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Tesla had a contract of 400 million dollars from the United States government. They have had to reculate

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Elon Musk has become one of the strong men of the new Donald Trump government in the United States. Very involved in his electoral campaign, the owner of Tesla has also become the visible head of the government efficiency department (Doge) with which he aspires to reduce inefficiencies within state institutions. Since he took sides in the government, Musk has applied hard In the administration the same thing that has launched in its own companies: marathon days (including beds in the offices) and the elimination of all superfluous cost. To the point of withdraw the protection of career officialsthose who work for the State rule who governs. But at the same rate that Musk advances in reducing assumptions superfluous and expendable costs In state structures, questions about a possible conflict of interest have been repeated. Questions that have made sense following a controversial contract of 400 million dollars to get armored electric cars. Or should we say a controversial contract of 400 million dollars to get electric cars of Tesla armored? Tesla, the word that appears and disappears When talking about the possible conflict of interest between Elon Musk and its position within the United States government it has been to focus on the facilities that can be granted to accelerate tests with autonomous cars (in which Tesla has great hopes) or in the elimination of aid for the purchase of electric cars (which can prevent rivals from achieving sales of the Musk company). However, what was not thought of was directly on the purchase of Tesla electric vehicles for the United States administration itself. In an order of December 2024, the State Department contemplated a $ 400 million contract for the acquisition of armored vehicles as a part of the forecasts of ADisquisitions for the fiscal year of 2025. In that same document, the name of BMW whose BMW X5 and X7 armored uses the state administrations also appeared. They explain in Bloomberg that this contract has been modified to make the word Tesla disappear and, in this way, that a conflict of interest cannot be denounced when it comes to awarding it. What now appears in the drafting of the contract is the hiring worth 400 million dollars of “armored electric vehicles”. This situation, they point out from the American media, is just one of the possible conflicts of interest that can arise with the new Musk position within the country’s government. Spacex, its aerospace company, is responsible for providing rockets for the US army or launching NASA astronauts and has previously received contracts worth bills of dollars. For its part, Elon Musk has assured that it has no record that this has happened. In a message in xthe owner of Tesla has assured that he is completely sure that there is nothing approved about the possible purchase of these cars. What the American media highlights is to what extent Musk can exercise a neutral position in future contracts where their companies are involved. In this case, for example, although there were other brands involved the 400 million dollars item is the highest of the 320 items that appear in the purchase forecast for this year. In statements a ForbesState Department spokesmen say that last year Joe Biden’s government He requested that “the interest of private companies to produce armored electric vehicles” and that a single company showed interest in the contract. “It should have been a generic entry called ‘Electric Vehicle Manufacturer’” Without the mention of Tesla, they collect in the middle. Keep in mind that, if the contract is granted, the chosen electric car should be the cybertuck tesla of which precisely The company has presumed its resistanceeven before the bullets. The car began to sell at a good pace And the most expensive units were placed to get greater profitability but after the first months of commercialization, the huge electric pick-up It seems not being convinced to possible buyers. Photo | Maxim and The White House In Xataka | Tesla had no intention of selling Cybertruck in China. Is selling so few that it already rethinks it

The mystery of the best photography made to a UFO is still unresolved. And the United Kingdom Government has the fault

