President Donald Trump and his administration have thrown out the playbook on immigration. Between resurrecting an 18th-century law to deport violent criminals and running nationwide television commercials encouraging illegal immigrants to leave the country, the White House is employing anything and everything they can to remove illegals from the country, and strengthen the southern border. But experts say the Trump administration has another arrow in their quiver — one that’s not new, but still incredibly effective. E-Verify is a free service from the Department of Homeland Security that allows employers to check applicants’ employment authorization status. Until now, proponents of E-Verify have encouraged employers to use the service to ensure they don’t hire illegals. But now, experts say mandating the service would spike the rate of self-deportations. “There’s no question that a large part, and maybe most, of any reduction in the illegal population has to come through self deportation,” Center for Immigration Studies Executive Director Mark Krikorian told The Daily Wire. “A big share of any reduction in the illegal population will inevitably come — and has to come — through voluntary departure or semi-voluntary departure.” A national E-Verify mandate, Krikorian says, is one of the ways that lawmakers could encourage illegal aliens to leave the United States. “It would make it much more difficult to get work. It would mean that a significant number of people would…opt not to come here illegally or even decide to go home,” Krikorian said. “What people don’t understand is that most illegal aliens work on the books, and E-Verify would make that much more difficult. You’d have to have much more sophisticated access to fake identities and fake stolen identities to be able to do that,” he added. “There’s always churn in the illegal population, even under Biden illegal aliens were leaving. There’s always people coming and there’s always people going. The key is to increase the number of people going and decrease the number of people coming in,” he explained. A recent study from the Federation for American Immigration Reform found that an estimated 18.6 million illegal aliens are present in the United States, with the figure eclipsing the individual populations of 46 of 50 states. Such a high number of illegal aliens poses serious logistical challenges to immigration enforcement authorities. Ira Mehlman, the Media Director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), told The Daily Wire that economic incentives are what pull so many illegal aliens to the United States, and that a change in those incentives could prompt their departure. “The vast majority of illegal aliens — especially the ones who arrived during the Biden administration — are economic migrants. Their strongest motivation for coming here was the ability to find a job and better wages,” Mehlman told The Daily Wire before honing in on the E-Verify program in particular. “If employers were mandated to use E-Verify and the government demonstrated the resolve to hold employers accountable, that would go a long way toward drying up the supply of jobs for illegal aliens, thereby eliminating the biggest incentive to come or remain here illegally,” Mehlman added. “Faced with the reality that they are unlikely to find a job and the president’s executive order barring illegal aliens from nonessential benefits and services, many would make the logical decision to return home,” he asserted.  Several states have already implemented E-Verify mandates, giving lawmakers several examples to draw on for a federal requirement. The Legal Arizona Workers Act, for example, requires all businesses to use the E-Verify program to check the status of all potential employees, and empowers county attorneys to bring civil suits against businesses that knowingly employ illegal aliens, potentially resulting in the suspension or revocation of their business licenses. In Tennessee, companies with 35 or more employees are required to use E-Verify, and those with fewer employees must still verify the employment status of new hires either through E-Verify or by acquiring and retaining documents that show identity and work eligibility. Other Republican states, including Texas and Missouri, have implemented a limited form of E-Verify and require state agencies and certain government contractors to use the program. Two Democrat-run states, California and Illinois, have taken the most radical actions against E-Verify, and bar city and county governments from mandating the use of the program. Studies of E-Verify have found that the program is effective at curtailing illegal immigration and at protecting the economic interests of American workers who may otherwise be undercut by illegal labor. “The results indicate that having an E-Verify law reduces the number of less-educated prime-age immigrants from Mexico and Central America — immigrants who are likely to be unauthorized — living in a state,” one study explains. “We find evidence that some new migrants are diverted to other states, but also suggestive evidence that some already-present migrants leave the country entirely.” Another study found that E-Verify mandates improve the economic prospects of Americans who might otherwise be forced to compete with illegal aliens for employment. “The mandates appear to lead to better labor market outcomes among workers likely to compete with unauthorized immigrants,” the abstract explains. “Employment rises among male Mexican immigrants who are naturalized citizens in states that adopt E-Verify mandates, and earnings rise among U.S.-born Hispanic men.” Vice President JD Vance touted E-Verify during his time in the Senate, writing in 2022 that “E Verify might be the single most important immigration issue.” Vance also co-sponsored legislation that would have mandated the use of E-Verify for employers across the country. Border Czar, Tom Homan has also praised the program, saying it “would save tens of millions of dollars annually in enforcement operations by making it much more difficult to use fake identities.” “What’s frustrating to me … is that we even have some Republicans in Congress who don’t want to see E-Verify enacted,” Homan said in 2020. “If they truly want to stop illegal employment they need a system of checks and balances, and E-Verify, with some moderate changes, could be effective.” Proponents of a national E-Verify mandate would have to face off against ideological organizations and corporate interests that undercut American workers with illegal labor, Mehlman noted. “The entire panoply of organizations that advocate for illegal aliens certainly oppose mandatory E-Verify. So, too, do many cheap labor business interests for whom illegal immigration has become a source of subsidized labor. They pay low wages and everyone else picks up the costs of having the illegal aliens and their families in the country.”

