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Hundreds of county jails detained immigrants for ICE

Hundreds of county jails in the U.S. are paid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain immigrants facing removal proceedings. On a typical day in 2017, for instance, Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, California, operated by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, held about 500 individuals for ICE and received US$118 per person per day, […]

Berman relents, leaves post as US attorney after taking stand against firing – ABC News

Geoffrey Berman, who served as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement Saturday evening that he will leave his post “effective immediately,” bringing an end to his temporary standoff with the Justice Department over President Donald Trump‘s efforts to fire him. The statement came soon after President Trump […]

Iowa to workers: Return to your jobs or lose unemployment benefits, with exceptions

.entry__header IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is warning laid off workers that they will lose their unemployment benefits if they refuse to return when their employer calls them back to work. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is moving to partially reopen 77 of the state’s 99 counties Friday, relaxing restrictions that were intended to stop […]