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GOP infighting erupts over immigration bill that would shield millions from deportation
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House Republicans are sharply divided over a bipartisan immigration reform bill, with one GOP lawmaker calling on President Donald Trump to intervene.
For months, GOP lawmakers have fiercely debated the Dignity Act, whose Republican sponsor, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., is pushing for the immigration proposal to be marked up in committee and receive a vote on the floor.
The Miami Republican has quickly run into opposition from a swath of conservatives in the GOP conference, who have ripped the proposal as «mass amnesty» and a wholesale rejection of the president’s immigration enforcement agenda.
«The DIGNIDAD Act … is a betrayal of the values that we ran on last election cycle,» Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital in an interview, referring to the bill’s original Spanish name. «We ran on mass deportations. We said we’re going to do that, so we should.»
Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, has slammed the Dignity Act as «mass amnesty» and a betrayal of Republicans’ 2024 campaign promises. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
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But Salazar, whose heavily Latino district Trump narrowly won in 2024, is offering a starkly different approach.
«Now that the border is secured … what are we going to do with those people who do not have a criminal record and have contributed to the economy,» Salazar said at a press conference on Wednesday. «The economy still needs them.»
The immigration standoff highlights the fissures in the coalition that elected a Republican trifecta in 2024. The Miami Republican is one of Democrats’ top targets in November’s midterm elections.
Salazar, who first introduced the legislation several years ago, said she has been in conversation with the White House, but did not specify whether she had talked directly with Trump.
«It’s up to him, as an elected official, to determine when is the right timing,» Salazar said of Trump. «When does he want to do this within his presidency?»
«No other president has the political guts to do this, Republicans or Democrats in the last 40 years,» she added.
When reached for comment, a White House official told Fox News Digital the administration is happy to review legislation but is «focused on enforcing the current immigration laws and deporting the millions and millions of criminal illegal aliens that Joe Biden let in our country.»
Salazar’s Dignity Act does not provide a pathway to citizenship, but it would make millions of migrants who came into the United States prior to Biden’s presidency eligible for work without fear of deportation.
The legislation would also increase funding for border security, require employers to use E-Verify to verify an individual’s legal status and create a pathway for DACA recipients to obtain permanent residency, among other provisions.
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., is urging President Donald Trump to support the Dignity Act, while Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, has sharply criticized the legislation for breaking with the president’s mass deportation agenda. (Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Latino Wall Street; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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GOP supporters say the bill is attempting to appeal to the «mass middle» who want some legal protections for long-term migrants with no criminal records who are contributing to their communities — while also slamming the door shut on those who illegally entered the country beginning in 2021.
«I think, frankly, this is what America is looking for,» Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a Republican cosponsor of the bill, told Fox News Digital. «It covers a lot of concerns left and right.
«I think most people want some level of decency,» Bacon added. «You’ve been here for a while, you’ve got a family, you’re working, no criminal record.»
Conservative Republicans aren’t buying it.
«It’s just amnesty. That’s all that is,» Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., an immigration hawk, told Fox News Digital.
Gill said he remains vigorously opposed to the bill after meeting with Salazar for nearly an hour Wednesday to discuss the Dignity Act.
«This is one we’re just diametrically opposed to in irreconcilable ways,» the Texas Republican said, adding that he and Salazar agree on many other policy issues. «I do believe that it very clearly constitutes amnesty.»
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., is one of more than a dozen House Republicans who have cosponsored the Dignity Act. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
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Despite no clear path forward, Salazar has vowed to continue engaging skeptics about the immigration reform legislation.
She has also shot down the idea of using a discharge petition to team up with Democrats and force a vote on the House floor.
«I’m going to do it the hard way,» Salazar told Fox News Digital.
«I am sure we’re going to be able to get to a yes, and we’re going to be able to solve immigration within the Trump administration,» she added. «I have no doubt about that. Only God the Father knows the time. I’m just waiting.»
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Rusia fue acusada de difundir desinformación a favor de la extrema derecha alemana antes de las elecciones
La intensificación de la desinformación en redes sociales, detectada en las últimas semanas por activistas y organismos de inteligencia, apuntan a un intento de influir en las elecciones regionales de Alemania. Las campañas, atribuidas por varios actores a operaciones rusas, generaron inquietud entre autoridades y sectores de la sociedad civil, que advierten sobre el posible impacto en los comicios de septiembre.