Leftist Judge Susan Crawford was projected Tuesday night to win a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, keeping the court in the control of liberal justices. Crawford’s win comes after the most expensive judicial campaign in American history as over $90 million was spent on the race. Crawford defeated conservative candidate Brad Schimel, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump and backed by Elon Musk. High turnout in the Democratic strongholds of Milwaukee and Dane County fueled Crawford’s victory. While the liberal justice won, Wisconsin voters did overwhelmingly vote to add a voter ID requirement to the state constitution in a win for Republicans. Schimel’s campaign was boosted by Musk and his America PAC while Crawford was supported by a cadre of leftist billionaires like George Soros and Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker. Before becoming a judge, Crawford worked as a lawyer for Planned Parenthood and filed lawsuits to block the state’s voter ID laws, earning her a label as “dangerously liberal” by the Wisconsin Republican Party. Both parties saw the race as pivotal for the United States House of Representatives as Democrats are now expected to challenge Wisconsin’s congressional maps since Crawford’s victory has allowed liberal justices on the court to maintain a 4-3 majority. Leftist activists hope that the court will strike down Wisconsin’s current congressional maps and mandate election maps more favorable to Democrats. This view was made clear in January when Crawford appeared on a fundraising call, which billed the Supreme Court race as a “chance to put two more House seats in play for 2026.” That same view was echoed earlier this month by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). “There are gerrymandered congressional lines right now in Wisconsin,” Jeffries said. “As soon as possible, we need to be able to revisit that and have fair lines. The only way for that to be even a significant possibility is if you have an enlightened Supreme Court.” Crawford’s victory could also determine how the court rules on issues like abortion, voter ID laws, and union reforms. The Women Speak Out PAC, a partner of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said it was disappointed by the election results. “Tonight’s results are disappointing and a blow for human rights and the rule of law. We mourn the lives that will be lost and the women and girls who will be harmed under a Wisconsin Supreme Court with an activist liberal majority,” said the PAC’s Political Communications Director Kelsey Pritchard. “Republican voters should heed this race as a warning on becoming complacent following the wins last November.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt issued a firm warning to the Chinese government after Beijing launched large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan. The joint military drills, which have yet to be formally declared, involved China’s army, navy, air, and rocket forces in a show of power aimed at the democratic island. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has tracked 71 Chinese aircraft and 21 warships, including an aircraft carrier battle group entering Taiwan’s “air defense zone.” A spokesperson for China’s People’s Liberation Army said the exercises were meant as a “severe warning and forceful containment against Taiwan independence,” The Hill reported. Leavitt stated in a Tuesday press conference that President Trump “is emphasizing the importance of maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait” and “reiterating our opposition to any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion.” The National Security Council has briefed the administration on the situation. Leavitt said that Trump considers Taiwan a strategic partner, providing billions in military aid, while U.S. law requires Washington to treat threats to Taipei with “grave concern.” In February, Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba issued a joint statement in opposition to any Chinese attempt to alter the status quo in the Taiwan Strait through force. Additionally, the State Department has removed language from its website that did not support Taipei’s independence during the Biden administration. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently met with counterparts in Japan and the Philippines, vowing to enhance United States military alliances to counter “China’s aggression” after recent displays. Taiwan’s Presidential Office condemned “China’s blatant military provocations” on X, saying such actions “threaten peace in the Taiwan Strait” and “undermine security in the entire region.” China views Taiwan as its sovereign territory and has repeatedly threatened to take the independently-governed island by force: “China’s reunification is an unstoppable trend — it will happen and it must happen,” a CCP spokesperson said in defense of the drills at a news conference on Tuesday.

