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Proposed Bill May Promote Deportation: A law has been proposed to institute penalties to countries that refuse to "take back" illegal immigrants who are captured in the U.S. and cleared for deportation back to their home countries. Malia Zimmerman at Fox News reports that a proposal by Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, the Criminal Alien Deportation Enforcement Act, would force such countries to take back their citizens or risk losing foreign aid and travel visa privileges. The proposed law was introduced in response to cases such as the 2015 murder of Casey Chadwick by Jean Jacques, an illegal Haitian immigrant ordered to be deported, who was released after his home country refused accept him.

Murderer Challenges Nebraska Death Penalty: The man convicted of the murder of the transgender individual who inspired the film "Boys Don't Cry" has joined in a suit with another death-row inmate to challenge the procedure or the Nebraska death penalty. According to Elizabeth Elizalde at the New York Daily News, A three-judge panel in 1996 sentenced John Lotter, now 45, to death for the 1993 murder of 21-year-old Teena Brandon and two others at a Nebraska farm. The transgender victim was raped by two men and murdered for reporting the sexual assault. Lotter's attorney argues that the defendants' fate should be decided by a jury and not by a panel of three judges, which is the current process for Nebraska capital cases.

Inauguration Security on High Alert for Lone-Wolf Terrorism: Law enforcement assigned to the upcoming presidential inauguration as well as other related events, are preparing themselves for the possibility of what is being called "Lone-wolf terrorism". Chris Strohm at Bloomberg reports  that due to the controversial nature of this election cycle, enforcement officials are having to prepare themselves for the possibility of "self-radicalized" individuals that may pose a threat to the Trump family as well as those that attend the inauguration. While to-date, no credible threats have been made to the inauguration or related events, security personnel are on high alert given the openness of the event and the plethora of safety concerns that it entails. 


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