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Moms group labeled ‘extremist’ flips script on SPLC after federal indictment: ‘Shut it down’
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The leader of a parental rights group that the Southern Poverty Law Center labeled an «extremist» organization is calling for the group to be «shut down» as it faces federal charges.
The Justice Department indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit concealment and money laundering, stemming from allegations that the civil rights organization funneled $3 million in donations to people linked to various violent extremist groups, including Unite the Right, the Ku Klux Klan and the Aryan Nations. These same extremist groups have been targeted by the Southern Poverty Law Center through its litigation and advocacy efforts for years.
Moms for America founder Kimberly Fletcher accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of being a «hate group against America, families, freedom, and God.»
«They’re not going to stop what they’re doing,» Fletcher said. «They’re going to continue funneling money into organizations that are extremist hate groups, and they’re going to continue to target organizations like ours, moms who just want to make sure that our kids are protected, our freedoms are defended, and we restore the republic.»
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Kimberly Fletcher, president and founder of Moms for America, speaking at CPAC 2025 held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (Moms for America)
In its «Year in Hate and Extremism 2022» report, the Southern Poverty Law Center identified Moms for America as an «anti-government extremist» group, alleging that it is an «anti-student inclusion» group and that its measures have «contributed to a volatile climate» for teachers, faculty and school board members.
«I find it ironic that the Southern Poverty Law Center turns out to be the extremist group, which we’ve always known, but now that they’re finally being exposed because the DOJ has investigated them and found them to be funneling money into all the extremist organizations that they’re supposed to be protecting us against,» Moms for America President and founder Kimberly Fletcher said in an interview with Fox News Digital.
«Putting moms in the same category as the Ku Klux Klan or these violent protesters, rioters, it absolutely is not compatible.»
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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) building seen in March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Barry Lewis/InPictures via Getty Images)
Moms for America, which consists of roughly 500,000 mothers across the country, advocates for restoring «truth, family, freedom and the Constitution» in schools and American culture, and opposes critical race theory and LGBT ideology in public school curricula.
Fletcher said that the SPLC’s «extremist» label has disrupted the group’s operations, claiming that tech companies cut off services and that the organization faced threats and harassment, prompting dozens of the organization’s leadership to step down.
«We have been continuously targeted in threats of violence,» Fletcher told Fox News Digital. «I’ve had emails sent to me saying, ‘I know where your kids live, I know who your grandkids are. And mostly it’s just trying to scare us, but there have been times where I’ve gone face to face with the belly of the beast and people have been right in my face and physically pushing on me.»
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Clashes occurred at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Despite threats and alleged shadowbanning by social media companies, Fletcher said the extremist label from the SPLC is «almost like a badge of honor.»
«You’re standing up for the right principles and values and so they’re gonna label you as an extremist,» and so we’ll just keep doing what we’re doing.»
To celebrate America’s 250th birthday, Fletcher said Moms for America is hosting a traveling festival in all 50 states geared toward families and children.
Fletcher said the key to countering the Southern Poverty Law Center and other leftist organizations’ attacks is to reach young people and unite families.
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«We are shining a light on all that’s good in America so that the darkness will be exposed for what it is because people gravitate to the lake,» Fletcher said.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Southern Poverty Law Center for comment.
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Sanctuary county refused 615 ICE transfer requests, turned over just 11 illegal immigrants, records show
Angel mom Cheryl Minter demands accountability from Fairfax DA
The House GOP grilled Fairfax DA Steve Descano over his controversial soft-on-crime record, particularly his office’s leniency toward illegal immigrant criminals. During powerful testimony, Angel Mom Cheryl Minter detailed how her daughter’s murder by an alleged illegal alien with over 30 prior arrests highlighted the tragic consequences.
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FIRST ON FOX: Records obtained by a conservative legal group show Fairfax County, Virginia, declined to transfer 615 illegal immigrants to ICE over the past 16 months, while turning over just 11.
