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‘Stop this insanity’: Angel mom rips Newsom, Dems for bill to use taxpayer dollars for illegals’ defense
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California Angel Mom Agnes Gibboney, who lost her son in an illegal alien-involved shooting, is blasting Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Democrats over a proposed bill that would use taxpayer dollars to fund legal defense for immigrants facing deportation. She urged voters to «stop this insanity.»
State lawmakers are considering a proposal that would expand access to taxpayer-funded legal representation for immigrants facing deportation proceedings. The measure would build on existing state programs by creating a framework to provide attorneys to adults in immigration court, regardless of legal status, with priority given to those in detention. This comes as California, and other sanctuary states across the country, are facing increasing pressure and scrutiny from the Trump administration for allegedly prioritizing illegal aliens over citizens.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Gibboney, whose son, Ronald, was shot and killed by an illegal alien, ripped into Newsom and California Democrats over the bill. She claimed that it is further proof that they care for illegal immigrants more than citizens.
«My son was murdered,» she said. «Not one politician has ever contacted me. Not one politician said, ‘I’m so sorry that this previously deported criminal illegal alien shot and killed your son.’ Not one of them.»
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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is being criticized by angel mother Agnes Gibboney (far right), whose son, Ronald da Silva, was killed by an illegal immigrant gang member in 2002. (Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images; White House)
Gibboney said that since losing her son in 2002, she sent Newsom «many, many emails,» and «never once did I get a response, not even from his office, much less from Newsom.»
Newsom has not signaled whether he would sign the bill into law. He previously signed legislation that created and expanded a state-funded legal aid program to ensure legal representation for unaccompanied immigrant children in deportation proceedings.
Ronald da Silva, 29, the son of a law enforcement official, was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant gang member while standing in his driveway.
Gibboney asserted that «Newsom doesn’t care about citizens of this country, about legal immigrants like myself. He cares about free votes from illegal aliens.»
Regarding the legal defense bill, Gibboney said she is «outraged.»
«California is about three to 400 billion, with a ‘B,’ dollars in debt. How is that possible? How much more can you milk us citizens?» she railed.
Meanwhile, for citizens, she said, «everything has gotten worse» under Newsom.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom departs the Assembly Floor at the state Capitol in Sacramento after delivering his State of the State address on Jan. 8, 2026. (Jason Henry/Bloomberg)
«We have the highest tax in the entire country, we have the highest cost of living, the most homeless,» she said, adding, «We are number one on everything, and nothing number one in good things, it’s always on the bad things.»
«We taxpayers keep paying more and more each year for taxes just so our government, actually Gavin Newsom, can hand it out and squander our tax dollars and give it to illegal aliens.»
The bill, introduced by Democratic Assembly member Mia Bonta in February, advanced out of two Assembly policy committees and is currently under review in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
In addition to Gibboney, the bill has garnered significant outrage, including from the American Border Story, a group that advocates on behalf of the families of victims of migrant crime. Earlier this month, the group condemned the measure as «a grave affront to Angel Families across the country who have suffered immeasurable loss at the hands of foreign criminals.» The group asserted that the bill «actively incentivizes illegal immigration and directly undermines the progress achieved by the Trump administration since the President’s second inauguration.»
At the same time, the bill has been lauded by some, such as Abraham Bedoy, manager of California policy and government affairs for the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. Bedoy said in a March statement that «increasing immigrant legal defense is critical to address the mass deportations, unprecedented numbers of people held in detention, and indiscriminate arrests devastating families, communities, and our economy across our state.»
He called the measure «another important step in our state’s strong trajectory towards universal legal representation.»
DOJ SUES NEWSOM OVER CALIFORNIA MEASURE GIVING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COLLEGE TUITION BENEFITS
Assembly member Mia Bonta attends a press conference announcing new funding for communities across the state to address homelessness and mental health in Hayward, California, March 2, 2026. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle)
While the bill does not explicitly outline all its exclusions, existing California policy suggests some immigrants with certain criminal histories could be excluded or deprioritized under any expanded program. California has already moved to limit state-funded legal aid in certain immigration cases, particularly for individuals with serious or violent felony convictions.
