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Employers who repeatedly misgender their employees or deny them access to a bathroom consistent with their gender identity are committing workplace harassment under federal anti-discrimination laws, according to a new

Francis Yanet Mendoza worked with the police to help catch her attacker. When she asked for protection in the form of a U visa, they ignored her request for months.

“There’s no court case…to force ICE to give you permission to return to the United States.”

ICE has agreed to stop using third-party contractors to arrest migrants after being sued for the practice by the ACLU.

By Ana Milena Varon Los Angeles, May 16 (EFE).- Mexican-born undocumented migrant Sandra Castañeda dreamed of returning to her home in Los Angeles after her murder conviction was overturned. But that hope evaporated when she was detained pending deportation, a reality stemming from a United States government policy to prioritize the removal of migrants regarded …

Following inewsource's recent investigation into automated license plate readers, three of the five police departments that were illegally sharing drivers’ location data have since changed to comply with state law. The other two are pushing back.

The police in the two cities are defending their policies and claiming they’re doing nothing wrong.

Five police departments across San Diego County have been illegally sharing location data with agencies all over the US.

The vast majority of data collected from license plate readers are unrelated to criminal investigations. But to members of law enforcement, they’re a valuable tool with countless success stories. To activists, they offer the government an unrestricted view into people’s daily lives.

A Riverside County man says he was held in an ICE detention facility for more than a month, even though he was a U.S. citizen, and now he wants to hold the...