El Salvador has arbitrarily detained nationals deported from the US, Human Rights Watch says

El Salvador has arbitrarily detained nationals deported from the US, Human Rights Watch says

Salvadoran nationals who had been deported from the United States have been arbitrarily detained in El Salvador and have disappeared into the Central American nation’s jail system, in keeping with a Human Rights Watch report launched on Monday. The detainees featured in the report are amongst greater than 9,000 Salvadorans deported from the US since…

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Florida bill banning local governments from funding diversity events, programs sent to DeSantis

Florida bill banning local governments from funding diversity events, programs sent to DeSantis

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Cities and counties will not have the option to fund or promote diversity, fairness, and inclusion programs below a bill headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who would have the facility to take away local officers for violating the proposed adjustments. The Republican-controlled House voted 77-37 on the measure (SB 1134) that Democrats…

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US airports ask for donations for unpaid TSA staff amid partial government shutdown | US politics

US airports ask for donations for unpaid TSA staff amid partial government shutdown | US politics

A rising variety of U.S. Airports are asking for donations to assist workers affected by the partial government shutdown with airport safety officers lacking their first full paychecks Friday. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers have been working in airports across the US with out pay since a shutdown started in February after Republicans and Democrats…

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