The Department of Homeland Security is flatly refusing to pull down a social media video built around former Philadelphia Eagles safety Brian Dawkins after the NFL formally asked the agency to remove it, according to The Washington Sun.

The video, first posted Sunday night, splices together footage of Dawkins' signature pregame hype walks and hard-hitting tackles, set to the Korn track "Blind" and captioned "Our time has come," a nod to Dawkins' own famous pump-up chant. DHS shared it in direct response to news coverage of a migrant caravan making its way toward the U.S. border.

NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy confirmed to Forbes that the league had formally asked DHS to take the video down. The agency's answer came in the form of a meme: DHS general counsel James Percival responded by posting an image of Bugs Bunny smugly saying "No."

It's not the first time the Trump administration has repurposed sports and pop culture footage to push its immigration messaging, having previously layered NFL highlight clips over footage of U.S. military strikes in Iran.

Dawkins, a Hall of Fame safety known for his bone-jarring hits during his decade-plus Eagles career, famously nicknamed himself "Weapon X" after the X-Men character Wolverine, complete with a habit of crawling onto the field on all fours before games. DHS spokesperson Chandler Rebel leaned into the nickname when pressed for comment.

"DHS is playing lockdown defense at the border. We will use every Weapon at our disposal, from A to X, to keep Americans safe," Rebel said.

Rebel confirmed the agency is actively monitoring a migrant caravan but offered no further details. The group, which calls itself "Fe y Esperanza," meaning Faith and Hope, has swelled to more than 600 people since departing Honduras on September 20, picking up additional migrants from Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador and Haiti as it moves north through Mexico on foot. DHS has warned that anyone crossing into the U.S. illegally will face arrest and deportation.

President Donald Trump unveiled his midterm strategy Monday during a press conference in the Oval Office, one that hinges on what one expert described as a "monumental scandal," according to a new report.

Trump announced Monday that a massive new steel mill will be built in Iowa as part of an $18 billion overall investment, the New York Times reported. The announcement is part of the president's strategy to highlight how many jobs he's created ahead of the consequential midterm elections, and he noted during a press conference that the project likely wouldn't have gone through if a "less friendly" administration occupied the White House.

The report also gives good reason to be concerned about the investment. For instance, Mesabi Metallic, the company behind the investment, once hired Trump associate Jason Miller to a $ 240,000-a-year lobbying contract. That was during a time when Miller was also raking in about $150,000 a year from a lobbying contract from the Indian government to attract Mesabi's business, according to the report.

“In any other administration, this would be treated as a monumental scandal,” Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, told the NYT. “But in this one, it’s just another day.”

The report suggested that Trump may use these kinds of deals to win over Republicans in states where voters seem to be tiring of him. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds praised the steel mill project.

"This opportunity will fundamentally change the economic trajectory of our state and the entire region for decades to come," she told the Times in a statement.

Utah state Rep. Trevor Lee resigned from the Legislature Monday, hours after prosecutors charged him with multiple felonies tied to an alleged scheme to fraudulently secure a home loan.

The Utah Attorney General's Office filed charges in 3rd District Court accusing Lee, 35, of second-degree felony communications fraud and mortgage fraud, along with third-degree felony forgery and possession of a forgery device, according to ABC4.

Lee represented Davis County's House District 16 as part of the Republican majority that has repeatedly pushed congressional maps courts later ruled were illegal partisan gerrymanders. He personally put out a statement attacking a state court for the ruling at the time. He was also previously outed for running a secret social media account attacking women and LGBTQ people and pushing conspiracy theories.

Prosecutors allege Lee built his loan application around paperwork that didn't hold up to scrutiny. One document, purportedly showing a six-figure salary from a Draper-based water treatment firm, was allegedly signed by Lee using the company CEO's own name, and bore little resemblance to what tax records actually showed he earned that year. A separate letter cited a lucrative sales job at another local company, though that employer maintains Lee never held anything beyond a contractor role there and had simply asked for the paperwork as a favor to strengthen his loan file; he reportedly never took the job at all.

The misrepresentations ultimately allowed Lee to pull hundreds of thousands of dollars in equity out of his newly built Layton home through a refinance, say investigators. The case came to light after a business executive told authorities Lee had separately asked him for tens of thousands of dollars in advance payments to make his finances look stronger, allegedly dangling the promise of help landing a military contract at Hill Air Force Base in return.

Lee reportedly denied any wrongdoing when investigators first raised the allegations with him at the Capitol earlier this year, though he's since been accused of walking that denial back and acknowledging he'd forged the signature in question.

Ironically, mere months ago Lee posted an image of himself sporting a hoodie from right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley as part of his crusade against fraud.

Lee had already lost his Republican primary earlier this year and was set to leave office in January regardless. The Davis County Republican Party will now hold a special election to fill the remainder of his term. The charges against Lee remain allegations, and he has not been convicted of any crime.