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Washington — The Department of Homeland Security’s top lawyer on Tuesday directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorneys to aggressively pursue administrative fraud cases against immigration lawyers accused of filing false asylum claims, the latest step in the administration’s push to speed up removals, expand enforcement and challenge the legal infrastructure around immigration.In a memo dated May 26 and obtained by CBS News, DHS General Counsel James Percival instructed ICE attorneys within the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor to develop “anti-fraud policies” designed for “robust enforcement” of existing federal anti-fraud law. The memo said that any effort “should include enforcement…

The SpaceX board member and longtime partner of Peter Thiel Luke Nosek joins the three-comma club thanks to his stake in Elon Musk’s rocketmaking giant. SpaceX took another big step toward going public on Wednesday with the filing of its IPO prospectus. Among the biggest revelations from the document is…

New World hantaviruses such as Andes virus cause respiratory illness, but they hit differently than common viruses that lead to lung failure. The hantaviruses grow slowly and kill swiftly, claiming the lives of up to half of people they infect. Yet mysteriously, survivors are left with no lasting damage from…

Imposing restrictions on goods originating from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories is only common sense, French Trade Minister Nicolas Forissier told Euronews. The country put forward a proposal alongside Sweden last month, calling on the European Union to increase trade tariffs and enforce stricter import controls on goods…

The biggest barrier to replacing domestic flights with eco-friendly train services isn’t the time difference, but the cost. Thankfully, a new budget service has just launched between London Euston and the Scottish city of Stirling, making travel along the UK’s West Coast Main Line far more affordable. Lumo’s new service,…

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