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"fox news @ night". breaking tonight, 1.4 million illegal immigrants in the u.s. have been ordered to be deported the doj. we are talking biden's doj. but more than 99% of them are still roaming free and the new numbers are out just as venezuelan illegal immigrant jose t-bar up found guilty of murdering lakin riley and sentenced to life in prison. >> i live with excruciating guilt every day that i was not accompanying her on the run. and that it was lakin and not me. >> to talk to my friend i have to drive 20 minutes to her grave and talk to her with no response, screaming at the sky. i had to go to my closet and pulled out her clothing i was given and smell them to remember how she smelled. >> trace: despite tens of thousands of american lives damaged and destroyed by violent illegal immigrants across the nation, big blue cities like los angeles now dead set on maintaining the status quo,

vowing to block donald trump's deportation efforts. these are efforts aimed at deporting criminals like jose ibarra and saving young people like lakin riley. >> when you look in her eyes and anything innocent ripped from her soul and her life would never be the same, it's just i'm tired of it. >> trace: common sense will have thoughts on that. meantime two high school cross-country runners suing their california school district claiming they were disciplined for wearing save girls sports t-shirts. the school allegedly comparing the shirts to swastikas. the two girls will tell their story live here in moments. meantime vice president-elect j.d. vance on capitol hill today trying to sway republican senators who remain on the fence about matt gaetz as attorney general. senior national correspondent peter doocy is live in west palm beach with the latest on trump's cabinet picks. peter, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. i touched base with a transition source today who told me that

president trump is still confident republican senators are going to hold the line and confirm all of his cabinet selections. but it's really not a sure thing. tomorrow j.d. vance will be in the senate with pete hegseth meeting with republican senators. today he did that with matt gaetz and here's the pitch. he said donald j. trump just won a major electoral victory. his coattails turned a 49-51 senate to a 53-47 senate. he deserves a cabinet that is loyal to the agenda he was elected to implement. trump is also now giving a green light to elon musk and vivek ramaswamy to take budget cuts all the way to the supreme court. the cocreators of the department of government efficiency, skeptics question how much federal spending doge contain through executive action alone pointing to the 1974 impoundment control act which stop the president from ccing expenditures authorized by

congress. mr. trump has previously suggested this statute is unconstitutional and we believe that current supreme court would likely side with him on this question. doge says they are aiming to cut federal spending part about $2 trillion. >> $2 trillion is exactly the number that donald trump's tax proposal or tax cuts in 2017 have cost. so if he had not pushed through the tax cuts for billionaires, right now we would have all the money we need. so why wasn't there a single republican at the hearing to talk about that? >> and tonight bloomberg is reporting another pick is into lead the fda. johns hopkins medical school professor and frequent fox guest doctor marty. >> trace: a good man, peter doocy live in west palm beach, thank you. let's bring in california

assembly woman elect alexandra macedo and acxiom strategies erin perrine. thank you for coming on. to you first, aaron, senator said this about what a matt gaetz hearing might look like. he said "i mean cavanaugh on steroids. i think he's a smart guy, i'm sure he realizes that cavanaugh on steroids, what do you think, erin? >> i think that the senator's right. it will be theatrics at it's finest and you will see democrats likely try and overplay their home -- hand to stop this nomination. democrats continue to use verbose and gross language instead of talking to the american people straight. this should be the serious process of advising consent in the senate and not one about hysterics. this is a very important role as attorney general in the united states and it should be treated as such and not for somebody like a senator to have his spartacus moment, for them

to get clicks. they need to take the job seriously and donald trump deserves to have his cabinet treated as such. >> trace: but you know a lot of them will not do that. meantime "the new york times" on the education secretary saying she is known for her many years in the wrestling world though her education experience is more limited than previous secretaries. she has embraced both conservative and bipartisan ideas. wrestling world, i don't know, maybe they need some kind of a fighter in the department of education right now because it could use a swift kick in the backside. >> a little smackdown action if you well. i'm really excited about this for a couple of reasons. trump is leading the way by his appointments of what exactly he's hoping to accomplish with these appointments. when it comes to this particular appointment, he saw a strong vocal advocate for things like parental rights and that will be really exciting for me. she's also a businesswoman so she's going to come in and cut the spending that is not helping our k-12 system that is failing at the time unfortunately.

