Politics
Basketball Legend Charles Barkley Sparks Backlash After Launching an Idiotic Attack on Trump’s Immigration Policies During March Madness (VIDEO)

Basketball legend Charles Barkley attacks Trump’s immigration policies during the NCAA tournament. Credit: CBS screenshot
Americans who were tuning in to watch Sunday’s classic Duke-UConn Elite Eight NCAA Tournament matchup were treated to an immigration lecture from legendary NBA player and broadcaster Charles Barkley. And they were not happy.
As Fox News reported, CBS shared a legal immigration story concerning UConn star forward Alex Karaban during the pregame. They talked about how his mother arrived in Massachusetts from Ukraine with her parents and grandparents in 1996.
Meanwhile, Karaban’s father, Alexei, immigrated to the U.S. from Belarus on a work visa in 2001. One year later, Alex was born in Southborough.
Despite the story’s non-political nature, Sir Charles used the moment to launch an ill-informed attack on President Trump’s immigration policies, calling the treatment of immigrants in America “a travesty and disgrace.”
In the process, he not only failed to provide a single example of immigrants being abused, but also made no distinction between illegal and legal migrants.
Barkley then closed by saying that immigrants built America and said everyone should respect them. Once again, he failed to distinguish between legal and illegal aliens.
WATCH:
“The way some of these other immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace… I think what’s going on in our country, what we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants, is really unfortunate and it’s really sad.” – Charles Barkley on CBS pic.twitter.com/uEllZpD57u
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 29, 2026
BARKLEY: I want to be careful with my words right now because this is a really touchy subject for me. I love that kid and his family, but the way some of these other immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace.
I think there’s a difference between amazing immigrants and criminal immigrants. I think what’s going on in our country, what we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants, is really unfortunate, and it’s really sad.
And that’s a great immigrant story. We have a lot of great immigrant stories out there that their stories need to be told, but some of the stuff that’s happening to immigrants in our country right now is really unfortunate, and it’s really unfair.
But immigrants built this country, and we should admire them and respect them.
Unlike UConn’s miraculous game-winning three with 0.4 seconds left following a Duke turnover, this take from Barkley proved a complete airball with Americans.
Charles Barkley: “There’s a difference between amazing immigrants and criminal immigrants.”
No, Chuck.
The real difference is between LEGAL immigrants and ILLEGAL immigrants.
Alex Karaban is a first-generation American citizen. His parents came here the right way. pic.twitter.com/9XQ8uv7ILE
— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) March 30, 2026
Yeah, Charles sits in his mansion protected from the criminals that Biden let in. Fvck you.
— Trina (@AClDBURN67) March 30, 2026
I can appreciate Charles Barkley’s heart, but this is inappropriate and unprofessional.
He made the segment overtly political when it didn’t need to be.
Wanna share your thoughts about illegal immigration and ICE? Do it elsewhere.
Keep March Madness coverage apolitical.
— Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) March 30, 2026
Charles Barkley is too dumb to know the difference between a legal immigrant and an illegal immigrant.
— Right Winged Angel (@RightWngdAngel) March 29, 2026
Charles Barkley: this is MARCH MADNESS. We don’t want to hear your unintelligent, indecipherable takes on politics. You’ve always been great with entertaining us (regarding basketball—even when you’ve not done your homework) but you’re bollocks when it comes to politics. STHU.
— Uncle Jack (@JackDentsTweets) March 29, 2026
He has plenty of room to house a few hundred and feed them. pic.twitter.com/zq3FGuPMP6
— OhioSportsHistory (@history_oh61180) March 30, 2026
GTFO Chuck, stop the moral grandstanding. When Obama was being called the “Deporter in Chief” none of these people said a fucking word. They didn’t give one single fuck about the illegals. Now they just parrot all of these bullshit claims that all illegals are somehow being…
— kentuckytrailerpark.trash (@kytrailerpark) March 30, 2026
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Politics
President Trump Fires 6 More Immigration Judges For Blocking Deportations


President Trump fired six more immigration judges for blocking deportations.