Bonta, who represents the Oakland area, framed her bill as ensuring «every Californian’s right to a fair hearing.»
In a March statement, Bonta’s office said the bill «builds on» her earlier bill to expand access to counsel for unaccompanied minors and other young immigrants in removal proceedings. That bill was signed into law by Newsom last year.
«Every person deserves their day in court, with a lawyer by their side. In California, thousands of our neighbors are being swept into one of the most complex legal systems in the country, often in a second language, without an attorney or a fair shot,» she said in a March statement.
She decried the Trump administration’s «mass deportation machine,» saying it is «accelerating that injustice.»
«[The bill] represents California’s chance to stand up for our values: a commitment to due process, dignity, and the principle that justice shouldn’t depend on what you can afford,» said Bonta.
Gibboney, however, said California should «use that money appropriately.»
«Use it for our education, which is failing… Use it for the veterans for better healthcare and for the seniors for better healthcare,» she suggested.
She urged Newsom to «recall his oath of office is to serve us, the public, we the people, not those that broke into our country and came here illegally.»
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«Ronald was my firstborn and only son. He was 29 years old, a father of two. They were 8 and 10,» she shared. «The media usually doesn’t talk about that kind of family separations, six feet of dirt in a coffin. But they talk about the ones that are deported to their country, where they can go back and visit and be reunited. I can never be reunited with my son.»
While expressing she is grateful that Newsom is term-limited, Gibboney urged California voters to vote to «stop this insanity,» saying, «Yesterday it was my son that was shot by a previously deported criminal illegal alien. Tomorrow it could be your child.»
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Pero en los últimos meses, y sobre todo desde que el gobierno de Donald Trump ha defendido su acuerdo de paz preliminar, se ha ido afianzando una perspectiva diferente en algunos sectores de la derecha estadounidense: Irán como un país pragmático con el que Estados Unidos puede, y debe, aprender a convivir.
Este cambio radical lo ha liderado el presidente Trump, que la semana pasada calificó a los líderes iraníes de “gente fuerte, gente inteligente”, pero va mucho más allá de él. El vicepresidente JD Vance se ha convertido en su principal defensor. Los conservadores, que durante mucho tiempo han mostrado una tendencia aislacionista, han recibido un nuevo ímpetu. Incluso algunos de los llamados halcones -que siempre han tenido un enfoque más agresivo sobre el conflicto- han cambiado de tono.
Es demasiado pronto para saber si este cambio durará. Muchos republicanos mantienen su postura de línea dura, y Trump ha amenazado de vez en cuando con reanudar la guerra. Parte de este cambio de discurso entre los republicanos podría deberse a la conocida trayectoria de la era Trump para mantenerse en la línea de un presidente voluble.
Pero las entrevistas muestran que el giro de la derecha, que se aleja de la tradicional postura belicista republicana respecto a Irán, está impulsado por factores que van más allá del deseo de Trump de desentenderse del conflicto. Hay un cambio generacional en el partido que se aleja del apoyo incondicional a Israel, el archienemigo de Irán, e incluso muestra, a regañadientes, cierta admiración por la capacidad del régimen iraní para resistir semanas de bombardeos intensos.
Se trata de una dinámica política interna con implicaciones globales; un asunto que queda claro en las consecuencias de la guerra de Irán para el suministro energético de Europa y Asia, así como para la seguridad de los países árabes del Golfo Pérsico.
“Irán se ha defendido. Bien por Irán”, dijo Curt Mills, director ejecutivo de The American Conservative, transmitiendo lo que describió como el mensaje de Trump a los estadounidenses. “Y eso significa que a Estados Unidos solo le interesa bajarle un poco los humos a estos tipos”.
