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The government has boasted of its plans to deter illegal immigration, sparking a furious backlash as Ukrainians seek refuge amid a deadly war with Russia.

In a tweet, the Home Office announced that the controversial Borders Bill has passed eight of 12 stages before it becomes British law.

Tweeting under a banner proclaiming that the UK stands with Ukraine, the Home Office said: Fixing the UKs broken asylum system involves major reforms, but we are making good progress.

Tomorrow our firm but fair #BordersBill reaches the report stage in the UK House of Lords. This is how it will deter illegal migration.

The post directs people to the government website, where the Home Office promises the new law will introduce new and tougher criminal offences for those attempting to enter the UK illegally.

The website says the government would raise the penalty for illegal entry from six months to four years imprisonment and introduce life sentences for people smugglers.

It then goes on to say the UK may remove people including criminals to a safe third country where the asylum seekers could have claimed asylum.

But it insists we stand by our moral and legal obligations to help innocent people fleeing cruelty from around the world.

The announcement is bad immigration policy and even worse timing, according to migrant rights campaigner Alexandra Bulat.

Yes, todays exactly the day you want to tweet out a big graphic about how youre making it harder for people fleeing wars to claim asylum in the UK, you hollow-chested ghouls, comedy writer Nathaniel Tapley added.

Green Party London Assembly Member Zack Polanski said Russias invasion of Ukraine should end the Conservatives awful Borders Bill once and for all.

He said: It was totally unacceptable to demonise refugees this time last week. And do the British public really want to give Ukrainians another kick despite seeing hourly updated of their trauma?

Policy expert Pauline Castres sarcastically repeated the governments firm but fair claim: Were talking about a Bill that would criminalise asylum seekers who arrive in the UK without a visa if they have passed through another safe country along the way. Like many Ukrainians who are currently seeking sanctuary.

Human rights advocate Pinar Aksu slammed the governments move as a great violation of Human Rights and international protection.

One Twitter user talked against using UK taxpayers money to promote legislation breaking international law.

And another said the Bill is anything but fair. And by firm, they mean making things many of us think are fair illegal. If the Ukraine situation has had you questioning immigration policy, learn more about this and write to your MP.

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The crisis at our southern border is raging on, although you wouldnt know it from watching the evening news or looking at the front pages of the papers. Along with attorneys general from other states, I recently visited the Rio Grande Valley Sector in Texas to see the border for myself and hear directly from public safety officials who are dealing with the crisis every day. What I saw and heard was eye-opening -- and its harming Montana communities.

At the behest of President Biden and his administration, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is playing catch-and-release with migrants who have criminal records. Federal data shows that more than 270,000 illegal immigrants were released into our country without a court date in a span of just five months last year. While law enforcement is intercepting a staggering amount of dangerous drugs like methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin at the border, an even greater amount is making it across.

Once drugs enter the country, they can be smuggled into Montana within 48 hours. Data from our Forensic Science Division show fentanyl-linked deaths increased 116% in Montana in 2020, while the number of postmortem cases with identified methamphetamine in the blood also more than doubled that year.

As Montanas attorney general, Im taking action to force President Biden to uphold the law and lessen the impacts of drugs and crime on Montana communities.

First, were fighting President Bidens dangerous immigration policies in court. In November, I filed a lawsuit to stop the non-enforcement policy that ties the hands of immigration officers and halts nearly all deportations even for criminals and when federal immigration courts have already ordered their removal from the United States. Immigration arrests and deportations were slashed and deportable criminal aliens were released from jails.

Last month, we filed a lawsuit against the Central American Minor (CAM) program that incentivizes illegal immigration. This Obama-era program which President Trump eliminated was sold as a means to decrease the number of children coming to the border, but it failed to do so. If the Obama policy opened the door, President Bidens reincarnation blows the door off the hinges by releasing illegal immigrants and then allowing them to bring additional people here.

Every man hour that Customs and Border Patrol agents spend apprehending and processing illegal border crossers is time they dont spend on stopping the flow of illegal drugs into the country. As a result of the increase, states like Texas have stepped up by building their own sections of a border wall and patrolling the Rio Grande themselves.

Montana is also having to fight our share of the battle here. The increase in violent crime over the last several years is directly linked to the proliferation of drugs in our state. As head of the Montana Department of Justice, I'm also getting additional resources into the field to help law enforcement across our state.

Weve converted two desk jobs at a regulatory division into slots for narcotics agents to increase capacity for investigations and work with multi-agency anti-drug task forces. A proposal signed last month by Governor Greg Gianforte will fund three more investigators at our agency. Last year, I advocated and secured $300,000 from the state legislature for a grant program to replace drug-detecting canines. As a result, 23 new canines and their handlers will soon be on patrol in Montana with police departments, county sheriffs offices, and a tribal law enforcement agency.