On Friday, the president fired four immigration judges and continued his spree of firings on Saturday and fired two more.
According to The New York Times, Trump fired two of the immigration judges on Saturday for blocking the deportations of two pro-Palestinian activists.
Exclusive: The Trump administration has fired two immigration judges who blocked the deportations of Rumeysa Ozturk and Mohsen Mahdawi, two int’l students who expressed pro-Palestinian views. Four other judges were fired on Friday too.
— Nicholas Nehamas (@NickNehamas) April 11, 2026
In December, President Trump fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
A fired immigration judge described the firings as a “Monday afternoon massacre.”
“The court has been eviscerated,” Olivia Cassin, another immigration judge who was fired in November told The New York Times. “It feels like a Monday afternoon massacre.”
More than 100 immigration judges have been fired or resigned since President Trump took office this year.
In July, 20 immigration judges were fired.
A few of the federal immigration judges recently fired by the Trump Administration over e-mail lashed out at Trump in an interview with CBS Evening News.
Three of the fired judges – George Pappas, Jennifer Peyton and Carla Espinoza – spoke to CBS about their terminations. The disgruntled judges claimed they were politically pressured by the Trump Administration to grant motions to dismiss cases.
“It was arbitrary, unfair,” George Pappas told CBS News of his abrupt firing. “And it’s an attack on the rule of law. It’s an attack on judges.”
“My email was three sentences,” Jennifer Peyton whined. “I had no cause. I had no explanation.”
“We as judges, were in fear, we were concerned,” Carla Espinoza said. “That makes it very difficult to be impartial. We were not succumbing to that pressure but it does feel like pressure.”
Payton whined that once the illegal alien left the courtroom, ICE would handcuff them and whisk them away.
WATCH:
Former immigration judges are speaking out after sudden firings by the Trump administration, alleging political pressure and threats to due process in an already overwhelmed court system. CBS News’ @MauriceDuboisTV sat down with three judges who were terminated in July by email. pic.twitter.com/4JMjZEpNxj
— CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil (@CBSEveningNews) July 24, 2025
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Politics
JUST IN: Failing British PM Starmer Refuses To Help Enforce US Navy’s Strait of Hormuz Blockade

British PM and Labour Leader Keir Starmer
As Trump has said, Starmer ‘is no Winston Churchill’.
With the breakdown in peace negotiations between the US and Iran, President Donald J. Trump has determined that the US Navy will implement a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
And, to no one’s surprise, this announcement was followed by a reaction from failing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who refused to join the blockade.
Apart from being another instance in which the Labour party leader fails to live up to his duty to his main ally, the US, it is also a black eye on the British Royal Navy and its much-degraded capabilities.
BREAKING: The UK will not be involved in a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Sky News understands.
Earlier today, Donald Trump said the U.S. Navy would be blocking the critical shipping route.
Sky’s political correspondent @LucyJMcDaid has the latesthttps://t.co/aJEtGwKcEW pic.twitter.com/Kf9aqrIL90
— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 12, 2026
Trump ordered tankers to be stopped from entering or leaving the key oil and gas shipping lane.
The Telegraph reported:
“However, The Telegraph understands that Britain will not play a role in enforcing the blockade.
[…] Downing Street said the UK was ‘urgently working with France and other partners to put together a wide coalition to protect freedom of navigation’.
Britain has mine-hunting systems in the region that could be used to help clear the strait of naval mines laid by Iran, Sir Keir said.”
Trump’s plan to blockade the Strait of Hormuz would halt the nearly 2 million barrels a day of Iranian oil that’s been passing through the waterway, further squeezing global supply and cutting off a vital lifeline for the country. https://t.co/JZtXyYBd8w
— Bloomberg (@business) April 12, 2026
Meanwhile, Trump continued his attacks on Starmer, comparing him to the infamous British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who chose appeasement of the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler in the 1930’s.
