Weekend Law:NYC Mayor, ICE Arrest & Conversion Therapy
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the questions surrounding the ICE arrest of a Palestinian activist because of his role in the student protests at Columbia. First Amendment law expert Caroline Mala Corbin, a professor at the University of Miami Law School, discusses the Supreme Court deciding to review a challenge to Colorado's ban on conversion therapy. Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the likelihood that the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, will be dropped permanently. June Grasso hosts.
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New York Post
19 minutes ago
- New York Post
Amid storm of protests, slim majority favors Trump's approach to immigration: poll
Despite weekend protests that swept the country and recent rioting that dogged Los Angeles, a slim majority of voters still favor President Trump's handling of immigration, a new poll found. Although nearly tied, Trump notched a 51% approval to 49% disapproval rating for his performance on border security and immigration issues, an NBC News Decision Desk survey found. Earlier this month, riots broke out in Los Angeles after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted operations in the country's second-largest city. That prompted Trump to federalize and deploy California's National Guard. Advertisement Then, this weekend, progressive groups orchestrated national protests, fueled by the Army's 250th anniversary parade, though immigration dominated many of those demonstrations. Last week, Trump teased plans to recalibrate his immigration approach and concentrate on deporting criminals rather than service workers who are residing in the country illegally. 4 Immigration has long been one of President Trump's strongest issues. REUTERS Advertisement 4 White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller has widely been seen as a driving force for the administration's tough on immigration policies. Getty Images Immigration remains Trump's strongest issue, according to the poll. His overall approval rating clocked in at 45% approve to 55% disapprove, which mirrors the outlet's findings in April. The poll also pegged internal Republican divisions over the precise goal of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, mirroring some of the internal friction within the congressional GOP. In a near tie, 40% of respondents wanted the emphasis to be on 'ensuring that the national debt is reduced,' while 39% wanted to focus on tax reduction and 21% prioritized maintaining current spending levels on Medicaid, the poll found. Advertisement A majority of both Independents (53%) and Democrats (79%) wanted the emphasis to be on maintaining Medicaid levels. Overall, the House-passed version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would raise the national deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate. The measure slashes spending, primarily on Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), by a net $1.25 trillion as an offset to the tax cuts. 4 Many protests over the weekend railed against ICE specifically. Zuma / Advertisement Several fiscal hawks in the Senate, such as Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) have pushed for more cuts. Concern about the legislative bundle's impact on the deficit led to a scorched-earth tirade from tech mogul Elon Musk against President Trump earlier this month. The House-passed version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act slaps work requirements onto Medicaid, which provides health insurance to over 70 million low-income Americans. Coupled with other modifications to Medicaid, Republicans are eyeing around $700 billion in savings from the program over a 10-year period. Upwards of 7.8 million Americans could lose their health insurance due to the reforms, the Congressional Budget Office has projected. 4 Congressional Republicans are working to get the One Big Beautiful Bill Act across the finish line. AP The Medicaid provisions have proven to be a sticking point for Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and have drawn scrutiny from Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) as the Senate GOP mulls the mammoth bill. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is intended to be Trump's signature legislative achievement. GOP leadership is hoping to get the megabill to Trump's desk by the Fourth of July, though that timeframe looks increasingly tough to achieve. Advertisement This week, key Senate committees are set to unveil revised versions of the bill. After it clears the Senate, it will need to go back through the House before it can get to Trump's desk. The NBC News Decision Desk Poll sampled 19,410 adults between May 30 and June 10 with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.
