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In Detroit alone, nineteen children, according to the FBI, have been rescued from human slavery…and a dozen pimps arrested…
It was all part of a nationwide sting last week that involved children, some as young as 12-years-old. FBI Director, James Comey: “When kids are treated as a commodity in seedy hotels and on dark roadsides, we must rescue them from their nightmare and severely punish those responsible for that horror.”
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has quietly rewritten its detention rules, eliminating the $1-a-day pay requirement for immigrants held in private detention facilities. Last week, ICE rewrote national detention standards at the direct request of GEO Group, the country's largest private prison company. GEO Group currently faces class action lawsuits in three states, where detainees are demanding minimum wage for the same work the new rules
| Thursday June 25, 2026
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