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Un Trump furioso revoca la suspensión de los controles de tráfico de ICE en medio de críticas del movimiento MAGA

El presidente Donald Trump se enfureció por la pausa en la mayoría de los controles de vehículos realizados por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) y por las críticas de su propia base electoral, según dos fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto, ya que destacadas voces del movimiento MAGA sugirieron que la administración estaba suavizando sus medidas de control migratorio.

CNN informó el martes que se había ordenado a los agentes del ICE suspender en gran medida las detenciones de vehículos hasta nuevo aviso, según una fuente conocedora de la directriz. Tom Homan, el responsable de la política fronteriza de la Casa Blanca, destacó el martes que la suspensión de dichas detenciones —con algunas excepciones— era una medida temporal adoptada tras los tiroteos en los que se vio involucrado el ICE en Houston y Maine.

Altos funcionarios del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional han estado evaluando cambios operativos provisionales a raíz de esos tiroteos mortales, pero siguen bajo presión para cumplir con la agenda de deportaciones masivas de Trump y con el objetivo autoimpuesto de realizar 2.000 detenciones diarias. La pausa, aunque breve, en la mayoría de las detenciones de vehículos eliminó una herramienta clave para lograr ese fin.

Ni el secretario de Seguridad Nacional, Markwayne Mullin, ni Homan informaron a Trump sobre la pausa en las detenciones de tráfico antes de implementarla, según dos personas familiarizadas con la secuencia de los hechos.

Trump estalló de ira tras ver la cobertura mediática sobre el cambio temporal de política, la cual sugería que estaba debilitado ante sus medidas de control migratorio. A primera hora del miércoles, ordenó revertir la medida y publicó en Truth Social: “A los ‘Dumócratas’ (estúpidos demócratas, por un juego de palabras en inglés) de la izquierda radical les gustaría ver esto hecho, pero no sucederá bajo mi mandato”.

CNN contactó a la Casa Blanca y al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional para solicitar comentarios.

Figuras destacadas de la base MAGA, incluido el veterano asesor de Trump, Steve Bannon, y el abogado conservador Mike Davis, han criticado duramente la decisión de suspender las detenciones de tráfico.

“Usted trabaja para el presidente Trump; no trabaja para los demócratas del Senado ni para Susan Collins”, dijo Davis refiriéndose a Mullin durante el programa “War Room” de Bannon el miércoles por la mañana. “Este tipo tiene que dejar de ser un cobarde, tiene que dejar de ser débil y tiene que dejar de ser estúpido. Si no está a la altura del trabajo, que se largue de una vez y pondremos a alguien que sí lo esté”.

La directriz ha sido revocada desde entonces, según un funcionario de la Casa Blanca, lo que supone un nuevo vaivén para los agentes del ICE en sus intentos por intensificar las detenciones. El miércoles, Mullin manifestó su alineación con Trump al publicar una imagen de la publicación del presidente en Truth Social —en la que se revertía la directriz— y declarar en X: “Nuestro objetivo principal es garantizar la seguridad de nuestros agentes y sacar a los delincuentes de nuestras calles. Los inmigrantes indocumentados serán arrestados y deportados dondequiera que se encuentren. Si está aquí ilegalmente, ¡VÁYASE YA!”.

La directriz se aplicaba a los agentes de la división de Operaciones de Ejecución y Deportación (ERO, por sus siglas en inglés) —la rama de ICE encargada de arrestar y deportar a inmigrantes indocumentados— e imponía una pausa a la realización de detenciones, según la fuente. Se instruyó a los agentes a colaborar con agencias asociadas para llevar a cabo una detención si debían ejecutar una orden judicial penal contra una persona que se desplazaba en un vehículo.

La administración Trump ordenó dicha pausa después de que las muertes a tiros de Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, en Houston, y Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, en Biddeford (Maine), provocaran exigencias de investigaciones independientes y reavivaran las críticas hacia la agencia. Ambos fallecieron durante operaciones federales de control migratorio, aunque ninguno de los dos era el objetivo de dichas operaciones, según informaron diversas fuentes.

Tras los tiroteos, el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional también se comprometió a desplegar “rápidamente” cámaras corporales para los agentes a nivel nacional.

Esta noticia ha sido actualizada con nueva información y novedades adicionales.

Con información de Kit Maher, de CNN.

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The Trump admin wants to test paint patches on an iconic DC building this week. Preservationists are trying to stop it.

