Nearly one in three truck drivers pulled over during a recent operation in Texas were illegal immigrants, many of whom received Commercial Driver&#8217;s Licenses in California, Texas Governor Greg Abbott revealed Wednesday.
Texas troopers, with the help of federal immigration authorities, found that 31 of the 105 truckers they pulled over in the state&#8217;s panhandle on Nov. 11 were in the country illegally. The sweep follows a series of recent fatal crashes that were caused by illegal immigrant truckers carrying Commercial Driver&#8217;s Licenses and as the Trump administration commences a nationwide crackdown.
&#8220;Millions of Texans drive on our highways, roads, and streets every day,&#8221; Abbott said in a statement. &#8220;When illegal immigrants break the law and illegally drive on our roads, they endanger the lives of countless Texans and Americans.&#8221;
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&#8220;This joint state and federal operation along one of the nation’s longest transcontinental highways removed illegal drivers and unsafe vehicles from Texas roads. While liberal states like California issue licenses to illegal immigrants and risk the lives of Americans, Texas will work with our federal partners to maintain safe roads and apprehend illegal immigrants to protect our communities,&#8221; he said.
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Texas apprehended 31 illegal immigrant drivers in the Panhandle.
Most of them had been licensed in California.
This is an operation by the Texas Department of Public Safety and federal law-enforcement.
The mission continues. <a href="https://t.co/uAG9rrxRBp">pic.twitter.com/uAG9rrxRBp</a>
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1991353562647957566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-has-issued-thousands-of-illegal-trucking-licenses-to-foreigners">Department of Transportation</a> has zeroed in on California as a major source of the issue after discovering the Golden State issued 17,000 non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s Licenses to foreign drivers, the agency said earlier this month.
The Trump administration is withholding $40 million from California after a federal investigation found that state authorities weren&#8217;t enforcing the English-language requirement for truck drivers.
Florida authorities have also pressured California to take action after illegal immigrant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-given-commercial-drivers-license-by-californias-newsom-charged-in-fatal-semi-truck-crash">Harjinder Singh</a> allegedly killed three people while making an illegal U-turn in August in the Sunshine State. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-sues-california-over-sanctuary-policies-trucker-licenses-for-illegal-immigrants">lawsuit</a> in October against California over its sanctuary policies and decision to issue Commercial Driver’s Licenses to illegal immigrants.
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Almost A Third Of Truckers Stopped In Texas Immigration Sweep Were Illegal Immigrants

Roughly One-Third Of Truckers Stopped In Texas Immigration Sweep Were In The Country Illegally

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Texas will appeal a federal court ruling that blocked the state’s new congressional map, which would give Republicans an additional five seats.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown ruled Tuesday that Texas’s new map was likely unconstitutional, saying it should instead use its 2021 maps.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Tuesday that the maps were redrawn “to better reflect Texas’ conservative voting preferences — and for no other reason,” slamming the court&#8217;s “discriminatory” claims against the map as “absurd and unsupported by testimony offered during ten days of hearings.”
Abbott also called the court’s ruling “clearly erroneous.”
“The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics,” the ruling from the panel of judges stated. “To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 map. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 map.&#8221;
The case now heads to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, Democrats are cheering Judge Brown&#8217;s ruling.
“The Trump-Abbott maps are clearly illegal, and I’m glad these judges have blocked them. If this decision stands, I look forward to running for reelection in my current district,” said Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX).
“No matter what, we must fight to pass a federal ban on gerrymandering once and for all,” he added.
The ruling comes as Indiana, Virginia, and Florida are also fighting in redistricting battles. It’s unclear what the House maps nationwide could look like ahead of the 2026 election.
“I am working with Governor Mike Braun and other Indiana Republicans, on picking up two Republican Congressional seats,” President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social on Tuesday.
California voters earlier this month overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50, a ballot measure designed to counter Texas’s new map with five additional Democrat seats. The Justice Department and California Republican Party are suing to block the measure.
The Supreme Court is also considering a Louisiana-based case that could shake up maps in the South in favor of Republicans, as there is a possibility that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act could be scrapped.