Trump compares Starmer’s actions on Iran with those of Neville Chamberlain
pic.twitter.com/NroJbBKk8C
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 12, 2026
“Very disappointing – I mean, look at the United Kingdom. PM Starmer said ‘we’ll send the equipment after the war is over’. I said ‘you don’t need equipment when the war is over. You need the equipment before the war starts, or during the war’… He made a public statement that ‘we will send equipment after the war is over’, that’s a Neville Chamberlain statement.”
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Politics
Massive Protests Over Fuel Prices Are Ongoing in Ireland Among Police and Army Crackdown on Roadblocks (VIDEOS)

Between road blockages and popular demonstrations, the protests keep growing
Ireland has awakened.
The massive fuel price protests began on April 7, 2026, and are now today (12) in their sixth day.
While it’s fair to say that the fuel spike we are witnessing is caused by the military conflict in Iran and the closure of the vital waterways of the Strait of Hormuz, that is not the entire story.
What we are seeing is the action of ordinary Irish truckers, farmers, transporters, taxi and bus drivers that are pushing back against suicidal ‘green’ policies implemented by the Irish government.
These policies, as they are, align with international climate commitments, including the EU’s net-zero agenda and carbon pricing mechanisms.
Protesters explicitly demand the suspension or removal of the carbon tax on fuels — especially agricultural diesel.
Protesters are also calling for resuming domestic oil exploration off Ireland’s west coast, whereas current policies restrict fossil fuel development in favor of ‘rapid decarbonization’.
BREAKING: MASSIVE numbers of Irish patriots are out on the streets today to oppose the communist government
Please pray for Ireland!
pic.twitter.com/Myp9aZUapq
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) April 12, 2026
HOLY CRAP! A jaw-droppingly huge convoy of Irish patriot truckers and tractors FLOOD the roadways to protest the climate tyranny elitists trying to destroy their way of life
It’s grown so much the MILITARY was deployed.
I stand with Irish PATRIOTS!
pic.twitter.com/I3z46QKJR7
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 11, 2026
The protests involve drivers blocking major roadways, fuel depots, ports, and even Ireland’s only oil refinery in Whitegate, Cork.
Today (12), Ireland’ Garda used pepper spray and made arrests to clear protesters blockading the refinery.
Deutsche Welle reported:
“Authorities moved in to disperse the protesters to restore supplies after five days of nationwide demonstrations over soaring fuel prices.
Law enforcers, supported by armed forces personnel, moved in to reopen the Whitegate refinery in County Cork and escort fuel trucks on Saturday.
After Ireland’s Defense Forces joined the police in clearing the protests, Irish police chief Justin Kelly said on Saturday that the fuel protesters’ actions were ‘endangering the state’.”
Chants of “Mícheal Martin has got to go” in Galway as the public join the fuel protests across Ireland
pic.twitter.com/hhsoXIsVX9
— Tommy Robinson
(@TRobinsonNewEra) April 12, 2026
But despite the police action, Seven Irish motorways remain BLOCKED.
The Sun reported:
IRISH commuters are being warned to expect significant delays today – as the fuel protests continue for the sixth day. Public transport is also facing delays on its major services amid the fuel protests, including blockades and limited fuel supplies.
Dublin’s M50, the biggest motorway in the country, was cleared in the early hours of this morning as part of Garda operations to remove blockage and restore access to the public.”
JUST IN: MASSIVE Irish patriot protests are breaking out, filled with farmers, truckers, bikers and nationalists opposing the leftist policies of their government
INCREDBLE SIGHT! The streets are flooded and roads are BLOCKED.
The Irish are fighting hard
pic.twitter.com/tj4OXW9ful
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 12, 2026
Read more:
The Irish Are Done with Globalists and the World Is Behind Them
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BREAKING: MASSIVE numbers of Irish patriots are out on the streets today to oppose the communist government
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