Fairfax County, whose board includes one Republican supervisor for what is the most populous jurisdiction in the Old Dominion, formally designated itself a sanctuary jurisdiction in 2021 after passing the Public Trust and Confidentiality Policy or «Trust Policy.»
America First Legal filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the county seeking records from the office of Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Ann Kincaid, who testified at a contentious House hearing earlier this spring on Fairfax’s reluctance to cooperate with federal law enforcement.
The data, obtained directly from a Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office document, showed that for the entirety of 2025, Kincaid’s office refused to transfer 448 illegal immigrants to the Department of Homeland Security for processing and instead only turned over a total of nine to ICE. During the first four months of 2026, Fairfax declined to transfer another 167 illegal immigrants, while turning over only two.
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Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid (Eva Russo/Getty Images)
Since then, county policy has barred law enforcement from honoring ICE civil detainers or otherwise assisting with federal immigration enforcement.
America First Legal (AFL), which first obtained the data, placed much of the blame on Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephen Descano, who sat beside Kincaid at the recent hearing and faced sharp questioning from Republicans over his prosecutorial discretion in cases involving illegal immigrants arrested in the county.
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AFL said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital that Fairfax’s overall framework encourages recidivism by illegal immigrant offenders and has directly led to several gruesome cases, including the murder of Fredericksburg, Virginia, woman Stephanie Minter, whose alleged killer is an illegal immigrant from West Africa with a lengthy criminal record in Fairfax County.
AFL noted that Descano is under investigation by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division over claims U.S. citizens are effectively discriminated against because of the prosecutor’s stated preferential policies, which appeared on his campaign pages and elsewhere and were highlighted by Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock, R-Calif., and others during the hearing.
The group pointed to fatal stabbings; the alleged assault of a woman on the Washington & Old Dominion Trail, a popular rail trail spanning from Washington, D.C., to Purcellville that has long been considered safe; and other crimes allegedly committed by illegal immigrants who, it said, received light sentences or had charges dropped.
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Descano has long defended his prosecutorial discretion as evidence-based and handled on a case-by-case basis.
A Descano spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement Thursday that the DOJ’s probe is politically motivated and has «distort[ed] the office’s policy.» The spokesperson also said the notice appeared to arrive intentionally just before Descano testified before McClintock.
«Our office’s policies are fair, legal and reflect the values of Fairfax County, and we will not be distracted from our mission of keeping this community safe and holding individuals accountable when they commit crimes,» the spokesperson said.
Fox News Digital also reached out to Kincaid’s office for comment.
Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, left, and Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Ann Kincaid, right, testify before Congress. (Tom Williams/Getty Images)
AFL counsel Will Scolinos rejected the county’s defense, telling Fox News Digital that tragic cases such as Minter’s murder are the product of the Trust Policy and the shielding of «hundreds of illegal aliens … from federal law enforcement.»
«This deliberate obstruction by county officials protects illegal alien lawbreakers and endangers every family in Northern Virginia,» Scolinos said. «For too many families, it is already too late. But to protect other Virginians from future crimes at the hands of illegal aliens with prior arrests, Fairfax County must reverse this reckless, anti-American governance immediately.»
In the most recent month recorded, April 2026, 32 illegal immigrants were listed as being in the sheriff’s office’s custody, with none released to ICE. All 32 were subject to an «informed detainer,» and three were listed as convicted.
AFL also noted that Santa Clara County, California — home to the San Francisco 49ers’ new stadium — informed the group that it received 529 ICE detainer requests in 2025 and honored none.
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«If each detainer represents a unique illegal alien, an average of 1.34 arrested illegal aliens were released into Santa Clara every day,» AFL said in April.
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The numbers reflect a pattern that is expected to continue drawing scrutiny from the Trump administration and groups such as AFL, which has also sought data from sanctuary jurisdictions nationwide.
Fox News Digital reached out to DHS for comment.
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Trump calificó de “ridícula” la relación de Estados Unidos con la OTAN y volvió exigir que Europa aumente el gasto militar
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, calificó este viernes de “ridícula” la relación de su país con la OTAN, afirmó que el vínculo es “unilateral” y volvió a reclamar que los aliados europeos asuman una mayor responsabilidad en materia de defensa, a pocos días de la cumbre de la alianza que se celebrará el 7 y 8 de julio en Ankara, Turquía.
