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A former ICE official, who asked not to be named out of fear of retaliation, said that in prior years the U.S. attorney’s office “didn’t prosecute hardly anybody” for assault — unless the interaction turned violent.
From Los Angeles Times
The department said "the two suspect cases were detected as a result of surveillance at slaughter" and added that both "cases displayed no clinical signs prior to slaughter".
From BBC
That compares with a revised $6.00 billion surplus in the prior month.
On to answer B: The report says students have “been underserved by their prior schooling.”
America’s agricultural fields have, perhaps surprisingly given prior immigration enforcement there, taken a back seat.
From Los Angeles Times
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