.640 Gaza. A senior State Department official familiar with the investigation told the Free Beacon saying
00:13:48.420 if UNRWA was not a UN organization, it would be undeniably facing terrorist sanctions based on
00:13:54.520 what USAID IG has uncovered. Now, this ongoing USAID inspector general investigation, sources
00:14:02.120 said, would logically not only lead to labeling UNRWA as a foreign terrorist group, but they say
00:14:07.060 that the probe, quote, confirms that if it walks like a foreign terrorist organization and it talks
00:14:12.080 like a foreign terrorist organization and employs foreign terrorist organization personnel,
00:14:18.080 then a case actually exists that it should be a foreign terrorist organization.
00:14:23.300 A second U.S. official also confirming that the Trump administration has to consider a
00:14:28.360 whole-of-world approach to UNRWA that includes further executive action and policies that
00:14:34.140 would strip the aid group's diplomatic immunity.
00:14:37.560 It says if UNRWA could be sued in the American courts, the agency could very well
00:14:41.820 collapse under the strain of defending itself from a October 7th related complaint alone
00:14:48.600 because there's a torrent of them if this many people are involved in that terrorist
00:14:53.160 attack.
00:14:54.120 Quote, there is a lot here we can do, said the official.
00:14:57.740 A lot we could do.
00:14:58.860 There has to be consequences for Unruh, for its conduct and the run-up and the roll in
00:15:04.100 October 7th and continuing all the way to today with its ongoing refusal to adhere to
00:15:09.300 legitimate and pressing American inquiries.
00:15:11.820 The Trump administration stripped virtually all remaining U.S. funding for UNRWA in February, citing its established links to Hamas.
00:15:19.820 The agency, however, still enjoys that diplomatic immunity, and they can access some funds from the larger U.N. budget, which your tax hours go to.
00:15:27.520 And they've facilitated Hamas' continued control over aid distribution in Gaza.
00:15:32.500 And without immunity, as a source explained, there is a potential exposure for a foreign terrorist organization designation.
00:15:38.560 and then the massive lawsuits, which would then be for the courts to adjudicate.
00:15:43.160 Now, additionally, they say the UNRWA funding remains a line item in the U.N. budget,
00:15:48.500 and there's still American taxpayer dollars going towards that, and that's unacceptable.
00:15:53.300 A third U.S. official confirmed the appetite for such action has been building
00:15:58.500 since it became abundantly clear that UNRWA and other U.N. organizations,
00:16:03.500 because again, UNRWA is not the only one,
00:16:05.400 We're not cooperating with the USAID Inspector General's probe.
00:16:09.460 Why? Because they don't want you to know that they're actually terrorists
00:16:12.320 and that your tax dollars are going to fund a terrorist organization
00:16:17.020 and even terrorist attacks like October the 7th.
00:16:19.840 Now, the USAID Inspector General also sent a letter to six separate U.N. agencies
00:16:25.780 and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
00:16:29.740 Yeah, you heard me say the Red Cross.
00:16:31.260 In December, asking them to name all employees who worked on U.S. government funded awards and provide their contact information and date and place of birth.
00:16:40.240 The office also asked the agencies to detail their interactions with Hamas, among other requests.
00:16:45.940 None, I'm going to say it again, none of the responding U.N. recipients provided the requested information pertaining to their personnel.
00:16:53.980 The inspector general exposing that last month.
00:16:56.280 Quote, given its history with Hamas, UNRWA does not have the luxury of not cooperating with an investigation and thinking there might be not be consequences, said the U.S. official.
00:17:07.960 We will respond accordingly.
00:17:09.680 Now, elements of all these discussions have also spilled into public view in the recent days as lawmakers call for UNRWA to be fully dismantled.
00:17:17.160 Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, now has 24 of his colleagues citing the USAID inspector general's ongoing work.
00:17:25.340 And they're now urging the Trump administration to take decisive action to fully dismantle UNRWA and eliminate it from the U.N. budget.
00:17:32.620 Mike Lawler, a Republican from New York and 90 other lawmakers in the House, issued a similar call on Friday.
00:17:38.580 Cotton told the Free Beacon that UNRWA's terrorist ties are clear and the U.N.'s attempt to hide those ties from the U.S. government is deeply concerning.
00:17:46.120 It's long past time to completely dismantle the organization.
00:17:48.720 Senator Ted Cruz and Bill Haggerty, Republican from Tennessee, very influential members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, both told the Free Beacon that it's time to move beyond merely freezing unrest funding, particularly as the USAID inspector general continues to unearth evidence of Hamas complicity.
00:18:06.960 Either they come clean or expect growing momentum for designating them for the support they give to terrorists, Cruz said.
00:18:14.280 Hagerty called it appalling that other U.N. agencies today are still stonewalling the Trump administration's ongoing investigations, adding that if U.N. agencies refuse to show basic transparency and then accountability, then the executive branch in Congress must respond.
00:18:29.740 Richard Goldberg, who served in both Trump administrations, currently a senior advisor with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tanks, said authorities already exist to impose terrorism sanctions on UNRWA if the president so chooses.
00:18:44.900 The Justice Department's position right now is that UNRWA does not enjoy privilege or immunity, Goldberg said.
00:18:50.980 That means nothing stops the Treasury Department from imposing terrorism sanctions on UNRWA to force its closure.
00:18:57.700 Sure, some people might be afraid of breaking eggs at the UN while the Gaza Board of Peace is still young.
00:19:03.020 But I guarantee unrest survival will be the death of the Board of Peace the second Donald Trump leaves office.
00:19:10.240 By the way, I couldn't agree more.
00:19:11.820 Let me say a couple of things here in closing.
00:19:13.520 One, God bless the Washington Free Beacon for doing this work because it's incredible what they just exposed.
00:19:19.240 Number two, this is why I do this show, to give you this type of information.
00:19:23.900 And then I hope what you will do is take this exact information and share a podcast anywhere you can on social media.
00:19:31.780 You can also text the link to the podcast to anybody in your phone contact list so that they can hear what I just gave you.
00:19:39.260 There needs to be insane amounts of pressure from us as Americans on Congress right now telling Congress right now,
00:19:47.060 Hey guys, we're not going to send you any more money if you're going to give it to terrorist organizations.
00:19:53.900 By the way, that's not crazy.
00:19:55.440 That's common sense.
00:19:56.820 Common sense says exactly that.
00:19:59.460 Common sense says you don't send money to terrorists.
00:20:04.120 Okay, I'm going to say it one more time.
00:20:05.480 You don't send money, American tax dollars, to terrorists.
00:20:10.460 That's what you don't do.
00:20:12.040 And I think all of us should be angry.
00:20:14.240 We should be frustrated.
00:20:15.460 We should be demanding accountability in a way that we have not seen so far.
00:20:20.560 Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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00:21:34.600 have a great day i heart radio as america marks its 250th anniversary we're looking back at two
00:21:43.020 and a half centuries of rebellion and liberty through the eyes of the heroes who defended it
00:21:47.740 The whole thing about this country is freedom.
00:21:51.240 If we're not careful, we could lose that.
00:21:53.320 On Medal of Honor, Stories of Courage,
00:21:55.780 we bring you the defining moments of valor
00:21:58.060 that went above and beyond the call of duty.
00:22:01.340 Listen to Medal of Honor on the iHeartRadio app,
00:22:04.240 Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.