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Boss Watch
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Boss Watch: 7/18 – 8/1
Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, July 18, and Friday, August 1 Alabama Child Abusers The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court against an Alabama poultry processor requiring them to pay $385,000 in civil money penalties for federal child labor law violations and barring the…
NEWS
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)