>> trace: it's interesting, a fema administrator, a lot of pushback against this department, the fema administrator was on the hill, had this back-and-forth which i found not really instructive. in fact very little was said but that's the point. watch. >> our mission is to support people, help people before, during and after disasters. >> why can you not say today that the priority ought to have been to make sure that american citizens were getting first response, adequate response and not distracted response, why can you not say that? >> our priority is the american people and we administered our disaster programs. >> and you will not admit to or acknowledge the inequities. >> trace: it's probably hard for her to say yes, we skipped over republican houses and we don't really know why, erin. >> yes, it would be very hard for the fema administrator to admit what seems to be a systemic issue within the department about skipping over republicans and not offering the same level of assistance. as a communicator, i can appreciate the fact that she

stayed on message but i can also understand the questioning had to be incredibly frustrating because the american people deserve the answers and not a canned response. this is a government that targeted people based on their political beliefs. being able to assist them with their own tax dollars coming up of a disaster, the answer should be given to the american people and not used for theatrics the way fema did. >> trace: it really is amazing. meantime from someone who did not say very much to someone who often says too much, here is former president bill clinton saying this... >> i would say two things. i would say we can't keep asserting that things are great in the economy. in some senses they are great but it's pretty hard if you are out there in the middle of the country and you are working hard and you got two or three kids and you have to watch every penny you make. >> trace: said the silent part out loud. bill clinton is always want to say things could be better. if he had said that maybe a month or two months ago they

might be in better shape today. >> too little too late but i would like for bill clinton to give gavin newsom a call and let him know these sentiments. >> trace: the economy and california is no better than the rest of the country. >> i live in central california, the heart of the central valley that people are putting basic life needs and funding it through a credit card. the normal everyday american cannot afford to live. it would have been really great if the kamala harris campaign picked that up sooner but i'm grateful she did not and i we have trump in the white house. >> trace: credit card debt is up by the way. thank you both. it's all just about covering this administration. donald trump obviously won the election. that does not mean he's going to get a free pass to do exactly what he wants. and the media not to actively cover him. we will cover him every day but as far as what we are covering, you know, even human nature. the majority of things we panic about, 80% of them don't happen. >> trace: yeah. it sounds like a liberal media

is slowly coming to grips with the reality of what americans think of their anti-trump agenda. let's bring in outreach director jill simonian and rnc national spokeswoman elizabeth pipko. great to have you both on the show. elizabeth, the problem for democrats is they don't cover what happens. they don't cover what happens, they only project what they think might happen. that's not actually news, that's like crystal ball something or other. what do you think? >> will we saw how that worked out for them with the election results. they think they can manufacture these results, they think they can manufacture excitement for a candidate, they think they can manufacture outrage as well over somebody's picks for example that are coming up of the trump transition team. we saw how that worked out with the election results, we saw with the american people stood for, we saw them give that answer back to the democrats on november 5th and i think it is comical that they think this is the answer when they just lost in one of the greatest mandates

we've seen in an election in this country. >> trace: you see them up on the screen there. here's a cnn talking about why they went down to kiss the ring and saw the president-elect. watch. >> according to my sources, they believed, they credibly were concerned, that they faced governmental and legal harassment with this incoming administration. essentially that they feared retribution and that's partly why they sought out this. >> is an impossible too that they are just two people who are so full of themselves, so full of self-aggrandizement that they would feel like they would be personally singled out? >> some of their colleagues feel that way. >> trace: isn't fair that may be they did not think -- come on, we went down and said high because they would be mean to us. >> i can't help but laugh at this whole thing. pardon me for finding the humor in this because this situation