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Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott designated the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist organizations on Tuesday, citing each group&#8217;s ties to Islamic extremism and accusing them of seeking to &#8220;forcibly impose Sharia law.&#8221;
Abbott&#8217;s <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/PROC_declaring_Muslim_Brotherhood_and_CAIR_Transnational_Criminal_Organizations_IMAGE_11-18-2025.pdf">action</a> bans the Muslim groups from purchasing or acquiring land in Texas and subjects anyone affiliated with them to heightened state penalties.
“The Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR have long made their goals clear: to forcibly impose Sharia law and establish Islam’s ‘mastership of the world,’&#8221; Abbott <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-designates-muslim-brotherhood-cair-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations">said</a>. &#8220;The actions taken by the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR to support terrorism across the globe and subvert our laws through violence, intimidation, and harassment are unacceptable. Today, I designated the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations. These radical extremists are not welcome in our state and are now prohibited from acquiring any real property interest in Texas.”
For years, the Muslim Brotherhood has advocated for extremism and been connected to Islamic terrorists. The Muslim Brotherhood, which started as a militant group in Egypt in 1928, has spread throughout the world and is tied to numerous jihadist groups, according to a 2018 Congressional <a href="https://www.congress.gov/event/115th-congress/house-event/108532/text">report</a>. The Muslim Brotherhood&#8217;s founder, Hassan al-Banna, was outspoken about fighting non-Muslims through jihad and wrote that &#8220;Jihad is an obligation from Allah and every Muslim and cannot be ignored nor evaded.&#8221; In recent years, the Brotherhood condemned the United States for killing terrorism mastermind Osama bin Laden, and one of its most influential leaders, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070612234906/http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&amp;Area=jihad&amp;ID=SP79404#_edn1">called</a> for terrorist attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a self-described civil rights organization, has been criticized over its ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. U.S. authorities have also posited that CAIR was established as a front for Hamas. In a 2008 case, which was the largest terrorism financing trial in U.S. history, the council and its co-founders were named as unindicted co-conspirators in a plot to funnel millions of dollars to Hamas. Multiple people who have worked for CAIR have also been sentenced for planning to aid terrorist groups, such as Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
The council has denied the allegations tying it to Hamas and responded to Abbott&#8217;s move to designate it as a foreign terrorist organization.
&#8220;We have consistently condemned all forms of unjust violence, including hate crimes, ethnic cleansing, genocide and terrorism. In fact, we condemn terrorism so often that ISIS once put a target on our national executive director,&#8221; the council said. &#8220;Although we are flattered by Greg Abbott&#8217;s obsession with our civil rights organization, his publicity stunt masquerading as a proclamation has no basis in fact or law. By defaming a prominent American Muslim institution with debunked conspiracy theories and made-up quotes, Mr. Abbott has once again shown that his top priority is advancing anti-Muslim bigotry, not serving the people of Texas.&#8221;
Abbott&#8217;s move comes as Muslims plan to develop a massive compound in North Texas, which is being <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/epic-city-muslim-community-doj-investigation-ends/">investigated</a> by state and federal authorities. The compound aims to create a Muslim-centered community on 400 acres of land and is spearheaded by the East Plano Islamic Center, the largest mosque in Texas.
The Muslim development plans are not connected to the Muslim Brotherhood or the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The Justice Department launched an investigation into the plans after Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn raised concerns about religious discrimination surrounding the housing development.
&#8220;Religious discrimination and Sharia Law have no place in the Lone Star State,&#8221; Cornyn <a href="https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-announces-doj-investigation-into-epic-city/">said</a> in May. &#8220;Any violations of federal law must be swiftly prosecuted, and I know under the Trump administration, they will be.&#8221;

