Showing posts with label deportation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deportation. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

States sue to shield anti-poverty program data from DHS - POLITICO

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in D.C., is the latest effort from top Democratic state prosecutors to stop what they argue is an illegal weaponization of government databases to aid deportations and target dissidents. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, New York Attorney General Letitia James and District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb are co-leading the case.…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/03/states-lawsuit-anti-poverty-data-dhs-01022205


Saturday, August 1, 2026

WATCH: Trump announces effort to train veterans as truckers amid immigrant driver crackdown | PBS News

A new campaign launched last week will promote programs that let veterans who recently drove large military vehicles skip the required skills test for a commercial driver's license. Other soldiers can attend a commercial driving school during their last six months of active duty. The GI Bill will also pay for 100% of commercial driver's license training and for some people even pay a housing allowance while they are in school…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-trump-announces-effort-to-train-veterans-as-truckers-amid-undocumented-driver-crackdown

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Florida’s Nursing Homes Are Bracing for Life Without Haitian TPS Workers – Mother Jones

“Florida is home to one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing older adult populations, and demand for long-term care services continues to increase each year,” the letter reads. It describes “an exceptionally competitive labor market,” meaning that finding qualified workers has been challenging. “Any significant reduction in the available workforce would make it more difficult to serve current and new residents, causing a ripple effect that could overwhelm our local hospitals and the entire healthcare system.”…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/floridas-nursing-homes-are-bracing-for-life-without-haitian-tps-workers/


 

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Trump regulators move to curtail lending to undocumented immigrants - POLITICO

In new guidance, regulators said that undocumented immigrants may present an “elevated credit risk” and warned banks to account for the risk that they may lose their job or be deported as they underwrite new loans...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/13/trump-regulators-move-to-curtail-lending-to-undocumented-immigrants-00994688


 

Monday, June 29, 2026

Harass, Coerce, and Retaliate (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

A federal judge throws out Justice Department subpoenas of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey calling them “blatantly unlawful.”

The full DC Circuit Court of Appeals panel will hear arguments over Judge Boasberg’s contempt inquiry into CECOT deportations.

Former IRS officials call for a Miami judge to scrutinize Trump's “breathtakingly improper” immunity from tax audits as part of the Justice Department’s anti-weaponization slush fund settlement.

The Director of National Intelligence commissioned two reports on voting machine accuracy that show no votes were flipped in 2020 but the White House is blocking their release.

Plus listener questions.
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Saturday, April 18, 2026

They’ve been detained by ICE and ordered deported. Judges are releasing them from custody. - POLITICO

A POLITICO analysis of immigration detention cases has found that federal judges have ordered bond hearings and, more often, outright release for more than 400 people detained under these circumstances. And the rebukes have come from judges appointed by every president since Ronald Reagan...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/17/ice-detainees-deportation-orders-rulings-00878579


Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Appeals court orders judge to end contempt investigation of deportation flights | PBS News

Childs said the court's majority has trampled on Boasberg's authority "in a way that will affect not only these contempt proceedings but will also echo in future proceedings against all litigants." "

Now, any litigant can argue, based on their preferred interpretation of a court's order, that they did not commit contempt before contempt findings are even made," Childs wrote in her 80-page dissent...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/appeals-court-orders-judge-to-end-contempt-investigation-of-deportation-flights 


Tuesday, April 14, 2026








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