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#1 - New: Body Cam Footage of 'Maryland Dad' Abrego-Garcia Released, and Democrats Look Like Imbeciles — by Bonchie

While Abrego-Garcia has been alleged to be an MS-13 member from the beginning of this story due to some very compelling evidence, more recently, it was revealed that his wife also took out multiple restraining orders against him after he allegedly beat her. Then there was a traffic stop in 2022 where the now-deported illegal immigrant was suspected of human trafficking. That's where this newly released body cam footage comes into play. 

Fox News Bill Melugin obtained the video from the Tennessee Highway Patrol. It shows police confronting Abrego-Garcia after he was pulled over while driving a convicted human smuggler's car. In the vehicle were eight other people, none of whom appeared to have any real connection with him. He was also carrying $1400 in cash, which the officers suspected was his payment.

#2 - Heartbreak for Democrats As New CBS News Poll Reveals the Results of Their Kilmar Abrego Garcia Campaign — by Sister Toldjah

Though Democrats have, of course, found willing accomplices on this issue from the press, the good news is that their demagoguery campaign doesn't appear to be working with voters according to a new CBS News poll:

🚨 JUST ANNOUNCED: CBS poll finds by 12-point margin, Americans approve of Trump's program to seek out and deport illegals, 56%-44%, up from +8 earlier this month

Independents support this by 8 points, 54%-46%.

Males by 26 points, 63%-37%. pic.twitter.com/GBS4wvdhd7

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 27, 2025

From the CBS News report:

Most Americans think Mr. Trump's policies have reduced border crossings. Most also continue to approve of his deportation program in general.

Meanwhile, three-quarters say it isn't acceptable if some legal residents are detained by mistake as part of that program. A large eight in 10 say it wouldn't be acceptable if some legal residents are deported to foreign countries.

This is good to know, considering Kilmar Abrego Garcia was not a "legal resident" of this country.

#3 - Consequences Arrive for Canadian Voters, and They Deserve Every Bit of It — by Bonchie

After suffering under years of Trudeau's disastrous leadership, Canadians had a chance to change course. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, who was the odds-on favorite to win the election just a few months ago, had promised to lift his nation out of its decline, promoting personal and economic freedom.

The choice should have been clear. Instead, the voters of Canada decided that what they needed was an even more far-left lunatic to lead them. Needless to say, the results will be predictable, and I don't say that because I'm some kind of political savant, but because Carney has advertised all the destructive things he's going to do.

#4 - Trump's New Way of Charging Illegal Aliens for Crossing the Border Is Absolutely Genius — by Bonchie

That's a brilliant use of government land. Because the U.S. government owns some of the border areas in New Mexico, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was able to declare it a "National Defense Area" and turn it into a restricted military installation, complete with patrols conducted by American troops. That immediately upped the ante, making it criminal to cross into the area, allowing federal authorities to skip a variety of legal hoops and head straight to criminal prosecutions that should be open-and-shut cases. 

There's no doubt this offers another strong deterrent to anyone wanting to cross the border illegally. Since Joe Biden left office, we've already seen a dramatic drop in border encounters, with some numbers suggesting they are 99.99 percent lower under the Trump administration. That's in stark contrast to the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens that were crossing a month while Biden claimed there was just nothing he could do. All the talking points surrounding that terrible border bill, which would have essentially legalized 5,000 crossings a day, have completely collapsed.

#5 - 'I'm Black—You're Not': CNN Panel Explodes Into Ragefest As 'The View's' Ana Navarro Loses Her Mind — by Bob Hoge

Illegal aliens entering this country knowingly breaking the law is a whole lot different than African Americans being forcefully taken here centuries ago—they’re two completely different matters.

As in most of the broadcasts Ana Navarro appears in, she comes across as a dim-witted force of hate and division. Her “View” co-hosts like the gas-emitting Whoopi Goldberg aren’t much better, but it’s sort of shocking that ABC News feels the need to keep airing the toxic morning show and its hate-mongering output even as their ratings plummet.

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Editor’s Note: Thanks to President Trump, illegal immigration into our great country has virtually stopped. Despite the radical left's lies, new legislation wasn't needed to secure our border, just a new president.

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