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A hammer-wielding illegal immigrant with a rap sheet attacked a woman jogging on a path in Plano, Texas.
Mexican illegal immigrant Sergio Noe de Nova Duarte, 17, struck the female victim with the hammer while she was on a jog in Bob Woodruff Park on Thursday before fleeing the scene, local police said. He was later captured and charged with aggravated kidnapping and bodily injury.
The woman fought back as Duarte attacked her, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/plano-woman-attacked-hammer-bob-woodruff-park/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS News. She was later treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
&#8220;Given the nature of this incident and this attack, this could have gone so much worse,&#8221; Plano Police Detective Alexandra Cole said. &#8220;Luckily, she was brave enough to be able to fight her attacker off in order for this not to be an even more heinous crime than it already was.&#8221;
But it wasn&#8217;t Duarte&#8217;s first rodeo.
He was arrested last year for burglary and larceny, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement later took him into custody, but the Biden administration ultimately released him.
Now, the Trump administration is working to ensure he stays in custody.
“This criminal illegal alien should have never been loose in our communities to attack this woman jogging in a park with a hammer,” Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement Monday.
“Following this illegal alien’s arrest in 2024, the Biden administration released this criminal illegal alien back into our communities. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE lodged an arrest detainer to ensure this criminal illegal alien is NEVER able to prey on innocent women in our country again,&#8221; she said.
Duarte came to the United States on a B2 tourist visa in 2016, but failed to leave the country by the required date, according to Homeland Security.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is facing scrutiny as the state continues to provide vehicle registrations to illegal immigrants, The Daily Wire has learned.
Republican State Rep. Brian Harrison’s office <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-nabs-over-120-illegal-immigrant-drivers-after-probe-exposes-major-loophole-found-in-texas-dmv">sent a letter</a> on Nov. 3 to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Board to crack down on state authorities after he “received alarming reports of illegal immigrants being able to register their vehicles” in Texas without a state license.
Since then, the Texas DMV &#8220;confirmed that they are and have been issuing vehicle registrations to illegal aliens,&#8221; Harrison wrote in a letter to Abbott Monday.
&#8220;While I appreciate DMV telling me they are attempting to determine the &#8216;full understanding of options available to address the issues,&#8217; this requires immediate action,&#8221; Harrison wrote to Abbott.
&#8220;Texas should be leading the fight against illegal immigration, not incentivizing it,&#8221; Harrison wrote, adding, &#8220;This is unacceptable.&#8221;
Abbott&#8217;s office, however, denied that illegal immigrants are getting any permission by the state to drive or have vehicles.
&#8220;In Texas, illegal immigrants cannot be issued a driver&#8217;s license or use a motor vehicle on Texas&#8217; roads,&#8221; Abbott spokesperson Andrew Mahaleris told The Daily Wire.
The Trump administration has worked to get illegal immigrant drivers off the roads through its mass deportation campaign.
Federal agents arrested more than 120 illegal immigrant drivers on Texas roadways in a single day last month as part of an effort to clear “our roads of dangerous, often unlicensed and uninsured, illegal aliens who should NOT be behind the wheel,” the agency said.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has also recently taken steps to arrest<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers-ended-up-on-americas-roads?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=How+Illegal+Immigrant+Truck+Drivers+Ended+Up+On+America%E2%80%99s+Roads" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> illegal immigrant truck drivers</a> carrying non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) after a series of deadly crashes on American highways involving foreign drivers.

Greg Abbott Faces Scrutiny As Texas Hands Vehicle Registrations To Illegal Immigrants

