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Bits n’ pieces from east, west and beyond

by Compiled by Lorraine H. Marie
| July 22, 2025 7:00 AM

East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling:

A 33-year-old ICE attorney who quit told The Atlantic he did so because ICE was deliberately neglecting criminal cases and instead focusing on arrest quotas. The criminal cases he was concerned about included drug trafficking, national security threats and human rights violations.

The Dept. of Veterans Affairs announced in a news release a plan for a large scale reduction in force, 83,000, will instead by 30,000 at the end of 2025.

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