The United Nations designated Sunday, July 30 as the "World Day against Trafficking in Persons" following a 2013 resolution to "raise awareness of the situation of victims of human trafficking and for the promotion and protection of their rights."
The recent and welcome release of a huge amount of raw immigration data, though presented awkwardly, shows a massive half-amnestied population, probably reaching four million aliens.
Six teenage students from the small African country of Burundi are missing in the United States. At the time of this writing, two of them have been seen crossing the border into Canada, although police are refusing to comment further given that four others are still missing.
At the end of last week, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue held bilateral meetings with his Mexican counterparts, focusing on the benefits of the commercial relationship between both countries. As part of these talks, which took place in Mexico City, the subject of temporary foreign workers in the U.S. agricultural sector was addressed.
In imperial Rome, the peace was said to be maintained among an increasingly restive populace by ensuring ready availability of food in the form of cheap subsidized bread, along with entertaining distractions in the form of horse and chariot races and other free public diversions at the grounds of the racetrack (the "circus").
In a sweeping display of hypocrisy served with heaping helpings of hockey puck and chutzpah, a group of Democratic senators has sent a letter to President Trump urging him to take a legal stand in favor of the DACA program.
Many sanctuary jurisdictions are proud of the title and wear it as a badge of honor. In fact, the New York Times ran an article that stated that they were "Proud to be a Sanctuary City". Others shy away from the title, but still have sanctuary-like policies.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ), supreme court for the European Union (EU), has ruled that would-be migrants must seek asylum in the first country they reach.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that sanctuary jurisdictions will lose access to certain federal law enforcement grants in 2017 if they prohibit officials from communicating with ICE, if they block ICE from interviewing jail inmates, or if they fail to notify ICE of the pending release of criminal aliens ICE is seeking to deport.