The Regents of the Texas A&amp;M University System voted unanimously on Thursday to adopt a policy requiring college presidents to sign off on any course that could be interpreted as pushing “race and gender ideology or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity.”
The new policy seeks to prevent another controversy like the one that erupted at Texas A&amp;M earlier this year when an English professor was filmed pushing pro-LGBT talking points during a children’s literature course. The policy approved by regents defines race ideology as “attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity” or anything that “promotes activism on issues related to race or ethnicity rather than academic instruction,” The Texas Tribune <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/texas-am-regents-race-gender-ideology-course-audit/">reported</a>. Gender ideology is defined under the policy as “a concept of self-assessed gender identity replacing, and disconnected from, the biological category of sex.”
The policy also prohibits professors from teaching any material that is not consistent with the approved syllabus. Enforcement of the policy is set to begin at all 12 colleges in the Texas A&amp;M University System in the spring 2026 semester.
“What we’re doing is pretty simple,” regent Sam Torn told The Texas Tribune. “It’s not as complex. We’re simply making sure that we do educate, and we’re simply making sure that we teach what the course syllabus specifies that we teach.”
Videos obtained and shared by Republican Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-texas-am-student-booted-from-lecture-after-objecting-to-professor-pushing-radical-gender-theory?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=6&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=WATCH%3A+Texas+A%26M+Student+Booted+From+Lecture+After+Objecting+To+Professor+Pushing+Radical+Gender+Theory">first reported</a> by The Daily Wire in September showed children’s literature professor Dr. Melissa McCoul advocating for leftist views on race and gender and asking one student who pushed back on her arguments to leave a lecture. The children’s literature course included material that advocated for introducing leftist gender ideas to children. One of the slides in the class was titled “Let’s talk gender in children’s lit!” and argued that “Childhood is the time for figuring out how to be a boy, girl, man, woman, or another gender.”
In a phone call with the student who publicly opposed the leftism espoused in the literature course, then-Texas A&amp;M President Mark Welsh said, “There’s not a problem” with teaching LGBT literature as long as the university makes it clear it will be part of a class. When the student asked Welsh if any more changes would be made, such as firing McCoul, Welsh accused the student of attempting to “pick a fight,” adding that the university would not punish the professor.
Welsh <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-am-president-to-resign-after-leftist-politics-infiltrated-university-childrens-lit-course">stepped down</a> as Texas A&amp;M president less than two weeks after the videos and details of the children’s literature class were made public. A rule implemented in September requires that all course content at each of the Texas A&amp;M System’s 12 schools be audited.
“It’s a serious system-wide review of every course, every syllabus,” Torn said on Thursday. “We are examining the body of knowledge behind each degree, low-producing programs, workforce relevance and financial stewardship.”
Rep. Harrison <a href="https://x.com/brianeharrison/status/1989310142291100113">celebrated</a> after the regents approved the new policy on race and gender ideology, saying that his use of social media to highlight the issue at Texas A&amp;M “has done more this year to combat woke indoctrination than the entire Texas House and Texas Senate… combined.”
Some professors are concerned that the policy will only add confusion.
Geography professor Andrew Klein told the board of regents, “The vagueness of the language is problematic. Faculty are now assuming that all instructions in the topic of concern will be prohibited. Will subjects like medicine, public health and law, where such content is required to prepare professionals for the Texas workforce, be disallowed?”
Philosophy professor Martin Peterson added that academics must “seek the truth,” arguing, “When we seek the truth, we sometimes have to explore ideas that touch on controversial issues.”
“It is not always clear what counts as advocating for an ideology in those contexts,” Peterson said.
European history professor Miranda Sachs argued that the new rule would prevent her from addressing certain historical topics, such as the Holocaust. Regent John Bellinger responded to Sachs’s comment, saying, “There’s got to be some common sense in this.”
“I think we’re taking it a little bit too far when [we say] that we’re not going to teach about what happened in world wars,” Bellinger said.

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Texas A&M Restricts ‘Race And Gender Ideology’ After Leftist Literature Course Exposed

