They immigrated legally. Under Trump, 1.8 million have been ‘de-legalized.’
Farah Larrieux has spent 16 years building her life in the United States. She started a successful communications business, worked part-time in the hospitality industry and made a comfortable life for herself in Miramar, Florida, a suburb of Miami.
On Monday, the Trump administration started taking it all away after the Supreme Court cleared the path for it last month.more
On Monday, the Trump administration started taking it all away after the Supreme Court cleared the path for it last month.more
Private prisons report massive profits from aiding Trump’s immigrant crackdown
Donald Trump may be destroying the economy for average Americans, but the private prison industry is making a killing from the president’s racist anti-immigrant crackdown.
Top executives from the country’s two largest private prison companies hosted earnings calls last week in which they touted the massive profits they have been able to rake in from taxpayer-funded contracts with the federal government.more
Top executives from the country’s two largest private prison companies hosted earnings calls last week in which they touted the massive profits they have been able to rake in from taxpayer-funded contracts with the federal government.more
Lawsuit seeks to uncover information about alleged federal database on protesters
A new lawsuit seeks to shake loose information about a protester database possibly being used by the Trump administration to log and monitor critics of the government.
Legal advocacy group Democracy Forward is supporting digital outlet The Intercept in a lawsuit that asks a federal judge to compel the administration to release documents related to any such database.
The lawsuit comes as Donald Trump’s administration — while it contends with the president’s historic unpopularity — has sought to quash dissent, in a crackdown that has seen federal agents use lethal force against protesters.more
Legal advocacy group Democracy Forward is supporting digital outlet The Intercept in a lawsuit that asks a federal judge to compel the administration to release documents related to any such database.
The lawsuit comes as Donald Trump’s administration — while it contends with the president’s historic unpopularity — has sought to quash dissent, in a crackdown that has seen federal agents use lethal force against protesters.more
Trump wants ‘deportation judges’ presiding over lawless courts
It’s no secret that America’s immigration court system is broken. The yearslong backlog of pending cases reached nearly four million in 2024 and continues to grow. A massive influx of judges would likely be needed to help whittle down that mountain of pending removal proceedings, asylum hearings and other immigration-related issues on the docket. The Trump administration agrees — but that has not stopped it from purging those judges it sees as too lenient, including eight who were fired in New York this week. more