Federal Government Watch
Trump Administration Still Mixed Up About Islam
by Clare M. Lopez
May 2026
A shorter list for our newsletter this month includes a couple of important reports about strides the Trump administration has been taking in the right direction regarding expulsion of foreign nationals who never should have been admitted to the U.S. in the first place. Stay tuned to events in the Middle East, though, where the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Envoy to the Syrian regime in Damascus seems more interested in promoting the interests of these two jihadi regimes than those of the USA.
“Wall or Sieve? Attacks Raise Doubts About U.S. Immigration System” by Benjamin Weingarten at Real Clear Investigations, April 15, 2026
“Final Order of Removal: Board of Immigration Appeals Denies Far-Left Activist Mahmoud Khalil’s Efforts to Dismiss Deportation” by Margaret Flavin at Gateway Pundit, April 10, 2026
“Trump administration attempts to deport Iranian media commentator Yousof Azizi” by Kanishka Singh at Reuters, April 16, 2026
“America’s Ambassador to Turkey Is Undermining U.S. Interests” by Sinan Ciddi, Jonathan Schanzer at Foundation for Defense of Democracies, April 24, 2026
Trump Administration Still Mixed Up About Islam
by Clare M. Lopez
May 2026
A shorter list for our newsletter this month includes a couple of important reports about strides the Trump administration has been taking in the right direction regarding expulsion of foreign nationals who never should have been admitted to the U.S. in the first place. Stay tuned to events in the Middle East, though, where the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Envoy to the Syrian regime in Damascus seems more interested in promoting the interests of these two jihadi regimes than those of the USA.
“Wall or Sieve? Attacks Raise Doubts About U.S. Immigration System” by Benjamin Weingarten at Real Clear Investigations, April 15, 2026
- While important strides toward securing America’s borders have been made and deportations of criminal illegal aliens continue, questions remain about the vetting and screening standards for granting legal entry into the U.S.—albeit for some of those who should never have been admitted but who arrived under earlier administrations.
“Final Order of Removal: Board of Immigration Appeals Denies Far-Left Activist Mahmoud Khalil’s Efforts to Dismiss Deportation” by Margaret Flavin at Gateway Pundit, April 10, 2026
- This is, at last, a final order of deportation for this campus jihadi.
“Trump administration attempts to deport Iranian media commentator Yousof Azizi” by Kanishka Singh at Reuters, April 16, 2026
- Azizi is accused of lying on his original student visa application by denying membership in the Iranian Student Basij Organization, which supports the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization.
“America’s Ambassador to Turkey Is Undermining U.S. Interests” by Sinan Ciddi, Jonathan Schanzer at Foundation for Defense of Democracies, April 24, 2026
- U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack, increasingly appears to be more supportive of Turkey’s Erdogan regime and Syria’s jihadi leadership than of the U.S. interests he was appointed to promote.