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the state’s largest county for allegedly spending $1.3 million in taxpayer funding to help illegal immigrants fight deportation.
In October, the Harris County Commissioners Court <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Petition_2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allocated</a> the money to “radical leftist organizations” BakerRipley, the Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project, Justice for All Immigrants, KIND, Inc., and the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services to provide “direct legal representation to immigrants in detention or facing the threat of deportation,” according to Paxton’s office.
“We must stop the left-wing radicals who are robbing Texans to prevent illegals from being deported by the Trump Administration,” said Attorney General Paxton, who is now running for Senate against incumbent John Cornyn and Rep. Wesley Hunt.
“Beyond just being blatantly unconstitutional, this is evil and wicked. Millions upon millions of illegals invaded America during the last administration, and they must be sent back to where they came from,” he added.
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🚨BREAKING: I&#8217;m suing Harris County for unlawfully directing over $1.3 million in taxpayer money to defend illegal aliens from deportation.
We must stop the left-wing radicals who are robbing Texans to prevent illegals from being deported by the Trump Administration. <a href="https://t.co/Yqp0v9Nt0P">pic.twitter.com/Yqp0v9Nt0P</a>
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/1988274620148183111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
Paxton argued that the disbursement serves “no public purpose” and is “unconstitutional.”
“The Texas Constitution prohibits governmental entities like Harris County from misusing public funds by giving gifts or conferring private benefits to individuals and groups that do not serve a legitimate public end,” Paxton’s office said.
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee defended the program, which was renewed last month in a 4-1 vote, with Tom Ramsey, the only Republican on the court, opposing it, <a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/paxton-lawsuit-says-harris-county-defended-illegal-immigrants-taxpayer-money/285-9305f238-95d4-4e93-810a-4a0c963ce2f8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to KHOU.
“This lawsuit is a cheap political stunt,” Menefee said. “At a time when the president has unleashed ICE agents to terrorize immigrant neighborhoods, deport U.S. citizens, and trample the law, it’s shameful that Republican state officials are joining in instead of standing up for Texans.”
“This program is perfectly legal, and it ensures that people in our communities have access to due process, something every American should support,” Menefee said. “My office will fight back and defend Harris County’s right to lead with fairness, compassion, and common sense, no matter how many times Republican state officials try to erase that.”

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Texas County Shelled Out $1.3 Million In Taxpayer Funds To Defend Illegal Immigrants, Lawsuit Says

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HOUSTON—With 13 stitches in his upper lip and second-degree burns across his body, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer recounted a brutal assault he faced from an illegal immigrant pedophile he was trying to take off the streets.
The injured officer was rehired to the force in September after the Trump administration solicited the help of retired personnel after receiving an influx of cash from the One Big Beautiful Bill.
“It&#8217;s a lot different from the job I left &#8230; everybody&#8217;s running, everybody&#8217;s fighting,” he told The Daily Wire in an exclusive interview Thursday.
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&#8220;We were stopping a vehicle&#8230;a passenger, as he ran, threw&#8230;a 32 oz Yeti style coffee cup into my face, full of hot coffee&#8230;2nd degree burns of my face, neck, arm, chest.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/iNQaWvjpjw">pic.twitter.com/iNQaWvjpjw</a>
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“I would like the rhetoric to cool down a little bit, I think that’s probably fueled by some things that have been said about us,” he added.
Attacks like the one he suffered are now a disturbingly normal part of the job. ICE is facing a 1,000% increase in assaults and an 8,000% surge in death threats.
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Salvadoran illegal immigrant Walter Leonel Perez Rodriguez, 33, hurled a metal cup full of hot coffee into the officer’s face as he tried to evade arrest on Tuesday.
Rodriguez has illegally entered the U.S. at least three times before and had two previous deportation orders, according to ICE. While living in the United States, he sexually assaulted a child and committed a DWI.
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Officers were trying to pull over a separate target when Rodriguez and the others fled from a car.
“We were stopping a vehicle. We had an individual who was a visa overstay from Mexico. We traffic stopped the vehicle,” the officer, whose name is being withheld for his safety, recalled.
“We were able to box the vehicle in, but the passengers bailed out, and a passenger, as he ran, threw what I thought was about a 32-ounce Yeti-style coffee cup in my face full of hot coffee,” the officer said.
The Daily Wire also spoke with an ICE officer who was recently hit by an illegal immigrant driver hoping to run him over. The officer is still undergoing medical evaluation, but believes he has nerve damage and a bone fracture.
“Everything we’ve always trained for, now we&#8217;re actually having to put into motion. The public, they&#8217;ve never seen us do our job, so now that we are actually doing it, people are taking matters into their own hands,” he said.