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In the set of UVNI eventsacronym for unidentified flying object that over time has been slightly modified to UAP, there are some more relevant than others. Obviously, those who have not been able to answer for lack of information They are the ones who have caught the public’s attention. Without going very far, Incidents revealed by New York Times In 2017 with The pentagon fighters avistando “something”They have turned the world around. And if we stick to a photograph, none like Calvine’s. Encounters in the moors of Scotland. Historius took place One night of August 1990when two hikers who worked as chefs in a nearby hotel claimed to have witnessed an inexplicable event in Calvine’s moors, a remote town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. While they walked between the fog, They noticed the presence of a huge diamond -shaped object floating in the sky“A stranger” without sound or visible propulsion signs. Its metal structure remained static in the air, challenging common sense itself on the behavior of a conventional aircraft. The astonishment and fear of witnesses increased when A combat plane Harrier appeared on the scenesurrounding the object as if it were in a recognition maneuver. Before the men could process what they saw, the mysterious artifact amounted to high speed and disappeared. One of the witnesses managed to capture several photographs of the moment, images that, years later, would become one of the most enigmatic visual tests in the history of this type of events and considered as Better photography ever made to a UFO. The Ministry of Defense intervenes. Days later, hikers They sent the photos and their testimony to the newspaper Daily Record of Scotland. Andy Allen, image editor of the newspaper, was hit by the clarity of the photographs and decided to send the best to Craig Lindsay, then press officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the base of Pitreavie Castle. Lindsay, surprised by the sharpness and realism of the image, referred it to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MOD), that immediately requested the negatives and other copies. In addition, he instructed Lindsay to contact the witnesses and collect more details. Again and according to the story of one of the hikers, the ship had a metal appearance and levitated without any source of visible propulsion. The conversation with Lindsay was the last time the witnesses gave statements about the event, and His identity was never publicly revealed. Shortly after, the MOD instructed Lindsay to cease any investigation and to leave the case in his hands. One of the two poor quality photocopies of ‘VUFOILS’ (Transparent Plastic Images) made from Calvine UFO photography, published by the National Archives of the United Kingdom in 2009 Photography disappears. That same fall, during a meeting at the MOD offices in London, Lindsay noticed that the best of UFO images had been extended to poster size and hanging on a wall. He was also able to observe the other five photos, in which the Harrier was seen moving around the object while he remained motionless. When consulting with the Ministry analysts, they confirmed that there were no indications of fraud, but that they could not identify the object. Despite the apparent initial interest, Calvine’s case was quickly filed. The Daily Record never published the story, and The photographs disappeared from any public registry For more than 30 years. It is unknown if the newspaper decided not to publish the article on its own initiative or if it received pressures from the British government to hide the incident. Where is the photo? It appears then The figure of the journalist and researcher David Clarkewho was aware of the case in 1996 through the book Open Skies, Closed Mindsby Nick Pope, a former MOD official who worked at the Ministry’s UFO investigation office. Pope described the case as one of the most intriguing in the MOD files and said that the analyzes had determined that the images were genuine, although the object remained without explanation. In 2009, Clarke began to examine declassified documents in the national archives of the United Kingdom and found a memorandum aimed at Ministers of Defense of the time of Margaret Thatcher. In this document, under the title “Defensive Lines to Take”, it was claimed that The mod had not reached definitive conclusions on the objectbut that the plane in the image was undoubtedly a Harrier. In addition, the memorandum indicated that there were no records of unusual activity in the area. Written version of a handwritten summary of Calvine’s sighting in September 1990, published by the United Kingdom National Archives in 2009 The (re) discovery. Over the years, Clarke tried to locate the original image without success, until In 2018 he found the name of a former defense intelligence department in government documents. After locating it on LinkedIn and contacting him, he confirmed that he remembered Calvine’s case and that at the time caused a stir within the ministry. According to his testimony, the most likely explanation was that it was an American experimental aircraft. This revelation led Clarke to Craig Lindsay, who still retained a copy of the photograph inside an old book in his garage. Thus, in 2022, after more than three decades of mystery and After examining with experts if the photograph was realClarke made the image public to the entire world, generating enormous media interest. What the hell happens here? The big question is still unanswered, although obviously there is hypotheses and possible explanations about the nature of the object. The most popular are three. The first is that, yes, That day an extraterrestrial ship was seen. In this regard, some ufologists argue that the object does not resemble any known aircraft, which reinforces the theory that it could be a ship of extraterrestrial origin. The second most commented option speaks of A United States Secret Project. This tip theory to which the object was an American aircraft prototype, possibly from the Aurora program, an alleged hypersonic spy developed … Read more

