Trump stands by his ICE support
BEDMINSTER,N.J. — President Donald Trump has gone on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who have called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seeking to seize political advantage on an issue that has put him on the defensive for weeks and offer a winning message for Republicans facing a forbidding midterm election.
“You get rid of ICE, you’re going to have a country that you’re going to be afraid to walk out of your house,” Mr. Trump said in a wide-ranging interview that aired on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”
Thepresident encouraged Democratic candidates to embracedemands to dissolve theagency, saying that doing sowould doom the party at thepolls. “They’re going to getbeaten so badly,” he said.
Thepresident spent part of hisweekend at his New Jerseygolf resort tweeting his supportfor the agency and its involvement in implementing his“zero tolerance” immigration policy, which resulted in more than 2,000 children separated from their familiesalong the southwest borderand prompted an outcryfrom Democrats and manyRepublicans.
Tesla delivers on promise
SANFRANCISCO — Electric car maker Tesla Inc. has delivered on its CEO’s promise to build a lowerpriced car at a rate of 5,000 per week by the end of June.
CEO Elon Musk sent an email to company employees Sunday praising them for producing 5,000 Model 3s, a compact car that’s designed to shift Tesla from a niche manufacturer to a mainstream automaker. Mr. Musk also said the company had cranked out a combined 2,000 of Model S sedans and Model X sport-utility vehicles, bringing overall production to a record 7,000 for the week.
Wildfire spurs evacuation
GUINDA, Calif. — Evacuations were ordered as dry, hot winds fueled a wildfire burning out of control Sunday in rural Northern California, sending a stream of smoke some 75 miles south into the San Francisco Bay Area.
The fast-moving blaze that broke out Saturday in western Yolo County charred at least 34 square miles of dry brush and threatened more than two dozen structures in ranchland northwest of Sacramento. No injuries were reported and the exact number of people evacuated was unclear.
FEMA to extend aid
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Citing “deficiencies” in federal assistance to Puerto Rican evacuees, a judge ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to extend the temporary hotel voucher program.
Hundreds of displaced families in Florida, and nearly 1,700 across the country, could benefit from the temporary court order. For many, it was a last minute reprieve from having to leave their temporary hotel rooms at 11 a.m. Sunday. Hurricane Maria survivors under the Transitional Sheltering Assistance program can now stay in their hotels at least until Wednesday, according to the ruling.
The temporary injunction issued Saturday night was prompted by a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts by the advocacy organizations LatinoJustice and Vamos4PR, and several affected families. They are suing FEMA, its administrator William Brock Long and regional director Alejandro De La Campa.
FEMA declined to comment on the lawsuit. But in a statement Sunday, the agency confirmed that it was working to notify hotels to extend the aid until July 5 to comply with the order.