BONUS POD: Dems Scream DISMANTLE DHS dispite Iranian Terror Concerns plus FBI Follow the Antifa Funding Streams

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This is an I Heart podcast. Guaranteed human. Under the Biden administration, the government paid sponsors in HHS in order to host these children and those sponsors, many times we found instances where they trafficked these children themselves. So under that administration, we not only had children that were in this country as a part of a program, the government was paying individuals that were knowingly trafficking them and abusing them. That has stopped. You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Good Thursday morning. Nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update. And we've got two big stories for you. First up, Democrats are not just looking to get rid of ICE, but now they're saying they want to dismantle the entire Department of Homeland Security.
What would that look like? And what is the White House saying in response? We have all that for you in a moment. Also, in a big report, the FBI Director Kash Patel is now saying the FBI has uncovered Antifa's funding sources and some of the money may be coming from overseas. That as well. But before we get to that, I want to take a moment and ask you to help the people in Israel with my friends at the IFCJ working right now on the ground for all those in need. As Operation Epic Fury intensifies, the world braces for what comes next and people of faith pray for freedom and for God's people to be protected. In the Holy Land, red alert sirens fill the air. Sirens that give you 15 seconds to reach the nearest bomb shelter.
The situation is serious and the threat is real. In times like this, freedom and faith aren't just abstract ideas. They are what we depend on. And the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is on the ground preparing large-scale distributions of life-saving food, first aid, and emergency essentials for security personnel. while helping ensure hospitals, emergency rooms, and shelters are stocked with critical medical supplies. This aid is focused on Israel's most vulnerable, the sick, the elderly, children, and families in great need. But the fellowship needs your most generous gift today to make this work all possible. Now is your time to stand with Israel's most vulnerable. To rush your gift, call 888-488-IFCJ.
That's 888-488-IFCJ. Or give online at ifcj.org. That's ifcj.org. It's the 47 Morning Update, and it starts right now. Story number one. Democrats, we are now learning, are looking not only to dismantle ICE, but also the entire Department of Homeland Security. Remarks now coming from Representative Ilham Omar signal that the National Democrats, as a party, are pursuing sweeping changes that extend far beyond their calls to, quote, abolish ICE. During a town hall, Omar said Democrats are not only discussing eliminating immigration and customs enforcement, but are also engaged in conversations about dismantling the Department of Homeland Security altogether. Quote, what I will say is that there is an easier conversation happening today than six, seven years ago when I got to Congress about what we need to do with ICE, which is to abolish it, Omar told attendees in Golden Valley, Minnesota.
She added there is a lot of conversation about what the dismantlement of the Department of Homeland Security should look like.

What proposals are Democrats making regarding ICE and DHS?

Omar's remarks come as Democrats continue to protest federal immigration enforcement operations directed under President Donald Trump. ICE, which was established in 2003 under the DHS, has carried out immigration enforcement actions for more than two decades. Now, Thursday marked the sixth day of a federal shutdown forced by congressional Democrats over their new demands to get rid of ICE or at the bare minimum, as they describe it, reform it, which actually means shut it down. Now, Democrats are pushing for, they say, a series of major new restrictions on ICE operations. What does that include? Banning agents from wearing face masks and requiring judicial warrants before making any arrests at all.
They are also calling for a mandate that ICE agents wear body cameras, something the Trump administration is already moving towards.

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