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Let me assure you that we are indeed trying to prevent unlawful entries at our southern border. – Alejandro Mayorkas	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Failures of leadership and accountability have allowed unlawful conduct to continue unchecked, even when city and police leaders announced solutions, they failed to follow through. In LMPD, officer misconduct too often goes unnoticed and unaddressed. At times, LMPD leaders have endorsed and defended unlawful conduct. – The DOJ	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Hong Kong prides itself on the rule of law; law enforcement agencies are duty-bound to take action against unlawful acts, regardless of the political background of the suspects. Arrests made are based on evidence and strictly in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. – The Hong Kong	Found on CNN 1 year ago
One unfortunate omission from the White House Blueprint is any administrative action to hold corporate landlords accountable for egregious, predatory and often unlawful behavior during and since the pandemic. – Diane Yentel	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There is a tremendous power imbalance in our housing system that tilts heavily in favor of landlords at the expense of low-income and other marginalized renters, putting families at greater risk of housing instability and homelessness and fueling racial inequity. one unfortunate omission from the White House Blueprint is any administrative action to hold corporate landlords accountable for egregious, predatory and often unlawful behavior during and since the pandemic. – Diane Yentel	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I have said before – in America about the only state-sanctioned form of bigotry is anti-Asian bigotry, and it is wrong and we’re going to hold folks accountable, to the extent that withholding of any of these awards at Thomas Jefferson High School was based on race, national origin or any other protected status under the Virginia human rights act, that is unlawful. – Jason Miyares	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Ezra Miller pled guilty this morning to a misdemeanor unlawful trespass in Vermont Superior Court and accepted the conditions imposed by the court, ezra would like to thank the court and the community for their trust and patience throughout this process and would once again like to acknowledge the love and support they have received from their family and friends, who continue to be a vital presence in their ongoing mental health. – Lisa Shelkrot	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We weren’t in this situation under the last administration or the Obama administration because we had in place policies that worked to stem the flow of unlawful migration. – Rob Portman	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It's kind of interesting how he's trying to walk this back now because he's running for election, trying to center himself to the middle, he was associated with groups, liked tweets and other stuff to show that he wanted ICE abolished and it's really just anti-ICE. He and others have been on this crusade to just take down ICE, demonize ICE agents in every single respect by calling them racists, delegitimizing what they're doing, and treating them like they're doing something heavy-handed, unlawful, when they're simply just doing their job, trying to keep our communities safe and our country safe. … It really is disgraceful. – Jonathan Fahey	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We know that safe, orderly and legal migration is good for all our economies. But we need to halt the dangerous and unlawful ways people are migrating and the dangerous ways. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Not only are they completely ignoring public safety immigration laws to the detriment to the security of our nation, they are also building new programs that are unlawful to bring more people over here that are illegal, this administration is absolutely no question sacrificing the safety of our nation for politics. – Ashley Moody	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We hope the news of the agreement between the government and the Victor Valley Union High School District puts other school districts engaged in discriminatory discipline practices on notice that such conduct is unlawful and will not be tolerated. – Legal Defense Fund	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This a great victory for workers who have the courage to join together and organize in a system that is currently stacked heavily in favor of employers like Tesla who have no qualms about violating the law, while we celebrate the justice in today's ruling by an increasingly pro-worker The NLRB, it also nevertheless highlights the substantial flaws in U.S. labor law. Here is a company that clearly took numerous aggressive and unlawful steps to block workers' rights, and yet it is more than four years down the road before workers see a modicum of justice. – United Auto Workers	Found on CNN 1 year ago
For the first time ever, our policy explicitly states that a non-citizen's unlawful presence in the United States will not, by itself, be a basis for the initiation of an enforcement action. – Alejandro Mayorkas	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We remain confident that the Recall will qualify for the ballot. Gascon’s policies violate the law. He is an abysmal leader with 98% of prosecutors voting to support the recall. His unlawful hiring and promotion actions will result in millions of dollars to settle lawsuits. – Gascon Campaign co-chair Kathy Cady	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
George is trying to explain his way out of not doing his job. It’s not working, we all see through his false ‘data and science.’ The appropriate charges should have been two counts of PC 245(a)(1) Felony Assault with a Deadly Weapon to wit Automobile, one count of felony hit-and-run, and one count of felony unlawful taking of vehicle. – Jonathan Hatami	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
As The University openly admits — indeed, advertises — students must be ‘ [ b ] elonging to a historically excluded group,' in light of the University’s facially discriminatory eligibility standards, we ask the Department to promptly investigate the allegations in this complaint, act swiftly to remedy unlawful policies and practices, and order appropriate relief. – Do No Harm	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Or it could include information about a friend or family member of a clerk who is engaged in conduct that is unlawful. – Catherine Fisk	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This unlawful and unprovoked aggression by Putin has the effect of changing the security architecture in the region for some time to come, we do expect that it will change our footprint. In terms of how much it changes the Defense Lloyd Austin contribution, that's left to be seen. – Lloyd Austin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This unlawful and unprovoked aggression by Russian President Vladimir Putin has the effect of changing the security architecture in the region for some time to come, we do expect that it will change our footprint. In terms of how much it changes the Tod Wolters contribution, that's left to be seen. – Tod Wolters	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This seizure is the direct result of a coordinated investigative effort by Homeland Security Investigations( HSI) San Diego, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and Customs and Border Protection, hSI will continue to aggressively investigate individuals who are involved in the unlawful smuggling and trafficking of endangered wildlife for their own financial gain. – Chad Plantz	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
You must leave, you must cease further unlawful activity and immediately remove your vehicle and/or property from all unlawful protest sites. Anyone within the unlawful protest site may be arrested. – Ottawa Police	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We have a system that's set up to protect citizens from unlawful intrusions from federal, state, and local authorities, we have to be mindful of that. – Eric Hawkins	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Britney was the family's breadwinner, and she also otherwise supported you. Publicly airing false or fantastical grievances is wrong, especially when designed to sell books. It is also potentially unlawful and defamatory. – Britney Spears	Found on FOX News 2 years ago