tells me one thing and one thing only, that they know that they have lied. for years they've called him a fascist, dangerous, all of these things and so if they really believe that, would they go down to meet with this person in person quite -- if this is a real dangerous person? the american people, myself included, are tired of being lied to by mainstream media. this is an example of that. >> trace: it really is. meanwhile charles barkley has advice for his fellow democrats. watch. >> he's the president of the united states. i wish him nothing but the best. but we lost and i just want to say this to the democrats. i'm an independent who voted democratic. shut the [bleep] up. when you win you get to say what you want to, when you lose you need to shut the hill up. >> trace: what do you think, good advice, bad advice? >> i won't follow his exact

steps so i won't tell anyone to shut up that may be closer mouth for a bit and listen. i told people in 2016, donald trump would be president because he was actually listening to the american people, something that democrats and even republicans had not done before him. i think if the democrats had listened for the four years they had joe biden or kamala harris at the front of their ticket, they might have done a little bit better because donald trump has done nothing to give the american people exactly what they have asked for and look at what the results have been. >> trace: meantime the view accused matt gaetz of things and they had to apologize today and here's the apology. >> matt gaetz has long denied all allegations calling the claims "invented. out in a statement to abc news that this false smear following a three-year criminal investigation should be viewed with great skepticism. the doj investigation was closed with no charges being brought. >> trace: that's her way of saying i'm sorry. and they have said so many

inflammatory things, having a bc saying you have to say you're sorry really must have hit something. >> i think so. it's interesting because we talk about this all the time, teaching our children we are in a living civics lesson, we are in a living lesson right now for how to conduct yourself with civil discourse and i hope that these people begin to understand that and begin to learn the lessons about how our system of government works and what civil discourse really is. and to be polite. >> trace: good luck with that. thank you both. new reports tonight that the office of manhattan district attorney alvin bragg tried to suppress mental health history in the trial of subway hero. senior national correspondent kevin corke live in d.c. with new information on this. >> reporter: good evening, trace. defense attorneys for daniel wanted to call a forensic psychiatrist to the stand to explain the effects of jordan's drug abuse and mental health issues and how that may have impacted the degree of hostility

exhibited at the time of the incident. however it is obvious, quite clear, that alvin bragg's office does not want a jury seeing that type of evidence. the prosecutor arguing and filing today, the psychiatrist testimony and the unredacted psychiatric records are inadmissible and they are suggested -- there instruct -- an attempt to smear the victim's character so that the jury will devalue his life. defense attorneys say mr. neely had used synthetic marijuana around the time of the incident and had a history of mental health outbursts, drug abuse and criminal behavior. as for mr. penny,'s attorney wrote in a court filing the defense has the right to elicit information contained in mr. neely's psychiatric records that demonstrate the pervasiveness of his k2 use along with physiological

behaviors he routinely manifested while on k2. penny faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. a case we continue to follow. >> trace: kevin corke live in d.c., thank you. let's bring in criminal defense attorney and federal litigator vik bajaj. great to have you on the show. alvin bragg clearly wanted to bar the testimony from a psychiatrist in the daniel penny trial. foxnews.com writes, that's a forensic psychiatrist who manhattan prosecutors sought to have barred from testimony at the trial revealed on the witness stand tuesday that jordan neely had been hospitalized more than one dozen times for psychotic episodes and abusing synthetic marijuana before his death on a manhattan train. it's huge testimony that belongs in this trial. >> it does. under the law however, and this is one of those times were common sense does not go into the courtroom or the courthouse. when we are talking about self defense or defense of others, what the defendant or the

suspect nose is the only inquiry. so if mr. penny did not know about these hospitalizations, the intoxication with k2 which can cause erratic and violent behavior, the judge says that isn't admissible and that should not come in. however, when an expert witness testifies as to the veracity or legitimate nature of penny's actions in a self defense case, it is admissible. so it's not admissible as presented but there is another way to get that information in. >> trace: interesting. while we are talking about alvin bragg, he seems to be hanging onto this trump case. everybody seems to think is going to go away. alvin bragg is like we will just wait four years and see what the courts say then. >> there's still a bit of taste with the soup of the day. some people think it's a popular thing. maybe in manhattan. however it has fallen by the wayside. what is happening here as you can never imagine alvin bragg will wave the white flag and say you know what i took my shot and

