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🚨 Karoline Leavitt just dropped a bombshell: Trump has officially declared war on sanctuary cities.

Leavitt and Tom Homan held a blistering press conference, breaking down what’s already been accomplished—and what’s still coming to fix America’s illegal alien crisis.

You don’t want to miss the battles they had with the media.

And wait until you hear some of the horrors Homan has personally witnessed as a border agent. Absolutely unconscionable.

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📍Remember to bookmark the post above. This marks the beginning of the end for the Democrat-driven illegal alien crime wave in this country.

Now, let’s roll the clips...

The press conference exploded right out of the gate.

Karoline Leavitt stepped up to the podium and dropped the biggest bombshell of all: Trump is officially launching a full-scale war on sanctuary cities—and the crackdown begins today.

Standing at the podium in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, Leavitt announced what’s coming next.

“Today we kick off 100 day week with a focus on the president's the stork effort to secure our southern border,” she said.

“Later this afternoon, President Trump will sign an executive order on law and order and another executive order on sanctuary cities.”

The first executive order, she explained, will “strengthen and unleash America's law enforcement to pursue criminals and protect innocent citizens.”

The second strikes directly at the heart of sanctuary cities, “centered around protecting American communities from criminal aliens,” and directs the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to publish a list of jurisdictions obstructing federal immigration laws.

Leavitt didn’t back down one inch: Trump’s taking action where Biden refused.

And this is just the beginning.

By the end of the day, she added, “the president will have signed more than 140 executive orders already, rapidly approaching the total number signed by the Biden administration over the course of four years in office.”

Trump isn't playing defense anymore—he's going on offense.

Then Tom Homan stepped forward—and the room shifted.

The former Acting ICE Director, a man who spent over 40 years working for six presidents starting with Ronald Reagan, wasted no time laying out the brutal truth.

“Every president I ever worked for took border security seriously,” he said.

“Even President Obama and President Clinton took some steps to secure the border.”

But Biden, Homan warned, shattered that legacy—and he did it on purpose.

“Joe Biden was the first president in the history of this nation who came into office and unsecured a border on purpose. That's just a fact.”

Homan explained that Trump had handed Biden “the most secure border in my lifetime”—and Biden tore it apart by design.

Now, with Trump’s return to the White House, Homan said, “we have the most secure border in the history of this nation. The numbers prove it. President Trump's policies are saving lives everyday.”

And those numbers aren’t just lines on a spreadsheet. They represent real human lives.

Homan pointed to shocking research showing that 31% of women who cross cartel-controlled routes are sexually assaulted.

Then he hit the press with a series of questions that hung heavy in the room:

“When illegal immigration drops by 96% under Trump’s policies, how many women aren't not being sexual assaulted by the cartels?”

“How many children aren't dying making that journey?”

“How many women and children aren't being sex trafficked in this nation?”

“How many known expected terrorists aren't making it into this country?”

This wasn’t just about politics anymore. It was about stopping suffering—and saving lives.

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The media, of course, wasn’t ready to admit any of it.

When they opened the floor for questions, the spin started immediately.

One reporter shamelessly tried to carry water for an MS-13 gang member—pushing the idea that Trump’s team should negotiate to bring a violent criminal back into the United States.

Reporter: “A question on Abrego Garcia, if I can. The president recently said when it comes to facilitating his release, he's leaving that up to his lawyers. Just to be clear, have there been negotiations between the U.S. and El Salvador over his release or facilitating his release?”

Leavitt didn’t hesitate. She dismantled the talking point right there.

“Look, I will tell you what the president of El Salvador told all of you in the Oval Office,” she said.

“El Salvador does not intend to smuggle a designated foreign terrorist back into the United States. He is an El Salvadorian national. That is his home country. That is where he belongs.”

The message was clear: Trump is standing firm with President Bukele. No deals. No criminals coming back.

“The administration intends to comply with what President Bukele said of El Salvador. He does not intend to send that individual back.”

Still desperate to revive the narrative, the reporter pressed again:

Reporter: “So that's a no? There's been no talks?”

Leavitt shut her down with force.

“What I have told you, is that the president of El Salvador has made this quite clear.”

Case closed.

But the media wasn’t done trying to trip them up.

Next, a smug reporter tried to mock Trump’s promise that Mexico would pay for the wall—thinking they had found a "gotcha" moment.

Tom Homan wasn’t having it.

“Let's address that,” Homan said, stepping back up to the mic.

“Trump said Mexico would pay for the wall?”

“They have, in a roundabout way, have they not?”

He broke it down in simple terms: Mexico deployed 10,000 troops to its northern and southern borders. They enforced the Remain in Mexico policy.

They cracked down on illegal crossings in ways that directly benefited the United States.

“Putting military on the southern border has moved illegal immigration to a record low,” he said.

And the result? Massive financial savings for the U.S. on detention, transportation, and deportations—savings that more than paid for the wall itself.

“We've more than made up for the cost of that wall, because the actions of Mexico,” he said.

“So is Mexico helping build that wall? Yeah, because we're saving so much money, millions of dollars a day, that we can afford to build that wall.”

Then Homan delivered the final blow:

“So actually, yes, they're helping to the wall.”

The reporter had no comeback. The room fell silent, as Homan walked off.

Homan wasn’t finished though. Not yet, at least.

He ended the press conference with a raw, emotional reminder: illegal immigration is not a victimless crime—and he had the scars to prove it.

“There's a lot of people in this country don't like me. I don't care,” Homan said.

“People always want to say, why are you so emotional? Because if they wore my shoes for 40 years, they'd understand why I'm emotional.”

Then he ripped apart the media's sanitized narrative—and forced them to confront the real horrors hidden behind the headlines.

“I've talked to little girls as young as nine years old that are r*ped multiple times by the cartel members,” he said.

“And when you get to your knees and you talk to that little girl, and everything innocent and pure has been ripped from her...”

The room grew heavy as Homan painted a brutal picture of what illegal immigration actually looks like.

He spoke about the murder of Laken Riley:

“When you listen to the Laken Riley, 17 minutes, that young lady fighting for her life. Don't just think, okay, a young woman died. Think of how she died! The terror that she went through.”

And on the horrors of human smuggling:

“I stood in the back of a tractor trailer with 19 dead people at my feet that baked to death.”

With the room stunned into silence, Homan delivered his final message:

“Illegal immigration is not a victimless crime.”

“And so every sick person we take off the streets, especially child r*pists, makes this country much safer.”

No spin. No excuses. Just the brutal, undeniable truth.

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🔥 This last thread was absolutely wild.

Terrence Howard stunned Bill Maher with a barrage of jaw-dropping claims!