White House Unveils Sweeping Immigration Crackdown After Deadly D.C. Guardsman Attack

The White House has unveiled a sweeping new immigration crackdown following the deadly attack on a National Guardsman in Washington, D.C. Officials say the incident triggered an urgent internal review of border protocols, vetting procedures, and federal-state coordination on migrant processing.

According to senior administration figures, the new measures aim to strengthen enforcement, speed up removals of criminal offenders, and expand cooperation with local law enforcement. The announcement marks one of the administration’s most forceful policy pivots, reflecting growing pressure to address rising public safety concerns tied to undocumented entrants.

While supporters say the new framework represents a necessary response to a tragic and preventable killing, critics argue the shift risks sweeping in lawful migrants and could undermine humanitarian protections. The debate is set to intensify in Congress as lawmakers weigh legislative responses.

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00:00Good afternoon, everybody. I apologize for my tardiness. We had some technical difficulties,

00:10as you could see, but I think we are ready to rock. So let's get to it.

00:13I'll begin this week with some scheduling announcements for President Trump's very busy

00:17week ahead. Tomorrow, President Trump will host his ninth cabinet meeting of the year,

00:22alongside his incredible cabinet, who continue to deliver for the American people at a record

00:28pace. Later in the afternoon tomorrow, the president will make an announcement in the

00:32Oval Office on his initiative to create Trump accounts to give the next generation of Americans

00:38a jumpstart on savings. It will be a very exciting announcement indeed, especially for all of the

00:44parents across the country with young children and babies. On Thursday, President Trump will host

00:49the presidents of the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to sign the historic

00:55peace and economic agreement that he brokered. On Thursday night, the president and the first

01:00lady will celebrate one of America's greatest traditions, the lighting of the national Christmas

01:05tree on the ellipse. And on Friday, President Trump will attend the FIFA World Cup final draw

01:11at the Kennedy Center. You all will be seeing and hearing from the president every day this week.

01:15So you have me today and then he will take on the rest of the week himself. Next, I would like to

01:21address the horrific tragedy that took place in our nation's capital that last week. A foreign

01:26terrorist that the Biden administration failed to properly vet ambushed two members of the West

01:33Virginia National Guard who were honorably serving here to keep the residents and visitors of Washington,

01:39D.C. safe. U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolf was severely wounded in the attack

01:45and remains hospitalized while he continues to fight for his life. Tragically, U.S. Army Specialist

01:52Sarah Beckstrom died of her wounds. She was just 20 years old. President Trump and the entire White

01:59House are praying for Andrew's full recovery at the request of his parents and their personal phone

02:05call with the president over the weekend. And we are keeping Sarah's family and friends in our prayers

02:10during this unimaginably difficult time. Sarah and Andrew represent the very best of America,

02:17two young patriots who were willing to put on the uniform and risk their lives in defense

02:22of their fellow Americans. Both of them truly embody the profound words spoken by Jesus Christ in the

02:29gospel. Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. Sarah and Andrew

02:36are heroes and we will never forget their sacrifice. That means ensuring the monster responsible for this

02:43atrocity is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and faces the most severe punishment possible. It

02:50also means reckoning with why this atrocity was allowed to happen in the first place so that it may never occur

02:56again. Here are the facts. The terrorist who was gunned down, who gunned down American soldiers blocks away from

03:03the White House and an ambush, was an Afghan national who was flown into our country by Joe Biden's

03:09administration in September 2021 in the chaotic wake of their botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.

03:16One of the most embarrassing moments in the history of our great country. Joe Biden's historic failure in

03:23Afghanistan continues to haunt this country and our men and women in uniform. Not only did this surrender

03:29lead to a suicide bombing that killed 13 American heroes in Kabul, but now National Guard troops were shot

03:36on U.S. soil by the same kind of enemy. We continue to live with the deadly consequences of Joe Biden's

03:43horrific leadership. Nearly 100,000 Afghans were recklessly released into the United States with little

03:49to no vetting. There was no regard for the disorder and violence that this would unleash on American

03:55communities and American culture. Reportedly, thousands of these strangers and unknown individuals

04:01were flagged to the Biden administration for national security, public safety, and fraud concerns.

