New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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Haitians with TPS cancelled by Trump admin are now being called into ICE offices for check-ins, arrested & released on condition that they wear ankle monitors. It appears to be part of a new ICE enforcement effort since SCOTUS TPS ruling. Gift link: wapo.st/4fTyRec

"“I am panicking. I can’t eat. I can’t sleep,” said Marlene [a TPS holder]. “My kid is wondering if he goes to school, will I be there when he comes home?”

Lauren Kaori Gurley@laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social · 5d ago

This week: Nursing homes terminated hundreds of Haitian workers with TPS. Major airports fired Haitian janitors, cabin cleaners and wheelchair attendants. Schools let go of drivers and landscapers. My reporting on the fallout of Haiti TPS termination. t.co/vCyqrl7hK3

This week: Nursing homes terminated hundreds of Haitian workers with TPS. Major airports fired Haitian janitors, cabin cleaners and wheelchair attendants. Schools let go of drivers and landscapers. My reporting on the fallout of Haiti TPS termination. t.co/vCyqrl7hK3

Come be my editor! The Post is hiring an economics editor, and I can personally attest that we are the most charming and hard-working team ever, basically. Apply here: washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washin...

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The homeowner I interviewed in this piece has now sued the feds for entering his private property without a warrant www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bOg...

Federal Agents Raided His Home—Live on Ring

YouTube video by Institute for Justice

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Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“It was violent. There’s blood all over the house. It’s insane,” the homeowner, who is a U.S. citizen, told me. “It’s complete lawlessness. How does the government have impunity to jump into my home without a warrant?” www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-w...

How workers died last week: Trench collapses, heat, rollovers, coal mining, firefighting, occupational cancer, cell tower, skid steer, explosions, grain bin incident, and crushed to death, shootings and vehicular collisions: The Weekly Toll jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

Failure to Survive Work: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

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The Trump administration launched a plan Tuesday to channel hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers directly into deportation proceedings, a change that some attorneys said could lead to people being removed from the United States without a hearing. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Asylum seekers could be sent directly to deportation under new federal rule

The Trump administration rule, which took effect immediately, could transfer nearly 450,000 cases to immigration judges, who could dismiss the asylum petitions.

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NEW: The number of Amazon workers on food stamps or Medicaid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025. The number of Uber, DoorDash, Lyft and other gig workers on these benefits also exploded. From @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social and me Gift link: wapo.st/4gS59s1

Amazon, gig companies see spike in workers on SNAP and Medicaid, study shows

Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025, while ride-hailing and food delivery app drivers shot up on lists compiled by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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NEW: The number of Amazon workers on food stamps or Medicaid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025. The number of Uber, DoorDash, Lyft and other gig workers on these benefits also exploded. Read @rachellerman.bsky.social and me. washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Amazon, gig companies see spike in workers on SNAP and Medicaid, study shows

Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025, while ride-hailing and food delivery drivers shot up on lists compiled by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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I'm on a new beat at The Post, writing about consumer economics. To start us off! I wrote about the massive Boomer wealth that's about to get passed down, and how it will make our wealth gap even more extreme. Gift link: wapo.st/4y9yCUD

Boomers’ massive wealth will mostly be passed down to people who are already rich

Often called the Great Wealth Transfer, the inheritances are expected to be the largest passage of generational wealth in history.

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On A1 today: @mariasacchetti.bsky.social and I reported on the immediate ripple effects of the Supreme Court's decision this week to strip humanitarian protections from Haitians, Syrians and potentially all 1.3 million immigrants with TPS. wapo.st/4v0CrIO

New: The Trump administration quietly granted dairy farmers a new legal pathway to bring migrant laborers to the US in response to an aggressive lobbying effort from ag. Labor unions & immigration hawks are furious, saying it will drive down wages wapo.st/4oZk0mE

Trump allows dairy farms a path for migrant labor, upsetting anti-immigration camp

President Donald Trump was expected to announce the expansion of a guest-worker program to the dairy industry at a Wisconsin event. Instead, the news came out in a press release.

