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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

Social Justice

Firearm Buybacks Could Be Part of a Solution for Gun Violence in the U.S.

The strategy is complicated by the sheer number of guns in American homes—nearly half of the total number of firearms worldwide.

Lacey Wallace

San Francisco police cars sit parked in front of the Hall of Justice on February 27th, 2014, in San Francisco, California.

San Francisco Police Raided a Freelance Journalist’s Home. Was It Legal?

An expert on First Amendment rights weighs in on what happened to Bryan Carmody last Friday.

Leah Dunlevy

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrive at a home in search of an undocumented immigrant on April 11th, 2018, in New York City. New York is considered a "sanctuary city" for undocumented immigrants, and ICE receives little or no cooperation from local law enforcement.

News in Brief

Has ICE Found a Way to Get Around Sanctuary Policies?

The agency announced a new policy meant to combat sanctuary city policies, but legal experts say ICE's actual motives might be different.

Jack Herrera

Mark Morgan testifies at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing during his tenure as chief of Border Patrol in November of 2016.

What We Know About Trump’s Pick to Lead ICE

Mark Morgan is a former Obama administration official who has become a vocal Trump supporter.

Sophie Murguia

The Environmental Protection Agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C.

News in Brief

Is the EPA ‘Soft on Environmental Violators’? The Data Suggests Yes; the Agency Says No.

During a hearing, the EPA's top official for enforcement defended the agency's low performance figures.

Francie Diep

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested hundreds in Florida and Puerto Rico in March of 2018.

Social Justice

Social Justice

The Supreme Court Wrestles With Americans’ Right to Privacy in the Digital Age

A recent decision by the Court is a win for Fourth Amendment advocates, but there are still many avenues for law enforcement to track Americans without a warrant online.

Robyn Greene & Michael Pizzi

Law Enforcement

San Francisco Police Raided a Freelance Journalist’s Home. Was It Legal?

Has ICE Found a Way to Get Around Sanctuary Policies?

What We Know About Trump’s Pick to Lead ICE

Is the EPA ‘Soft on Environmental Violators’? The Data Suggests Yes; the Agency Says No.

A New Database Seeks to Catalog—and Hold Accountable—Police Officers Across the U.S.

Anti-Black and Anti-Semitic Attacks Top the FBI’s 2017 Records for Hate Crimes