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Biden Pardons Simple Marijuana Possession

Posted by Sofía Orduña
|Date: November 16, 2022
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Biden Pardons Simple Marijuana Possession

By Sofía Orduña WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Thursday, October 6, U.S. President Joe Biden issued a pardon ...

By Sofía Orduña WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Thursday, October 6, U.S. President Joe Biden issued a pardon for federal-level convictions of simple marijuana possession. He also began a review of how the ...

November 16, 2022
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Faith Groups Call for Biden Administration to Overturn Actions of Trump in Deportation Regulations Harming 300,000 People

Posted by Daniella Espinoza
|Date: November 12, 2022
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Faith Groups Call for Biden Administration to Overturn Actions of Trump in Deportation Regulations Harming 300,000 People

By Daniella Espinoza and Rena Abdusalam WASHINGTON, DC - After about 16 months of ongoing negotiations, n ...

By Daniella Espinoza and Rena Abdusalam WASHINGTON, DC - After about 16 months of ongoing negotiations, nearly 300,000 people who hold Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the U.S. remain vulnerable to ...

November 12, 2022
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ACLU Speaks Out Against CBP After Video Shows Officers Shooting Migrants Surfaces

Posted by Talia Kruger
|Date: November 05, 2022
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ACLU Speaks Out Against CBP After Video Shows Officers Shooting Migrants Surfaces

By Talia Kruger and Nicole Mayer NEW YORK, NY - The ACLU released statements this week attacking U.S. Cus ...

By Talia Kruger and Nicole Mayer NEW YORK, NY - The ACLU released statements this week attacking U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after a video depicting officers shooting projectiles at migra ...

November 05, 2022
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DHS Secretary Mayorkas Under Pressure as Hundreds of Religious Leaders and Organizations Assail Asylum Restrictions Instituted at COVID Start

Posted by Alexis Rios-Jimenez
|Date: October 29, 2022
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DHS Secretary Mayorkas Under Pressure as Hundreds of Religious Leaders and Organizations Assail Asylum Restrictions Instituted at COVID Start

By Paloma Sifuentes and Alexis Rios-Jimenez WASHINGTON, DC - The Interfaith Immigration Coalition this we ...

By Paloma Sifuentes and Alexis Rios-Jimenez WASHINGTON, DC - The Interfaith Immigration Coalition this week sought to help those seeking asylum in the U.S. by releasing a statement signed by more than ...

October 29, 2022
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Reversal of Student Loan Relief Guidelines and the Need for Change within the Financial Aid System

Posted by Ellie Yun
|Date: October 23, 2022
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Reversal of Student Loan Relief Guidelines and the Need for Change within the Financial Aid System

Evan Vuccia/AP via NPR By Ellie Yun LOS ANGELES — As of Sept. 29, 2022, a reversal in who ...

Evan Vuccia/AP via NPR By Ellie Yun LOS ANGELES — As of Sept. 29, 2022, a reversal in who qualifies for President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan will precipitate the exclusion of ...

October 23, 2022
| by Ellie Yun

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President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 19, 2022
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President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession

By Laurel Spear DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – In a video statement released on Twitter on Oct. 6, 2022, Presiden ...

By Laurel Spear DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – In a video statement released on Twitter on Oct. 6, 2022, President Joe Biden announced he was pardoning all Americans convicted of simple marijuana possession u ...

October 19, 2022
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Updated COVID-19 Booster Targeting Omicron Subvariants Marks a Valuable Milestone in the Pandemic

Posted by Ellie Yun
|Date: September 22, 2022
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Updated COVID-19 Booster Targeting Omicron Subvariants Marks a Valuable Milestone in the Pandemic

By Ellie Yun LOS ANGELES — A newly approved booster targeting Omicron subvariants is forecasted to ...

By Ellie Yun LOS ANGELES — A newly approved booster targeting Omicron subvariants is forecasted to curtail a spike in COVID-related hospitalizations in the fall and winter while indicating a sh ...

September 22, 2022
| by Ellie Yun

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President Biden Signs Inflation Reduction Act Into Law

Posted by Ariel Peterson
|Date: September 01, 2022
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President Biden Signs Inflation Reduction Act Into Law

By Ariel Peterson WASHINGTON, D.C.—This month, President Joe Biden signed H.R. 5376, the historic ...

By Ariel Peterson WASHINGTON, D.C.—This month, President Joe Biden signed H.R. 5376, the historic Inflation Reduction Act, marking it the largest, most comprehensive commitment the United State ...

September 01, 2022
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The Sentencing Project Releases New Report Showcasing Rise and Fall of Private Prisons

Posted by Angelina Sang
|Date: August 31, 2022
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The Sentencing Project Releases New Report Showcasing Rise and Fall of Private Prisons

By Angelina Sang WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sentencing Project released a new fact sheet last week showing a ...

By Angelina Sang WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sentencing Project released a new fact sheet last week showing a 15 percent increase in private prison populations over the last 20 years, yet a decline since 2 ...

August 31, 2022
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Student Opinion: For Now, the Cost of Brittney Griner’s Release Is Too High

Posted by Emmett Chan
|Date: August 20, 2022
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Student Opinion: For Now, the Cost of Brittney Griner’s Release Is Too High

By Emmett Chan MOSCOW — WNBA Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner was recently caught in the middle of a ...

