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NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2018 - The Custom and Border Protection (CBP) agency’s powers to carry out warrantless searches of electronic devices has serious...

Oct. 22, 2018 - Separating children from their undocumented parents is a traumatic violation of their rights, UN independent experts said on Friday. The group...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2018 — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization,...

Oct. 22, 2018 - When you think of a national border, you probably think of a defined edge—a place where one country ends and...

Washington, D.C. Oct. 21, 2018 – This morning The New York Times reported that the Trump-Pence administration is planning a dramatic government-wide move to erase...

ATLANTA, Oct. 19, 2018 — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Georgia filed a lawsuit today against Secretary of State Brian Kemp...

American-made F-15 warplanes fly over Riyadh. AP Photo/Hassan Ammar Terrence Guay, Pennsylvania State University October 19, 2018 - Among Donald Trump’s many unusual characteristics as president is...

Washington, D.C. Oct. 18, 2018 — According to a new CAP analysis, the proposed Flores rule would cost the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) more than $2...

WASHINGTON, D.C. Oct. 19, 2018 – Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) argued in an amicus brief filed today that President...

Washington, D.C. (Oct. 18, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Peter DeFazio, the...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2018 — Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today for waiving 28 conservation laws to speed construction of the border wall along the...

NEW YORK, NY, Oct. 17, 2018 - Americans who become seriously ill don’t just struggle with their disease. Often, they feel confused and helpless...

WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 17, 2018 - Today, Reps. Adam Smith, Bennie G. Thompson, Elijah E. Cummings, Jerrold Nadler, and Robert A. Brady, the Ranking...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2018 - An email from Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson reported by several news outlets and...

Washington, D.C. Oct. 16, 2018 – Congressman Adam Smith released the following statement in response to reports that the Trump Administration is considering using...

Washington, D.C. October 16, 2018 - After reports that his administration is once again considering separating families, President Donald Trump claimed that his administration’s...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2018 — The Trump administration’s plan to make it easier for industry to frack and mine in national forests would endanger the...

Washington, D.C. Oct. 16, 2018 – Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Energy...

WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 15, 2018 - The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) to compel the...

Washington, D.C. October 15, 2018 - In response to a National Parks Service (NPS) proposal to force the public to pay fees for demonstrations...