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Musk’s departure marks new chapter for government efficiency in border security

As the Department of Government Efficiency enters a new era with the departure of Elon Musk on Friday, it has caused numerous changes in recent months on matters of immigration and border security.
«DOGE has helped to transform the Federal government by eliminating waste and bloat that has been ignored for years. DOGE is playing a key role in eliminating millions of taxpayer money being misspent, including contracts for illegal alien facilities that sat empty during the Biden Border invasion and funding for hotel rooms to house illegal gang members. DOGE’s mission to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse continues!» Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, told Fox News Digital in a statement on Friday.
In February, the Department of Homeland Security announced that they had gutted an $83 million contract for «an empty illegal alien facility during an invasion at the southern border» and the $80 million in FEMA funding to provide lodging for illegal immigrants in New York City, like the Roosevelt Hotel.
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DOGE leader Elon Musk has been hit with 96% negative coverage on ABC, NBC and CBS evening newscasts, according to the Media Research Center. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
In March, a contract to resume wall construction along seven miles of the border was cleared by DOGE.
«Secretary Noem announced that we officially awarded the first [DOGE] approved contract to restart construction on President Trump’s border wall,» DHS posted on March 17.
DOGE also posted to X in April that it had found that many illegal immigrants who were on the FBI’s terror watchlist and those who have a criminal history were taking out public benefits. Four on the terror watchlist and 901 other «paroled aliens» were «collecting Medicaid,» 41 received unemployment benefits, 22 got student loans from the federal government and 409 got a «net» tax refund in 2024, according to the department. The cost of the tax refunds was $751,000, Medicaid cost $276,000, and the student loans totaled out to $280,000, the department said.
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is sworn in during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on her nomination to be Secretary of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP) (Getty Images)
«Under the Biden administration, it was routine for Border Patrol to admit aliens into the United States with no legal status and minimal screening,» the post stated. «So far, CBP identified a subset of 6.3k individuals paroled into the United States since 2023 on the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center watchlist or with criminal records. These paroles have since been terminated with immediate effect. Despite having no other legal status, paroled aliens are able to file for work authorization and receive social security numbers.»
Outside of immigration and border security, DHS said the Coast Guard is expected to save $32.7 million by scrapping an information technology system that was deemed «ineffective.» In a video posted in May about the partnership between DOGE and DHS, it said the funds are going to «frontline operations.»
«Another win for government efficiency at DHS!» DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement to Fox News Digital in April.
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This image shows the border wall separating Mexico from the U.S. in San Diego Sector. (Fox News)
«Continuing the crucial work of DOGE, the Coast Guard eliminated an ineffective IT program, saving over $32 million and focusing its resources where they’re most needed to protect the homeland. The USCG continues to deliver on the President’s priorities, maximizing its efficiency while securing our borders and maritime approaches,» Noem added.
DHS and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) also recently announced a planned crackdown on illegal immigrants’ use of public housing benefits.
And last month, DHS announced that, in the spirit of cracking down on «waste, fraud and abuse,» it was ending FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.
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White House border czar Tom Homan speaks with reporters at the White House, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP )
«The BRIC program was yet another example of a wasteful and ineffective FEMA program. It was more concerned with political agendas than helping Americans affected by natural disasters,» a FEMA spokesperson said in a statement at the time. «Under Secretary Noem’s leadership, we are committed to ensuring that Americans in crisis can get the help and resources they need.»
Fox News reached out to DHS for additional comment. The changes come as President Donald Trump made major policy changes during the early days of his second term, which has led to a sharp decrease in encounters at the border and a continued crackdown on illegal immigrants with a criminal background in the U.S. interior.
In total, DOGE has estimated it has saved $175 billion for taxpayers so far.
Fox News’ Greg Wehner and Preston Mizell contributed to this report.
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Trump administration demands $1B settlement from UCLA over campus antisemitism claims

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The Trump administration is seeking $1 billion from UCLA to settle discrimination and antisemitism allegations in exchange for restoring more than half a billion dollars in frozen grant funding to the university.
The proposed agreement sent to the school Friday requires UCLA to pay the federal government $1 billion over multiple installments, along with establishing a $172 million claims fund for alleged victims of violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
The Trump administration has already suspended $584 million in federal grants from UCLA after the Justice Department announced it found the school violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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The Trump administration is seeking $1 billion from UCLA to settle a lawsuit. (AP; Getty Images)
In a statement provided to Fox News Digital, UC President James Milliken said the university system had received the document with the offer and was reviewing it.
«Earlier this week, we offered to engage in good-faith dialogue with the (Justice) Department to protect the university and its critical research mission,» Milliken said. «As a public university, we are stewards of taxpayer resources, and a payment of this scale would completely devastate our country’s greatest public university system as well as inflict great harm on our students and all Californians.
«Americans across this great nation rely on the vital work of UCLA and the UC system for technologies and medical therapies that save lives, grow the U.S. economy and protect our national security.»
«Demanding $1 billion from a publicly-funded, leading research institution is a misuse of tax dollars that will hurt the University’s mission of serving students and the public,» he said in a statement. «UCLA, and the larger UC system, has taken meaningful steps to make it clear that combatting antisemitism and protecting Jewish students, faculty, and community members on campus is a top priority.»
«They have been committed to increasing security, strengthening policies against hate, and engaging directly with Jewish voices to better inform their approach,» he added. «If the Administration’s mission is truly to protect the Jewish community, they would be supporting that work – not hamstringing it with these outlandish demands that would only take away needed resources and services for students and faculty.»
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California state Sen. Ben Allen, a Democrat whose district encompasses UCLA, said the Trump administration’s demand is «harming the engines of American power, innovation, and, indeed, greatness.»
The move came a day after California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized settlements between Columbia and Brown universities, both Ivy League schools, and the Trump administration.
«We’re not Brown, we’re not Columbia, and I’m not going to be governor if we act like that,» Newsom said while speaking in San Francisco. «Period. Full stop, I will fight like hell to make sure that doesn’t happen.»
Columbia will pay more than $220 million to resolve multiple federal civil rights investigations, including $21 million to settle claims of antisemitic employment discrimination against Jewish faculty after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel.
Brown will shell out $50 million over a decade to state workforce development organizations as part of a deal struck with the U.S. government.
In July, UCLA agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Jewish students and faculty members over the school’s handling of anti-Israel protests, including allowing protesters to ban Jews from a part of the campus known as a «Jew Exclusion Zone.»
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The lawsuit was brought last year by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which accused UCLA of «aiding and abetting» an antisemitic culture, including «segregating Jewish students and preventing them from accessing the heart of campus.»
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Donald Trump anunció que se reunirá el próximo viernes con Vladimir Putin en Alaska