How to earn money and what role does the Chinese government have in this AI

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Deepseek is the artificial intelligence (AI) of the moment. There is no doubt about that. It has been occupying the center of attention for almost three weeks, and it is not for less if we do not overlook that The debate about hardware used by this Chinese company to train your AI model Keep on the table. And also the cost of this process. After Depseek other models of AI have arrived that are presumably even cheaper, as S1but this is not the most relevant. The reason why Deepseek has shaken the foundations of the AI ​​industry is that a model with a quality similar to that of Openai or Google IA or Google is given free of charge. What is not at all clear for the moment is that The cost derived from your training It has been as moderate as those responsible for this emerging Chinese company say. Whatever the purpose of this article is to investigate two very interesting questions about Deepseek: how it earns money and if it has the support of the Chinese government. Deepseek is already the Chinese symbol Just three days ago Zhou Xin, Josephine Ma and Matt Haldane, three editors of SCMPparticipated in a web seminar dedicated to the technological future of China. A priori he would not have had too much importance, but its content is not going unnoticed by one reason: they have shed light about some of the most relevant questions that flutter around Depseek. And, in addition, they have done it with solid arguments. Otherwise we would have overlooked it and we would not dedicate this article. High-Flyer uses advanced mathematical models and computational algorithms to make investment decisions According to Xin, Ma and Haldane at the time Depseek has not received any financing from the Chinese government. Your parent company is called high-flyer and is a quantitative coverage fund specialized in trading algorithmic. This simply means that this company uses Advanced mathematical models and computational algorithms to address investment decisions with the greatest possible success guarantees. Deepseek was born as a high-flyer secondary project to take advantage of its computer resources and “put one foot” in the AI ​​industry. At the moment there is no indication that reflects that it has received money from the Chinese administration, but the relevance it has achieved and the fact that it has raised as the most visible symbol of China in the AI ​​sphere invites us to accept that It is possible that in the future it does receive some type of support from the Xi Jinping government. The other great question in which we are worth investigating almost answered. As we have seen, Depseek is a free AI model. High-Flyer at the moment does not receive direct income derived from the use of its AI, so it supports the bulk of its operations with the money it enters Thanks to your quantitative trade business. However, like many other AI companies, it does charge for access to their models through its own API (application programming interface), which shows that Deepseek in the medium term can be erected as a very important source of income for Your parent company. Image | Dávid Drucskó More information | SCMP In Xataka | Samsung is preparing to give TSMC a bars where it hurts most: the manufacture of the chips for ia

The government wants to end unwanted commercial calls. The question is whether they will stop calling me “of Indeed”

