Editor's note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at1-800-273-TALK(8255).Larry Strickland, Naomi Judd's widower, confirmed the late singer once shot a gun at him after learning about his infidelity.In the Lifetime docuseries "The Judd Family: Truth Be Told," the 79-year-old who was married to Judd for 33 years before her death in 2022 briefly opened up about the incident.In a voiceover from her 1993 memoir, "Love Can Build a Bridge," Judd could be heard saying that she and Strickland were "wildly, madly, passionately in love," despite her husband rarely being home. At the time, Judd detailed the moment she learned about her husband's cheating after a woman continued to call their home and express her love for Strickland.WYNONNA JUDD WISHES BOND WITH MOM WAS LIKE THEIR MUSIC, BUT 'THERE WAS A LOT OF DYSFUNCTION'A heartbroken Judd recalled tearing up photos of the pair and throwing Strickland's clothes and belongings out.At one point during the docuseries, Strickland rewatched a scene from the TV movie "Love Can Build a Bridge" in which Kathleen York, who played Naomi, shoots Bruce Greenwood, who played Strickland, after discovering his infidelities."Well, it really happened," Strickland admitted. "That's all I can say. That's all I'm going to say. It happened."Judd and Strickland married in May 1989.The Judds member died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on April 30, 2022, one day before she was set to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame."I was really scared to death about her flying alone all the way from Vienna back to Nashville 'cause I knew how fragile she was," Strickland said of the days leading up to her death during CMTs "Naomi Judd: A River of Time" honoring Naomi shortly after her death.Naomi's daughter, actress Ashley Judd, appeared on "Good Morning America" at the time to discuss her mother's mental health and her manner of death."She used a weapon my mother used a firearm," Ashley said during the appearance. "So thats the piece of information that we are very uncomfortable sharing, but understand that were in a position that if we dont say it someone else is going to."Ashley also shared details from Naomi's final day."It was a mixed day," the actress explained. "I visit with my mom and pop every day when Im home in Tennessee, so I was at the house visiting as I am every day. Mom said to me, Will you stay with me? and I said, Of course I will. I went upstairs to let her know that her good friend was there and I discovered her. I have both grief and trauma from discovering her."NAOMI JUDD DIED FROM A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND, DAUGHTER SAYSElsewhere in the documentary, Ashley and sister Wynonna Judd admitted that they had a complicated relationship with their late mother, who also dealt with her own trauma on her road to success.The sisters opened up in the first three episodes about growing up with a young mom, the abuse they experienced from one of their mothers exes when they were children, leaving Los Angeles behind to move home to Kentucky, and how Wynonna and Naomi found and dealt with superstardom in country music.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER"Ive loved her more than Ive loved myself, but Mother was both in love with me and terrified of me because I represented what she didnt know and couldnt control," Wynonna said at the beginning of the docuseries.Wynonna said she believes her mothers suicide was partly to blame on "generational trauma" her mother experienced."One of the reasons I have decided that Mom left this world is because of trauma, generational trauma, family stuff that never got healed or fixed," Wynonna said in the first episode of the show.WYNONNA JUDD RECALLS LAST PERFORMANCE WITH MOM NAOMI: SHE WAS VERY FRAGILEAshley added that their mother lived with a "constellation of her sufferings" that spiraled into severe depression before her death.Strickland also admitted in the docuseries he was "jealous as crap" of Naomis success early on in her career.Naomi wrote in her memoir that after she found out that their song "Mama Hes Crazy" was No. 1, Strickland stood up and walked out the door."I was jealous as crap of her, you know," he admitted, "so we just kind of fell apart a little bit."Fox News Digital's Brie Stimson contributed to this post.

