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What to know about Trump’s deployment of ICE agents to airports

Air travel just got even more chaotic. Loading audio narration… After weeks of airport security lines spilling into sidewalks and parking garages — as unpaid TSA officers call out en masse during the partial government shutdown — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been sent to airports nationwide to help…

800 Google employees demand an end to any cloud contracts with ICE and CBP

A group of Google employees are demanding an end to any ICE or border control contracts.More than 800 Googlers signed a petition for the company to disclose how the Department of Homeland Security uses its products and services, and that it protect its vulnerable workers.The group is urging transparency and…

Brand Lingua Franca Spoke up Against ICE and Says It’s Worth Backlash

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rachelle Hruska, the founder of clothing brand Lingua Franca. It has been edited for length and clarity.When I started Lingua Franca, it wasn’t meant to be a business. I was running another company and took up embroidery to get out of…