the new homeland security there as undocumented immigrants are arrested, including she is as a ring leader of a violent gang. a dangerous outbreak. the unprecedented spread of tuberculosis in kansas. the historic number of cases detected. kennedy family split on the eve of the confirmation hearing to lead american health agencies. robert f. kennedy's cousin, caroline kennedy, blasting him as a predator. return to auschwitz. she was a 14-year-old when the nazi death camp was liberated. at 94 she will return for the first time showing jesse kirsch what she is as the world must remember. tiktok's newest suitors.e new d shut down the airbus a-321 catching fire while preparing for flight and the good news for two endangered manatees returning to the sea. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome. the speed of president trump's rush to remake the federal government might have left some ins it wake causing a federal judge to step in on an order to pause federal spending on public grants and loans. it left many that depend on federal funds confused and

the new homeland security secretary kristi noem in body armor overseeing the round up. president trump touting the ongoing arrests. >> we are throwing them the hell out of our country. >> reporter: two sources confirmed to nbc news ice agents told nbc to increase their arrest to 1,200 to 1,500 per day nationwide. one callining a quoto, adding agents may be penalized for not meeting it. across the country trump's portations are sparking fierce backlash. >> there is a real goal to stoke fear into the american people. >> reporter: and strong support. >> really happen that it is happening. >> reporter: after nbc news reported nearly half of undocumented immigrants had no prior record besides being in the country illegally. peter alexander asking the white house. >> reporter: is violent offenders no longer the predicate for being deported? >> if you are an illegal entering the united states of america illegally, you are by definition a criminal. >> reporter: the cost can be staggering. deporting one migrant costs around $10,500. in new york it costs an average of $352 per nig

the new homeland security secretary christina homme joined a raid this morning in new york before returning to washington, d.c. >> another immigration operation is expected this thursday in aurora, colorado. that is according to three sources familiar with the planning. those sources say the trump administration is planning major operations in three cities per week. joining us now, nbc news correspondent rehema ellis in new york city. the raids in new york city began early this mornrning. what do we know about what actually -- >> one of the things we know is part of what you mentioned coming into this, kate, and that is authorities did release some video and also on the social media account, they made it known that they had made several arrests. we do not know what that number is, however, as you point out, they did say that there was an arrest in the bronx area. now some in the -- if they are arrested and processed, it would be here at this federal court that's behind me. but we have not seen any exact numbers of that happening. those within the immigration community and advocates for them

signed an executive order aimed at curtailing gender transitions for people under age 19 and new homeland security secretary kristi noem announced this morning federal immigration agents had begun an enforcement action in new york city. >> sky seven was overhead as demonstrators in san jose marched to protest the trump administration's mass deportation sweeps happening all across the country. the protest temporarily blocked traffic at one intersection and got even larger when students from overfelt high school in san jose joined in. they walked out of class and held their own rally on campus before joining the demonstrations this afternoon. >> as fears continue over mass deportation sweeps today, san francisco city leaders and community advocates joined forces to reaffirm the city's commitment to its sanctuary status. abc seven news reporter luz pena has the latest on the city's plan for responding to ice agents. >> as raids across the country intensify. san francisco city officials are making their stance clear. >> first and foremost, we are a sanctuary city. >> in 1989, san francisco passed the

today. >> sandra: president joe biden getting a briefing from his homeland security team in the wake of the las vegas explosion and the newttack. homeland security secretary of the hydro's mayor lucas joins us. you please give us an update at the very top on what you have learned especially as we get an update from las vegas where officials say they have not been able to make a connection between these two attacks. they haven't ruled anything out or n on that yet. what update can you give us? >> thank you very much for having me. our hearts break for the families and the loved ones of the individuals who lost their lives in new orleans. yesterday. indeed, the federal bureau of investigation that is leading the investigation both in new orleans and in las vegas, nevada, has not found any connection between those two incidents. the most important development in the yet still preliminary investigation in new orleans is the fbi's reassessment that in fact this individual born in the united states, a u.s. citizen appears to have been acting alone and not in concert with other individuals. >> sandra: indeed, the fbi has confirm

the new homeland security there as undocumented immigrants are arrested, including she is as a ring leader of a violent gang. a dangerous outbreak. the unprecedented spread of tuberculosis in kansas. the historic number of cases detected. kennedy family split on the eve of the confin