A U.S. appeals court will review the Trump administration's bid to avoid returning a 20-year-old Venezuelan asylum seeker who was deported to El Salvador earlier this year, keeping him in Salvadoran custody for now.The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed last week to take up Trump's appeal staying through May 15 a lower court's ruling that required the Trump administration to immediately return him to U.S. soil.The appeals court also ordered plaintiffs in the case to submit their response to the court before noon on Monday. The Trump administration will have through 9 a.m. Tuesday to respond.At issue is the case of Daniel Lozano-Camargo, a 20-year-old Venezuelan national previously referred to in court documents as "Cristian," who was deported to El Salvador in March in the Trump administration's early wave of Alien Enemies Act removals.FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS RETURN OF DEPORTED MIGRANT TO US, REJECTING TRUMP REQUESTU.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher, a Trump appointee, ruled in April that his deportation violated an agreement the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) struck in 2024 with Lozano-Camargo and a group of young asylum seekers who had entered the U.S. as unaccompanied children.Under that agreement, DHS agreed not to deport the migrants in question until their requests for asylum could be fully adjudicated in U.S. court. Last month, Gallagher said Lozano-Camargos deportation was a "breach of contract," since his asylum case had not yet been heard, and ordered the U.S. government to facilitate his release.She reiterated that decision in court last week, rejecting a new filing from the Justice Department that said it had determined Lozano-Camargo was eligible for removal under the law, citing his earlier arrest and conviction for cocaine possession in Houston this year.Justice Department officials claimed in earlier court documents that Lozano-Camargo was a member of a "violent terrorist gang" but have not linked him to Tren de Aragua. Portions of their most recent court filing have been redacted.Gallagher had specifically ordered the Trump administration to make a "good faith request to the government of El Salvador" to "release Cristian, [or Lozano-Camargo], to U.S. custody for transport back to the United States to await the adjudication of his asylum application on the merits by USCIS," which it had not done.BOASBERG GRILLS DOJ OVER REMARKS FROM TRUMP AND NOEM, FLOATS MOVING MIGRANTS TO GITMO IN ACTION-PACKED HEARINGGallagher emphasized in court last week that her decision has nothing to do with the strength of his asylum request, and is based solely on due process protections."I dont think that this is a case about whether or not Cristian is going to eventually get asylum," she told lawyers for the Trump administration.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Process is important. We dont skip to the end and say, We all know how this is going to end so well just skip that part,'" she said. "Whether he ultimately receives asylum is not the issue. The issue is and has always been one of process."Still, Gallagher agreed to stay her ruling for 48 hours, giving the administration time to appeal it to the higher court, which it did.

Paulina Gretzky and Dustin Johnson were in attendance for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference semifinals between the Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs.Gretzky wore a Panthers leather jacket with the teams vintage logo on the back. Johnson wore a Panthers jersey with his name on the back. NHL legend Wayne Gretzky and Maple Leafs great Tie Domi joined the couple in a suite high above the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Panther club," she captioned the collage of photos she posted on her Instagram account.The two have often been seen taking in Panthers games. They were cheering on the Panthers during the teams run to a Stanley Cup title last season.On Sunday, Gretzky and Johnson got to watch Florida shut out Toronto and tie the series at two games apiece. Sam Bennett and Carter Verhaeghe both scored goals in the win.STARS' MASON MARCHMENT HITS REF WITH STICK DURING PLAYOFF WIN VS JETSMaple Leafs bruiser Max Domi received backlash for a late hit on Aleksander Barkov as the third period came to a close. He was hit with a major penalty for boarding and the NHL fined him $5,000 on Monday morning.Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stopped each of the Maple Leafs 23 shots."We had looks," Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube said. "They're doing a good job of swarming us with numbers, obviously.... It's a battle out there. This is what it is. They don't give you a lot."Game 5 is set for Wednesday night in Canada.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

More than a ton of cocaine worth nearly $400 million was seized off the coast of Australia during a drug bust that ended with the arrests of five men on Friday, local authorities said.New South Wales (NSW) Police Force investigators obtained intelligence about a suspicious purchase of a boat with a large sum of cash in late April and began following the movements of the vessel and people involved, the NSW and Australian Federal Police (AFP) said in a joint news release.Both the NSW and AFP monitored their activities as they traveled north via Nelson Bay and Port Macquarie, according to the agencies.When the vessel came back to shore on Friday, marine authorities launched an interception.5 FISHERMEN RESCUED AT SEA AFTER 55 DAYS ADRIFT IN PACIFIC OCEANAuthorities discovered approximately 1,110 blocks of cocaine, weighing 1.039 tons, aboard the vessel. The cocaine had an estimated potential street value of nearly $400 million, according to authorities.Two men, aged 24 and 26, were arrested on board the vessel. Three men aged 28, 29 and 35 were arrested on shore after investigators stopped two vehicles attempting to leave the area."Australias vast coastline is attractive to organized crime groups, who attempt to exploit this by trying to import drugs using boats," AFP Assistant Commissioner Stephen Dametto said. "The bad news for them is the AFP will continue to work together with our partners to target organized crime syndicates who wrongly believe they can operate with impunity."BONDI ANNOUNCES ONE OF LARGEST FENTANYL SEIZURES IN US HISTORYThe two men arrested on the boat were charged with supplying a prohibited drug in a large commercial quantity, while the three men arrested on shore were charged with taking part in supplying a prohibited drug in a large commercial quantity. All five face charges of participating in a criminal group.All five men appeared in court and were denied bail.Investigators are working to learn more about the origin of the drugs and the group's alleged associates.

