Mayor Kenney won't renew Philadelphia's data-sharing contract with ICE

Mayor Kenney won’t renew a controversial city contract that allows federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to access a key law-enforcement database, known as PARS, and use that information against undocumented but otherwise law-abiding immigrants in Philadelphia.

https://www.philly.com/philly/news/ice-immigration-data-philadelphia-pars-contract-jim-kenney-protest-20180727.html?

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FEMA vows changes after 'deeply alarming' sexual misconduct allegations against former top HR official

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday announced significant changes in oversight procedures following the Homeland Security Department watchdog's release of a report regarding allegations of sexual misconduct by a former agency official.

"These allegations are deeply disturbing and harassment of any kind will not be tolerated at FEMA," FEMA Administrator Brock Long said in a statement.

House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy called the revelations "deeply alarming" especially in light of the official's placement overseeing personnel issues.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fema-vows-changes-after-deeply-alarming-sexual-misconduct-allegations-against-former-top-hr-official?

Jordanian arrested for plot to smuggle six Yemenis over the Mexican border

A man from Jordan was arrested in New York City Saturday for attempting to smuggle six Middle Easterners into the United States by way of the Mexican border, according to the Justice Department.

Moayad Heider Mohammad Aldairi, who resides in Monterrey, Mexico, was taken into custody at John F. Kennedy International Airport after disembarking an international flight. Several federal agencies accuse him of conspiring with others to smuggle six Yemeni nationals from Mexico to Texas in return for money.

The criminal complaint states that the 31-year-old man started in the second half of 2017 making plans to get six people across the ocean to Central America and then up to the U.S.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jordanian-arrested-for-plot-to-smuggle-six-yemenis-over-the-mexican-border?