Law enforcement officers in Montana are doing what they can to combat drugs trafficked across the southern border and the resulting crime, but were fighting an uphill battle until the federal government does its job to secure the border and enforce immigration laws. I am not deterred by President Bidens indifference to the border crisis and the fallout in our state. Ill keep fighting in court to reverse his dangerous immigration policies and working with other Montana law enforcement agencies to keep our communities safe.

Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Montana Department of Justice

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Photo: Sample of a Massachusetts commercial drivers license. (Credit: mass.gov/rmv)

By Will Brownsberger

Current Massachusetts law provides that no [drivers] license of any type may be issued to any person who does not have lawful presence in the United States.

A bill currently before the senatewould change that sentence to read: An applicant for a [drivers] license who does not provide proof of lawful presence, , shall be eligible if the applicant meets all other qualifications for licensure and provides satisfactory proof to the registrar of their identity, date of birth and Massachusetts residency.

In other words, the bill would give licenses to people who cannot prove lawful presence in the United States, provided they can prove their residence and identity and pass the same tests that everyone else has to pass.

I plan to support the bill.

My fundamental view about immigration policy is that it is up to the federal government. It is not the concern of state and local government. However, one of the top concerns of state and local government is to assure that all drivers know the rules of the road and how to operate a vehicle safely. It is often necessary to drive and we are all safer if more of the people on our roads have the required training and insurance.

Some argue that to discourage illegal immigration, we should make life in Massachusetts as inconvenient and uncomfortable as possible for people without lawful immigrant status. I do not agree with that approach. We hurt ourselves when we isolate people in our midst. We benefit from immigrant labor in many occupations and we should treat all workers as well as we can.

Others express the valid concern that a drivers license is an identification card and we do not want to facilitate the creation of false credentials. The bill gives this concern careful attention in two different ways.

First, the bill does not allow persons who cannot prove lawful presence to get a Real-ID which would get them into federal buildings and on to planes. Instead, they will get a card that is valid as a license to drive but is not valid for federal identification.

Second, applicants for a license who do not possess United States identity credentials like a U.S. passport will have to provide similarly rigorous foreign credentials a foreign passport or anidentity card issued by their consulate. In addition, they will have to provide a corroborating document like a license from another state or a birth certificate. At least one of the proferred documents must be a photo ID and at least one must include birth date.

Some have expressed the concern that since one can register to vote through the drivers license application process, the new law would allow non-citizens to vote. Again, the law specifically speaks to this, requiring the Registry of Motor Vehicles to establish procedures to ensure that an applicant for a Massachusetts license who does not provide proof of lawful presence shall not be automatically registered to vote. The law would not take effect for a year, allowing time to assure that these procedures are in place.

While the new law cements the requirement of procedures to protect the voter rolls, procedures are already in place according to the Secretary of State. He stateson his website that The RMV collect[s] information about lawful presence in the United States and they will not submit names to local election officials of any persons they have determined are not U.S. citizens. This is not a new concern. Currently many people who are not citizens but are lawfully present in the United States have drivers licenses: for example, a green card holder can get a license.

Similar legislation has been passed in 16 other states. The bill has the support ofmany law enforcement officers, including the Sheriffs of Middlesex County and Suffolk County, and the police chiefs of Cambridge, Belmont, and Watertown.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives has already voted for this bill by 120-36. I expect the Senate to take it up and I hope we are able to give it a similar strong endorsement and send it to the Governors desk.

Belmont resident Will Brownsberger is a Massachusetts state senator representing the Second Suffolk and Middlesex District that includes Belmont.

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Pune, India, March 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global Quantum Computing Market size was USD 392.5 million in 2020. The market is expected to grow from USD 486.1 million in 2021 to USD 3,180.9 million in 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 30.8% during the forecast period. Increasing product applications and incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Fortune Business Insights presents this information in its report titled Quantum Computing Market, 2021-2028.

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Quantum computing is an advanced computer technology based on quantum theory and quantum mechanics. It deploys 0 and 1 bits but utilizes every state between 0 and 1, thereby providing excellent speeds. Its increasing applications in algorithms, cryptography, quantum parallelism, quantum simulation, and machine learning are expected to boost its sales. Furthermore, incorporating AI and ML technologies is expected to boost demand. These factors may propel the market growth during the upcoming years.