i messed up. he can't say it, he's a politician, he cannot do that, he has to save face so what he's going to do is let this case die a slow death. either by a motion to appeal or a dismissal motion or in a couple of years when everyone is still supporting trump, to just let it go quietly. >> trace: tom homan said this about cities that say they will resist trump deportations. watch this. >> let me give a word of advice. if you impede us, there will be consequences. title eight, it is a felony to harper and conceal an illegal alien so read that statute and don't cross that line. >> trace: about 20 seconds for you, is he write? the city of los angeles has just voted unanimously to say we are going to see if we can resist donald trump. >> beyond a shadow of a doubt he's 100% correct. the military can be brought in

in a supportive capacity, allowing i.c.e. which has congressional authority to go on out, identify, detain and deport individuals. 100%, no dispute with what he said. >> trace: thank you. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ >> trace: the "fox news @ night" common sense department says it is crystal clear the city of los angeles hates donald trump a heckuva lot more than it likes it's 4 million residents because the la city council just voted unanimously to block any cooperation with donald trump's plan of deportation which common sense find fascinating because trump has repeatedly emphasized that the first ones to be deported would be those who have been ordered to be deported. meaning the 1.4 million illegal immigrants that have been told by the department of justice, joe biden's department of justice, to leave the country. these are illegal immigrants who got their due process, had their day in court, went before a

judge and for whatever risk or reason or record of bad behavior were told to leave. and yet they stay. likely to impose some detrimental impact on those they stay among. like lakin riley whose illegal immigrant killer was today convicted and sentenced to life in prison. but if donald trump chooses to deport other venezuelan gang members, he would face the blue resistance, like the mayor of boston, who will defy trump to "protect our residents." except for legal residents. common sense wonders why it sanctuary cities that make the rules only offer refuge to those who break the rules. coming up, republican congress woman nancy mace fighting the woke mob, bullied for protecting women's privacy. she joins us live next on her push to keep biological men from using women's bathrooms in federal buildings. and later in the nightcap, fox news learning that 1.4 million illegal immigrants in the u.s. ordered to be

deported by the doj but have not yet been removed. this is the same 24-hour period that lakin riley's killer was finally convicted. >> i cannot walk around my own college campus because i am terrified of people like josé ibarra. >> i lost my partner and the joy of what running was before lakin was taken from us. i cannot imagine running when i constantly am looking over my shoulder in public wondering if i am next. >> trace: yet los angeles and other blue cities now vowing to prevent all federal deportation efforts, efforts that would potentially to port people like jose ibarra and save the next lakin riley. why are cities like la risking the safety of americans in favor of progressive agendas? let us know x and instagram, @tracegallagher, we will read your responses in the nightcap.

it results in women and girls who are primed for assault because they want to -- because people will want to check their private parts suspecting who is trans and who is not an who is doing what and so the idea that nancy mace wants little girls and women to drop trout in front of who, an investigator? >> trace: transgender bathroom debate making waves on capitol hill this week. let's bring in the lawmaker who introduced a bill to ban biological males from women spaces, south carolina congresswoman nancy mace. great to have you on the show. in essence aoc is saying a couple of things, that you are endangering all women and that you want young girls to drop trout or whatever. what is your response to that? >> i love living rent-free in aoc's tiny little brain. i never said anything like that. in fact the irony here is that she's a radical leftist insane

clown. i'm a rate victor,'s survival of sexual abuse. i have ptsd from the abuse suffered at the hands of a man and it's so weird and dangerous and perverted this idea that it's okay for a naked man to be in a locker room with women, it's insanity to me. this has got to stop and so in a world of this kind of insane ideology that aoc embraces, i aim to be a giant and i plan to stop anybody male or female that is going to put women and girls in harm's way. i'm not going to tolerate it. >> trace: interesting because the transgender representative who was pushing back. today she said this, i'm not here to fight about bathrooms, i'm here to fight for delaware he ends and to bring down the costs facing families like all members. i will follow the rules outlined bite speaker johnson, even if i disagree with it. diplomatic? >> for sure but she called me, or he called me and extremist earlier this week and right now i've been on the phone with capitol police all night because

