Lawmakers Sue ICE To Protect Right To Visit Detention Centers Unannounced
Lawmakers say a new DHS rule requiring advance notice for detention center visits undermines congressional oversight.
Lawmakers say a new DHS rule requiring advance notice for detention center visits undermines congressional oversight.
The former CIA analyst and Cato scholar discusses Palantir, Trump's new national database, and the sordid history of federal law enforcement on Just Asking Questions.
It makes the case for strong judicial review of executive invocations of sweeping emergency powers.
Paola Clouatre had no previous convictions and was detained immediately following a green card interview.
The anticommandeering doctrine stands in the way of Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Questions about the death of Marie Blaise at a South Florida ICE detention center have lingered since she collapsed in April.
The Department of Homeland Security is boasting that its mass deportation program is responsible for a major drop in crime. That's unlikely for several reasons.
The peaceful traffic stop in Florida turned violent after immigration officers arrived and used chokeholds and a stun gun to make arrests.
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The Trump administration's lawsuit against New York City challenges decades of sanctuary policies and local independence.
The court ruled the state and local policies are protected by the Tenth Amendment.
The Trump administration cut a deal with Venezuela to return a triple murderer to American shores while it tries to deport someone accused of much less.
The article makes a compelling argument that has broader implications.
The court ruled that a nationwide injunction is the only way to provide complete relief to the state government plaintiffs in the case.
The judgment is not surprising, since the president's reading of the 14th Amendment contradicts its text and history, plus 127 years of Supreme Court precedent.
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Judge Bumatay objects on standing grounds, arguing that courts should not seek to offset narrowing one form of relief by expanding another: "That would be like squeezing one end of a balloon—it just pushes all the air to the other end."
Evidence indicates immigration doesn't actually undermine social trust, and that reductions in social trust aren't necessarily bad, anyway.
The latest detention facility will house up to 5,000 detainees and function as a central hub for deportation operations.
The government's gaslighting strategy suggests that federal officials are not confident about the constitutionality of punishing students for expressing anti-Israel views.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan blamed the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer on the policies of sanctuary cities like New York.
A state official says the contracts contained "proprietary information," so they were scrubbed and replaced with bare-bones summaries.
One former ICE detainee says he and a group of men were forced to kneel with their hands tied behind their backs and eat "like dogs."
From trade wars to visa restrictions, policies aimed at foreigners are backfiring on U.S. travelers—raising costs, shrinking freedoms, and souring global goodwill.
After being ilegally deported and imprisoned in El Salvador, they will now be sent back to the oppressive regime they fled in the first place, in exchange for ten Americans detained by the Venezuelan government.
Immigrant detainees transferred thousands of miles from where they were first arrested face unique challenges in immigration court.
Recent protests at MLS matches and the ensuing bans for some fans have put the league in a delicate position, balancing tolerance and enforcement.
The alleged incident goes to the heart of the objections raised by critics who worry about Bove's respect for the rule of law.
One immigration judge referred to an ICE attorney as merely “Department” during a hearing.
The lawsuit says attorneys have been repeatedly turned away from the detention camp and had virtual meetings mysteriously canceled.
"We have no criticism of the U.S. government—on the contrary, we are truly thankful. However, we are deeply afraid of the possibility of being returned to Afghanistan."
My Cato Institute colleague David Bier presented it in testimony before a congressional committee.
ICE wants to access confidential IRS data to locate tax-paying undocumented immigrants and boost detention numbers.
Numerous accounts of lack of showers, overflowing toilets, and inability to meet with lawyers are emerging from the detention center in the middle of the Everglades.
The Florida Immigrant Coalition's new billboards were restored less than a day after being taken down, but why were they removed in the first place?
Like sex trafficking panic more broadly, the Epstein files are a useful political tool—as long as they remain hidden.
Immigrants who arrive illegally in the U.S. may be detained for months or years as they await a resolution to their immigration cases.
Trump promised to target violent criminals. He lost support when he went after harmless immigrants.
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Academics are supposed to discover nonobvious, counterintituitive truths. But, especially in recent years, much of my work involves defending positions that seem obvious to most laypeople, even though many experts deny them.
Florida’s elected officials should learn from the original facility that inspired the state’s newest immigrant detention center's name, and change course before it’s too late.
Trump said the prison camp would hold "some of the most vicious people on the planet," but a list obtained by the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Tribune shows otherwise.
Racial profiling is a longstanding problem, exacerbated by Trump Administration deportation policies.
Yes, but only if they intend to relinquish it (or, if they are naturalized citizens and committed fraud during the naturalization process).
Countries are welcoming remote workers with digital nomad visas—while cracking down on the very lifestyle that makes nomadism possible.
The hawkish defender of Guantanamo Bay and the post-9/11 security state worries President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is threatening civil liberties.
This ruling was widely expected in the wake of the Supreme Court's decison barring nationwide injunctions.