04:07But the terrifying truth is that the Afghanistan debacle is just a small part of Democrats' complete

04:13and total betrayal of the American people during the Biden years. The tragedy that we just witnessed,

04:19the day before Thanksgiving, is a reminder that untold thousands of terrorists, gang members,

04:25and criminals were invited into our country and remain here to this very day. The border is now secure,

04:32thanks to President Trump. But the threat in our interior remains real and urgent. These public

04:38safety threats are already inside our land. And President Trump was elected on a promise to find

04:44and remove them. And he has already taken significant steps and made significant progress

04:49towards fulfilling this promise. But there is more work to be done because President Trump believes that

04:55he has a sacred obligation to reverse the calamity of mass unchecked migration into our country.

05:02As a result, the Trump administration is now actively re-examining all of the Afghans imported into the

05:08country by Joe Biden. Any individual who threatens our national security or our citizenry will be

05:15subject to removal. President Trump has already permanently paused migration of foreign nationals

05:21from third world countries that pose a very high risk to the United States. For too long, past American

05:28presidents supported self-destruction, self-destructive immigration policies that allowed foreigners who

05:34outright hate our country and have no interest in assimilating into our culture, they've allowed

05:41these individuals to flood peaceful American communities. This disastrous approach has drained

05:46our welfare program, driven up the cost of housing, suppressed wages, and jeopardized the safety of law-abiding

05:53American citizens. In fact, according to a new bombshell report from the New York Times, Somalian migrants in

06:00Minnesota have defrauded nearly $1 billion in taxpayer-funded benefits under Democrat Governor

06:07Waltz's leadership. President Trump is putting an end to this dangerous America-last approach. His position

06:14is rooted in common sense. In the wake of last week's atrocity, it is more important than ever to finish

06:20carrying out the president's mass deportation operation. America cannot allow millions upon millions of

06:27unvetted illegal aliens to be rewarded with amnesty after they broke our nation's laws to come here.

06:33They must go back to their home countries. It is also essential to immediately address the massive

06:39fraud and corruption that has been going on for decades in other aspects of our immigration system,

06:45most notably when it comes to asylum claims. Millions of people who have come here under false

06:51pretenses and told blatant lies now enjoy temporary legal status. President Trump is ending this scam

06:59as well, and I would point out that the Democrats have tried to block this administration from doing so

07:04at every turn with lawsuit after lawsuit. The hard truth is that even when it comes to our legal

07:11immigration system, past presidents have failed to ensure that all prospective citizens love America,

07:18will add value and contribute to our communities, and will assimilate into our culture. Leaders have

07:25a duty to defend and advance the interests of their own people, not foreign nationals. Leaders also have

07:31a duty to preserve the integrity and character of our nation's national identity. That is why President

07:38Trump is more committed than ever to fully restoring American sovereignty by keeping our borders secure,

07:45removing all illegal alien invaders, and rebuilding a legal immigration system that makes sense and

07:52benefits our country. President Trump has no higher responsibility than to defend our homeland and our

07:58people, and he will never waver in doing so. With that, I will open it up to questions, and we'll lead

08:03today with Isabel Brown, who is in our new media seat. She's a very popular face on television these days. She's built a

08:09great independent media podcast and platform with the Daily Wire, and I appreciate your being here. Isabel,

08:15thank you for being here. Thank you, Caroline. Appreciate it, and appreciate the briefing. Many Americans, in light of

08:19these recent events that you just mentioned, are starting to say that we are being invaded as a country, culturally

08:25and logistically when it comes to immigration, and we know that immigration without assimilation is indeed

08:31invasion. So, given the recent remarks from Vice President Vance on a college campus about dramatically

08:36reducing legal immigration to address some of this crisis, and

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