Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar told reporters on Thursday that his department received a call from a truckload of illegal immigrants in San Antonio that evening. Their smugglers had sealed up the refrigerated truck and blocked air holes, and the migrants feared that they would suffocate inside. Deputies in the …
Read More »Latvia goes further than a simple ban on Russian TV news – Riga will FINE citizens for watching ‘illegal’ cross border channels
Earlier this month, local media reported that the Seimas, the Baltic nation’s parliament, had adopted a bill in its final reading that will criminalize people for watching unauthorized broadcasts. The networks that will be affected are said to include dozens of Russian television channels for which signals can be picked …
Read More »GOP upstart Greene backs bill to make voting ‘aggravated felony’ for illegal aliens in pushback against Biden’s immigration agenda
Greene (R-Georgia) tweeted on Friday that she was excited to back the “Voter Integrity Protection Act,” a proposal by her colleague Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) that would make it an aggravated felony for an illegal alien to vote in federal elections. She also announced joining Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) in backing …
Read More »Wayne Dupree: Mass illegal immigration threatens our American way of life, but Biden is opening the floodgates
Anyone who loses their job or has their neighborhood flooded with illegal immigrants, and they happened to vote for Joe Biden during the 2020 election, will have got exactly what they deserved. There should be no complaining from the more than 50 percent of voters who elected this guy. We …
Read More »MAGA’s ironic legacy will be amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants
Donald Trump in 2016 not only was the biggest Republican presidential candidate in recent history to have such strong opposition to illegal immigration, but likely the biggest in the last two decades. His railing against it was often used as the centerpiece of false accusations of racism against him. In …
Read More »Survivors of Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes accuse govt of whitewashing ‘illegal’ vaccine trials on children
The Irish government formally apologized on Wednesday for the now-defunct institutions, noting “an appalling level of infant mortality” at the 18 homes. During their 76 years of operation, an estimated 9,000 children died at the shelters, which were often the last resort of unwed pregnant women ostracized by society. The …
Read More »Showstopper: Illegal rave in France that started on New Year’s Eve is finally brought to an end
The out-of-control rave, staged in the French town of Lieuron in defiance of anti-coronavirus restrictions, was ultimately brought to an end on Saturday. In addition to the enduring ban on mass gatherings, France maintains a night-time curfew, and the Lieuron event was violating multiple restrictions at once. The police continue …
Read More »Japan’s ex-PM Shinzo Abe apologizes for illegal payments scandal after prosecutors say not enough evidence to indict him
The apology came after the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office indicted Abe’s longtime aide for not disclosing fees and payments for dinner receptions held for the ex-prime minister’s supporters between 2016 and 2019. Under Japanese law, politicians are prohibited from giving gifts to constituents. Speaking before a parliamentary committee on …
Read More »Activists raise alarm as NHS signs ‘illegal’ deal with controversial US ‘spy-tech’ firm Palantir to handle Covid-19 patients’ data
A report published by media outlet openDemocracy claims that the UK government “sneaked through” the lucrative contract with Palantir, “a secretive artificial intelligence outfit founded by a Trump-backing billionaire… to avoid scrutiny or debate.” The outlet also questions whether necessary legal procedures were followed to award the contract. Palantir, an …
Read More »US border patrol’s call for more facial recognition at airports is ‘illegal, discriminatory & dystopian’ – ACLU
The agency has demanded a massive expansion of facial recognition data collection at airports, land ports, and seaports, measures the American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of over a dozen other advocacy groups have condemned as wildly and unnecessarily intrusive, discriminatory and illegal in an objection filed on Monday. …
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