Now that the rug has been rolled up on Air Force One (literally) for the last time as Trump is in it…let’s talk about immigration. Biden-Harris administration plans to release proposed immigration legislation called the US Citizenship Act.

The transition team has released a fact sheet. Some key points described: 1) Replace “alien” with “noncitizen” in federal immigration laws.
2) It will include a legalization option for unauthorized migrants who were in the United States on January 1, 2021.
People deported on or after January 20, 2017 can apply for waiver of presence requirement if they had been in US for at least 3 years (based on family reunification or “other humanitarian” reason).
—> This legalization option is enormously significant. The vast majority will easily meet this residence requirement. Over 60% have been here for over 10 years, according to a 2018 report by @MigrationPolicy https://t.co/onHInyETzq
3) Eliminate 3 & 10-year bars that currently impose significant obstacle for people trying to legalize their status. Eliminates 1-year filing deadline for asylum applications. Raises U-visa cap to 30,000 per year.
4) Lets applicants with approved family-based immigration petition (step 1 in the process of getting a green card) wait in US for process to wrap up.
From April 1 to June 30, 2020, for example, USCIS approved almost 199,432 such I-130 petitions https://t.co/BVN3yHY8gD
5) Claims to strengthen anti-discrimination provisions of immigration law. Increases available number of diversity visas.
6) Establishes a commission to recommend “improving” employment verification system.
I don’t quite know what to make of this because it’s vague. Is this supposed to be an improved version of E-Verify?
Here are problems the ACLU identified in 2013: https://t.co/pSMIy9Cjy4 And here’s a 2019 critique from @AlexNowrasteh at Cato https://t.co/jOHm1hXHlT
7) The proposed legislation would also boost funding for inspections at ports-of-entry described as targeting “narcotics and other contraband.” Increases funding for DHS “to manage and secure the southern border between ports of entry.”
8) Requires DHS and DHHS to develop guidelines regarding “standards of care for individuals, families, and children in CBP custody.”
Isn’t this what the Flores Settlement Agreement does, at least regarding kids and families? Is the idea simply to use FSA as a baseline and improve on conditions, which might potentially include not keeping kids & families in CBP custody? Unclear.
9) Creates in-country refugee processing locations throughout Central America. Resumes Central American Minors program that helps identify kids who have relatives in United States.
The CAM existed from 2014 to August 2017. It successfully helped about 1400 kids get to the United States to reunite with relatives already here. That’s not a big number. https://t.co/8mBx0U7B2o
10) “Expands family case management programs” which, before its termination under Trump, had been successful at helping migrants through immigration court system without confining them. https://t.co/3wPVtQPBnb
11) Funds access to attorneys for kids, “vulnerable individuals, and others when necessary to ensure the fair and efficient resolution of their claims” in immigration court.
Overall, this fact sheet identifies a lot of meaningful changes to how immigration law & law enforcement currently operate. I’m looking forward to seeing the full proposal.
Here’s the fact sheet https://t.co/fasnkLR5m3

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So a committee of 'wise men/women' selected by the SC will stand in judgement over the law passed by


Here is the thing - a law can be stayed based on usual methods, it can be held unconstitutional based on violation of the Constitution. There is no shortcut to this based on the say so of even a large number of people, merely because they are loud.


Tomorrow can all the income tax payers also gather up at whichever maidan and ask for repealing the income tax law? It hurts us and we can protest quite loudly.

How can a law be stayed or over-turned based on the nuisance value of the protestors? It is anarchy to allow that.

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Recently, the @CNIL issued a decision regarding the GDPR compliance of an unknown French adtech company named "Vectaury". It may seem like small fry, but the decision has potential wide-ranging impacts for Google, the IAB framework, and today's adtech. It's thread time! 👇

It's all in French, but if you're up for it you can read:
• Their blog post (lacks the most interesting details):
https://t.co/PHkDcOT1hy
• Their high-level legal decision: https://t.co/hwpiEvjodt
• The full notification: https://t.co/QQB7rfynha

I've read it so you needn't!

Vectaury was collecting geolocation data in order to create profiles (eg. people who often go to this or that type of shop) so as to power ad targeting. They operate through embedded SDKs and ad bidding, making them invisible to users.

The @CNIL notes that profiling based off of geolocation presents particular risks since it reveals people's movements and habits. As risky, the processing requires consent — this will be the heart of their assessment.

Interesting point: they justify the decision in part because of how many people COULD be targeted in this way (rather than how many have — though they note that too). Because it's on a phone, and many have phones, it is considered large-scale processing no matter what.