homeland security chief protects our country. we are about to hear for the first time from the new homeland security chief having taken alejandro mayorkas' spot a very controversial secretary we are about to hear from her live at the department of homeland security. she is being of a long time she got up early this morning she was in new york city and she was on the streets with dozens of federal agents carrying out eyes raised here in new york. during those raids they took in a member of the violent venezuelan gang and a man wanted in the endemic in republic for a double homicide. have been roaming around in the u.s. but now he is in custody. in denver and other rated turned up 130,000 sentinel pills that are now off the streets thanks to this raid. the dea tells us that is enough to potentially kill 65,000 americans. illegal border crossings have dropped to half of what they were in the days before president trump took office. there were just 582 on sunday at the height of the crisis under president biden we were seeing 11,000 crossings and interactions per day now in the hundreds because these people are getting hughes message. and t

the new homeland security there as undocumented immigrants are arrested, including she is as a ring leadergang. a dangerous outbreak. the unprecedented spread of tuberculosis in kansas. the historic number of cases detected. kennedy family split on the eve of the confirmation hearing to lead american health agencies. robert f. kennedy's cousin, caroline kennedy, blasting him as a predator. return to auschwitz. she was a 14-year-old when the nazi death camp was liberated. at 94 she will return for the first time showing jesse kirsch what she is as the world must remember. tiktok's newest suitors.e new d shut down the airbus a-321 catching fire while preparing for flight and the good news for two endangered manatees returning to the sea. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome. the speed of president trump's rush to remake the federal government might have left some ins it wake causing a federal judge to step in on an order to pause federal spending on public grants and loans. it left many that depend on federal funds confused and scrambling for

president trump's new homeland security chief goes to new york for a new round of illegal immigration raids. the senate considers president trump's contention that regaining control of the panama canal is, in fact, vital for national security and in our "common ground" segment the bipartisan effort to get more help for the families of first responders suffering with job related cancers. >> bret: breaking within the last few minutes, a federal judge is now temporarily blocking president trump's freeze on funding for federal grants and loans. the president issuing the order while programs are being reviewed to make sure they comply with his recent executive actions. the freeze could potentially effect billions of dollars. the white house official said today it would not impact social security, medicaid, medicare or any direct payments of assistance. still, senate minority leader chuck schumer calls it lawlessness and chaos. senior white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. >> good evening, bret. the decision blocks the funding freeze from g

. >> new homeland security secretary. as we await that final vote tally, the new leader of the u.s. military taking the oath of office after narrowly winning confirmation. >> the duties of the office on which i'm about to enter. >> the duties of the office of which i am about to. >> enter, so. >> help you god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr.. >> secretary. >> just a short time ago, vice president jd vance officially swearing in pete there to be the new defense secretary. it was the vice president who had to cast the tie breaking vote last night after the senate deadlocked on hegseth nomination. it's just the second time now in u.s. history. a vice president broke a tie for a cabinet nominee. three republicans voted with the democrats against hegseth nomination, including former gop leader mitch mcconnell. the kentucky senator issued a scathing rebuke of hegseth promise to restore a, quote, warrior culture to the pentagon, saying that will not happen by trading one set of culture warriors for another. all right, more on this historically close vote in a moment. but first,

of action, so we are looking forward to that beginning, breaking news of the morning with you, concerning that you are on homeland security at least 15 dissuade 35 injured after suspected tomorrow attack new orleans, if fbi for potential i'd say to a isis believe superintendent may not acted loan, homeland security committee called a hearing with homeland security secretary mayorkas and fbi director, wray he wrote on x, that skipping out on hearings for month a detailed tactic on soil need answers, john kennedy speaking on fox news, last night watch what he said. >> any threat of any other potential attacks on any other major city? >> i can't answer that. i can but i -- i won't. >> fox news confirming homeland security committee and louisiana congressman all briefed by fbi this morning that, briefing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. you are on that committee, your thoughts? >> well, yes, i think very important that we are getting a briefing right away, in deputy director counterterrorism briefing us 10 a.m. like you said a lot of information, i think, the real information that we need, only way to get it in a classified settin

the new head of the department of homeland security is on scene as agents carried out operations in new york. the mayor of denver, another city reported to be a top priority for this crackdown, is going to talk to us ahead, leading this hour. we just heard from a key white house official, stephen miller, who has president trump's ear, as the white house tries to clear up exactly what president trump's pause on federal grants and loans means, and whom it affects. despite any new guidance, many organizations are still quite confused and concerned about how this could impact their services. the head of meals on wheels, which feeds millions of vulnerable seniors, is going to join us live in moments to talk about how this could affect them. but we're going to start with cnn's kaitlan collins, who is at the white house. for us. casey miller. mr. miller had a lot to say on actions that the administration is already taking. what did you make of what we just heard? one of the things that struck me is the fact that they're still keeping the door open for using the insurrection act, to use the mil

