ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Rosemary Jenks is the co-founder and policy director of the Immigration Accountability Project. In September 2026 she testified before the House Judiciary Committee on what Congress has done and what it can still do to make President Trump's border policies permanent. She helped found the mass deportation coalition, whose playbook calls for at least one million removals in 2026, and she has worked alongside Jenny Beth Martin on immigration since the fight against the Gang of Eight amnesty in 2013.
Key topics:
• August 2024: 10,186 illegal aliens released in one month. August 2026: zero, for the sixteenth straight month
• 10,000 to 12,000 crossings a day under Biden; about 250 a day now
• Is "zero releases" literally true? Unaccompanied minors, the HHS handoff, and why catch and release is still over
• Everything President Trump did was within existing law. Why no other president did it
• Asylum grants fall from more than 50 percent of cases to about 7 percent
• 3 million foreign-born people gone: where the number comes from and why people self-deport
• One million removals promised for 2026, and the worksite enforcement that is not happening
• Sob stories, angel families, and every crime by an illegal alien as a preventable crime
• Sanctuary New York: 16,070 ICE detainers refused, covering more than 52,000 charges and convictions
• What a detainer is, and why the jail is safer than the street for everyone involved
• 287(g): the agreement a sheriff can sign with ICE without the governor, and the states that ban it
• Her House Judiciary testimony: citizenship is a precious commodity
• What the Permanent Trump Secure Border Act locks in, and why state attorneys general should be able to sue DHS
• Abolish ICE: the Democratic Socialists of America and Michigan's Senate nominee
• The 2030 census and why illegal aliens in blue states count toward apportionment
• A lame-duck amnesty push: a discharge petition one signature away from a House vote
• If you allow them to stay, it is amnesty: Black's Law Dictionary and the 1986 precedent
• H-1B: the Labor Department suspends Microsoft, Adobe, and the outsourcing body shops from the green card program
• Optional Practical Training: 400,000 foreign graduates a year in a program Congress never authorized
• The J-1 fraud investigation at nine universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and MIT
• A search warrant at Rep. Ilhan Omar's home, no charges filed, and how denaturalization law works
• Why vote: if you believe America has a right to be a nation
Timestamps:
00:00 — Cold open: 10,186 released in one month under Biden; zero this August
00:51 — Why it is easy to forget: 2.5 million apprehensions vs. 8,870, and 3 million gone
03:21 — Michigan's Senate nominee says abolish ICE; why a permanent law matters
04:31 — Meet Rosemary Jenks, Immigration Accountability Project
05:11 — What changed: 10,000 to 12,000 a day under Biden, 250 a day now
07:55 — Is "zero releases" true? Unaccompanied minors and the HHS handoff
10:43 — Biden said he needed a new law; everything was done under existing law
12:47 — Asylum: from more than 50 percent granted to about 7 percent
15:18 — 3 million gone: where the number comes from, and why people self-deport
17:50 — One million removals promised: the missing worksite enforcement
20:38 — Sob stories vs. angel families
22:45 — The assignment: 10 ways to help at iwillsaveamerica.com
24:08 — Sanctuary New York: 16,070 detainers refused; what a detainer is
27:40 — What sheriffs can do without the governor: 287(g) agreements
30:44 — Her House Judiciary testimony: citizenship is a precious commodity
32:56 — What is in the Permanent Trump Secure Border Act
35:49 — Why state attorneys general should be able to sue DHS
37:49 — Abolish ICE, the 2030 census, and a lame-duck amnesty one signature away
41:56 — If you do not want amnesty, go vote; the lame duck is the most dangerous time
45:21 — "An injury to one is an injury to all": what about the angel families?
48:20 — If you allow them to stay, it is amnesty: Black's Law Dictionary and 1986
50:37 — Friends Help Friends Vote
52:03 — H-1B: Microsoft, Adobe, and the body shops suspended from the green card program
57:19 — Optional Practical Training and the J-1 investigation at nine universities
01:00:30 — A search warrant at Rep. Omar's home: how denaturalization works
01:04:21 — Why vote: if you believe America has a right to be a nation
01:05:36 — Close: iwillsaveamerica.com, friendshelpfriendsvote.com, 21 days to Election Day
Links mentioned:
iwillsaveamerica.com
friendshelpfriendsvote.com
jennybethshow.com
teapartypatriots.org