Mills, de 35 años, dirige una revista fundada por uno de los aislacionistas originales del conservadurismo moderno, Patrick Buchanan. Defiende desde hace mucho tiempo la moderación en política exterior, una opinión que, según las encuestas, comparten muchos republicanos más jóvenes, que alcanzaron la mayoría de edad durante las guerras de Irak y Afganistán. “Decir que estamos en contra de pelear contra Irán desde la derecha es cada vez menos tabú”, dijo Mills.
Stephen Bannon, exasesor principal de Trump, describió al presidente como un “negociador y un pragmático” que ahora sabe que “no va a celebrar una ceremonia de rendición en el acorazado Misuri, en el puerto de Bandar Abbas», el puerto iraní. Bannon evocó las antiguas guerras de Persia contra Grecia y Roma para explicar la dificultad de Trump para derrotar a Irán.
“Se atrincheran y se afianzan con fuerza”, dijo Bannon en un mensaje de texto.
Anna Kelly, vocera de la Casa Blanca, dijo que la guerra contra Irán había “destruido con éxito” gran parte del ejército del país, y que los negociadores ahora estaban “trabajando para eliminar de una vez por todas la capacidad nuclear de Irán”.
“El presidente no toma estas decisiones importantes de seguridad nacional para complacer a los presentadores de pódcast o a los comentaristas de sillón de los grupos de expertos”, dijo Kelly. “Su única prioridad es lo que más le conviene al pueblo estadounidense”.
Pero, como muestra de que la Casa Blanca está al tanto de los cambios políticos en Irán, Vance acudió la semana pasada al programa en internet de Megyn Kelly para promocionar el acuerdo de paz preliminar. Kelly, una expresentadora de Fox News, tiene cuatro millones de suscriptores en YouTube y se ha convertido en la voz de los republicanos desencantados con la política exterior de Trump.
Los halcones “actúan basándose en una visión anticuada del mundo y de la actitud y capacidad estadounidenses”, dijo Kelly en su programa dos días después de hablar con Vance, y añadió: “Los iraníes no van a ceder. Les ha ido bien en esta guerra”.
Esa visión anterior del mundo quedó reflejada en el discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión de 2002 del presidente George W. Bush. Irán formaba parte de un “eje del mal”; para Estados Unidos, era “tanto nuestra responsabilidad como nuestro privilegio librar la batalla por la libertad”. Al iniciar la guerra el 28 de febrero, el propio Trump había calificado al gobierno iraní de “gente muy dura y terrible” que “quería hacer el mal”.
Al hacer eco de esa opinión, el senador Ted Cruz, republicano por Texas, dijo en su pódcast la semana pasada que Trump ahora estaba “recibiendo muy malos consejos” sobre Irán porque “dar miles de millones de dólares a unos lunáticos teocráticos” es “una idea muy, muy mala”. El senador Tim Sheehy, republicano de Montana, dijo en Fox & Friends que los líderes de Irán siguen “queriéndonos muertos a ti y a mí”.
Pero incluso en el Senado, un bastión de los conservadores que tienen una visión más agresiva del conflicto, se nota un cambio de tono.
Roger Marshall, senador republicano por Kansas que en abril dijo que negociar con “fanáticos religiosos irracionales” en Teherán era “casi imposible”, argumentó este mes en CNN que se podría permitir a Irán tener misiles porque “deberían poder defenderse”. En The Brian Kilmeade Show de Fox Radio, dijo que no quería parecer “un defensor de Irán”. Pero repitió el mantra de “no a las guerras eternas” al explicar por qué Estados Unidos debería negociar una salida del conflicto.
“Ya hemos perdido a 13 soldados estadounidenses, básicamente defendiendo a Israel en su mayor parte y tratando de eliminar las armas nucleares”, dijo.
Estos cambios en el discurso pueden deberse, en parte, a que los políticos conservadores se están dando cuenta de un cambio generacional en la forma en que sus posibles votantes perciben el lugar que ocupa Estados Unidos en el mundo.
