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- 1Activists urge Boston Dynamics to cancel ICE robot dog contract●Tell # Boston Dynamics to kill the # ICE contract. Do not sell Spot to an agency that cannot be trusted with people, let
A petition campaign is calling on Boston Dynamics to terminate its contract with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, urging the robotics company not to sell its Spot robot dog to an agency it says cannot be trusted with people. The campaign argues that supplying surveillance-capable robots to ICE raises serious human rights concerns.
- 2Salvadoran TPS holders face uncertain future in the US●With Salvadoran TPS in limbo, construction company owner contemplates what he’s built, and what he might have to leave behind
A Salvadoran construction company owner in the Boston area is weighing what he may have to abandon as Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans remains in limbo. His situation reflects the broader uncertainty facing roughly 200,000 Salvadorans in the United States whose legal protection from deportation depends on shifting federal immigration policy, with businesses and families left planning for an unclear future.