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US federal court rules against Donald Trump Education Secy Betsy DeVos for delaying student loan protection rule
• 7 years agoDemocratic attorneys general from 19 states and the District of Columbia have won a lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over her decision to suspend rules meant to protect students from abuse by for-profit colleges.
New Yorker editor David Remnick cancels Steve Bannon invite after high profile dropouts and outrage; says he's 'changed his mind, there's a better way to do this'
• 7 years agoFacing widespread outrage, The New Yorker has dropped plans to interview Steve Bannon during its festival next month. The former Donald Trump aide and ex-chairman of Breitbart News was supposed to be a featured guest during a prestigious gathering that over the years has drawn some of the world's most prominent artists and public figures
El Salvador claims 3 children separated at Mexican border sexually abused in shelter, asks US to make reuniting families priority
• 7 years agoThe government of El Salvador said the three, ages 12 to 17, were victimized at shelters in Arizona, and it asked the US to make their return a priority.
Donald Trump government siding with Asian American students suing Harvard: 'No American should be denied admission to school because of race'
• 7 years agoThe Justice Department on Thursday sided with Asian-American students suing Harvard University over the Ivy League school's consideration of race in its admissions policy, the latest step in the Trump administration's effort to encourage race-neutral admissions practices.
Race-based school criteria roils Asian-Americans enough to push for legal fight as immigration takes centerstage in US midterms
• 7 years agoThe U.S. Department of Justice is backing a 2014 lawsuit against Harvard University by Asian-American applicants, who say the Ivy League college unlawfully suppresses the number of Asians admitted. The DOJ also said last year it would investigate a May 2015 complaint filed against Harvard by a coalition of Asian-American groups.
Five Sikh migrants released from US federal prison after initially falling afoul of Donald Trump's 'zero tolerance' policy
• 7 years agoFive Sikh migrants, all twenty-something men from India, made their first public appearance on Wednesday after nearly three months at the US prison, which put them in the centre of a political firestorm.
Ecuadorian immigrant released from detention camp; judge Paul Crotty slams Donald Trump's 'cruel' zero tolerance policy
• 7 years agoUS judge Paul Crotty released an Eucadorian immigrant from a detention camp. He slammed Trump's "zero tolerance" policy as "cruel and thoughtless"
New Jersey's Sikh attorney general Gurbir Grewal faces 'turban man' slur before radio show hosts are kicked off air
• 7 years agoThe hosts of a popular New Jersey radio show were off the air Thursday after calling the nation's first Sikh attorney general "turban man" — the latest slur against a career prosecutor who says he faces countless "small indignities and humiliations" no matter how far he rises or how important his position.
US-Mexico border separation: Nearly 1,200 children reunited with families, days before court-imposed deadline
• 7 years agoNearly 1,200 children aged 5 years and older, have been reunited with their families after being separated at the US-Mexico border, leaving hundreds to go before this week's court-imposed deadline, according to a Justice Department court filing that raised the possibility that many parents have been deported.
Indian detainees in federal prison in US not handcuffed or chained, says volunteer; claims conditions improved
• 7 years agoIn a separate statement, APANO's South Asian Sheridan Support Committee alleged that over 100 migrants are being detained in this prison as a direct result of the Trump administration's unjust, no exceptions immigration policy.