“E-Carceration” Is the Newest Surveillance Trend Spreading Across the Globe
As the use of “e-carceration” spreads globally, invasive, AI-powered surveillance comes with it.
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Project Nimbus: How Amazon And Google Made Billions From Israel’s Occupation of Palestine
Google employees, who have been kept in the dark about the “Nimbus” AI project, have concerns about Israeli human rights abuses.
“People Are Being Hunted Down” – ICE Launches Rights-Busting Onslaught Against Sanctuary Cities
Rights are routinely being violated as hundreds of ICE agents storm New York City and other sanctuary cities in a fresh attempt to round up undocumented immigrants.
Prison Guard Drives Truck Into Crowd of Peaceful Anti-ICE Protesters (VIDEO)
On Wednesday night, immigration activists gathered at the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to protest the private facility’s working relationship with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The coalition Read More…
Border Patrol Arrest Reports Are Full of Lies That Can Sabotage Asylum Claims
On December 29, 2017, the night his daughter was born, Augusto left the hospital and rode his motorcycle to his home in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, to pick up a change of Read More…
Half-Mile GoFundMe Border Wall Ordered to Leave Gate Open Indefinitely After Blocking Access to a Historic Monument
A federal agency has forced open a gate indefinitely in the viral $23 million crowdfunded wall near the US-Mexico border, saying the group that built it didn’t follow proper permitting procedures.
Water That Never Freezes
Can water reach minus 263 degrees Celsius without turning into ice? Yes it can, say researchers, if it is confined in nanometer-scale lipid channels.
US Supreme Court Rules Government Can Indefinitely Detain Immigrants Years After Release From Criminal Custody
The U.S. Supreme Court rules immigrants with criminal records from years before can be detained pending deportation hearings.
Hunger-Striking Immigrants in US Subjected to Nasal Force-Feeding at ICE Detention Center
ICE officials are force-feeding six immigrants through plastic nasal tubes in response to a hunger strike by 11 detainees — some rejecting food for over a month — inside a Texas detention facility, according to a new report by The Associated Press.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says 11 detainees at the El Paso Processing Center have been refusing food, some for more than 30 days.
Colossal Spinning Disc of Ice Suddenly Appears in River (VIDEO)
The strange rotating circle resembles a UFO or a moon.
FBI Pilot Program Uses Amazon’s Controversial Facial Recognition Software
The software allows the FBI to automate the analysis of mountains of video surveillance footage much faster than live agents can.
ICE Acquires Access to Track License Plates Across the Country
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency recently signed a contract with private company Vigilant Solutions to officially secure agency-wide access to its massive nationwide license plate recognition Read More…
Tens of Thousands of ICE Detainees Allegedly Forced Into Labor, A Violation of Anti-Slavery Laws
A 2014 lawsuit filed against GEO Group, one of the largest private prison contractors, alleges that as many as 60,000 immigrants detained by ICE were forced to work for $1 a day or no money at all, under threat of solitary confinement — a violation of federal anti-slavery laws. In March, the lawsuit reached a historic class action status.