By March 2025 — in just the second full month of President Trump's second term — the number of criminal immigration prosecutions jumped by 36 percent over the month prior, reaching 4,550 charges per month. According to TRAC, this marks the sharpest monthly increase in recent years.

The first shot has been fired. After years of “catch and release,” the deportation machine is running again at full steam, and Southern states have become the main battleground.

From Texas to Florida, sheriffs are bracing for full jails, and everyone knows this is just the beginning. Unlike Biden’s slow-moving policy, Trump’s forces........

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