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Federal court says California ban on private ICE detention facilities is unconstitutional

LOS ANGELES — A California law banning private prisons and immigrant detention facilities in the state violates the U.S. Constitution when applied to facilities operated on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a federal appellate court ruled Monday.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 27, 2022

Republican Governors and Attorneys General Think Every State Is a Border State

Some states that do not border Mexico have sought to play a role in immigration policy.

Reason · Sep 26, 2022

70-hour weeks, taking selfies for Ice: life as a migrant trucker in California

Like many of the state’s long-haul truckers, Gurpreet Singh is awaiting asylum hearings amid a life of extreme uncertainty

The Guardian - US · Sep 26, 2022

POINT: We should reform, not defund, necessary institutions

Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. While Newton was describing this phenomenon in relation to physics, the basic principle also applies to society in general.

Tribune News Service · Sep 15, 2022

Election-time Brazil gasoline tax cut to lead mills to shun ethanol

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's move to sharply cut taxes on fuels, particularly gasoline, to boost his reelection chances has squeezed ethanol's profit margins and is expected to lead mills to shun the biofuel and focus strongly on sugar.

Reuters · Sep 13, 2022

Tesla gave us tech on wheels, so how come it forgot to include the service centres?

Elon Musk was scorned when he set up Tesla, but his tech approach to electric vehicles has triumphed. However, when it comes to aftercare, the model’s not so great

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2022

After arriving in the United States, thousands of Cuban migrants face new legal hurdles

MIAMI — Thousands of Cubans are arriving in the United States every month in one of the largest migrations from the island in decades, but a sometimes overlooked policy change during the Obama era is making it harder and more expensive for many of them to obtain legal immigration status.

Miami Herald · Sep 9, 2022

How to invest in oil

Soaring energy prices have dominated the headlines over the last year. In the oil sector, the wholesale price of Brent crude oil (a key oil industry measure), is almost five times higher now than in April 2022, and motorists have faced record petrol prices at the pumps.

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2022

Malicious Prosecution Claim Against DHS Agents Can Go Forward

From Myles v. U.S., decided Friday by the Ninth Circuit (Judge Marsha Berzon, joined by Judge Carlos Bea and District Judge Richard Bennett), here is the court's summary of the procedural history and of plaintiff's allegations: After she was discharged from her position as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ……

Reason · Sep 5, 2022

‘Uprooted’: California bill tackles prison-deportation pipeline

Moving non-US citizens for deportation after they finish their prison sentences is ‘double punishment’, activists say.

Al Jazeera · Aug 29, 2022