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DOT cracks down on thousands of illegal immigrant truckers as agency looks to holiday travel: Duffy

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PHOENIX – Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy offered an update on his agency’s work alongside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in cracking down on an influx of illegal immigrants given a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license (CDL) without proper vetting, which has led to several deaths on America’s highways.
Duffy was set to speak this weekend at AmericaFest and also touched on his special friendship with Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk, who was murdered Sept. 10 during an event in Utah.
«First off, President [Donald] Trump has been a remarkable leader. What he cares about is making government work better, making sure he’s implementing the right policies for the American people. Not the rich, not the powerful, but average, everyday Americans,» Duffy said when asked about the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) crackdown on the trucking crisis.
Duffy sprang into action earlier this year after an Indian national who authorities said was issued a CDL by California allegedly killed a carload of people after he attempted an illegal U-turn on Florida’s Turnpike.
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Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./AP Photos)
Duffy expanded his efforts, warning Pennsylvania’s PennDOT and other agencies after illegal immigrants captured out of state were found to have non-domiciled CDLs issued by blue state agencies. In PennDOT’s case, an agency official told Fox News Digital a Philadelphia resident named in the sweep had not drawn any red flags in a federal database it used to verify him.
«As you’ve seen, Homeland Security focused on the border and illegal migrants in the country. What we found at DOT is a different set of problems,» Duffy said, adding that too many states have offered licenses to ineligible foreigners.
«They’re not qualified to get a license. And under [former President] Joe Biden’s tenure, [former Transportation Secretary] Pete Buttigieg’s tenure, millions of people have come into the country. And it seems like states across the country have offered commercial driver licenses to many of those people,» he said.
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«The problem is that you endanger the safety of everyday Americans who use our roadways. And, so, what we’ve done at DOT is say, ‘Listen, unless you comply with our rules, we are going to take money away from your state.’»
He added that DOT has pressed for compliance from problem states, sharing that California has since revoked 17,000 problematic non-domiciled CDL licenses.
On the other side of the country, Duffy said that more than half of the non-domiciled CDLs issued by NYSDOT were «issued illegally.»
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Those New York drivers, he said, may not even be legally present in the U.S., or they may have had a work permit for a few months but wrongfully parlayed that into a truck or school bus driving license with a seven-year expiry date.
«So, we are going to use every resource, every tool that we have at DOT, to make sure that we have the right people on our road that are well qualified, well licensed. That are proficient in the English language to make sure we’re maximizing safety.»
He noted that while many people are focused on non-domiciled CDL holders driving big rigs, many are also qualified to therefore drive school buses, potentially putting children in danger.
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As the Florida tragedy showed, those drivers also don’t just stay in the states with lax policies.
«We are going to maximize everyone’s safety on American roadways, and that means going after states, pulling money from states. We 100% under Donald Trump’s leadership will,» Duffy said.
Speaking about his friendship with Kirk, Duffy said AmFest shows the impact Kirk had on America’s youth, drawing them into the conservative movement.
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«To be here with my wife at this event and the meaning behind it is incredibly honoring for us and to be able to talk to the young people who are here to honor Charlie and have our voices heard,» he said.
«It couldn’t be more thrilling and exciting, and I’m looking forward to taking the main stage but also having a chance to talk to a lot of the … young people, but people of all ages, are here to come and celebrate Charlie in this movement.»
Duffy later said Friday was to be the busiest travel day of the year, and that 51,000 flights took off, a reminder of the sacrifices air traffic control and other DOT subdivision workers make at Christmastime.
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«They’re going to work overtime. We appreciate their service. But I think what’s also important is when there are a lot of flights like this, so many people are traveling, I think the American traveler has to pack their best attitude, their best perspective as they go to the airport,» he said.
«[They should] know there could be some mishaps because it’s so busy. But if you have that little angel on your shoulder and saying, ‘I’m going to roll with the flow, and I’m going to do my best as a person who’s going to get on an airplane and travel with multiple of the people,’ I think the experience is going to be great.»
Suggesting the DOT or FAA could receive complaints as they tend to during holiday seasons, Duffy said travelers should remember an important maxim when it comes to his agency’s work.
«If there’s any issue in any of those spaces —whether it’s the controllers, the weather, mechanical — we will slow down traffic or we will stop traffic because we want you to be safe when you travel,» he said.
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«I don’t want your flight delayed, but I’ll take a delayed flight over an unsafe flight every day of the week, and that’s what we focus on.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Biden and a political organization linked to Buttigieg for comment.
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Exiled Iranian crown prince says he’s ready to lead Iran ‘as soon as the Islamic Republic falls’

