Trump Just Lost an Important Backer

The founder of Latinas for Trump is now denouncing President Trump.

Florida State Senator Ileana Garcia, whose organization played a key role in expanding Trump’s popularity among Latinos, thinks that the agenda that she rallied hundreds of people to vote for has gone too far in its indiscriminate crackdown on immigration.

“As the state senator who represents her district and the daughter of Cuban refugees, who are now just as American, if not more so than Stephen Miller, I am deeply disappointed by these actions. And I will not stand down,” Garcia wrote on X last weekend. “I want to put myself on record: ‘This is not what we voted for. I have always supported Trump, @realDonaldTrump, through thick and thin. However, this is unacceptable and inhumane. I understand the importance of deporting criminal aliens, but what we are witnessing are arbitrary measures to hunt down people who are complying with their immigration hearings—in many cases, with credible fear of persecution claims—all driven by a Miller-like desire to satisfy a self-fabricated deportation goal. This undermines the sense of fairness and justice that the American people value.’”

Florida congresswoman and Trump supporter María Elvira Salazar felt similarly.

“I am fully aware, and heartbroken, about the uncertainty now gripping Florida’s 27th District because of the recent immigration actions of the Administration. Arrests in immigration courts, including people with I-220A and pending asylum cases, the termination of the CHNV program, which has left thousands exposed to deportation, and other similar measures, all jeopardize our duty to due process that every democracy must guarantee,” she wrote. “I remain clear in my position: anyone with a pending asylum case, status-adjustment petition, or similar claim deserves to go through the legal process.”

While Garcia and Salazar are certainly correct and courageous in their rebukes, this vicious immigration campaign does indeed seem to be what they voted for. Trump promised the largest deportation campaign in U.S. history, and he’s trying his hardest to fulfill it, pushing to arrest 3,000 people a day. Now many of the Latinos who voted for him are recoiling at his agenda in action. Only time will tell how this development will impact both 2026 and the GOP’s long-term dream of a robust multiracial conservative coalition.

The FBI says it will act on its own to squash the Los Angeles anti-ICE protests.

FBI Director Kash Patel issued an ominous threat to the city and its residents late Sunday night, claiming that his agency would intervene in the multiday anti-Trump display without explicit direction.

“Just so we are clear, this FBI needs no one’s permission to enforce the constitution,” Patel posted on X. “My responsibility is to the American people, not political punch lines. LA is under siege by marauding criminals, and we will restore law and order. I’m not asking you, I’m telling you.”

In a move that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should agree with, California announced it would sue the federal government Monday, arguing that the Trump administration’s order to send hundreds of National Guard troops toward Los Angeles, without coordination with the state’s governor, was an unconstitutional breach of power.

Hours earlier, FBI Public Affairs Assistant Director Ben Williamson shared that Patel had gotten off a call with “senior leadership” addressing what they referred to as “riots” in L.A., specifying that Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino had “offered all necessary resources from FBI HQ” to address the situation. Williamson said the pair “reiterated the position that any perpetrator who attacks or interferes with law enforcement will be aggressively pursued and brought to justice.”

Bongino made it plain that one of the agency’s primary targets would be individuals suspected of assaulting officers, writing on X that he and Patel had notified all FBI teams to pursue suspected individuals “long after order is firmly established.”

“We will not forget. Even after you try to,” Bongino posted.

But Republicans have so far not been very successful at pinpointing wrongdoing in Los Angeles. Instead, some viral videos circulating in conservative circles of protest-related violence in the city are actually not from the weekend at all, but were instead taken in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter protests.

Donald Trump’s ally Dr. Phil McGraw is back to making anti-immigrant propaganda for Donald Trump’s administration. 

The conservative television personality commonly known as “Dr. Phil” and  a camera crew spoke directly with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents before and after the raids in Los Angeles last week, which sparked multiple days of protests, CNN reported Monday. 

A spokesperson for Dr. Phil’s right-wing channel, Merit TV, confirmed to CNN that the footage from the raid will be used as part of a special report on Dr. Phil Primetime to provide viewers with a “first hand-look at the targeted operations” of Trump’s immigration crackdown.

“MeritTV news crews were on the ground during the recent ICE operation in LA on Friday. In order to not escalate any situation, Dr. Phil McGraw did not join and was not embedded, as he previously was in Chicago,” a spokesperson for Dr. Phil’s right-wing channel Merit Street Media told The New Republic in a statement.

