The Trump administration wants immigration restrictions to be enforced more strictly. To the north of Los Angeles, a fresh wildfire is consuming thousands of acres. Additionally, a trend driven by nostalgia is sparked by Bad Bunny’s most recent album.
What to know today is as follows.
Trump admin demands immigration enforcement crackdown
As the House passed the Laken Riley Act, President Donald Trump issued several executive orders that targeted his immigration goals and instructed the Justice Department to prioritize enforcement. This set the stage for the measure to be the first one Trump signs when he returns to the White House.
The Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and State are instructed under an order issued yesterday to take all necessary steps to promptly repel, repatriate, and remove unlawful aliens over the southern U.S. border. The Trump administration issued a notice earlier this week to extend expedited removal, which permits Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remove migrants without following the proper procedures, to any undocumented individuals who have entered the country illegally during the past two years.
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Trump would permit ports of entry to stay open to asylum seekers, White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt stated on Fox News. But hours after Trump took office, the CBP One app, which migrants had been using to schedule appointments and submit their information, ceased functioning, and any appointments that had already been made through the app were canceled.
As of Wednesday evening, deportations did not seem to have significantly increased.Learn more about the status of executive orders and directives pertaining to immigration on the third day of Trump’s presidency.
The Laken Riley Act, a stringent immigration law named for the 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was murdered by an undocumented immigrant last year, was passed by the Republican-controlled House in the meantime. It is anticipated to be the first statute that Trump signs into effect after taking office again. According to the measure, unauthorized immigrants who are accused, detained, or found guilty of specific offenses must be held by ICE.Learn more about the bill.
More coverage of Trump s first week in office:
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How would an end of birthright citizenship affect visa-holding families? Legal scholars warn the order
risks creating a whole generation of stateless children.
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Faith leaders, school administrators and teachers said they are
preparing for an attack
after Trump said he would end a long-standing policy that prevented the arrests of migrants in churches, schools and hospitals.
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In his efforts to do away with DEI initiatives, Trump this week
revoked an executive order
that was aimed at banning discrimination by federal contractors and subcontractors. In addition, federal employees received emails yesterday
warning that they could face adverse consequences
if they do not report on coworkers who work in DEI positions that might have gone unnoticed by government supervisors.
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Nearly all scientific communication coming from the CDC, FDA and other federal health agencies
has been stopped until further notice
pending a review from Trump s team.
More politics news:
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Senators on both sides of the aisle
raised new questions
about the vetting process of defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth after lawmakers learned of new allegations not disclosed by the Trump transition team as part of his FBI background check.
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House Republicans
announced the creation of a new subcommittee
to investigate events before and after Jan. 6, 2021. Speaker Mike Johnson said there is still more work to be done in exposing the false narratives peddled by the previous House Jan. 6 committee.
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Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop who implored Trump to have mercy on immigrants and LGBTQ people during an inaugural prayer service,
defended her speech
.
Hughes Fire explodes to over 10,000 acres north of L.A.
About 31,000 people had to be evacuated due to a new, rapidly spreading wildfire north of Los Angeles that spread to 10,176 acres in a matter of hours, according to officials. There were also evacuation alerts for another 23,000 individuals. Fueled by dry, windy weather in the area, the Hughes Fire broke out near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County at approximately 10:53 a.m. According to the National Weather Service, the region is under red flag warnings into Friday morning, with the possibility of wind gusts of up to 65 mph in the highlands. Winds were not as high as those that ignited the Eaton and Palisades fires a few weeks ago, and as of last night, the fire was 14% contained.What more do we know?
Investigations into the Eaton and Palisades fires, which caused extensive damage in other areas of the Los Angeles region, are ongoing at the time of the latest fire. According to an analysis of the Eaton Fire killings, all 17 fatalities occurred west of Lake Avenue, where evacuation orders were issued just hours after homeowners on the east side of the main road through Altadena received their initial round of evacuation advisories. A reassessment of emergency alerting systems has been demanded by local authorities.
List of potential U.S. TikTok buyers emerges
Who is going to save TikTok? MrBeast, a popular YouTuber, wants to try his hand at it. President Donald Trump expressed interest in either Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison or Elon Musk purchasing it. Project Liberty, led by billionaire Frank McCourt, is also intrigued. Others have already shown interest, including Canadian businessman Kevin O. Leary of the TV show Shark Tank and former Trump Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
According to a well-known IT sector analyst, one individual has a strong chance of winning the election because of his unbreakable bond with Trump.Hint: He already has a social media business of his own.However, he hasn’t been the most outspoken about his passion.
The idea that TikTok would sell the site to a non-Chinese owner has acquired new traction in recent days. This new prospect raises concerns about what ownership or a partnership with parent company ByteDance would entail, as well as if a change in control will affect TikTok’s algorithm.
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A 16-year-old student died
and another was injured in a shooting yesterday in a Nashville high school cafeteria, authorities said. The shooter, a 17-year-old student, also fatally shot himself.
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More than 2,400 aid trucks
have entered the Gaza Strip
since the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas took effect, U.N. officials said.
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A trial has begun
for three men who prosecutors say facilitated a drugging and robbery scheme that terrorized New York City s gay bars and led to two deaths.
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Lynn Ban, a jewelry designer who starred in the Netflix reality series Bling Empire: New York,
has died
, weeks after an emergency brain surgery due to a skiing accident, her son said.
Staff Pick:
Bad Bunny s new album inspires a TikTok trend
Bad Bunny’s most intimate album to date, Deb Tirar M s Fotos (which translates to “I should have taken more photos”), is a love letter to Puerto Rico. It’s not simply music about home and family, though. Fans from all around the world have been moved to relate their memories of home and visits to long-deceased relatives by the album’s cover, which features two simple white plastic chairs that are used by families everywhere. Call it infectious nostalgia.Sandra Lilley, NBC Latino’s editorial director
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