COVID-19 Impact

Rising Dependence Upon Digital Computing Solutions to Fuel Market Development

This market is expected to be positively impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the rising dependence upon digital computing solutions. The alarming spike in COVID patients and the emergence of new virus variants may lead to the adoption of work-from-home and digitization. Rapid digitization and the adoption of advanced software may boost the adoption of the product. Furthermore, the rising adoption of e-commerce is expected to support industrial progress during the pandemic.

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By component, the market is segmented into services, software, and hardware. By deployment, it is bifurcated into cloud-based and on-premise. Based on application, it is classified into electronic material discovery, financial services, biomedical simulations, optimization, machine learning, and others. As per end-users, it is categorized into manufacturing, chemical, energy and utilities, researchers, automotive, banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), healthcare, and others. Regionally, it is grouped into North America, South America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Asia Pacific.

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Governments make extensive investments in quantum computing technologies to boost its adoption. For example, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research provided USD 50.3 million to fund the Ion Trap Computer development in December 2021. This factor may boost the adoption of the computing solution. Furthermore, increasing strategic alliances may fuel the development of better-quality computing solutions. Moreover, rapid digitization and reliance on the Internet of Things (IoT) may boost its sales. These factors may drive the quantum computing market growth.

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Early Adoption of Advanced Technologies to Fuel Market Growth in North America

North America is projected to dominate the quantum computing market share because of the early adoption of advanced technologies. The market in North America stood at USD 171.4 million in 2020 and is expected to gain a huge portion of the global market share. Further, the presence of a competitive market and adoption of latest technologies by end-users may augment market growth.

In Europe, the emergence of several startups, regulatory environments, and the rising adoption of cloud technologies is expected to boost sales. Furthermore, the expansion of businesses by key players is expected to boost market development.

In Asia Pacific, the rising demand for quantum computing solutions for machine learning, optimization, and simulation is expected to foster market development. Also, extensive adoption of novel technologies from the industrial sector is expected to surge industry development.

Competitive Landscape

Companies Launch Novel Products to Boost Brand Image

Prominent companies operating in the market launch novel products to boost their brand image. For example, Zurich Instruments announced its novel Superconducting Qubit Controller in November 2021. It integrates the qubit control and readouts to achieve 6 qubits in a device. SHFSG Signal Generator produces microwave pulses, and SHFQA Quantum Analyzer is fused together in a single box. It may enable companies to entice consumers and boost their brand image globally. Furthermore, adopting partnerships, mergers, research and development, expansions, and acquisition strategies may enable companies to achieve a remarkable market position.

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Le Roy Torres of Robstown suffered illnesses from exposure to burn pits while serving in Iraq. Now, the Supreme Court will decide he if has the right to sue Texas DPS to regain his civilian job.

Rosie Torres advocates for GIs suffering from burn pit exposure

Advocacy is therapy for Rosie Torres. The executive director of the non-profit Burn Pits 360, she and her husband, Le Roy Torres, are fighting for legislation in Texas that would allow for a registry for soldiers suffering from burn pit illnesses.

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AUSTIN When Le Roy Torres returned home from his yearlong deployment to Iraq as a captain in the Army Reserve, the South Texas nativewanted to return to the job he had set aside to fulfill his military commitment.

It wasn't an unusual desire given that federal law since World War II has givenreturning GIs the right to resume their civilian jobs. The law also has been modified over the years to accommodate veterans who've comeback from the front with the scars of battle, allowing them to return to work in a capacity suitable to their post-service condition.

But for Torres, it was more complicated. Before his deployment, he had been a trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety. And the injuries he suffered were not from bombs or bullets. More likely, he would argue, they were from around-the-clock exposure to what have become known as "toxic burn pits."

Burn pits arewhere spent munitions, discarded vehicle parts, everyday trash, medical waste and even amputated body parts were bathed in jet fuel, set ablaze and seldom if ever extinguished.

Torres returned home with chronic headaches and debilitating breathing disorders that would later be diagnosed asconstrictive bronchiolitis andtoxic encephalopathy, which in laymen's terms isa toxicbrain injury. In short, he wanted a desk job since he was no longer up to the physical demands of uniformed police work. Since the effects of burn pit exposure was not recognized as a service-related disability, reinstatement would have meant sending a weakened Torres back intothe field as a trooper.

That decision would become part of a protracted multifront civilian-world battle that Torres and his wifeRosiebegan waging from their kitchen table in the Coastal Bend community of Robstown. The fight has since been instrumental in forcingaction in the Legislature, in Congress and evenan indirect mention in Tuesday's State of the Union Address by President Joe Biden.

