In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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Time on Task
The Trump administration has abused the interagency task force process to intervene in law enforcement across the country.
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Supreme Court Allows ICE to Restart Third-Country Removals
Two federal courts have said it’s obviously unlawful to expel immigrants to a place they’ve never been. And yet.
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Disturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews
The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect.
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Judges Reject ICE’s Underhanded Attempt to Maintain Third-Country Removals
An appeals court made clear deportation flights to third countries must stop immediately, but flight data showed ICE may be violating the order.
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ICE Is Trying to Ignore Court’s Decision Striking Down Third-Country Removals
Immigration officials want to send a Peruvian man to the Central African Republic within hours, court filings show.
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Appeals Court Smacks Down Trump’s Third-Country Removal Policy
Tens of thousands of people have been subjected to the cruel policy, but the Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ could soon bring it back.
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Alligator Alcatraz’s Tiny Cages Were Likely Even Tinier
Appalling as photos showing phone booth–sized cages at the Florida camp are, the truth is likely
much worse.
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Rogue Sheriffs Revolt Against New York Law Ending ICE Partnerships
State lawmakers have forbidden local police from participating in mass deportation. Some sheriffs think they are above the law.
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Q&A: Preventing a Trump Election Coup
A conversation with retired federal judge Nancy Gertner