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Boss Watch: 8/8 – 8/15
Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 8, and Friday, August 15 Alabama Discriminators Sarafina Network, LLC, a management company for gas station convenience stores based in Alabama, will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According…
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BBB gives ICE power to engage in nationwide reign of terror: “They’re coming to a city near you.”
“This bill adds $170 billion for immigration enforcement and immigration operations, generally,” Dayen started off. “A lot of that goes to building the border wall and the various security measures at the border, but there is a $30 billion increase in the ICE budget, which is about triple their annual budget, and there’s another $45 billion for the building of detention centers.” (READ MORE)