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.

Global October 2019

URI Opens $150M Engineering Complex

A new $150 million engineering complex is open at the University of Rhode Island, expanding the campus’ Bliss Hall, which opened in 1928.

Global October 2019

Is US Economy Slowing?--10 Things To Know

Economists are raising concerns that the trade war with China could lead to a recession. A second whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment probe.

Global October 2019

Hispanic Heritage Month; Top 3 Stories

Among the top stories for the month of September included an article that explored Hispanic Heritage Month.

Global October 2019

First Latina In Space; Top 5 Headlines

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute celebrated Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina to go to space. TCLFF, ‘Young Sheldon’ and DonorsChoose.org support middle school STEM.

Global October 2019

Expansion Of DNA Collection At Border

A much broader DNA testing from the type done on families at the border is to be expanded for migrants crossing U.S. borders. The data will be included in a massive criminal database.