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new york city yesterday. sources say aurora, colorado, will be tomorrow. newly sworn in homeland securityem was on the ground in new york city yesterday to observe immigration enforcement operations there and posting on social media about it. additionally, sources say ice is 25. field offices were told last week. >> was she wearing a flak jacket? >> yeah, she was wearing the gear that the ice and atf agents wear on the raids. she did. >> she go on the raids with them? is that why. >> she's wearing the jacket? >> well, she was. >> live streaming them anyway. >> she was live streaming the raids. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> on social media. very good. smart move. then sources say isis 25 field offices were told last week to enhance their routine operations by meeting a quota of between 1200 and 1500 arrests every day. that news was first reported earlier this week by the washington post. meanwhile, nbc news also has learned the trump administration officials are actively considering pulling funding from the tsa to make up for a budget shortfall facing ice. joining us now with more on that report. n

the new homeland security secretary kristi noem oversaw immigration arrests in new york before addressing her department for the first time. we will do everything that we can to protect the american people. we will exercise all legal authorities that we have. >> to protect this country. house oversight committee chairman james comer says he's open an investigation into sanctuary cities. >> places where local law enforcement isn't allowed to enforce immigration law. there's a real goal here to stoke fear into the american people. in a press conference, chicago's mayor defended his city's policies. we are welcoming city. we're proud of that word. the mayors of new york in chicago say despite the sanctuary city label. >> local law enforcement is communicating with immigration agents as they carry out these operations in washington. i'm today some lot. >> the california legislature is now one step closer to advancing legislation aimed at taking on president donald trump at this assembly budget hearing in governor gavin newsom's, special legislative session. lawmakers debated to specific bills

the new homeland security secretary kristi noem oversaw immigration arrests in new york before addressing her department for the first time. we will do everything that we can. >> to protect the american people. we will exercise all legal authorities that we have to protect this country. house oversight committee chairman james comer says he's open an investigation into sanctuary cities. >> places where local law enforcement isn't allowed to enforce immigration law. there's a real goal here to stoke fear into the american people. in a press conference, chicago's mayor defended his city's policies. we are welcoming city. we're proud of that word. the mayors of new york in chicago say despite the sanctuary city label. >> local law enforcement is communicating with immigration agents as they carry out these operations in washington. i'm today some lot. >> stay with us here on air and online. as we learn more about the ice raids in the bay area. you can scan the qr code on your screen to go to a special section on our web site that is kron 4 dot com. >> talk about our forecast now with live ou

now, there's also a new homeland security committee report that warns americas still faces a jihad terrorismhere are more than 50 cases in 30 states over the past four years, more than half of america has terrorism cases. >> well that's right and so what we know is that we're living in a very elevated threat environment right now, and one of the things that we've seen during the biden administration was state and local officials who said they were going to refuse to enforce federal law. that they were going to be what they called sanctuary cities and here is the reality. sanctuary city is just another term for absolute defiance of federal immigration laws, so what president trump is insuring is that that happens nowhere in america. that every community is safe, regardless of whether a local official wants to defy federal immigration laws. president trump and his team are going to ensure that these laws are enforced and that these violent criminals who have come to our country are detained, they are prosecuted and they are removed, so that they don't pose a threat to any other americans. liz:

maria: i want the begin, of course, with now the confirmeded cabinet members including new homeland securityry, kristi noem, the confirmed defense secretary, pete hegseth, secretary of state marco rubio and my next guest coming up, the new confirmed director of the cia, john ratcliffe, who we will get to shortly. tell us what you're expecting in moving president trump's agenda with these new confirmations. maria: well, we need them in place, maria, as you know. in order to implement that agenda, you've got to have leadership in those agencies. we're starting with the national security positions which are critical, why it was .a this we get governor noem in at dhs. but as we move forward, we've got treasury, bessent coming up, sean duffy, a whole bunch more we're queuing up, teeing up to get done, and it's just really important, maria. you know, you have a window of time. this doesn't come along all that often and sometimes doesn't last that a long, so we want to make sure the president has his team in place so he's able to deliver on the agenda that he talked with the american people about a

