WA cuts off ICE access to data system used for immigration enforcement
The state Department of Licensing revoked Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to a data search system Wednesday after discovering the federal agency used it to get information about a Kirkland man targeted for deportation. The use of that data for immigration enforcement, confirmed by the state after a KING 5 investigation, violated an agreement between the licensing department and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, according to Nate Olson, a DOL spokesperson. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (AP)
Closure of Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center can proceed, judge says
An immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed ” Alligator Alcatraz ” must keep moving toward shutting down operations by late October, a judge has ruled, even as the state and federal governments fight that decision. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams late Wednesday denied requests to pause her order to wind down operations at the facility, which has been plagued by reports of unsanitary conditions and detainees being cut off from the legal system. Continue reading at ICT. (Rebecca Blackwell)
RFK Jr. shakes up COVID vaccine policy
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new COVID vaccine policy continues a steady drip of moves that are incrementally raising barriers to accessing shots. It rewrites pandemic-era rules by narrowing the groups who can get the shots without a prescription — and will make everyone else jump through more hoops to stay COVID-free. Why it matters: While the new policy was in line with drug companies’ expectations, there could be more obstacles ahead when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kennedy’s handpicked vaccine advisory board weigh in on the suitability of the shots in the coming weeks. Continue reading at Axios. (Aïda Amer)
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