Global October 2019

Takeaways: Democratic Debate

The topics covered in the latest debate between the Democratic presidential candidates included taxes, health care, impeachment and gun control.

Global October 2019

Abortion Medication Required On Campuses

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that requires the 34 campuses in the University of California and California State University systems to have abortion medication on campus.

Global October 2019

Hundreds Of Migrants Corralled In Mexico

Migrants numbering in the hundreds were corralled at a detention center in southern Mexico. Migrants were from Central America, the Caribbean and Africa.

Global October 2019

Census Bureau Seeks Citizenship Info

State data, including driver’s license information, is being sought by the U.S. Census Bureau. It has also made a new request regarding recipients of government assistance.

Global October 2019

Latest On Syria; 10 Things To Know

President Donald Trump has directed U.S. troops to begin pulling out of northern Syria. Floodwaters from a typhoon have left as many as 36 dead in Japan.

Global October 2019

School: ICE Agents Sought Student Records

A Metro Nashville Public Schools statement says ICE visited Una Elementary School, seeking student records. An ICE spokesman says he is doubtful this happened but is investigating.

Global October 2019

Sesame Street Addresses Addiction; Top 5

Sesame Street in Communities offers resources around parental addiction. Federal agents are accused of using marriage interviews to lure and detain immigrants for deportation.

Global October 2019

Boston Jail Ending Relationship With ICE

Federal authorities have been given two months to move about 200 federal immigration detainees from the Suffolk County House of Correction in Boston.

Global October 2019

Turkey Begins Offensive In Syria

In Syria, Turkey began an offensive against Kurdish fighters. The military operation began after the United States withdrew from northeastern Syria.

Global October 2019

New Immigration Detention Hub

Eight Louisiana jails have started housing asylum seekers and other migrants over the past year. ICE said it’s holding about 8,000 migrants in the state.

Global October 2019

Expelled For Disrupting Free Speech?

UW Regents have begun drafting the language to incorporate their free speech policy changes into rule. Students who disrupt others’ free speech three times would be expelled.

Global October 2019

Immigration Marriage Interview Or Trap?

A class action is accusing federal agents of using immigration marriage interviews in Baltimore to lure families in order to detain the immigrant spouse for deportation.