A federal district court in California has blocked a Trump administration policy that allowed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to re-arrest and re-detain immigrants whom the government had previously released, ruling that the policy violates federal law and due process.
The Trans Journalists Association (TJA) is encouraging newsrooms to rethink how they report on policies that affect transgender communities, by using data to create meaningful stories that represent the true impact of federal policy changes on the trans community.
The ACLU, CCR, and NYCLU have filed a lawsuit demanding the release of the Trump administration’s secret legal justification and all other materials related to its illegal lethal strikes on civilian boats at sea, which have killed 99 people and violated both U.S. and international law.
The U.S. Coast Guard has enacted a workplace harassment policy that reclassifies swastikas and nooses as “potentially divisive” rather than explicitly identifying them as hate symbols, which has raised concerns among historians and lawmakers.
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 Trump administration’s drug boat campaign has killed roughly one person a day off the coast of Latin America since early September, drawing criticism from legal scholars and foreign policy analysts for its lack of legal, moral, or democratic justification and its disregard for due process and human life.
Attorney General Rob Bonta is challenging two Trump Administration proposals that would restrict gender-affirming care for minors, warning that the rules could reduce access to medically necessary treatment and interfere with state-protected healthcare rights.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of 17 other attorneys general have submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education opposing a Trump administration proposal that would require colleges and universities to provide data linking race to admissions, financial aid and student grades.
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 Trump administration froze UCLA’s research funding, alleging antisemitism and mishandling of transgender students, but an investigation revealed the government violated legal and procedural norms and the UC system’s dependence on federal money limited its ability to resist.
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.
The ACLU and other civil liberties groups are suing the Trump administration to force the release of the legal justification for the U.S. military’s unlawful and deadly strikes against civilian boats in international waters.
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 Department of Justice released a memo under the Trump administration that threatens to roll back key protections for transgender and intersex people under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, potentially putting them at increased risk of sexual assault in federal prisons, jails, and youth facilities.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom have launched a new online portal allowing members of the public to upload photos and videos of suspected unlawful activity by federal agents, in an effort to protect the rights and safety of Californians.
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.