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.
The Wren Collective has identified 10 significant attacks on democracy and civil rights in the US in 2025, including mass deportation, increased use of the death penalty, dismantling of civil rights enforcement, and attacks on health care, academic freedom, and press freedom.
The Wren Collective has released a year-end recap of its Democracy Under Attack newsletter, highlighting the 10 worst excesses of the Trump administration’s power over the past year, including the use of a secret police force, the aggressive pursuit of the death penalty, the withdrawal of the Department of Justice from civil rights enforcement, the mobilization of the National Guard, the control of academic freedom, the attack on journalism, the criminalization of reproductive and transgender health care, the attack on entertainers, the use of government-run accounts as internet trolls, and the slashing of public safety investments.
Jonathan Jean-Baptiste writes in an opinion piece for USA Today that the Black community must stand in solidarity with immigrants as immigration enforcement intensifies, and that the struggles for social justice faced by Black Americans and immigrants are closely connected.
Jonathan Jean-Baptiste argues that the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is a continuation of the long history of surveillance and overpolicing experienced by Black Americans, and that the Black community must become more involved in fighting for immigrant justice to create a safer environment for Black children.
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 has filed a comment warning that the HHS’s new directive would exclude noncitizens from dozens of community health, early education and social support programs, which they called “unlawful” and “harmful” to vulnerable communities.
San Francisco is a sanctuary city that condemns fascism, hate, and disinformation, and its leaders should speak out against ICE’s violence towards immigrants and protestors, and use their resources to protect them.
Immigrants and legal advocacy organizations have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that they are orchestrating unlawful arrests and deportations of noncitizens who appear in immigration court as required.
The Trump administration’s policies are causing widespread anger among marginalized communities, while community members are resisting these policies through protests, rallies, and other forms of activism.
California has expanded its sanctuary policies in anticipation of President Trump’s executive order, which could lead to federal officials publishing a list of all jurisdictions that have declared themselves sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants in the United States.
The GEO Group is accused of forcing detained immigrants to perform essential facility labor for as little as $1 per day, boosting corporate profits while federal taxpayers foot the bill through lucrative government contracts.
The Sacramento Poor People’s Campaign has condemned the Trump administration’s executive actions, which they claim are an “inhumane” and “part of an anti-Black, anti-BPOC, anti-homeless, anti-migrant, anti-trans, and anti-poor agenda” that target vulnerable communities and undermine constitutional and international human rights.
Former Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price discussed the rise of authoritarianism, systemic trauma, media scrutiny, and the need for internal reform in the justice system during a wide-ranging interview on Everyday Injustice.
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