i perceived so many threats this week from the radical left, from men dressed as women who think i should be killed because i want women to have private spaces like bathrooms, dressing rooms and locker rooms. i'm going to stay in the way of anyone like congressman elect mcbride, anyone who wants to harm women, i'm not going to tolerate it. >> trace: interesting because we are broke to bring on two female students from south -- southern california who got disciplined because they were wearing t-shirts that said save girls sports and you had the athletic director and then later the principal literally accused them of saying it's the same thing as wearing a swastika in front of jewish students. what would you tell these girls? >> first of all i want to say thank you as a fellow female. i want to applaud them for their courage. it takes a lot to stand up. i also want to say that title ix is not a suggestion. i hope that this school district learns a very clear lesson with this lawsuit and i want women and girls to speak up. this is an opportunity for us to

have the courage to be brave and say no more. i've heard from women all across the country, democrats, independence and republicans alike, that want to protect women and girls and i applaud them for the courage and bravery they are showing. i want to say thank you. >> trace: congresswoman, thank you for coming on the show. incredibly few examples of transgender girls playing in youth sports. when we see those examples, there isn't evidence these kids are a threat to safety or fairness. >> say that to peyton mcnabb, a high school senior his partially paralyzed from a man on a volleyball court on the opposing team who spiked the ball in her face. to say it's not happening is disingenuous and misogynistic. >> trace: that was the great kevin corke on the show last night. it's more proof that the fight to say women's sports is not being blown out of proportion. let's bring in california student athletes taylor starling and kaitlyn slavin along with

advocates for faith and freedom attorney julianne fleischer. thank you for coming on. is that the stage here, the shirt said save girls sports, the athletic director said it was like wearing a swastika in front of jewish students and then the principal later affirmed that. >> that's correct. the athletic director told the girls that their shirts with this message created a hostile environment and compared this message to the girls wearing a swastika or any student wearing a swastika in front of jewish students. >> trace: kind of unbelievable. not only is the athletic director and the principles statement kind of outlandish and ridiculous. the whole question here is, you had no intention, you are not trying to be hateful at all, right? >> correct. i was not trying to be hateful by any means. so the thought that someone else thinks we are being hateful was kind of sad to hear because we did not want to target nobody and we are very nice people.

we want others to know that and that this was just something that we believe in and we believe biological males should not be competing against females and we were just saying what we believe. >> trace: and the vast majority of the country also believes like you believe. i know you are in california and it's a tough battle but that is where we stand. taylor, you were taken off the girls varsity top seven to make room for this transgender student. how did that make you feel and is that why you started this war over all you just disagree with this stance? >> yeah, when i got removed off of the top seven varsity spot, it confused me so much because i was so confused why this transgender student got to race in my spot even when he wasn't attending most of the practices. i have been attending every single practice even when i was injured in the beginning of the season.

>> trace: it's interesting because some on the other side are accusing you of weaponize inc. civil rights to justify discrimination. what would you say to the people who think that way? >> ironically the back of the girls shirts say it's common sense. really this is all we are dealing with, it's just common sense. we are trying to advocate and protect for the safety of our girls in our sports, that's common sense. we aren't just ruminating against anyone. these girls have worked hard for the positions they are in and female athletes across the country deserve a chance in the sport that they've trained, they've worked long hours, years of their life to be in the positions they are in. >> trace: and you are right, the common sense department would agree with exactly what she said here. but, you know, when you look at this whole thing, i wonder what your family and what your friends are saying, are they saying you should stand strong and continue this fight or are they giving you alternate

advice? >> throughout this whole thing we've had so much support and so many people telling us good job and so many people on our side and so it's good to hear all of this, whether it's them helping us were not, like, knowing that people are supporting us is so good for us to move forward. >> trace: yeah. it's interesting because the same kind of question to you, do people talk to you about this, do you plan to stand and fight? do you try to convince others in a very calm and diplomatic way to, you know, stand on your side? >> yeah, i feel like a lot of people are very supportive about this, especially people on my team. and i would not try to convince someone. you believe in what you believe in and what i believe is that girls should get equal playing fields in women's sports and i think everybody should just

