Federal authorities are blocking state investigations into shootings by federal immigration agents, leaving local prosecutors to decide how to hold federal officers accountable in a system where Washington controls most of the levers of power.
The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal, with a majority of federal judges ruling against the administration’s new detention policies.
White Minnesotans are being urged to sustain their engagement in the fight against racism beyond the current crisis, as the US has been shaped by systemic racism and white people must recognize that equality is not a zero-sum game.
The ACLU announced that removal proceedings against Tufts University Ph.D. student Rümeysa Öztürk have been dismissed by a U.S. immigration court after she was detained for co-writing an op-ed criticizing U.S. government participation in the Palestinian genocide.
President Donald Trump remains the dominant force in the Republican Party, but scattered pockets of resistance to his administration’s immigration policies are revealing early fissures that could carry political consequences as the midterm elections approach.
The Trump administration’s immigration policies, which emphasized deportation of undocumented immigrants and framing immigration as a threat to national security, led to increased tensions between federal authorities and local communities, as evidenced by the violence and public unrest surrounding immigration raids in Minneapolis.
The ACLU filed a class action lawsuit against the federal government for a large-scale immigration raid at a horseracing event in Wilder, Idaho, alleging that hundreds of people, including U.S. citizens and children, were detained in inhumane conditions for four hours.
The United States is facing an existential crisis due to a lack of political imagination and a scarcity mindset, which has led to the criminalization of poverty, homelessness, and immigration, and a reliance on punishment rather than investment in social programs.
MomsRising and other advocates are calling for an end to the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant agenda, which they say is causing severe and lasting harm to children, families, and the nation’s child care system.
Undocumented children in Texas face a childhood of fear and hypervigilance, which can impair their cognitive and emotional development, as local police are used as extensions of federal immigration enforcement and the promise of citizenship does not guarantee safety.
ICE is a symptom of a deeper structural malignancy within the federal government, and that meaningful reform requires returning immigration enforcement to the Department of Justice and fundamentally reforming the Department of Homeland Security.
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute has warned of escalating incidents of alleged human rights violations by public authorities in the US, citing violent attacks on protesters and the lack of independent investigations as signs of a growing crisis.
President Donald Trump has called on Republicans to take over the administration of congressional elections in multiple states, raising constitutional and democratic concerns, and sparking debate over whether such a nationalization of congressional elections would survive constitutional scrutiny.
The ACLU of Nebraska filed a federal lawsuit challenging the continued immigration detention of a DACA recipient, arguing that ICE unlawfully denied him the right to a bond hearing, violating federal law.
The New York Times editorial board has raised the United States one level closer to autocracy in the category of stifling speech and dissent, citing recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Minnesota as evidence of a broader trend of intimidation and force against those who oppose the Trump administration’s agenda.
Congress has delayed funding for the Department of Homeland Security, providing an opportunity to impose meaningful oversight and reforms amid public outrage over alleged abuses, with civil rights organizations urging Congress to include 10 legislative proposals in the final funding bill.
The ACLU has released documents indicating that ICE is considering the development of seven new immigration detention centers across the Eastern Seaboard, two of which are former correctional facilities with long histories of abuse.
The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) has called for independent oversight of the Department of Justice’s investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents, arguing that federal agencies investigating their own actions undermines public trust and accountability.
The ACLU and ACLU of Minnesota have submitted an urgent request to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to intervene in the escalating human rights crisis in Minnesota, citing widespread racial profiling, unlawful arrests and the use of force by federal agents deployed under a Trump administration immigration enforcement surge.
Rep. Lydia Hernandez, D-Glendale, witnessed a disturbing incident involving ICE detentions in the school drop-off zone outside the Boys & Girls Club in Maryvale, which has had significant effects on children and families in the area.