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A vigil in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on August 3rd, 2019, after a mass shooting left over 20 people dead in El Paso, Texas.

Social Justice

ICE Denies Claims That It Detains Immigrants During Tragedies Like the El Paso Massacre

Activists warn the practice of detaining people at courthouses and other government venues has discouraged immigrants from cooperating with authorities, even when they are victims of violent crimes.

Massoud Hayoun

Immigration advocates with the Florida Immigrant Coalition go house to house handing out fliers on July 13th, 2019, in Little Havana in Miami, Florida.

Social Justice

Why Were Trump’s ICE Raids So Ineffective?

After Trump announced his intention to deport "millions," undocumented immigrants and activists began preparing their communities with "Know Your Rights" campaigns.

Khushbu Shah

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin speak with then-President-elect of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in July of 2018.

The U.S. Is Using the Tariff Threat to Push Mexico to Accept Most Asylum Seekers

The Trump team is working on a "safe third country" agreement with Mexico, which would make migrants who travel through Mexico ineligible for asylum in the United States.

Jack Herrera

View of the U.S.–Mexico border wall on January 7th, 2019, in Tijuana, Mexico.

Social Justice

A Court Might Block Trump’s Wall as Vice President Pence Argues Judges Should Not Have the Power to

The ACLU is suing the Trump administration over the president's national emergency declaration.

Massoud Hayoun

Border Patrol agents shine a light through the border wall as migrants search for a way to cross.

Five Takeaways From the Lawsuit Over Trump’s Plan to Keep Asylum Seekers in Mexico

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of 11 asylum seekers who have been returned to Mexico, alleges Border Patrol agents did not assess whether the migrants had reason to "fear for their lives."

Jack Herrera

Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois.

Social Justice

Do American Prisoners Have Free Speech?

The shuttering of a prison debate club shows the precarious nature of free-speech rights among American inmates.

Noah Berlatsky

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on May 10th, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

Social Justice

When Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the American Civil Liberties Union Teamed Up for Voting Rights

Although the Trump administration wants to restrict access to the ballot box, its chief spokesperson once sued to overturn a ban on student voting.

Blake Paterson

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (L) and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence attend the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

Social Justice

Inside the Epic Defeat of Kris Kobach’s Legal Argument for Voter Fraud

In Kansas, federal Judge Julie Robinson levied a decision that demolished the voter fraud argument that Kobach and his supporters have evangelized around the country.

Jessica Huseman