A spokesperson for Merit TV confirmed to CNN that the footage from the raid will be used as part of a special report on Dr. Phil Primetime to provide viewers with a “first hand-look at the targeted operations” of Trump’s immigration crackdown. 

The report will also include an interview with Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan, who has ramped-up his rhetoric during the administration’s escalating immigration efforts in California— even threatening to have California Governor Gavin Newsom arrested. In an interview Monday, Homan readily admitted that the raids are rounding up individuals with no criminal record. 

Dr. Phil’s action-packed programming will undoubtedly be used to support administration officials’ outlandish claims that the protests are a form of “invasion” or “insurrection,” allowing them to continually escalate their law enforcement actions. Trump has already bypassed Newsom’s authority to call in the National Guard, and law enforcement has deployed flash grenades, tear gas, and rubber bullets against protesters and journalists alike. 

In January, Dr. Phil accompanied ICE agents on raids around Chicago, an early action of the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants. The longtime Trump ally has proven to be an outspoken advocate for the president’s immigration agenda.

* This story has been updated to clarify that Dr. Phil was not present during the raids in Los Angeles.

Border czar Tom Homan once again admitted with complete confidence that many of the people arrested in recent ICE raids have zero criminal history.

“[Does] everyone that has been arrested by ICE agents have a criminal record like you’ve described?” an MSNBC host asked Homan on Monday.

“Absolutely not,” Homan replied.

Homan and ICE continue to operate their draconian deportation campaign with impunity, rounding up anyone they can find to get their arrest and deportation numbers up. As of June 1, there were 7,781 people in ICE detention with no criminal record.

The border czar continued, noting that sanctuary cities make it harder for ICE to kidnap innocent people with no criminal records from their homes without trial.

“I said from day one, January 20th: We will prioritize public safety threats and national security threats. However, we will enforce law. We’re gonna enforce immigration law … especially in sanctuary cities, where we can’t get the bad guy in the safety and security of a jail,” he said. “They’re released into the street, well we gotta go to the street and find them. And when we find them, many times they’re with others.” Los Angeles is a sanctuary city.

Homan is going after immigrants who are playing by the “rules” too, as many of the people detained were in the middle of obtaining legal residence here.

“ICE’s new operation involves RE-arresting people who are currently undergoing the court process in full compliance with the law, with the goal of stripping them of a right to a court hearing and subjecting them to “expedited removal” instead,” Aaron Reichlin-Melnick of the American Immigration Council wrote on X in response. “This data proves that ICE and DHS are in fact NOT focusing on people with criminal records. It’s the opposite; they’re deprioritizing people with records.”

It’s clear that the Trump administration is applying a “guilty by association” narrative to justify this process.

“Others that are in the United States illegally may not be a criminal target, but guess what?” Homan said. “If ICE is there and arrests that bad guy and other aliens are there, we’re going to arrest them. That’s what sanctuary cities get.”

Just days after publicly flaming Donald Trump for allegedly being named in the Epstein Files, tech billionaire Elon Musk is cozying back up to the president.

The dynamic DOGE duo’s relationship burst into flames Thursday as Musk attempted to kill the president’s “big, beautiful bill.” In back-to-back posts, Trump and his ex-financier unloaded on one another on each of their respective social media platforms, accusing each other of being unlikable, untrustworthy, and even unreal.

But by Sunday, Musk was back to elevating Trump’s opinion, retweeting one of the president’s diatribes on the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.

Law enforcement officers have gone toe-to-toe with protesters in Los Angeles for the last three days as locals take a visible stand against the president’s anti-immigration agenda. The situation has since boiled into a sizable federal-versus-state predicament, with California Governor Gavin Newsom announcing the state’s intent to sue the Trump administration for breaching the Constitution by sending hundreds of National Guard troops to intervene.

Musk also reshared a post from Vice President JD Vance declaring that the administration will not condone “rioting and violence.” Vance’s post included another screenshot of Trump’s Truth Social feed, in which the president referred to L.A. as a “once great American city” that had been overrun and “invaded” by “illegal aliens and criminals.”

“Now violent, insurrectionist mobs are swarming and attacking our Federal Agents to try and stop our deportation operations—But these lawless riots only strengthen our resolve,” Trump wrote, directing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Attorney General Pam Bondi to “liberate” the City of Angels from what he perceives to be a “migrant invasion.”

“Order will be restored, the Illegals will be expelled, and Los Angeles will be set free. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump posted.