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New York Post
21-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
LA Mayor Bass dodges question on whether all illegal immigrants in city should be allowed to stay
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass repeatedly dodged answering directly on whether all illegal immigrants in the sanctuary city should be allowed to stay. In an interview with ABC's 'This Week,' Bass further criticized President Donald Trump's decision to federalize 4,000 National Guard troops and deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles amid anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) riots and protests. The Democratic mayor was questioned by ABC host Martha Raddatz on who she thinks should be deported – whether that should be just people convicted of crimes – given Los Angeles has about a million 'undocumented workers.' 'What should happen to those people?' Raddatz asked. 'Let me just say that, because we are a city of immigrants, we have entire sectors of our economy that are dependent on immigrant labor. We have to get the fire areas rebuilt. We're not going to get our city rebuilt without immigrant labor,' Bass claimed. 'And it's not just the deportations, it's the fear that sets in when raids occur, when people are snatched off the street. And I know you are aware that even people who are here legally, even people who are U.S. citizens, have been detained.' 5 Bass criticized Trump's decision to federalize 4,000 National Guard troops and deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles. ABC 'So they should not be deported?' Raddatz pressed. Bass responded, 'I don't think so. I think they should stay.' The ABC host interjected, noting that the mayor was discussing 'a million undocumented people.' 'No, let me just tell you, what I think we need is comprehensive immigration reform. I served in Congress for 12 years,' Bass said. 5 The Democratic mayor was questioned by ABC host Martha Raddatz on who she thinks should be deported. AFP via Getty Images Raddatz again interrupted the mayor, noting that Bass, as a congresswoman, did not ensure the passage of such immigration reform. 'And why didn't we get it? I mean, after I left, there was an immigration reform bill that had bipartisan support,' Bass said, attempting to blame Trump. 'This was during the campaign. The president decided he didn't want to have it happen because he didn't want immigration reform to happen, where he didn't take credit for it.' Noting the surge in border crossings under former President Joe Biden, Raddatz recalled asking a Border Patrol agent whether he felt badly for illegal immigrants. 5 Raddatz interrupted the mayor, noting that Bass, as a congresswoman, did not ensure the passage of such immigration reform. / MEGA His response, Raddatz said, was yes, but 'they're cutting in line in front of those people who want to do it legally in the right way.' 'Let me just tell you that the people that make that trek, many of whom walk from Central America and even South America up to our border, risk their lives. I don't believe that all of these people are sitting at home dreaming of coming to Los Angeles,' Bass said in response. 'They're coming here out of desperation.' Raddatz noted that 'hundreds of thousands' of people illegally crossed the border under the Biden administration. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) figures, however, recorded about 10.8 million border encounters and roughly two million more known 'got-a-ways' during Biden's term. Trump, meanwhile, has reported record-low border crossings since he began his second term. 5 Noting the surge in border crossings under Biden, Raddatz recalled asking a Border Patrol agent whether he felt badly for illegal immigrants. / MEGA When asked if there's 'anything good' she thinks the Trump administration has done in these six months at the border, Bass said, 'Well, I will keep praise on the administration for the first six months in Los Angeles with the fires. If you ask me, is there anything that they have done good in terms of immigration, I don't know. I don't think so. I think that the viewpoint has been punitive, has been, let's make it as miserable as possible so that these people don't come.' Bass said she has not recently had conversations with the Trump administration regarding immigration despite the National Guard presence in the city. 'I have put in a request and I hope to. I will always be open to a conversation,' the mayor said. 'I want to work with the administration to solve this problem. We have the World Cup in 11 short months here. We have Olympics and Paralympics coming in three short years. I know that these games are very important to the president and I look forward to working with him, and we have an extreme difference on this issue, but there's many issues for us to work on, and I will continue trying to outreach to the administration and hope that at some point they'll be responsive.' 5 Bass said she has not had conversations with the Trump administration regarding immigration despite the National Guard presence in the city. REUTERS The mayor also responded to how she hopes the next six months to two years will be for immigrants in Los Angeles, taking a dig at what she deemed the Trump administration's 'reign of terror.' The Pentagon last week announced it was pulling 2,000 National Guard troops from Los Angeles, citing how the 'lawlessness' seen in early June anti-ICE riots has subsided. 'Well, I am just hoping that this reign of terror ends. I'm hoping that the military leaves because they were never needed here to begin with,' Bass said. 'I hope that we can get back to normal.'
