ICE, Unruly Passengers, Biden's Mental Health, Illegal Immigration, Veterans

Today's News for the Week Prior and Up to February 12, 2022

ICE’s Ability To Detain Immigrants Through Mass Raids And Traffic Stops Will Be Significantly Limited
Source: Illinois Coalition for Immigrants and Refugee Rights
February 8, 2022
The use of illegal traffic stops and arrest practices by federal immigration enforcement officials will be curtailed under a settlement resolving a lawsuit brought by Chicago area residents detained in ICE sweeps in 2018. Today, the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois approved a class action settlement which will require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end its practice of making unlawful “collateral arrests” through vehicle stops and other community enforcement actions in Illinois and five other Midwestern states.
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REP. JACKSON RENEWS CALL FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO IMMEDIATELY UNDERGO A COGNITIVE TEST
Source: U.S. Representative Ronny Jackson (R-TX, 13th)
February 9, 2022
“This is not a partisan issue. When I discussed taking a cognitive test with President Trump, he was eager to assure the American people and to put the fake news media’s stories to bed. Why won’t President Biden do the same? We can only assume the worst if he doesn’t submit to the same standard that his own party demanded of the last Administration. The precedent has been set.”
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IAM and Other Transportation Unions Raise Concerns About Customer Assaults
Source: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
February 10, 2022
Over the past few months, passenger service members across the country have experienced serious physical and verbal assault and harassment incidents, with few repercussions for the offending passenger imposed by law enforcement.
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Issa to Craft Legislation to Stop Biden Administration Plan to End Illegal Immigrant Detention, Provide Them Private Housing
Source: U.S. Representative Darrel Issa (R-CA, 50th)
February 10, 2022
“Ending the detention of illegal migrants in custody and placing them in private housing at taxpayer expense is an insult to the American people and will make this Biden crisis even worse."
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JACOBS, MACE INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR VETERANS
Source: U.S. Representative Sara Jacobs (D-CA, 53rd)
February 10, 2022
Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53) and Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) have introduced the HUD-VASH Improvement Act, a bipartisan bill to support housing case management services for veterans. The bill encourages the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to look for contractors that have experience providing case management services to veterans in administering the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program.
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