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One of the measures announced by the Government in October 2024 had to do with The end of the annoying commercial calls and telephone scams. The Ministry of Digital and Public Transformation presented A comprehensive plan To combat fraud from SMS and calls, a package that will be approved before the end of February. The norm will strictly prohibit commercial calls with numbers outside the prefixes 800 and 900. The problem? The Spaniards are dealing with another type of spam. One that has to do with the “human resources” departments. A plan against commercial calls. The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function announced, yesterday, Thursday, that the Ministerial Order to combat cybetheafas through false commercial calls will be approved before the end of February. “That is, you will not be able to receive a commercial call from a mobile, that is happening today. We receive from a mobile, we think he is an acquaintance, a relative, we do not know who he is, and then it turns out that it is a commercial call. This will be prohibited by the ministerial order. ” Óscar López, Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function. Those companies that use numbers outside the prefixes 800 and 900 will face sanctions (still to be determined), and it will be possible to denounce before the Telecommunications User Attention Office to any number that breaches the new standard. Beyond Spanish companies. Similarly, work to try Block calls International that are identified as nationals, as well as those from numbers not assigned to any service, operator or customer. A database will also be launched in order to block text messages with alphanumeric characters (such as, when they send you fake Movistar SMS, mails, DHL, etc.). All messages that do not come from entities registered in the database will be blocked. This last measure is key, and on its success it will depend that the Spaniards are calmer in We call him of Indeed Human Resources. The problem of commercial calls is largely solved, pointing to The Robinson list. It is not infallible, but Organic Law 3/2018 on the protection of personal data prohibits companies from calling you for commercial purposes. Case apart, of course, they decide to skip the law. What, at least in recent months, has not had a solution, is the issue of the so -called “human resources”. It is more than likely that in recent months you have received a call in which a robot invites you to add its number to WhatsApp to know “work conditions.” The problem is so widespread that the own Incibe He published a statement warning about this fraud, recommended to users to block contact and report it as spam. Something that makes us frown at these calls is that they are not made with suspicious numbers, not even Google’s antispam filter can with them. The reason? They use completely real national numbers. How is it possible? ID SPOOFING. This technique is to modify or falsify the call identifier to match a “legitimate” number. It can be done from anywhere in the world so, although I call you a 6xx, the robot that is trying to cheat you does not have to be located in Spain. In fact, the scam is so sophisticated that scammers can adapt their calls so that, even being in another country, you receive a call from a national number (the country you are traveling to) talking in Spanish to offer you great employment conditions. Many of these scammers use voice services about IP (VOIP) to make these calls. This allows them to show a Caller ID (call identifier) ​​from any country, regardless of where they are. And regarding why they have your number, you have nothing more to write on Google “Mass filtration Xataka data”. Have dozens of articles published last year. The question is if it will be enough. The government has not yet detailed how it plans to fight against this type of calls. In the event that they are carried out from other countries, according to their promise, they should be able to intercept them. But if the ID Spoofing is done locally, it will not be easy to detect when a 6xx “real” and a 6xx that is made by another. In Xataka | Be careful with the false rental scam: how it works and why you never have to give the DNI happily Image | Unspash (Lindsey Lamont)

Butaneros will put an end to their service if they do not reach an agreement with the government

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The Blutane cast in Spain will face an indefinite strike in this month of February but an agreement with the government is not reached. A situation that puts thousands of homes in check. Short. The Spanish Federation of Petroleum Liquefied Gas Distributors (FEDGLP) have held a meeting with the Secretary of Energy, Joan Groizard, after which they have decided to maintain the indefinite unemployment notice in the home delivery service. The motivation of the action would occur if the Spanish Executive does not implement measures that guarantee the viability of the sector. According to FedlGP, butane distribution He is facing A great loss of profitability because the regulations that regulate the maximum price of the packaged LPG has not been updated to reflect the growing operational costs: transport, storage, distribution logistics, inflation, increased labor costs and regulatory demands. This situation has led to intermittent suspensions of home cast in previous months. The beginning. The final decision will be taken in an assembly of the FEDGLP at the end of February. However, the dealers have carried out Several strike days In November and December, claiming an update of the rates they receive for each bottle delivered, since they have been reviewing more than a decade. These strikes affected the delivery of more than 150,000 daily bombs, on which approximately six million homes depend throughout the country. Far from solving. The sector has claimed an immediate update of the regulations to adjust the maximum price of the packaged LPG and compensate for increases in operational costs. From the Federation they have explained that companies lose 1.80 euros for each bottle delivered. Besides, They have added That without a fair and equitable adaptation of regulated prices, the sector is focused on operating in unsustainable conditions, putting the continuity of the supply at risk. But prices? The maximum sale price of liquefied oil gas (LPG) packaged in Spain is regulated by law And it is reviewed bimonthly by the General Directorate of Energy Policy and Mines, in accordance with the IET/389/2015 order. This regulation affects containers with a load equal to or greater than 8 kg and less than 20 kg, with tara greater than 9 kg. The maximum price incorporates the cost of home supply. And what does the government say? So far, the Executive, represented by the Secretary of State for Energy, Joan Groizard, He has held meetings With the Fedglp to address the situation. However, concrete measures have not yet been announced to update the regulations and meet the demands of the sector. The lack of a specific response from the Spanish government has led distributors to maintain the threat of an indefinite strike in the home delivery service. Impact on consumers. The lack of a solution will affect thousands of homes that depend on this service. In addition, many people need them to take home home either by reduced mobility or age. However, in previous strikes, the Bombones were still available in authorized establishments. However, to have more up -to -date information when this occurs, the recommendation would be to directly contact local points of sale or distributors. An uncertain future. With the possibility, strike in the cast and uncertainty about government measures, butane supply in Spain is in the air. If a solution is not found in the coming weeks, thousands of homes will be affected by the lack of supply. Image | Riki Ferrer (Flickr) Xataka | Barcelona starts 2025 with a new prohibition for bars: goodbye to gas stoves on the terraces