believe that women should be held to the same standards as everyone else. everyone should have the same standards. >> trace: a lot of students in california over the past few years, robust debate has been shut down. one of those things were some states foster debate, california does not appear to be one of them. it's an issue. >> it absolutely is. unfortunately where our schools are supposed to be this place where ideas are exchanged, even unpopular ideas can be exchanged and discussed and when you have an athletic director and the principal saying this message is hostile, that's an attempt by the school district to completely sensor a message, completely sensor discussion and we want to encourage our young people to engage in these conversations. we don't need to have hatred and this vitriol associated with these conversations. >> trace: best of luck to you

all. we will keep our eye on this and if something changes we will bring you back on. thank you. >> thank you. >> trace: coming up, why is los angeles so willing to risk the safety of americans, to clearing itself a sanctuary city, refusing to help the new trump administration tracked down and deport migrants criminals? doctor houman hemmati and california sheriff michael boudreaux will join us next.

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homan says the trump administration will not be stopped. >> if you impede us, there will be consequences. for any governor or mayor who doesn't want public safety risk taken out of their communities, you should resign because your number 1 responsibility is to protect those communities. >> reporter: someone left unprotected in the community was 22-year-old georgia nursing student lakin riley. josé ibarra, a venezuelan immigrant in the country illegally when he brutally killed her, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole today. prosecutors said when riley refused to be his rape victim he bashed her skull in with a rock repeatedly in february. the judge handed down his sentence today after listening to powerful statements from reilly's heartbroken family. >> i now have this hole in my heart had in my life that i know will never be filled. >> there is no end to the pain, suffering and loss that we have experienced. >> i play with the court to protect the world from this

truly evil person. >> reporter: this case was so sad. ibarra was convicted of all ten charges he was facing including three counts of felony murder p1 christina coleman life, thank you. let's bring in board-certified medical doctor houman hemmati. doctor, i want to play some sound. this is lakin riley's mom today. it is hard to watch but watch this and we will get some comments. >> your honor,, i'm asking you to please give jose ibarra the same thing he gave us when he made the choice to take lakin's life and destroyed hours. he showed no mercy when she was begging for her life. >> trace: we spent a lot of time on this show covering illegal immigration in several capacities and i'm wondering because when they talk about la, the city saying we are going to push back, fight against trump, it's interesting because these are the consequences when these blue cities say that we are not going to deport people that need to be deported that are criminals, the courts have said

need to be deported, it throws the whole thing into disarray. >> absolutely and i think it's important to distinguish between the people who will be on the listed bido ported and the people who are very far down on the list and who may not ever be deported. there's a big difference between those who came here legally and those who came illegally, and within that second group, the people who are criminals and have committed crimes and have been put as you said earlier on the show, who have been seen by a judge and due to due process have to leave. crime does occur and when we know that there are people who are committing crimes and predisposed to committing more crimes, it makes every sense in the world if we can take them somewhere else to do that. >> trace: let's bring in california sheriff michael boudreaux. thank you for joining the show. i want to move on if i can. the la city council literally unanimously saying they are going to push back against former or current president, president-elect, whatever you want to call him,'s deportation policies. here's a councilmember in la

from district nine. watch. >> trump has had his saber now it's our turn to respond with decisive action and the full force of the law on our side. the city of angels must live up to it's name. we must be angels to our undocumented neighbors, guaranteeing they can live with stability. >> trace: but as vik bajaj was just telling us, they don't have the full law on their side and pushing back against these policies, one, it's dangerous and two, it might be illegal. >> you know, -- in california prevents sheriff's from asking immigration status. the message has been sent clearly by voters in the nation that we want a strong and secure border, we want to hold people accountable. we cannot have cases like we've had where a young lady is murdered and fighting for her life for 17 strong minutes trying to defend herself. these are stories that we hear

