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The Washington Independent » Fingerprinting Plan Will Dramatically ...
By Daphne Eviatar
? 'It's deceptively benign,' said Joan Friedland, Immigration Policy Director at the National Immigration Law Center, talking about the Secure Communities program. Friedland and others are particularly concerned because other federal ... ?The goal of this plan is to identify and remove all criminal aliens in jails and prisons.? he said. Although the focus will first be ?on those who present the greatest risk to public safety and national security,? ICE will also deport ..."
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Gov. Parkinson Signs Bill On Cockfighting, Other Crimes
"Story Highlights Two Pennsylvania judges plead guilty to federal fraud charges Judges received more than $2.6 million from youth detention centers Minors appeared before judge accepting cash from private prisons Hundreds of minors ..... SRS social workers investigate sexual abuse of a child by a family member without a criminal justice degree - NOT THEIR JOB!!!!! Sexual abuse is a crime and that is Law enforcement's job! Get rid of SRS and put in place a system that ..".
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President Obama Talks Detainees, Supports Indefinite Detention for ...
By Lindsey Ellerson
"Nobody has ever escaped from one of our federal super-max prisons which hold hundreds of convicted terrorists." Detainees, he said, fall into five distinct categories. Those include those guilty of US criminal law who could be tried ... reshape the standards that apply to ensure that they are in line with the rule of law. We must have clear, defensible, and lawful standards for those who fall into this category. We must be fair procedures so that we don't make mistakes. ..."
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Foreign Policy Journal

My Message To Obama: Great Speech, But No Military Commissions and ...
Foreign Policy Journal - New York,NY,USA
"He delicately put down the fearmongers in both parties who have recently tried to make political capital out of Guantánamo, laid down facts about the prison ..."
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Battle begins to establish UN Sri Lankan war crimes investigation
Times Online - UK
"I hope these allegations are handled through appropriate procedures,? he added. Sri Lanka is not a member of the International Criminal Court and could only ..."
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