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9 hours ago
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'War criminal Netanyahu': 'Squad' members erupt over Israel's 'reckless' strike on Iran
Far-left House Democrats are hammering Israel for its Thursday night strikes on Iran. Members of the House's progressive "Squad," already critical of Israel's war on Gaza, are denouncing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "war criminal" after his government launched attacks on Tehran and surrounding areas. "Israel has once again bombed Iran, a dangerous & reckless escalation. The war criminal Netanyahu wants to ignite an endless regional war & drag the US into it," Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., wrote on X. "Any politician who tries to help him betrays us all. The American people do not want this." Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., claimed Israel would drag the U.S. into war in the Middle East. 148 Democrats Back Noncitizen Voting In Dc As Gop Raises Alarm About Foreign Agents "The Israeli government bombing Iran is a dangerous escalation that could lead to regional war. War Criminal Netanyahu will do anything to maintain his grip on power," Tlaib wrote. Read On The Fox News App "We cannot let him drag our country into a war with Iran. Our government must stop funding and supporting this rogue genocidal regime." Omar said, "Regardless of what [President Donald Trump] thinks, Israel knows America will do whatever they want and feels confident about their ability to get into war and have the American government back them up. Israel also knows they can always rely on getting America to protect and serve its needs." Noncitizen La Rioters Could Be Deported Under New House Bill "Everyone in America should prepare themselves to either see their tax dollars being spent on weapon supplies to Israel or be dragged into war with Iran if this escalates," Omar said. Washington and Tehran have been engaged in talks about a new Iran nuclear deal aimed at reining in the Islamic republic's uranium enrichment. Trump posted on Truth Social Friday morning that Iran now had a "second chance" to come to the table after Israel's strikes. Democrats, meanwhile, were more concerned. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he thought Israel's strikes, which it called preemptive, were a bid to scuttle those talks. "It appears as if this was an attempt by Israel to scuttle Donald Trump's negotiations with Iran. Of course, our preferred pathway here to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon is diplomacy," Murphy said. U.S. officials have been warning Iran not to respond to what Israel has said will be a multi-strike article source: 'War criminal Netanyahu': 'Squad' members erupt over Israel's 'reckless' strike on Iran
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12 hours ago
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Immigrants abandon Dems to support GOP immigration policies in large polling shift
It appears that the group of American voters who have shifted in large numbers from Democrats to Republicans in recent years on the combustible issue of immigration are actually the nation's immigrants themselves. A look at pre- and post-election surveys from the 2020 and 2024 cycles indicates a 49-point swing by voters born outside the United States – the vast majority of whom are considered immigrants – on which major political party would do a better job handling the issue of immigration. American National Election Studies (ANES) data from the 2020 presidential election indicates voters born in another country said they favored Democrats rather than Republicans on the issue of immigration by a 58%-24% margin. Trump Deployment Of Troops To Quell La Rioters Latest Page In President's Political Playbook Four years later, the data indicated 45% of voters born in another county who cast a ballot in the 2024 presidential election said the GOP would do a better job handling immigration, with 30% pointing to the Democratic Party. There was a smaller but still prominent shift from the Democrats to the Republicans by all voters, according to the data from ANES, which is the oldest election study in the world (dating back to 1952) and is often referred to as the gold standard for election surveys. Read On The Fox News App Click Here For The Latest Fox News Polling Daron Shaw, who serves as a member of the Fox News Decision Team and is the Republican partner on the Fox News poll, said the large shift toward the GOP on the immigration issue by those born outside the U.S. is "reflective of the fact that immigrant voters started so pro-Democrat. There's more room for them to shift." Shaw also noted that before President Donald Trump first ran for the White House in 2016, immigration and border security were generally seen as separate issues. "Since Trump has come on the scene, those issues have really melded to the Republican advantage," Shaw said. Shaw, a politics professor and chair at the University of Texas, also said "you're seeing a movement towards the Republican Party on immigration because it's been largely focused on border security. That's true with non-immigrant populations as well as immigrant populations." Head Here For The Latest Fox News Reporting, Analysis, And Opinion On The Issue Of Immigration Immigration and border security were key issues that Trump spotlighted as he campaigned to win back the White House in last year's presidential election. Republicans won back control of the presidency and the Senate and defended their small House majority in the 2024 elections. And Republicans made gains among Black, Hispanic and younger voters, all traditional members of the Democratic Party's base. Border security and immigration have remained in the nation's political spotlight in the nearly five months since Trump returned to the White House, thanks to the president's sweeping and controversial moves on the two issues. Aiming to extinguish escalating protests in Los Angeles sparked by immigration raids carried out by ICE at his administration's direction, Trump sent in National Guard troops and even mobilized Marines. The unrest and the moves by Trump have dominated national headlines for nearly a week. Fox News' Dana Blanton and Victoria Balara contributed to this article source: Immigrants abandon Dems to support GOP immigration policies in large polling shift
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a day ago
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House investigator targeting Nashville mayor's standoff with ICE gives explosive update amid LA riots
