Birthright Citizenship Upheld; Immigration Crackdown Intensifies; GOP Feud Stalls Agenda; Shifting Voter Coalitions; White House Defends 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act; Trump Declassifies 2020 Election Docs; White House Weighs China Intel Release; 'Unhumans' Rhetoric Escalates; Border Bill Codification; Appeals Court Blocks Federal Voter List; King Election Protection Bill
SCOTUS 6-3 ruling reaffirms 14th Amendment birthright citizenship. House Speaker Johnson pushes Congress to act; Republicans now pushing bills to restrict birthright citizenship despite ruling, including a bill targeting US territories (Guam/CNMI push back). Fifth Circuit mandates bond hearings for noncriminal long-term residents with citizen children. TPS terminations for Haitians and Syrians proceed. New focus group data shows Trump voters shifting; AP-NORC poll reveals Jewish voters feel politically homeless. Report links immigration to 30% of home price growth. Green-card approvals for spouses plummet. Four noncitizens charged with illegal voting. Inside Congress, GOP feud stalls agenda. District judges resist mandatory detention. Court in Ohio blocks Trump's immigration freeze. White House officially defends 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act as not racist. Trump gave speech declassifying 2020 election documents, but fact-checks show noncitizen voter claims lack evidence; he also pushed SAVE Act. White House released documents alleging China's 220M voter files and 256K noncitizens on rolls, though experts debunk. House committee questioned Arlington prosecutor over sanctuary policies. White House considering releasing intelligence on China and 2020 election interference, with internal debate over accuracy; Trump may disclose in a speech. Democrats criticize Trump's election interference claims. White House uses Olive Garden pasta pass ID policy to push voter ID messaging. New: White House released declassified documents on Chinese cyber operations targeting US voter data; internal IC downplayed. Internal White House debate revealed: Pulte pushed to name intel officials, backed down after Wiles warned of conspiracy risks. Top Trump officials endorsing 'Unhumans' dehumanization framework to justify dismantling the modern state; China voter file claims debunked but serve as pretext. Coalition letter denounces recent ICE shootings, citing excessive force and lack of body cameras; DHS shifting justifications raise accountability questions. New deep dive reveals consumer brands (SpaceX, Home Depot, Walmart) bankrolling top ICE supporters in Congress, reinforcing corporate complicity narrative. House Republicans advancing Trump border bill to codify border policies into statute, making them harder to reverse. China interference article provides nuance: Trump's specific claim wrong but broader influence operations real. New: Database critique warns against treating voter rolls as conclusive proof; Trump's 2024 green card proposal clarified as not active policy. Appeals court upholds injunction blocking Trump's federal voter list order in 23 states, a major legal setback for his election integrity push ahead of midterms. King introduces legislation to protect elections from interference, extending statute of limitations and enabling lawsuits against ballot seizure.