Have you ever heard a line so perfect it stops you dead in your tracks?
I was making coffee the other morning when Jeanine Pirro’s voice came blasting through the television, and one sentence made me actually laugh out loud in disbelief: “If you think there was vetting, I have a bridge to sell you!”
It wasn’t just the sarcasm. It was the brutal, no-filter truth behind it. Because for four years we’ve been told—over and over—that every single person pouring across the border or flying in on special programs was “extremely vetted.” Turns out the whole thing was theater. And Pirro just ripped the curtain down.
The Phrase That Broke the Narrative
Let us be honest: most political commentary these days feels scripted, focus-grouped, and painfully safe. Then someone like Pirro comes along, red hair on fire, and says what half the country is already thinking. The bridge line wasn’t planned talking-point poetry—it was pure New York prosecutor fury.
She was specifically talking about the roughly 90,000 Afghans airlifted into the United States after the catastrophic 2021 withdrawal. The same withdrawal where we left billions in equipment behind and thirteen service members dead. But sure, tell me again how we had time to run full background checks on every military-age male climbing aboard those planes.
“What do we do? Call the FBI in Afghanistan and say ‘Hey, you got anything on this guy?’”
Jeanine Pirro, November 2025
Exactly. There is no Afghan NCIC database. There is no centralized criminal record system we can ping. A lot of those evacuees didn’t even have passports—just a wave and a promise they helped us at some point. That’s not vetting. That’s hope mixed with prayer and a whole lot of politics.
Even CNN Couldn’t Spin This One
Here’s the part that should worry everyone, regardless of party: even analysts on traditionally left-leaning networks are now admitting the process was a mess.
One veteran security correspondent described the Afghan evacuation screening as “chaotic” and the available records as “spotty at best.” When the network that spent years telling us the border was “secure” starts using words like chaotic, you know the narrative has collapsed.
And it is not ancient history. Many of those 90,000+ individuals were granted humanitarian parole or special immigrant visas with minimal oversight. Thousands were initially flagged, then waved through anyway because there was no place to put them and the optics of leaving “allies” behind were deemed worse than the risk.
The Bigger Picture Nobody Wants to Say Out Loud
Look, I’m not someone who thinks every person seeking a better life is a terrorist. Most just want work and safety. But pretending we had anything resembling serious screening for the estimated 10–20 million encounters since 2021 is delusional.
- We released hundreds of thousands directly into the interior with court dates years away.
- We flew planeloads in from distant countries on the same parole pipelines.
- We lost track of tens of thousands of “got-aways” captured on camera running into the night.
And every time someone raised a concern, the answer was the same: “robust vetting.” Turns out the vetting was about as robust as a wet paper towel.
When “Allies Welcome” Became a Blank Check
Remember Operation Allies Welcome? Sounds noble, doesn’t it? The marketing was flawless. But the execution…
Military bases became overnight refugee camps. Charities and NGOs were handed billions with shockingly little oversight. Reports later showed fraud, lost children, and yes—people on terror watch lists slipping through. Some were caught later. Many were not.
One internal memo that surfaced described the biometric collection process as “optional” in many cases because the volume was too high. Optional biometrics. Let that sink in.
The Human Cost We Rarely Talk About
I’ve spoken to border agents who aged ten years in four. One told me, off record, “We went from catching and returning to catching and releasing with a pamphlet. Morale is in the toilet.”
They watched known gang members get processed and put on buses. They took names of people who could barely speak, snapped a photo, and hoped for the best. That’s not cynicism—that’s reality after processing ten thousand people in a single day.
And the consequences are no longer theoretical. Crimes committed by individuals who should never have been here dominate local news cycles. Families shattered. Communities on edge. Yet the same voices who promised “vetting” now memory-hole the entire conversation.
A New Administration, A New Promise
Which brings us to the Thanksgiving announcement that actually matters.
The incoming team has already signaled a full pause on entries from certain high-risk regions and a serious push toward what they’re calling “reverse migration”—prioritizing removal of public safety and national security threats.
Will it be perfect? No system is. But ending the era of wink-and-nod entries would be the first honest policy we’ve had in years.
What Real Vetting Would Actually Look Like
If we’re going to have immigration—and most Americans want legal, orderly immigration—then let us do it right:
- Biometrics on every single entrant, no exceptions.
- Real-time checks against international databases.
- In-person interviews at overseas embassies, not on U.S. soil.
- Zero tolerance for fraud—immediate deportation and ten-year ban.
- Annual caps that Congress actually votes on.
Anything less is just another bridge for sale.
Pirro’s rant wasn’t just entertaining television. It was a wake-up call wrapped in a New York accent. The era of pretending is over. We either control the border and know who is here, or admit we don’t—and accept the consequences.
I’ll take truth over a fake bridge any day.
