The DC Circuit Court of Appeals just delivered President Trump the most consequential victory in his deportation campaign, ruling that the IRS can share tax data directly with ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. Every illegal immigrant who filed taxes using a fake social security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number has now created a paper trail leading straight to their front door.
This ruling eliminates bureaucratic delays and interagency red tape that have plagued immigration enforcement for decades. Tax records are now deportation evidence, and the implications are staggering for the millions of illegals hiding in sanctuary cities across America.
But while Trump secured this massive legal victory, Democrats responded by shutting down the Department of Homeland Security for the THIRD time in just 100 days. Speaker Mike Johnson laid out the devastating consequences in terms that left no room for Democrat spin.
FEMA workers responding to historic winter storms are not getting paid. TSA agents at every major airport are working without paychecks. The Secret Service - still reeling from another armed attempt on President Trump's life just days earlier - is operating under shutdown conditions. Global Entry has been suspended, leaving American travelers stranded.
Secretary Kristi Noem walked through Reagan International Airport, spoke directly to unpaid TSA workers, then delivered a clear message to the American people: call your Democrat representatives and demand they reopen DHS immediately.
The moment of the night belonged to Border Czar Tom Homan, who absolutely destroyed Mika Brzezinski on live television. When she pushed the false narrative that ICE conducted operations at a Boston church, Homan shut it down cold and read a list of violent criminal aliens arrested that week: aggravated rape, assault on a pregnant woman, heroin trafficking, assault on a child.
"Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals,"
Homan declared, looking directly into the camera. Brzezinski had no response.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration revealed that over half a million illegal immigrants left the country in the past year - 600,000 through deportations and nearly 2 million through voluntary departures. The message is clear: America is no longer a free-for-all.
Democrats thought shutting down DHS would stop Trump's deportation machine. Instead, the courts just handed him the keys to every tax record in the country. This backfire will go down in political history.