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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 …

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The following is an interview with Iván Chanis Barahona, a lawyer and human rights activist currently serving as president of Fundación Iguales, a non-profit organization based in Panama that promotes human rights and respect for diversity. The interviewer is Cristian González Cabrera, a researcher in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Rights Program at Human Rights Watch, where he focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean.

Eight Iowa school districts named in the lawsuit have dropped their mask mandates to fight COVID since November. The ACLU of Iowa wants them back.

A nearly two-year long analysis — and outreach efforts — from the Texas Civil Rights Project shows most public library systems in the state now comply with the laws to register Texans to vote.

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.

Burqa has turned into a confrontation point in the West Bank, in light of fierce attacks by hundreds of settlers, amid fears of rebuilding the Homesh settlement, at a time when the Israeli government launched a huge settlement scheme in the Syrian Golan Heights.