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Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi said Saturday he is ready to lead Iran’s transition «as soon as the Islamic Republic falls.»
As the war in Iran entered its third week, Pahlavi — the son of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi — said he has been working in recent months to develop a transition plan should the Iranian regime collapse to ensure the country does not experience a disruption in governance.
Pahlavi said in a social media post that «capable individuals» have been identified both inside and outside Iran to lead what he called a «transitional system.»
«The transitional system, under my leadership, will be ready to assume governance of the country as soon as the Islamic Republic falls and, in the shortest possible time, establish order, security, freedom and the conditions for Iran’s prosperity and flourishing,» he said.
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Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi said on March 14 that he is ready to lead Iran’s transition should the current regime collapse. (JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)
Pahlavi has lived in exile since the 1979 Islamic Revolution toppled Iran’s monarchy and established the Islamic Republic.
He has in recent years sought to position himself as a unifying opposition figure and has said he would help guide a transition of power from theocracy to democracy in Iran.
In a message addressed to his «compatriots,» Pahlavi said his plan for governing the country would fall within the framework of the «Iran Prosperity Project.»
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In this picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency, Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, looks on in Tehran on October 13, 2024. (Hamed JAFARNEJAD / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images)
He said that many compatriots with valuable experience and expertise have declared «their readiness to participate in the rebuilding of the country and to serve the homeland.»
Since joint operations between the U.S. and Israel began, nearly 50 regime figures have been killed, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
His son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was elected this week by Iran’s Assembly of Experts as the country’s new supreme leader.
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Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran, said the Islamic Republic is «crumbling» and called for a democratic transition following recent U.S. and Israeli military strikes. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
In an appearance last week on Fox News’ «My View» with Lara Trump, Pahlavi said the Iranian people would not accept any outcome moving forward tied to the current regime.
«Only a clean break will ensure that not only we achieve a democratic solution and alternative to this regime, but there will be people who are not in any form or shape directly associated with this regime,» he said.
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Pahlavi said the Iranian people must decide their country’s leadership and that «only the ballot box should determine the outcome and who will be responsible for our country in the future.»
«I think what we will expect any government, including, of course, the current Trump administration to recognize that indeed the best way to help the Iranian people is to allow them to make that choice freely and to support that choice as a Western democracy, as the leading democracy in the world,» he said.
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Elvira Sastre: “Este libro es una resistencia a las ausencias de la gente que quiero y que se va muriendo”

A Elvira Sastre no le gustan las etiquetas ni los hermetismos porque ella escribe justo para lo contrario: para ofrecer una apertura. Escoge las palabras como quien elige un gesto de abrigo, algo íntimo y cercano, un lugar donde resguardarse cuando afuera nos envuelve el ruido. En su literatura no hay voluntad de encajar en un molde, sino de mirar el mundo con cuidado, atención y delicadeza. Sus textos, más que para leerlos, son para habitarlos.
Su último libro nace, precisamente, desde la premisa del cuidado. Un cuaderno de bitácora que responde a la urgencia de retener en la retina aquello que ha sido importante para ella: personas, escenas, cuerpos, momentos. En ese gesto de preservación confluyen dos de sus grandes pasiones, la escritura y la fotografía analógica, que aquí dialogan como si siempre hubieran estado destinadas a encontrarse. Podemos hablar, en este sentido, de un cuidado visual, un lugar para guarecer la memoria sin imponer ni mancillar lo vivido.
Cuando Elvira llega al lugar en el que hemos quedado, yo ya la espero con un café caliente entre las manos. Ella no puede recordarme, es comprensible. Aun así, tiro de carrete memorístico y le cuento que nos conocimos varios años atrás, en la presentación de uno de sus poemarios, en un momento bisagra de mi vida: estaba a punto de mudarme a Colombia. Recuerdo que en aquella dedicatoria me deseó un feliz viaje. Un gesto sencillo que, sin embargo, para mí se convirtió en algo más. Me subí al avión con aquel garabato bajo el brazo y acunarme en ese deseo fue, de algún modo, sentir el hogar a diez mil metros por encima de mi casa.

