“We are providing excellent care to the adolescent girl and her unborn child, who remain under our care until the mother’s release.”
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DOJ sets deadline for jurisdictions to prove they’re not sanctuaries
The latest deadline sets up yet another showdown between the Trump administration and local authorities over immigration enforcement.
Trump administration now says it won’t scrap VA anti-corruption law
“Such a waiver would foster a culture of corruption in the VA,” said Melissa Bryant, political director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
Judge denies ACLU effort to release detained migrant girl for abortion
“The government may not want to facilitate abortion, but it cannot block it. It is doing that here,” the federal judge also writes in her ruling.
Trump appointee blocks pregnant teen migrant from getting abortion
The Office of Refugee Resettlement’s director reminded his staff that “the unborn child is a child in our care” and to make decisions accordingly.
Reveal producer’s story on Trump rally encounter earns Third Coast award
“I start where I live now, in Oakland, California, then go back to where I was born, Wisconsin, but I know where this question is going.”
5th senator slams blanket ethics waiver on for-profit college payments
The move, Sen. Tom Carper writes, represents “a drastic departure from the intent of Congress and weakens important ethics standards.”
ICE issues plan to detain 1,000 more migrants in Texas
“This would continue the trend of this administration’s giveaways to the private prison industry at the expense of immigrants,” one advocate says.
ICE violates own policy by locking up pregnant women, complaint alleges
Nine pregnant women were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for as long as three months, according to the complaint.
Documents show first government payments to Trump’s businesses
Also in this week’s roundup: What happens when other people make money off Trump and his aides need to pay their legal bills.