Deportation Drama Reveals Democrat Decay

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Townhall Review – April 19, 2025

🔹 Deportation Debate – Trump’s removal of MS-13 gang member Ábrego García sparks outrage from Democrats and legacy media. Chris Stigall and Josh Hammer examine the legal and political implications.

🔹 Green Card Holders & Deportation – Andrew McCarthy breaks down the legal rights of non-citizens amid cases like Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Hamas activist.

🔹 Media Blind Spots – Mike Gallagher calls out the media’s disconnect on national sentiment regarding criminal migrants.

🔹 Stopping a Nuclear Iran – Trump intensifies diplomatic pressure on Iran. Hear from former Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren and former National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien.

🔹 China Rising – Robert C. O’Brien returns to assess the growing threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party—the greatest challenge to U.S. dominance since the Cold War.

🔹 Defunding NPR – After NPR CEO Katherine Maher’s rocky congressional testimony, Charlie Kirk talks with OMB Director Russ Vought about efforts to strip taxpayer funding from NPR and PBS.

🔹 Media and Crime Narratives – Mike Gallagher contrasts how legacy media frames violence from the left vs. the right—and what they ignore.

All this and more on Townhall Review with Hugh Hewitt.

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0:00.0	This week in the Town Hall Review with Hugh
0:07.2	Hewitt. President Trump's deportation of Obrigo-Garcia triggers a revealing response from Democrats
0:12.2	and the legacy media.
0:14.0	They are trying to undermine the distinction between citizen and non-citizen.
0:18.2	We'll hear from Andrew McCarthy on the rights of green card holders.
0:21.2	What the Supreme Court says is the alien improves his lot as he integrates further and
0:28.7	further into our society.
0:30.5	Mike Gallagher weighs in.
0:31.9	I don't know about you, but I'm old enough to remember Democrats refusing to stand for the
0:36.8	family of Lake and Riley, who was
0:38.8	murdered by an illegal.
0:40.4	Plus, we'll look at the Trump administration's diplomatic push on Iran and nuclear weapons,
0:44.7	and we'll hear from former national security advisor, Ambassador Robert C. O'Brien.
0:48.9	If they don't get rid of their nukes involuntarily, the nukes are going to be taken from
0:51.9	them.
0:52.2	And former Israeli ambassador to the United States, Michael Oran.
0:55.5	Iran's role is the largest state sponsor of World Terror.
0:58.2	Why stop with a nuclear program?
1:00.0	We've got all this and more.
1:01.6	I'm Hugh Hewitt.
1:02.4	Great to be with you.
1:03.5	Catch my program each weekday afternoon now.
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