Fox News
33 minutes ago
- Fox News
Singer claims Dodgers didn't want her to sing Spanish rendition of US national anthem amid anti-ICE riots
Vanessa Hernández, known by her stage name Nezza, sang a Spanish rendition of the United States national anthem at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night, and she claimed the team wished she didn't. "El Pendón Estrellado," the official Spanish rendition of the national anthem commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, was sung by Nezza during Saturday's Los Angeles Dodgers game against the San Francisco Giants. Nezza, wearing a Dominican Republic shirt while performing, posted a video on TikTok of a team employee telling her, "We are going to do the song in English today." "I'm not sure if that wasn't relayed," the employee said in the video. Nezza decided to sing the Spanish version anyway, saying in a later TikTok video that it was in response to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presence in Los Angeles that has led to protests and unrest in the city. "I didn't think I'd be met with any sort of no," Nezza said in her video. "Especially because we're in L.A. and with everything happening. I've sang the national anthem many times in my life, but today, out of all days, I could not. "I just felt like I needed to do it. Para mi gente (for my people)." Fox News Digital reached out to the Dodgers for comment. The team also hasn't made any public statements about the protests that have been going on the past week in Los Angeles. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked about the protests, and he maintained a neutral stance. "Honestly, I don't know enough, to be quite honest with you," he said, via The Athletic. "I know that when you're having to bring people in and deport people, all the unrest, it's certainly unsettling for everyone. But I haven't dug enough and can't speak intelligently on it." Meanwhile, one of Roberts' players, veteran utility man Kiké Hernández, made a social media post on Saturday night before the game about the protests. "I may not be Born & Raised, but this city adopted me as one of their own," Hernández wrote on Instagram. "I am saddened and infuriated by what's happening in our country and our city. Los Angeles and Dodger fans have welcomed me, supported me and shown me nothing but kindness and love. This is my second home. And I cannot stand to see our community being violated, profiled, abused and ripped apart. "ALL people deserve to be treated with respect, dignity and human rights. #CityOfImmigrants." Other Los Angeles-based professional sports teams have taken a stance, including the NWSL's Angely City F.C., which gave fans "Immigrant City Football Club" T-shirts at their game on Saturday. Players were also seen warming up with the t-shirts on before their match to show support for those protesting. Nezza's Spanish rendition of the anthem came on the day of numerous "No Kings" protests, which were against the military parade in Washington, D.C., that coincided with President Donald Trump's birthday, across the country. Trump's birthday was also the 250th birthday celebration of the United States Army. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
The Hill
an hour ago
- The Hill
Immigration protests put Democrats in tricky territory
Nationwide protests against President Trump's crackdown on immigration are putting Democrats in tricky political territory ahead of the high-stakes midterms. After demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids roiled Los Angeles and prompted Trump to call in the National Guard despite California's objections, protests cropped up this week in cities big and small, thrusting to the fore what has been a winning issue for Republicans in recent elections. While many in the party, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), are using the moment to hammer Trump on executive overreach, some also see the controversy as a key opening for Democrats to define themselves on immigration, where the GOP has held the advantage. 'Democrats have been so untrusted to handle this issue, in such a deep hole, that unless they reestablish themselves as trusted folks to handle it, they're not going to be able to take advantage of any chaos or softening [poll numbers] that's happening with Trump,' said Lanae Erickson, senior vice president for social policy and politics at the centrist Democratic think tank Third Way. Trump, who won the White House last fall with promises to 'seal' the border and kick-start day–one deportations, has been implementing an aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration in his second term. ICE arrests have topped 100,000 under Trump so far, the White House announced last week, and border czar Tom Homan said workplace immigration enforcement is set to 'massively expand' amid the pushback. Protests broke out June 6 after ICE raids in Los Angeles, prompting Trump to call in National Guard troops and Marines, as well as spurring on similar demonstrations in other cities. More were planned for this weekend, though not all are specific to immigration, and set to coincide with Trump's massive military parade in Washington. The demonstrators have largely been peaceful, but Republicans have seized on scenes of chaos — including a viral clip of a figure brandishing a Mexican flag atop a vehicle amid flames — to support long-standing claims that Democrats are weak on immigration and crime. 