House and Senate Republicans have been working for months on a sweeping piece of legislation addressing a litany of President Donald Trump's agenda items.Such a bill is possible via the budget reconciliation process, which allows the party controlling Congress and the White House to pass broad policy overhauls while totally sidelining the minority. It lowers the Senates threshold for passage from 60 votes to 51, lining it up with the Houses simple majority rules.However, one of the caveats is that the measures tucked into the bill must deal with taxes, spending or the national debt. One key person gets the final say over what is relevant to that sphere the Senate parliamentarian.The parliamentarian, who heads the Senates parliamentarian office, is a nonpartisan, unelected role appointed by the Senate majority leader. It does not have a fixed term.ANTI-ABORTION PROVIDER MEASURE IN TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' COULD SPARK HOUSE GOP REBELLIONThe persons role is to advise the Senate and its staff on the chambers rules and precedent. The normally low-profile role has been thrust into the spotlight several times in congressional history, however, particularly surrounding reconciliation."At the end of the day, it really is a judgment call. And sometimes you're making a judgment call where you're relying on similar situations or maybe analogous situations where we dealt with reconciliation in the past, maybe other times you're dealing with a completely novel issue, and youre having to figure it out," one former senior Senate aide described to Fox News Digital."Or maybe, and this happens a lot, people are trying get things through, debating or citing past provisions of previous reconciliation billssaying Hey, this provision is very similar, and this got through."The Senate parliamentarian leads the "Byrd bath," a key part of the reconciliation process where the legislation is carefully examined, and any measures found not relevant to the contours of reconciliation are stripped out.Notably, progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., called for the firing of the Senate parliamentarian in 2021 when she forced Senate Democrats to scuttle their $15 per hour minimum wage effort from their reconciliation bill at the time.That same parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, who was appointed by the late former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is still serving today and has largely garnered bipartisan respect for her handling of the role.MacDonough, appointed in 2012, is the first woman in the job. She was a part of the parliamentarians office before that and briefly served as an attorney in the Department of Justice, according to NPR."I would say that this particular parliamentarian sees herself more as, almost an administrative law judge, and I think that she has generally viewed some of the things that the Senate has been allowed to get away with in reconciliation as a departure from precedent," said Paul Winfree, president of the Economic Policy Innovation Center and a former Senate Budget Committee staffer himself, told Fox News Digital."I think that she has more of a small-c conservative approach to what is allowable. At the same time, a lot of what is considered to be allowable under reconciliation is dependent on estimates that are produced by the Congressional Budget Office or the joint tax committee."When asked if any of the current public reconciliation plans could face issues with the parliamentarian, both people who spoke with Fox News Digital floated an accounting maneuver that would largely obscure the cost of permanently extending Trumps 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.That scoring method, known as current policy baseline, would zero out the cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts by measuring it as an extension of the current economic conditions, rather than factoring in how much less the government is taking in via tax revenues with the cuts in effect.Senate Republicans have signaled they believe they have the legal basis for moving forward with that calculation, however, without the parliamentarians say."We think the law is very clear, and ultimately the budget committee chairman makes that determination," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters last month.HOUSE REPUBLICANS RELEASE TAX PLAN FOR TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL'The Senate GOP aide who spoke with Fox News Digital said, "If that were to have fallen out or just, you didn't know what was going to happen, that would just affect so many provisions in the bill.""Because all of a sudden, you know, all these things start scoring [as an increase to the deficit]and things become more problematic with your instructions," the former aide said.Winfree, however, said Republicans have appeared to be mindful overall with how they have written the text so far."Theyve actually been pretty conservative in how theyve approached the language," he said.He said it was "possible some of the immigration provisions could get a second look," but that even then, he believed it would "ultimately be okay."Republican leaders have said they hope to have a bill on Trumps desk by Fourth of July.Fox News Digital reached out to the current Senate Majority Leader's office for comment.

