Domestic Servitude. Share this on:. Comments comments. Mexican police arrest more than 1, in human trafficking raids Mexico City - Authorities in Ciudad Juarez arrested more than 1, people over the weekend in an operation aimed at cracking down on human trafficking, police said.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon, shown on June 23, gave Congress days to approve a new human trafficking law. Mexico changes constitution to combat human trafficking Mexico's president approved several changes to the country's constitution Wednesday aimed at cracking down on human trafficking.
Comments 50 comments. Study finds 'alarming' human trafficking figures in Mexico's capital While an estimated 10, women are victims of human trafficking in Mexico's capital, there were only 40 investigations of the crime and three convictions in the city last year, according to a report issued this week.
Comments 62 comments. CNN - The Republican-led House on Friday passed a short-term spending plan that would eliminate all funding for Obamacare, setting off a showdown with the Democratic-led Senate that could result in a government shutdown in less than two weeks. The vote was We do not believe that, given the delivery systems, using rockets, that the opposition could have carried out these attacks.
We have concluded that the Syrian government in fact carried these out. CNN - Texas Gov. Rick Perry called another special session of the state Legislature on Wednesday after a Democratic filibuster killed a bill that would have imposed strict new regulations on abortion providers in the state. Read more: Texas abortion bill fight isn't over.
CNN - The U. Senate on Monday signaled strong support in a test vote for a bipartisan proposal to strengthen border security, giving a boost to prospects for passage of sweeping immigration reform legislation. Supporters of the border measure, which also covers major elements of the larger immigration bill, garnered more than enough backing in the procedural tally, 67 to 27, to move forward.
CNN - Four servicewomen who have done tours in Iraq and Afghanistan filed a suit against the Defense Department Tuesday challenging the military's longstanding policy against women in ground combat. Some of the plaintiffs led female troops who went on missions with combat infantrymen, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing the women.
After an initial agreement was outlined in , Congress approved it in November and it spent the last two years going through an appeals process. It was finalized Saturday, with government officials announcing and touting it on Monday.
The deal follows a class-action lawsuit, filed in , which accused the U. Department of the Interior of failing to account for and provide revenue from a trust fund representing the value of Indian assets managed by the government. The missing funds at the center of the class-action case involve what are called Individual Indian Money accounts, which are supposed to represent the property of individual Indians.
The accounts are held by the United States as trustee. The lawsuit had accused the government of failing to account for the money, failing to make proper payments, and converting tribal money for the government's own use. Philadelphia CNN - A Pennsylvania judge ruled Tuesday that state officials cannot enforce a new voter identification law in next month's presidential election.
The ruling by Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson is expected to be appealed, but amounted to good news for Democrats who contend the voter ID law is motivated by Republican efforts to suppress the traditionally Democratic minority vote. Read the documents.
Supporters argue that the law signed in March by Republican Gov. Tom Corbett will prevent voter fraud and is upheld by the Constitution. Sisters navigate new Pennsylvania voter ID law. CNN - Two white Atlanta police officers who pulled over and questioned entertainment mogul Tyler Perry have been exonerated of racial profiling by an internal investigation, according to documents released Tuesday. Just after noon on February 24, Perry left his studio in southwest Atlanta alone in a white Porsche Panamera.
As the actor and director later explained in a lengthy Facebook post, Perry made an illegal left turn to make sure he wasn't being followed. Two Atlanta police officers in a patrol car pulled Perry over and questioned him for about six minutes before letting him go without issuing a ticket. Perry described the incident as "hostile" and that he felt unsafe. One of the officers continued to "badger him" during questioning, the entertainer said.
After a four-month investigation, an internal affairs officer reported, "I would submit the evidence shows the actions of both officers with the regard to the traffic stop of Mr. Perry were justified, lawful and proper. Read the full story. CNN - Alabama officials Monday asked the full 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate portions of a tough law targeting illegal immigrants after a three-judge panel blocked those provisions. Robert Bentley, a Republican, said in a statement announcing the move.
Federal courts should not restrain state governments in a way that is contrary to the U. The Obama administration took Alabama to court over the law, arguing that the legislation and a similar act in Georgia law encroached on federal authority.
The judges blocked parts of the Alabama law in August, including language that makes it a crime for undocumented immigrants to work or solicit work; imposed criminal penalties to hide "an alien" or rent property to anyone in the United States illegally; and required state officials to check the immigration status of children in public schools. The judges let stand one of the most controversial portions of the law, allowing local and state police check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws.
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