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An ICE officer making an arrest in 2014. (Wikimedia Commons) An interview with a veteran U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent reveals the changing nature of immigration enforcement in America under President Trump. “You have guys who are doing whatever they want in the field, going after whoever they want,” the agent, who spoke under anonymity, told The New Yorker’s Jonathan Blitzer. “The problem is that now there are lots of people who feel free to feel contempt.” Blitzer... Читать дальше...

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By William D. Hartung / TomDispatch Between Pentagon waste and the U.S. record of misguided wars, it’s clear that much of this spending isn’t making anyone any safer.

American demand for heroin is partly fueling Mexico’s deadly war. (Dimitris Kalogeropoylos / CC BY-SA 2.0) Homicide records are being broken in the United States’ neighboring country, and Americans’ hands are far from clean. From The Los Angeles Times: Prosecutors opened 2,234 homicide investigations last month, according to government statistics released Friday. That’s an increase of 40% over June of last year and 80% over June of 2015. Rising demand for heroin in the United States and... Читать дальше...

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Incidents at the Aqsa Mosque (pictured)—perhaps the world’s most sensitive religious site—are followed by violence at the Israeli Embassy in the Jordanian capital.

By Talia Buford / ProPublica Facing Trump’s proposals for cutting programs that help minorities and the poor, Democrats scramble to make up for missed opportunities to protect them.

By Bill Blum Without the investigation—and how it is forcing the president to play defense—the Trump agenda might be closer to full realization.

By VIPS / Consortiumnews In a memo to President Trump, former U.S. intelligence officers cite forensic studies that reveal data was leaked (not hacked) by a DNC insider, then doctored to incriminate Russia.