NEW YORK — Half of American voters say the Trump administration has gone too far on immigration enforcement, and optimism about the U.S. economy, while still high, has slipped over the past quarter as trade tensions ramp up, a Fox News poll shows.
The 50% who say enforcement of immigration laws has “gone too far” is more than double, 24%, those who say actions haven’t gone far enough. About one in five say the measures are about right. By a wide majority — 73% to 24% — Americans favor giving legal status to young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children, so-called Dreamers. Allocating more agents to the border was a more popular choice than imposing tariffs on Mexican imports or building a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border.
A 41-year-old woman was arrested by Miami Beach police on Saturday in the attack of a sea turtle nest with a wooden stake.
According to police, officers and eye witnesses saw Yaqun Lu “jabbing at the sea turtle nest and stomping all over the nest with her bare feet,” the Miami Herald reported. The Michigan resident was discovered inside a fenced-off area that was cordoned to protect hatchlings; yellow tape, sticks and a “Do Not Disturb” sign warned the public to stay away.
Officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission inspected the nest and determined the eggs were not harmed by Lu, according to WPLG.
Lu, a Chinese citizen, was charged with molesting or harassing marine turtles or their eggs, and she could face up to five years in prison if Lu is convicted of the 3rd-degree felony. Since Saturday, she has been held on $5,000 bond.
PORTLAND, Maine — Undaunted by a dangerous journey over thousands of miles, people fleeing economic hardship and human rights abuses in African countries are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border in unprecedented numbers, surprising Border Patrol agents more accustomed to Spanish-speaking migrants. Officials in Texas and even Maine are scrambling to absorb the sharp increase in African migrants. They are coming to America after flying across the Atlantic Ocean to South America and then embarking on an often harrowing overland journey. In one recent week, agents in the Border Patrol’s Del Rio sector stopped more than 500 African migrants found walking in separate groups along the arid land after splashing across the Rio Grande.
That is more than double the total of 211 African migrants who were detained by the Border Patrol along the entire 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border in the 2018 fiscal year.
NEW YORK — Israel’s foreign minister on Sunday said the country would have a “key role” to play in an upcoming economic summit in Bahrain, organized by the White House as the first step in its plan to make peace between Israelis and Palestinians. But it remains unclear if Israeli officials are invited.
With just over a week to go before the June 25-26 conference, Israel’s Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon has yet to be formally invited, but he is expected to represent Israel “if an Israeli delegation is present,” said one Israeli official who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the topic. Israel Katz, the foreign minister, clearly believes they should have a seat at the table.
“Israel, with its experience and capabilities can participate in these efforts and contribute in different fields of interest,” Katz said Sunday in a speech at a New York conference organized by the Jerusalem Post.
— Staff reports