By Emmett Chan MOSCOW — WNBA Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner was recently caught in the middle of a tragic and complicated situation fraught with political tension and impossible decisions, as sh ...

August 20, 2022
| by Emmett Chan

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Sunday Commentary: January 6 Hearings Prove Trump Really Was Trying to Overturn an Election

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: January 6 Hearings Prove Trump Really Was Trying to Overturn an Election

By David M. Greenwald Washington, DC - We now pretty much know what we thought we knew before. Donald Tru ...

By David M. Greenwald Washington, DC - We now pretty much know what we thought we knew before. Donald Trump knew he lost, his advisors knew he lost, they all knew that the notion of massive voter frau ...

June 19, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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ICE Scales Back Detention Centers; Notes Abuse, Other Conditions – ACLU Applauds News

Posted by Michele Chadwick
|Date: March 30, 2022
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ICE Scales Back Detention Centers; Notes Abuse, Other Conditions – ACLU Applauds News

By Michele Chadwick WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week announced p ...

By Michele Chadwick WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week announced plans to close Etowah County Detention Center in Alabama, and significantly scale back its Glade ...

March 30, 2022
| by Michele Chadwick

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Commentary: Republicans Attack Innocence Project Attorney, Calling Her Soft on Crime

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 19, 2022
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Commentary: Republicans Attack Innocence Project Attorney, Calling Her Soft on Crime

By Rory Fleming On paper, Nina Morrison is eminently qualified to be a new judge for the United States Di ...

By Rory Fleming On paper, Nina Morrison is eminently qualified to be a new judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. A former executive director of the Innocence ...

February 19, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Most Racist Supreme Court Cases You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 12, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Most Racist Supreme Court Cases You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Why does the Biden administration's Department of Justice continue to rely on cases that presume people i ...

Why does the Biden administration's Department of Justice continue to rely on cases that presume people in the territories are “alien races” composing “savage tribes”? By Alejandro Agustin Ortiz and A ...

February 12, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Biden Administration Is on the Wrong Side in This Crucial Supreme Court Immigration Case

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 11, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Biden Administration Is on the Wrong Side in This Crucial Supreme Court Immigration Case

A case before the court will determine whether immigrants have access to a bond hearing to justify detent ...

A case before the court will determine whether immigrants have access to a bond hearing to justify detention, and whether advocates can use a critical tool to bring them relief. By Michael Tan On Janu ...

January 11, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Biden Administration Pre-Christmas Surprise: Overturns Trump-Era Prison Home Confinement Memo, Draws Big Praise from Once Critical ACLU

Posted by Darling Gonzalez
|Date: December 27, 2021
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Biden Administration Pre-Christmas Surprise: Overturns Trump-Era Prison Home Confinement Memo, Draws Big Praise from Once Critical ACLU

By Darling Gonzalez WASHINGTON DC - ACLU released a statement late last week praising the Biden administr ...

By Darling Gonzalez WASHINGTON DC - ACLU released a statement late last week praising the Biden administration’s decision to overturn a Trump administration memo that would have forced thousands of pe ...

December 27, 2021
| by Darling Gonzalez

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ACLU Sues Biden Administration over Failure to Provide Sufficient Records of Plans for Incarcerated Still on COVID Crisis Home Confinement

Posted by sonamhundal
|Date: December 04, 2021
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ACLU Sues Biden Administration over Failure to Provide Sufficient Records of Plans for Incarcerated Still on COVID Crisis Home Confinement

By Sonam Hundal WASHINGTON, DC - Under the CARES Act, thousands of incarcerated people were placed on hom ...

By Sonam Hundal WASHINGTON, DC - Under the CARES Act, thousands of incarcerated people were placed on home confinement. However, claims the ACLU, the federal government plans to force these people bac ...

December 04, 2021
| by sonamhundal

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ACLU Helps Chinese American Scientist File New Complaint against Alleged Racially-Biased Investigation

Posted by Angelina Sang
|Date: November 10, 2021
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ACLU Helps Chinese American Scientist File New Complaint against Alleged Racially-Biased Investigation

By Angelina Sang NEW YORK CITY, NY - A Chinese American scientist who said she was unlawfully investigate ...

By Angelina Sang NEW YORK CITY, NY - A Chinese American scientist who said she was unlawfully investigated filed a new administrative complaint against the Departments of Commerce and Justice Tuesday. ...

November 10, 2021
| by Angelina Sang

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Prosecutors Back DA Rollins’ Nomination for US Attorney

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 06, 2021
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Prosecutors Back DA Rollins’ Nomination for US Attorney

Special to the Vanguard A bipartisan group of 66 elected prosecutors issued a joint statement in support ...

Special to the Vanguard A bipartisan group of 66 elected prosecutors issued a joint statement in support of Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins’ nomination to be the next United States At ...

October 06, 2021
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Democratic and GOP Political Leaders Urge President Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences

Posted by Clarissa Rios
|Date: October 01, 2021
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Democratic and GOP Political Leaders Urge President Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences

By Clarissa Rios and Sophia Barberini WASHINGTON DC – Former Democratic U.S. Senator of Wisconsin Russ Fe ...

By Clarissa Rios and Sophia Barberini WASHINGTON DC – Former Democratic U.S. Senator of Wisconsin Russ Feingold and former Republican U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman are calling on President Joe B ...

October 01, 2021
| by Clarissa Rios

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