Seven people detained at a California immigration detention center have filed a lawsuit against ICE, citing inadequate medical care, denial of access to counsel, and punitive conditions, including solitary confinement and neglect of people with disabilities.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve H.R. 4371, a bill that would expand the federal government’s power to detain unaccompanied immigrant children and authorize invasive search practices, which the ACLU warns could cause serious psychological harm to children.
ICE is making more than 1,000 arrests per day nationwide, with nearly half of those arrests occurring inside local jails and other lockups, revealing that the front lines of immigration enforcement are deeply tied to decisions made by governors, sheriffs and local police departments.
Voters across the political spectrum are increasingly concerned about President Donald Trump’s use of executive power, and many believe Congress must reassert its authority to protect civil liberties.
The Supreme Court’s 1982 decision in Plyler v. Doe has generated hundreds of billions of dollars in economic growth, expanded the U.S. workforce, and reduced public health costs, as well as benefiting over 4.8 million undocumented children by providing access to public education.
Human rights organizations, including the ACLU, have reported physical and sexual abuse, medical neglect, and intimidation to self-deport at the Fort Bliss immigration detention site in El Paso, Texas, revealing an unfolding humanitarian crisis.
A congressional investigation has found that immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims that it only detains immigrants.
Federal attorneys argue that President Donald Trump’s continued federal control of California National Guard troops stationed in Los Angeles remains lawful due to an alleged ongoing “danger of rebellion,” despite California’s insistence that the deployment violates constitutional limits on presidential power and undermines state authority over its Guard.
The ACLU released a report detailing a letter sent by human rights groups urging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end immigrant detention and halt deportations at Camp East Montana, a tent facility located at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas, due to violent and abusive conditions.
The New York Times Editorial Board has criticized the Supreme Court for failing to adequately restrain President Trump’s overreach and preserve the balance of powers, citing numerous examples of lower courts blocking Trump’s power grabs and the Supreme Court allowing them to proceed.
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.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to President Trump’s birthright citizenship ban, which has been repeatedly blocked by lower courts as unconstitutional, according to the ACLU.
A federal judge has issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration from arresting immigrants in Washington, D.C. without a warrant or probable cause, following a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and CASA.
Federal immigration raids in North Carolina and the Appalachian region have drawn unexpected resistance from conservative rural communities, with many of those arrested being ordinary undocumented residents rather than criminals.
New federal data shows that ICE is increasingly detaining people with no criminal history, undermining the agency’s stated focus on public safety and due process.
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.
The Trump administration is inflicting unprecedented violence and cruelty on immigrants, with ICE officers making violent courthouse arrests and detaining people with valid legal status for weeks, while legal service providers struggle to protect their clients in an arena with nearly no rules.
The Trump administration is expanding ICE’s surveillance powers to target American citizens who criticize or protest the agency, using social media monitoring technologies, location data, and cell phone hacking contracts, which civil liberties advocates warn is a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech.
The Trump administration has frozen all immigration applications from 19 countries, including the suspension of citizenship ceremonies, in an effort to limit legal immigration pathways.
The New York Times found that federal law enforcement priorities under the Trump administration shifted substantially, resulting in a surge of immigration arrests while gun- and drug-related enforcement sharply declined.