{"id":2425365,"date":"2025-04-19T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T18:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-revamped-homeland-security-council-with-huge-names-on-board\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T14:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T18:12:57","slug":"trump-announces-revamped-homeland-security-council-with-huge-names-on-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-revamped-homeland-security-council-with-huge-names-on-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Announces &#8216;Revamped Homeland Security Council&#8217; with Huge Names on Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-announces-revamped-homeland-security-council-with-huge-names-on-board%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2425365&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Friday, President Donald Trump announced the formation of a revamped Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) to assist in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">combating illegal immigration<\/a>. He emphasized that the council consists of esteemed experts such as South Carolina Governor Henry mcmaster, conservative commentator Mark Levin, former NYPD detective Bo Dietl, and Florida state senator Joseph Gruters.Trump stated that under the leadership of Homeland security Under Secretary Kristi Noem, HSAC will focus on developing strategies to secure the border, deport criminals, and combat the flow of illegal drugs.<\/p>\n<p>In related posts,Trump criticized president Joe Biden\u2019s immigration policies,accusing them of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-becomes-first-state-to-eliminate-cash-bail-as-controversial-reform-takes-effect\/\" title=\"Illinois pioneers cash bail elimination as reform takes effect.\">allowing dangerous individuals<\/a> into the U.S. He asserted his duty to remove such criminals, citing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an MS-13 gang member deported to El Salvador. Trump defended his actions against critics who suggested Garcia should return to the U.S., pointing to evidence of his gang affiliation and violent history, reaffirming his commitment to national safety and security.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he has appointed a Homeland Security Advisory Council to help him in his efforts to fight illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am proud to announce the formation of my revamped Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC), which is comprised of Top Experts in their field, who are highly respected by their peers,&rdquo; Trump wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114355616823261590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a big honor to serve on HSAC, and I know the new Members, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, Mark Levin, Bo Dietl, and Joseph Gruters, will do an incredible job,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-announces-conservative-media-star-gop-governor-others-homeland-security-advisory-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, Gruters is a Florida state senator and Dietl is a former NYPD detective. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mark-levin-off-air-following-serious-injury-announces-imminent-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Levin<\/a> is a conservative commentator.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem&rsquo;s leadership, HSAC will work hard on developing new Policies and Strategies that will help us secure our Border, deport Illegal Criminal Thugs, stop the flow of Fentanyl and other illegal drugs that are killing our Citizens, and MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>In another <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114347397237866545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>  post, Trump said that the policies of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-biden-quietly-meets-dnc-chairman-bid-get-back-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> required the tough actions he has been forced to take as president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sleepy Joe Biden, THE WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, has allowed millions and millions of Criminals, many of them murderers, drug dealers, and people released from prisons and mental institutions from all around the world, to enter our Country through it&rsquo;s very dangerous and ill conceived Open Border,&rdquo; Trump posted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sorry, but it&rsquo;s my job to get these killers and thugs out of here. THAT&rsquo;S WHAT I GOT ELECTED TO DO. MAGA!&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also used <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114361211919694573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>  to weigh in on the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-lawmakers-show-true-priorities-plan-trip-visit-suspected-ms-13-member-el-salvador-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kilmar Abrego Garcia<\/a>, an MS-13 gang member deported to El Salvador along with members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang under Trump&rsquo;s use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.<\/p>\n<p>In his post, Trump showed an image of the illegal immigrant&rsquo;s hand.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the hand of the man that the Democrats feel should be brought back to the United States, because he is such &lsquo;a fine and innocent person,&rsquo;&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They said he is not a member of MS-13, even though he&rsquo;s got MS-13 tattooed onto his knuckles, and two Highly Respected Courts found that he was a member of MS-13, beat up his wife, etc,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was elected to take bad people out of the United States, among other things. I must be allowed to do my job. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday, officials released documentation from the Prince George&rsquo;s County, Maryland, Police Department that linked Abrego Garcia to MS-13 gang members, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/maryland-man-kilmar-abrego-garcia-exposed-police-records-violent-repeat-wife-beater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The department&rsquo;s Gang Unit MS-13 Intelligence Squad interviewed Abrego Garcia and contacted a &ldquo;past proven and reliable source&rdquo; who identified him as an MS-13 member.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attorney General Pam Bondi said all the huffing and puffing from the left, which has adopted Abrego Garcia as a cause, will not change what takes place, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bondi-defiant-says-abrego-garcia-stay-el-salvador-end-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;He is not coming back to our country,&rdquo; Bondi said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bondi said that El Salvador&rsquo;s President Nayib Bukele &ldquo;said he was not sending him back. That&rsquo;s the end of the story. If he wanted to send him back, we would give him a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-maga-republicans-could-use-default-to-sink-his-reelection\/\" title=\"Biden warns &#039;MAGA Republicans&#039; may use default to harm his reelection.\">plane ride back<\/a>. There was no situation, ever, where he was going to stay in this country. 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He expressed confidence that the new members, including South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, Mark Levin, Bo Dietl, and Joseph Gruters, would excel in their roles. According to Fox News, Gruters is a Florida state senator and Dietl is a former NYPD detective while Levin is known as a conservative commentator. Trump emphasized that under Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem&#8217;s guidance, HSAC will focus on creating policies and strategies to secure the border, deport criminal illegal immigrants, curb the influx of fentanyl and other harmful drugs affecting citizens&#8217; safety\u2014aiming to &#8220;MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>In another post, Trump criticized former President Joe Biden&#8217;s policies for necessitating his tough measures as president. He labeled Biden as &#8220;THE WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES&#8221; for allowing numerous criminals\u2014including murderers and drug dealers\u2014to enter the country through what he described as an ill-conceived open border policy. &#8220;It&#8217;s my responsibility to remove these criminals from our nation; that&#8217;s why I was elected,&#8221; he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also commented on Kilmar Abrego Garcia&#8217;s case\u2014a deported MS-13 gang member\u2014highlighting an image of Garcia\u2019s hand with MS-13 tattoos while questioning Democrats&#8217; support for him despite evidence against his character. He reiterated his commitment to removing dangerous individuals from the U.S., stating he must be allowed to fulfill this duty.<\/p>\n<p>Documentation released by Prince George\u2019s County Police linked Abrego Garcia with MS-13 members after interviews conducted by their Gang Unit Intelligence Squad identified him as part of the gang. Attorney General Pam Bondi dismissed leftist concerns over Garcia&#8217;s potential return: \u201cHe is not coming back,\u201d she affirmed regarding El Salvador\u2019s stance on not repatriating him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2425366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Picture-2025-04-19T115413.590.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53755,53756,32603,26033,3634],"class_list":["post-2425365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-homeland-security-council","tag-key-appointments","tag-political-news","tag-revamped","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Picture-2025-04-19T115413.590.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425365"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425369,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425365\/revisions\/2425369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2425366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}