La narrativa de Sastre es así: parece pequeña, pero acompaña durante mucho tiempo. Quizá por eso sus textos llegan al corazón de tantas personas. Más allá del impulso que puedan darle las redes sociales o del fenómeno que a veces se proyecta sobre su figura, en su escritura hay algo profundamente honesto, una ternura sin artificio. Siempre he pensado que su poesía huele a pan recién horneado o al aroma que desprende el cuerpo caliente de quien amamos. Hay calor en sus palabras, y también verdad.
Esa es su magia: la capacidad constante de humanizar lo inenarrable, de poner nombre a aquello que parecía quedarse fuera del lenguaje. En En defensa de la memoria hay fragilidad, sí, pero también la fuerza arrolladora de una tormenta en una noche de estío. Es una flor silvestre: encapsula la belleza de lo efímero y, al mismo tiempo, demuestra la tenacidad de quien es capaz de brotar en medio de la roca. Desde ahí, desde ese territorio íntimo y resistente, comienza esta conversación.
-Este libro es como el álbum fotográfico que nos encontraríamos en el salón de la casa de la abuela. La intimidad compartida de Elvira Sastre. Leyéndolo, a mí me aparece una palabra una y otra vez: todavía. Todavía seguimos palpando, todavía seguimos haciendo fotos, todavía seguimos cultivando recuerdos. Si hoy tuvieras que elegir una palabra que designara este momento creativo y vital, ¿cuál sería?
-Elegir me cuesta muchísimo, pero yo te diría que resistencia, creo que es la palabra que me ha acompañado y que me acompaña cuando hago fotografía analógica. Que me acompaña también cuando me siento a escribir. Este libro es una resistencia al olvido y al paso del tiempo, a las ausencias de la gente que quiero y que se va muriendo. Es como decir: bueno, sé que la vida funciona así, pero yo voy a resistir fabricando este artefacto que defiende la memoria, porque considero que eso es lo importante.
-De hecho, justo la siguiente pregunta que te iba a hacer está relacionada con eso… ¿Qué te ayuda más en esa resistencia al olvido: la escritura o la fotografía?
-No te sabría decir pero, por la experiencia que he tenido este año, que ha sido complicado y he tenido que atravesar muchas capas de mí para poder llegar a escribir lo que estaba sintiendo, la fotografía me ha liberado. Tengo la necesidad de expresarme siempre, pero las palabras me han provocado este año un esfuerzo demasiado grande; la fotografía, en cambio, me ha permitido soltarme. Al final, cuando estoy escribiendo, todo parte de dentro y va hacia afuera; con la fotografía es al revés, va desde fuera y llega hacia adentro. Son distintas formas artísticas de hacer lo mismo. Por eso este libro se ha construido con fotografías. Es el texto el que las acompaña, y no al revés.

-¿Siempre habías hecho fotografía? ¿De dónde te nace esa pulsión?
-Siempre me gustó. No de un modo profesional ni muchísimo menos, pero de pequeña me gustaba mucho. Recuerdo unas navidades que mi hermana me regaló una réflex digital. Fue la primera y, además, la compró con su primer sueldo. Me encantaba llevarla de viaje. Tuve una época que me dio mucho por la fotografía digital. Cuando después descubrí la analógica, sentí que era ir a contracorriente de todo lo que se estaba haciendo (de todo lo que se está haciendo también ahora). La cámara analógica te exige pausa, concentración, solo tienes una oportunidad de hacer un disparo. También practica mucho la paciencia, porque luego hay que esperar a que te llegue el revelado. Es otra forma de resistencia.
-Algo que creo que hemos perdido con las redes sociales y la fotografía digital es la intimidad. Porque cuando tú tienes un móvil y sacas una foto, generalmente es porque tienes intención de mandarla por WhatsApp o subirla a una red social. En cambio, con la analógica hay muchas fotografías que se quedan ahí para siempre, guardadas en un cajón, donde puede que nadie más las vea nunca. Quería preguntarte cómo ha sido, en este caso, la selección, porque al final en este libro tenemos acceso a una pequeña parte de tu intimidad. ¿Qué archivos has decidido quedarte solo para ti?
-Hace tiempo estuve en París en una exposición de fotografía analógica. No recuerdo el nombre del autor, pero vi una imagen que él había hecho del mar. En la parte de arriba, lo acompañaba un pequeño texto. Ahora que lo pienso, creo que ese fue, en realidad, el germen de este libro. Explicaba que ese día su hermana había dado a luz y que había hecho esa foto porque él estaba lejos y quería enseñarle a su sobrino cómo estaba el mar el día en el que había nacido. Me pareció precioso. Fue entonces cuando dije: venga, voy a hacer esto yo también con mi sobrino cuando nazca. Le hice un álbum donde le explicaba cómo estaba el campo el día que nació, las flores, los perros, el hospital, su número de habitación. Tengo muchísimas fotos, pero las personales las he decidido guardar solo para mí.
-Como tú dices, esa exposición fue, claramente, el germen de este libro, pero ¿en qué otras cosas te inspiras para escribir o fotografiar?
-Me inspira mucho el cine. Estoy pensando en una película japonesa, Perfect days, en la que el protagonista es un hombre que se dedica a limpiar retretes en Tokio. Tiene también una cámara de fotos, es la manera en la que él transita la belleza. Ese tipo de cosas son las que me inspiran, me obsesionan, me quedo como colgada mucho tiempo ahí… Todo lo que me emociona, y no sé muy bien por qué lo hace, intento descifrarlo. Muchas veces la fotografía me resuelve eso, me permite capturar la belleza de las cosas que no sé si nadie más está mirando.
-¿Te digo cuál es mi foto favorita? La del señor mayor que está caminando, saliendo lentamente del pueblo. Te imagino ahí esperando dentro del coche a que cruce, en esa bella pausa creativa.
-Ese verano hice muchísimas fotografías. Me quedaba dentro del coche, esperando. Pensaba: madre mía, cualquiera que me vea aquí… Me da mucho pudor fotografiar a gente que no me está viendo, por eso hay muchas personas de espaldas. Cuando vi a ese señor, vi claramente una historia, el mundo de ese hombre, en ese pueblo vacío, un día de julio, atravesando esa puerta. Pensar ahora en ese momento está siendo muy importante para mí.
*Este es un fragmento de la entrevista publicada por la revista Lengua.
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Son of British couple detained in Iran ‘let down’ by Starmer’s leadership on parent’s imprisonment amid war

