Virtually everyone has a phone in their hands or a laptop or tablet in their bag these days. It’s hard to imagine life without our electronic devices. However, with the increased reliance on technology comes new safety concerns at our border crossings. In August of 2009, the Department of Homeland Security initiated a policy that stated U.S. … [Read more...]
Justice Gorsuch Appears to Side with Trump in Rescinding DACA
(Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead, Public Domain) Justice Neil Gorsuch appeared to support President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in tense oral arguments on Tuesday. The DACA program was started by President Obama in 2012 to protect approximately 700,000 unauthorized immigrants … [Read more...]
Dreamers Oral Arguments Slated for November 12th
(Photo Credit: Molly Adams, CC 2.0) On November 12th, The Court will hear a case to decide the fate of approximately 800,000 Dreamers, undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. The Dreamers are championed in a brief signed by Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, as well as by more than 100 of the nation’s largest … [Read more...]
California Ban on Private Prisons Sparks Fight with Trump Donor
Starting on January 1, 2020, California prison authorities will be barred from entering into or renewing contracts with private prisons and immigration detention centers, a victory for human rights activists and a blow for the three companies that have cornered the inmate housing market: GEO Group Inc., CoreCivic Inc., and Management and Training … [Read more...]
Trump Asylum Policy Back in Court
Roughly three weeks after the United States Supreme Court lifted the ban on Trump’s asylum policy, the policy is again being tested in court. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a case in U.S. District Court in an effort to stop the deportation process of a Honduran woman and her 12-year-old son. The ACLU and the Justice Department made … [Read more...]
Investigatory Agencies Using DMV Databases to Conduct Facial Recognition Searches
The word “privacy” does not appear in the U.S. Constitution. However, that does not mean the Constitution does not grant U.S. citizens’ the right to privacy. The 4th, 9th, and 14th Amendments all protect citizens’ right to privacy, so the U.S. Supreme Court has said many times. But, when the safety of our country is at risk, are we willing to give … [Read more...]
Upcoming Supreme Court Term Could Prove Momentous
On Election Night 2016, Republicans came home for Donald Trump. After nearly a year of expressing disgust and dismay at Trump's rise to prominence, Republicans – both ordinary voters and party elites – swallowed their reservations and came out en masse for their nominee. Why did they do it? And why have Congressional Republicans stayed so loyal … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court Decides New Docket
Reuters reports the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term will open on Monday. The conservative majority is in a position to take the country in a more aggressive Republican direction. They will look at divisive issues including abortion, gay rights and gun control. As early as next week, the nine justices will decided if gay and transgender … [Read more...]
Asylum, Dark Money and Gorsuch Book Tour Lead Up to Supreme Court Term
President Donald J. Trump, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and Anthony M. Kennedy, retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Oct. 8, 2018, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian, Public Domain) The Supreme Court is not scheduled to convene until October 7, … [Read more...]
Judge Allows 11 Parents Re-Entry to U.S. to Reunify with Children
President Trump was dealt another defeat to his immigration policies in court recently. Judge Dan Sabraw of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California ordered that the Trump Administration allow 11 migrant parents back into the United States and be reunified with their children from whom they were separated. Zero … [Read more...]
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