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The Supreme Court considers President Donald Trump’s authority to impose tariffs, a standoff is brewing in New York City between Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and ICE, and the battle to shift the balance of power in Congress through redistricting ratchets up.
It’s Thursday, November 6, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251106-member-exclusive">video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">SCOTUS Hears Trump&#8217;s Tariff Case</h2>
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Topline: The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case challenging Trump’s authority to impose broad tariffs. The ruling will have a significant impact on Trump’s signature trade policy.
The case is Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump. In total, seven businesses argue that Trump doesn&#8217;t have the legal authority to impose his sweeping tariffs and that these tariffs have caused them significant financial harm.
The tariffs at issue cover a wide range of imported goods, with many set at around 10%, on nearly every U.S. trading partner. Those were enacted due to the trade deficit and the declining American industrial base, which the administration said constituted an emergency. The other set of tariffs is more targeted. They relate to border protection and the illegal flow of drugs into the United States. China, Canada, and Mexico were <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-february-1-canada-mexico-china/">hit</a> with varying rates.
The arguments: The plaintiffs argued that tariffs are taxes, and the power of the purse belongs to Congress, not the president. They claim the statute Trump cited to enact the tariffs, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), doesn’t explicitly allow the president to impose tariffs, though it does give him other powers when it comes to foreign trade during a declared emergency. It’s typically been used for sanctions.
The Trump administration argued that IEEPA does allow the president to impose tariffs, even though it’s never been used for that purpose. They say that the issue at the border constitutes an emergency, thereby allowing the tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico. Similarly, they argue the trade deficit, among other reasons, is an emergency that justifies additional tariffs.
The Court: The response from the bench was nuanced, and opinions seemed to cut both ways.
“Your interpretation of the statute would allow the president to shut down all trade with every other country in the world, or impose some significant quota on imports from every other country in the world – but would not allow a 1% tariff. And that leaves, in the government’s words, an odd donut hole in the statute,” Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1986131942094319755">said</a>. “That doesn&#8217;t seem to have a lot of common sense behind it.”
In another moment, judges focused on what exactly constitutes an emergency, and if there are limits. Justice Neil Gorsuch suggested that if the Court broadly sides with the Trump administration, it would give future administrations significant power.
“Could the president impose a 50% tariff on gas-powered cars and auto parts to deal with the ‘unusual and extraordinary threat’ from abroad of climate change? … I think that has to be the logic of your view,” Gorsuch <a href="https://x.com/Acyn/status/1986101846285668665">said</a>.
View from the Oval: Trump very much believes in tariffs – he has spoken about tariffs and trade policy for decades and believes that Americans have been taken advantage of for too long. He framed this case as “literally life or death for our country.” In a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115493671705492320">Truth Social post</a> on Tuesday, he said a victory in court would mean financial and national security for America, but a loss would mean the U.S. being taken advantage of again. 
<h2 style="text-align: center;">ICE Undaunted By Mamdani</h2>
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Topline: With Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral election, how will immigration raids in the city look?
Trump border czar Tom Homan told The Daily Wire that nothing will change on the administration’s end and that “operations will continue.” He is undaunted by Mamdani, who has pledged to keep NYC a sanctuary city that refuses to work with ICE. For years, this has looked like illegal immigrant criminals benefitting from NYC’s lax-on-crime laws getting released from local jails only to walk free and end up in the revolving door of justice. ICE has to then go out into the communities, rather than have the jail contact them, to inform them that these criminals are being released.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">The Growing Redistricting War</h2>
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Topline: Proposition 50 passed by an overwhelming margin in California on Tuesday. It&#8217;s just the latest in what&#8217;s likely to become a messy nationwide redistricting battle.
Challenges moving forward: The biggest issue is that voters gave the state permission to redraw up to five congressional districts to favor Democrats. This was meant to counter the state of Texas&#8217;s effort to create a map that gives the GOP the same advantage. But this could trigger redistricting efforts all around the country. Missouri, North Carolina, and other states have already launched redistricting efforts.
There’s a possibility that, through the wave of redistricting, California’s efforts are more than canceled out in other states. But while this battle plays out, there will be many court cases and different actions at the state level across the country that could influence the final tally.
For example, the California Republican Party just announced a federal-level lawsuit against Prop 50 on Wednesday, calling it unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. And that could also create sweeping implications if it goes up through the federal court system.
Other factors influencing 2026 maps: Louisiana is arguing a major Supreme Court case attempting to get rid of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Section 2, to an extent, removes the race factor from how congressional maps are redrawn. If that happens, it could benefit Republicans in the South and lead to redistricting that favors the GOP in that region. Even with Democratic backlash in other states, by and large, that would be strong news for Republicans.

