The following is an installment of Trump-Vance team accomplishments (each article is linked for further info):
1. Tom Homan: ICE Decides Who Will Be Deported
In an exclusive interview, Homan said ICE conducts a “deep dive” into a suspected criminal migrant’s social media posts, criminal records, and immigration records as well as human intelligence such as informants and various forms of surveillance.
Homan told the outlet:
ICE is the principal arbiter [in determining what aspect of a migrant’s past warrant deportation].
There’s a Homeland Security task force and a lot of agents involved. But it starts with ICE.
The administration has argued the laws already on the books give them sweeping powers to identify and deport illegal immigrants and have started by going after the worst of the criminal elements. Yet their use of the centuries-old Alien Enemies Act was met with instant judicial rebuke.
In a separate Supreme Court decision, Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked a lower court order regarding the controversial deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia of Maryland was deported to a prison in El Salvador. Homan did not comment on the Garcia ruling but reaffirmed the administration’s priority of deporting as many criminal migrants as possible “using the laws on the books.”
Homan emphasized:
People who are enemies of the United States don’t have the same level [of] due process [as in] the normal process.
People keep saying they have no criminal history. I’ve been doing law enforcement since 1984. Many gang members don’t have criminal history. It’s more than criminal history.
2. Stock Market Has Begun to Rebound after Plummeting Last Week
The Dow opened Tuesday morning 1,200 points higher than Monday. It still has a way to go to recover from last week, but this is a great start.
Here is more from Fox Business:
– Stocks climbed on Tuesday after markets tumbled in the last three sessions over the rollout of President Donald Trump’s tariffs plan;
– The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 1,200 points, or 3%, higher, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were up 2.8% and 3.3%, respectively;
– Stocks seesawed during Monday’s session, with the major indexes mixed at the closing bell. The Dow fell 349.26 points, or 0.91%, while the S&P 500 slid 0.23%. The Nasdaq Composite turned positive toward the end of the trading session, finishing up 0.1%;
– Markets were jolted late last week after Trump announced tariffs on U.S. trading partners; and
– The president on Monday threatened China with additional tariffs, which dropped Wall Street further into the red.
3. The Supremes Block Lower Court Order for Trump Admin to Rehire Thousands of Fired Federal Workers
The preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has been paused as an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit plays out.
The Supreme’s docket stated:
The District Court’s injunction was based solely on the allegations of the nine non-profit-organization plaintiffs in this case. But under established law, those allegations are presently insufficient to support the organizations’ standing.
This order does not address the claims of the other plaintiffs, which did not form the basis of the District Court’s preliminary injunction.
The docket entry stated that both Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would have denied the application.
Alsup, who is a judge from San Francisco appointed by former President Bill Clinton, said that the Defense, Treasury, Energy, Interior, Agriculture and Veterans Affairs departments all had to “immediately” offer to give all jobs back to probationary workers who were fired by the administration
In his order, Alsup said the mass firings were part of a “sham” strategy to reduce the federal workforce, and that the administration had not gone through proper legal channels to fire them.
He wrote:
It is sad, a sad day when our government would fire some good employee and say it was based on performance when they know good and well that’s a lie.
4. Trump Administration Takes Bold Action to Secure Panama Canal from Chinese Influence
SecDef Hegseth announced the United States and Panama will work together to “take back the Panama Canal from China’s influence.”
From the pier the secretary stated:
China did not build this canal. China does not operate this canal, and China will not weaponize this canal.
China has been installing what Hegseth called “critical infrastructure” throughout the canal zone, creating what he warned gives them the “potential” to “conduct surveillance” of this vital waterway.
The Chinese Communist Party has been positioning itself to monitor and potentially control a shipping lane through which approximately $270 billion in American goods pass each year. This isn’t just about a canal somewhere in Central America—this is about our national security and economic future.
Panama’s recent withdrawal from China’s Belt and Road Initiative in February was the first sign that the tide might be turning. This massive program has been Beijing’s primary tool for extending its tentacles throughout the developing world. The fact that Panama is now backing away speaks volumes about the new confidence countries feel with America reasserting its leadership.
When $270 billion worth of goods move through a single chokepoint annually, control of that passage becomes a matter of national significance. Higher shipping costs mean higher prices at your local store. Delays mean empty shelves. And Chinese surveillance means vulnerability for American businesses and military vessels.
As Hegseth put it so perfectly during his visit:
Together with Panama in the lead, we will keep the canal secure and available for all nations.
That’s not just good for America—it’s good for the entire free world. And it’s exactly the kind of leadership we’ve been waiting for.
5. AG Bondi Called Flood of Judicial Challenges Against Trump ‘The Real Constitutional Crisis’
The Trump administration has been hit with an astonishing 170 lawsuits and 50 injunctions from courts across the country. This is obstruction, plain and simple.
The Attorney General spoke the painful truth:
It’s basically a game of whack-a-mole with these District Court judges around the country who have a tremendous amount of power, they believe they do.
This judicial obstruction has impacted critical policy areas, from immigration enforcement to government spending. Just last week, federal judges blocked efforts to cut $11 billion in COVID-19, mental health, and substance abuse funding to states and even forced the return of an illegal immigrant who had been deported to El Salvador.
Perhaps most telling is the administration’s experience trying to implement its transgender military policy. As Bondi detailed:
In the district court, a district court in D.C. ruled against us on military readiness, meaning gender dysphoria, ruled against us. We appealed that to the circuit court and we won.
The second we won, within minutes, in California, they filed an identical lawsuit and we lost.
This pattern of “forum shopping”—seeking out judges known for liberal rulings—has become the left’s primary strategy for thwarting the president’s agenda.
A single district judge in California can effectively nullify a policy for the entire country, regardless of what other courts have ruled. This creates a troubling dynamic where unelected judges in coastal districts effectively hold veto power over policies supported by millions of Americans who voted for President Trump.
Imagine what the Founding Fathers would think about a single unelected judge in California overturning policies supported by millions of voters across the heartland.
Throughout it all, Bondi has maintained:
The President is going to comply with the law.
The real question is whether activist judges will respect the constitutional limits of their own authority.
