Family Separation Advocate Named As Acting Secretary of Homeland Security
By Brian Tashman With his selection of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan to serve…
Kirstjen Nielsen Implemented Trump’s Most Brutal Policies – Now She’s Gone
By Brian Tashman Late yesterday, President Trump announced that Kirstjen Nielsen has resigned as the Secretary of…
DHS Secretary Insists There is No Family Separation Policy
By Brian Tashman Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified on Wednesday before the House Committee…
Accelerating the Militarization of the Southwest Border
By Cynthia Pompa For decades, the ACLU has fought back against the militarization of domestic law enforcement…
Weaponizing the Government’s Refugee Resettlement Agency
By Madhuri Grewal Back in April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, both under…
Government Use of Tear Gas Is Illegal in War
By Jamil Dakwar Pictures of migrant women and children fleeing in panic as tear gas canisters were…
Scientists Oppose Administration’s Gender Definition Proposal
(From Press Release) – More than 1,600 scientists have signed an open letter opposing the US Administration’s…
President Trump, Stop and Frisk Is Both Unconstitutional and Ineffective
By Carl Takei On Monday, President Trump gave a speech to the nation’s police chiefs. Like so…
It’s the End of the World As We Know It, Trump Feels Fine
President Ignores the Catastrophic Report, Focuses on His Victories This week the UN’s scientific panel on climate…
My View: Trump Admin Knows Climate Change Is Happening, Devastating, but Won’t Do Anything about It
The Washington Post yesterday had a startling story. They found buried deep in a 500-page environmental impact…
Sunday Commentary: Experts Warn that ICE Arrest in Sac Courtroom Will Have Chilling Effect across the State
This week the Vanguard broke the news that ICE Agents entered Sacramento Superior Court last week, handcuffed…
ICE Must Reconsider Asylum Seekers’ Humanitarian Parole Applications
By Kristin Greer Love Last month, a federal judge blocked the government from arbitrarily locking up asylum…
Attacks on Press Pose Danger to Journalists, Democracy
By June Speakman On Aug. 5, Brian Stelter, anchor of CNN’s Reliable Sources, shared with viewers an…
The Government Failed to Meet the Reunification Deadline
By Stacy Sullivan The Trump administration claimed in court filings Thursday evening that it had met the…
The Rush to Deport Reunited Families
By Amrit Cheng The family separation crisis took a turn yesterday, when the Trump administration revealed in…
The Truth about Catch and Release
By Stacy Sullivan On April 6, 2018, President Trump issued an official memorandum with the following subject…
ICE put me in a hot van with no windows or water. I thought I would die.
By Floricel Liborio Ramos Sitting chained up in the back of a hot van last summer, I…
Court Rules Against Trump Administration’s Attack on California Sanctuary Cities
(From Press Release) – A federal court this week upheld the California Values Act, which ensures that…
SCOTUS Upholds the Travel Ban on a 5-4 Vote, but Not Without a Fight
That a US Supreme Court would deliver a decision going against civil rights and protection of the…
AG Becerra: Forcibly Separating Children from Their Parents Is Inhumane and Unnecessary
(From Press Release) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today joined New Mexico Attorney General Hector H….
