American Roman Catholic bishops have issued a rare and nearly unanimous rebuke of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign, framing the immigration crisis in moral terms and urging an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence.
An investigation by The Atlantic has revealed that the US immigration system is moving too quickly, leaving immigrant families confused and without meaningful access to due process, as evidenced by the case of an El Salvadoran father who was deported despite being cleared of wrongdoing.
Three former immigration judges warned that the Trump administration’s continued firings and understaffing of immigration courts threaten constitutional due process rights and are exacerbating a crisis in the federal system.
A ProPublica investigation has found that ICE has repeatedly arrested American citizens, misreported those arrests, and disregarded constitutional protections, raising concerns about unchecked federal power and government accountability.
The Trump administration is facing accusations of using federal agencies for political retaliation and violating constitutional protections after British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi was detained by U.S. authorities at San Francisco International Airport.
Fox News repeatedly provided a misleading picture of the protests in Portland, Oregon, by using footage from 2020 and mislabeling dates, and portraying protesters as violent when most clashes between protesters and police did not result in any criminal charges or arrests alleging protester violence.
The ACLU and other civil liberties groups are urging the Supreme Court to block President Trump’s attempt to deploy military troops into Chicago, arguing that the move violates long-standing limits on the use of military force against civilians and threatens First Amendment rights.
The Trump administration’s immigration policies have been characterized by fear-mongering, racial profiling, and a disregard for due process, resulting in the mass deportation of immigrants and the erosion of trust in government.
Immigrants’ rights advocates are condemning the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 240,000 Venezuelans, calling it a devastating escalation of attacks on immigrant communities and urging Congress to pass legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for TPS holders.
A ProPublica review of federal prosecutions and local arrests, internal protest summaries, and video footage from over 700 clips found no evidence of a coordinated assault on the Portland ICE facility, and that federal officers had used excessive force on protesters in many instances.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed Florida’s SB 264 to remain in effect, which prohibits many Chinese nationals from buying property in the state, despite civil rights advocates’ claims that it echoes America’s history of discriminatory alien land laws.
Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democrat, was elected mayor of New York City, becoming the city’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor, in a historic victory that saw unprecedented voter turnout and a progressive message of housing affordability, workers’ rights, and justice for marginalized communities.
A new poll commissioned by Vera Action and conducted by YouGov suggests that a plurality of registered voters view President Donald Trump’s recent National Guard deployments as politically motivated rather than grounded in public safety concerns, and that a majority of voters believe Trump’s federal actions on crime are unrelated to community safety.
The Memphis Safe Task Force, launched by President Trump to reduce violent crime, has been accused of harassing innocent residents of the majority-Black city, with reports of racial profiling and intimidation.
The ACLU of Illinois has filed an emergency class action lawsuit alleging that individuals detained at the Broadview ICE Facility are being denied access to legal counsel and subjected to inhumane and unlawful conditions, and that ICE agents have repeatedly denied entry to attorneys, members of Congress, and faith leaders seeking to inspect the facility.
The current mass deportation policy in the United States is creating a moral crisis, as it is denying people the right to feel at home and eroding trust in the world, leaving people in a state of existential precarity.
Despite a federal court ruling recognizing Chanthila Souvannarath’s claim to U.S. citizenship, ICE deported him to Laos, violating judicial authority and constitutional rights.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom have filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to block the Trump administration’s federalization and deployment of the California National Guard, arguing that it is unlawful and violates the Posse Comitatus Act.
State Senator Scott Wiener has announced his decision to run for Congress to represent San Francisco, emphasizing the need to defend democracy, rebuild federal capacity, and address national challenges on housing, healthcare, and climate policy.
The Chicago Headline Club has filed a notice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging that agents from the Department of Homeland Security violated a temporary restraining order limiting federal agents’ use of force during a protest in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood.