Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On the morning of June 12, 2018, at the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, Ryan A. Thorpe, 44, the former Treasurer for the City of Zeigler, was sentenced to four years in federal prison for his conviction for wire fraud and embezzlement from a local government,[Read More…]
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Nearly Three Million More Displaced Year-on-year, Warns Refugee Agency Chief, But Solutions are Within Reach
GENEVA—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: United Nations Communications The number of people forced to flee their homes last year rose by nearly three million to 68.5 million, the head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, warning that the world’s displacement hotspots “are becoming hotter”. Citing ongoing, protracted violence around[Read More…]
House Republicans’ Immigration Bills Hurt Women and Children, Says Center for American Progress Column
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Philip E. Wolgin and Nicole Prchal Svajlenka The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on two immigration bills this week under the premise of helping Dreamers, but a new CAP column finds that the Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s (R-VA) Securing America’s Future Act and Speaker[Read More…]
Community-Driven Federal Class Action Lawsuit & Report Targets Chicago Police’s Inaccurate, Racially Discriminatory Gang Database
Being on this list has meant everything from losing a job to being put in detention and deportation proceedings. At least 195,000 individuals – 95% Black and Latinx – are listed in an error-filled database from which their names can never be removed. Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 Contacts: Tania Unzueta, and[Read More…]
Amnesty International: Policy of Separating Children from Parents is Nothing Short of Torture
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Amnesty International Communications The sickening images of children cruelly separated from their parents and held in cages as a result of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ policy of ‘zero-tolerance’ will leave an indelible stain on the reputation of the USA, said Amnesty International today. “This is[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Calls on Jeff Sessions to Immediately End Enforcement of Inhumane Immigration Policies
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan today demanded that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions immediately withdraw and stop enforcing two inhumane immigration policies that tear children away from families while seeking asylum entry at the border and deny asylum to survivors of domestic and gang violence.[Read More…]
Former Federal Prosecutor and Executive IG Maggie Hickey to Lead Independent Investigation of the Illinois House of Representatives
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Jon Maxson House Speaker Michael J. Madigan announced that Maggie Hickey, a former federal prosecutor and former inspector general for the agencies under Gov. Bruce Rauner, will conduct a thorough and independent investigation and review of the operations of the Illinois House of Representatives,[Read More…]
A Poem For Park Forest by Maureen Raftery
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Maureen Raftery grew up in Park Forest, and now resides in the home where she grew up. Her father, Michael Raftery, taught at Rich East High School for years before retiring from SD 227 and moving on to Marian Catholic. Her mother, Ginny Raftery, is a well-known[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Statement Opposing the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Colleen Kraft, MD, MBA, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics “The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly opposes the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act, which was released by the U.S. House of Representatives leadership today. Instead of putting children first by[Read More…]
Watching as US Officials Take Children from Their Parents
The Horror of Sessions’ ‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Policy TEXAS—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Michael Garcia Bochenek, Senior Counsel, Children’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch Sitting across from me in an immigration holding cell in McAllen, Texas, the 24-year-old woman told me a familiar story. Her town in Honduras is plagued by[Read More…]