(CNN) — Preservationists are seeking to stop patches of an iconic Washington building from being painted as soon as on Thursday, warning that the move – billed as a test for President Donald Trump’s larger plan to turn the whole structure white – will cause irreparable damage to the landmark.In a request for an emergency injunction due to be filed on Thursday, Cultural Heritage Partners, a law firm, will argue that the proposed testing – which includes painting four 2-by-2 foot panels on the façade of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building – without the expert oversight ordinarily required risks harm to the building.It could also set a dangerous precedent for circumventing government review processes, handing free rein to the president for other projects, they argue.“I would rate this as pretty urgent,” said Greg Werkheiser, founding partner at the firm. “The testing concerns us because no one outside the White House knows who is conducting the testing or what protocols they’re following, and qualified preservation experts have had no chance to weigh in.”“The broader concern for historic sites nationwide is that this is all taking place under the auspices of the Executive Office of the President, outside the review process that Congress established for projects like this,” he added.Trump has expressed his desire to makeover the EEOB – a sprawling Gilded Age structure next to the White House that houses offices for some 1,500 federal employees – by covering its gray granite façade with a white “magic paint with silicate.” The plan had been in a holding pattern for months amid the legal challenge brought by Werkheiser, his firm and other preservationist plaintiffs.Last week, the administration disclosed in a court filing that it intends to paint panels in inconspicuous spots on the building to test “the potential effects of applying and removing a mineral silicate coating.”The intention to move forward with the paint test is a step seen by critics as an escalation in Trump’s quest to remake Washington and put his stamp on the White House complex.“The President’s personal aesthetic preferences do not outweigh congressionally mandated procedures,” the injunction request, shared exclusively with CNN, says.“President Trump follows a familiar pattern,” the plaintiffs warn. “He conceives of a project that he announces will improve a nationally beloved and historically significant resource. He directs those around him to execute his vision as quickly as possible. He disregards the strict federal standards Congress established to protect national, environmental, cultural, and historic resources. He misleads the public about both the harm his project will cause and the laws he is circumventing. And he rushes forward, irreparably damaging resources that do not belong to him.”It’s unclear how quickly US District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee who is overseeing the case, will respond to the request once it’s filed.A desired paint jobTrump has repeatedly disparaged the EEOB, which was completed in 1888 in the French Second Empire style, as “ugly,” calling its exterior gray a “really bad color” and asserting that switching to a white façade would give it more of a cohesive look with the White House building.To achieve that, the administration has proposed either painting the EEOB fully white or painting just the top part of the building while leaving the bottom as the existing gray granite.It has said it intends to use a mineral silicate paint – which Trump has privately called a “magic paint” – which, it claims, will strengthen the stone and keep water out. That claim is disputed by experts.Preservationists argue that EEOB’s monumental gray facade is a defining visual element of the building and any change to the color would bring harm to the building’s history, and that the paint could trap moisture that could damage the granite.Last year, they brought suit to the district court in DC to stop plans to paint it.And in March, the plaintiffs assembled 25 unnamed experts with experience in historical building restoration and silicate paint, who concluded that “mineral silicate paints are not suited for use on granite,” explaining that the stone does not chemically bond with this type of paint. Priming the granite, they added, would incur “permanent damage,” and the paint would “not strengthen granite or improve its structural durability.”However, in the latest filing from the government dated July 20, the administration said it would move forward with paint testing.This and potential renovations, instead of being managed by the General Services Administration (GSA) – an agency with congressionally-mandated authority over the building – a part of the Executive Office of the President called the Office of the Administration would take the lead.Shifting the responsibility from GSA to the Office of the President could allow the administration to elide the approvals and review process the GSA must adhere to under federal laws and statutes that seek to protect historic property, Werkheiser argues.The administration, in its latest court filing, says that the testing does not constitute a decision to proceed with the painting project and they remain engaged with other analyses required by environmental and historical preservation laws, as well as with two federal agencies, the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, that have authority over design and planning of public properties in Washington. Both commissions have been stacked with Trump loyalists and would have to sign off on the plans. They have asked for more details about the paint plans.In addition to painting study, the administration says it will also conduct a facade condition assessment which will include a visual and hands-on survey and then the extraction of up to ten samples of two inches in depth in diameter from the EEOB’s facade that are experiencing deterioration.The samples will be lab-tested to evaluate the condition of the stone – including microfractures, grain separation, stone mineral composition, stone condition and the presence of preexisting coatings, contaminants and weathering effects.CNN’s Betsy Klein and Devan Cole contributed to this reportThe-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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