Capital & Main has documented nine Americans who have been held in federal custody after observing or protesting immigration raids.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Surveillance at the Border
It’s only a matter of time before the drones, spy blimps, license plate readers, and motion-activated cameras come to the rest of America.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Inflation Comes to Immigration
As new immigration fees take effect, aspiring Americans who meet all the legal requirements could be priced out.
Posted inLaw and Justice
FEMA Withholds Homelessness Grants While Building Migrant Prison Camps
The resetting of priorities will have tragic consequences.
Posted inTAP
No Foreigners at Harvard!
Today on TAP: Trump, Miller & Co. tell Harvard it can’t admit foreign students, for fear they may increase our store of knowledge.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Trump Would Torch Magna Carta
For centuries, the writ of habeas corpus—a fundamental protection against unlawful imprisonment—has remained a core fixture of democratic governance. Suspending it would defy the Constitution, but Trump is weighing his options.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Public Records Wreckers
The consequences of gutting FOIA offices are both obvious and unknowable.
Posted inPolitics
The Playbook for Improving the Secret Service Has Been Around Since 2015
That’s when a congressional committee issued a 435-page analysis of its failings, whose key recommendations have yet to be implemented.