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The Charlie Kirk Show

Fixing the Most Important Gov't Agency You've (Probably) Never Heard Of

The Charlie Kirk Show

Charlie Kirk

Politics, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.544.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Just one month on the job and the new US Citizenship and Immigration Services director Joe Edlow joins the show to discuss how he's reforming and shaking up the USCIS to fix a disastrous problem left to him by the Biden Administration including sending armed agents into the field to arrest immigration lawyers, reinstating neighborhood visits and making the citizenship test MUCH more rigorous. Reporter Willilam J. Kelley joins to discuss the mounting federal stand off in Chicago between Trump, Joe Scarborough, and Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker.


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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, welcome to the Charlie Kirk show, Andrew Colvitt, in for the one and only Charlie

0:04.6

Kurt from the Bitcoin Mobile Studio. I'm the executive producer of this fine show and often guest

0:10.1

host if Charlie's on the road, which he is in Korea. He's in Asia right now having a fantastic

0:15.8

trip, by the way. I am so honored in this show to welcome Joe Edlo, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,

0:23.5

for a fascinating conversation of how he's actually, for the first time in that agency's history,

0:28.5

providing armed federal agents to enforce the people that are scamming our visas and our green cards and our citizenship process. That's a huge update.

0:40.2

They are reforming the heck out of that agency. He has all the details. We're going to have him back,

0:44.8

by the way, because he's got more in the pipeline that is going to be really important for this

0:49.0

country. Then we welcome William J. Kelly, reporter William J. Kelly out of Chicago on the latest in the feud, the standoff between the federal government and the really pretty sick, selfish local Illinois politicians that are digging their heels in to fight President Trump.

1:05.2

Finally, we talk about India. Is President Trump making a break with India? I have the goods. I have the details. Buckle up. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks. I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy. His spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job.

1:29.1

Building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA.

1:33.7

We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country. That's why we are here.

1:45.9

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1:51.8

and the only precious metals company I recommend to my family, friends, and viewers.

1:59.1

We have so much to get to, and by the way, tons of news to get to, but first, I can't wait to talk to my first guest here.

2:07.2

Joe Edlo, who is the new director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for the Trump administration.

2:13.4

And they have some breaking news this morning that is just, it almost sounds too good to be true to my ears.

2:21.3

But breaking this morning, this is from the Wall Street Journal agency that issues visas and green cards is hiring armed agents.

2:29.9

And they're not just going to be arresting immigrants who break the law.

2:35.2

They are going to be working on arresting the lawyers that help them break the law. And I'm so excited to talk

2:41.0

with Director Edlo. Welcome to the show. Honored to have you here. Please tell us about this breaking

2:48.7

news. Well, first of all, thanks so much for having me.

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