This month, the clash between Torres and the Texas Department of Public Safety will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, and the decisionthe justices render will have far-reaching effects forveteransnationwide who had worked in state government before their military service and seek to regain their former jobs.

Torres' court battle weaves a thread between labor rights, the federal War Powers Act and Texas' right under the doctrine of sovereign immunity not to be sued by one of its citizens. In their brief filed with the high court, which is scheduled to hear the case March 29, Torres' lawyers argue that the law protecting veterans' re-employment rights is derived from theWar Powers Act. Therefore, if a state entity, such as DPS, rejects a veteran's efforts to gain re-employment, the federal law should trump the state's sovereign immunity from lawsuits.

The Texas Attorney General's Office, which defends state agencies in court actions, said in a brief of its own that Torres' lawyers are misinterpreting federal law. The brief cites several examples where courts have denied individuals' rights to take their state governments to court and it citesa 1778 speech by James Madison, the president sometimes called "the father of the Constitution."

"It is not in the power of individuals to call any state into court," the brief states, quoting Madison's speech.

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Brian Lawler, a former Marine Corps officer who is part of Torres' legal team, disagreed. The ability of the federal government to build a military is dependent on the willingness of citizens to serve. Protecting their rights after such service has ended is an essential component, he said.

If the Supreme Court "ultimately rules in favor of the state of Texas," Lawler said, "thousands of service members will find themselves in danger of discrimination by their state employers without recourse. And the nation will have failed in its duty to protect the heroes who protect us."

Torres was assigned to Joint Base Balad, one of the largest U.S. installations in Iraq,for a one-year deployment beginning in 2007 and ending in 2008. During that time, the base generated nearly 250 tons of waste each day that was incinerated in a black smoke-belching 10-acre fire pit.

Torres said his headaches and breathing problems began during his deployment. In a conference call Monday with U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, he recalled going on sick call and explaining his symptoms.

"They said, 'You have the Iraqi crud. It's going to take a couple of months to adjust,'" Torres recalled. adding that the medical personnel had seen other cases like his in Iraq.

The symptoms continued throughout his deployment and did not go away once he returned home. Doctors with the Department of Veterans Affairs misdiagnosed his condition, he said. Finally he found civilian doctors, who traced the symptoms to the burn pits.

Meanwhile, he and Rosie sought answers and found few. They petitioned Congress to develop a national registry that would track service members with symptoms similar to those of Torres. Congress took a pass.

After Torres was denied benefits by the VA, he and Rose started their own informal registry, called Burn Pits 360. By 2017, the organization had more than 7,000 sign-ups. The Legislatures, after extensive lobbying by the couple, established a Texas-only registry in 2019.

Last year, they told their story to Jon Stewart, the former host of Comedy Central's"The Daily Show," who now does a streaming show on Apple TV called "The Problem." Stewart, who championed the fight for Sept. 11 first responders to receive adequate benefits, has become a vocal advocate for veterans made illby burn pit exposure.

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Over the years, the couple has met and become friends with numerous other veteranswho were exposed to burn pits and have have developed breathing disorders, cancer and other illnesses. Many have died, Torres said.

"It's astruggle that I deal with every day," Torres said on the call with Castro, where plastic tubes in his nostrils delivered supplemental oxygen. "But I remember those that have gone before me and the commitments that I've made to them that we're going to keep pushingthis issue."

Even before he was elected president, Biden has been an advocate for veterans who have been exposed to burn pits. In his address to the nation, Biden invoked the memory of his son,Beau, a National Guard officer who served in Iraq around the same time as Torres. Beau Biden died of brain cancer in 2015.

"We dont know for sure if a burn pit was the cause of his braincancer,orthe diseases of so many of our troops," Biden said in his speech.

"Ive always believed that we have a sacred obligation to equip all those we send to war and care for them and their families when they come home," Biden said as he urged Congress to "pass a law to make sure veterans devastated by toxic exposures in Iraq and Afghanistan finally get the benefits and comprehensive health care they deserve."

The U.S. House passed the measure Thursday. Castro was among the cosponsors. It now goes to the Senate.

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The justices will hear arguments on whether Torres has the right to sue DPS to regain his job and to seek any damages as a result of being denied reinstatement.

The issue before them does not include the merits of his assertion that he has the legal right to be put back to work. Also, high court rulings are typically issued weeks, or even months after arguments are heard.

"If we lose, it's a finish line because then we're done," said Lawler. "It's a hurdle if we win because we still have to go to (the lower court to argue the merits of the case)."

John C. Moritz covers Texas government and politics for the USA Today Network in Austin. Contact him at jmoritz@gannett.comand follow him on Twitter@JohnnieMo.

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