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The decision to send one of the highest-profile Trump campaign members prosecuted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller to New York CIty's infamous Rikers Island jail has stunned many in the legal community -- and even some Democrats not normally sympathetic toward Mueller targets.

Fox News reported earlier this week that Paul Manafort, who served as President Trump's campaign chairman, is being transferred from a federal prison to New York City's Rikers Island, notorious for gang violence and housing some of the most infamous violent offenders. A state judge ordered the transfer at the request of New York City District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr., who is pursuing a case against Manafort involving alleged residential mortgage fraud, falsified business records and more.

Even Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., whose district includes Rikers, blasted the idea of keeping Manafort in solitary, as was reported.

"A prison sentence is not a license for gov torture and human rights violations. That‘s what solitary confinement is," Ocasio Cortez tweeted Wednesday. "Manafort should be released, along with all people being held in solitary."

fringe wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2019 1:59 pm https://www.newsweek.com/border-patrol- ... er-1442748

In a statement on Wednesday, CBP said that in the six days since May 30, more than 500 people from African countries had been arrested by Border Patrol's Del Rio Sector in Texas alone.

CBP said the majority of the groups are from the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.

philip964 wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 10:10 pm https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- ... =applenews

Trump suspends tariffs with Mexico in return for Mexico doing something about illegal immigration.

fringe wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2019 1:54 pm Trump suspends tariffs with Mexico in return for Mexico making more empty promises?