U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein, right, speaks at a news conference in Baltimore, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, to announce that seven Baltimore police officers who worked on a firearms crime task f… . Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Kevin Davis, center, shakes hands with U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein after a news conference in Baltimore, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, to announce that s… .
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Today in History: March 1
Photographers close in on some souvenirs of a busy day in Congress, spread out at police headquarters on a flag of Puerto Rico, on March 1, 1954. It was a time of routine business, transacted peacefully, in the House chamber when cries of ‘Free Puerto Rico’ broke the calm, this flag was waved from the spectators gallery and pistol volleys felled five Congressmen.
Text of U.S. President’s Trump’s speech to Congress
Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month, we are reminded of our Nation’s path toward civil rights and the work that still remains. Recent threats targeting Jewish Community Centers and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, as well as last week’s shooting in Kansas City, remind us that while we may be a Nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms.
US approves 3 types of genetically engineered potatoes
An eye implant that takes about 10 minutes to put in place is the newest in a list of surgical repairs for the blurry close-up vision that is a bane of middle age. Federal officials say three types of potatoes genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine are safe for the environment and safe to eat.
The stars are only present in darkness
“A democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities … is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” These were the last chilling words of Nelson Mandela’s three-hour speech before hundreds at his criminal trial proceeding in the Pretoria Supreme Court of South Africa on April 20, 1964.
ICE Arrests Illegal After NYPD Released Him
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a citizen of the Dominican Republic last week after New York City police released him despite a detainer order being in place. ICE said Monday it took 44-year-old Hector Suarez into custody on Feb. 21. The agency said he was previously arrested in December by police in New York City, but he was freed on bail on Dec. 30. ICE said a detainer order was in place one day before Suarez, an illegal immigrant who had already been deported three times, was set free.
Feds rescind opposition to key part of Texas voter ID law
The Trump administration says it won’t object to the strict voter ID law Texas wants to impose. A court has already concluded it violates the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the case.
Marine pride exemplified in free Sunday ceremony in Barstow
Battlefield streamers will flow and bugles will trumpet as the U.S. Marine Corps Battle Color Detachment touches down in Barstow this weekend for its annual ceremony. Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow is set to hold a Battle Color Ceremony at noon Sunday on the Parade Deck at the base.
Prison violence leaves Ottawa with growing legal burden: ‘It’s an awful lot’
Canada’s prison service faced 1,200 legal actions at the end of last March – a figure the federal prison ombudsman says is enough to keep an entire law firm busy. “It’s an awful lot … they are paying about $10 million in legal fees, which is quite high.
Ap Fact Check: Trump Makes His Points With Overstated Flair
In President Donald Trump’s estimation, the U.S. border isn’t merely porous, it’s “wide open.” Darkness and danger are everywhere, even Sweden.
Sessions Tough Talk, Policies Could Increase Prison Totals
The federal prison population is on the decline, but a new attorney general who talks tough on drugs and crime and already has indicated a looming need for private prison cells seems poised to usher in a reversal of that trend. Jeff Sessions, a former federal prosecutor sworn in this month as the country’s chief law enforcement officer, signaled at his confirmation hearing – and during private meetings in his first days on the job – that he sees a central role for the federal government in combating drug addiction and violence as well as in strict enforcement of immigration laws.
DHS’s Kelly promises softer stance on immigration, travel ban
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly sought to assure the nation’s governors Sunday that immigration enforcement would be limited to criminals and the travel ban won’t target Muslims. “Gen.
Sessions’ tough crime talk could lead to fuller prisons
The federal prison population is on the decline, but a new attorney general who talks tough on drugs and crime and already has indicated a looming need for private prison cells seems poised to usher in a reversal of that trend. Jeff Sessions, a former federal prosecutor sworn in this month as the country’s chief law enforcement officer, signaled at his confirmation hearing and in first days on the job that he sees a central role for the federal government in combating drug addiction and violence as well as in The result could be in an increase not only in the number of drug prosecutions brought by the Justice Department but also in the average length of sentence prosecutors pursue for even lower-level criminals.
TERRELL: The need for strong immigration laws
The system is broken regardless of your side of the equation. The United States is a sovereign nation and has an obligation first to its lawful citizenry.
Illegally obtained passports cause spike in immigration violations at Miami airport
When Everlid FernA ndez GonzA lez landed at Miami International Airport June 14 on a flight from Lima, Peru, the passport control officer who received her became suspicious because her travel papers showed discrepancies. Her Chilean passport bore her name, but another document featured a different name.