“They are brilliant researchers under the control of an authoritarian government.” Anthropic’s CEO has spoken about Depseek

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In the midst of the stir caused by the latest models of the Deepseek, the CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, has published An analysis on its personal website in which it questions the narrative of the “Chinese miracle” in artificial intelligence. Why is it important. The debate on Chinese capacity to develop advanced AI has monopolized the agenda in recent days after Deepseek’s releaseswhich have come to provoke A 17% drop in Nvidia shares. The facts. Deepseek claims to have developed its model V3 for just under 6 million dollarswhile Amodei explained that Claude 3.5 Sonnetthe last and most advanced Anthropic model, required “some tens of millions” in training. Far from the “thousands of millions” that were speculated. “Deepseek has produced a model close to the performance of US models 7-10 months ago, for a rather lower cost, but not in the proportions that have been suggested,” said the CEO. Deepseek operates with about 50,000 generation chips Hoppera capacity that Amodei considers similar to that of the main American technological ones. According to his analysis, Deepseek’s advances reflect the natural reduction of costs in the sector, estimated at annual 75%. The context. Deepseek has presented two models: V3, which uses traditional training. And R1, which incorporates reinforcement learning. For Amodei, real innovation is in V3, not in R1, which according to him, follows roads already explored by other technological ones. Turning point. The development of an AI superior to human intelligence will require millions of chips and tens of billions of dollars in the coming years. “Between 2026 and 2027 we will see which will be smarter than almost all humans in almost all tasks,” he said. In this scenario, he has defended Export controls as a strategic tool. Amodei has also recognized the talent of Deepseek engineers … although he has warned about the implications that a company operates under the control of the Chinese government. For him, The growing efficiency In the development of AI justifies reinforce, and not relax, commercial restrictions. In fact, he has had some words of praise for Depseek’s team, but not for his nation: “They are brilliant and curious researchers who only want to create useful technology, but are subject to an authoritarian government that has committed human rights violations and He has behaved aggressively on the world scene. “ In Xataka | “Google gives you links, perplexity gives you answers”: we talk to the CEO of the startup that wants to kill the father Outstanding image | Techcrunch

