Motel 6 says it will stop sharing guest lists with ICE

The budget-priced Motel 6 chain is well known for the enduring tagline: "We'll leave the light on for you." But some Phoenix immigration attorneys said employees of the motel chain also have been shining a light on undocumented guests, providing guest information directly to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Q & A: US Warrantless Surveillance Under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Section 702 of the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act , a warrantless surveillance law that underpins two massive internet and telephone monitoring programs, will expire on December 31, 2017, unless Congress renews it. The law enables the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other US bodies to gather and/or search private communications without a warrant.

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli jailed over threat to Hillary Clinton

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli jailed over threat to Hillary Clinton A federal judge revoked Shkreli's bail pending sentencing on a separate fraud convictions Check out this story on dailyworld.com: https://usat.ly/2w9NzKM The infamous pharmaceutical exec was denied bail after offering a bounty for Hilary Clinton's hair on social media. After the decision, Shkreli's attorney had few words for the press.

The Latest: Officials make deal on California immigrant bill

The Latest on California's efforts to prevent a Trump administration crackdown on illegal immigration and an order to end a program giving deportation protection to young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally or by parents who overstayed visas. California Gov. Jerry Brown and the state's top Senate leader have agreed to legislation that would further restrict interactions between state and local law enforcement officers and federal immigration agents.

Congress sits idle in the face of genocide

Kenneth W. Starr, a former U.S. solicitor general and federal judge, served as independent counsel in the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky investigations during the Clinton administration. In the wake of the Islamic State's genocidal practices in Iraq, the plight of religious minorities on the plain of Nineveh continues unabated.

this Date in History, Sept. 9: ‘United Colonies’ become ‘United States’ Posted at

On September 9, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction, a measure primarily concerned with protecting voting rights and which also established a Civil Rights Division in the U.S. Department of Justice.

Trump backs churches’ request for FEMA funds

President Donald Trump stepped into a hot church-state dispute Friday night, tweeting support for Texas churches that were damaged by Hurricane Harvey and now want assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to rebuild. Trump's tweet came after three Texas churches filed a lawsuit last week challenging a policy from FEMA that excludes houses of worship from disaster relief grants, and as Hurricane Irma barreled toward the southeastern United States.

Who in the hell is Felix Sater?! Everything you were afraid to ask…

OTHER NAMES USED: Felix Satter, Felix Slater, Felix Sader, Haim F. Sater, Hai Ying Sater, Sater Felix, Felix T. Catter, Felix W. Unger, Cole Lusion WHY WE CARE: Sater was the intermediary who brought Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and representatives of Vladimir Putin a plan in late 2015 to discuss building a Trump Tower in Moscow in exchange for sanctions against Russia eventually being lifted if Trump won the election. The Moscow tower plan fell through and was replaced by a more modest project: annexing six acres along the Ukranian border for a bank of video poker machines.

Convictions against Teamsters from 2014 reversed

A federal appeals court has reversed a slew of convictions of extortion and racketeering against two Teamsters who were found guilty in 2014 of using the threat of pickets to pressure businesses into hiring union workers. The reversal of the convictions against the former Teamsters, John Perry and Joseph "JoJo" Burhoe, is another setback for the US Attorney's office, which last month lost a high-profile extortion case against four other Teamsters accused of shaking down producers of the reality television show, "Top Chef."

Making deal with Dems, Trump shows he’ll do what it takes: Susan Shelley

President Donald Trump shocked Capitol Hill Republicans on Wednesday by quickly agreeing to a deal proposed by House and Senate Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Trump signed on to a three-month extension of the deadlines to raise the nation's debt limit and fund the government, avoiding a shutdown, and attaching the deal to a bill for hurricane aid.

Subpoenas likely if Facebook, other social media giants resist Russia inquiries

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg initially said the company's social media platform was not a factor in the 2016 presidential election. Now his firm faces growing scrutiny after it revealed Russians bought $150,000 in electon-related Facebook ads in the two years beginning in June 2015.

A Betrayal of America’s Soul

For the United States - a country of immigrants and their descendants - September 5, 2017, marked a betrayal of the nation's soul. The announcement by President Donald Trump's administration that it is ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which President Barack Obama established by executive order in 2012, threatens to upend the lives of an entire generation.

Dreamers: The best of this nation

In deciding to phase out the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protected the children of immigrants who came to the United States illegally, Trump built in a six-month grace period before deportations could begin. He has called on Congress to act on a replacement before that happens.