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The brutal detention of three people who came to the United States reveals a cruel system that operates with impunity.

The proliferation of increasingly strict voter identification laws around the country has raised concerns about voter suppression. Although there are many reasons to suspect that these laws could harm groups like racial minorities and the poor, existing studies have been limited, with most occurring before states enacted strict identification requirements, and they have uncovered few effects. By using validated voting data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Study for several recent elections, we are able to offer a more definitive test. The analysis shows that strict identification laws have a differentially negative impact on the turnout of racial and ethnic minorities in primaries and general elections. We also find that voter ID laws skew democracy toward those on the political right.

The policy of integrating National ID Numbers and Tax ID Numbers as the government's initial effort to implement a Single Identity Number has various challenges in its implementation. Perceptions between policymakers that differ from public perceptions are one of the main problems that must be considered. This research was conducted to find out the perceptions and expectations of Taxpayers and Frontline Officers at the tax office regarding the implementation of the National ID Number and Tax ID Number integration policy. Data collection was carried out by literature study and interviews with 2 Taxpayers and 2 Frontline Officers. The analytical method used is qualitative descriptive analysis with an inductive approach. The research results show that there is a gap in perception between Taxpayers and the Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) due to the lack of publications where Taxpayers hope that updating data in the context of integrating National ID Numbers with Tax ID Numbers can be done automatically through the system. Frontline Officers also hope there will be no more obstacles in the updating process so that it does not disrupt other services. With this research, the writer hopes that it can become input for the DGT in making policies by considering the constraints and obstacles that may occur in its implementation so that policies can run optimally.

Americans’ travel documents aren’t as muscular as they used to be.

PROBLEM/BACKGROUND: Patient safety has become the central theme and a fundamental dimension of the quality of health. It emphasizes prevention of medical errors and importance of the patient identification process, which is the number one National Patient Safety Goal. Patient identification process correctly matches a patient to required interventions, ensuring safe and accurate patient care. Identifying the patient with an identification (ID) band during the provision of care is an important factor to decrease the risk of errors. Surgical patients were arriving to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) from the 4 Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion (4 AHSP) operating room (OR) without an ID band. In August 2021, the PACU reported three incidents of surgical patients missing ID bands. Identification bands not being replaced due to cutting of ID band and lack of communication were identified as gaps to the standard workflow. SMART AIM: To decrease the number of missing ID bands of surgical patients being transferred to the PACU from the OR to one incident per month by fiscal year 2022, as measured by CS-Safe reports. METHODS/PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION: Since August 2021, a team from Patient Safety, Pre-Op/PACU, and the OR met biweekly to address the problem of reported missing ID bands of patients transferred to the PACU. The barriers to the current replacement of ID band workflow were discussed and analyzed. A need for re-education to OR staff on the workflow and for a second ID band for surgical patients were identified. Staff inservices on the workflow and importance of patient identification were presented by the OR nursing professional development practitioner. A test of change (TOC) with double ID bands was initiated in 4 AHSP Pre-Op, OR, and PACU units on September 2021, where all outpatient surgical patients would be placed with two ID bands. Patients undergoing an upper extremity procedure were excluded. RESULTS: Since the Double ID Band Initiative, reported missing ID bands were monitored monthly. There have been zero reported missing ID band incidents in September 2021, one incident in October 2021, and zero incidents in November 2021. To date, there have been zero reported missing ID bands. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS: The Double ID Band Initiative was successful in decreasing the number of reported missing ID bands for outpatient surgical patients. Due to this success, the Pre-Op/PACU and OR Departments are in the process of implementing the Double ID Band Initiative to include all surgical inpatients and all procedural departments.

They came to the U.S. legally. ICE jailed them anyway. Jemmy Jimenez Rosa, Ayman Soliman and Jasmine Mooney share their stories from inside a cruel detention system that operates with impunity.

To evaluate the incidence and progression of myopia and factors associated with progression of myopia in school going children in Delhi. Prospective longitudinal study of 10,000 school children aged 5 to 15 years screened after an interval of 1 year to identify new myopes (Spherical Equivalent≤ -0.5D) and progression of myopia in previously diagnosed myopic children. Association between risk factors and progression was analyzed using adjusted odds ratio. Of the 9,616 children re-screened (97.3% coverage), annual incidence of myopia was 3.4%with mean dioptric change of -1.09 ± 0.55. There was a significant higher incidence of myopia in younger children compared to older children (P = 0.012) and among girls compared to boys (P = 0.002). Progression was observed in 49.2%children with mean dioptric change of -0.27 ± 0.42 diopters. The demographic and behavioral risk factors were analyzed for children with progression (n = 629) and adjusted odds ratio values were estimated. Hours of reading-writing/week (p<0.001), use of computers/ video games (P<0.001) and watching television (P = 0.048) were significant risk factors for progression of myopia. Outdoor activities / time spent outdoors> 2 hours in a day were protective with an inverse association with progression of myopia (P< 0.001). Myopia is an important health issue in India and is associated with long hours of reading and screen time with use of computers and video games. An annual eye vision screening should be conducted, and outdoor activities be promoted to prevent the increase of myopia among school children.

From the beginnings of Silk Road in 2011, anonymous online marketplaces have continued to grow despite the best efforts of law enforcement. While these ever-present marketplaces remain flooded with illicit drugs and related paraphernalia, the sale and distribution of fraudulent identity documents remains a persistent problem, with these items consistently appearing for sale on both the open and dark web. While fraudulent Australian documents are some of the most popular products for sale, there is still much that is unknown about the Australian criminal market and its place within anonymous online marketplaces. Given the success of previous research in understanding the illicit drug trade through examining these marketplaces, this work examines two markets to gain an understanding of where Australian document fraud sits within this digital ecosystem. Two anonymous online marketplaces were crawled across 2020 and 2021, White House Market (WHM), and Empire Market. This data was extracted and examined to identify trends within both the international online market and the online market specifically for Australian documents, both of which have been relatively underexplored in the online space. To help illuminate the features of the market, the types of documents for sale, supply and demand trends, and trafficking flows along with vendor-related trends (e.g. product diversification and presence across markets) were examined. Each market was examined individually and then, where possible, comparisons were drawn to gain a more holistic understanding of the online fraudulent document market, with a specific focus on Australian products. Results indicate that, while the fraudulent document portion of the market is small, it is diverse, with numerous different identity-related products for sale, the most common being driver’s licences from the United States (U.S.) and Australia, with digital documents dominating the whole marketplace. Overall, the most popular U.S. products were those that could be used to facilitate identity fraud, with the most popular Australian products being driver’s licences and ID packs, likely linked to the presence of the 100-point identity check system used in Australia. This study demonstrates that anonymous online marketplaces have thus far been under-utilised in the study of the fraudulent document market, and that to properly understand the illicit market for fraudulent documents and personal information both the online and physical sides of the market should be considered. This information, if properly utilised, can improve the current understanding of this persistent criminal environment, building on previous research and assisting policymakers in making informed decisions. •The total sales for ID-related products on Empire was approximately $1.8 mil (AUD).•95 % of sales in 2020–21 for ID-related products on Empire were for digital products.•U.S. and Australian documents were most popular on Empire and White House Market.•65 % of the sales of Australian documents on Empire came from three vendors.

Detecting Forgery reveals the complete arsenal of forensic techniques used to detect forged handwriting and alterations in documents and to identify the authorship of disputed writings.