Una encuesta del New York Times/Siena del mes pasado reveló que el 53 por ciento de los posibles simpatizantes republicanos menores de 45 años se oponían a la guerra en Irán, frente al 22 por ciento de los mayores de 45 años; el 54 por ciento de los más jóvenes dijo que Trump apoyaba demasiado a Israel, frente a solo el 16 por ciento del grupo de mayor edad. Y casi tres cuartas partes de los simpatizantes republicanos menores de 45 años dijeron que Estados Unidos debería prestar menos atención a los problemas en el extranjero, frente al 40 por ciento de los mayores de 45 años.
Estas diferencias en la visión del mundo también quedaron patentes en la perspectiva relativamente positiva que tienen los seguidores republicanos más jóvenes sobre el expresentador de Fox News Tucker Carlson -un 41 por ciento de opinión favorable, un 23 por ciento desfavorable-, a pesar de que Trump se ha referido a él y a Kelly como “PERDEDORES” con “COEFICIENTE INTELECTUAL BAJO”. Carlson es quizás el conservador que se opone con mayor vehemencia a la guerra.
La semana pasada, Carlson publicó una entrevista con Trita Parsi, crítico de la guerra contra Irán y cofundador del Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, un centro de estudios de Washington que aboga por un papel más limitado de Estados Unidos en el mundo. Le dijo a Parsi que Irán saldría de la guerra como “una gran potencia mundial” gracias a su capacidad para cerrar el estrecho de Ormuz, una ruta clave para gran parte del petróleo mundial. Parsi dijo que Irán se había vuelto “mucho más fuerte, al menos de manera temporal” y que ya le había dicho al gobierno de Trump, al inicio de la guerra, que era un error.
En una entrevista telefónica, Parsi dijo que había mantenido “conversaciones continuas” con funcionarios del gobierno sobre Irán desde principios del año pasado, incluso “con la gente que está en la mesa de negociaciones”. También dijo que a una parte de la derecha estadounidense “francamente no le importa Irán”.
“Están más enfadados por el hecho de que se iniciara la guerra en primer lugar que por el hecho de que Estados Unidos sufriera una derrota estratégica”, dijo Parsi. “Eso te da una idea de lo mucho que ha cambiado la percepción sobre Irán”.
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Anton Troianovski escribe para el Times sobre política exterior y seguridad nacional estadounidense desde Washington. Anteriormente fue corresponsal extranjero con sede en Moscú y Berlín.
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The death toll from the catastrophic series of earthquakes that rocked Venezuela this week has risen to at least 589, with at least 2,980 injured and thousands more missing as U.S. military leadership has arrived in Caracas to help coordinate relief efforts.
The number of dead is expected to climb Friday following back-to-back magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes that hit northern Venezuela on Wednesday night, roughly 120 miles west of Caracas.
Venezuelan state TV has broadcast dramatic images of rescues, including a woman who was trapped under a cement slab, only a bare foot poking out before crews managed to get her out alive, The Associated Press reported. The injured were seen being pulled out of the rubble covered in dust and blood, among them children and animals.
U.S. Southern Command said overnight that U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Kevin J. Jarrard arrived in Caracas on Thursday «to oversee Department of War support to Venezuela earthquake relief efforts.»
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Neighbors carry a man rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Thursday, June 25, 2026, the day after earthquakes struck the area. (Pedro Mattey/AP Photo)
SOUTHCOM’s announcement comes as the Trump administration has activated a government-wide humanitarian response, pledging $150 million in aid and deploying U.S. Navy warships to assist in life-saving rescue operations.
«Maj. Gen. Jarrard is serving as the senior U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) official on the ground and is working closely with partners to plan, coordinate, and direct the U.S. military’s unparalleled logistical and operational capabilities to support the rapid, life-saving movement of response personnel, equipment, and humanitarian assistance into affected areas,» SOUTHCOM said in a statement, noting that Venezuela’s interim government — led by acting President Delcy Rodríguez — formally requested American assistance.
«Assigned U.S. military forces will utilize fixed and rotor wing aircraft to provide specialized mobility services and assist U.S. Government personnel, search and rescue teams, and partners assessing damage and delivering critical life-saving assistance,» SOUTHCOM added.