Regular MSNBC guest and justice correspondent for The Nation Elie Mystal claimed on Tuesday that virtually all laws passed prior to 1965 should be considered “presumptively unconstitutional.” Mystal made the assertion during a conversation on the ABC midday talk show “The View” while discussing his new book, “Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America” — and he argued that any law passed prior to the 1965 Voting Rights Act should be thrown out because until that law passed, “we were an apartheid country.” WATCH: Guest on "The View" says all laws before 1965 should be ruled null and void: "Why should I give a f*** about some law that some old White man passed in the 1920s?" pic.twitter.com/x4Y6veWgFg — TheBlaze (@theblaze) April 1, 2025 “One of the laws you write about is playing out right now — the Immigration and Nationality Act,” cohost Sunny Hostin said. “Now, this administration is using this statute to justify the detentions and possible deportations, actually, of visa and Green-Card holders who they seek to deem a threat to U.S. foreign policy. What do you make of the administration’s use of the act, and, more broadly, is Trump really setting up a First Amendment showdown, which is what Whoopi’s been talking about?” “Yes, absolutely,” Mystal declared. “One of my premises for the book is that every law passed before the 1965 Voting Rights Act should be presumptively unconstitutional, right? Because before the 1965 Voting Rights Act, we were functionally an apartheid country. Not everybody who lived her could vote here.” “So why should I give a **** about some law that some old white man passed in the 1920s?” he asked. Mystal followed up his appearance on “The View” with a racially-charged post on X claiming that his book “seems to have pissed off the white wing so, as usual, I’m doing something right.” Mystal often appears on MSNBC, and even joined network host and former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele just two days prior to joining “The View.” During that appearance, he claimed that the Trump administration’s efforts to deport criminal illegal aliens and gang members amounted to “fascism.”

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins took CNN apart in a lengthy X thread on Monday, ripping into the network over what he said was a fake story that the network ran with despite his repeated assertions that there was no truth to it. Collins laid out what happened in a series of posts, saying that Brian Todd — a regular correspondent for “The Situation Room” — had reached out to him several times for comments on stories that were based on ‘false, deliberately leaked ‘information,”” and had published a story even after he was told that there was no truth to the “scoop” he thought he had. “True stories about the fake news: @CNN edition,” Collins began his thread. True stories about the fake news: @CNN edition. ? — VA Secretary Doug Collins (@SecVetAffairs) April 1, 2025 “Every few days, a guy named @BrianToddCNN reaches out to us, asking for the department’s response to whatever fake controversy VA’s critics are pushing. I’m not sure what his actual beat is, but his specialty seems to be regurgitating pre-packaged opposition research VA critics prepare for him,” Collins said. Late last week, Brian struck again, claiming to have a scoop about a proposal to “automate VA call centers.” In reality, no such plans exist. Brian’s scoop was based on false, deliberately leaked “information” from people who aren’t involved in our planning process. In other… — VA Secretary Doug Collins (@SecVetAffairs) April 1, 2025 “Late last week, Brian struck again, claiming to have a scoop about a proposal to ‘automate VA call centers.’ In reality, no such plans exist. Brian’s scoop was based on false, deliberately leaked ‘information’ from people who aren’t involved in our planning process,” Collins continued. “In other words, Brian was the target of a disinformation operation designed to generate fake news.” Collins went on to say that even though officials at the VA had made it clear to Todd that “his allegations were not credible,” their warnings had gone unheeded and CNN ran the story anyway. Efforts to get Todd to connect the VA to his editor were also ignored, but they eventually were able to get through. That editor and another CNN senior executive refused to retract the fake story. Instead, they insisted everything would be OK if we just gave them a statement responding to the story’s fake allegations. What happened to the journalistic principle of verifying something is true… — VA Secretary Doug Collins (@SecVetAffairs) April 1, 2025 “That editor and another CNN senior executive refused to retract the fake story. Instead, they insisted everything would be OK if we just gave them a statement responding to the story’s fake allegations,” Collins added. “What happened to the journalistic principle of verifying something is true before publication?” Collins concluded with a jab at the network over the recent defamation case that cost them millions, saying, “With standards like these, it’s easy to see why a jury recently found CNN liable for defamation and ordered the network to pay $5 million in damages.” .@wolfblitzer – Please hold your employee, @BrianToddCNN, to a higher standard. Thank you (7/7) — VA Secretary Doug Collins (@SecVetAffairs) April 1, 2025 “@wolfblitzer – Please hold your employee,@BrianToddCNN, to a higher standard. Thank you,” Collins said.