joining us now, msnbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin, who's in newark, new jersey, nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley and new york times dhs and immigration reporter hamid ali aziz. all right, erin, i'm going to begin with you. talk to me about what happened in new jersey. according to the mayor. >> yeah. >> well. >> mayor calling. >> what happened here at this. seafood depot yesterday. katie. >> unconstitutional. >> members of this community say they are shocked and scared. according to employees of the seafood depot yesterday, members of ice. ice agents showed up at the business unannounced. according to the mayor, without warrant, and began detaining employees, including three individuals that they ended up taking away. according to this employee, those individuals were from ecuador and unable to provide documentation. i want you to listen to what this employee had to say about what happened here yesterday. they catch. >> three guys and. they like, order like. >> a prison. >> and i was like a little. bit everybody's. >> afraid because. >> i don't know if this is normal.

joining us now, nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley and nbc news senior white houseyou know, i was watching the white house press conference a little while ago, and caroline leavitt, gabe said that anybody who's who's coming to this country without the proper documentation is considered a criminal, according to this white house. she was asked whether there were other folks that were getting taken into custody who maybe weren't convicted of a crime or arrested for a crime, and she really broadened the scope here, widened the aperture, if you will, to say that it doesn't matter. anybody who's here without the documentation is a criminal, according to this white house. >> yeah. that's right, katie. and, you know, we had heard this type of argument before from administration officials. but caroline leavitt in that white house press briefing really crystallized it here, especially after a question from our own peter alexander. i'll get to that in a second. i just want to tell you where i am, katie. i'm here at the roosevelt hotel here in midtown manhattan. the line behind

a new homeland security secretary.mp also signed his first bill, a bill that would make it easier to deport foreigners here illegally who break even minor laws named the laken riley act after the young woman murdered by an unauthorized immigrant who had been previously arrested for shoplifting. robert kennedy jr. faces a second confirmation hearing today. it's quite a day for hearings, not just kennedy, but kash patel to head the fbi. he wants to shut down and move fbi headquarters. tulsi gabbard to run us intelligence. she's been questioned heavily in the past for her support of edward snowden and syrian leader bashar al-assad. senators had tough questions for kennedy yesterday. kennedy has been a lifelong pro-choice on abortion, pro-choice as recently as this past summer. but he says he'll support trump's anti-abortion policies. and there were past statements from him about things like lyme disease, which kennedy has said in the past was a bioweapon engineered by the military. there's no evidence of that. the hrings

nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley.nother major change the administration made in the first hours was shutting down the cbp one app. that was a tool for people to apply to legally enter the country. now we have seep some video of folks completely distraught finding out their appointments are now canceled. talk to us about the impact these executive actions are having on the ground. >> reporter: yeah, zinhle, you can see the anguish there playing out at the border because for these people they followed the legal pathway. this is the one door that biden left open at the border for people to be able to schedule appointments to come across the southern border and claim asylum. so when that appointment gets canceled, they feel they have no other route. now, what could happen is cartels could advertise and say, look, the way to get in now is to be smuggled in. you tried the legal way. you were shut down. i know a lot of people are worried about that ramification. there is also label challenges. it could be that there is some

. >> nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley joins me now.what are the real life implications of this? >> well, look, for those people. they didn't think they were crossing the border illegally. >> they followed the legal pathway that was set out for them by the biden administration. >> and they might have thought the door could be closing for future people. they thought an appointment given to them by the united states was something that would stay, that would be granted to them. so that's why you can see the anguish for these people here. >> and they've come a long way. a lot of them through treacherous journeys through the darien gap. >> and so the one thing we do know is that there's a legal challenge. >> the aclu and other immigrant rights groups filed for an emergency hearing right here in federal court in d.c, saying that when this is shut down, what the administration has done is they've ended asylum for anyone because this is the one pathway left open. >> it's important to remember, biden did a huge asylum restriction executive actio

the new homeland security secretary kristi noem oversaw immigration arrests in new york before addressing her department for the first time. we will do everything that we can to protect the american people. we will exercise all legal authorities that we have. >> to protect this country. house oversight committee chairman james comer says he's open an investigation into sanctuary cities. >> places where local law enforcement isn't allowed to enforce immigration law. there's a real goal here to stoke fear into the american people. in a press conference, chicago's mayor defended his city's policies. we are welcoming city. we're proud of that word. the mayors of new york in chicago say despite the sanctuary city label. >> local law enforcement is communicating with immigration agents as they carry out these operations in washington. i'm today some lot. >> stay with kron. 4 on air and online as we learn more about ice raids in the bay area. scan the qr code on your screen to be directed to a special section on our website, you'll find headlines. the bay area response and an immigrant resources

