The Truth with Lisa Boothe: Borders, Safety, and Politics: Jonathan Fahey on Trump vs. Biden’s Immigration Policies

The Truth with Lisa Boothe

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🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Lisa interviews Jonathan Fahey, former acting ICE director under President Trump, about the stark differences between Trump and Biden’s immigration enforcement. Fahey details how the Trump administration cracked down on sanctuary cities, prioritized public safety, and targeted drug cartels, while the Biden administration’s leniency has led to record illegal immigration and overdose deaths.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.1	Welcome to The Truth with Lisa Booth, where we get to the heart of the issues that matter to you.
0:09.7	Today, we're talking about immigration enforcement as the Trump administration targets sanctuary cities across the country, including cities like Chicago.
0:19.5	My next guest is Jonathan Fahey.
0:21.2	You've probably seen him in Fox News.
0:23.0	He is the former acting ICE director for President Trump.
0:26.1	He also served in his Department of Homeland Security
0:29.2	and worked on the White House Drug Policy
0:31.8	as a general counsel for President Trump.
0:35.4	He's also a seasoned prosecutor.
0:37.3	So he's a guy that's got a lot of expertise on all of these core issues that we're going to be discussing today.
0:44.7	So we're going to dive in to the crackdown.
0:47.2	Also, a lot of these legal challenges that President Trump has faced.
0:52.0	And how hard is it to be an ICE agent today, especially, you know,
0:56.5	Jonathan worked during the first administration, but think about how challenging it's got to be
1:01.5	today after Biden led in millions of illegal aliens, cartel members, terrorists. I mean, talk about
1:10.4	how hard that's got to be. So we've got a lot
1:13.9	to dig into, and I promise you, we're going to unpack all of it with Jonathan Fahey.
1:23.4	Well, Jonathan, it's great to have you on. I've interviewed you when I filled in on Fox and Friends, but I haven't had you on the podcast yet.
1:30.9	So I appreciate you making the time, and it's great to have you on.
1:34.3	Great to be here, and thanks for having me.
1:36.4	And there are no shortage of topics to discuss around ICE and immigration and Department of Homeland Security.
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