“The policy offers, at most, the illusion of security, purchased at an exorbitant cost to America’s moral reputation.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/opinion/trump-travel-ban-terrorism.html
“ICE came into existence in the early 2000s, when the federal government was reorganized and the Department of Homeland Security was created — so it’s a relatively new branch of the federal government. Its creation led to more deportations, which escalated during the Obama administration, especially during his first term.”
Read more: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/28/17514806/abolish-ice-protest-democrats-immigration
“Watching as a U.S. government car pulled away with B in it, Valquiria, an evangelical Christian, did the only thing she could think to do. She looked skyward and asked God to protect her boy.”
“It was no place for human beings, let alone for families with small children.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/opinion/family-detention-immigration.html
“Under the system, those who have visited any of seven blacklisted countries – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen – on or after 1 March 2011 are barred from receiving the waiver and have to apply for a visa.”
“The growing recognition among white-collar workers that their labor is a precondition to the carrying out of unjust policies — and that if they withhold that labor, they can help bring these policies to a halt — is critical.”
“Microsoft Corp. scrubbed an online reference to its work for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as the agency faces criticism for its role in separating families at the U.S.-Mexican border.”
“The employees call out two specific businesses that Amazon should end: the sale of facial recognition software to law enforcement (marketed as Amazon Web Services Rekognition), and the sale of AWS cloud services to Palantir (a data analytics firm that provides ‘mission critical’ software to ICE).”
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/22/17492106/amazon-ice-facial-recognition-internal-letter-protest
“In a formal address to Congress, the U.S. Secret Service issued a stern warning regarding the illicit use of digital currencies that could have severe implications for possible future legislation.”
Read more: https://bitsonline.com/u-s-secret-service-to-congress-address-criminal-use-of-cryptocurrency-now/
“The Pew study indicates that there is a significant cognitive problem among US people in being able to assess facts from opinions.”