The fate of immigrants in a praetorian America
Donald Trump has turned the tiger loose. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement, otherwise known as ICE, has embarked on escapades of deportation sweeps.
Sessions’ tough on crime talk could lead to fuller prisons
The federal prison population is on the decline, but a new attorney general who talks tough on drugs and crime and already has indicated a looming need for private prison cells seems poised to usher in a reversal of that trend. Jeff Sessions, a former federal prosecutor sworn in this month as the country’s chief law enforcement officer, signaled at his confirmation hearing – and during private meetings in his first days on the job – that he sees a central role for the federal government in combating drug addiction and violence as well as in strict enforcement of immigration laws.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to feds: won’t review…
After vowing to review potential influence-peddling by former Gov. John Kitzhaber when federal authorities are finished investigating, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum now won’t look at potential state charges after all.
Kansas shooting kills 1, injures 1
An Indian man was killed and another wounded in a shooting being investigated by US authorities in the Midwestern state of Kansas as a possible hate crime. The two men, one of whom reportedly had lived in the US for more than a decade, were shot were at a bar outside Kansas City late Wednesday, according to The Kansas City Star newspaper.
Private prison deprived inmates of heat and hot water for months, lawmaker finds
During a surprise inspection at Gadsden Correctional Facility in North Florida this month, Rep. David Richardson found that water seeping from showers was resulting in standing water in the sink area. It was one of nearly 500 outstanding work orders for repairs that have been languishing for months at the women’s prison, he said.
UW professors talk about how corruption in government is shaping politics
Some of the most influential government corruption happening at state and federal levels might actually be legal, University of Wisconsin professors pointed out at a Wisconsin Union Directorate panel Thursday. The Global Connections Committee hosted UW political science professors to discuss government corruption amid growing public distrust of public officials.
Jeff Sessions Goes Against Obama-Era Directive To Close Private Prisons
Sessions issued a memo replacing one issued last August by Sally Yates, the deputy attorney general at the time. That memo, which followed a harshly critical government audit of privately run prisons, directed the federal Bureau of Prisons to begin reducing and ultimately end its reliance on contract facilities.
Philippines: Duterte critic De Lima arrested on drug-related charges
One of the fiercest critics of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte and his bloody crackdown on illegal drugs was arrested Thursday evening on drug-related charges in what supporters say is a politically motivated vendetta. Sen. Leila de Lima is accused of having abetted the illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison when she was justice secretary from 2010 to 2015.
Trump calls deportations a ‘military operation.’ Could he make them one?
During a meeting with manufacturing CEOs at the White House on Thursday, President Donald Trump described moves by his administration to deport illegal immigrants as a “military operation.” Trump’s use of the word “military” to describe the enforcement of deportation policies is drawing a lot of attention, and for good reason.
Internet poker company founder pleads not guilty to U.S. charges
The founder of what had been one of the largest online poker websites agreed on Thursday to confront U.S. charges stemming from a long-running criminal case targeting internet firms like his operating illegally in the United States. Scott Tom, who founded Costa Rica-based Absolute Poker, pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court to charges he violated a federal internet gambling law and engaged in a money-laundering conspiracy.
Trump rolls out new deportation rules
The Department of Homeland Security released two memorandums to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection outlining Trump’s executive orders on immigration. The messages subjected more undocumented immigrants to deportation, stripped the Privacy Act’s provisions away from undocumented immigrants and directed additional agency hirings.
Mexico bristles at ‘hostile’ Trump deportation rules
Mexico’s Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray addresses the audience during a meeting between Mexico and the United Nations on human rights in Mexico City, Mexico February 22, 2017. Photo: Reuters Mexico reacted with anger on Wednesday to what one official called “hostile” new US immigration guidelines hours before senior Trump administration envoys began arriving in Mexico City for talks on the volatile issue.
Trump’s threat of mass deportation fills Mexican migrant towns with fear
In an undated handout photo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain a suspect in Los Angeles in February of 2017. With an executive order last month and a pair of Department of Homeland Security memos on Feb. 22, the Trump administration has significantly hardened the country’s policies regarding illegal immigration.