En el este del país, Alternativa para Alemania (AfD) lidera las encuestas en Sajonia-Anhalt y Mecklemburgo-Pomerania Occidental, y aspira a controlar un gobierno regional por primera vez desde 1945. El avance de la formación prorrusa y antiinmigrante sería un golpe para la coalición del canciller Friedrich Merz y marcaría un hito en la política alemana.
Ante la proximidad de las elecciones, se multiplicaron las publicaciones con desinformación en plataformas como X, TikTok y Bluesky. Según grupos de monitoreo y diputados alemanes, la hipótesis central es que Rusia estaría detrás de estos ataques, empleando estrategias para beneficiar a la extrema derecha y erosionar la confianza en los partidos tradicionales.
Las sospechas de injerencia rusa en las campañas digitales fueron avaladas por legisladores y activistas, quienes señalan la aparición de cuentas falsas y la difusión de acusaciones de corrupción contra rivales de AfD y BSW, un pequeño partido de extrema izquierda también identificado como prorruso. Las operaciones utilizaron versiones falsificadas de medios reconocidos, como AFP, ARD y Deutsche Welle, para amplificar el impacto de la desinformación.
La organización Antibot4Navalny, un colectivo anónimo que lleva el nombre del opositor ruso asesinado, documentó dos campañas desde junio. “No hay otra explicación plausible”, sostuvo un activista del grupo en diálogo con la AFP, quien aseguró que las maniobras guardan similitud con la operación Matryoshka, vinculada previamente al Kremlin.
El gobierno alemán evitó pronunciarse directamente sobre la operación Matryoshka, aunque reconoció: “Las operaciones de manipulación de información… constituyeron durante mucho tiempo una amenaza diaria”. Esta postura refleja una respuesta cautelosa, en parte para no amplificar involuntariamente el alcance de las campañas de desinformación.
Konstantin von Notz, diputado de Los Verdes y vicepresidente del comité de supervisión de inteligencia, fue tajante en conversación con la AFP: “La narrativa que se difunde desde Rusia a Alemania, con un presupuesto millonario, es luego retransmitida deliberadamente por la AfD de forma selectiva”. Von Notz también criticó la falta de reacción gubernamental y exigió respuestas más contundentes ante lo que considera un peligro real.
Por su parte, la embajada rusa rechazó las acusaciones, calificándolas de “ridículas” y advirtiendo que Alemania y Europa siguen “un camino extremadamente peligroso” que perjudica a sus ciudadanos. La coalición gobernante, liderada por la CDU/CSU y el SPD, denuncia regularmente una “guerra híbrida” de Moscú, que iría más allá de la propaganda y abarcaría espionaje y sabotaje.
El servicio nacional de inteligencia (BfV) confirmó estar al tanto de la campaña digital y de sus similitudes con operaciones rusas, aunque hasta el momento no se han anunciado acciones concretas para contrarrestarla. Marc Henrichmann, presidente del comité de supervisión de inteligencia y diputado de la CDU, subrayó la necesidad de cautela: “Si al dirigir una campaña a un público específico conseguimos darle aún más publicidad, entonces, obviamente, habremos cometido un error”. Henrichmann también abogó por otorgar mayores poderes a los servicios de inteligencia para combatir el fenómeno.
Desde la AfD, la respuesta ha sido de rechazo a las acusaciones. Ulrich Siegmund, principal candidato del partido en Sajonia-Anhalt, declaró a la AFP: “Buscar un entendimiento razonable con otro país no significa que estés trabajando para conseguirlo”. El político insistió en que el interés alemán debe guiar las acciones del partido, incluyendo la defensa de la compra de energía rusa barata y la reducción del gasto en Ucrania e inmigración.
Entre los simpatizantes de la formación, la percepción de Rusia como un aliado natural es recurrente. Hans-Joachim Dietrich, camionero jubilado, expresó a la AFP: “Creo que debemos defender con más firmeza, incluso dentro de la AfD, que Rusia es nuestro aliado natural”.
