Even as he’s working to improve immigration policies left over from the outgoing Trump administration, the issue of children crossing the border and entering the U.S. illegally looks to be an ongoing problematic issue for President Biden. The 4,700 children currently being cared for by government officials is well below…
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Historic LGBTQ Presence on Ballots; Colorado Forgives Unemployment Error; and More
Record number of LGBTQ candidates on 2020 election ballots. If 2018 was known for bringing about the pink wave, where a record number of women were elected into office, then 2020 could be shaping up to have its own rainbow wave. According to data from the LGBTQ Victory Fund, a…
ICE Whistleblower Alleges Unnamed Doctor Performing Hysterectomies, Denying COVID Tests to Detainees
At Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainment centers, undocumented detainees are being subjected to “questionable” hysterectomies and are being denied COVID tests, according to a whistleblower. Dawn Wooten, a nurse who worked at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, GA recently filed a whistleblower complaint alleging medical neglect. A…
News Roundup: Gender Equality, a Lawsuit Against ICE, and More TV Diversity
Check out our news roundup of diversity and inclusion updates and insights from across the U.S.: Research: Most Americans Believe There’s Still Work to be Done for Gender Equality One hundred years after women fought for and won the right to vote, about 50% of Americans say the victory has…
ACLU Files Lawsuit Against DHS on Behalf of Journalists for Tracking, Interrogating Them
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of five freelance journalists against the Department of Homeland Security for allegedly following and interrogating them. All five are U.S. citizens and were working on a story about a group of migrants making their way to the border…
ICE Deletes Surveillance Video Needed to Investigate the Death of Trans Woman Asylum-Seeker
Key surveillance video evidence in the death of a transgender woman who sought asylum in New Mexico appears to have been deleted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, according to a BuzzFeed report. Roxsana Hernández Rodriguez’s death was under investigation after her family retained an attorney to file a…
New York Taco Truck Apologizes for Serving ICE Workers, Then Apologizes for Apologizing
A Buffalo, New York-based taco truck company Lloyd first apologized for serving ICE workers and then backtracked by apologizing for apologizing. The debacle began on Sunday when Lloyd parked one of its taco trucks at the Buffalo Federal Detention Center in Batavia to serve lunch to people working there. After…
Cuban Asylum-Seeker Dies by Apparent Suicide in ICE Detention Center
A Cuban asylum seeker who spent months in the Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana died by apparent suicide on Oct. 15, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE officials confirmed that Roylan Hernández-Díaz, 43, was brought to the center in May after being caught at the El Paso Port…
Virginia Police Officer Returning to Duty After Turning Driver Involved in Accident Over to ICE
A Fairfax County police officer has been restored to full duty after being suspended for going against orders and turning a driver involved in a traffic accident over to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Though the investigation into the matter is ongoing, Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr. said…
Gun Scope App Users’ Information Demanded by Feds for ICE Investigation
One gun scope app has started to cause a lot of problems––because the U.S. government wants to know the names, locations and contact information of the people who use it. The feds want Apple and Google to hand over the data of at least 10,000 users of Obsidian 4, a…