now, the new homeland security secretary, kristi noem. she says securing the border is one of her top priorities. she was sworn in on saturday, hours after a bipartisan senate vote to confirm her nomination. pete hegseth also took the oath of office, becoming the next secretary of defense in the u.s. you recall he was barely confirmed. in fact, it was vice president jd vance, a supporter of his, that had to cast that tie breaking vote that got him confirmed eventually as cnn's andy greer reports, another round of mr. trump's cabinet picks are facing confirmation hearings this week. >> this week is going to be another jam packed week for senators as they seek to rapidly confirm the rest of donald trump's cabinet. rfk, who's trump's pick to lead the department of health and human services, has hearings on both wednesday and thursday in front of two different committees. tulsi gabbard will also be back on capitol hill on thursday. gabbard is trump's controversial pick to be the nation's top intelligence official. and then you have kash patel

here is nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley. >> we are learning more now about planningnistration may be aligning themselves to carry out their mass deportations, that campaign promise from trump. we understand now that they are in the planning stages looking at places they could carry out workplace raids, that would be when i.c.e. surprises the workplace. in the past, a poultry plant. they are targeting health care and hospitality as well. and the region, one region in particular they are looking at now, is the d.c. region. somewhere around the d.c. region either in the capitol itself, maryland or northern virginia as early as inauguration day for those workplace raids by i.c.e. this really shows that even though we have heard time and time again from incoming border czar thomas homan that they want to focus on the hardened criminals, worst of the worst, need to be deported, it could be that they end up really doing more massive sweeps. that's what a workplace raid does. that often means there are children coming home from school find their parents are deported. oftenti

ahead of the president's trip or his his meetings in doral, florida, i should say, and nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley here in washington. vaughn, the president is fulfilling his promises. he's also flexing his muscles with u.s. allies in latin america. >> right. >> we are going to hear from president trump for the first time since a standoff with colombia's president and other officials. this is a moment for president trump, where he is going to set to speak to the house gop conference here at his doral property. and after a 24 hours in which donald trump levied 25% tariffs on goods that were set to come from colombia into the united states, including the flower and coffee market, and that was in response to gustavo petro, the president of colombia, rejecting two u.s. military aircraft that were in route to the country with deportee migrants that had been caught by u.s. ice officials. as part of this first wave of efforts to track down undocumented criminals and send them back to their native countries, and in response to the rejection of those military aircrafts, presiden

. >> joining us now, nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley and nbc news correspondentbrewster, who's in chicago for us. so, shaq, what does chicago seen over the past few days? >> well. >> you saw it yesterday when you had top trump administration officials here on the ground that's continuing today. you're seeing these increased enforcement actions from ice that you mentioned are creating some tension here in the city. you know, ice is emphasizing that these are targeted operations that they're going through and not doing indiscriminate sweeps of communities or workplaces, but they're working through essentially a list of people, known criminals, people convicted in some, in some cases, simply charged of crimes and going through and picking them up. but what is causing so much concern is what you heard in that answer there from tom homan, the fact that there there could be collateral arrests. and that's why you're having the tension that you're feeling here in chicago. i'll tell you, if you look at social media, you see pictures and videos of officers going around, pe

joining us now, one of the reporters who broke the story, nbc news homeland security correspondent juliang. so what more can you tell us about what the trump team is considering here? >> well, willie, of course nothing is final yet, but we know that they're in discussions to try to figure out what resources they have to carry out workplace raids in the d.c. area that could be in maryland, d.c. proper, or in northern virginia. >> they could target a number of sectors. they're looking at things like agriculture, hospitality and health care. >> this is to carry out what would be a shock and awe first operation. and it could be done really as soon as inauguration day. this is because, of course, the president campaigned on making the incoming president campaigned on making this the largest deportation operation in american history, and he wants something to show for it when he comes into office. but workplace raids are historically very expensive and logistically difficult. >> they take a long time to plan so that when ice barges into a workplace and starts arresting people who they suspect

