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Bush Makes Rescue Plan for Financial Institutions; Detainees’ Families Demand Owed Paychecks

MS Plant Refuses to Pay Detainees’ Families
At least 200 relatives of suspected undocumented Howard Industries workers flooded the grounds of the Laurel plant Thursday seeking paychecks owed to their family members, who are currently being detained in Jena, La. Hattiesburg American.

ICE raids Bay Area homes and restaurants and arrest 21
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided homes and restaurants in Vacaville, Vallejo and Hercules on Wednesday, arresting 21 undocumented immigrants. San Francisco Chronicle.

Bush Plans a Bailout for Financial Markets
“The government is working on a rescue plan for the nation’s financial sector worth hundreds of billions of dollars, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday, hours after the government announced a new series of measures to grease the wheels.”

Voting problems in several swing states
“A new Government Accountability Office report on voting system testing finds that the Election Assistance Commission has not notified election officials across the country about electronic voting machine failures. And a new study by Common Cause and the Century Foundation finds that 10 very vital swing states have significant voting problems that have not been addressed since the last election.” CNN.

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