Fort Myers City Council Members Openly Weep and Hold Hands When Asked to Authorize Police Cooperation With ICE

Before getting to that: Biden low-balled the number of invaders he allowed to swarm into the country. Plot twist.

The number of illegal invaders was double what Biden claimed.

Joe Biden's presidency oversaw an unprecedented surge in immigration, with new data revealing the scale of the influx. According to a recent op-ed by Jason Richwine at the Center for Immigration Studies, net international migration during Biden's tenure was far higher than originally reported, reaching 2.8 million in 2024 alone. The foreign-born population in the U.S. has now reached a historic 53.3 million, with illegal immigration driving much of the increase. In contrast, President Trump's policies have significantly reduced illegal border crossings.

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The Census Bureau revised its net migration figures for 2022 and 2023 from 2 million to 4 million, with 2024 alone adding 2.8 million.

The foreign-born population has hit a record 53.3 million, up from 45 million four years ago, with nearly two-thirds of the increase attributed to illegal immigration.

Illegal border crossings have plummeted under President Trump, who reversed Biden-era policies such as catch and release and mass parole.

Diving Deeper:

Newly revised Census Bureau data has shed light on the sheer scale of immigration under former President Joe Biden. As Jason Richwine writes in his March 14, 2025, op-ed for the Center for Immigration Studies, the agency initially reported net international migration for 2022 and 2023 at a combined 2 million, only to later correct the figure to a staggering 4 million. The trend continued in 2024, with an additional 2.8 million immigrants entering the country. "This is more than double the number in any single year this century prior to Biden's taking office," Richwine points out.

The January release of the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) has offered a clearer picture of immigration's impact on the nation. Richwine highlights the findings of a new report by Steven Camarota and Karen Zeigler, which confirms that the foreign-born population in the U.S. has reached a record-breaking 53.3 million, up from 45 million four years ago. "The foreign-born share of the population now stands at 15.8 percent," Richwine notes, "which eclipses the highs of the Great Wave at the turn of the 20th century." This surge has accelerated decades ahead of prior projections, as the Census Bureau previously estimated that the U.S. would not reach this level of foreign-born population until 2042.

A major driver of this increase was illegal immigration. "Camarota and Zeigler estimate that nearly two-thirds of the increase in the foreign-born population over the last four years was due to illegal immigration," Richwine explains. However, under President Trump, illegal border crossings have dropped dramatically. Richwine attributes this to Trump's swift action in reversing Biden's immigration policies, stating that "Trump reversed the Biden policies of catch and release and mass parole, secured better cooperation from Mexico, and empowered interior enforcement."

You won't be surprised to learn that the organization funding the lawfare operation against Trump, trying to block him from deporting alien invaders, is funded by George Soros.

A network of left-wing organizations with financial ties to billionaire George Soros is backing a lawsuit aimed at halting President Donald Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport illegal alien gang members.

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The Trump administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport nearly 300 illegal alien gang members linked to MS-13 and Tren de Aragua to El Salvador**, where they will be held in a mega-prison under an agreement with President Nayib Bukele.

Democracy Forward, a legal group assisting in the lawsuit, has deep ties to Soros-funded organizations, including the Center for American Progress, National Immigration Law Center, UnidosUS, and Color of Change.

Despite the court order, the administration maintains that the deportations had already taken place before the ruling was issued and insists that the president has broad legal authority over foreign affairs and national security.

Diving Deeper:

In a decisive move to combat violent crime and illegal immigration, President Donald Trump utilized the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of illegal alien gang members to El Salvador over the weekend. The effort primarily targeted MS-13 and Tren de Aragua--two international criminal organizations designated as terrorist groups by the administration. However, the policy immediately drew backlash from left-wing legal groups, leading to a lawsuit seeking to block further deportations.

The ACLU and Democracy Forward filed suit on behalf of five illegal aliens currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, claiming the Trump administration illegally applied the Alien Enemies Act. A federal judge sided with the plaintiffs and issued an order to halt the deportations. However, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed claims that the administration violated the ruling, emphasizing that the order was issued after the deportation flights had already taken off.

The legal battle has exposed the deep financial connections between Soros-backed entities and groups opposing Trump's border security agenda. Democracy Forward, one of the key organizations representing the illegal aliens, has received extensive funding from the Open Society Foundation, which is chaired by Alexander Soros, the son of George Soros. The foundation has poured millions into organizations like the Center for American Progress, widely regarded as the policy arm of the Democrat Party, as well as other activist groups pushing for open borders policies.

In 2023 alone, the Open Society Foundation provided nearly $4 million in grant funding to the Center for American Progress, along with millions more to the National Immigration Law Center, UnidosUS, and Common Justice--all of which are aligned with Democracy Forward. The lawsuit represents another coordinated legal assault on Trump's immigration enforcement efforts, with Soros-linked groups playing a central role in undermining the administration's push to secure the border and combat criminal organizations.

Below, someone asked the Fort Myers, FL, city council to authorize police cooperation with ICE in situations where they've arrested a criminal for a specific crime and then discover he's also an illegal alien. He may have mentioned that Fort Myers risks all federal funding for refusing to talk to ICE at all.

The city council members responded by crying.

posted by Ace at 02:13 PM

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