Known for his willingness to challenge the left’s orthodoxy while on the air, popular “Breakfast Club” co-host Charlamagne Tha God continued that trend this week by defending the Trump administration’s effort to deport illegal immigrants.
He was engaged in a discussion with journalist Morgyn Wood, who pushed back against the host’s stance on the topic.
As the Daily Caller reported:
“I mean, if they’re illegals that commit crimes, I have no problem with ICE doing their job — if they’re illegals that are committing crimes,” Charlamagne said.
ADVERTISEMENTWood asked Charlamagne if he was specifically referring to “violent offenders” or illegal immigrants generally.
“If they’re here illegally, they’re here illegally … Here’s the thing: we’re acting like this hasn’t happened in America before,” Charlamagne responded.
“We’re acting like the system isn’t backed up. I mean, it could be — you could be a citizen and the system is backed up,” Wood retorted.
Charlamagne called out the journalist for switching from discussing illegal immigrants to citizens, which she acknowledged was true.
“So you’re conflating the two. If you’re a citizen, you’re a citizen,” he said. “If you’re here illegally, you’re here illegally. I don’t know what to tell people.”
Charlamagne later noted that former President Barack Obama was known for deporting numerous illegal immigrants during his time in office.
It’s becoming clear that Trump’s immigration policies are not only effective at stemming the migrant flow but are also widely popular among the American people:
CNN reports that the CPI inflation report is better than expected.
Gas prices are going down, egg prices are going down, illegal immigration has collapsed.
Promises made. Promises kept.
Thank you President Trump!pic.twitter.com/0aRPodrSI1
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) March 12, 2025
WOW! During the Biden Administration all Population Growth happened from immigration! This hasn't happened in roughly 125 years in America. A fundamental change in our nation that must be undone by Trump/Vance. pic.twitter.com/aiAnIo2xGg
— America First Insight (@AF_Insight) March 13, 2025
Immigration and border reporter at CBS:
“We did not see a single migrant or asylum seeker. Typically when we go to the border, we at least see one group of people who are trying to cross into the US illegally. We did not see a single migrant.”
The Trump effect! 💪🏻 pic.twitter.com/elaSotwcbj
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 9, 2025
The New York Post recently reported on the efficacy of Trump’s immigration policy:
Each day, border agents are spotting an average of 77 illegal migrant “gotaways,” according to Fox News. Border Patrol agents use surveillance cameras or other surveillance methods to track such crossings.
During the height of the border crisis under the Biden administration, an average of more than 1,800 illegal migrant gotaways were recorded sneaking through each day.
That marks a 95% drop.
Between October 2022 and September 2023, more than 670,000 illegal migrant gotaways were known to have made it across the border without getting collared.
Here’s a clip from the recent episode of “The Breakfast Club”:
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