U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration address on Jan. 20, 2025, included an oft-repeated claim from his campaign: that "illegal immigrants" enter the U.S. from "prisons" and "mental institutions.

President Donald Trump has said he would be open to bringing back "insane asylums" to imprison people with "serious mental illness". In an interview with the Daily Caller published on Monday, the ...

At a recent rally, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy stood on an Ohio gubernatorial platform that includes reopening mental institutions. Ramaswamy has said as much before, arguing as he campaigned for ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has once again mixed up the words insane asylum and political asylum. It comes as Trump caught out as he's overheard making outrageous brag to his friends. While speaking ...

Though it’s often said that America “closed the asylums” in the twentieth century, every state still operates at least one public mental institution. These facilities, called state hospitals, are the ...

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. President Donald Trump says he is open to the ...