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August 8, 2025
International
World

ICE lifts age cap: Agency to hire 10,000 new applicants; local sheriffs alarmed

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has removed the age limit that previously barred older adults from applying to become deportation agents. The agency, which is actively working to hire 10,000 deportation agents and support staff, earlier set application cutoffs at age 37 or 40, depending on the role, reported USA Today. “We are ENDING the […]

August 8, 2025
International
World

As US plans to burn contraceptives meant for poor, Europeans are alarmed

The Trump administration’s plans to incinerate $9.7 million in birth control pills and other contraceptives stored in a Belgian warehouse have left European govts struggling as they try to prevent the destruction. When the Trump administration abruptly de-funded and dismantled the USAID earlier this year, millions of contraceptives it had purchased were stuck in Geel, […]