Which Way, L.A.?
Counties Opt Out of the Deportation Business
Several California counties will no longer detain non-citizens for immigration authorities who might want to deport them. Is it justice or a risk to public safety?
Los Angeles is one of more than a dozen California counties will no longer detain non-citizens at the request of immigration authorities who might want to deport them. The partnership that's led to record numbers of deportations during the Obama Administration is no more. Is it justice or a risk to public safety? Also, the Kings and the Rangers may ignite a new rivalry between LA and New York. But, when it comes to ticket prices, New York is already winning hands down.
Later, on To the Point, in New Mexico, kids are missing their white-flour tortillas. In Tennessee, it's bring back the biscuits. In Georgia, it's fried chicken. Nutritional standards for the federal school-lunch program don't always go down easy — and the processed food industry's not ready to swallow financial losses either. We hear about a dispute that goes from school cafeterias to Capitol Hill...to the Obama White House.
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2 storiesA Legal Defeat for Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement — started its Secure Communities program in 2009. Local law enforcement agencies were asked to detain non-citizen inmates for up to 48 hours after their jail terms had expired. ICE would then decide who could stay in the country and who should be deported.
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It'll cost less for a New York Ranger fan to fly to LA, stay in a hotel and buy a ticket for tomorrow's Game One of the Stanley Cup series than it will to just buy a ticket for Game Three in New York next Monday.
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