Millions targeted for deportation
Millions of people living in the United States illegally could be targeted for deportation – including people simply arrested for traffic violations – under a sweeping rewrite of immigration enforcement policies announced Tuesday by the Trump administration. Any immigrant who is in the country illegally and is charged or convicted of any offense, or even suspected of a crime, will now be an enforcement priority, according to Homeland Security Department memos signed by Secretary John Kelly.
Department of Homeland Security Releases Expanded Deportation Policies
The implementation guidelines also call for the hiring of an additional 10,000 Immigration Customs & Enforcement agents, 5,000 Customs and Border Protection agents, and 500 air and marine agents. Under these new rules, the will be expanded, which means ICE and CBP will recruit local police officers and sheriff’s deputies to act as de facto immigration agents to assist with deportations.
Government ‘was obliged to pay A 1m to terrorist’
The disclosure that the government paid 1 million compensation for unfair detainment to a British suicide bomber who was operating for so-called Islamic State seems scandalous. But a senior lawyer with a close knowledge of the case says the then Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke, would have felt he had no choice – in that failure to make the out-of-court settlement with Jamal al-Harith would have resulted in highly sensitive security information being disclosed in a court case.
Trudeau: No, we won’t be stopping illegal border crossings. Why do you ask?
The other day we looked at a somewhat amusing story of people illegally crossing the border from the United States into Canada. The numbers remain only a tiny trickle compared to the flow of illegal aliens coming into the United States across our southern border, but the trend should still be worrying for Canadians.
Trump admin lays out new approach to illegal immigration
In this photo taken Feb. 7, 2017, released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an arrest is made during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. The Trump administration is wholesale rewriting the U.S. immigration enforcement priorities, broadly expanding the number of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who are priorities for deportation, according to a pair of enforcement memos released Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017.
Guantanamo Bay Prison ‘Healthy’ For National Security: White House
The Trump administration has indicated that it is unlikely to close the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison for dangerous terror suspects, saying it is serving a “healthy purpose” towards the national security, the Press Trust of India reported. “I think he has made very clear though, that he believes that Guantanamo Bay does serve a very, very healthy purpose in our national security and making sure that we don’t bring terrorists to our seas,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters on Tuesday.
British IS ‘suicide bomber was former Guantanamo Bay detainee’
The British IS fighter is said to have detonated an explosives-filled vehicle in a village to the south of Mosul, Iraq. A British Islamic State fighter who is believed to have carried out a suicide bombing in Iraq was a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, according to reports.
Trump to spare U.S. ‘dreamer’ immigrants from crackdown
President Donald Trump’s administration plans to consider almost all illegal immigrants subject to deportation, but will leave protections in place for immigrants known as “dreamers” who entered the United States illegally as children, according to official guidelines released yesterday. The Department of Homeland Security guidance to immigration agents is part of a broader border security and immigration enforcement plan in executive orders that Republican Trump signed on Jan. 25. Former President Barack Obama, a Democrat, issued an executive order in 2012 that protected 750,000 immigrants who had been brought into the United States illegally by their parents.
Deporting undocumented immigrants is about to get easier, more common
About 100 protesters marched in the streets of downtown Los Angeles Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, blocking streets and disrupting traffic after reports that federal agents had carried out a series of immigration raids across Southern California earlier in the day. Late Monday night, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly issued two memos that outline the department’s guidelines for carrying out executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 25. The memos detail how immigration enforcement will be stepped up along the United States-Mexico border and within the United States, giving federal agents broad authority to arrest and deport virtually any undocumented resident who entered the U.S. as an adult.
Trump to spare ‘dreamer’ immigrants
President Donald Trump’s administration are thought to be keeping the protections in place for child US immigrants. Photo: Reuters President Donald Trump’s administration plans to consider almost all illegal immigrants subject to deportation, but will leave protections in place for immigrants known as “dreamers” who entered the United States illegally as children, according to official guidelines released on Tuesday.
Missouri man accused of trying to aid ISIS-inspired attack
A 25-year-old Columbia, Missouri, man was charged with attempting to provide material support to people he thought were ISIS-inspired terrorists, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Robert Lorenzo Hester Jr. was actually speaking with undercover FBI agents who had invented a fake plan targeting Kansas City, according to a criminal complaint.
In cross-border shooting case, Supreme Court asks: Does Constitution stop at the border?
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case involving the cross-border shooting of a Mexican teenager, who was standing in Mexico, by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was standing in El Paso. The case may invite prosecution against border patrol agents who injure or kill Mexican citizens at a time when the Trump administration is looking to swell the ranks and expand the responsibilities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.