President Donald Trump will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates next week to advance a flurry of high-stakes negotiations, but his trip comes as cracks seem to have appeared in his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.On the agenda are reviving hostage talks with Israel and Hamas, exploring an off-ramp for the Russia-Ukraine war and potentially a civil nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, even if the kingdom refuses to normalize ties with Israel.However, an apparent chill between Trump and Netanyahu has grabbed the attention of Middle East watchers.Yanir Cozin, a correspondent for Israeli Army Radio, claimed this week that Trump had "cut contact" with the Israeli leader. That report has not been independently confirmed, but it aligns with an emerging perception in Israeli political circles that the Trump-Netanyahu axis may be fraying.4TH ROUND OF US-IRAN TALKS ENDS AS TRUMP SET TO EMBARK ON HISTORIC MIDDLE EAST TOUR"There's always a method to the president's madness, so to speak," said Scott Feltman, executive vice president of the One Israel Fund. "There is a prevailing thought that [Trump] very much wants Israel to stand on its own two feet To some extent, he may be giving the prime minister a little bit of tough love."Sources told Reuters Trump is prepared to move forward with a civil nuclear deal with Riyadh even if Saudi Arabia holds off on normalizing relations with Israel a dramatic shift from both his first administration and Bidens, which had tied such deals to broader normalization goals.For Israel, that shift may be unsettling. Riyadh has long insisted on the creation of a Palestinian state as a precondition for full ties with Israel, an outcome Netanyahu has rejected.Over the weekend, it was revealed Trump was in talks with Doha officials about a potential deal for Qatar to loan the U.S. a jet to replace Air Force One. Israeli supporters have long been skeptical of Qatar, claiming it has ties to Hamas.Meanwhile, frustration in Jerusalem grew this week when the U.S. reached a ceasefire agreement with Yemens Houthi militants. The deal, brokered without Israeli input, required the Houthis to halt attacks on Red Sea shipping lanes but made no mention of their assaults on Israel."Trump, to a large extent, basically threw Israel under the bus," said Avi Melamed, a former Israeli intelligence official and regional analyst. "I think the Israeli government is puzzled, embarrassed particularly in the context of the Houthis."Netanyahu made clear Israel would not rely on the U.S. to handle the Houthi threat. "Israel will defend itself by its own forces," he said Thursday, with Defense Minister Israel Katz echoing that position.TRUMP SAYS LAST LIVING AMERICAN HOSTAGE EDAN ALEXANDER WILL BE RELEASED BY HAMASDespite the rhetoric, the U.S. continues to support Israels defenses. On Friday, a U.S. THAAD missile system intercepted rockets fired toward Israel by Houthi forces."The United States isnt required to get permission from Israel to make some type of arrangement that would get the Houthis from firing on our ships," U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee told Israels Channel 12 this week.However, Huckabee shot down any report of tensions between the two world leaders."Its reckless & irresponsible for press to allege that @POTUS and @IsraeliPM are not getting along,"Huckabee said in a post on X. "Bibi has spent more time with @realDonaldTrump than I have in past 3 months & Im his ambassador! The relationship between US & Israel remains STRONG!""Israel has had no better friend in its history than President Trump. We continue to work closely with our ally Israel to ensure remaining hostages in Gaza are freed, Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon, and to strengthen regional security in the Middle East," National Security Council spokesman James Hewitt told Fox News Digital in response to the reports of tensions.Other experts caution against reading too much into the friction."The Israelis never had any false impressions that the U.S. was striking the Houthis to defend Israel," said Gregg Roman of the Middle East Forum. "It was to protect global commerce... And its not like the U.S. has abandoned Israel."Roman also downplayed tensions over the potential Saudi nuclear deal. "I think a safer Saudi Arabia, at the end of the day, will lead to a safer Israel."Adding to the regional uncertainty is Netanyahus silence on Iran. While his government has tallied recent gains against Iranian proxies Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Assad regime he has so far refrained from weighing in publicly on nuclear negotiations with Tehran.Still, Netanyahu says he remains in close contact with the Trump team about Iran. "I said to President Trump that I hope that this is what the negotiators will do," he recently told reporters. "Were in close contact with the United States. But I said one way or the otherIran will not have nuclear weapons."Trump "is not scheduled to visit Israel on this trip, and I actually think that that might very well be a good thing, because he may find that he hears from the Sunni states that they're just as upset about the path that is taking place right now with negotiations with Iran," said Feltman."They have just as much to lose from a nuclear Iranian regime."

