Another judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to follow federal law, even as the Trump administration argues it has broad authority to conduct warrantless immigration arrests.
The Department of Homeland Security won't stop calling Marimar Martinez a "domestic terrorist," so she's getting the video of her shooting and text messages from the officer who shot her unsealed.
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Plus: detention center NIMBYism and why you shouldn't walk on the semifrozen Potomac river.
Thanks to a lack of hiring standards, purposeful federal policy, poor training, and a lack of accountability for bad behavior, ICE is eroding safety and liberty for all Americans.
The federal case against the former CNN anchor hinges on conduct that can plausibly be viewed as part of a journalist's work, combined with the obvious partiality of that work.
Cooperation may get more ICE agents off the street, but it could make it harder for the state to enforce its laws.
To make sense of the Justice Department’s latest documents, you have to understand what they actually are.
Plus: the partial withdrawal of federal agents from Minneapolis, shifting public opinion on immigration, and D.C.'s continued snowpocalypse.
Here's a quick reminder of what the Fourth Amendment has to say about that.
Plus: More evidence that immigrants are good for America, Trump's call to "nationalize" elections, and more...
A federal indictment accuses him and another journalist of conspiring with protesters who disrupted a St. Paul church service.
The late sex trafficker brought together former prime ministers from both countries while trying to help Qatar out of its diplomatic isolation.
Plus: Courts block ending temporary protected status for Haitians and preventing lawmakers from entering ICE facilities, an end to government shutdown expected, and more…
Plus: Why is the Supreme Court’s tariff decision taking so long?
These bureaucratic maneuvers are making it harder for immigrants to work, learn, and live in the United States.
Plus: a partial shutdown over ICE funding, Kevin Warsh to lead the Fed, and Moltbook’s AI society
Although a federal judge declined to issue a preliminary injunction requested by Minnesota and the Twin Cities, the plaintiffs should still prevail on their claims that the federal government’s actions there are unconstitutional.
It is now up on SSRN, and also under submission to law reviews.
There may be lots of things wrong with the way the Trump Administration is handling immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, but commandeering is not among them.
Even in a limited security role, ICE has triggered backlash abroad, reflecting the agency’s unpopularity at home and overseas.
A pending appropriations bill could increase transparency and accountability by requiring DHS personnel to record encounters with the public.
The article describes the suit, and explains why it deserves to prevail.
The extraordinary document offers a glimpse of a national campaign by the federal government to deprive detained immigrants of due process rights.
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss the latest videos of Alex Pretti, their own Reason origin stories, and how Joe Biden broke everything.
The department now describes the threat as "several civilians" who were "yelling and blowing whistles."
Judges across the country are fed up with the Trump administration's refusal to follow court orders requiring it to give bond hearings to detained immigrants.
Miller says he’s waging a war for America. Americans see a brutal war on them.
Video of that scuffle does show that federal agents can manage to not shoot even violent protestors.
FBI Director Kash Patel pays lip service to the First and Second Amendments while casting suspicion on people who exercise their First or Second Amendment rights.
Plus: Trump accounts, Klobuchar runs for governor, and who wants to buy CNN now?
Why a conservative judge’s “patience is at an end” over Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Although Bovino is gone, immigration officials will continue to disregard rights and the rule of law under President Donald Trump.
"The Framers...designed a system in which the State and Federal Governments would exercise concurrent authority over the people," wrote Justice Antonin Scalia.
If enforcing a law isn't worth killing someone over, it probably shouldn't be a law.
Here's why I believe TikTok.
Plus: Stephen Miller tries to distance himself, Ilhan Omar attacked, and more...
Wider reform is needed in the way the government enforces its laws.
Federal officials suggested that carrying a firearm is inherently threatening and an invitation to police violence.
As with Renee Good, a calmer response could have avoided the lethal outcome.
Homan is a bully with little regard for rights or the rule of law. And the problems with Trump's immigration tactics point back to the White House itself.
We don’t have to treat everything as political, even if politics has a meddlesome hand in everything.
Plus: Vance gets Kamala'd, positioning aircraft carriers near Iran, and more...
It is nearly impossible to sue a rights-violating federal agent under current caselaw.
Plus: DHS escalation in Minnesota, Trump loses support on ICE tactics, and how politics influence the Oscar nominations
Federal agencies have considerable authority outside their given jurisdiction, even when they don't have the training to match.
Although the president initially reinforced that plainly inaccurate narrative, his subsequent comments cast doubt on the initial justification for shooting the Minneapolis protester.
Under this understanding of the Fourth Amendment, an attorney at the Institute for Justice says, “there is little left of the rights of Americans to be secure in their houses.”
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