<p>DHS Plans “All-Out War” on Immigration Scammers as Fraud Complaints Double<br>---</p><p>The number of scammers trying to capitalize on immigrants’ fears by posing as lawyers and ICE agents has surged since Trump’s reelection, ProPublica found. Now, DHS says it is seeking to identify and find these fraudsters.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-immigration-scams-fraud-homeland-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-immigration-scams-fraud-homeland-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-dhs-immigration-scams-fraud-homeland-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/immigrant/" rel="tag">#Immigrant</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
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<p>NEW: After ProPublica and The Texas Tribune revealed Ken Paxton repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live, Democrats called for an investigation into whether the Texas attorney general committed election fraud.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-democrats-ken-paxton-voting-complaint?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-democrats-ken-paxton-voting-complaint?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-democrats-ken-paxton-voting-complaint?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/kenpaxton/" rel="tag">#KenPaxton</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/investigation/" rel="tag">#Investigation</a></p>
<p>NEW: These local jails in Florida were supposed to detain immigrants for only up to 72 hours, per DHS.</p><p>One woman was rebooked 10 times, spending a cumulative 26 days in jail.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigrants-rebooking-ice-jails-florida?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigrants-rebooking-ice-jails-florida?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igrants-rebooking-ice-jails-florida?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/immigrant/" rel="tag">#Immigrant</a></p>
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<p>When ProPublica first spoke with law professor Bennett Gershman he described the Alice Sebold rape case as “the most heinous kind of prosecutorial misconduct.” But as a paid expert for Syracuse he now asserts the city “did not engage in misconduct.”</p><p><a href="/tags/lawenforcement/" rel="tag">#LawEnforcement</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/newyork/" rel="tag">#NewYork</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alice-sebold-anthony-broadwater-rape-case-prosecutorial-misconduct-bennett-gershman?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alice-sebold-anthony-broadwater-rape-case-prosecutorial-misconduct-bennett-gershman?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ali</span><span class="invisible">ce-sebold-anthony-broadwater-rape-case-prosecutorial-misconduct-bennett-gershman?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p>
<p>Syracuse University Seeks to Prevent Campus Rape Victim From Obtaining Police Records<br>---</p><p>The university, whose 1980s rape crisis figured prominently in a ProPublica article, committed to support survivors at “every step of the process.” Now it’s in court to stop police from sharing many records with a student who was assaulted in 1987.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/syracuse-sexual-assault-lawsuit-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/syracuse-sexual-assault-lawsuit-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/syr</span><span class="invisible">acuse-sexual-assault-lawsuit-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/college/" rel="tag">#College</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a> <a href="/tags/records/" rel="tag">#Records</a></p>
<p>NEW: Stories about pardons are often told as stories about presidential power — who had access, who persuaded a president to intervene. But what drew reporter Jeremy Kohler to this story was the people on the other side of that act of grace.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>
<p>NEW: 23-hour solitary confinement. 115-degree heat. Even now, Jimmie Duncan is haunted by the 27 years he spent on death row. </p><p>Despite his overturned conviction, Louisiana could force him to go back.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-angola-death-row-wrongful-conviction-jimmie-duncan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-angola-death-row-wrongful-conviction-jimmie-duncan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lou</span><span class="invisible">isiana-angola-death-row-wrongful-conviction-jimmie-duncan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a></p>
<p>Elon Musk wanted Texas legislators to create new crimes so people who fly drones or interfere with operations at SpaceX can be arrested. And he wanted to change who controlled the highway and public beach near SpaceX’s site so he can launch his rockets according to his timeline.</p><p>He got them all.</p><p>Read the full story: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-texas-legislature-laws-spacex-tesla?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-texas-legislature-laws-spacex-tesla?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-texas-legislature-laws-spacex-tesla?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#SpaceX</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a></p>
