Mexico vows to reject unilateral U S immigration rules
Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray says Mexico will not accept unilateral U S directives on immigration. He warns that Mexico may appeal to the United Nations if needed and notes a DHS plan to detain and deport illegal entrants, with many to wait in Mexico if not deportable. Over 408,000 people were apprehended at the southern border last year from Central America.
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Muslim donors raise funds for vandalized Missouri Jewish cemetery
Muslim Americans contributed over 84 thousand dollars to repair headstones at the Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in St. Louis where about 170 stones were toppled. The fundraiser drew more than 3 thousand donations by Wednesday afternoon amid a wave of threats against Jewish sites nationwide.
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High court bars race based sentencing in Texas case
The Supreme Court rejected the use of racial stereotypes in sentencing a convicted criminal. Justice Roberts said laws punish actions, not race, and noted statistics about African Americans influence juries. The decision reopens the death-penalty case from Texas where a black defendant was condemned after such stereotypes were presented to the jury.
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Buck case prompts new sentencing hearing call in Texas
The G 2 decision faults Texas authorities and judges for not granting a new sentencing hearing to Duane Buck of Houston, convicted of the 1995 shooting death of his ex girlfriend and her new partner.
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Emails show Pruitt ties to fossil fuel industry at EPA
Thousands of pages released show Scott Pruitt while Oklahoma attorney general met regularly with Devon Energy and other fossil fuel firms and discussed how to resist federal environmental rules. Officials at Devon helped draft letters for Pruitt to send to the EPA, signaling a close relationship as a judge ordered the release after years of advocacy pressure.
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Judge blocks Texas from cutting Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds
U S District Judge Sam Sparks in Austin ruled Texas officials cannot terminate Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. He found no evidence of wrongdoing and warned that cutting funds would cause irreparable harm to 12 500 Texas patients relying on 30 health centers across the state. The ruling safeguards reimbursed services for now.
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