'My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings and assaulting law enforcement,' Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) pointed out on the social platform X this week. As a result, blue state leaders in California and elsewhere have been walking a balance beam between supporting the right to protest and condemning any violence, while also navigating debate on issues that have long been weak points for the party. 'This whole situation is doing something Trump has been very good at in his elections, which is to smash together immigration and crime and make it seem like Democrats don't care about addressing either of those problems,' Erickson said. 'If it seems like Democrats are letting [lawbreakers] do that with impunity and only criticizing Trump, I think that that'll really undermine our trust with American voters.' Meanwhile, some recent polls have suggested a softening of approval for Trump's immigration handling as the ICE raids make headlines. A Quinnipiac poll released this week had Trump 11 points underwater on the issue, compared with 5 points underwater in April. AP-NORC polling last week had him 7 points underwater, compared with 2 points last month. If Democrats can avoid playing into the idea of the party being soft on crime and border security, and use this moment to unify their messaging on immigration policy, they could make critical inroads ahead of the next election, argued Democratic strategist Maria Cardona. 'Part of the problem for Democrats in the last election was that we didn't talk about [immigration] enough, and we didn't define ourselves. … We gave Republicans a huge opening to weaponize it against us, and they took it,' Cardona said. Now, the growing protests present a 'terrific opportunity' for Democrats to lean in, Cardona said, pointing to the protests across the country as 'proof that Trump's approach on this is failing.' New polling on key 2026 battleground districts from the progressive group Way to Win and the firm Impact Research, conducted just before the protests, found that Trump was 'the strongest and most trusted voice' on immigration issues, with congressional Democrats a whopping 58 points in the negative, compared with their Republican counterparts' minus 11 points. But there were 'significant openings' for Democrats, researchers said. Most voters said Trump and Republicans have 'gone too far' in their handling of immigration, and there was a 6-point gap between voters' support for GOP immigration policies and the way that those policies have been carried out and enforced. 'Immigration was not a winning issue for Democrats last cycle. That's true … and certainly, remaining silent on the issue didn't help. So when Trump made his whole campaign a campaign that once again scapegoated immigrants … and there's no pushback, or if the pushback stays on his turf, making it a story about linking immigration to criminality only, then we lose,' Tory Gavito, president of Way to Win, told The Hill. 'Democrats need to remember that public opinion can shift, and Democrats have a role in shifting public opinion by making a clear argument about what they believe in and why,' Gavito said. When respondents in the survey were presented with messaging that suggested Trump and Republicans' immigration enforcement signals a threat to citizens' rights, his approval on immigration dropped 10 points. 'The immigration policy battlefield is a challenging one for Democrats, it truly is. But if you walk away from the battle, you're letting the other side play alone, and that's how they win.' At the same time, experts say the protests also pose a prime chance for Democrats to knock Trump for executive overreach and an abuse of power, even if they can't win the argument on immigration. 'The risk attached to the current protests over Trump's immigration raids is that Democrats will again be painted as 'soft on crime,' which requires that the immigrants being rounded up are overwhelmingly guilty of some serious criminal offense. Clearly this is not the case, but the administration and its allies are putting out tons of disinformation,' said Wayne Cornelius, director emeritus of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego and a former immigration adviser to former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's and former President Biden's campaigns, in an email to The Hill. 'The potential opportunity for Democrats … is that the administration will overreach, causing widespread economic disruptions and backlash in the communities into which long-staying immigrants have become integrated.' Newsom has been among the leading voices messaging along those lines, casting Trump's moves in California as an existential fight for democracy that could quickly impact the rest of the country. 'This is about all of us. This is about you,' Newsom said this week. 'California may be first — but it clearly won't end there. Other states are next. Democracy is next.' The complex conversations about how Democrats should approach immigration and border security come after the topics were seen as defining factors in their 2024 losses, and as the party looks toward a high-stakes midterm cycle next year. 'Immigration is quite possibly the wedge issue of this season for Democrats. If they swing too far in one direction, they will be painted and seen as anti-order on behalf of non-Americans. … If they swing too far in the other direction, they will be seen as complicit in the destruction of our democracy,' said Democratic strategist Fred Hicks. 'We have to connect this to larger issues with the Trump administration,' Hicks said. 'This can't be about immigration alone, or Democrats run the risk of losing the projected advantage in 2026.'
