American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Bill Would Put Immigration Verification System To The Test

Ted Robbins — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:35:00 +0000

Some employers around the nation have been using E-Verify to check the immigration status of employees for years. Operated by the Department of Homeland Security, the online system is designed to make it harder to hire unauthorized workers — and harder for those workers to find jobs.

While participation in the program has been voluntary since 1996, the immigration bill now in the Senate would make E-Verify mandatory.

In Arizona, the Tucson-based social services organization PPEP employs more than 500 workers.

Boston Search Shines Spotlight On Surveillance Cameras

Carrie Johnson — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:54:00 +0000

Footage from surveillance cameras along the Boston Marathon route gave the FBI early clues about the bombing suspects. And prosecutors say they'll use some of those images to try to prove their criminal case against 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

North Dakota Legislature OKs Bill Banning Abortions After Heartbeat Is Found

Eyder Peralta — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:55:00 +0000

A week after the Arkansas legislature passed the strictest measure in the country on abortion, North Dakota's legislature passed a bill that goes further and would ban abortions as soon as a heartbeat is detected.

Arkansas' bill banned abortions after 12 weeks; North Dakota's could ban them as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

Reuters reports:

Court Says CIA Can't Have It Both Ways on Drones

Carrie Johnson — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:27:00 +0000
A federal appeals court has rejected an effort by the CIA to deny it has any documents about a U.S. drone program that has killed terrorists overseas, ruling that the agency is stretching the law too far and asking judges "to give their imprimatur to a fiction of deniability that no reasonable person would regard as plausible."
The ruling by a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

Arkansas Legislature Embraces Strictest U.S. Abortion Law

Bill Chappell — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:28:00 +0000
Arkansas has approved a law banning most abortions after 12 weeks of gestation, as both houses of the state's legislature vote to override a veto by Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe.