Dems Go ALL IN Defending Pro-Hamas Protestors, plus DOGE Discovers Hundreds of Millions in Biden Payments to Children & Dead People
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Welcome. It is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. And Senator, do we have one heck of a show, including Democrats calling for the release of the pro-Hamas protester that has been arrested? Look, there's an old saying, tell me who you stand with and I'll tell you who you are.

The Trump administration is rightly going after radical pro-Hamas protesters who have disrupted college campuses with anti-Semitic protests. The Democrats' response is to stand with the pro-Hamas protesters. To make clear, today's Democrat Party, if you are a Jewish student at a university, today's Democrat Party does not stand with you. I wish that were not the case, but it is the reality.

If you are a radical pro-Hamas protester whose chants, we love Hamas, who threatens Jewish students, who engages in violence and unrest, today's Democrat Party, they have your back. You might think that's hyperbole. We're going to lay out the facts, demonstrate that's true. Not only that, but we've got two other stories tonight. We have Doge uncovering that the Biden administration gave hundreds of millions of dollars of loans and grants to

to children, to little kids. You want to talk about fraud? That's what Doge is uncovering. And finally, we have the Trump administration going after illegal immigrants using the CPB1 app to be an app for self-deportation. We are going to secure the border. We're going to remove illegal immigrants. We're going to tell you all about that today.

Yeah, it's really a great story, and we'll have that for you in a moment. I want to talk to you real quick, though, about the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. After more than a year of war, terror, and pain in Israel, all of Israel is brokenhearted after learning of the tragic deaths of the Bibas children who were held hostage in Gaza, and so many more are still hurting throughout the Holy Land.

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888-488-IFCJ. That's 888-488-IFCJ or supportifcj.org. So, Senator, let's take people back in time to a campaign promise from the president. He made it clear that if you are one of these students, it is from

overseas has gotten a special invitation, the ability to come and study in America. And you are on campuses and you're actually going out there and advocating for violence and taking over buildings on college campuses.

We're going to kick you out of this country. Well, guess what? There was one radical on a college campus. This is exactly what happened as ICE detained. And they said, look, we're going to revoke your green card. And now Democrats are protesting the arrest of this Syrian radical in New York. Yeah, it really is astonishing. And let's look at what happened in the United States following October 7th. Following October 7th, we saw protests on college campuses across this country.

predominantly in left-wing college campuses in blue states, where radical pro-Hamas protesters stood up and they denounced Israel. They chanted things like, we love Hamas, we are Hamas. They threatened Jewish students. They engaged in acts of violence, and they threatened even more acts of violence. And astonishingly, Ben, the Democrats were silent.

You know, there are some folks who said in the wake of these protests, well, gosh, it's terrible, but they're happening all over the country. That's not right. They were only happening in blue states with blue elected officials. They happened in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, California, Washington State. They didn't happen to Florida. They didn't happen in Texas. Actually, in Texas, we briefly had protesters at the University of Texas protest.

And officials sent in police officers that arrested them all. And it was done within a day. The places that it happened, it happened because the university administrators agreed with the protesters and the elected officials. They had been indoctrinated in the leftist ideology that said Israel is the bad guy and Hamas is the good guy.

Now, one of the things you and I have talked about at length, and by the way, if you did not listen to Monday's podcast, you should listen to Monday's podcast because we did a deep dive into

on the Trump administration rightly cutting off $400 million of grants to Columbia University. Columbia was probably the single worst actor in all of these universities in terms of tolerating and celebrating these anti-Israel, anti-Jewish protests. But not only that, arresting a pro-Hamas protester. And let me be clear, this is the first of many. I believe we will see many more

of the pro-Hamas protesters arrested and deported. And what I've said from the beginning, if you are threatening other students, if you are attacking America, if you are embracing terrorists, and you're a foreign student, you should be expelled and you should be deported. And what happened, Mahmoud Khalil, who is from Syria, he came to the United States, my understanding is in 2022, he came to be a student at Columbia.

He married a woman from the United States. He got a green card. So 2022 is three years ago. It's not very long. He got a green card very quickly. And in his time in America, he came into America and he organized anti-America, anti-Israel, anti-Semitic pro-Hamas protests.

Now, it's interesting. There have been a number of people online, a number of leftists who are saying, well, this is free speech. This is allowed. Let me be clear. Under U.S. law, American citizens are protected by the First Amendment. Foreigners are not. A visa to come to this country as a student, that is a permissive decision. And you do not have a right, if you are a guest to this country, to actively undermine America. Let me be clear to anyone.

If you hate America, if you want to undermine America, do not come to this country. And the Trump administration rightly arrested and plans to deport Mahmoud Khalil for organizing anti-Israel, anti-America, pro-Hamas protests. And what's stunning, Ben, what do you think the reaction of the Democrats is to this? They stand with us.

Khalil. They stand with the anti-Israel pro-Hamas protesters. So if you want to know where you stand, if you stand with Israel, if you stand with American Jews, if you stand with freedom, if you stand with the right to be free from oppression and violence, that ain't the Democrats. They stand with those engaged in violence.

Yeah, it really is shocking when you hear it described the way that you just described it, that they're saying, no, no, no, this is our guy. This is our hero. This is who we want to advocate for. And we're going to do this and stand with this individual. I look at it as I'm like, okay, what's the play here? Is this to raise money? It's who they are. So you think at the core this is truly who they are?

The Democrats are captive to their pro-Hammaz base. So 14 House Democrats wrote a letter, and I'm going to quote from the letter. Quote, we're horrified by the recent illegal abduction...

and now indefinite detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a U.S. permanent resident by the Department of Homeland Security DHS agents. And we unequivocally demand his immediate release from DHS custody. That's what 14 House Democrats...

wrote and here's what they continued they said quote khalil has not been charged or convicted of any crime as the trump administration proudly admits he was targeted solely for his activism and organizing as a student leader and negotiator for the gaza solidarity encampment on columbia university campus protesting the israeli government's brutal assault on the palestinian people in gaza and his university's complicity in the suppression

And among the co-signers include Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Delia Ramirez, and Nydia Velazquez. So these are left-wing Democrats, and they're saying, when we see anti-Israel pro-Hamas protesters, we side with the pro-Hamas protesters.

We cannot stand Israel. We oppose Israel. And we're horrified that the Trump administration is on the other side. I am celebrating that the Trump administration is on the other side. Let's also play for everybody. It was a very interesting moment at the White House, the White House press briefing with the White House press secretary. She doubled down on this to make it clear exactly what you were saying about this administration. Take a listen. Well,

In fact, Secretary Rubio reserves the right to revoke the visa of Mahmoud Khalil. And I'm glad you brought this up. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Secretary of State has the right to revoke a green card or a visa for individuals who serve or are adversarial to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States of America. And Mahmoud Khalil was an individual

who was given the privilege of coming to this country to study at one of our nation's finest universities and colleges. And he took advantage of that opportunity, of that privilege, by siding with terrorists, Hamas terrorists who have killed innocent men, women, and children. This is an individual who organized group protests that not only disrupted

college campus classes and harassed Jewish American students and made them feel unsafe on their own college campus but also distributed pro Hamas propaganda flyers with the logo of Hamas that is what the behavior and activity that this individual engaged in and I have those flyers on my desk they were provided to me by the Department of Homeland Security

I thought about bringing them into this briefing room to share with all of you, but I didn't think it was worth the dignity of this room to bring that pro-Hamas propaganda. But that's what this individual distributed on the campus of Columbia University, and this administration is not going to tolerate individuals having the privilege of studying in our country and then siding with pro-terrorist organizations that have killed Americans. We have a zero-tolerance policy for siding with terrorists, period.

