Hamed Aleaziz reports: Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators issued a subpoena this week demanding BuzzFeed News identify its sources — an extraordinary attempt by the government to interfere with a news outlet acting under the protections of the First Amendment, and a move that the agency’s former chief lambasted as “embarrassing.” The effort to pressure…
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San Diego Wants To Use Military-Grade Drones To Catch Speeders
If everyone stays home, do we even need this? Joe Cadillic explains: The Voice of San Diego recently revealed how the city of San Diego secretly considered using military-grade drones to spy on motorists. According to the article, San Diego officials secretly kicked around the possibility of using General Atomics’ “SkyGuardian” drones to ID and track speeding vehicles. “Records obtained by…
Mill River officials: Survey mistakenly sent to students
Jim Sabataso reports: School officials at Mill River Union High School are apologizing for an email that was inadvertently sent to students containing a link to a third-party survey. At the regular meeting of the Mill River Unified Union School District School Board Wednesday evening, Superintendent David Younce explained that an email containing a survey…
Federal Immigration and Customs Cannot Access Immigrant’s DMV Records Without Court Order
Raymond G. Lahoud of Norris McLaughlin writes: On November 30, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Rochester Judge’s decision to the lawsuit that sought to repeal the Driver’s License Access and Privacy Act, which allows immigrants without documents to apply and a receive driver’s license. The state of New York, as of…