all across california, across this country, and for la to be acting the way they are and sacramento to be acting the way they are really goes against what the voters want and that is safety and security for their families and for those who live here. >> trace: when you look at voter polling, you know, immigration really was, the economy was number 1, voters, i mean the immigration thing was number 2 and here's the headline from a bc seven, la you school district confirms won't cooperate with immigration crackdown. the schools? not cooperating? what is going on here? >> i'm a graduate from back in a different era where they really pushed students to excel academically. i was a product of that. they put me into like a peak ten calculus when i was 12, physics when i was 13. at the time they believed in education. today we have some of the worst educational outcomes of anywhere in the nation and on top of

that, hundreds of thousands of kids in la have dropped out of the educational system altogether. they have disappeared, they are not going to school. this is a crisis and for the school district, which has many, many problems, academics being one of them, food on campus being another, violent crime et cetera, to be dealing with these issues which have absolutely nothing to do with them is really a travesty. i think for them it maybe a matter of money. if they have students of theirs who are deported, they get even less money from the state and they need to survive. >> trace: sheriff, 20 seconds for you to wrap us up but in the schools, come on. >> you know, we have to look out for the safety of our children. the message that is being sent in california is absolutely the wrong message. law-enforcement needs to hold the most egregious and full only as people accountable. we must protect our children, we must protect our families and that means that we have to remove people that have been here and come here illegally, committing horrible crimes against american citizens. >> trace: sheriff, doctor, thank you both.

nearly one and a half million illegal immigrants have been ordered to be deported by the doj as we have been talking about, but are still here in the usa. meantime several blue cities vowing to prevent all federal deportation efforts. why are places like los angeles and other blue cities willing to risk the safety of americans to push their progressive policies? let us know x and instagram @tracegallagher, we are coming right back with the nightcap.

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♪ ♪ >> trace: back with the nightcap crew, kevin corke, christina coleman, vik bajaj, doctor houman hemmati, alexandra macedo and elizabeth pipko. tonight's business, order to deport. 1.4 illegal immigrants in the u.s. order to be deported by the doj. they are still here. why are la and other places dead set on blocking trump's immigration crackdown, risking the safety of their citizens to push progressive policies, elizabeth pipko? >> i think i actually figure this out. i think democrats are hoping donald trump runs again in 2028. this time sweeping all 50 states in the country because of poor policy decisions like this driving everyone straight into his arms. >> trace: kevin corke. >> they don't care. they are going to tell you what you want to be on the right side of history but at the end of the day they are sacrificing or

willing to sacrifice the lives of children, women and men and that is wrong. >> trace: alexandra macedo. >> it's funny to me that cities like la can jump as quickly to address this issue but they cannot jump quickly to address any of the other issues. it's a priority, it always has been and always will beat. >> trace: doctor. >> virtue signaling. they are very good at that. i wish they were good at doing other things other than that but this seems to be their specialty. >> trace: councilor. >> i always agree with kevin corke on most things in life. however i would say they do care but they only care about themselves. it's like the high school students that were their pants on backwards, still thinking it was in style. it's way in the past, it's time to move forward. >> trace: christina. >> i can't help but think some of them are gearing up for the next election by proving how progressive they are, like gavin newsom calling a special session for this. >> trace: mark. they feel compelled to do the opposite of republicans which is how we got here in the first place. carol says because getting the

bodies counted for the census is more money and more congressional seats. edith, it's not their progressive agenda, they are importing voters. -- says purely political, anything to thumb their nose at trump. if biden ordered it they would comply. tony, votes, money and cheap labor. lori says they have lied to themselves for so long they believe their own narrative. susan says just to spite president trump. there is nor -- no normalcy on the left. jason says just plain stupidity and arrogance, a dangerous combination for why they would do it. but they do it and they continue doing it. thank you all for joining the nightcap. thank you for watching america's late news, "fox news @ night". i'm trace gallagher in los angeles and we will see you los angeles and we will see you back here again tomorrow night. ♪ ♪ e itch and rash of moderate to severe eczema disrupts my skin, night and day. despite treatment, it's still not under control. but now, i have rinvoq.

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