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“What’s in a name?”

[T]he U.S. president endorsed a conservative influencer’s idea to change the name of the federal agency from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to National Immigration and Customs Enforcement (NICE). From Harper’s Weekly Review.

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Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a hero for our time

Remember when Sally Yates was fired for defying a president and news media figures immediately invoked Richard Nixon’s “Saturday night massacre?” I, too, thought of Nixon, for a moment. But then it was another man, a radiant embodiment of resistance … Continue reading

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A statute of limitations makes me boiling mad

Look at this: Disturbing’ False Arrest Claim by US Citizen Against ICE Time-Barred, Divided Panel Says Andrew Denney, New York Law Journal August 2, 2017    A U.S. citizen who was held in custody for more than three years under … Continue reading

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