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Morning Brief: SCOTUS Takes Up Trump Tariffs, ICE Checks Mamdani, & Dems Rig Maps In California

Morning Brief: SCOTUS Takes Up Tariffs, ICE Faces Down Mamdani, And Redistricting In CA

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The Houston Police Officers&#8217; Union is aiming to recruit NYPD officers disaffected by Tuesday&#8217;s election of Democratic socialist Zohran <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-time-new-york-city-turns-to-muslim-socialist-zohran-mamdani-as-next-mayor?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=MAMDANI+TIME%3A+New+York+City+Turns+To+Muslim+Socialist+Zohran+Mamdani+As+Next+Mayor">Mamdani</a> as New York City mayor.
The police union released an ad on Tuesday, asking officers flat out: &#8220;NYPD, are you disgusted with the election of Zohran Mamdani?&#8221;
Mamdani, 34, has pledged to replace police officers with mental health professionals to respond to certain crisis situations across the Big Apple. He previously called to &#8220;defund the police,&#8221; but has attempted to <a href="https://x.com/america/status/1979180171539141060" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backtrack</a> on the problematic stance during his mayoral campaign.
His critics have said that crime will only surge under his leadership.
Mamdani has also pledged to champion the sanctuary city policy that&#8217;s hamstrung local police and prevented them from handing illegal immigrant criminals over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“We believe socialism is going to be bad for law enforcement in New York City. There is opportunity here in Houston for officers to come, make a great life for themselves, the cost of living is a lot less and you can actually do police work and be supported by our mayor and our city council,&#8221; Houston Police Union President Doug Griffith <a href="https://x.com/Brooketaylortv/status/1986076753131897341" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News.
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‼️‼️ ATTENTION NEW YORK CITY COPS ‼️‼️ <a href="https://t.co/zPyDTH7x9M">pic.twitter.com/zPyDTH7x9M</a>
— Houston Police Officers&#8217; Union (@HPOUTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/HPOUTX/status/1985911791642104003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
In their appeal, Texas&#8217;s largest police union offered &#8220;competitive pay&#8221; and other benefits, while also promising a &#8220;supportive mayor and city council.&#8221;
Mamdani, an assemblyman from Queens, defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after receiving more than 1,000,000 votes. The Republican on the ballot, Curtis Sliwa, lagged far behind the two candidates.

