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Protesters wave placards against President Donald Trump during a Rise and Resist Against White Supremacy demonstration inside the Grand Central Station in New York on September 18th, 2017.

Social Justice

The DOJ Is Finally Bridging the Gap Between Online Radicalization and Domestic Terrorism

The choice to treat the El Paso, Texas, shooting as domestic terrorism opens up law enforcement's ability to investigate 8chan and the sites where extremism finds a home.

Jared Keller

Undocumented immigrants gather in the Maricopa County "Tent City Jail," run by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2010.

Social Justice

The Department of Justice Won’t Release Data on Prison Deportations

Each year, the federal government deports thousands of prisoners who enter the Institutional Hearing Program, but it won't reveal critical information about its operations.

Arvind Dilawar

How Common Is Price-Fixing in the Food Industry?

The DOJ intervened in a lawsuit alleging Tyson Foods, Perdue Farms, Sanderson Farms, Koch Foods, and Pilgrim's Pride conspired to increase chicken prices.

Emily Moon

Donald Trump inspects border wall prototypes in San Diego, California, on March 13th, 2018.

Social Justice

The Trump Administration’s Plan to Reduce the Immigration Court Backlog Will Only Add to It

The Department of Justice wants to allow appeals judges to uphold deportations without explaining their reasoning. But the last time that was the practice, the case docket doubled.

Massoud Hayoun

Central American immigrant families depart ICE custody in McAllen, Texas, pending future immigration court hearings, in June of 2018.

Social Justice

The Government Has Not Revealed How Deportation Decisions Are Made

The Board of Immigration Appeals failed to respond to FOIAs about their process for issuing stays of removal. A new lawsuit seeks the information that was withheld.

Arvind Dilawar

Social Justice

President Trump’s Expansion of Immigration Fraud Investigations Comes With Significant Risks

The government's litigation procedures carry a disturbingly high risk of mistakenly taking away citizenship from someone who committed neither crime nor fraud.

Cassandra Burke Robertson & Irina D. Manta

Education

Why Trump Chose a Political Ally as His Next Attorney General

Throughout American history, when presidents have appointed political cronies to be attorney general, they were looking for people only to help them pursue a policy agenda.

Austin Sarat

Former United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Social Justice

What a Lack of Federal Oversight Means for Local Police Reform

In his last act as attorney general, Jeff Sessions severely limited the Department of Justice's oversight of police departments in places like Elkhart, Indiana.

Christian Sheckler & Ken Armstrong

Social Justice

Jeff Sessions’ Last Act: Preventing the DOJ From Investigating Discriminatory Police Departments

Before leaving office, Sessions signed an order to ensure that the Department of Justice disengaged from its role in investigating and reforming police departments that repeatedly violate citizens' civil rights.

Ian MacDougall

News in Brief

Jeff Sessions Leaves the Trump Administration With a Tough Legacy on Crime and Immigration

Here's how Sessions, who resigned Wednesday at Trump's request, will be remembered.

Kate Wheeling