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The son of a British couple who have remained jailed in Iran for more than a year is appealing to President Donald Trump as the war in Iran complicates the situation.
«Conditions have intensified over the last couple of weeks, to say the least, as you might imagine with the complexity of war,» Joe Bennett told Fox News Saturday.
He said the notorious Evin Prison, where his parents are being held in Tehran, was already at capacity, and a recent surge of protesters has created severely crowded conditions.
«Food is scarce,» he added. «We’re worried about the replenishment of their stocks of food. I mean, it’s unsanitary conditions. It has been described as ‘hell on Earth’ by them.
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Family and supporters of Lindsay and Craig Foreman hold up a sign in London calling for their freedom in January on the first anniversary of their detention. (Brook Mitchell/AFP via Getty Images)
«With the bombs that are dropping and the activity that’s happening there at the moment, the anxiety is heightened for us and for them as well.»
Craig and Lindsay Foreman were arrested in January 2025 by Iranian authorities while on a global motorcycling trip and were later sentenced to 10 years in prison on suspicion of spying.
Bennett spoke in Washington, D.C., Thursday at the McCain Institute’s US-UK Transatlantic Conference on Hostage-Taking and Arbitrary Detention, criticizing British leaders’ — namely Prime Minister Keir Starmer — «non-existent» advocacy for his parents, BBC News reported.
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«The clear message to the U.K. government and Starmer is to stop hiding behind this as a consular case,» Bennett told Fox News. «I think that was put out the window when they were sentenced to 10 years for espionage, accused of being spies for the Israeli Mossad and the U.K. government.

Joe Bennett, center, stands in front of 10 Downing Street in London with a petition in January. (Ben Whitley/PA Images via Getty Images)
«What we haven’t seen is leadership qualities from Keir Starmer. We haven’t seen him advocate since their sentencing to, as you say, condemn this sham process and the treatment of U.K. nationals.»
Starmer’s silence has left Bennett’s family feeling «let down,» he said. «We feel there’s an opportunity to do so and there still is.»
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Bennett stressed that his parents’ detention and sentencing «is hostage taking.»

Joe Bennett, the son of Lindsay and Craig Foreman, urged President Trump to be precise with Iranian strikes. (Carlos Jasso/AFP via Getty Images)
«It affects not just the U.K., the U.S. as well and Western civilization,» Bennett added.
«Innocent people are being targeted for leverage as political pawns.»
He also urged Trump to be «concise» with Iranian strikes and not to forget that Brits and Americans are in that prison.
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«Two things I’d like to say to Mr. Trump is, firstly, that safety is important,» Bennett told Fox News. «Missiles have hit Evin in June of last year but also were very close.
«So, I think the target — I just want him to be concise that, you know, so that Evin isn’t a part of that, and, secondly, is to not forget that they are there.»
He noted that, along with his parents, U.S. nationals are also imprisoned at Evin.
«And as a humanitarian plea, from a son for his mother’s release is what I’m asking for,» he said.
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