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A for-profit virtual education company accused of defrauding investors and other harms is set to run a new school at an immigration prison in Texas, according to job advertisements. The establishment of a school is an effort to sanitize the extended detention of hundreds of children.

The Vulnerability of Black Immigrants

The persecution of undocumented immigrants has affected and will continue to affect U.S.-born individuals, particularly members of marginalized groups. It is not only Hispanic people with legal status who may be affected by immigration enforcement activity: Black people, regardless of immigration status, are vulnerable.

Indiana Republicans Reject Trump, Vote Down Gerrymander

The Trump administration’s Mafia-style effort to force Indiana to gerrymander their Congressional maps has gone down to a resounding defeat in the state Senate. The failure came despite a menacing push by President Trump and his political allies.

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