Supreme Court Delivers ‘Dangerous Message’: Immunity For Former Bush Officials Over 9/11 Detentions

‘This decision regrettably provides constitutional immunity for some of the most high-level officials responsible for gross abuses in the aftermath of September 11,’ said ACLU’s Hina Shamsi.

Andrea Germanos
بواسطة Andrea Germanos
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is seated before President Barack Obama and FBI Director James Comey arrive at an installation ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Oct. 28, 2013. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that former George W. Bush officials cannot be held liable for the abuse and detention of a group of Muslim, South Asian, and Arab non-citizens swept up in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. "This decision regrettably provides constitutional immunity for some of the most high-level officials responsible

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Texas Senate Paves Way For ‘Baby Jails’ To Be Licensed As ‘Family Residential Centers’

The legislation would allow the state to exempt the facilities from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Service’s general residential operations standards.

Julián Aguilar
بواسطة Julián Aguilar
Immigration

The Texas Senate on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to legislation that would make it easier for the state to license privately run detention centers as "family residential centers" in order to hold immigrant families in detention centers longer. Senate Bill 1018 by state Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineloa, would ease the guidelines the centers must

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Private Prisons Positioned To Reap Massive Profits From Immigrantion Raids

CoreCivic — formerly the Corrections Corporation of America — has said it is able to provide the extra detention facilities needed to enforce Trump’s executive orders on immigration.

teleSUR
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Mexico Immigration

(Report) --- U.S. President Donald Trump has begun to follow through on his promise to crack down on immigration and roll out harsh border securitization, and while undocumented immigrants will face the suffer the gravest repercussions, private prisons, on the other hand, stand to be the biggest beneficiaries. In just two weeks since Trump

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Israel’s Killing & Detention Of Palestinian Children Reached New Heights In 2016

Israel’s killings and detentions of Palestinian children, demolitions of their homes, and restrictions on their travel and economy all reached dramatic heights last year.

Joe Catron
بواسطة Joe Catron
The father of two-year-old, Rahaf Hassan, weeps as he holds her body after she and her 30-year-old mother pregnant mother, Noor Hassan, were killed in Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip (AP/ Khalil Hamra)

UNITED NATIONS --- Israel’s attacks on Palestinian children increased dramatically in 2016, with Palestinian human rights groups and United Nations agencies documenting sharp escalations in killings and detentions of children in the occupied West Bank, demolitions of Palestinian property, and restrictions on Palestinians -- primarily children -- in

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US Detention Of Asylum Seekers Increased Nearly Threefold Under Obama

Human Rights First said in a report that the number of persons seeking asylum imprisoned in the United States increased by close to a factor of three during the Obama administration.

Sputnik News
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Barack Obama pauses as he speaks during a news conference at the G-7 summit

WASHINGTON — The number of persons seeking asylum imprisoned in the United States increased by close to a factor of three during the Obama administration, a US human rights group said in a report. "The number of asylum seekers sent to and held in immigration detention has increased nearly threefold from 2010 to 2014," the report, released

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Refugees Held At US Detention Centers Go On Hunger Strike Over Thanksgiving Weekend

“There are grave injustices being committed, detentions spanning eight months, 10 months, a year, a year and a half, so in the end we are being told we have no rights and will be deported, with offensive words and gestures that make us feel worthless.”

John Vibes
بواسطة John Vibes
Housing for immigrant children and families.

(ANTIMEDIA) Over 100 refugees who are being held at various U.S. detainment facilities have gone on a hunger strike over the thanksgiving weekend, calling for an end to their prolonged detention and mass deportations that have been taking place recently. When refugees enter the U.S., there is a rigorous screening process that they must go through,

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