This week’s Time magazine cover shows five young American veterans: one is a published author, another is a Rhodes scholar. Notably absent from the cover is any one of the 8,000 American homeless veterans living on the streets of Los Angeles today.
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Aug
19
The Federal Government’s (S-) Con Job
We warned you that the federal government had gotten into the snake-oil business with Secure Communities (S-Comm). Turns out that the actual purpose of S-Comm was just part of the story. The federal government also misled state and local governments, as well as the public, about whether or not the program was voluntary.
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Aug
12
We Can Make Them Disappear.
Today’s LA Times editorial points out the destructive effects of the “Secure Communities” program on our civil rights and on public safety. “…the program’s staggering failure to prioritize deportation efforts may actually result in more harm than good. Law enforcement officials in San Francisco, Santa Clara County and elsewhere want out of the program because they say it has …
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