in the last hour, the senate voted along party lines to approve kristi noem as the new secretary of homeland security. her confirmation comes shortly after trump's new leader of the u.s. military took the oath of office. pete hegseth narrowly won confirmation last night as the country's next u.s. defense secretary, and this morning, he was sworn in by vice president jd vance. >> the duties of. >> the office on. which i'm about to enter. >> the duties of the office of which i am about. >> to enter, so help. >> you god. >> so help. >> me god. congratulations. >> mr. secretary. >> it was. >> the vice president who also had to cast the tie breaking vote last night after the senate deadlocked on the hegseth nomination. it's just the second time in u.s. history a vice president broke a tie for a cabinet nominee. three republicans voted with the democrats against hegseth nomination, including former gop leader mitch mcconnell. for more on this and these cabinet votes, let's bring in annie greer on capitol hill. annie, good to see you again. so bring us up to speed on how kristi noem's vote played out just a

joining us now, nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley and msnbc legal correspondent sa rubin. i want to talk about this, but there's also a little bit of breaking news that i do want to get to. julian, this is right up your alley. dhs is officially rescinding the restrictions that kept ice agents from conducting arrests in sensitive locations such as schools, churches, and daycare centers. what does that mean? >> that's right. so this is something we reported on shortly after the election. deedee martinez and i were hearing that this was something in the works by the transition. they want to completely take the handcuffs off. ice agents, as they say, meaning allowed them to make arrests anywhere. previously, under the obama first trump administration and biden administrations, ice had, by and large, left alone anyone who might be at a church or any house of worship of any faith, a hospital trying to get health care or any kind of educational facility, a daycare center, a school, a college, for example. that was not a place where ice was going to carry out arrest unles

. >> correspondent erin mclaughlin in newark, new jersey, nbc news homeland. >> security correspondent. >> julia ainsley. former u.s. attorney harry litman and boston globe opinion writer kimberly atkins. store. so. >> erin. >> exactly what happened in. >> this raid. >> how are local officials reacting? we saw the mayor already. >> yeah. local officials, andrea, are outraged. the mayor calling. what happened here in newark yesterday, quote, unconstitutional. >> saying that. >> ice agents arrived at the local business without a warrant. during that press conference, we also just heard from amy torres, who represents an immigrants rights organization that responded to reports of the raid. she says members of her organization arrived just as the ice agents were leaving, and she recounted what her organization heard in terms of what happened during the raid. take a listen. ice walked in like it was their empire's own conquered land. they were heavily armed. there was no prior announcement. they were blocking off entrances and exits. they were scrambling up delivery ramps. they were banging

. >> joining us is gabe gutierrez, and nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley. julia, let's stat with you on this. what did we hear from the judge today about their decision? >> reporter: this judge was very quick and firm in his decision. this is an 85-year-old conservative judge appointed by ronald reagan who said that ever his four decades on the bench, this is the most blatantly unconstitutional executive order he has ever seen. of course, he was speaking of president trump's executive order that he issued just hours after taking office to end birthright citizenship so any child born to a mother who is not legally inside the united states or even if they're legally here but on a temporary visa, that that child would not be given u.s. citizenship unless the father of that child was a u.s. citizen or here legally and permanently as well. that really was something that we heard from 22 states and from pregnant mothers as well as aclu, a slew of lawsuits across the country. and they argue that that, of course, is in violation of the 14th amendment. something tha

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kristi noem is confirmed as the new homeland security secretary with 59 votes for, 34 votes against. and pete hegseth is now sworn in as secretary of defense after a 50 over 50 vote friday night. the tie, broken by vice president jd vance and new reaction to his appointment today from a member of the house armed services committee. >> it's a. >> sad day. >> for our military, for our department of defense. we've never had a less qualified secretary of defense than been pete hegseth. and he's not just unqualified because he has no experience running a large organization, because the last time he ran a nonprofit, he ran it into financial ruin. he's unqualified because he's morally unqualified. >> more breaking news. the mass firing of government agency watchdogs, including inspectors general at the justice department, senator dick durbin, a short time ago said the firings are unlawful and the continuation of president trump's efforts to reshape the federal government without oversight or accountability, and with loyalty to donald trump and donald trump alone. and new reaction to trump's

joining us now, nbc news homeland security correspondent julie ainslie, senior fellow at the american immigration council, dara lind, msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin as well, is still with us. so, julie, first off, bring us up to speed on all of the things, and it feels like they're happening as we speak that the administration is doing to try to try to shut off the border, to try to close it entirely, but then also to begin the process of rounding people up and sending them home. >> yeah. katie, from. >> where we sit right now and look, a lot could change in the days and weeks to come. but from where we sit right now, i would say the biggest changes have been at the border. cutting off asylum really entirely. we've been speaking with people at the border who say that now migrants can't even present themselves at legal ports of entry to claim asylum. they're turned back. of course, he turned off the cbp one app, so people who had appointments to claim asylum here could no longer get through. and he's continuing what biden started, where people really cannot claim asylum if they c

