Latest news with #CABA
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
KCK groups weigh in on local concerns about ICE policing and deportation
Although it's unclear what U.S. Immigration's and Customs Enforcement activity has looked like in Wyandotte County since the Trump administration ordered a national tightening on immigration with subsequent deportations, residents are clearly concerned. Local law enforcement agencies said that they're not currently advised of or working alongside the U.S. Department of Homeland Security — which oversees ICE — when it comes to mass-arrest related to people's citizenship status, and they didn't have information confirming whether a raid has happened locally. Wyandotte County residents in recent weeks have widely shared unconfirmed, and at times disproved, social media posts reporting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and mass-arrests, but it has been difficult to assess locally what has been an 'ICE raid,' as it's traditionally known, and what's been an arrest for a separate crime that ends up with someone being detained by a federal officer. Edgar Galicia, the director of KCK's Central Area Betterment Association, or CABA, told The Star this week that his organization has been notified of ICE activity in the area and that many community members have reached out to the organization for guidance. 'People are truly afraid!' Galicia said in an email. 'Some are looking for ways to stay safe, some are looking for ways to go back to their countries of origin, all, everyone is worried about the lack of respect for human rights and the Constitution.' Galicia said the group has seen a notable increase in people seeking advice and guidance related to new immigration policies but noted their event turnout has suffered in that same time. He said the group has heard local businesses are suffering as well. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, held a community listening session on Jan. 31 in response to Trump's executive orders on immigration. During that meeting, leadership from Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation (AIRR), called on the UG to adopt policies that protect its immigrant population, KHSB 41 reported. They also said the group was hearing a lot of misinformation and regularly fielded calls from people who were scared to leave their homes out of fear of being detained. AIRR offers a regular Know Your Rights training that, among other key points, outlines: - How to identify ICE officers and vehicles - How to calmly address officers if they approach you - What residents' First, Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights are - Not to answer the door without proof of a warrant - The right to record police interactions and to remain silent - The right to due process - How to locate someone who has been detained
The Hindu
23-04-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu gives the nod for constitution of 18-member council to oversee control of AIDS in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has approved the proposal of the Department of Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education to constitute a 18-member council to oversee control of HIV/AIDS in the State. The proposal came from Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education Y. Satya Kumar Yadav, who noted that a council, with members from different departments, would contribute to the strengthening the ongoing efforts to control HIV/AIDS. The new council, with Chief Secretary as its Chairman, would enable policy decisions, effective implementation of AIDS control programmes through regular monitoring and assessment of the outcomes, resource mobilisation, and better implementation of the progarmmes through inter-departmental coordination and encouraging community participation. According to an official release, the council aims at 100% enrolment of People Living with HIV (PLHIV), Most At Risk Population (MARP), Children Affected By AIDS (CABA), and ensuring proper disease preventive and post-disease treatment protocols, besides their inclusion in various social protection schemes. The council is required to provide proper leadership to the implementation of AIDS control measures in the State through regular review meetings. The council comprises Special Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of various departments such as Health, School Education, Higher Education, Women and Child Development, Panachayati Raj and Rural Development, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Youth Affairs, Tourism, Agriculture, Transport, Roads and Buildings. Representatives of the affected people, representatives of civil society organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations will also be a part of the council. Project Director, Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society, will be the member-convenor.
&w=3840&q=100)
Business Standard
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Doing our best to minimise dent on J&K tourism: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday said some people with nefarious intentions have tried to again "incite separatism and terrorism" in the Valley and asserted that his ministry will do the best to "minimise the dent" on tourism in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Pahalgam attack. Interacting with reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Archaeology (CABA) here, he said he and his office are in "continuous touch" with the chief secretary and the tourism secretary of the Union Territory and keeping an eye on the situation. Terrorists struck at a prime tourist location in Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people, mostly tourists, and injuring several others. The deceased included two foreigners -- from the UAE and Nepal -- and two locals. The entire nation is pained and feeling hurt in the wake of the terror attack in Pahalgam yesterday, and loss of many innocent lives in it, Shekhawat said. "This cowardly incident has hurt our sentiments. But, some people with their nefarious intention, have tried to incite separatism and terrorism in Kashmir again," he told reporters. The Union Culture and Tourism Minister also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi cut short his foreign visit and returned home, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah rushed to Srinagar, putting off his other works, and "their stand on this attack, clearly demonstrates India's and the prime minister's zero-tolerance approach towards terrorism". And, as they have both said, it will be ensured that each and every person responsible for this attack will get the "harshest punishment," Shekhawat said. "Earlier, through surgical and air strikes, India has sent a message to the world that anti-India activities, whether emanating from Indian soil or from outside the country, India will not tolerate it now," he said. Asked if he has approached the Jammu and Kashmir government and tourism department authorities in the wake of the attack, Shekhawat said, "I am in touch with everybody, my office too, my secretary is also in touch with the tourism secretary in Jammu and Kashmir, the chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir". "We are in continuous touch and keeping an eye on that. And, we will do our best to minimise the dent on tourism in Kashmir, because of this incident, and tourism across the country," he said.