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All right, Senator, I love the part that Caroline Leavitt talked about there about the actual flyers that were put out. And she's like, I have them in my office. So let me say my response to what Caroline Leavitt said is amen, amen, amen, hallelujah. Look, there is a clarity to this. Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Democrats, so Dick Durbin and all the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee, they tweeted out a three-word tweet saying,

The three words are free Mahmoud Khalil. And then they have a picture of Mahmoud standing in front of some black iron gate. Now, let me just ask you, who do you side with? If you side with radical pro-Hamas protesters, you should be a Democrat. Look, they are the party of Hamas. They are the party of the radicals. If you actually side with Israel, if you side with

Jewish students, if you side with America, if you don't like Hamas terrorists that want to kill us, well, it is amazing the divide we have. And this is a simple, clear divide. And I'm grateful for Caroline Levitt for making clear. Listen, a U.S. citizen, so it's interesting, I've tweeted about this quite a lot today. And there are some lefties who say, free speech, free speech. You're right. An American citizen has a right to

to say horrible, noxious statements under free speech. And I will defend your right. If you want to defend Nazis, I'll defend your right to do that. If you want to defend Klansmen, I'll defend your right to do that. Now, to be clear, I'll say you're an ignorant, bigoted racist for doing that. But you have a right to say that. But you know what? If you're not an American citizen, if you have a student visa or a green card, you are here on a permissive standard. We don't have to allow you to stay.

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Support ifcj.org or call 888-488-IFCJ. That's 888-488-IFCJ or support ifcj.org. I want to move to this other story, and the headline is one that is not a joke. It is real. Doge has now said that they have uncovered $312 million, Senator, in loans to

that were given to children during the COVID pandemic. Yes, to children, like 9-year-olds, 11-year-olds. There was $312 million that was approved and given to children. Well, you said this is not a joke, and sadly, I wish it was. Here's what Fox News has reported. Quote, Doge said it identified the Small Business Association administration, I assume,

granted nearly 5,600 loans for $312 million to borrowers who only listed owner was 11 years old or younger at the time of the loan. The loans were issued in 2020 and 2021, and it is unclear what they were used for. Quote, while it is possible to have business arrangements where this is legal, 593 loans issued

as they all also used a social security number with the incorrect name. Doge and the SBA government are working together to solve this problem this week. While making the announcement, Doge shared a post on X from Tuesday, where it also revealed that in 2020 and 2021, the SBA issued 3,095 loans for $333 million dollars.

to borrowers over 115 years old. The borrowers were still marked as alive in the Social Security database. In one case, a 157-year-old individual received $36,000 in loans, the agency said. Look, this is, I feel very confident that

that nobody is 157 years old. And if they are, and they're getting $36,000, that is fraud.

It's fraud. And we all know this. And look, this goes back to what President Trump said in his address to Congress on Tuesday. When he talked about he said there was millions of people aged over 100 that were listed on social security databases, with one being as old as 360 years of age. And I go back to Trump's quote there. I know some people who are rather elderly. So I want to know, is that guy the vampire Lestat?

Is he like literally an ageless vampire who like flies with the bats?

Yeah, right. Exactly. And this goes back to Elon Musk and a job that he's doing that I got to say, rarely in my life I thought there's a job that only one guy could do well. It seems to be Doge and Elon Musk because finding this type of waste, fraud, and abuse is exactly what Donald Trump promised, and they're paying off on it. But every American that pays taxes should be enraged by the fact that we're giving this much money

to people that are children or this much money to someone that's as old as 360 years of age? To be clear, if you're giving millions of dollars to a five-year-old, you're not. That is an adult engaged in theft. If you're giving millions of dollars to someone who's 150 years old, you're not. That is an adult engaged in theft. What this report indicates is that the Biden administration didn't give a damn

about whether the money was actually going to real people who had real needs, who were engaged in the purposes for which Congress appropriated the money. Instead, they were just shoveling money out the door. And tragically, the fraud was rampant. In many instances,

The fraud was going to radical left-wing Democrat groups because the Biden administration believed in paying off their buddies. In other cases, they're just lazy. They don't care. When a six-year-old puts in an application for government money, the answer should be no because you're six and you ought to be playing with blocks in kindergarten and not trying to get millions of dollars from the government. But if you're a corrupt Democrat, you give the millions of dollars and let the parents use it for the political purposes they want.