In the nth required, the Government has carried out free and reduced fertilizers

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A week after they disappeared, transport aids have returned. Does it as part of a Decree Law approved by the Council of Ministers and that has the approval of Junts after negotiating with the parliamentary group that The famous Omnibus decree knocked in the Congress of Deputies and that left Spain in confusion in mobility. Last week, the refusal to approve a bus decree presented by the Government and in which the pension rise But, also, transport aid or Moves III Plan Extensionamong many other measures, these subsidies dropped. After a negotiation with junts in which The Government has yielded in two decree (Social measures already approved on the one hand and economic measures, in negotiation, on the other) and accepting the process of the issue of trust But without submitting to it, transport aids will return. A lap a week later Just a week after transportation aids were suspended, they have returned in the expected terms. That is, we will have free fertilizers again and regional aids will be subsidized again up to at least 50% of the cost of fertilizers or multiviaje titles. The latter has undoubtedly been the most problematic part of the suspension of these public transport aid. For Relieve the price of fertilizersThe State forces the discount to be at least half of the original cost of it. Of that 50% discount, the State contributes 30% as long as the City Council or the Autonomous Community put at least the other 20%. The drop in the measure plunged users into a sea of ​​doubts. For more than 20 days, in Spain they have been able to buy multiviaje bonds and titles in half of the price of the same. The aid falls, some autonomous communities, such as Madrid, confirmed that they maintained the aid in their entirety, putting the money that remained in their pocket. Others only confirmed that they maintained their part of the discount but would not support 30% of the State. From tomorrow, with the publication in the BOE, transport aids are subsidized again. In short, you can access the following Aid: Free fertilizer fertilizers, surroundings and medium distance services with origin and destination already predefined. The gratuity of high speed between Alicante and Murcia, Ourense and A Coruña and Segovia and Madrid, as well as the nearby and metric width services of Asturias and Cantabria or the Avant Express service from Barcelona to Tortosa, excluding the origin/destination Barcelona- Tarragona 50% discounts for recurring users of Avant rail services, declared as a public service obligation and 50% reduction to all Multiviaje Avant titles (Plus card fertilizer, Plus 10 card or Plus 10-45 card). Free multiviahe submitted fertilizers and titles in state -owned bus lines. The reduction of at least 50% in the multiviaje titles of urban public transport (including public bicycles), dependent on a town hall or an autonomous community (30% of the reduction was provided by the State). In the Canary Islands and Balearic Islands, urban public transport aid was 100% throughout 2025. That is, for a good part of the month, the fertilizers could be acquired with discount and have been used normally because the user had an acquired right with the Multiviaje title. With the temporary suspension of aid, who have bought a new multiviaje or fertilizer title will have done it without aid, at the same price as before falling aid or an intermediate point (Depending on where they got him). Again, since January 29, the user can return to one of the aforementioned titles with the specified discounts. Photo | Xataka and Government of Spain In Xataka | Two years after Renfe competition entered, the data indicate something: trains are cheaper than ever

Trump government closes the Safe Mobility (SMO) offices that facilitated legal migration

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The administration of Donald Trump It is closing the migration processing offices in Latin America that the Biden administration established for give migrants the possibility of legally immigrating, According to internal government documents Obtained by CBS News. The internal documents of the State Department Obtained by CBS News, they indicate that the Trump administration is ceasing operations in those places, known as offices of the “Safe Mobility Initiative” and that They were established in established in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Guatemalaas part of a “broader effort to evaluate how the United States manages migratory processes to serve US national interests.” The offices allowed certain migrants who lived in those countries or passed through them to request to apply to programs that allowed them to legally enter the United States. The documents also cite the executive order of President Trump that suspended the United States refugee admission programwhich allows some people fleeing war and persecution abroad to reach the United States after interviews of interviews and security exams and doctors. Safe mobility offices were physical regional centers for the US to determine If migrants qualified to legally enter the countrywhether under the refugee program, family visas, work visas or an immigration benefit known as humanitarian probation. Continue reading:· They extend the authority to investigate and detain immigrants to other government agencies· Trump administration arrest 538 immigrants, several linked to criminal organizations· At least 11 prosecutors come against Trump and refuse to participate in new immigration policy (Tagstotranslate) State Department (T) Donald Trump

US House approves immigration detention law that could be the first that Trump enacts

