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‘Wrong turn leads to 5-day #detention. “…she & her #children were held in a windowless office space…with no access to legal counsel or communication with her #consulate. Her 2 daughters, ages 1 & 5, are both American #citizens. … the family didn't have access to #legal counsel for an extended period of time—raising…questions of constitutionality—& that her children were held in conditions the US has previously deemed unacceptable to minors.” | NPR npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-53355 #law #lawfedi

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The result is an unprecedented effort to use government data to support the admin’s #immigration policies. That includes #information people have reported about themselves for years while paying #taxes or applying for #housing — believing that information would not be used against them for immigration purposes. #Legal experts say the data sharing is a breach of #privacy rules that help ensure trust in government programs & services.

#law#security#Trump

The word #tyrant is from #Latin tyrannus, meaning “lord, master, monarch, despot,” and ultimately from the Greek τύραννος (tyrannos), which meant “monarch, ruler of a polis” or “absolute ruler unlimited by law or #constitution”.

The Greek term possibly has origins from the Lydian tûran, meaning “lord”, referred to someone who seized power without #legal right, not necessarily ruling cruelly.

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The #whistleblower believes that the suspicious activity warrants further investigation by agencies w/more resources, like #CISA or the #FBI.

#Labor #law experts…fear that if the data gets out, it could be abused, including by private companies w/cases before the agency that might get insights into damaging testimony, #union leadership, #legal strategies & internal data on competitors — #Musk's #SpaceX among them….

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But acc/to an official #whistleblower disclosure shared w/ #Congress & other federal overseers…, subsequent whistleblower interviews & records of internal comms, technical staff were alarmed about what #DOGE engineers did when granted access, particularly when staffers noticed a spike in #data LEAVING the agency. It's possible that the data included sensitive info on #unions, ongoing #legal cases & #CorporateSecrets — data that 4 #labor #law experts tell NPR should almost never leave the NLRB….