immigration
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Home Affairs Concedes a Blanket Ban on Mobile Phones in Immigration Detention Centres Is Possible
Home Affairs officials have admitted a new bill could see a blanket ban on mobile phone usage by those in immigration detention centres around Australia. A Senate inquiry hearing on the bill, which is expected to deliver its findings in August, heard from members of the Department of Home Affairs on why they felt Border…
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We Mapped Where Customs and Border Protection Drones Are Flying in the U.S. and Beyond
In 2011, Rodney Brossart, a cattle rancher from Lakota, North Dakota was accused of stealing six cows. The cows, he said, simply wandered on to his 1,214 ha farm, and by his estimation, they, therefore, belonged to him. When the cops came, he and his family were prepared. Armed with high power rifles, they engaged…
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Trump Will Blow Up Sacred Lands The Same Day Tribal Leaders Testify Against It In U.S. Congress
On Wednesday, the U.S. House is holding a hearing on Trump’s racist border wall and the threat it poses to the cultural and environmental resources in Arizona, including Organ Pipe National Monument and parts of the Tohono O’odham Nation’s tribal lands. Guess what else is going down Wednesday? The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is…
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How Climate Change Is Erasing The Past
When Omar El Akkad returned to the playground where he snuck his first kiss as a teenager in Doha, Qatar, he was dismayed to find the swings and slides replaced with skyscrapers and hotels. But the rapid urban transformation of one of the richest countries on Earth reminded him of another kind of obliteration, a…