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Tuesday, April 07, 2026

A group of 36 lawmakers says the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has created "disappearances" on US soil, due to the "increasingly unreliable" online system used to track people detained by immigration authorities, according to a letter shared with the Guardian. The lawmakers are urging that the DHS inspector general's office open an investigation into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) "online detainee locator system" (ODLS), which has been used for years by family members, attorneys and journalists to track people in the federal immigration detention system. "Since January 2025, that system has grown increasingly unreliable," the lawmakers, including Senator Ben Ray Lujn and House representatives Veronica Escobar and Lauren Underwood, say in the letter. "Without a functional locator system, DHS is effectively creating disappearances' on US soil, and we urge the DHS office of inspector general (OIG) to investigate this matter." read more


The Guardian: Mexico is facing a "toxic crisis" and has become a "garbage sink" for the US, exposing Mexican communities to dangerous pollution, a UN expert has warned. In an interview with the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab, an investigative outlet, Marcos Orellana, an environmental specialist, said pollutants ranging from imported waste to dangerous pesticides were affecting people's right to live healthy lives. Orellana, whose title is UN special rapporteur on toxics and human rights, conducted an 11-day investigative mission in Mexico last month to learn about toxic threats facing its population. He said he found lax environmental standards and a lack of oversight, which have allowed pollution to accumulate over the years. read more


Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests. read more


Sunday, April 05, 2026

Just weeks after the largest nurses strike in the New York City history, the CEO of NYC Health and Hospitals has a bold vision for a future where AI, not human radiologists, examines and diagnoses X-rays. read more


McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- For five months, the young father waited for his 3-year-old daughter's release from federal custody after she crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her mother, hoping through delays for their safe reunion. Only when he turned to the courts as a last resort did he learn that the girl had suffered alleged sexual abuse at the foster home where she'd been placed after immigration officials separated her from her mother. read more


Comments

" Trans people can't get the exact same healthcare that cis people get"
Statement has no basis in reality.

#72 | Posted by BellRinger"

Really?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
"Disparities in Preventive Health Services Between Transgender and Cisgender Adults by State-Level Policy Environments"
Volume 69, Issue 4107954
October 2025

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

"A Comparison of Chronic Conditions between Transgender and Cisgender Individuals with Recent Incarceration and in the Community in a United States County"
International Journal for Transgender Health. 2023 Nov 14;25(2):187-198.

doi: 10.1080/26895269.2023.2280175

"Study Reveals Significant Barriers for TGNC Adults Accessing Healthcare in the U.S."

A recent study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management assistant professor Ellesse-Roselee Akre, PhD, MA, published in Health Services Research on July 10, 2024, examines the substantial barriers transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) adults face when accessing healthcare in the United States, underscoring systemic challenges that contribute to healthcare disparities within this population.

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