MASS DEPORTATION PLAYBOOK: 21 Steps to Reclaim Sovereignty │ Mike Howell

Mike Howell is president of the Oversight Project and a founding member of the Mass Deportation Coalition. He has spent years inside Washington's immigration policy fights, leading oversight investigations into the federal immigration system, and was a central architect of the new Mass Deportation Coalition Playbook released in April 2026.   Key topics covered: The formation of the Mass Deportation Coalition as a counterforce to the institutional Republican donor class All 21 recommendations from the new playbook in plain English The Eisenhower-era worksite enforcement model that removed a million illegal aliens in 1954 Selective Service non-compliance as a federal criminal prosecution lever The 287G state partnership program and Florida's leadership State-by-state illegal alien population numbers and the hospital cost burden Why released deportation statistics need to be republished Mike Howell's verdict on the so-called Dignity Act and the 20 House Republican co-sponsors A Save America Act update from Jenny Beth's events in Alaska with Scott Pressler   00:17 — Welcome and Save America Act update from Alaska 01:16 — Topic shift to immigration and the Mass Deportation Coalition 04:13 — Mike Howell on the formation of the Mass Deportation Coalition 06:30 — Why deportation matters: rule of law and self-government 09:00 — Federal authority over immigration policy 10:53 — Walking through the 21 recommendations 12:00 — Recommendation 1: Worksite enforcement and the Eisenhower model 16:14 — Recommendation 2: Moving employment verification online 17:42 — Recommendation 3: Debanking illegal aliens 18:14 — Recommendation 4: Expanding immigration detention 20:56 — Recommendation 5: Selective Service and criminal prosecutions 23:23 — Recommendation 6: Denying visas to recalcitrant countries 24:07 — Recommendation 7: Substantially limiting asylum 24:52 — Recommendation 8: Civil fines for failure to depart 26:07 — Recommendation 9: Civil asset forfeiture 26:52 — Recommendation 10: Targeting visa overstays 27:58 — Recommendation 11: NCIC database integration 30:36 — Recommendation 12: Transferring no-match letters to the IRS 31:17 — Recommendation 13: Department of Labor authorities 33:05 — Recommendation 14: Special Assistant United States Attorneys 34:14 — Recommendation 15: Reassigning DHS officers 34:40 — Recommendation 16: Homeland Security Task Force 35:48 — Recommendation 17: Other procedures to deport criminal aliens 36:27 — Recommendation 18: Litigating challenges vigorously 38:26 — Recommendation 19: Leveraging states and the 287G program 43:00 — State-by-state illegal alien population numbers 46:13 — Recommendation 20: Tracking and publicizing benchmarks 48:24 — Recommendation 21: Keeping HSI tethered to immigration enforcement 52:41 — How to take action with the Mass Deportation Coalition 55:47 — Mike Howell on the so-called Dignity Act 57:17 — Lighthearted close: the Trump Air Force 47s 57:48 — Wrap and personal anniversary shoutout   Links mentioned: Mass Deportation Coalition Playbook: massdeportationcoalition.org/playbook Pass the Save America Act: passthesaveamericaact.com Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 The Jenny Beth Show: jennybethshow.com Tea Party Patriots Action: teapartypatriots.org