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The US House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that requires the detention of migrants who are in the country without permission and who have been accused of theft and violent crimes, the first measure that President Donald Trump can enact it, after Congress—with some bipartisan support—moved quickly in line with the president’s plans to toughen measures against illegal immigration. The passage of the Laken Riley Act, named after a Georgia nursing student who was murdered last year by a Venezuelan, shows how dramatically the political debate over immigration has shifted to the right following Trump’s election victory. . Immigration policy has often been one of the most entrenched issues in Congress, but a crucial group of 46 politically vulnerable Democrats joined Republicans to pass the strict proposal by a vote count of 263 in favor and 156 against. . “For decades, it has been nearly impossible for our government to agree on solutions to problems at our border and within our country,” said Republican Senator Katie Britt. He noted that it is likely to be the “most significant immigration bill” that Congress has passed in nearly three decades. However, the bill will require a massive increase in the capabilities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but does not include any new funding. Meanwhile, the new president has issued a series of executive orders aimed at sealing the border with Mexico to immigration and ultimately deporting millions of migrants who lack permanent legal status in the United States. On Wednesday, Trump also canceled refugee resettlement and his administration has said it intends to prosecute local law enforcement officials who do not comply with his new immigration policies. Republican congressional leaders have made clear that they intend to follow the same path, although their biggest challenge will be finding a way to approve funding to actually implement Trump’s strict plans. “What he’s doing is starting what will ultimately be our legislative agenda,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson. House Republicans initially passed the legislation last year with the support of 37 Democrats in a move intended as a political rebuke to then-President Joe Biden’s handling of the southern border. He then languished in the Democratic-controlled Senate. This year, Republicans, now in control of both houses of Congress, have made this their top priority. When it came before the Senate, 12 Democrats voted in favor of the measure, and when the House voted on a version of the bill earlier this month, 48 Democrats supported it. A majority of adults in the United States favor deporting immigrants convicted of violent crimes, according to a recent poll by the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and The Associated Press. However, only about 37% of U.S. adults favor deporting migrants in the country illegally who have not been convicted of a crime. “While the bill is not perfect, it sends a clear message that we think criminals should be deported,” said Rep. Tom Suozzi, a New York Democrat who has urged his party to support stricter enforcement of the law. immigration law. Under the bill, federal authorities would be required to detain any migrant arrested or charged with crimes such as shoplifting. The scope of the proposal was expanded in the Senate to also include those accused of assaulting a police officer or crimes that injure or cause the death of someone. The bill also gives state attorneys general standing to sue the federal government for damages caused by federal immigration decisions. This gives states new power in immigration policy when they have already been trying to counter presidential decisions under the Trump and Biden administrations. Democrats unsuccessfully tried to have that provision removed from the bill in the Senate, saying it would inject even more uncertainty and partisanship into immigration policy. Ultimately, even the Trump administration will likely struggle to implement the new requirements unless Congress follows up later this year with funding. Republicans are currently planning how to push their priorities through Congress through a party-line process known as budget reconciliation. They have estimated the cost of funding Trump’s border and deportation priorities at approximately $100 billion. Trump has “established the largest domestic logistics undertaking of our lifetimes, which is the deportation of the majority of aliens who are in the United States illegally,” said Ken Cuccinelli, who led U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services during the Trump’s first term, to a Senate panel recently. Cuccinelli noted that it would require an increase in immigration judges, prosecutors and other staff, but Trump has also paved the way for using military assets, bases and other resources to carry out mass deportations. The Department of Homeland Security has estimated that the Laken Riley Act would cost $26.9 billion in the first year to implement, including an increase of 110,000 ICE detention beds. Most Democrats criticized the lack of funding in the bill as evidence that it is a piecemeal approach that would do little to fix problems in the immigration system but would burden federal authorities with new requirements. “The authors of the bill stated that it would result in the arrest and detention of dangerous criminals, but it will not because it is a completely unfunded mandate,” said Democratic Senator Chris Murphy. Others expressed concerns that the bill would deprive migrants, including minors or beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, of due process rights. Senator Alex Padilla said federal authorities would now be forced to prioritize detaining migrants arrested for minor crimes such as shoplifting, rather than those who commit serious crimes. Overall, there is no evidence that migrants are more likely to commit violent crimes. Several studies have found that immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than those born in the United States. Groups that advocate for restrictive immigration policies dispute or dismiss those findings. But Republicans pointed to the bill’s namesake, Laken Riley, and how she was murdered by a Venezuelan migrant who had previously been arrested by local authorities but released while his … Read more

US House approves immigration detention law that could be the first that Trump enacts

