Texas Scores Major Legal Win on Deportation Enforcement

A new decision from the Fifth Circuit Court has opened the door for the state of Texas to begin conducting their own immigration enforcement.

Senate Bill 4 had made it a state-level crime to enter Texas illegally. It further prohibited state and local agencies from refusing to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, and required magistrates to pursue criminal prosecutions for violators even if the perpetrator had an outstanding federal immigration case. Above all, it allows the state judiciary to carry out deportations independent of the federal government.

In May, a district court blocked several key provisions of the law from going into effect, notably the ability for the state to issue its own orders of removal and the criminality for refusing to comply with such removal orders. That decision was reversed by the latest.

Governor Greg Abbott hailed the decision as a victory for the state on social media.

While certainly a victory for immigration stalwarts in Texas, SB 4 is sure to face continued legal battles.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/31/texas-scores-major-legal-win-on-deportation-enforcement-n2676962

America’s next economic powerhouse may be rising in red-state territory

CBRE report found 725 companies relocated headquarters between 2018 and 2025, with Dallas-Fort Worth leading all cities

DALLAS — Texas has emerged as the biggest winner in corporate America’s flight from high-tax blue states, attracting a wave of headquarters relocations as companies increasingly abandon costly coastal hubs for lower-tax Republican strongholds.

The relocation wave is reshaping the balance of economic power in America, boosting red-state economies while raising fresh questions about whether high taxes and regulation are driving companies out of blue-state strongholds.

Dallas-Fort Worth led the nation with 111 headquarters relocations between 2018 and 2025, according to a CBRE report, while Austin added 88 and Houston gained 31. Together, the three Texas hubs have became one of the nation’s biggest magnets for corporate relocations.

THE RED STATES RACING AHEAD IN AMERICA’S POWERFUL WEALTH BOOM — AND THE STATES FALLING BEHIND

The Texas capital attracted 88 corporate relocations from 2018 to 2025. 

CBRE found 725 companies relocated headquarters during that seven-year period, with many citing growth opportunities, lower operating costs and lighter regulation as key reasons for moving.

Florida, particularly Miami, also emerged as a major beneficiary. Over the past year alone, six companies moved operations to Miami from costly hubs like Los Angeles, the Bay Area and Boston, drawn by Florida’s lower taxes, growing tech sector and access to East Coast markets.

Companies told CBRE that Miami’s expanding startup scene and growing pool of finance and tech talent are making the city increasingly attractive. International firms are also flocking to South Florida for its strong tourism, travel and beauty industries.

Meanwhile, California suffered the nation’s steepest corporate losses.

CALIFORNIA’S LOOMING CAPITAL FLIGHT PROBLEM COULD RESHAPE STATE IN 3 KEY AREAS

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has previously said he does not support proposals to impose a "billionaire tax" on the state’s wealthiest residents. 

The San Francisco Bay Area posted a net loss of 163 headquarters during the same period Texas posted gains. Companies leaving California frequently cited taxes, labor rules and soaring living costs as reasons for relocating elsewhere, CBRE found.

The migration is also becoming increasingly political.

Economic performance often shapes midterm messaging, and corporate relocations are poised to play a larger role in debates over taxes, regulation and the broader business climate.

THIS STATE ISN’T JUST GROWING — ITS ECONOMY IS GETTING RICHER PER RESIDENT

As companies relocate to Republican-led states, blue-state leaders are facing growing scrutiny over whether high taxes and regulation are driving employers away and weakening economic growth.

The issue is drawing even more attention as Democrats in several blue states push billionaire taxes and other progressive policies that critics warn could accelerate the exodus of companies and wealthy residents.

Whether the trend endures remains unclear.

But for now, the corporate migration is reinforcing a growing reality: Taxes, regulation and cost of living are increasingly determining where businesses invest, where jobs move and which states gain or lose economic power.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/americas-next-economic-powerhouse-may-rising-red-state-territory

Federal Agents Arrest Karen Bass-Linked “Peace Ambassador” — Convicted Murderer and Active 18th Street Gang Member Was Being Paid with Taxpayer Dollars Through NGO Program

Michael Angel Alvarez (Credit: First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli)

Federal law enforcement just exposed another jaw-dropping failure of Los Angeles’ radical “reimagine public safety” experiment under Mayor Karen Bass.

Michael Angel Alvarez, 41, aka “Diablo,” a convicted first-degree murderer and alleged active 18th Street gang member, was arrested by federal agents after being paid over $58,000 last year by a city-contracted nonprofit to serve as a so-called “Peace Ambassador.”

The arrest went down on May 18 near MacArthur Park. LAPD officers responding to a stolen vehicle call detained Alvarez. He reportedly told them he worked for Mayor Karen Bass’s Crisis Response Team (“CRT”).