Yeah, no doubt about it. And finally, let's deal with a really fun story, and it deals with an app called

It is I call it the reverse Uno card. You remember that app that allowed for countless people to come into this country and just walk in knowing they were here illegally. And it was an app that was exploited by the Biden Harris administration. Well, we got a reverse Uno card now, Senator, because we've got a new app and it does actually the exact opposite of that, which is you can hurry up and self-deport yourself.

Well, it's beautiful. So the Biden administration launched an app called the CBP One app. And here's what Bill Mlusion, who's the best reporter on immigration for Fox News. Here's what he reported. Quote, Scoop, the Trump admin has repurposed the controversial Biden era CBP One cell phone app into a self deportation app called CBP Home that launches today.

DHS tells me any migrants who had prior CBB1 app will have it auto-update to this new app, and DHS can use data from prior CBB1 registrations to track migrants for removal. The new app allows illegal aliens and migrants in the U.S. to register with CBB to self-deport. They fill out biographical information, including their countries of citizenship,

which country they plan to return to, their alien registration numbers, contact information, and it allows them to upload photos of themselves to confirm their identity. All of it then is submitted to CPB as they leave the country. You may ask yourself, why would an illegal alien want to self-deport?

In a statement to Fox News, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem answered the question. Quote, the CBB Home app gives aliens the option to leave now and self-deport immediately.

so they may still have the opportunity to return legally in the future and live the American dream. If they don't, we will find them, we will deport them, and they will never return, Noem said. The Biden administration exploited the CBB1 app to allow more than one million aliens to enter the United States.

with the launching of CBV Home App, we're restoring integrity to our immigration system. This may be one of the simplest yet biggest turn of events for a win on law and order at our southern border dealing with the issue of immigration. I just got to say well done to the Trump administration on this one and they keep paying off on their promises to the American people.

So, Ben, I got to say, I don't know if this is going to work or not, but I got to say, if you're an illegal immigrant, you came to this country,

You went to a human trafficker. You were coming from, say, Central America. You came up through Mexico. And the Biden administration said, hey, we've got an app. Fill out your information. You can come here and we'll let you in. And you filled it out. You came to America. And suddenly over your cell phone, you get, oh, crap. Wait, they want me to go home? And if I don't go home, they're going to find me. They're going to arrest me. They're going to send me home. And the consequences are I can never come back.

I don't know how many people are going to respond to this, but I think this is fabulous. Listen, my view on immigration is simple. I've summed up my immigration view in four words many times. Legal, good, illegal, bad. For the people who are here illegally, the Trump administration is leaning in, saying we're going to secure the border. We're going to remove you. And by the way, going back to our first story, if you were a pro-Hamas, radical, anti-Semite protester,

and you're not a U.S. citizen, bye-bye. You're going to be deported. You're going to be expelled. You're going to be thrown out of this country. That is a view that makes an enormous amount of sense to me. And we will see, and by the way, if we get the data on how many people have used this app, we'll report on this data on this podcast. But the simple act of saying, all right, the prior administration opened up our borders and let you in,

We're now enforcing them. I say bravo, bravo, bravo. Yeah, no doubt about it. Don't forget we do this show Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Please hit that subscribe or auto-download button and share this podcast wherever you are on social media. If you're on X, share it.

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You know what? The Chinese communists probably need to listen to this show and learn something. So, yes, share it on TikTok. There you go. See, you're catching on to the theme here. I like it. Hit that subscribe or auto-download button. Grab my podcast as well, The Ben Ferguson Show. I'll keep you up to date on those in-between days. And the Senator and I will see you back here in a couple of days.

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