Politico
15-06-2025
- Politics
- Politico
Israel in no rush to wrap up Iran war, ambassador says
Israel's ambassador to the United States said Sunday that Israel was not looking to limit or quickly finish up its war with Iran. 'The objective is not to contain the war. The objective is to win the war,' Ambassador Yechiel Leiter said to host Martha Raddatz on ABC's 'This Week.' Leiter's televised remarks came roughly the same time that President Donald Trump posted a plea on Truth Social for Israel and Iran to make peace: 'Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks with two excellent leaders who were able to quickly make a decision and STOP!' Trump added: 'We will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place.' Israel has been warning for years about Iran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons and potentially use them to strike Israel, which it regards as a rogue state that has no right to exist. Among those killed in its initial strikes last week were nuclear scientists and some of Iran's top nuclear commanders, and Leiter made it clear that its goal is 'to neutralize and terminate the Iranian intention of destroying Israel through nuclear weapons and through ballistic missiles.' Speaking of Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, Leiter said Israel saw this war as a fight for survival: 'Look, 80 years ago we had a little man with a mustache running around Europe that nobody believed him when he said he was going to destroy the Jewish people. We lost 6 million. Now we've got a crazed new Hitler running around the Middle East saying he's going to destroy us. We have to take him at face value. That's his intention. He says it every day. He's got a concrete plan to destroy us.' Leiter also said no one including the supreme leader, was off the possible target list in its continued strikes on Iran. 'I think it's fair to say that nobody who's threatening the destruction of Israel should be off the target list. But we're not going to discuss specific individuals,' Leiter told Raddatz. But Leiter acknowledged that Iran's counter strikes are causing damage in Israel, saying his nation's defense systems can't block all missiles. 'There's about 10 to 15 percent of these ballistic missiles that get through,' he said. 'We sustained significant attacks last night. We have over 10 fatalities and hundreds wounded.' Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), speaking on NBC's 'Meet the Press,' defended Israel's actions. 'I support what Israel's doing to defend itself,' he said. 'Israel clearly made the calculus at a moment when Iran has been weakened by the incapacity of its militia of Hezbollah and its other actors, the state-sponsored terrorism that it engaged in once it's been weakened. I think they found this the opportune moment to go after a nuclear program that was coming closer and closer to fruition. So I support those actions.'
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Zelenskyy: US moved '20,000 missiles' to fight drones from Ukraine to the Middle East
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News' Martha Raddatz that his defense minister told him Friday the U.S. had transferred anti-drone weapons which defended against Russian attacks. Zelenskyy said the U.S. would divert "20,000 missiles" from Ukraine's arsenal to the Middle East, where it appears the U.S. would use them for its own force protection. 'Without the help of the United States, we will have more losses,' Zelenskyy told Raddatz in Kyiv last week. The move comes as Russia ramps up its drone attacks and after Ukraine struck deep inside Russia with its own drones last week, shocking Russia in a clandestine operation. Overnight Sunday, Russia launched 479 drones and 20 missiles into Ukraine in an attack the Ukrainian Air Force called an 'absolute record' for a Russian aerial offensive. The Pentagon declined to confirm the assets were being relocated. The Ukrainian president said the assets were 'not expensive, but [a] special technology' which specifically defended against Shahed drones. The Shaheds are an inexpensive drone originally made by Iran and imported by Moscow. Russia now mass produces them. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the Pentagon authorized a transfer of an anti-drone technology utilized by Ukraine to take down Russian drones. 'We counted on these 20,000 missiles,' Zelesnkyy told Raddatz in their exclusive Friday sit-down. He said that earlier in the day, 'my Minister of Defense told me that United States moved it to the Middle East.'
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Zelenskyy: US moved '20,000 missiles' to fight drones from Ukraine to the Middle East
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News' Martha Raddatz that his defense minister told him Friday the U.S. had transferred anti-drone weapons which defended against Russian attacks. Zelenskyy said the U.S. would divert "20,000 missiles" from Ukraine's arsenal to the Middle East, where it appears the U.S. would use them for its own force protection. 'Without the help of the United States, we will have more losses,' Zelenskyy told Raddatz in Kyiv last week. The move comes as Russia ramps up its drone attacks and after Ukraine struck deep inside Russia with its own drones last week, shocking Russia in a clandestine operation. Overnight Sunday, Russia launched 479 drones and 20 missiles into Ukraine in an attack the Ukrainian Air Force called an 'absolute record' for a Russian aerial offensive. The Pentagon declined to confirm the assets were being relocated. The Ukrainian president said the assets were 'not expensive, but [a] special technology' which specifically defended against Shahed drones. The Shaheds are an inexpensive drone originally made by Iran and imported by Moscow. Russia now mass produces them. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the Pentagon authorized a transfer of an anti-drone technology utilized by Ukraine to take down Russian drones. 'We counted on these 20,000 missiles,' Zelesnkyy told Raddatz in their exclusive Friday sit-down. He said that earlier in the day, 'my Minister of Defense told me that United States moved it to the Middle East.'
09-06-2025
- Politics
Zelenskyy: US moved '20,000 missiles' to fight drones from Ukraine to the Middle East
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News' Martha Raddatz that his defense minister told him Friday the U.S. had transferred anti-drone weapons which defended against Russian attacks. Zelenskyy said the U.S. would divert "20,000 missiles" from Ukraine's arsenal to the Middle East, where it appears the U.S. would use them for its own force protection. 'Without the help of the United States, we will have more losses,' Zelenskyy told Raddatz in Kyiv last week. The move comes as Russia ramps up its drone attacks and after Ukraine struck deep inside Russia with its own drones last week, shocking Russia in a clandestine operation. Overnight Sunday, Russia launched 479 drones and 20 missiles into Ukraine in an attack the Ukrainian Air Force called an 'absolute record' for a Russian aerial offensive. The Pentagon declined to confirm the assets were being relocated. The Ukrainian president said the assets were 'not expensive, but [a] special technology' which specifically defended against Shahed drones. The Shaheds are an inexpensive drone originally made by Iran and imported by Moscow. Russia now mass produces them. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the Pentagon authorized a transfer of an anti-drone technology utilized by Ukraine to take down Russian drones. 'We counted on these 20,000 missiles,' Zelesnkyy told Raddatz in their exclusive Friday sit-down. He said that earlier in the day, 'my Minister of Defense told me that United States moved it to the Middle East.'
