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The Biden administration rescinded former President Donald Trump’s plan to broaden various types of personal biometrics taken from immigrants including DNA, the Associated Press reported Friday.
Trump’s proposal would have allowed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officials to collect biometrical data including voice prints and DNA from immigrants and their family members including minors, according to the AP.
The Biden administration withdrew the Trump-era proposal from consideration in an effort to cut down on administrative “barriers and undue burdens” within the immigration system, the AP reported. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will take biometrics “where appropriate,” according to USCIS.
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May 07, 2021
5:40 PM ET
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An Indiana court delivered a religious freedom victory Friday to a school in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, confirming the school’s right to ensure that staff promote an authentic Catholic education.
A former Catholic high school teacher, Joshua Payne-Elliott, sued the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in July 2019 in the case Payne-Elliot v. Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
Payne-Elliot was fired from his position at Cathedral Catholic High School after he entered a same-sex civil union, violating his employment agreement with the Catholic school, according to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which represented the archdiocese.
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Total labor union dues collection would increase by $9 billion if a pro-union bill in Congress was signed into law, according to an industry report.
The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would substantially increase union membership and therefore cause higher dues collection, according to the Institute for the American Worker (IAW) report released Friday. The report, which used a conservative estimate, projected annual union dues to increase from $11 billion to $20 billion.
“The PRO Act would substantially pad the coffers of Big Labor bosses and subsidize their pressure and intimidation tactics against elected officials in order to support their out-of-the-mainstream agenda,” Kristen Swearingen, chair of the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), said in a statement responding to the report.
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Experts gave varying explanations after the Department of Labor reported a meager April jobs report that fell far short of predictions.
“The disappointing jobs report makes it clear that paying people not to work is dampening what should be a stronger jobs market,” U.S. Chamber of Commerce chief policy officer Neil Bradley said in a statement Friday morning.
The Biden administration said the virus may still scare unemployed workers out of looking for work and continued school closures may explain why the female unemployment rate has stayed high.
Experts gave varying explanations after the Department of Labor reported a meager April jobs report that fell far short of predictions.