150 Democrats Vote Against Bill to Deport Illegal Immigrants Convicted of DUIs

Some 150 House Democrats voted Thursday against a bill to allow the deportation of illegal immigrants who have been convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol and other drugs. “In the United States, someone dies in a crash with an impaired driver every 45 minutes,” the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., told The Daily Signal in a statement Thursday. “I lost two of my young newlywed constituents to an illegal immigrant driving under the influence of alcohol.” “I’m proud to join with my House Republican colleagues to…

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‘Clear and utter disregard’: Immigrants file complaint over hazardous conditions at private facility

People detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continue to be harmed by hazardous detention conditions. Nine immigrants jailed at a private facility in southern California say in a civil rights complaint that they’ve suffered from difficulty breathing, headaches, and gastrointestinal pain due to hazardous air, dust, mold, and drinking water contamination at the Imperial Regional Detention Facility. “We are breathing in sewage and manure fumes constantly due to the nonfunctional air ventilation system,” Ramon Dominguez Gonzalez said in a release. The Management & Training Corporation-operated (MTC) facility is located in an agricultural region.…

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