A flurry of changes on immigration promises a dramatic crackdown. California pushed back in court last time, but may be in a tougher position now, experts say. Story from @CalMatters.org.

Denying human rights to a bedeviled minority – rights such as due process - is a classic trait of a dictatorship. Let’s not ...

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President Donald Trump has signed the Laken Riley Act into law, marking one of the most drastic shifts in U.S. immigration ...

It shouldn’t be controversial for a law enforcement agency to work together with another law enforcement agency to protect the public. Yet, some people object to local police doing just that. In late ...

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Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts ...

A coalition of cities and counties in blue states have sued the Trump administration over alleged threats and "illegal ...

The measure, which President Trump recently signed into law, is not the reform we need. It is a national disgrace.

The Laken Riley Act expands detention for undocumented immigrants, including those accused – but not convicted – of low-level ...

Some fear the Laken Riley Act will create a shoplifting-to-deportation express or cause crowding that results in violent ...