Federal officers descended upon the small Nebraska town of O’Neill early Wednesday morning, detaining over one-hundred illegal immigrants. Workers were taken from rural tomato plants, cattle feedlots and potato processing facilities. A dozen others were detained on suspicion of conspiring to exploit illegal labor for profit, fraud and money laundering. The Omaha World-Herald reports that
An Islamic advocacy organization is planning to sue the federal government over its terror watchlist. USA Today reports the suit touches on a recently revealed program—operating under federal instruction, air marshals allegedly kept tabs on air passengers with no known links to terror groups. Gadeir Abbas, senior litigation attorney with the Council on American-Islamic Relations,
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A year after the death of Tim Hurley, 59, and Kevin Carter, 51, the family of Hurley has decided to file a negligence and wrongful death civil lawsuit against the Zota Beach Resort and Victory Security Agency. At the time of their deaths, Hurley was the Zota resort manager and Carter was a security guard. Last summer, both men were killed during a robbery. It turns out, the Victory Security Agency hired the man that killed both men.
It’s back to school time, which means parents are venturing out to collect all the items on their children’s back to school shopping lists. However, there is one item parents should avoid for the time being, according to a recent report released by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG). Earlier this week, the U.S. PIRG revealed that a 36-pack of Playskool crayons currently being sold at Dollar Tree, Amazon, and eBay “tested positive for trace amounts of asbestos.”
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Trump administration over its decision to rescind asylum protections for victims of gang violence and domestic abuse. POLITICO reports that the organization is arguing against an administration policy put forward by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Under Sessions, the Justice Department and other federal agencies have “generally”
A federal judge ruled that a woman whose son was shot across the U.S-Mexico border can sue for damages. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz isn’t entitled to qualified immunity. Judge Andrew J. Kleinfield penned the majority opinion, opining that the Fourth Amendment applies to the cross-border killing.
On July 25, Immuta unveiled new features to its data management platform, including Global Policies, external Data Catalog Integration, and Curated Tag support for faster data access and policy authoring for scalable AI and machine learning operations.
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