news. >> homeland security correspondent. >> julia ainsley. and msnbc. legal correspondent. >> lisa rubin. erin. >> what do we know about. >> what unfolded there in newark? >> hey there. ana. well, we're still. >> working to. >> piece together. >> what exactly. happened here in newark, new jersey. yesterday we spoke to a number of members of this community, and they tell us they are too afraid to speak out. according to media reports, there was an ice raid at the seafood depot that you see behind me. >> but the mayor's. >> office at this point not. >> willing to even confirm that. >> what we. know from the mayor in the form of. >> a. >> statement that they issued late. last night, that ice arrived at a local business unannounced. without a warrant. >> and detained. >> a. >> number of. >> individuals, including undocumented residents, as well. as a u.s. citizen. the mayor, talking specifically about a military veteran that he says was detained, his military documents questioned. now, it's unclear from the mayor's release if any arrests were made. >> ice h

nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley and krish o'mara vignarajah, president and ceo of global refuge, which helps refugees settle here in the united states. or at least you. you were with migrants in ciudad juarez when they found out about their asylum appointments being canceled. there's that video that you recorded of how they reacted to the news. let me go to that. >> amiga. icu for. >> my niece. what was that moment like? >> well, to tell the truth, there is a there was a lot of shock in the beginning. like people didn't know how to react. they were looking for confirmation either through friends and family or from us or mexican officials who were coming down the bridge to deliver the news. and it was shock. and then as slowly as time progressed, people realized that their opportunity to enter the united states had evaporated with the executive order. >> and so the, the cbp one actually shut down and then also released the appointments that had been already agreed to were canceled as well. >> that's correct. a lot of the people who were in line at that time, they

with us now, nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley, washington post national political reporter sabrina rodriguez and former ohio governor john kasich, who is now an msnbc political analyst. julia. tom homan saying that 308 serious criminals were arrested in the last 24 hours. are these the massive raids that have been announced? >> well, jose, just to put that in context, i had my producer pull a given month in the last year. they looked at september of 2024 and look over those days. the highest day that they arrested was about 242 migrants in a given day. so 308 does seem to be a surge. but is it the shock and awe that the trump administration promised? it doesn't seem to have the details, at least that we were expecting. we were expecting this to target major metropolitan areas. we don't know the when, we don't know the where or the who. we just know these numbers as they're rolling them out. so what it looks like, and we've reported that this was likely is that ice would continue to do their operations. they would surge more resources and more do more operations. an

. >> nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley joins me now. julia.us about what you what you're seeing, what you know, and then we can talk about the military, which. yeah, we now do know from nbc official sources. >> okay, good. all right. we've got a lot to talk about then. well, so first of all, just to put in context what we're hearing today, borders are tom homan has been saying publicly that in 24 hours, ice arrested over 300 people. but i just got off the phone with a spokesperson at ice who said, this is all part of normal operations. this is what ice would have been doing in their daily operations. and seeing that flight makes you realize this is not new. to make arrest. what is new is going into places that used to be sanctuaries. what is new is that although they are targeting criminals, they're picking up what they call collateral arrest. so some of those people, some of those 300 could have been non-criminals. the spokesperson couldn't confirm the criminality of every single one of those. but this isn't one big raid and a big show of for

. >> joining us now, nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley. so was this on the bingo card, julia? >> not on mine today. katie. i came over to the camera. when i. heard that, because this is something that really hadn't even been floated. a lot of the things that trump has done so far, we heard about during the transition. i think this came as a surprise to a lot of people, even in law enforcement and at the pentagon, who might not have been prepared for that announcement. but what it's doing is it's answering a big question about trump's mass deportation plans, because right now they've done these arrests, they've showed them to you on camera. the question is, where are those people going? because ice is only funded for about 37,000 beds, they're already over capacity. they have right now about 41,000 people in ice detention in the united states. the question is, where do they put them? the first thing i feel like viewers should know is that there is a place for migrants in guantanamo bay. i've actually been down there and seen it. it is compl