Take a look at the absolute insanity of this operation, according to the DOJ:

• The Suspect: A hardened gangster convicted of first-degree murder in 2002. He was sentenced to 50 years to life but was cut loose early by California’s broken justice system. Federal authorities state he is still an active 18th Street gang member who was recently caught on jailhouse phone calls plotting to assault people who broke gang rules.

• The Scam: Alvarez didn’t just sneak onto the payroll. He was funded through “Healing Urban Barrios” (HUB), a Lincoln Heights-based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that secured a lucrative contract with the city.

• The Taxpayer Cost: Under the guise of a “Peace Ambassador program”—which the city website laughably describes as an initiative to “prevent violence before it starts”—the city of Los Angeles approved a staggering $450,000 from its general fund to flow into this NGO between 2024 and 2027.

• The Payout: In 2025 alone, this taxpayer-funded NGO handed Alvarez $58,156 to patrol the streets as an unarmed “peacekeeper.”

Federal authorities noted that during the search of “Diablo’s” vehicle, they discovered top-tier, military-grade body armor plates in his trunk — marketed as the highest level of protection available on the civilian market.  Apparently, being a “Peace Ambassador” requires a lot of tactical gear when you are actively running with a cartel-linked street gang.

If convicted, Alvarez would face a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli wrote on X:

According to Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez:

“Peace Ambassadors are embedded in the communities they serve. Their presence strengthens safety networks and ensures families have someone to turn to outside of law enforcement when facing non-emergency conflict or community stress.”

Alvarez is charged in a federal criminal complaint with possession of body armor by a violent felon, which carries a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.

According to an affidavit filed with the complaint, Alvarez was paid more than $58,000 last year for his work for Healing Urban Barrios, an organization that contracted with the city for its Peace Ambassador program that is run in the city’s Council District 1, which includes MacArthur Park.

Alvarez was convicted in 2002 for first-degree murder for which he was sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison, but was released by the State of California after serving just 24 years’ imprisonment.

There is no indication Alvarez has ever stopped associating with the 18th Street gang. In fact, in jailhouse telephone call recordings of Alvarez since his release from state prison, he discussed assaulting individuals for breaking gang rules.

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officers who searched Alvarez’s car near MacArthur Park on May 18 discovered two body armor plates in the trunk. The plates are from Las Vegas and are marketed as “the highest protection level available on the civilian market.”

The hardworking tax payers of Los Angeles deserve better than to see their money shelled out to a convicted gang murderer.

This is how the modern Left operates. They defund the police, weaponize the justice system against everyday Americans, and then funnel millions of your hard-earned taxpayer dollars into sketchy NGOs that put active gang bangers and literal murderers on the public teat.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/outrageous-federal-agents-arrest-karen-bass-linked-peace/

BUSTED: Trump White House Catches The New York Times Spreading an INSANE Lie About VP JD Vance as Paper Desperately Tries to Pit Him Against the President

“J. D. Vance” 

The Trump White House completely busted the New York Times in a bizarre falsehood, while the paper published a total hit piece trying to paint Vice President JD Vance in a bad light with President Trump.

On Saturday, The New York Times published an article titled “Is JD Vance the 2028 Front Runner? Trump Has Questions.” The piece alleges that Trump has several doubts about Vance’s ability to succeed him as President.

For example, The Times claims that Trump has doubts whether Vance is capable of running a national campaign and scorned the vice-president’s initial opposition to the war in Iran. Of course, the Times provides no evidence to back up its claims.

While trying to divide Vance from the president, The Times tries to humiliate Vance further by portraying him as a thin-skinned social media addict who was recently put in timeout by White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

From the New York Times:

In meetings, Mr. Vance frequently scrolls his phone, and he uses social media to fight with his critics. The president frequently posts to Truth Social, but he does not spend time replying to people online, as Mr. Vance does.

Susie Wiles, Mr. Trump’s chief of staff, recently advised Mr. Vance to take a break from social media, as have other officials in the West Wing, according to people familiar with those interactions, because the fighting was beneath his office. (Mr. Vance said he took a break for Lent.)

But White House Communications Director Steven Cheung quickly exposed this claim as nothing but a crazy lie.

He also noted that The Times refused to run their denial.

“This isn’t true. We denied it to the New York Times, and they refused to run our quote,” Cheung wrote. “Complete fake news.”

“This supposed ‘conversation’ never happened.”

The fact that the corporate media is so desperate to destroy Vance and trick Republican voters into opposing him signals absolute fear and desperation.

When Vance launches his seemingly inevitable run for president, GOP voters should judge him with their own eyes and his accomplishments as VP.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/busted-trump-white-house-catches-new-york-times/