WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-two Democratic senators asked President Barack Obama on Friday to halt the recent round of federal deportation raids in another break between the party and the administration over its handling of Central American immigrants.
In a letter Friday, the senators wrote that the raids were sweeping up mothers and children who face threats of violence and death when they are returned to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
WASHINGTON – Faith-based groups may continue to partner with the state of Florida to help reduce recidivism rates among newly released prisoners, despite objections from a New York-based atheist group, a Florida county court ruled Wednesday.
The case, brought by the Center for Inquiry, challenged the government's ability to contract with Lamb of God Ministries and Prisoners of Christ, two Christian groups that have provided food, housing and job assistance to former prisoners for more than two decades, according to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, who represented the two groups.