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With the strong possibility that Democratic Marxist-Islamist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani may be elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday night, Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s sights are squarely on New Yorkers.
Anticipating the mass escape from New York that might occur with a Mamdani victory, Abbott wrote on X, “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”
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After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1985417851037991321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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This move fits neatly into Abbott’s broader pattern of blending culture-war politics with aggressive state policy. Over the past year, he has made it clear that leftist ideologies — especially in academia — won’t be welcomed in the Lone Star State. “Texas is targeting professors who are more focused on pushing leftist ideologies rather than preparing students to lead our nation,” he wrote last month. “We must end indoctrination and return to education fundamentals at all levels of education.”
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Univ. of Texas professor was dismissed from an administrative post overseeing university academic affairs because of ideological differences.
Texas is targeting professors who are more focused on pushing leftist ideologies rather than preparing students to lead our nation.
We…
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1979953044977598674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Abbott has since championed audits of gender identity and LGBTQ courses across the University of Texas system, framing them as a battle for educational fundamentals. Texas lawmakers, meanwhile, are demanding even stricter oversight, convinced that schools are still promoting “radical leftist” content.
Abbott has also taken a hard line on immigration, and targeted the leftist Northeast. In 2022 alone, Texas bused nearly 16,000 migrants to sanctuary cities including New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Abbott indicated it was relief for overburdened localities. Even Democrats like former New York Governor David Patterson <a href="https://grabien.com/story?id=389990?utm_source=cliplist&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=cliplist20220816&amp;utm_content=story389990">admitted</a> the tactic was “brilliant” from a strategic standpoint, noting its ability to highlight federal inaction while putting sanctuary city leaders on the defensive.
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Abbott’s “100% tariff” joke signals a zero tolerance stance for residents leaving NYC for Texas if a progressive mayor takes office. The idea is to draw a stark line between Texas’ conservative values and what Abbott portrays as leftist chaos elsewhere.
From auditing classrooms to busing migrants and now slapping hypothetical tariffs on New Yorkers, Greg Abbott is proving that in Texas, governance and culture wars are inseparable — and that he won’t hesitate to take his fight beyond the state line.

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Mamdani Effect: Abbott Says He’ll Impose 100% Tariff On New Yorkers Moving To Texas After Election

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Federal agents arrested more than 120 illegal immigrant drivers on Texas roadways amid an investigation that found a major loophole in the Lone Star State that has allowed individuals lacking immigration status to register vehicles.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement made the arrests in a single day last week in Houston as part of an effort to clear “our roads of dangerous, often unlicensed and uninsured, illegal aliens who should NOT be behind the wheel,” the agency said.
It comes as one Texas lawmaker probes officials after he “recently received alarming reports of illegal immigrants being able to register their vehicles” in Texas without a state license, The Daily Wire has learned.
Republican State Rep. Brian Harrison’s office sent a letter Monday to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Board to crack down on state authorities issuing vehicle registrations to illegal immigrants.
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<div>“The Texas government should be a force multiplier of President Trump’s efforts to combat illegal immigration, not enabling or incentivizing it,” Harrison said. “It is past time the Texas government starts acting like we are in a battle for the future of western civilization, because we are. I’m demanding action now!”</div>
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🧊ICE on the roads🧊
We made over 120 arrests in Houston Oct. 29 — clearing our roads of dangerous, often unlicensed and uninsured, illegal aliens who should NOT be behind the wheel. <a href="https://t.co/qg4EcN9Fnr">pic.twitter.com/qg4EcN9Fnr</a>
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICEgov/status/1985149944202661934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
Harrison cited Texas law that gives the state “broad authority by the Legislature to determine what personal identification must be presented in order to register a vehicle.”
“I am writing today to inquire what steps, if any, the DMV has taken and is implementing to determine whether the owner of the vehicle is a citizen or lawfully in the country before issuing vehicle registrations,” Harrison wrote, concluding “If DMV fails to take prompt and efficacious action to solve this problem, I will file legislation to require DMV verify lawful status before issuing registrations.”
ICE has recently taken steps to arrest<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers-ended-up-on-americas-roads?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=How+Illegal+Immigrant+Truck+Drivers+Ended+Up+On+America%E2%80%99s+Roads"> illegal immigrant truck drivers</a> carrying non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) after a series of devastating crashes on American highways.
Many of those caught were carrying California-issued CDLs, prompting a massive crackdown by the Trump administration.

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ICE Nabs Over 120 Illegal Immigrant Drivers After Probe Exposes Major Loophole Found In Texas DMV

ICE Nabs Over 120 Illegal Immigrant Drivers As Probe Exposes Major Loophole With Texas Vehicle Regis

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