American Olympian Anita Alvarez needed to be rescued from the pool when she fainted and nearly drowned at the World Aquatics Championships in June 2022.The artistic swimmer eventually helped Team USA win a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Games, but it was the moment when her coach rushed into the pool to save her two years prior that stuck with the sports world for months before the Olympics began.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMShe opened up about the incident in an interview with People magazine, which was published on Saturday."I remember suddenly beginning to see light through my eyes, and thinking, Oh, Im not breathing, just as they were starting to put an oxygen mask on me," she said.Alvarez said the entire incident "blew up way more than" she would have thought.JOSAIA RAISUQE, RUGBY STAR WHO WON SILVER AT PARIS OLYMPICS WITH FIJI, DEAD AFTER ACCIDENT INVOLVING TRAIN"But learning how those photos inspired people changed the way I looked at it," she said.Alvarez is now focused on her career outside the pool. She joined the U.S. Air Force and graduated from basic training in January. She is a member of the World Class Athletic Program, which helps military members continue their training while serving the country.She has since returned to the pool to gear up for the world championships later this year in Singapore with hopes of returning to Team USA for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.Alvarez has three bronze and one silver medal in the world championships.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

FIRST ON FOX: The United States is set to welcome 49 white South African refugees who are victims of "government-sponsored racial discrimination" in their homeland, according to the State Department.The U.S.-chartered flight touched down at Dulles Airport in Virginia on Monday afternoon,when Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau welcomed the group of Afrikaners."Faced with undeniable government-sponsored racial discrimination in South Africa, the first Afrikaner refugees have arrived in the United States," a senior State Department official said in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital."The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program was intended for situations like this.Under President Trump's strong leadership, the State Department has helped to provide a new life for these refugees in America, where they will live in freedom, safety, and opportunity."TRUMP TO BRING WHITE AFRIKANERS TO US AS REFUGEES FROM SOUTH AFRICA, IN WAKE OF EXPROPRIATION LEGISLATIONPresident Donald Trump first initiated their resettlement with an executive order entitled, "Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa," directing the State Department to bump up Afrikaners to the front of the line for resettlement.South Africans are now able to submit a statement of interest with the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, which will review the documents and contact those who are eligible for the interview process.Trump has virtually halted the refugee program for those from war- and famine-ravaged nations like Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. White South Africans say they have been denied jobs and targeted for violence on account of their race.Trumps executive order came in response to a law passed by the South African government allowing it to take private land for public use, sometimes without compensation. Trump claimed the law would be used to targetSouth Africas White minority Afrikaner group, descended from Dutch and other European settlers who arrived more than 300 years ago.TRUMP, SOUTH AFRICA IN GROWING ROW OVER HOTLY CONTESTED LAND LAW, COUNTRY'S DEALS WITH US FOESThe South African foreign ministry said claims that White South Africans faced a "well-founded fear of persecution" were "unfounded.""It is most regrettable that it appears that the resettlement of South Africans to the United States under the guise of being refugees is entirely politically motivated and designed to question South Africas constitutional democracy; a country which has in fact suffered true persecution under Apartheid rule and has worked tirelessly to prevent such levels of discrimination from ever occurring again," spokespersonChrispin Phiri at theMinistry of International Relations and Cooperation added.The Afrikaners arrival comes as Trump tries to push back on the racial politics of South Africa, where adviser Elon Musk grew up during apartheid.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe Afrikaner families traveling to the U.S. are largely from farming communities.Since apartheid ended in the 1990s, South Africa has sought to atone for segregationist policies, including with the land redistribution law signed in January. The policy came after a 2017 audit found that White South Africans owned three-quarters of individually-owned farms and agricultural property, while making up 7% of the population. Black South Africans had been denied the right to own prime agricultural land during the apartheid era.

