US Senate passes $4.6bn border funding bill - live updates
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GOP-led Senate passes bill with strong bipartisan support, while Republican senators urge investigation of Trump sexual assault allegationSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 9.51pm BST Hundreds of people out to demonstrate in Boston in solidarity with Wayfair workers who walked out over their company´s decision to sell furniture for use in migrant detention centers.Wow! Look at the hundreds of people gathered in Copley Square, Boston in solidarity with @wayfairwalkout workers. Thank you!#WayfairWalkout pic.twitter.com/Gug53kJh6u 9.29pm BST Senator and presidential hopeful Cory Booker is calling for hearings on reports of ICE using solitary confinement in migrant detention camps, often against mentally ill persons, and detainees who hadn´t violated any rules.In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, Booker cites May reports by NBC News and The Intercept that ICE placed thousands of immigrants in solitary confinement between 2012 and 2017.ICE´s own policy seems to recognize the dangers of solitary confinement. The policy states that the `[p]lacement of detainees in segregated housing is a serious step that requires careful consideration of alternatives... In particular, placement in administrative segregation due to a special vulnerability should be used only as a last resort and when no other viable housing options exist.´` -Cory Booker Continue reading...