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Narrowing statutory definitions of 'sex' and eliminating disparate-impact protections.
The short answer: in practice some Black people and segments of culture treat "" as a reclaimed, intra-group term distinct in meaning and function from the slur "nigger," but many individuals and inst...
Federal law does not create a general obligation for U.S. citizens to carry or show proof of citizenship in public, and ICE (a federal immigration agency) has statutory authority to question, detain o...
ICE’s official posture and federal law make a clear legal line: immigration authorities do not have the civil power to arrest and detain lawful U.S. citizens as part of removal proceedings . Neverthel...
Project 2025 is a sprawling conservative blueprint published and coordinated by the Heritage Foundation that packages policy recommendations, personnel lists, training programs and a playbook intended...
ICE agents have statutory authority to make warrantless arrests for immigration violations and, in limited circumstances, for certain criminal offenses—especially when the offense occurs in the office...
and have repeatedly framed as targeting the “worst of the worst,” and their releases list examples of murderers, rapists, pedophiles and gang members arrested during the campaign, but the available re...
ICE may detain a person in public when officers have statutory authority and either a warrant or probable cause that the individual is removable or has committed a federal offense, but the agency’s po...
Federal immigration law requires many noncitizens to register with the U.S. government and—if they are subject to the carry rule—to carry proof of that registration or their alien-registration documen...
Yes — ICE agents can and have physically detained people who are U.S. citizens when agents believe those people are not citizens, and such detention can be prolonged until citizenship is proved or a c...
Large-scale have repeatedly produced a mix of measurable removals and widespread community disruption: while federal agencies report many apprehensions, local officials, , and news accounts describe f...
The most common probable cause ICE cites to detain someone is that the person is "subject to removal"—frequently grounded in criminal convictions or immigration-related final orders—but in practice th...
An inventory of the ’s most harmful policies must balance long-term institutional damage with immediate human consequences; based on the provided reporting five stand out for their breadth and documen...
A number of evangelical and Christian leaders pushed back on efforts to frame as a or to lionize his politics, with critiques coming from commentators at , , Black clergy speaking to public radio, and...
Communities, lawyers and some state officials have mounted a patchwork of responses to the raids that range from criminal and civil investigations to mass organizing, litigation and policy fights — ef...
#GrabYourWallet began in October 2016 as a Twitter-driven boycott list targeting retailers tied to the Trump family and quickly shifted from hashtag activism to sustained consumer pressure and a publi...
The 287(g) program deputizes state and local law enforcement to perform defined federal immigration functions under written agreements with ICE, using several enforcement “models” (jail, task force/pa...
A short list of Malcolm X’s most famous, frequently reprinted lines captures his evolution from Nation of Islam minister to global human-rights advocate; these include aphorisms about conviction (“A m...
is a 900‑plus‑page policy blueprint produced by that, according to multiple women’s, , and organizations, contains detailed recommendations to roll back , narrow civil‑rights protections, and reshape ...
is a comprehensive conservative blueprint — ’s "Mandate for Leadership" and an allied transition project — designed to remake the federal government and fast-track a broad right‑wing policy agenda if ...
are allowed under current legal and agency frameworks to escalate force because policies and court precedent tie force to an officer’s need to protect life, effect lawful objectives, and respond to ex...