WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (TNSrep) -- CNSI issued a 5-page white paper in October 2022 entitled "The Distinction Between and Response to Human Trafficking and Smuggling." Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction In recent years, politicians have often used the terms "human trafficking" and "human smuggling" interchangeably when speaking about the challenge at the United States-Mexico border. In Donald Trump's 2019 State of the Union address he announced that "human traffickers and sex traffickers...  more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (TNSrep) -- Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy and Technology issued a 111-page report on May 10, 2022, entitled "American Dragnet - Data-Driven Deportation in the 21st Century." The report was written by Nina Wang, Allison McDonald, Daniel Bateyko and Emily Tucker. Research was provided by Harrison Rudolph. Here are excerpts: * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...1 INTRODUCTION: ROBERT BYRD AND JOSE HERNANDEZ...9 I. ICE BUILT ITS SURVEILLANCE DRAGNET BY AMASSING  more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The White House issued the following news release: President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Danny Werfel to serve as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Danny Werfel is a public and private sector leader who has served under both Democratic and Republican administrations. Across more than 15 years of government service, Werfel served President Barack Obama and President George W. Bush to lead some of the governments' most complex management challeng more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 117-178) on the Military Spouse Employment Act (S. 4337), which aims to amend Title 5 of the U.S. Code to authorize the appointment of spouses of members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty, disabled or deceased to positions in which the spouses will work remotely. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Oct. 18, 2022. Here are excerpts: * * * I. Purpose and more ST