US immigration trends report [Pew Hispanic Center] News
US immigration trends report [Pew Hispanic Center]

Rise, Peak, and Decline: Trends in U.S. Immigration 1992-2004, Pew Hispanic Center, September 27, 2005 [report concluding that legal immigration to the US has decreased and the rate of illegal immigration into the US has increased since the September 11 terror attacks]. Read the full text of the report here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chasehere.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution

On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety took power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchmen and women had been executed by guillotine. Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

'Scottsboro boys' put on trial for alleged rape of white women

On April 6, 1931, the nine "Scottsboro boys" were put on trial in Alabama on false charges of raping two white women during a freight train trip from Tennessee. Learn more about the trial of the Scottsboro boys.