During President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech Tuesday night, he highlighted his administration's successful immigration enforcement efforts as the Department of Homeland Security shutdown entered its 11th day.

Trump called the past year "a turnaround for the ages" in the United States after the prior administration allowed "11,888 murderers" to enter the U.S.

'You should be ashamed of yourself.'

"After four years in which millions and millions of illegal aliens poured across our borders, totally unvetted and unchecked," Trump stated, "we now have the strongest and most secure border in American history by far. In the past nine months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted to the United States. But we will always allow people to come in legally, people that will love our country and will work hard to maintain our country."

ICE has hired 12,000 additional officers and agents. During Trump's first year back in office, his administration has removed an estimated 3 million illegal aliens, including 2.2 million self-deportations and 675,000 deportations.

Trump was joined at the SOTU address by the parents of Sarah Beckstrom, a 20-year-old National Guard soldier who was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., allegedly by an Afghan man allowed into the country during former President Joe Biden's botched Afghanistan withdrawal.

Dalilah Coleman, a child who was left with critical and life-altering injuries at 5 years old as a result of a multi-car wreck caused by an illegal alien truck driver, also attended the event. Trump called on Congress to pass Dalilah's Law, which would bar any state from granting commercial driver's licenses to illegal aliens.

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Trump slammed Democrats for the ongoing DHS shutdown, which prompted the agency to implement emergency measures to conserve resources, including halting all Federal Emergency Management Agency non-disaster-related response efforts, Global Entry, and airport police escorts for members of Congress.

"As we speak, Democrats in this chamber have cut off all funding for the Department of Homeland Security. ... Now they have closed the agency responsible for protecting Americans from terrorists and murderers. Tonight, I am demanding the full and immediate restoration of all funding for the border security, Homeland Security of the United States," Trump said.

The president urged lawmakers to demonstrate their commitment to prioritizing the protection of American citizens.

"If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support. The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens," Trump told lawmakers.

Republican lawmakers stood up in response, while most Democrats remained seated.

"You should be ashamed of yourself," Trump told Democrats who refused to stand. He also called on lawmakers to "end deadly sanctuary cities" and pass the SAVE America Act, which aims to keep noncitizens from voting in federal elections.

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The DHS previously criticized Democratic lawmakers for causing three shutdowns that have impacted the agency.

"This is the third time that Democrat politicians have shut down this department during the 119th Congress," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stated Sunday. "Shutdowns have real-world consequences, not just for the men and women of DHS and their families who go without a paycheck, but it endangers our national security."

Negotiations to end the shutdown appear to be stalled, with Democrats demanding ICE reforms.

"It is our view that immigration enforcement in this country should be fair, it should be just, and it should be humane," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) stated last week.

"That's not what's happening now in the United States of America, and that's why ICE needs to be reformed in a dramatic, bold, meaningful, and transformational manner," Jeffries continued. "And if that doesn't happen, the DHS funding bill will not move forward."

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President Donald Trump asked members of Congress to stand up for Americans over illegal aliens at Tuesday evening's State of the Union (SOTU) address, to which all Democrat members attending the address refused.

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President Donald Trump announced during the State of the Union (SOTU) address on Tuesday that he believes tariffs, "paid for by foreign countries," will eventually "replace the modern-day system of income tax."

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In President Donald Trump's first State of the Union speech of his second term in office, his tariff policies were sure to be mentioned. And, as President Trump noted, February has been a significant month for tariffs, with many new developments occurring just days before the anticipated speech.

On Tuesday night, President Trump explained his plan for tariffs in the future and explained his critique of the recent Supreme Court decision striking down a particular use of a particular type of IEEPA tariffs.

'Congressional action will not be necessary; it's already time-tested and approved.'

Trump began by recounting the overall success of his administration's tariff policies since the beginning of his second term, noting that the United States is "making a lot of money": "The big story was how Donald Trump called the economy correctly and 22 Nobel Prize winners and economists didn't. They got it totally wrong. They got it really wrong."

However, these policies faced a challenge from the Supreme Court last week, as Trump lamented in his speech: "And then just four days ago, an unfortunate ruling from the United States Supreme Court. It just came down. Very unfortunate ruling."

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Despite this potential setback, Trump offered his assurances that many companies wish to "keep the deal that they already made ... knowing that the legal power that I, as president, have to make a new deal could be far worse for them, and therefore they will continue to work along the same successful path that we had negotiated before the Supreme Court's unfortunate involvement."

Last Friday, the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump ruled that Trump's tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act were not within the president's authority. As a result, Trump's April 2 "Liberation Day" tariffs seemed doomed less than a year after they were announced.

Trump emphasized on Friday that despite his disagreement with the court over the IEEPA tariffs, the ruling had in fact clarified and strengthened the president's authority under other statutes, including the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the Trade Act of 1974, and the Tariff Act of 1930. On Tuesday night, he said:

So despite the disappointing ruling, these powerful, country-saving ... peace-protecting — many of the wars I settled was because of the threat of tariffs ... will remain in place under fully approved and tested alternative legal statutes. And they have been tested for a long time. They're a little more complex, but they're actually probably better, leading to a solution that will be even stronger than before. Congressional action will not be necessary; it's already time-tested and approved.

On top of that, Trump signed a proclamation ordering the initiation of a temporary 10% global tariff, which he announced on Saturday would be raised to 15%. The 10% import surcharge will be effective for 150 days to "address fundamental payments problems."

However, as of Tuesday, the BBC reported that the additional tariff rate was only instated at the previously established 10%, citing a U.S. Customs and Border Protection document published Monday.

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Concluding his remarks on tariffs, Trump said, "And as time goes by, I believe the tariffs, paid for by foreign countries, will, like in the past, substantially replace the modern-day system of income tax, taking a great financial burden off the people that I love."

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President Donald Trump garnered loud applause and cheers when he recognized the gold medal-winning Olympic men's hockey team at his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.

The team walked down the aisles of the press gallery and waved as the members of Congress applauded and chanted.

'What a special job you did, what special champions you are!'

"Here with us tonight is a group of winners who just made the entire nation proud: the men's gold-medal Olympic hockey team! Come on in!" said the president.

"USA! USA! USA!" chants erupted from the members.

"I just want to say ... a very big congratulations to Team USA," said the president.

The president praised the team before announcing that he would be giving goalie Connor Hellebuyck the highest civilian honor: the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

"What a special job you did! What special champions you are!" said the president. "Thank you very much!"

The men's team won a thrilling match against the Canadian team in overtime Sunday to take the gold for the U.S. for the first time in 46 years.

Earlier Tuesday, the team visited the White House as guests of the president. While some expressed anger that the team accepted the invite from the president, New Jersey Devils star Jack Hughes defended the decision.

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"Everything is so political. We’re athletes," he said Monday evening. "We’re so proud to represent the U.S., and when you get the chance to go to the White House, meet the president, you know, we’re proud to be Americans, that’s so patriotic. No matter what your views are, we’re super excited to go to the White House and just be part of that."

The women's hockey team also took the gold at the Olympics, but they declined the invite from the president after citing previously scheduled commitments.

Hughes also defended the decision from the women's team.

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"People are so negative out there, and they are just trying to find a reason to put people down and make something out of almost nothing," he said.

"I think everyone in that locker room knows how much we support them, how proud we are of them. And we know the same way we feel about them, they feel about us," he added.

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