PLAYERS, FANS FLEE STADIUM AS POWERFUL EARTHQUAKES STRIKE DURING VENEZUELA BASEBALL GAME
Responders search for victims in a demolished building in Caracas, Venezuela, after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake and a 7.5 aftershock struck the region on June 24, 2026. (Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)
The coastal region of La Guaira, which is located north of Caracas, suffered some of the heaviest damage and casualties. The country’s main airport is there and was closed due to damage, complicating aid efforts.
Retired schoolteacher Juan Alberto Mendaño climbed through wreckage in La Guaira and past a body when he spotted a woman who was trapped and signaling with her hand for help, according to the AP.
«May God rescue her as quickly as possible,» Mendaño reportedly said. «When we heard the scream, there was nothing we could do.»
Venezuelan authorities said they were diverting rescue teams from other parts of the country to La Guaira.
Rodríguez also appealed to businesses Thursday to make heavy construction equipment available for rescue operations.
Patients lie outside a hospital evacuated after it was damaged in an earthquake in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, on June 25, 2026. (Pedro Mattey/AP)
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«We hope to rescue as many living people as possible,» Rodríguez added, referring to La Guaira as a «disaster zone.»
Fox News Digital’s Alexandra Koch and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused President Donald Trump of a «betrayal» after the Supreme Court handed his administration a pair of immigration wins involving Temporary Protected Status and asylum claims.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Haitian and Syrian migrants, clearing the way for the administration to remove legal protections that have allowed many Haitians to remain and work in the U.S. since Haiti’s 2010 earthquake and many Syrians since the country’s civil war prompted a TPS designation in 2012.
Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told Fox News Digital the TPS decision targets the very people Trump supporters were told would not be the focus of his aggressive immigration deportation agenda.
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«I think it’s really sad because these decisions are targeting exactly the kind of people that Republican voters said that they did not want targeted in the Trump administration’s immigration policy,» Ocasio-Cortez said.
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to members of the media as she arrives for the last votes of the week at the U.S. Capitol Building on May 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
She argued the ruling marked «a reversal of President Trump’s promise to only go after, quote unquote, criminals and rapists.»
«This decision to overturn TPS targets nurses, it targets health care workers, it targets domestic workers, cleaners, people who work in restaurants,» she said, calling it «a real betrayal of President Trump’s promise.»
Ocasio-Cortez also argued the ruling would hurt U.S. citizens by raising prices, making it harder to find workers, while also breaking up longstanding communities.
House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., criticized Trump and Republicans over the asylum ruling, saying the president has «time and time again» attacked a process that has been part of U.S. law for decades.
House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
«People are fleeing terrible conditions and they have a lawful right to declare asylum,» Aguilar said.
AOC TELLS VOTERS WORRIED ABOUT GROCERY PRICES TO JUST ‘WAIT UNTIL THE FARMS ARE EMPTY’ FROM DEPORTATIONS
«Temporary Protected Status was always meant to be temporary,» White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said on Thursday. «It was never meant to be a pathway to permanent status or citizenship…our asylum system, for years, has been abused and exploited by bad actors…this ruling is a step in the right direction towards clearing up our asylum system and making sure that people can’t enter our country who shouldn’t be here — and that people who are here, who shouldn’t be here, should be deported.»
Asked what Democrats’ next step would be on TPS, Aguilar pointed to legislation he said Democrats forced through the House by discharge petition.
«Democrats led legislation in order to bring certainty to that. It’s sitting over in the Senate,» Aguilar said. «We forced a discharge petition, and were successful because we believe in governing.»
Aguilar appeared to be referring to House-passed legislation aimed at extending TPS protections for Haitians.
Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Ala., said he had not yet read the full decisions but was «beyond the point of being surprised by almost any decision that comes out of court.»
Congressman Shomari Figures, D-Ala., speaks at a press conference on healthcare with other members of the House Democratic caucus in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Figures defended TPS for Haiti, citing natural disasters, political instability and violence.
«There’s not a country that I think TPS is designed at its core that’s more deserving of that than the situations we currently see in Haiti,» Figures said.
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