Scrapped projects include relocating flood-damaged homes in Pennsylvania, protecting businesses from stormwater in North Carolina, and safeguarding water supply lines in Oklahoma’s Tornado Alley.
POWER Interfaith Bucks and Children First PA are hosting the event Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Bristol Township School Administration Building.
The American Civil Liberties Union, National Immigration Project and several other allied groups said in a statement that the way ICE deported children who are U.S. citizens and their mothers is a “shocking — although increasingly common — abuse of power.”
The departure in 1975 of the last Americans from Vietnam didn’t only end a tragic chapter in the history of the two countries. It helped mark the end of a singular era of protest music.
There are 480 higher education leaders from across the country who have signed a letter opposing “undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live and work” on their campuses.
“This Administration’s willingness to weaponize federal law enforcement is shocking and this arrest has all the hallmarks of overreach,” said U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee).
The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the National Education Association and the ACLU, which accused the Republican administration of violating teachers’ due process and First Amendment rights.
It is the latest example of the DOJ dropping or withdrawing from a voting rights case begun under former President Joe Biden.
The Bucks County Sheriff’s office has an application pending to participate in ICE’s 287(g) “task force model”, which essentially makes local law enforcement officers de facto ICE agents.
The vigil will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. rain or shine at the corners of State and Main Streets.
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