Tag: Customs and Border Protection
Trump’s smart wall raises surveillance and flood fears along the border
A $46 billion border build out is adding steel, sensors, AI towers, roads, and cameras as West Texas communities warn that federal plans could endanger homes, farms, privacy, and public land.
Unprecedented border plan: Trump’s proposal for troop surge sparks debate
Trump's re-election bid casts a shadow of unprecedented military deployment at the U.S.-Mexico border, sparking legal, ethical, and political debates.
Democratic Senators call for investigation into deaths of detained migrant children
"Unless we truly understand what happened in these tragedies, we cannot fix what went wrong and put the correct policies in place so that it never happens again.”
Video reveals US border patrol agents responsible for causing teen’s death
Both CBP officers admitted they never received any disciplinary action for directly causing the death of a teenager.
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EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue
The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs
A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike
A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage
Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run
DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.