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Community-Driven Federal Class Action Lawsuit & Report Targets Chicago Police’s Inaccurate, Racially Discriminatory Gang Database

June 19, 2018 0

Being on this list has meant everything from losing a job to being put in detention and deportation proceedings. At least 195,000 individuals – 95% Black and Latinx – are listed in an error-filled database from READ MORE

Attorney General Madigan Calls on Jeff Sessions to Immediately End Enforcement of Inhumane Immigration Policies

June 19, 2018 0

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan today demanded that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions immediately withdraw and stop enforcing two inhumane immigration policies that tear children away from families while seeking READ MORE

Former Federal Prosecutor and Executive IG Maggie Hickey to Lead Independent Investigation of the Illinois House of Representatives

June 19, 2018 0

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Jon Maxson House Speaker Michael J. Madigan announced that Maggie Hickey, a former federal prosecutor and former inspector general for the agencies under Gov. Bruce Rauner, will conduct a READ MORE

Jeff Sessions’ Separation of Families Results in Charges of Child Abuse and Immorality From His Own Church

June 19, 2018 0

“We have an ethical obligation to speak boldly when one of our members is engaged in causing significant harm in matters contrary to the Discipline on the global stage.” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Julia READ MORE

Nearly Three Million More Displaced Year-on-year, Warns Refugee Agency Chief, But Solutions are Within Reach

June 19, 2018 0

GENEVA—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: United Nations Communications The number of people forced to flee their homes last year rose by nearly three million to 68.5 million, the head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on READ MORE

New Video and Audio Captures ‘Horrifying’ Reality of Children Taken From Parents as GOP Pressed to ‘Find Their Conscience’

June 19, 2018 0

“Republicans in Congress have the power to put a stop to Trump’s cruel family separation policy today. Strongly worded statements and tweets are insufficient.” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Jake Johnson, staff writer As newly READ MORE

House Republicans’ Immigration Bills Hurt Women and Children, Says Center for American Progress Column

June 19, 2018 0

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Philip E. Wolgin and Nicole Prchal Svajlenka The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on two immigration bills this week under the premise of helping Dreamers, but a new READ MORE

Amnesty International: Policy of Separating Children from Parents is Nothing Short of Torture

June 19, 2018 0

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Amnesty International Communications The sickening images of children cruelly separated from their parents and held in cages as a result of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ policy of ‘zero-tolerance’ will leave READ MORE

American Academy of Pediatrics Statement Opposing the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act

June 18, 2018 0

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Colleen Kraft, MD, MBA, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics “The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly opposes the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act, which was READ MORE

Police Call For Vigilance After Recent Home Burglaries

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Mass Mobilization Planned for June 30 to Protest Trump’s Cruel Separation of Families

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Community-Driven Federal Class Action Lawsuit & Report Targets Chicago Police’s Inaccurate, Racially Discriminatory Gang Database

Attorney General Madigan Calls on Jeff Sessions to Immediately End Enforcement of Inhumane Immigration Policies

Former Federal Prosecutor and Executive IG Maggie Hickey to Lead Independent Investigation of the Illinois House of Representatives

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Police Call For Vigilance After Recent Home Burglaries

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Park Forester Darius Johnson Named To Spring 2018 Dean’s List At NIU

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Mass Mobilization Planned for June 30 to Protest Trump’s Cruel Separation of Families

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Jeff Sessions’ Separation of Families Results in Charges of Child Abuse and Immorality From His Own Church

Nearly Three Million More Displaced Year-on-year, Warns Refugee Agency Chief, But Solutions are Within Reach

New Video and Audio Captures ‘Horrifying’ Reality of Children Taken From Parents as GOP Pressed to ‘Find Their Conscience’

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House Republicans’ Immigration Bills Hurt Women and Children, Says Center for American Progress Column

Amnesty International: Policy of Separating Children from Parents is Nothing Short of Torture

American Academy of Pediatrics Statement Opposing the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act

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