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Torres Will Prioritize Public Safety
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Torres Will Prioritize Public Safety

Jennifer Bihm, Contributing WriterMay 19, 2022

“I’m running on a platform of prioritizing public safety,” said Marina Torres, candidate for Los Angeles city attorney. The Sentinel was one of the stops on Torres’ campaign trail last week where she emphasized to June 7 voters that she has their best interest in mind. “I’ve heard things like abolish or defund the police,” she said. “ when we sacrifice public safety it disproportionately affects Black and Latino communities… I lived in the 90s in gang territory. I’ve seen what happens when police don’t go into . It’s bad.” Torres has also seen what happens when

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Harris, Thompson, Nadler, Lofgren, Beatty Lead Lawmakers in Letter to Urge Administration to Halt Deportation of Black Mauritanians

Sentinel News ServiceOctober 12, 2018

There are approximately 3,000 Black Mauritanians in the United States, most of whom arrived in the 1990s after their government forcibly expelled them and stripped them of their citizenship on the basis of their race and ethnicity. So far in fiscal year 2018, the Trump administration has deported 79 Mauritanians, up from eight in FY 2017.

FACE SCANS FOR US CITIZENS FLYING ABROAD STIR PRIVACY ISSUES
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FACE SCANS FOR US CITIZENS FLYING ABROAD STIR PRIVACY ISSUES

FRANK BAJAK AND DAVID KOENIG Associated PressJuly 14, 2017

If the Trump administration gets its way, U.S. citizens boarding international flights will have to submit to a face scan, a plan privacy advocates call a step toward a surveillance state.
The Department of Homeland Security says it’s the only way to successfully expand a program that tracks nonimmigrant foreigners. They have been required by law since 2004 to submit to biometric identity scans – but to date have only had their fingerprints and photos collected prior to entry.