A coalition of civil and human rights organizations is calling for the closure of a massive immigration detention facility at Fort Bliss, Texas, alleging guards have beaten detainees and threatened violence, criminal charges and imprisonment in attempts to coerce even non-Mexican migrants into crossing the border into Mexico. The groups, including the ACLU and Human [...]
The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI on Friday, charging that it is using the news organization’s articles without permission in summaries for search requests made through its generative AI products. The artificial intelligence startup is the subject of numerous similar legal disputes from media companies, including The Chicago Tribune, Encyclopaedia Britannica [...]
President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy, unveiled late Thursday, puts the Western Hemisphere at the center of US foreign policy and revives the Monroe Doctrine of 1823, appending it with a “Trump Corollary.” The document presents the Americas as the main line of defense for the US homeland and links that doctrine directly to [...]
The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide on the principle of birthright citizenship, which holds that all children born on US soil are American citizens. The principle of birthright citizenship is rooted in Section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and US President Donald Trump has called upon the court to [...]
President Donald Trump pardoned Texas Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, on Wednesday. The Cuellars were indicted for bribery last year, for allegedly accepting around $600,000 in bribes from foreign officials. In a Truth Social post, Trump accused the former Biden administration of having “weaponized the justice system against their political opponent.” He [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concerns Wednesday regarding the safety of noncitizens attending the 2026 World Cup in the US, following the arrest and deportation of an asylum seeker during the Club World Cup tournament final in New Jersey. The rights group condemned the incident and asserted that it exemplified how recent US immigration policies [...]
A US federal judge on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from enforcing its policy of warrantless civil immigration arrests without probable cause of escape risk. The order grants both a preliminary injunction and provisional class certification, and denies a separate motion for final class certification without prejudice, meaning [...]
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that New York cannot, at least for now, regulate statements by faith-based pregnancy centers promoting “abortion pill reversal,” finding their speech is likely protected under the First Amendment. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a preliminary injunction blocking Attorney General Letitia James from pursuing enforcement actions against three [...]
A former US immigration judge filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice (DOJ), charging violations of her civil rights. Tania Nemer, who was released from her position as an immigration judge in February, contends that she was dismissed because of her sex, her ethnicity, and her political affiliation with the Democratic Party. In [...]
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lawyer who represented US President Donald Trump in a number of civil and criminal matters between his first and second presidencies cannot serve as acting US attorney for the District of New Jersey. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals found the Trump administration’s efforts to install Alina Habba [...]
