Diversity Management, News and Updates
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached a settlement agreement with Arizona-based company Upper Crust Bakery over a suit involving immigration status discrimination. Upper Crust Bakery, which provides baked goods for companies like Starbucks, Cotsco and Kroger’s discriminated against certain employees by requiring them to provide specific immigration documents to…
In Kansas City, Mo., a livestreamed video caught a violent attack on Florencio Millan-Vazquez. In the video, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents smashed the driver’s side window of Millan-Vazquez’s car, dragged him out and arrested him. According to NBC News, ICE officers in Kansas City boxed in Millan-Vazquez while…
Amazon Prime Day has now come to an end, but conversations and protests regarding the company’s labor practices have not. Amazon said it sold more than 175 million items during 2019’s 48-hour sale. The company said it would not release specific figures, but analysts have estimated it earned over $4…
Juan Sanchez, former leader of Southwest Key Programs, resigned earlier this year after it was publicly disclosed that he earned nearly $1.5 million in 2016 in compensation for detaining migrant children and teens for the U.S. government. Southwest Key Programs is a Texas-based nonprofit. But the $1.5 million was not…