Children are reportedly being held in immigration custody for longer than legally permitted, according to advocates, while authorities investigate the disappearance of an elderly woman and a new report questions the effectiveness of transit spending. Additionally, an exiled Iranian Crown Prince is appealing for international intervention, and the ties between Jeffrey Epstein and academic institutions are under scrutiny.
A 1997 legal agreement generally limits the detention of minors to 20 days, but advocates say this is not always the case, according to ABC News. Khelin Marcano recounted to ABC News how she and her family were detained at a Texas immigration detention center after a routine appointment. "When they told us we were being detained, it felt like we already knew, all along," Marcano said.
Meanwhile, in a separate case, US TV anchor Savannah Guthrie issued a plea for her 84-year-old mother's release, two weeks after she disappeared in a suspected kidnapping, as reported by BBC World. Investigators are currently analyzing DNA found on a recovered glove. Guthrie addressed "whoever has her, or knows where she is" in a video appeal, stating that her loved ones "still have hope."
In other news, a new report is questioning the effectiveness of billions in federal transit spending, as funding climbs to record highs while ridership remains below pre-pandemic levels, according to Fox News. The report, released by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, suggests structural flaws in how federal transit dollars are allocated.
Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has called for "humanitarian intervention" in his country and urgent international measures against Iran's ruling regime amid protests and reported mass casualties, as reported by Fox News. Pahlavi appealed to President Donald Trump after Trump said regime change in Iran "would be the best thing that could happen."
Finally, the New York Times reported that the ties between Jeffrey Epstein and academic institutions are under scrutiny. Epstein, who died by suicide in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, gave money, or dangled the prospect of it, before people on a range of campuses, including Harvard, M.I.T., Stanford, Bard College and Columbia. Some schools have spent years trying to distance themselves from Mr. Epstein.
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