Let me assure you that we are indeed trying to prevent unlawful entries at our southern border.

– Alejandro Mayorkas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Failures of leadership and accountability have allowed unlawful conduct to continue unchecked, even when city and police leaders announced solutions, they failed to follow through. In LMPD, officer misconduct too often goes unnoticed and unaddressed. At times, LMPD leaders have endorsed and defended unlawful conduct.

– The DOJ

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Hong Kong prides itself on the rule of law; law enforcement agencies are duty-bound to take action against unlawful acts, regardless of the political background of the suspects. Arrests made are based on evidence and strictly in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

– The Hong Kong

Found on CNN
1 year ago

One unfortunate omission from the White House Blueprint is any administrative action to hold corporate landlords accountable for egregious, predatory and often unlawful behavior during and since the pandemic.

– Diane Yentel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is a tremendous power imbalance in our housing system that tilts heavily in favor of landlords at the expense of low-income and other marginalized renters, putting families at greater risk of housing instability and homelessness and fueling racial inequity. one unfortunate omission from the White House Blueprint is any administrative action to hold corporate landlords accountable for egregious, predatory and often unlawful behavior during and since the pandemic.

– Diane Yentel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I have said before – in America about the only state-sanctioned form of bigotry is anti-Asian bigotry, and it is wrong and we’re going to hold folks accountable, to the extent that withholding of any of these awards at Thomas Jefferson High School was based on race, national origin or any other protected status under the Virginia human rights act, that is unlawful.

– Jason Miyares

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Ezra Miller pled guilty this morning to a misdemeanor unlawful trespass in Vermont Superior Court and accepted the conditions imposed by the court, ezra would like to thank the court and the community for their trust and patience throughout this process and would once again like to acknowledge the love and support they have received from their family and friends, who continue to be a vital presence in their ongoing mental health.

– Lisa Shelkrot

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We weren’t in this situation under the last administration or the Obama administration because we had in place policies that worked to stem the flow of unlawful migration.

