UNBIASED Politics (1/27/25): 900+ ICE Arrests in ONE Day, the Birthright Citizenship Debate, Trump Weighs Eliminating FEMA, ColOmbia Allows Deportation Flights After Tariff Threat, and More.

Episode Format:

1. The Birthright Citizenship Debate and Trump's Order (0:53)

2. Trump Dismisses Inspectors General. Is He Allowed? (10:21)

3. Columbia Allows Deportation Flights from US After Trump Threatens Tariffs (14:27)

4. ICE Arrests 2,600+ in One Week (17:30)

5. Border Agent Shot and Killed By Washington State Woman. Here's What the FBI Affidavit Says (20:27)

6. Trump Creates FEMA Review Council; Weighs Eliminating It Completely... Can He? (23:23)

7. DOJ's Civil Rights Division Announces Pause on All Pending Litigation Per Internal Memo (26:21)

8. Quick Hitters: Chicago School Mistakes Secret Service for ICE, CIA Releases COVID Origins Report, Dept. of Education Dismisses All Book Ban Complaints, Senate Confirms Pete Hegseth (29:00)

9. Critical Thinking Segment (32:15)

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The Birthright Citizenship Debate and Trump's Order

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship/

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25502862-tro/#document/p1

https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-xiv?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA-ty8BhA_EiwAkyoa35M215ULr3dEu6Wni0YzXqC_yFxXvZYp0Zo28UleOYHvwP8hFzZtiRoC_fkQAvD_BwE

https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Birthright%20Citizenship%20Complaint.pdf?VersionId=4KAKiC521vtZnAh181w81Be.hjauvPlS

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/domicile

https://www.history.com/news/illegal-border-crossing-usa-mexico-section-1325

https://www.yahoo.com/news/excluding-indians-trump-admin-questions-164312466.html

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/112/94/

Trump Dismisses Inspectors General. Is He Allowed?

https://www.ignet.gov/content/frequently-asked-questions

https://apnews.com/article/trump-inspectors-general-fired-congress-unlawful-4e8bc57e132c3f9a7f1c2a3754359993

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/25/donald-trump-inspectors-general-firing-00200611

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000194-a513-dd75-adfc-ad972d920000

https://www.oig.dot.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/The%20Inspector%20General%20Act%20of%201978%20-%20Updated%202020-04-15%20%28508%20Compliant%29.pdf

Columbia Allows Deportation Flights from US After Trump Threatens Tariffs

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20p36e62gyo

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113896070273857964

https://x.com/petrogustavo?

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/politics/colombia-tariffs-trump-deportation-flights/index.html

https://san.com/cc/trumps-deportation-flights-colombia-china-el-salvador-cooperate/

ICE Arrests 2,600+ in One Week

https://x.com/ICEgov

https://www.ice.gov/immigration-detainers#:~:text=ICE%20has%20the%20general%20authority,have%20taken%20them%20into%20custody.

https://san.com/cc/hundreds-of-criminals-arrested-reports-of-us-citizens-detained-in-ice-raids/

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/01/26/president-trump-already-securing-our-border-and-deporting-criminal-aliens

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6434dq7p1o

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/27/immigrant-arrests-ice-raids-trump-administration

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/26/border-homan-deportations-trump-00200626

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/trump-mass-deportations-ice-raids-executive-immigration-rcna188620

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hundreds-illegal-immigrant-criminals-arrested-more-flown-from-us-military-white-house-says/

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/cbp-enforcement-statistics/criminal-noncitizen-statistics

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-issues-executive-order-establishing-review-council-fema-2025-01-26/

Border Agent Shot and Killed By Washington State Woman. Here's What the FBI Affidavit Says

https://www.justice.gov/usao-vt/pr/woman-charged-discharging-firearm-during-assault-united-states-border-patrol-agent

https://torontosun.com/news/world/who-is-deadly-border-shooting-femme-fatale-teresa-youngblut

https://apnews.com/article/vermont-border-agent-killed-d99eb6157af85255fa23eea4b2658869

https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspects-border-patrol-agents-killing-vermont-surveilled-days/story?id=118079273

https://vermontbiz.com/news/2025/january/24/affidavit-details-events-leading-death-border-patrol-agent

Trump Creates FEMA Review Council; Weighs Eliminating It Completely... Can He?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdSIwRgeoh4

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/council-to-assess-the-federal-emergency-management-agency/

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/26/trump-fema-executive-order

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/24/us/los-angeles-wildfires-california#trump-fema-states-disasters

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-signs-executive-order-aimed-drastically-improving-fema-efficacy-priorities-competence

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-terminate-fema-fast/story?id=118076946

https://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/fdr.pdf

https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/senate-bill/626

DOJ's Civil Rights Division Announces Pause on All Pending Litigation Per Internal Memo

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-dept-asks-civil-rights-division-halt-biden-era-litigation-washington-2025-01-22/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/01/22/justice-department-orders-civil-rights-division-to-temporarily-pause-all-cases-report-says/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-dept-asks-civil-rights-division-halt-biden-era-litigation-washington-2025-01-22/

https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-22/us-justice-dept-asks-civil-rights-division-to-halt-biden-era-litigation-washington-post-reports

Quick Hitters

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5105781-chicago-ice-denied-entry-elementary-school-trump-immigration-crackdown/

https://san.com/cc/cia-analysis-says-covid-19-more-likely-came-from-lab-leak/

https://www.politico.eu/article/china-hits-back-at-cia-over-covid-lab-leak-accusation/

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-ends-bidens-book-ban-hoax

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-whistleblower-says-mastercard-visa-failed-stop-payments-child-sex-abuse-2025-01-24/

https://san.com/cc/mastercard-visa-ignored-charges-for-child-sexual-content-whistleblower/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mastercard-visa-onlyfans-child-abuse-fincen-whistleblower-reuters-allegation/

Critical Thinking Segment

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-order-ending-birthright-citizenship-illegal-immigrants-constitutional-claims-expert

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/supreme-court-vs-trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order.html

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-5269745/trump-birthright-citizenship-lawsuit?

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/169us649