Community members in Louisiana packed a board meeting to protest a camp for women and children last week. Only half the board showed up, and one member slept through the meeting.
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Posted inPolitics
Republicans Are Triple-Dipping Funding for Mass Deportation
ICE and CBP have gotten nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars under Trump in the last year. The GOP is still trying to add more.
Posted inTechnology
Home Depot and Lowe’s Downplay Customer Surveillance Threats
Shareholders are seeking more info about how the companies collect and share data, including automatic license plate readers that cops and federal agents use to hunt immigrants.
Posted inLaw and Justice
ICE Wants to Reopen the Crumbling Federal Prison Dubbed ‘Rape Club’
The infamous prison was closed two years ago following revelations of rampant sexual abuse.
Posted inPolitics
Congress Has Become Almost Totally Irrelevant
The way Republicans are managing the Department of Homeland Security budget shows that Congress is now just something to work around.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Tariff Refund Nightmare
In principle, Americans are owed $166 billion in refunds of Trump’s illegal tariffs. But actually collecting is like unscrambling an egg.
Posted inPolitics
You Gotta Hand It to Chuck Schumer This Time
He went up against Republicans and … won?
Posted inTAP
Senate Approves TSA Funding, Now the Fun Begins
The measure financing most of the Department of Homeland Security has nothing constraining the actions of ICE. But to get ICE more funding, Republicans have a tall task.
Posted inPolitics
Here’s the Proposed Deal to Fund Most of DHS
Everything would be funded except ICE enforcement, and some reforms added, while Republicans would try a long-shot reconciliation bill for ICE money afterward.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Minnesota Health Care Workers Unite for Better Patient Protection Amid ICE Crackdown
Local health system urged to adopt clear protocols to ensure that patients are protected from ICE agents as immigrants delay and avoid care.