The Battle for Kilmar Garcia, Trump's EPA Slashing Billions & Harvard's Federal Funding Freeze
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 16 April 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
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Kilmar Albrego Garcia's Detention:
- Garcia, deported from Maryland to El Salvador, is currently detained in a high-security terrorism confinement center.
- Senator Chris Van Holland and other Democrats are advocating for his release, planning to travel to El Salvador for a photo op.
- Garcia's wife is actively speaking out against his wrongful deportation, emphasizing her family's struggle and her husband's innocence.
- The commentary criticizes Democrats and media outlets like MSNBC for supporting Garcia, who is allegedly an MS-13 gang member and a designated terrorist.
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EPA Deregulation Efforts:
- EPA Administrator Lee Zelden discusses significant savings achieved through deregulation, canceling over $22 billion in contracts and grants.
- The Trump administration's focus is on eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, and cutting environmental justice grants.
- Zelden emphasizes the agency's core mission of protecting human health and the environment while supporting economic growth.
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Harvard University Funding Suspension:
- The Trump administration has frozen $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University due to its refusal to comply with demands for policy reforms to combat anti-Semitism and discrimination.
- Harvard's response criticizes the administration's demands as an invasion of university freedom.
- The commentary supports the administration's stance, arguing that federal funding should not support institutions that fail to follow federal laws.
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Political Commentary:
- We include opinions on illegal immigration, emphasizing that those in the country illegally are criminals and should be deported.
- It criticizes Democrats for not prioritizing public safety and for supporting individuals who are not citizens of the United States.
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| 0:00.0 | Today I'm proud to announce that in February the U.S. Navy had its best recruiting numbers since 2002. |
| 0:07.7 | That's a long time ago. |
| 0:09.1 | And under my administration, the Navy is on track to have the best recruiting year since the start of the war on terror. |
| 0:15.7 | But going back further than that, probably 25 to 30 years. |
| 0:19.3 | You're listening to the 47 morning update with Ben Ferguson. |
| 0:23.4 | Good Wednesday morning, Ben Ferguson with you. |
| 0:25.6 | It's nice to have you on the 47 morning update and hear the three big stories you need to know about. |
| 0:30.0 | First up, Democrats are now putting together a team to travel to El Salvador to demand the |
| 0:36.9 | release of a man who broke into America, who's |
| 0:40.6 | apparently a member of the MS-13 gang, which has been declared a terrorist organization. |
| 0:47.3 | That's who the Democrats are defending, and I'll give you all the details in just a moment. |
| 0:52.5 | Also, EPA chief, Lee Zeldon, is now leading the largest |
| 0:57.5 | deregulation action in the history of this country. How much money is it going to save you? |
| 1:03.8 | Billions and billions. And I'll have that story for you as well. And finally, the money, |
| 1:09.8 | it's being cut off as Harvard refuses to comply with federal law. |
| 1:15.0 | And the Trump administration is saying, well, good luck because you're not getting the money from the United States government. |
| 1:21.6 | It's the 47 morning update and it starts right now. |
| 1:25.0 | Story number one. |
| 1:26.0 | So this is not a joke. Democrats right now. Story number one. So this is not a joke. |
| 1:28.1 | Democrats right now are going all in and, quote, intensifying their efforts to secure the release |
| 1:36.2 | of Kilmar Albrego Garcia. |
| 1:39.9 | He is that man from Maryland who was deported to El Salvador and currently being detained in the country's high security terrorism confinement center. |
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