Best of the Program | Guest: Rep. Chip Roy | 1/28/26

What It Covers

Glenn Beck and Rep. Chip Roy examine Minnesota's resistance to federal immigration enforcement following recent unrest. The episode covers citizen investigators uncovering fraud networks, NSA surveillance capabilities, potential insurrection act invocation, and state sovereignty conflicts. Beck also reflects on his 27-year partnership with departing co-host Stu Burguiere.

Key Questions Answered

• •Citizen Investigation Success: Independent researchers Cam Higbee and Data Republican identified 184 national provider identifier numbers operating from a single 1,100 square foot building in Minneapolis where a shooting occurred, revealing potential fraud networks that federal agencies failed to detect despite extensive surveillance capabilities and resources.
• •State Cooperation Requirements: Trump administration demands Minnesota officials turn over criminal aliens already under removal orders from judges, with approximately 1.5 million people nationwide currently under such orders. Federal law requires state cooperation on immigration enforcement, creating constitutional crisis when governors refuse to share information about arrested or convicted individuals.
• •Insurrection Act Consideration: House Freedom Caucus supports potential presidential invocation of the 200-year-old insurrection act to address Minnesota's obstruction of federal law enforcement. Rep. Roy argues states refusing to enforce immigration law threaten national sovereignty and may force other states like Texas to implement border controls against domestic travelers.
• •Funding Leverage Strategy: Congress must use appropriations power to defund sanctuary cities and non-cooperative law enforcement agencies. Roy attempted to defund 20% of DC Circuit Courts budget but only received support from 54% of Republican colleagues, revealing internal party divisions on enforcement priorities.
• •NSA Surveillance Gap: Despite NSA recording every keystroke and possessing comprehensive surveillance capabilities through systems like the Patriot Act infrastructure, federal agencies rely on civilian researchers to trace insurrection funding and overseas connections. This reveals either capability failures or unwillingness to deploy existing surveillance tools against domestic threats.