The World Health Organization on Friday released a formal statement blasting a US-funded vaccine trial as "unethical," because it would withhold an established, safe, and potentially lifesaving vaccine against hepatitis B from some newborns in Guinea-Bissau, Africa. read more
President Donald Trump's attack on Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show -- including a gripe that it was mostly in Spanish -- has alarmed some Republican Hispanic strategists ... read more
Border czar Tom Homan on Sunday defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents against accusations of racial profiling, which Democrats have alleged as part of their raft of reforms necessary to pass Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding.
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How the Supreme Court's Latest Decision Clears the Way for Racial Profiling During Immigration Raids (September 2025)
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... What did the Supreme Court's ruling say?
In a 6-3 vote in the case known as Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem, the Supreme Court granted an emergency request from the Trump administration and temporarily halted a LA judge's order that barred "roving patrols" from snatching people off California streets and questioning them based on how they look, what language they speak, what work they do, or even where they happen to be. Both a Los Angeles federal court and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled that these actions amounted to illegal racial profiling. ...
Yeah, deprive children of health care, then go on to use those children for medical experimentation.
@#4 ... A few years ago a rightwing blogger apparently came upon drudge.com by mistake instead of the Drudge Report.
Methinks after learning of his error, he stayed on to become a troll. ...
Why would anyone do such a thing?
Maybe because ...
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In South Texas, the GOP immigration hard line is now political kryptonite
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... Texas Republicans bet on continuing to win over Latino voters. Then Trump began his aggressive deportation campaign.
Backlash to President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is putting vulnerable Republicans in a tough spot, forcing them to shift their tone to appease frustrated Hispanic voters " or risk losing key battleground seats.
It's a delicate pivot for Republicans in South Texas, who spent years taking a hardline approach on immigration and flipped historically blue districts in the process.
Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz, representing a majority-Hispanic district, has gone from calling for mass deportations to focusing on the "worst of the worst." In lieu of expediting removals, she wants to create new visa categories for undocumented workers to fill jobs in construction and agriculture. And instead of slamming the Biden White House for its "border failure," she's setting up private meetings at the Trump White House to plead for temperance in immigration enforcement.
Rep. Tony Gonzales, whose district shares hundreds of miles with Mexico, wants his party to talk more about the border, and said he plans to "continue to advocate that the Republican Party needs to focus on convicted criminal illegal aliens" amid broad outrage over deportations of undocumented people with no proven risk to public safety.
Like other Republicans, they are trying to slowly distance themselves from the massive immigration crackdown that has quickly become political kryptonite for the GOP -- but without being seen as disloyal to the president or undercutting their previous positions. ...
My first question would be ...
If Border Czar Homan states that ICE does not use racial profiling, why did the Trump administration spend the time and money to bring the issue to its Supreme Court?