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The US Attorney for the District of Oregon Friday called for an investigation into allegations that unidentified federal agents are arresting people in the city of Portland. US Attorney Billy Williams noted that federal agents have been in the city for the past fifty nights, defending the federal courthouse and other federal buildings from protestors. [...]

A group of hundreds of law professors from around the country, joined by some researchers and other academics, sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Monday urging that detainees in all the US’s immigration facilities be released to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The letter was addressed to Chad Wolf, the [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the denial of a Republican challenge to Michigan’s new independent commission that will re-draw legislative district boundaries. In an effort to combat gerrymandering, voters created the commission via ballot initiative in November 2018 with an amendment to the state’s constitution. The commission will [...]

US Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf Tuesday urging a reduction of the immigrant detainee population to minimize the spread of COVID-19. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has stopped the detention of immigrants who pose no security threats, but that is not enough according [...]

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday announced the state’s plans to sue the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to the new policy blocking New York residents from enrolling in the Trusted Travelers Programs. In her press release, James criticized the Trump administration policy: We plan to take legal action and sue [...]

Chad Wolf, the Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), sent a letter to New York’s motor vehicle commissioners on Wednesday informing them that New York citizens would no longer be allowed to sign up for the “Trusted Traveler” programs administered by Customs and Border Protection. The programs are a means of vetting [...]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced yesterday that President Trump had signed a proclamation adding travel restrictions to six more countries, effectively barring potential immigrants from these six countries from entering the United States. The identified countries are Nigeria, Eritrea, Tanzania, Sudan, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar. In the statement, DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf said [...]

A report published Monday by the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the UN Human Rights Office reveals that at least 53 migrants and refugees were killed in the July 2019 airstrikes in Libya. Those killed were reportedly citizens of Algeria, Chad, Bangladesh, Morocco, Niger and Tunisia. It also reported 87 injured male migrants [...]

A US judge on Monday sentenced ex-Hong Kong government official Chi Ping Patrick Ho to three years in prison and a $400,000 fine following his December conviction violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering and conspiracy. Ho was arrested in 2017 for crimes committed while acting as the secretary-general of the China Energy Fund Committee. Ho was convicted [...]

Congressional Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced the Equality Act, which, if signed into law, would be the first federal law protecting LGBTQ+ Americans. “In most states in this country, a gay couple can be married on Saturday, post their wedding photos to Instagram on Sunday, and lose their jobs or get kicked out of their apartments [...]