Hegseth fails to cite constitutional authority that lets Trump send Marines to L.A.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin reacts on The Weeknight to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's failure to cite which constitutional provision allows for President Trump to send the Marines into L.A. amid anti-ICE protests. "I think he was just doing it because Donald Trump told him he should," Sen. Baldwin said in regards to the deployment.
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Boston Globe
an hour ago
- Boston Globe
Catholic bishops try to rally opposition to Trump's immigration agenda
Advertisement The image in Los Angeles and elsewhere of ICE agents seizing people in Costco parking lots and car washes 'rips the illusion that's being portrayed, that this is an effort which is focused on those who have committed significant crimes,' said Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of Washington, in an interview from Rome. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'The realities are becoming more ominous,' he said. 'It is becoming clearer that this is a wholesale, indiscriminate deportation effort aimed at all those who came to the country without papers.' McElroy, who has frequently spoken against Trump's immigration policies, was named the archbishop of Washington as one of Francis' final major actions in the United States, reflecting the Vatican's desire to counter the Trump administration's immigration agenda. Immigration arrests are rising sharply, and ICE has a goal of apprehending 3,000 people a day. Advertisement 'A very large number of Catholic bishops, and religious leaders in general, are outraged by the steps which the administration is taking to expel mostly hardworking, good people from the United States,' McElroy said. Trump campaigned on aggressive immigration tactics, and polls before his inauguration captured broad support among Americans for deportations. Since then, Americans have 'mixed to negative views' of the administration's immigration actions, according to an early June survey by the Pew Research Center. The Trump administration has said the aggressive immigration tactics are necessary to protect public safety because some illegal immigrants are violent criminals. Vice President JD Vance, who converted to Catholicism six years ago, articulated his personal views in an interview last month, saying that immigration 'at the levels and at the pace that we've seen over the last few years' was destructive to the common good. 'I really do think that social solidarity is destroyed when you have too much migration too quickly,' he added. 'That's not because I hate the migrants or I'm motivated by grievance. That's because I'm trying to preserve something in my own country where we are a unified nation.' It is not clear how much influence the bishops will have on the issue. In Congress, there has been little debate between the two chambers over the immigration portion of the policy bill. The bishops expressing concern stand in opposition to the voices of key Catholics in executive leadership, including Vance. 'We as a church unfortunately don't have the kind of megaphone that the administration does,' said Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas. 'It's a real challenge to reach even Catholics, especially when maybe one out of five who identify as Catholic make it to Mass on Sunday.' Advertisement Leo, an American and Peruvian citizen, has from the beginning of his papacy called for the need to respect the dignity of every person, 'citizens and immigrants alike.' After his election in May, his brother John Prevost said Leo was 'not happy with what's going on with immigration. I know that for a fact.' But so far the new pope has not directly weighed in publicly on Trump's deportation campaign. On Thursday, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, implored Congress to 'make drastic changes' to Trump's domestic policy bill, despite its anti-abortion provisions. He wrote that the bill failed to protect families including 'by promoting an enforcement-only approach to immigration and eroding access to legal protections.' Leading Catholic prelates including McElroy and Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, went even further in an interfaith letter to Senate leadership Thursday night, strongly urging them to vote against the bill entirely. In their letter they claimed that the bill, which calls for billions of dollars to bolster ICE, would spur immigration raids, harm hardworking families and fund a border wall that would heighten peril for migrants. 'Its passage would be a moral failure for American society as a whole,' the letter states. The letter was organized by Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, who attended an ecumenical protest against the bill last week. 'This draconian, heavy-handed, mean-spirited way that the country is dealing with immigrants today, it is not fair, it is not humane, it is not moral,' he said. 'It's something we have to really be earnest about, and do everything we can within the law to make our voices heard.' Advertisement Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Mexico, has long supported immigration reform and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, a program that shields from deportation people who were brought into the United States as children and did not have citizenship or legal residency. But as the recent raids were executed in Los Angeles, his criticism of the Trump administration became more direct. 'This is not policy, it is punishment, and it can only result in cruel and arbitrary outcomes,' he wrote in a recent column. In an interview, he pointed to the example of Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego, the first bishop named by Leo in the United States. Pham, who fled to America from Vietnam as a child, recently went to a courthouse to support migrants waiting for hearings. 