State & Local news and issues
A mere 24 hours after signing into law a ban on private prisons and the detention of immigrants in for-profit prison facilities, California Gov. Gavin Newsom…
In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 the ruling totalitarian government created Newspeak to control the thoughts, speech, and actions of the citizenry. It was “designed to…
A police officer in Fairfax County, Virginia was suspended this week for (drumroll, please) … assisting the federal government in enforcing our nation’s immigration law. The…
Last Friday, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal once again undermined public safety when he issued a directive ending the use of 287(g) agreements, which…
In the months since the Trump administration announced rules pertaining to immigrants who are likely to become, or who are, “public charges,” two Northern California counties…