Henrichmann advirtió sobre el riesgo de una “guerra cognitiva” impulsada desde Moscú, destinada a sembrar miedo y división en Alemania, especialmente en un contexto de reformas militares y apoyo a Ucrania frente a Rusia.
“No hay duda: la AfD es el portavoz del presidente ruso Vladimir Putin en Alemania y está explotando conscientemente estas narrativas”, afirmó el legislador. Sin embargo, tanto Henrichmann como activistas reconocen que, por ahora, el alcance de la campaña digital es limitado, aunque advierten que la vigilancia debe continuar y que es necesario reforzar los poderes de los servicios de inteligencia para proteger el proceso democrático.
(Con información de AFP)
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Amy Coney Barrett recalls heartbreaking question from 12-year-old son over bulletproof vest
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett told the House Appropriations Committee the uptick in threats waged against her and fellow Supreme Court justices have taken a toll on her children.
«They have required my children to think about and see things that children should not have to see or think about,» Barrett testified Tuesday.
Barrett shared how her security detail gave her a bulletproof vest to wear, and one day when she brought it into her bedroom, her 12-year-old son asked what it was.
«And I didn’t know how to respond because maybe I lack imagination, but I didn’t expect that performing this service was going to put me in the position of explaining to my children what a bulletproof vest was and why I had to wear one,» Barrett told the committee.
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Barrett and Justice Elena Kagan’s testimony before Congress came as the Supreme Court seeks a 10% budget increase for fiscal year 2027, with roughly $16.6 million of the $20.7 million increase dedicated to expanding security for the justices.
Supreme Court justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testify before the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill July 14, 2026, in Washington. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
Barrett, who was the target of a swatting incident in May, recounted how her and her family’s lives drastically changed following the leaked Dobbs decision in 2022, which ruled that abortion was not a constitutional right, causing threats on her life to intensify.
In that incident, someone falsely reported gunshots at her home, Barrett testified, saying her teenage son and his friends were the first to discover the street filled with police.
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«I was very, very grateful that I had Supreme Court police outside my home because they were able to stop and meet with and explain to the county police that it had been a false alarm, and so the police did not actually attempt to enter our home,» Barrett said.
She also shared that her and other justices are receiving anonymous packages being sent in the name of Daniel Anderl, the 20-year-old son of U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas, who was killed in 2020.
The gunman was an attorney posing as a delivery driver. Judge Salas was his target. Salas’ husband was seriously injured as well.
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett arrives to testify during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington July 14, 2026. (Kent Nishimura/AFP)
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«I think the message on these deliveries being sent in his name is clear,» Barrett said. «As Justice Kagan said, federal judges across the country, throughout the judiciary, including the Supreme Court, continue to do their jobs without fear or favor, but the threat level is really high.»
The testimony underscored the urgency behind the Supreme Court’s push for more security funding during its first appearance before Congress since 2019.
In total, the Supreme Court is requesting roughly $89 million to cover personal security costs, which Kagan said is necessary given that the justices have experienced a 35% increase in threats just in 2026, compared to a 25% increase in threats the year prior. Kagan noted how recent growth in the budget can be entirely attributed to security expenses.
«For some of us, those threats have come very close, and all of us live with the knowledge that they may again materialize,» Kagan testified.
She recalled that when she arrived at the Supreme Court in 2010, justices did not receive around-the-clock personal protection. Instead, the court’s police primarily guarded the building, and she only had security accompanying her during work-related public events.
But Kagan said the heightened focus on justices’ security began after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in 2016. Scalia died while on a hunting trip in Texas, where he was hours away from security personnel after declining a private security detail for the trip.
Kagan recalled that Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and the late Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md., went to Chief Justice John Roberts to push them to step up security.
«This was how the chief described it to us — they said, kind of like, ‘We think you’re crazy, you know, that you have less security than the director of the Office of Personnel Management does. And we think that you have to do better.’
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«Then, of course, the Dobbs leak happened, and that really increased the urgency of the entire thing,» Kagan said. «But we’ve been working on this now for about a decade and actually, I think, are grateful to Congress for coming to us and saying, ‘You have to up your game in this area.’»
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