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció que su esperada reunión con el mandatario ruso Vladimir Putin se realizará el próximo viernes 15 de agosto en Alaska, un estado en el noroeste estadounidense.
“La tan esperada reunión entre mi persona, como Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América, y el Presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, tendrá lugar el próximo viernes 15 de agosto de 2025 en el Gran Estado de Alaska. Próximamente se ofrecerán más detalles”, publicó el mandatario norteamericano en sus redes sociales.
El asesor presidencial ruso Yuri Ushakov confirmó que Putin y Trump se reunirán en Alaska, según declaraciones a la agencia de noticias Sputnik. “Rusia y Estados Unidos son vecinos cercanos, por lo que es bastante lógico que la reunión se celebre en Alaska”, dijo, y añadió: “De cara al futuro, es natural esperar que la próxima reunión se celebre en territorio ruso. Ya se ha enviado la correspondiente invitación al presidente estadounidense”.
Por otra parte, Trump recalcó este viernes que el acuerdo de paz en Ucrania mediado por EEUU podría contemplar “intercambios de territorios” para “mejorar la situación de ambos países” implicados en el conflicto. “Hablamos de un territorio disputado durante tres años y medio, con la muerte de muchos rusos y ucranianos. (…) Es complicado. Habrá intercambios de territorios para beneficio de ambos”, señaló, y enfatizó que confía en la predisposición de Putin y del presidente ucraniano Volodimir Zelensky para alcanzar una solución negociada.
El jefe de Estado estadounidense agregó que las negociaciones para la cumbre en Alaska se han visto demoradas por requisitos de seguridad, aunque reiteró su intención de buscar un cese el fuego en Ucrania. “Europa quiere paz. Millones de personas han muerto”, aseguró frente a la prensa, tras presidir la firma de un acuerdo de paz entre los líderes de Armenia y Azerbaiyán en la Casa Blanca.
Además, transmitió que “ya se están acercando a un pacto de cese el fuego porque todas las partes quieren poner fin al conflicto”. También destacó el reciente envío de ayuda militar a Ucrania a través de la OTAN y señaló que “Zelensky necesita conseguir todo lo que necesita, porque tendrá que prepararse para ceder algo”.

En Moscú, el presidente Putin consultó este viernes con los líderes de China e India como parte de sus gestiones antes del encuentro con Trump, buscando apoyo internacional. Según el Kremlin, Putin informó al presidente chino, Xi Jinping, sobre los avances de su conversación con el enviado especial estadounidense, Steve Witkoff, quien visitó la capital rusa esta semana para preparar la cumbre. Xi se mostró favorable a una “solución a largo plazo” al conflicto y expresó satisfacción por el diálogo abierto entre Estados Unidos y Rusia sobre Ucrania.
Por su lado, el primer ministro indio, Narendra Modi, declaró tras hablar telefónicamente con Putin: “Tuve una buena y detallada conversación con mi amigo el presidente Putin. Le agradecí que compartiera los últimos acontecimientos sobre Ucrania”. Tanto China como India han promovido iniciativas de paz por su cuenta, aunque por el momento no han logrado avances sustanciales.
Respecto a la posible sede para las futuras conversaciones entre Rusia y Ucrania, Putin mencionó a los Emiratos Árabes Unidos como una opción, aunque no ha sido confirmada por Washington. Además, Trump ha sugerido que podría producirse un encuentro trilateral con Zelensky después de su reunión con Putin, aunque indicó que un cara a cara directo entre los mandatarios de Rusia y Ucrania no constituye un requisito indispensable.
En Ucrania, las hostilidades se extienden tras más de tres años de conflicto iniciado por la invasión rusa en febrero de 2022. Según fuentes oficiales, decenas de miles de personas han muerto y millones han sido desplazadas, principalmente en el este y sur del país. Las negociaciones previas entre Moscú y Kiev no han logrado un acuerdo duradero hasta la fecha.

El gobernador de la región de Donetsk, Vadym Filashkin, anunció este viernes la evacuación de familias con niños en 19 aldeas del este debido al avance de las tropas rusas, con cientos de personas afectadas en localidades situadas a menos de 30 kilómetros del frente.
La próxima cumbre de Alaska se convertirá en la primera reunión presencial entre un presidente estadounidense y uno ruso desde el encuentro entre Joe Biden y Putin en Ginebra en 2021. Distintos líderes internacionales, como el mandatario de Sudáfrica, Cyril Ramaphosa, también han intensificado contactos diplomáticos en la búsqueda de una salida negociada al conflicto.
Hasta el momento, el presidente Zelensky ha reiterado que Ucrania no cederá ningún territorio a Rusia, incluidas las zonas del este bajo ocupación militar desde el inicio de las hostilidades.
(Con información de AFP, EFE y EP)
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