ICE officials only later discovered that some of the recruits failed drug testing, have disqualifying criminal backgrounds, or don't meet the physical or academic requirements to serve, the sources said. ... Staff members at ICE's training academy in Brunswick, Georgia, recently discovered one recruit had previously been charged with strong-arm robbery and battery stemming from a domestic violence incident, the current DHS official said.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has allowed some recruits who haven't been fully vetted into its training program as it tries to boost hires. The Department of Homeland Security outfit later found out that recruits in training had either failed drug tests, had criminal histories preventing them from joining, or didn't meet physical fitness or academic criteria, one current and two former DHS officials told NBC News.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) delivered a blistering rebuke of Democratic challenger Jay Jones during Friday's edition of Fox's America Reports, saying Jones wouldn't pass a background check in his attorney general's office. If Jay Jones were applying to be a line prosecutor in my attorney general's office in fact, any attorney general's office in all 50 states he wouldn't pass the background check for the job, said Miyares to Fox's Sandra Smith and John Roberts.
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Based on his research and conversations with friends who'd gone through the process, Kumar said he expected the background check to take no more than 15 days - but day 20 passed, then day 25, with no update. The company doing the background check told him the delay was tied to his lack of prior work experience in the US, which complicated the process.
Oscar Daniel Hernandez and Gladys Bautista Vasquez, the parents of Oscar Omar Rodriguez, filed a notice of claim against the city on Sept. 11, contending the Los Angeles Dept. of Parks & Recreation exposed children to harm by granting Mario Garcia-Aquino a permit to coach youth soccer teams. "The City of Los Angeles, through its permit application and approval process, knew or should have known that Mario Garcia-Aquino would be using city parks solely to groom and sexually abuse children on a daily or weekly basis under the guise of a boys' soccer club," read the notice, typically a precursor to a civil lawsuit.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California's law requiring background checks for bullet purchases is unconstitutional, violating the Second Amendment.