FIRST ON FOX: House GOP investigators looking at the Nashville mayor's battle with federal immigration officials are setting their sights on the riots in Los Angeles, a key Republican lawmaker told the Trump administration. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is helping lead House Republicans' investigation into Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell, which is being facilitated by the House committees on Homeland Security and the Judiciary, respectively. He delivered an update on that investigation to senior Trump law enforcement officials Thursday, arguing a key fund being used to help illegal immigrants is being promoted using taxpayer dollars despite city officials' insistence otherwise. Ogles also revealed House investigators were "closely monitoring" events in Los Angeles, where rioters have engaged in violent standoffs with law enforcement in response to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids there last weekend. Noncitizen La Rioters Could Be Deported Under New House Bill "Although described as privately funded, the Belonging Fund has been promoted through official city platforms and appears to leverage city infrastructure. Its stated purpose – to provide legal aid, housing, transportation, and other support to individuals arrested or targeted by ICE – raises serious concerns," Ogles wrote to Trump officials. Read On The Fox News App "If any federal resources were used directly or indirectly, this could constitute a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act or federal grant restrictions." He also questioned whether funds were used "to harbor or conceal individuals from lawful detention." The fund's website states that "donations to the fund are made possible solely by individual donors and private organizations – no government dollars are included. That means no taxpayer dollars are being used in the administration or distribution of this fund." Gop Unveils New Weapon To Help Slash Billions In Government Waste As Republicans Rally Behind Trump's Plan It comes after ICE agents working with the Tennessee Highway Patrol arrested nearly 200 people the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said were illegal immigrants, many of them criminals with gang affiliations or other sordid pasts. A DHS news release targeted O'Connell by name over comments he made in early May. "What's clear today is that people who do not share our values of safety and community have the authority to cause deep community harm." After the arrests, O'Connell signed an executive order aimed at tracking peoples' interactions with federal immigration authorities, according to WSMV4. "It's important for us to get this right, and it's very frustrating to see a failure in the process," O'Connell said of ICE's work in his city. Ogles argued it amounted to a "deeply troubling pattern of resistance to lawful immigration enforcement," adding the probe "is not limited to the City of Nashville." "In particular, we are closely reviewing recent events in Los Angeles, California, where violent protests allegedly in opposition to immigration enforcement have erupted," Ogles said. President Donald Trump ordered the National Guard into Los Angeles to quell the riots over the objections of Democratic city and state officials. Democrats have accused the Republican administration of a drastic overreach of presidential powers and needless escalation, while GOP allies of Trump argued that it was a necessary answer to the situation. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it could not confirm receipt of the letter. Fox News Digital also reached out to DHS, the FBI and the White House for a response to Ogles' letter. Fox News Digital also reached out to the Nashville and Los Angeles mayors' article source: House investigator targeting Nashville mayor's standoff with ICE gives explosive update amid LA riots
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2 days ago
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Democrat accuses Trump of unleashing ‘campaign of terror' on illegals as LA riots rage
As anti-ICE riots rage across Los Angeles, congressional Democrats marked the 13th anniversary of DACA with a press conference during which Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., accused President Donald Trump of unleashing a "campaign of terror" on illegal immigrants. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is a U.S. immigration policy that defers deportation for eligible immigrants who arrived in the country as children. Speaking just outside the Capitol building Wednesday, Ramirez accused Trump, border czar Tom Homan, Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller and the entire administration of targeting anyone they consider "undesirable." She also pushed a conspiracy theory that the president will target U.S. citizens the same way he has deported criminal migrants. "Trump, Homan, Miller and this whole regime has waged a campaign of terror against our neighbors, against our families, our loved ones, as they advance their fascist agenda and try to cast immigrants as a public enemy," Ramirez said. Senator Launches Investigation Into Democratic Org Over Potential Support For La Rioters "Let us say it, and I'm going to say it unapologetically," she added. "We don't need bans, We don't need walls. We don't need raids. We don't need kidnappings. We don't need masked agents terrorizing our communities. We don't need military attacking our neighbors. We have to demand an end to the terror tactics." Read On The Fox News App Newsom Says Los Angeles Rioters Will Be Prosecuted, Slams Trump For 'Traumatizing Our Communities' Los Angeles has been rocked by fiery riots and clashes with police and federal authorities since Friday. The rioting began Friday in response to immigration enforcement operations by ICE throughout the city. In response, Trump deployed federalized National Guard troops and several hundred Marines to assist in restoring order. This move has been heavily criticized by Democrats, who have accused Trump of intentionally provoking rioters. "The unlawful actions used against immigrants today will be used tomorrow on anyone who this regime deems undesirable because fascism always demands a public enemy," Ramirez claimed. "It is why we must stand with DACA recipients, and we must also stand with their parents. "We must also stand with their uncles and their sisters and their tias and our small businesses and our teachers and our LGBTQ and every single person this regime is attacking." Despite Ramirez's characterization of the Trump administration targeting innocent "tias," federal immigration authorities have detailed criminal charges against the illegals arrested by ICE. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Calls Gavin Newsom 'Insane' For Rejecting Federal Assistance During Los Angeles Unrest This week, ICE published information on charges against illegals arrested in Los Angeles during the ongoing riots. On Wednesday, ICE said it had arrested Jesus Romero-Retana, a Mexican national who the agency said had been convicted of battery and threatening with intent to terrorize. ICE also said it arrested a Cambodian illegal named Mab Khleb in Los Angeles Tuesday. The agency said he had been sentenced for lewd acts with a child, battery and multiple drug offenses. ICE said it arrested the criminal illegal "despite the best efforts of anti-ICE protestors in the city." A source familiar with the operations shared with Fox News Digital a listing of some of the arrests made by ICE in the last week. These arrests included a Salvadoran national arrested in Los Angeles for sodomy of a child, a Mexican national arrested in Chicago for criminal sexual assault of a child, a Mexican national arrested in Houston for indecent sexual contact with a child, a Honduran national arrested in El Paso for possession of child pornography and a Laotian national arrested for murder and attempted article source: Democrat accuses Trump of unleashing 'campaign of terror' on illegals as LA riots rage
