The Trump administration released over 230,000 pages of documents related to Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination on Monday.

The release is part of President Donald Trump’s promise to bring more transparency to long-controversial cases, including the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. The files on King, before their Monday release, were “collecting dust in facilities across the federal government for decades,” according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

“The American people have waited nearly sixty years to see the full scope of the federal government’s investigation into Dr. King’s assassination,” said DNI Tulsi Gabbard in a statement.

“Under President Trump’s leadership, we are ensuring that no stone is left unturned in our mission to deliver complete transparency on this pivotal and tragic event in our nation’s history. I extend my deepest appreciation to the King family for their support,” she said.

Many of the records released have been digitized for the first time. The records contain “minimal redactions for privacy reasons  — including redactions for Social Security Numbers and grand jury information,” according to the DNI’s office.

It’s unclear how much new information, if any, will be revealed in the trove of documents. Gabbard said that the documents contain notes on the investigation into King’s murder and previously unreleased details on interactions agents had with foreign intelligence services while investigating the assassination.

King’s niece, Alveda, championed the release of the documents in a statement.

“I am grateful to President Trump and DNI Gabbard for delivering on their pledge of transparency in the release of these documents on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr,” she said. “My uncle lived boldly in pursuit of truth and justice, and his enduring legacy of faith continues to inspire Americans to this day. While we continue to mourn his death, the declassification and release of these documents are a historic step towards the truth that the American people deserve.”

Some in King’s family have voiced concerns that the trove of documents released may include unflattering details about King’s personal life, such as his serial, extramarital philandering as a Baptist minister or his alleged witness of a woman’s rape at the hands of another Baptist minister, according to The New York Times.

King was at the forefront of the civil rights movement for black Americans until his death on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray confessed to killing King, who was fatally shot while standing on a second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

Tens of thousands of illegal aliens have self-deported since the Trump administration began encouraging illegal aliens to return to their nations of origin and repurposed an app used by the Biden administration to streamline mass migration into the United States, a new report says.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials, Breitbart News reports, say that there have been tens of thousands of illegal alien self-deportations since the Trump administration overhauled the Customs and Border Patrol One app.

The platform was originally used by migrants to remotely schedule asylum application interviews before the Trump administration revamped it, now allowing illegal aliens to submit their intent to depart from the United States, giving officials an estimate on the number of illegal aliens leaving the country by their own accord.

Encouraging self-deportations, immigration experts tell The Daily Wire, is an essential part of any campaign to crack down on illegal immigration and decrease the number of illegal aliens in the United States, which the Federation for American Immigration Reform estimated at 18.6 million as of early 2025.

Federation for American Immigration Reform

“As of 2025, American population growth comes almost entirely from unsustainably high levels of immigration, both legal and illegal,” the organization charged.

The CBP Home app is part of a broader effort to get illegal aliens to voluntarily leave the United States, with the administration now offering illegal aliens $1,000 to self-deport and threatening to fine them nearly $1,000 per day they refuse to leave the country

The DHS also launched an advertising campaign encouraging illegal aliens to leave the country. The ad, which showcased violent criminal illegals captured by ICE like a previously deported MS-13 murder suspect caught at Colony Ridge, featured DHS Secretary Kristi Noem as she told illegal aliens to “do what’s right: leave now.”

ICE also published a guide to self deportation on its site, telling illegal aliens “you do not need to turn yourself in to an ICE office if you intend to self-deport. You may simply leave the country.”

“If you’re illegally present in the U.S., you can leave at any time. You don’t have to wait for ICE officials to find, arrest, detain and remove you. You can plan and organize your affairs,” the government agency explains. “If ICE officials arrest you, there’s no going back — you may not have time to get your affairs in order, gather your belongings, or even say goodbye to the people you care about.”

“Removal comes with other consequences, too, including bars to reentry. Bars to reentry are penalties for violating U.S. immigration law,” the law enforcement agency says under a sub-head that reads “If You Don’t Self-Deport.”

“Being barred from reentry means the U.S. government won’t let you come back into the U.S. — even for a short visit.”