Dallas Morning News: 2 US citizen children deported to Mexico along with their mother, attorney says

Posted on May 8, 2025 by M

Two U.S. citizen children were deported Wednesday morning to Mexico along with their mother, according to an attorney who has consulted with the family.

Cori Hash, a senior staff attorney with Immigrant Legal Resource Center, told The Dallas Morning News on Wednesday that the family was detained last week near the campus of Dobie Middle School in North Austin.

Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers stopped the family on the morning of Wednesday, April 30, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained the man. The woman was not detained but was informed to go to an ICE facility in San Antonio the next day. It’s not clear how many of their children were in the car, Hash said.

The man and woman are not married, Hash said, but have been together several years and have three children together. The children are 8, 5 and 4 years old and the two youngest are U.S. citizens, Hash said. The man was deported on Tuesday. The woman and her three children were deported Wednesday morning, Hash said.

Hash asked that the man and woman not be identified to avoid putting them at risk.

“They had no due process whatsoever,” Hash said. “It just goes to show that this administration feels that it can deport U.S. citizens whenever it wishes and however it wishes.”

Two U.S. citizen children deported to Mexico along with their mother, attorney says

This is not the first time attorneys have accused President Donald Trump‘s administration of deporting U.S. citizens as it attempts to launch the largest…

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2025/05/07/two-us-citizen-children-deported-to-mexico-along-with-their-mother-attorney-says

Bloomberg: Trump Has Been Stopped By Courts More Than 200 Times

Posted on May 8, 2025 by M

President Donald Trump’s expansive use of executive power faced at least 328 lawsuits as of May 1 — with judges halting his policies far more often than they allowed them.

Courts entered more than 200 orders stopping the administration’s actions in 128 cases, with judges sometimes ruling at multiple stages of the legal fights. Judges had allowed contested policies to go ahead in 43 cases, and hadn’t ruled yet in more than 140 others. Most cases are in the early stages, and new ones are being filed daily.

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Latin Times: Trump Admin Laying Groundwork For Unilateral U.S. Military Action Against Cartels In Mexico: Report

Posted on May 7, 2025 by M

Throughout the campaign trail, President Donald Trump promised to crack down drug trafficking operations in Mexican territory, a plan that caused concern among experts and diplomats who warned would be illegal and dangerous. Now, an organization believes Washington is laying the groundwork for military actions anyway.

Some in the Trump administration are reportedly considering launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as part of an effort to combat the criminal gangs operating across the southern border.

In those discussions, the White House, Defense Department and intelligence officials were still at the early stages of sketching out potential plans. The administration has not made a final decision or reached a definitive agreement about countering cartels. Nonetheless, a unilateral covert action, without Mexico’s consent, had not been ruled out and could be an option of last resort, NBC News reported.

Trump Admin Laying Groundwork For Unilateral U.S. Military Action Against Cartels In Mexico: Report

The Trump admin is considering military action to curb down drug operations in Mexico, with or without the consent of Sheinbaum’s government, according to the Crisis Group

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-admin-laying-groundwork-for-unilateral-u-s-military-action-against-cartels-in-mexico-report/ar-AA1E4leJ

The Atlantic: Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’

Posted on May 7, 2025 by M

Fears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that they’re overblown.

Jeff Joseph, a 53-year-old immigration attorney in Colorado, has recently started taking precautions while traveling abroad that, at another time, he would have considered a little paranoid. He leaves his phone at home. Instead, he carries a “burner’’—a device scrubbed of his contact list and communications—in case U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers send him to secondary inspection or seize his electronics when he returns home. Joseph told me his knowledge of immigration law has left him with less confidence, not more, about the risks of crossing U.S. borders during the second Trump administration.

“Among immigration lawyers who are well versed in this, and who know what happens in secondary, there’s a level of anxiety and panic that we’ve never seen before,” said Joseph, the president-elect of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. “Myself included.”

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Immigration attorneys also note Trump has curbed CBP officers’ ability to allow the entry of migrants or visitors using an authority known as “parole.” So travelers who do not qualify for admission to the United States are more likely to be handed over to ICE for detention and deportation. Although U.S. citizens cannot be denied entry to the United States, all other categories of noncitizens—even, in some cases, legal permanent residents with green cards—are at risk of being denied entry or deemed inadmissible by a CBP officer.

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BBC: Tariffs on car parts entering the US come into force

Posted on May 5, 2025 by M

A 25% import tax on engines, transmissions and other key car parts has come into force in the US, raising pressure on an industry finding its way through a thicket of policy changes.

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The US president has said the new tariff, along with a 25% import tax on cars that went into effect last month, is intended to push carmakers to do more manufacturing in the US.

But analysts said any immediate expansions in the US were likely to come at the expense of production elsewhere, while also leading to higher costs for the businesses – and ultimately higher prices for customers.

“American made” cars still rely on foreign-made parts — we’re screwed by these tariffs either way.

Tariffs on car parts entering the US come into force

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/tariffs-on-car-parts-entering-the-us-come-into-force/ar-AA1E5k8b

More here:

The White House says tariffs won’t make car buying more expensive. Top automakers don’t sound as sure.

Despite the White House’s statements, Ford’s top executive recently said he could not promise consumers wouldn’t pay more.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-white-house-says-tariffs-won-t-make-car-buying-more-expensive-top-automakers-don-t-sound-as-sure/ar-AA1E3BLQ

Financial Times: Donald Trump’s ‘Marie Antoinette moment’: call for national sacrifice falls flat

Posted on May 4, 2025 by M

President faces backlash after warning Americans they will have to make do with fewer toys at Christmas

Here was the president acknowledging his trade war might cause real hardship for voters — many of whom elected him to bring down the cost of living and boost growth.

