Congressional Republicans have decided to supercharge those efforts, setting aside roughly $170 billion for immigration enforcement and border security efforts, including $75 billion in extra funding for ICE, making it by far the highest-funded law enforcement agency in the federal government.
En una entrevista exclusiva con CBS News, el director interino del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE), Todd Lyons, afirmó que su agencia arrestará a cualquier persona que se encuentre en Estados Unidos de manera ilegal, sin importar si tiene antecedentes penales. Aunque señaló que se dará prioridad a quienes tengan antecedentes criminales graves, advirtió que los operativos en comunidades seguirán incluyendo a personas sin historial delictivo, debido a las políticas de “santuario” en varias ciudades que impiden la cooperación con autoridades federales.
North Carolina is home to 12 PBS television stations and nine NPR stations. Many of the stations produce content that covers U.S. and world news, with topics ranging from politics, weather, health, science, business, arts, and culture. They also provide services such as educational content, important public safety communications during natural disasters, professional development and resources for teachers, music and cultural programming, unparalleled local news, and more, according to the American Coalition for Public Radio.
Attorney General Jackson called BRIC “a lifeline for our towns and cities trying to make sure every resident has clean and reliable water to drink, a functioning sewage system, and measures in place to prevent the next storm from devastating their communities.”
Thom Tillis is once again under fire for backing down when it mattered most—this time voting to confirm one of Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees, despite warnings from former federal prosecutors and his own previous statements.
Las redadas migratorias en lugares de trabajo están generando temor e incertidumbre en sectores clave de Carolina del Norte que dependen de trabajadores migrantes, como la agricultura, la construcción, la hotelería y otros servicios. El estado se apoya fuertemente en esta mano de obra para actividades como la cosecha de batatas y árboles de Navidad, la cría de cerdos, y la operación de restaurantes y hoteles. Cualquier interrupción en ese flujo laboral podría tener un impacto económico significativo.
Más de 300 hospitales rurales en los Estados Unidos podrían cerrar debido a recortes propuestos en los programas de Medicaid y Medicare, según un nuevo informe del Centro Cecil G. Sheps de la Universidad de Carolina del Norte en Chapel Hill. El estudio fue solicitado por senadores demócratas como parte de su oposición al proyecto de ley conocido como la “One Big Beautiful Bill”.
Since taking office in January, Stein has announced business expansions or new projects that will yield nearly $17 billion of new capital investment in North Carolina and create more than 20,000 new, good-paying jobs. North Carolina is also a growing leader in the clean energy economy, with more than 100,000 people employed in the sector.
The plaintiffs argue that the maps were designed in a way that Black voters in counties such as Guilford, Forsyth, and Mecklenburg were drawn into districts where the vast majority of voters were white rural residents who do not share their political views, thus diluting the Black voters’ voice in elections. They are looking for the courts to rule that the maps are unconstitutional.
People across the state are calling for Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly to protect Medicaid coverage for hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians after President Donald Trump signed his “Big Beautiful Bill” into law.