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Washington, D.C. Sept. 6, 2019—The House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee on the Judiciary sent a series of letters requesting documents and other information regarding multiple efforts by the President, Vice President, and other Trump Administration officials to spend taxpayer funds at properties owned by the President in potential violation of […]

Washington, D.C. Sept. 4, 2019 In Elhady v. Kable (E.D.Va),  Judge Anthony Trenga of the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that the government has unconstitutionally failed to provide watchlisted persons with notice and an opportunity for individuals to challenge their status. The judge granted CAIR’s motion for summary judgment in the case of 23 American […]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2019 – Facilities that provide care to children in the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Program generally conducted required background checks, but faced challenges in hiring, screening, and retaining employees, as well as obstacles addressing the mental health needs of children, according to two reports released today by the U.S. Department of Health […]

September 4, 2019 –  On 9/4/19, the American Immigration Council, AILA, and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) filed a complaint with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, DHS Office of the Inspector General, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) highlighting a systematic failure to provide adequate […]

Sept. 3, 2019 – Iraqi interpreters who risked their lives to work with the American military have been effectively shut out from obtaining the special U.S. visa they were promised. The Trump administration issued only two visas to former Iraqi interpreters last year, according to Department of State data provided to Congress. The visas, now […]

Washington, DC, September 3, 2019 – A Trump administration administrative rule could result in severe harm to migrant children detained in the United States, Human Rights Watch said today after filing with Amnesty International USA a friend-of-the-court brief on August 30, 2019 in the case. The brief, setting out relevant international human rights standards, supports […]

WASHINGTON, DC, Aug. 30, 2019 – On August 29, 2019, the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in Zuniga Romero v. Barr that Immigration Judges (IJ) and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) have the authority to administratively close cases pending before them. The court of appeals decision overturns a decision issued last year by then-Attorney General […]

Washington September 3, 2019 -Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement on the need for Congress, and especially the Senate, to take up gun safety legislation when it returns to Washington next week: “Last month, 53 people were killed in the United States in mass shootings. In just the […]

Washington, DC, Aug. 28, 2019 – The same Trump administration that is seeking to end the best-known deferred action program – DACA for Dreamers – has quietly announced the termination of all other types of non-military deferred action requests processed by USCIS. Deferred action is a form of prosecutorial discretion that says the U.S. does […]

August 28, 2019 – The Trump administration implemented more drastic changes to the U.S. immigration court system on Monday. A new rule gives the director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)—a Trump political appointee—the power to adjudicate cases and appeals. Described as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” the rule turns the immigration court […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2019 — Congress made public today a document outlining the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to take nearly $280 million in funds meant for FEMA, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the TSA, among other critical priorities. Over $115 million of these funds will go towards President Trump’s growing detention and deportations of […]

Aug. 28, 2019 – The Uyghur Human Rights Project’s (UHRP) new report, Repression Across Borders, reveals how the Chinese government is applying a systematic, ambitious, multi-year, well-resourced, relentless and cruel policy to inflict pain and suffering on Uyghurs abroad in an attempt to control their speech and actions. The campaign constitutes an ongoing series of […]

Washington, DC, Aug. 27, 2019 – Today, under a Democratic Women’s Caucus-led letter, House Democrats requested that the House Oversight and Reform and Judiciary Committees investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 sweetheart plea deal and recent suicide. Jeffrey Epstein, a well-known billionaire with deep political connections, was accused of molesting and trafficking dozens […]

August 26, 2019 – Donald Trump denies reports that he suggested using nuclear weapons to stop hurricanes. Prof. Michael Mann, an expert on atmospheric science, explains why bombs cannot be used to stop a hurricane.

Aug. 27, 2019 – Today, election security advocates from across the political spectrum called on the U.S. Senate Rules and House Administration Committees to hold the nation’s largest voting system vendors to account in a hearing on election security. The groups sent a letter signed by Public Citizen, FreedomWorks, the National Election Defense Coalition, the […]

August 26, 2019 – Leading observers continue to point out the potential harm of the Trump administration’s announcement to target kids and vulnerable families through indefinite detention. For example, read Cornell Law professor Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer in the Washington Post recapping the details and implications of the proposed changes to Flores. The research shows long-term detention […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. Aug. 26, 2019 – Today, Donald Trump skipped the G-7 climate session with other world leaders where they discussed climate solutions and the Amazon rainforest fires, claiming he had scheduled bilateral meetings with Germany and India at that time. Both German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the climate […]