Trump’s enemies could hardly believe their luck. They mocked him on social media as a modern-day “Grinch who stole Christmas” and “Scrooge McTrump”. One television presenter, channelling the Sopranos, called him “Donny 2 Dolls”.

“‘Your family will have less, but it’ll be more expensive’ is definitely a solid economic pitch,” the stand-up comic Mike Drucker wrote on X.

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Isaac Larian, chief executive of MGA Entertainment, the largest toymaker in the US, said the tariffs will be “disastrous”, predicting a “30-40 per cent drop in sales”.

The company gets 65 per cent of its products from Chinese factories, and the tariffs will force them to massively raise prices — from $15 to $29-$30 for a Bratz doll, one of its most popular items.

“If the tariffs are not reduced we’re going to be forced to lay off people, including people in our factory here actually manufacturing toys in the US,” said Larian, who said he voted for Trump last November.

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LA Times: ‘The truckers are scrambling’: Trump’s tariffs hit drivers, L.A. port workers hard

Posted on May 3, 2025 by M

Amid a wave of unprecedented tariffs, anxiety is running high for truck drivers like Helen, who makes her living delivering cargo containers from the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors to warehouses and other customers around Southern California.

After a strong start to the year, the number of jobs has started to slip in recent days and truck drivers have heard reports predicting a sharp decline in incoming cargo for May and June.

‘The truckers are scrambling’: Trump’s tariffs hit drivers, L.A. port workers hard

As Trump’s aggressive tariffs rattle business owners and shake the foundation of American importing, the men and women who work on the ground at the country’s busiest port are feeling the effects too.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-truckers-are-scrambling-trump-s-tariffs-hit-drivers-l-a-port-workers-hard/ar-AA1E63Gd

Daily Mail: ICE Barbie Kristi Noem [Bimbo #2] and Homeland Security advisor Corey Lewandowski’s cozy DC living arrangement revealed

Posted on May 1, 2025 by M

‘Don’t forget DC is a small town and people talk. It is an open secret that they are together.

‘It has always been joked about that Navy Yard is a dorm for Hill Republicans and Trump staffers – now it’s even higher up, with married cabinet secretaries bunking their volunteer chiefs.

‘Keeping the Homeland “secure”, or at least pretending to, is now 24/7 I suppose.’

Mom-of-three Noem [Bimbo #2], 53, invited her kids and grandchildren to DC over the Easter weekend when she made international headlines for having her purse snatched as they ate at a burger bar.

Only days later, DailyMail.com spotted former Trump campaign manager Lewandowski walking back and forth between their two residences, set among artisan coffee shops, bars, and chic waterfront restaurants.

On one occasion the veteran lobbyist emerged from Noem’s [Bimbo #2] apartment complex in his trademark suit, necktie and US flag pin and climbed into an Uber.

The next evening Lewandowski walked out clutching a duffel bag, crossed the street where a Secret Service detail is parked up 24/7 and headed inside his own building.

Noem [Bimbo #2] was the Republican Governor of South Dakota and a rising MAGA star when DailyMail.com first disclosed details of their years-long, clandestine affair in September 2023.

Dad-of-four Lewandowski wouldn’t comment while Noem [Bimbo #2] – married to her insurance exec husband Bryon for the past 33 years – denied the fling.

A DailyMail.com source insisted this week, however: ‘There’s no question the relationship is ongoing.

‘They continue to travel together, they continue to socialize together. Very clearly, they’re still having an extra-marital relationship.’

Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski’s cozy DC living setup REVEALED

The Homeland Security Secretary and her top advisor are known to enjoy the closest of professional relationships.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14664625/Kristi-Noem-Corey-Lewandowski-DC-living-arrangement-affair.html

Moneywise: ‘We want them back desperately’: US border communities losing millions in sales tax revenue as Canadian shoppers avoid US travel due to Trump’s tariffs and ’51st state’ rhetoric

Posted on April 30, 2025 by M

Cars traveling across the border into the U.S. are down significantly in 2025, and counties like Erie and Niagara are paying the price through a drop in sales tax revenue.

In February and March of 2025, 35,619 fewer cars crossed the Peace Bridge that connects Canada to Buffalo, NY, compared to the number of cars that crossed the bridge during the same months in 2024. During the same period, 29,537 fewer cars crossed the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls.\

Thanks to President Trump’s ongoing trade war with Canada, Canadians seem to have significantly reduced their interest in traveling to the U.S. and the financial ramifications are hard to ignore.

But it’s not just the backlash to Trump’s antics that’s had a negative effect on Canadian tourism in the U.S. In recent months, several foreigners — including a Canadian woman — have been detained while attempting to enter the United States.

Dump Trump and resume treating visitors respectfully. It really is that simple!

‘We want them back desperately’: US border communities losing millions in sales tax revenue as Canadian shoppers avoid US travel due to Trump’s tariffs and ’51st state’ rhetoric

Did Trump take it a bridge too far?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/we-want-them-back-desperately-us-border-communities-losing-millions-in-sales-tax-revenue-as-canadian-shoppers-avoid-us-travel-due-to-trump-s-tariffs-and-51st-state-rhetoric/ar-AA1DL1kN

Mirror: Karoline Leavitt [Bimbo #1] called out for propaganda stunt that would make ‘Kim Jong Un blush’