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WASHINGTON— The US House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that requires the detention of migrants who are in the country without permission and who have been accused of theft and violent crimes, the first measure that President Donald Trump can enact it, after Congress—with some bipartisan support—moved quickly in line with the president’s plans to toughen measures against illegal immigration. The passage of the Laken Riley Act, named after a Georgia nursing student who was murdered last year by a Venezuelan, shows how dramatically the political debate over immigration has shifted to the right following Trump’s election victory. . Immigration policy has often been one of the most entrenched issues in Congress, but a crucial group of 46 politically vulnerable Democrats joined Republicans to pass the strict proposal by a vote count of 263 in favor and 156 against. . “For decades, it has been nearly impossible for our government to agree on solutions to problems at our border and within our country,” said Republican Senator Katie Britt. He noted that it is likely to be the “most significant immigration bill” that Congress has passed in nearly three decades. However, the bill will require a massive increase in the capabilities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but does not include any new funding. Meanwhile, the new president has issued a series of executive orders aimed at sealing the border with Mexico to immigration and ultimately deporting millions of migrants who lack permanent legal status in the United States. On Wednesday, Trump also canceled refugee resettlement and his administration has said it intends to prosecute local law enforcement officials who do not comply with his new immigration policies. Republican congressional leaders have made clear that they intend to follow the same path, although their biggest challenge will be finding a way to approve funding to actually implement Trump’s strict plans. “What he’s doing is starting what will ultimately be our legislative agenda,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson. House Republicans initially passed the legislation last year with the support of 37 Democrats in a move intended as a political rebuke to then-President Joe Biden’s handling of the southern border. He then languished in the Democratic-controlled Senate. This year, Republicans, now in control of both houses of Congress, have made this their top priority. When it came before the Senate, 12 Democrats voted in favor of the measure, and when the House voted on a version of the bill earlier this month, 48 Democrats supported it. A majority of adults in the United States favor deporting immigrants convicted of violent crimes, according to a recent poll by the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and The Associated Press. However, only about 37% of U.S. adults favor deporting migrants in the country illegally who have not been convicted of a crime. “While the bill is not perfect, it sends a clear message that we think criminals should be deported,” said Rep. Tom Suozzi, a New York Democrat who has urged his party to support stricter enforcement of the law. immigration law. Under the bill, federal authorities would be required to detain any migrant arrested or charged with crimes such as shoplifting. The scope of the proposal was expanded in the Senate to also include those accused of assaulting a police officer or crimes that injure or cause the death of someone. The bill also gives state attorneys general standing to sue the federal government for damages caused by federal immigration decisions. This gives states new power in immigration policy when they have already been trying to counter presidential decisions under the Trump and Biden administrations. Democrats unsuccessfully tried to have that provision removed from the bill in the Senate, saying it would inject even more uncertainty and partisanship into immigration policy. Ultimately, even the Trump administration will likely struggle to implement the new requirements unless Congress follows up later this year with funding. Republicans are currently planning how to push their priorities through Congress through a party-line process known as budget reconciliation. They have estimated the cost of funding Trump’s border and deportation priorities at approximately $100 billion. Trump has “established the largest domestic logistics undertaking of our lifetimes, which is the deportation of the majority of aliens who are in the United States illegally,” said Ken Cuccinelli, who led U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services during the Trump’s first term, to a Senate panel recently. Cuccinelli noted that it would require an increase in immigration judges, prosecutors and other staff, but Trump has also paved the way for using military assets, bases and other resources to carry out mass deportations. The Department of Homeland Security has estimated that the Laken Riley Act would cost $26.9 billion in the first year to implement, including an increase of 110,000 ICE detention beds. Most Democrats criticized the lack of funding in the bill as evidence that it is a piecemeal approach that would do little to fix problems in the immigration system but would burden federal authorities with new requirements. “The authors of the bill stated that it would result in the arrest and detention of dangerous criminals, but it will not because it is a completely unfunded mandate,” said Democratic Senator Chris Murphy. Others expressed concerns that the bill would deprive migrants, including minors or beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, of due process rights. Senator Alex Padilla said federal authorities would now be forced to prioritize detaining migrants arrested for minor crimes such as shoplifting, rather than those who commit serious crimes. Overall, there is no evidence that migrants are more likely to commit violent crimes. Several studies have found that immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than those born in the United States. Groups that advocate for restrictive immigration policies dispute or dismiss those findings. But Republicans pointed to the bill’s namesake, Laken Riley, and how she was murdered by a Venezuelan migrant who had previously been arrested by local authorities but released while … Read more

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