News Roundup and Comment

VCY America

From Trump's latest administration picks to the latest on the immigration battle; those stories and more were covered on this News Round-Up & Comment broadcast.--Embattled former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for attorney general yesterday saying he was becoming a distraction to President-elect Trump's transition.--Gaetz said Friday he will not be returning to Congress next year.--President-elect Trump wasted little time in picking former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his next pick for attorney general after Representative Matt Gaetz dropped out.--Jose Ibarra, the illegal immigrant from Venezuela, has been convicted of murder and sent to prison without opportunity for parole in the February killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.--The district attorney who declined to seek the death penalty for Jose Ibarra is a criminal justice activist and outspoken Kamala Harris supporter.--The Biden administration is loosening some key immigration restrictions ahead of President-elect Trump's second term, opening the door for thousands more illegal immigrants to enter the U.S.--The Democrat Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has vowed that the city's police and population would resist President-elect Donald Trump's deportation agenda, comparing Trump and federal deportations to the Chinese Communist Party.--Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul blasted the Biden administration for reducing office hours at 4 northern border crossings amid an ongoing surge of immigration. --President-elect Donald Trump will be doing away with the politically correct term "undocumented non-citizen".