WEWS News 5, a local ABC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, announced on Friday that Meteorologist Mark Johnson was no longer employed at the station after delivering weather forecasts for nearly three decades at the affiliate."News 5 wants to share with our viewers a change to our on-air staffing. Meteorologist Mark Johnson is no longer employed at WEWS," a statement from the outlet read.Jodie Heisner, the station's news director, told Cleveland.com that they couldn't "comment beyond what was posted on our website.""We want our audiences to know that News 5 and its parent company, Scripps, take protecting our audiences trust very seriously by requiring our employees to adhere to the highest ethical standards. We cannot provide further details, as this is a personnel matter," Steve Weinstein, WEWS vice president and general manager said, according to the statement.OHIO MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING DEPUTY DENIED BOND AS CHAOS DISRUPTS PACKED COURT ROOMSeveral fans have taken to Johnson's Facebook page to post in support of the weatherman. One user wrote, "Well no reason for me to ever watch WEWS 5 every [sic] again!"Johnson replied to the post on Facebook, as reported by The New York Post, and said, "I still love my News5 Family. Some great people.""More than anyone, you know there will be sunshine after a storm. Clevelanders stand with you your stellar reputation cannot be tarnished and we celebrate your decades of loyalty to our community," another fan wrote to the meteorologist.Johnson has not issued an official statement about his employment. Another News 5 meteorologist, Katie McGraw, acknowledged she was stepping in for Johnson during a broadcast on Friday, and another stepped in for Johnson on May 6, according to News 5 broadcasts.The former meteorologist posted on Facebook and on Threads about a small earthquake in the area on Sunday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE"Did You Feel It?? Small earthquake just before 11pm in Ashtabula County... Lake Erie Bluffs seismograph shows the quake here. 10:47pm near Harpersfield. Measured 2.5.," Johnson wrote on social media.Johnson's last appearance on the station appears to be on Monday, May 5, when he appeared on News 5 throughout the day, according to the News 5 broadcasts.

Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego unveiled a border security and immigration reform plan that was immediately endorsed by several House Democrats.Gallego, the son of Mexican and Colombian immigrants, offered a "five-pillar" framework he said expresses his commitment to securing the southern border."We dont have to choose between border security and immigration reform," Gallego said."We can and should do both."STABLECOIN BILL, INITIALLY BIPARTISAN, HITS SNAG AS DEMS SPLINTER"Americans deserve the right to feel safe knowing their border is secure, but for decades, Congress has tried and failed to take action because politics got in the way. Its time to push forward and enact a plan that works," Gallego said.Typically seen as a Republican issue, Gallegos border security plan combines GOP priorities like staffing-up the Border Patrol, with Democrats favored "pathway to citizenship" for select migrants, in part for economic benefit.Gallegos plan also outlines asylum process reform by "expedit[ing]" peoples passage through the system and also seeking to enforce that other countries do their "fair share" to resettle asylum seekers and combat cartel violence and economic instability in their home areas.ARIZONA KAMALA HARRIS RALLY SPEAKERS COURT JOHN MCCAIN REPUBLICANS SUPPORT; MAN BRINGS BORDER MAP FOR VPIt increases the annual green card quota and increases the use of e-Verify, an application that verifies an employees legal status when it comes to working in the U.S.In terms of asylum case reform, Gallego seeks to hire additional officers to process claims and afford them more jurisdiction in deciding the outcome of applicants cases."I commend Sen. Gallego for this pragmatic and much-needed framework," said Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, a supporter of the plan."More Democrats need to move to the middle on this issue and embrace this type of approach," he said."As a border-district congressman, I know it's past time we reform our asylum system, stop the flow of dangerous drugs by investing in our Border Patrol officers, develop legal pathways, tackle the root causes of irregular migration, and ensure South Texas, and communities all along the border can safely thrive."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn the north, Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., also lent his support to the plan."Sen. Gallego is a serious Democratic leader, and I applaud him for offering a balanced immigration policy that secures our borders, fixes the broken asylum system, grows our economy, and treats immigrants with dignity," Suozzi told Fox News Digital."We can achieve these goals without pandering to the far lefts impractical demands or the far rights mean-spirited extremism."Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment on Gallegos plan.