'We may have to do that,' Gomez said. More than a third of the Catholic church in the United States is Hispanic. In recent weeks, priests have increasingly reported that families are not leaving their homes to come to Mass because they are afraid. Still, many Catholics support Trump. The president increased his share of Catholic voters in 2024, receiving the majority of their support unlike in 2020, and his support from Hispanic Catholic voters also grew, to 41% from 31%, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center. Progressive and moderate Christians have expressed concern over Trump's immigration plans for years, particularly fearing the consequences of his reelection. At his inaugural prayer service, Episcopal Bishop Mariann E. Budde pleaded with the president to 'have mercy' on vulnerable people, particularly immigrants and children who were afraid. Trump lashed out, and a Republican member of Congress called for her deportation. Advertisement At a private retreat in San Diego this month, bishops discussed the crisis at length over meals. 'No person of goodwill can remain silent,' Broglio, the bishops' conference president, said in an opening reflection that was made public for churches, to reach immigrant families. 'Count on the commitment of all of us to stand with you in this challenging hour.' Bishops still oppose abortion, in alignment with church teaching. But immigration 'has become more and more a serious situation' that must be addressed, said Seitz, who chairs the bishops' committee on migration. In his area, auxiliary bishops and religious sisters in El Paso have been showing up at immigration court to stand alongside migrants who are appearing at required hearings. Some of the migrants have been seized by ICE agents. McElroy and several other top prelates have had private conversations with senior members of the Trump administration on this issue this month. They are also working with their priests to address pastoral needs on the ground. Not all priests are in lockstep about how far to take their response, but McElroy said that significant numbers of them feel they need to take strong action. In East Los Angeles, Father Brendan Busse, pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights, rushed to the scene after a call that ICE vehicles had rammed a car, deployed tear gas and hauled out a man, leaving his wife and two babies in the back seat. He said he sensed that some Catholics believe their political allegiance comes before the values of their faith. Advertisement 'My body is tired, my emotions are all over the place,' he said. 'But I have to say, my spirit is strong, I think, in part because there's a kind of moral clarity in moments like this.'
Axios
2 hours ago
- Axios
Wu challenges ICE's masked agents
⚖️ Harvard challenged President Trump's order blocking its international students from entering the country, which a federal judge responded to by swiftly granting a temporary restraining order. (Axios) 🚔 U.S. Attorney Leah Foley said federal agents' use of masks during immigration arrests is because of threats and harassment. (Boston Herald) Mayor Michele Wu had compared masked ICE agents to a neo-Nazi group and said she didn't know of any police organizations that routinely hide their faces. Foley called Wu's description "reckless and inflammatory." ⚖️ A federal judge granted bail yesterday to Marcelo Gomes da Silva, the Milford high school student arrested by ICE on the way to his volleyball practice. (Boston Globe) 🏥 Harvard Medical School 's diversity office removed its pledge to "challenge discrimination" and "actively promote social justice" while changing its name to the "Office for Culture and Community Engagement." (The Harvard Crimson) 🎓 Massachusetts public universities are asking for $3 billion from the state for campus renovations and maintenance fixes. (Boston Business Journal)
USA Today
3 hours ago
- USA Today
Glastonbury slams Bob Vylan's 'death to' Israel chant: 'Crossed a line'
GLASTONBURY, England − Glastonbury organizers say they're appalled by onstage chanting against the Israeli military during a performance by the punk-rap duo Bob Vylan, saying the music festival was no place for antisemitism or incitement to violence. During a show on Saturday, June 28, the duo chanted "Death, death, to the IDF" in apparent reference to the Israel Defense Forces, the formal name of the Israeli military. British police said they were considering whether to launch an investigation after artists at Glastonbury made anti-Israel comments on stage, without naming Bob Vylan. "Video evidence will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation," Avon and Somerset Police in western England, where the festival is held, said on X. A post shared by Glastonbury Festival (@glastofest) Festival organizers criticized the chanting by Bob Vylan, made up of guitarist and singer Bobby Vylan and drummer Bobbie Vylan, their stage names. "Their chants very much crossed a line, and we are urgently reminding everyone involved in the production of the festival that there is no place at Glastonbury for antisemitism, hate speech or incitement to violence," the festival said in a statement shared on Instagram. The Israeli Embassy in Britain condemned the "inflammatory and hateful rhetoric expressed" at the festival. Bob Vylan's band members did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment. Their show on the festival's West Holts stage took place just before controversial Irish rap trio Kneecap played to a huge crowd, leading chants against British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and also taking aim at Israel. During the show, frontman Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh accused Israel of committing war crimes, saying: "There's no hiding it." Known by the stage name Mo Chara, he was charged with a terrorism offence last month for allegedly displaying a flag in support of Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah at a concert. He has denied the charge. Senior members of Starmer's government also criticized the chants by Bob Vylan. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said it was appalling that the comments had been made on stage, adding that he was also appalled by violence committed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. "I'd also say to the Israeli Embassy, get your own house in order in terms of the conduct of your own citizens and the settlers in the West Bank," Streeting told Sky News. "I wish they'd take the violence of their own citizens toward Palestinians more seriously." Political commentator Ash Sarkar said it was typical of punk musicians to spark controversy. "Don't book punk bands if you don't want them to do punk stuff," said Sarkar, a contributing editor to Novara Media, a leftist media organization. Contributing: Sophie Royle, Reuters