. >> let's bring in nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley.nica cardenas is a former assistant chief counsel for ice and founder of human migration and msnbc political analyst, and former republican congressman carlos curbelo joins us as well. julia, i want to start with this state of emergency and how we're going to see it manifest itself. >> right. well, of course, trump has issued a state of emergency so that he can use the military at the border. he was pretty clear, though, in the executive order, that the military would only be used for to build deportation space and to do transportation at the border. they would not violate the constitution by going and arresting migrants. of course, that could change if they do any kind of operations in mexico. now that he's designated some of the cartels and gangs there as foreign terrorist organizations. but this national emergency could also allow him to use his alien invasion act, where he's going to be able to vastly expand the way dod works with ice to expand detention. but i wanted to zero in fo

joining us now is nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley, nbc correspondent priscilla texas, and veronica cardenas, former assistant chief counsel at ice and founder of the human migration. so, julia, first of all, what are you hearing? tell us what you expect at the hearing in seattle. >> well. >> look, this is the first legal challenge. you have 22 states as well as the aclu and a number of pregnant women who are being represented. and they are all challenging this idea that trump can basically change the constitution through an executive order. that's what he did on monday night when he said that he wanted to end birthright citizenship. now, the way that the trump administration will argue this is, they will zero in on the words subject to the jurisdiction thereof. i keep writing this out so i don't forget those those words. it's important because the 14th amendment guarantees citizenship to anyone born in the united states of a u.s. citizen, or subject to the jurisdiction thereof. the united states. that exception, those who they do not consider to be subject to th

joining us now is nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley and john sandwyk. er acting director of immigration and customs enforcement. so okay, julia, a lot to talk about. walk us through the scope of these new executive orders and actions certainly goes further than what we saw at the beginning of the first trump administration. >> take a travel ban, for example, and the first travel ban, there were 5 to 7 countries that trump was looking at. now he's saying any country that doesn't supply the us with adequate information, those people can't come in. >> he's taking birthright citizenship, saying not only if you're born to parents who came into this country illegally, but if your mother was here temporarily and lawfully and your father is not a us citizen or here lawfully and permanently, you are no longer a us citizen in violation of the 14th amendment. >> it also requires all undocumented immigrants to be registered and to be fingerprinted, and it calls for the end of parole programs like the cbp one app. and this program that biden used to allow people to a

trump's biggest immigration promises like mass deportation, deportations, no waffled nbc news homeland securityulie ainslie has more. >> i'm here in harlingen, texas, right outside an airport where they do deportation flights, usually seeing about three a week from this airport returning migrants to their home countries. this area could get a lot busier in the next few weeks as trump takes office and tries to make good on that promise for mass deportations. the question is who is ultimately responsible for that policy and for securing the southern border? kristi noem went before the senate homeland security committee today and said president trump will ultimately be responsible for the border. but the question is who will make decisions, whether it be nome or tom homan, who trump appointed to be border czar. homan has said he will be in charge of the border. noem was asked about how exactly these two are going to figure out who's in charge. here's what she had to say. >> tom and i work very well together and talk and communicate all the time, and we'll be working together on a daily basis when

confirmed by a vote of 59—34 as the new us homeland security secretary. was one of the first state governors to send dozens of national guard officers to the border with mexico. south dakota is actually closer to canada then it is to mexico but nonetheless, that won her plaudits for many conservatives. seven democrats voting to approve her as well. there was backlash today from democrats over another move by donald trump. a late—night firing of a dozen independent watchdogs. tells more about that. we've seen the tightening come of the attempts to tighten control over the central, federal government by putting in place these loyalists, donald trump loyalist. we also see evidence of a night of an attempt to put loyalists in place in the federal government. perhaps i should say remove those seen as disloyal. about a dozen inspectors general of some of the largest departments in the federal government, including the department of labor and transportation. dismissed, it's been reported. it's thought that may even be illegal bearing in mind that it is now the l

this hour, multiple federal agencies including dea, atf and doj are descending on new york city helping homeland securityut deportation raid as part of the crackdown of illegal migration in new york. local officials declare ice cannot arrest illegal migrants in court without a warrant and number of states stopping this grows. we have called in co-host of "the five," judge jeanine pirrojoins us live. ice can come in, they cannot arrest them without a warrant. >> judge jeanine: okay, let me explain something. reason the president is doing this, you have department of homeland security, department of drug enforcement, dea, and you have dhs and doj. it is because president trump was elected to remove illegals. left can try to stop this, but the president loosened all restrictions on arresting those de deportable aliens in this country illegally and subject to automatic arrest and deportation under removal process. they can be removed immediately and not brought before an immigration judge. understand something, you can get locals to say, you can't go into a church or school, as if i'd rather have a child in

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