Immigrants are significantly less likely to be incarcerated than native-born Americans, according to a recent report by the Cato Institute, which analyzed data from the 2024 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample.
Immigrants in the US generated a fiscal surplus of $14.5 trillion between 1994 and 2023, contributing more in taxes than they received in government benefits, according to a new report from the Cato Institute.
Grand juries in recent federal cases have declined to indict in matters that prosecutors appeared confident would proceed, suggesting a resurgence of the grand jury’s constitutional role and a growing skepticism among citizens called to serve.
A D.C. grand jury’s decision not to indict six Democratic lawmakers accused of advising military and intelligence officials to refuse illegal orders is part of a growing trend of grand jury resistance to Trump administration prosecutions, which the Cato Institute attributes to the Justice Department’s “horrific abuses of power”.
The Supreme Court declined to reject a lower court ruling that prevented the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Chicago, raising questions about the judiciary’s longstanding “presumption of regularity” and whether courts should continue granting the federal government a broad presumption of factual accuracy.
New federal data shows that ICE is increasingly detaining people with no criminal history, undermining the agency’s stated focus on public safety and due process.
Legal scholars are pushing back against Trump administration officials’ mischaracterizations of federal immunity and the First Amendment, according to a Cato Institute analysis.
Democrats are calling for greater transparency and oversight of the Trump administration’s federal agents, who have been accused of using excessive force and violating constitutional rights, as well as pushing for a ban on ICE agents using masks during operations.
A new study from the Cato Institute finds that immigrants in the United States are far less likely to be incarcerated than native-born Americans, debunking the claim that immigration drives crime.
The ACLU, Cato Institute, Southern Poverty Law Center, and The Woods Foundation filed an amicus brief in the Alabama Supreme Court arguing that the state’s stop-and-question law does not authorize police to demand physical identification during encounters on the street.
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