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Exclusive: Inside Trump’s suddenly softened new green card policy - via The Post's @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social & Ian Duncan www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Inside Trump’s suddenly softened new green card policy

Big business, including tech and AI companies, launched a quiet but extensive lobbying effort against the green card policy requiring applicants to apply from abroad.

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Immigrant detainees at Delaney Hall ICE prison in Newark, NJ have been forced to cook, clean, & repair the facility for as little as $1/day and sometimes for free. They are on a hunger & labor strike; protesters outside have been tear-gassed. Here's our report, including a quote from a detainee:

Delaney Hall ICE Detainees Take Aim at GEO Group’s Bottom Line - The American Prospect

Immigrants held at GEO Group’s Delaney Hall in Newark are on a labor strike and a hunger strike, refusing to perform the jobs that keep the place running.

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When Ludovic Mbock, an expert Street Fighter player, was detained by ICE office in Baltimore, a network of video game players located him and raised money to retain an immigration attorney, who was able to have him released. https://wapo.st/4uHpwfM

New working paper on the California Fast-Food minimum wage (will come out as NBER WP soon but posting now). Big increase in wages. Big drop in separations. Little change in jobs. (Bonus: sheds light on QWI vs QCEW measurement of jobs.)

You've probably heard a lot about general strikes. But how exactly do they work? And is America on the verge of one? Labor journalist @kimkelly.bsky.social explains.

Of the roughly 200 bills targeting legal and undocumented immigrants in state legislatures this year, fewer than two dozen have made it into law so far, according to a Post analysis of data from the American Immigration Council.

In red states, anti-immigrant bills are failing as businesses push back

Most of the roughly 200 bills targeting immigrants around the country this year have stalled or died, with help from business and Christian groups.

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At least 131 employees at five D.C. restaurants have left their jobs or been terminated after their establishments received letters from HSI claiming some employees “appear unauthorized to work in the United States.” Immigration lawyers say restaurateurs should brace for much worse.

D.C. restaurants brace for a wave of immigration-related workforce losses

More than 100 workers have been terminated or left their jobs since Feb. 12, and many more could follow, immigration lawyers say.

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Many workers have missed shifts without jobs being destroyed making it challenging to measure labor impacts with conventional sources. We use real-time daily data from Homebase to measure impacts. Thanks to UChicago and Homebase for making the data available. #EconSky #NumbersDay

Aaron Rosenthal@aaronrosenthal.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New research with @aaronsojourner.org of the @upjohninstitute.bsky.social posted on @northstarpolicy.org's blog. We find that Operation Metro Surge caused declines in employees working, hours worked, and businesses open, leading to an estimated $106 million wage loss for Twin Cities workers.

New research with @aaronsojourner.org of the @upjohninstitute.bsky.social posted on @northstarpolicy.org's blog. We find that Operation Metro Surge caused declines in employees working, hours worked, and businesses open, leading to an estimated $106 million wage loss for Twin Cities workers.

When faced with a shockingly exploitative new employment contract that would’ve forced them to sign away their IP, their likeness rights, and their power of attorney, Jupiter Jetson and her coworkers at Sheri’s fought back—fast. They organized a union in SIX DAYS. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History

The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.

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Most renters — including those earning six figures — doubt they could afford a home in the foreseeable future wapo.st/4aG3YIT

Health care, new cars and new homes feel unaffordable to most Americans, a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos finds. Story by @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social & Isabelle Gibson. Gift link -> wapo.st/4aG3YIT

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims. By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories

Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

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Trump's Labor Department just proposed a pro-business rule would make it easier for companies to classify more workers as independent contractors rather than employees -Rescinds Biden era definition -Implications for gig workers, construction, truck drivers & many more

new: The Labor Secretary's husband remains banned from the DOL HQ, although local police closed an investigation. Three female labor staffers, all political appointees, complained internally that Shawn DeRemer touched them inappropriately. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Labor secretary’s spouse not charged but remains banned from agency

The agency’s inspector general recommended that the Labor Department ban Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband from the building’s Washington headquarters, after three female political staffers comp...

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🚨 SCOOP: The IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax information to DHS, per sources. It opens up HUGE liability for the US government. Trump is suing the IRS over substantially the same disclosures -- for $10 billion. 🎁 Gift link:

IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS

The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.

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