– Rob Portman

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It's kind of interesting how he's trying to walk this back now because he's running for election, trying to center himself to the middle, he was associated with groups, liked tweets and other stuff to show that he wanted ICE abolished and it's really just anti-ICE. He and others have been on this crusade to just take down ICE, demonize ICE agents in every single respect by calling them racists, delegitimizing what they're doing, and treating them like they're doing something heavy-handed, unlawful, when they're simply just doing their job, trying to keep our communities safe and our country safe. … It really is disgraceful.

– Jonathan Fahey

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We know that safe, orderly and legal migration is good for all our economies. But we need to halt the dangerous and unlawful ways people are migrating and the dangerous ways.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Not only are they completely ignoring public safety immigration laws to the detriment to the security of our nation, they are also building new programs that are unlawful to bring more people over here that are illegal, this administration is absolutely no question sacrificing the safety of our nation for politics.

– Ashley Moody

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We hope the news of the agreement between the government and the Victor Valley Union High School District puts other school districts engaged in discriminatory discipline practices on notice that such conduct is unlawful and will not be tolerated.

– Legal Defense Fund

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This a great victory for workers who have the courage to join together and organize in a system that is currently stacked heavily in favor of employers like Tesla who have no qualms about violating the law, while we celebrate the justice in today's ruling by an increasingly pro-worker The NLRB, it also nevertheless highlights the substantial flaws in U.S. labor law. Here is a company that clearly took numerous aggressive and unlawful steps to block workers' rights, and yet it is more than four years down the road before workers see a modicum of justice.

– United Auto Workers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For the first time ever, our policy explicitly states that a non-citizen's unlawful presence in the United States will not, by itself, be a basis for the initiation of an enforcement action.

– Alejandro Mayorkas

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We remain confident that the Recall will qualify for the ballot. Gascon’s policies violate the law. He is an abysmal leader with 98% of prosecutors voting to support the recall. His unlawful hiring and promotion actions will result in millions of dollars to settle lawsuits.

– Gascon Campaign co-chair Kathy Cady

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

George is trying to explain his way out of not doing his job. It’s not working, we all see through his false ‘data and science.’ The appropriate charges should have been two counts of PC 245(a)(1) Felony Assault with a Deadly Weapon to wit Automobile, one count of felony hit-and-run, and one count of felony unlawful taking of vehicle.

– Jonathan Hatami

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

As The University openly admits — indeed, advertises — students must be ‘ [ b ] elonging to a historically excluded group,' in light of the University’s facially discriminatory eligibility standards, we ask the Department to promptly investigate the allegations in this complaint, act swiftly to remedy unlawful policies and practices, and order appropriate relief.

– Do No Harm

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Or it could include information about a friend or family member of a clerk who is engaged in conduct that is unlawful.

– Catherine Fisk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This unlawful and unprovoked aggression by Putin has the effect of changing the security architecture in the region for some time to come, we do expect that it will change our footprint. In terms of how much it changes the Defense Lloyd Austin contribution, that's left to be seen.

– Lloyd Austin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This unlawful and unprovoked aggression by Russian President Vladimir Putin has the effect of changing the security architecture in the region for some time to come, we do expect that it will change our footprint. In terms of how much it changes the Tod Wolters contribution, that's left to be seen.

– Tod Wolters

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This seizure is the direct result of a coordinated investigative effort by Homeland Security Investigations( HSI) San Diego, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and Customs and Border Protection, hSI will continue to aggressively investigate individuals who are involved in the unlawful smuggling and trafficking of endangered wildlife for their own financial gain.

– Chad Plantz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You must leave, you must cease further unlawful activity and immediately remove your vehicle and/or property from all unlawful protest sites. Anyone within the unlawful protest site may be arrested.

– Ottawa Police

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have a system that's set up to protect citizens from unlawful intrusions from federal, state, and local authorities, we have to be mindful of that.

– Eric Hawkins

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Britney was the family's breadwinner, and she also otherwise supported you. Publicly airing false or fantastical grievances is wrong, especially when designed to sell books. It is also potentially unlawful and defamatory.

– Britney Spears

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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