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Trump defends the deportation of hundreds of immigrants in his first days in office
US President Donald Trump highlighted on Monday the “hundreds of illegal criminal immigrants” deported during their first days in office, including, he said, members of the transnational organization Tren de Aragua and the Mara Salvatrucha gang.
Trump closed today the first day of an annual conference of Republican congressmen held at his hotel in Doral, a neighboring city of Miami and South Florida, where he has reviewed the first executive and political orders he has implemented, including the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and the abolition in the Federal Administration of equity and gender programs, in pursuit of a return of “meritocracy”.
But there has been a topic that has implied a good stretch of the speech of more than an hour he has offered in Florida has been that of the measures against immigration that he has implemented and the deportations of hundreds of “criminal immigrants”, many of whom are repeat offenders.
“They are more violent than our own criminals,” said the Republican, who added that he is analyzing the possibility of establishing the death penalty for undocumented people who commit murders.
The US immigration authorities have arrested at least 2,382 undocumented immigrants in the first week of the Republican’s mandate and issued 1,797 arrest warrants against citizens susceptible to being deported, according to official figures.
Trump also referred to the crisis raised over the weekend with his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, by his refusal to accept two repatriation flights, before which the US announced the imposition of general tariffs of 25%, among other measures. Hours later, the White House announced that the Colombian Executive agreed to the terms.
“He said: ‘This is not the way to treat people.’ You would have to say that these are murderers, drug traffickers, gang members, the toughest people you have ever met or seen. How would you like to be a pilot of that plane?” Trump joked.
The president said that he is working with Congress on a bill to allocate funds “to totally and permanently restore the sovereign borders of the United States once and for all.”
This project, he added, should include funding for “a record increase in border security personnel” and bonuses for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) staff and for its operational arm, the Border Patrol.”
He defended that the automotive industry returns to produce in the country, rather than importing from Mexico or China, otherwise it will impose tariffs, an idea that he defends as a mechanism to defend the American population: “Our country is going to be rich again,” he said.
He also warned that although they work on legislation in the face of budget cuts, he will not sign any law that would cut “a single penny” to funds for Social Security and Medicare. “We are not going to touch those benefits,” he stressed.
He also kept his promise not to apply taxes to tips.
“I think we will have many victories, but we must stay united. This Congress will be remembered as the most successful in the United States,” promised the Republican, who precisely has a majority of his party in both chambers.
He was aware, however, that the long-term legislative agenda would require almost unanimous party cohesion.
In the middle of his speech, Trump commented again in a joking tone about the possibility of running for a third term, a scenario unfeasible for unconstitutional, although the Republican legislator for Tennessee Andy Ogles has already proposed a constitutional amendment that would allow that scenario.
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Trump Orders Construction of New ‘Golden Fleet’ to Revitalize U.S. Naval Superiority
President Donald Trump issued an executive order this Monday for the immediate construction of two new warships that will bear his name. These vessels will be the pioneers of what he described as the “Golden Fleet,” a future generation of “Trump-class” battleships that he claimed would be “100 times more powerful” than those currently in service.
The announcement took place at his private residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. The President indicated that following the initial two ships, the administration aims to commission up to 25 additional vessels. He is scheduled to meet with Florida-based contractors next week to expedite production, criticizing existing defense firms for failing to deliver results efficiently.
This naval expansion is a cornerstone of Trump’s goal to revitalized the American shipbuilding industry and address the strategic gap between the U.S. and competitors like China.
The move comes amid heightened geopolitical tension. Just last week, Trump ordered the seizure of all sanctioned tankers involved with Venezuela’s “ghost fleet” to cripple the country’s crude oil industry. Since December 10, the U.S. military—deployed in the Caribbean under the guise of counter-narcotics operations—has already detained two tankers linked to Venezuelan oil transport.
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U.S. Judge Blocks ICE from Re-detaining Salvadoran Erroneously Deported Under Trump Administration
A U.S. federal judge ruled this Monday, December 22, that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is prohibited from re-detaining Salvadoran national Kilmar Ábrego García, who was erroneously deported to El Salvador earlier this year during the administration of President Donald Trump.
During a hearing in Maryland, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled that Ábrego García must remain free on bail through the Christmas holidays, concluding that his initial detention lacked a legal basis. The ruling follows a request from his legal team for a temporary restraining order to prevent ICE from carrying out a new arrest.
Earlier this month, on December 11, Judge Xinis ordered his release from a Pennsylvania migrant detention center after determining that the government had detained him without a formal deportation order. In 2019, an immigration judge had already ruled that Ábrego could not be returned to El Salvador because his life was in danger.
Despite that protection, Ábrego García was deported in March 2025 following a raid by the Trump administration. Officials argued at the time that he was a gang member, and he was sent directly to the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT) in El Salvador. In June, he was returned to the United States to face a new trial for alleged human smuggling—a charge he denies.
On Monday, Judge Xinis also temporarily invalidated a new deportation order issued by an immigration judge following Ábrego’s recent release, granting him legal protection through the coming weeks. His trial is scheduled to begin in Tennessee in January 2026.
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Fire at substation triggers major blackout in San Francisco
The U.S. city of San Francisco was plunged into darkness Saturday night after a power outage left about 130,000 customers without electricity, although the utility company said service was restored to most users within hours.
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) said in a statement posted on X that nearly 90,000 homes had their power restored by 9:00 p.m. local time (05:00 GMT on Sunday), while the remaining 40,000 customers were expected to have service restored overnight.
Large areas of the city, a major technology hub with a population of around 800,000, were affected by the blackout, which disrupted public transportation and left traffic lights out of service during the busy weekend before Christmas, a crucial period for retail businesses.
“I know it’s been a difficult day,” San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said in a video posted on social media from the city’s emergency operations center. “There has been progress, but for those still without power, we want to make sure they are safe and checking in on their neighbors,” he added.
Lurie said police officers and firefighters advised residents to stay home as much as possible. He also noted that officers and traffic inspectors were deployed to manage intersections where traffic lights were not functioning.
The mayor confirmed that the outage was caused by a fire at an electrical substation. Parts of the city were also covered in fog, further complicating conditions during the incident.
As a result of the blackout, many businesses were forced to close despite it being the weekend before Christmas. The sudden drop in shopper traffic ahead of the holiday is “devastating” for retailers, the manager of home goods store Black & Gold told the San Francisco Chronicle.
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