Mitzie Perez and the California League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) on Monday filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo alleging that the bank refused to extend Perez and other similarly situated students loans solely because of their immigration status. Perez is a junior at the University of California, Riverside, and is one of many [...]
More than 1,700 residents of Flint, Michigan, on Monday filed a class action lawsuit against the US, claiming that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to respond to damage claims arising from the Flint water crisis. The claims total $722 million. The suit alleges that the EPA has failed to fulfill its responsibilities under [...]
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes Baskut Tuncak on Tuesday said that the UK must take steps to control exposure to pollution and toxic chemicals for all citizens but particularly children: Air pollution plagues the UK. Children, women of reproductive age, the elderly and those of poor health are the [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday upheld an order that refugee students in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, be allowed to attend the public high school, even with limited English skills. The students had been placed by the school district in Phoenix Academy, which is an accelerated credit recovery high school. The refugees [...]
US and UK regulators fined Deutsche Bank a combined $630 million in connection with a Russian money laundering scheme. Clients illegally moved over $10 billion from Russia via shares that were bought and sold through Deutsche Bank’s offices in Moscow, London and New York, and regulators assert that bank officials repeatedly missed opportunities and to [...]
Austria’s ruling coalition announced Monday a plan to ban full-face coverings in public places, with a focus on Islamic veils. The proposal is part of a set of reforms created after extensive negotiations by the Social Democrats and People’s party . The ban is based on the Austrian commitment to an open society, where open [...]
The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that those seeking asylum in the EU may be denied if they have any ties to terrorism. The case was in regards to Mostafa Lounani, a Moroccan national. Lounani was convicted in 2006 of preparing forged documents in an attempt to transport radicalized volunteers to Iraq. In 2010 [...]
The White House issued a statement on Monday declaring that Sally Yates would be replaced as acting Attorney General after she directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) not to defend President Donald Trump’s recently executed immigration order . Earlier that day, Yates issued a letter to US attorneys across the nation questioning the justice and [...]
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday sued President Donald Trump over the temporary immigration ban. Trump’s executive order provided a temporary ban on immigration from seven middle eastern countries. He also suspended the country’s refugee program. Ferguson stated in a news conference that his aim is to invalidate the executive order, which he [...]
A Bosnian Serb woman was indicted Monday for taking part in the killing of 37 Muslim Bosniak prisoners of war during the 1992-95 war . Visnja Acimovic is accused of war crimes and acting against international humanitarian law by violating provisions of the Geneva Conventions . The prosecution claims Acimovic “consciously and willingly” took part [...]