Trump publicó su mensaje en la red social Truth Social, donde cuestionó el compromiso de los países europeos con la alianza. “¡Ellos no estuvieron ahí para nosotros!”, escribió el mandatario. Además, sostuvo que la relación entre Washington y la OTAN “no es recíproca” y consideró “ridícula” la continuidad de un esquema que definió como “unilateral” para Estados Unidos.
El mandatario volvió a apuntar contra los aliados europeos por su respuesta a la guerra en Irán. En distintas ocasiones cuestionó que varios países restringieran el uso de bases militares por parte de las fuerzas estadounidenses y reiteró que Europa debe asumir el liderazgo de su propia defensa, mientras Washington reduce parte de sus compromisos militares en el continente.
Trump acompañó su publicación con un gráfico sobre el gasto militar de los miembros de la OTAN, en el que mostró que Estados Unidos destina una inversión ampliamente superior a la de varios países de la alianza.
Las declaraciones llegaron menos de una semana antes de la cumbre de la OTAN en Ankara, donde los líderes de los 32 Estados miembros debatirán el futuro de la seguridad europea, el reparto de responsabilidades dentro de la alianza y el fortalecimiento de las capacidades militares.
En ese contexto, el embajador de Estados Unidos ante la OTAN, Matthew Whitaker, reforzó el mensaje de la Casa Blanca y reclamó que todos los aliados aceleren el cumplimiento del compromiso de elevar el gasto en defensa al 5% del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) para 2035.
“Algunos aliados están haciendo más que otros, y tenemos países como Polonia, los países nórdicos, los bálticos y Alemania a la cabeza”, afirmó Whitaker ante periodistas.
Sin embargo, advirtió que “tenemos algunos que se están quedando atrás, que o bien no están gastando lo suficiente en este momento o no tienen una vía creíble para llegar al compromiso de defensa de La Haya”.
El diplomático recordó que los líderes de la OTAN acordaron el año pasado aumentar el gasto relacionado con la defensa hasta el 5% del PIB para 2035, una meta impulsada por Trump.
Whitaker sostuvo que el presidente estadounidense “espera plenamente que todos los aliados den un paso al frente de inmediato y se pongan en el camino hacia el cinco por ciento, y que lo hagan con urgencia”.
El embajador también aseguró que las diferencias recientes entre Washington y algunos socios europeos respondieron al deterioro de las relaciones personales entre dirigentes y afirmó que “esos tiempos ya pasaron”.
Además, señaló a España por haber “decepcionado” a Trump debido a su postura respecto de la guerra en Irán y por su “falta de voluntad para demostrar un camino creíble hacia el cinco por ciento” del PIB en gasto de defensa.
Pese a esas críticas, Whitaker indicó que no espera un enfrentamiento entre Trump y el presidente del Gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez, durante la cumbre.
El funcionario estadounidense también sostuvo que el aumento del gasto debe traducirse en capacidades militares concretas. “El objetivo es claro: seguir trasladando la responsabilidad de la defensa convencional de Europa a nuestros aliados de la OTAN”, afirmó. Asimismo, agregó: “Estados Unidos no va a desaparecer, pero tenemos responsabilidades a nivel mundial”.
Otro de los temas previstos para la reunión será el fortalecimiento de la industria de defensa a ambos lados del Atlántico. Whitaker expresó el respaldo de Washington a los esfuerzos de la Unión Europea para ampliar la producción militar, aunque advirtió sobre iniciativas que puedan excluir a empresas estadounidenses.
“Desde luego, no apoyamos el lenguaje proteccionista que a menudo incluyen muchas de las iniciativas de defensa europeas, que excluiría a los aliados”, señaló. Por último, sostuvo: “Ese es un tema que podría surgir durante la cumbre y esperamos poder llegar a un acuerdo sobre ese desafío”.
(Con información de AFP)
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