Immigration Bill Hands White House The Leverage On Detention
As Congress debated the Laken Riley Act, a bill mandating stricter detention standards for migrants facing criminal charges, opponents criticized it as a frontal assault on due process and an unfunded ...
Lawyers for DOJ employees say firings appear to violate due process
The letter to the Trump administration threatened legal action against the government’s purge of employees who worked on Jan.
Justice Department restores funding for programs that provide guidance in immigration courts
Two days after nonprofit groups sued the federal government over a stop-work order targeting programs that provide ...
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'You're witnessing a killing over and over': Why don't we give jurors greater supports?
Apart from being thanked by the judge and, on certain occasions, being excused from any future jury service, jurors are given no psychological or emotional support — even after the most harrowing of ...
Trump set to invoke wartime law to implement mass deportation
After taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered military and immigration officials to be ready by Feb. 3 to implement the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, ...
Trump expected to invoke obscure 18th century wartime law for mass deportations
Donald Trump wants to deport immigrants alleged to be gang members without court hearing using the Alien Enemies Act.
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Critics argue a Texas court ruling jeopardizes election integrity
Under the ruling, in a Houston-area case that is set to be reheard, prosecutors must seek permission from the Texas Ethics ...
Sacramento quietly ramped up criminal citations to homeless people. ‘I can’t afford to pay it’
The city’s uptick happened after Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho started to publicly complain that the city wasn’t cracking down hard enough on homeless camps, ahead of suing the city. The case, ...