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People wait in line before their hearings at the New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court in New York City.

Trump wants ‘deportation judges’ presiding over lawless courts

Hayes Brown

A push to hire new so-called deportation judges comes amid a purge of immigration court judges seen as too merciful during removal proceedings.

Photos of Lindsey Halligan, Alina Habba, and Todd Blanche

Habba and Halligan’s dismissals highlight the DOJ’s depleted bench of MAGA lawyers

Hayes Brown

Comptroller Brad Lander joins 11 local elected officials inside lower Manhattan’s federal building, demanding access to an ICE holding area on the building’s 10th floor in New York City

FBI spied on court-watchers amid backlash to Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda

Ja'han Jones

Federal officers detain a person in Chicago, IL.

Prosecutors move to dismiss charges against woman shot by Border Patrol agent

Clarissa-Jan Lim

State representatives look at a congressional redistricting map in Austin, T.X.

Judge issues berserk dissent from ruling blocking Texas congressional maps

Jordan Rubin

Students walkout at East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, in protest of U.S. Border Patrol operations targeting undocumented immigrants.

Charlotte public schools see attendance plummet during immigration crackdown

Erum Salam

Federal agents wearing face coverings wait outside a courtroom.

DOJ sues California over ban on federal agents wearing masks

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Residents and protesters clash with federal agents in Chicago.

Trump’s latest Border Patrol deployment will fail for the same reasons

Billy Ball


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7mos ago

Justice Department sues to block California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan

Proposition 50 is aimed at countering Texas’ new congressional map, which could help Republicans gain five additional seats in the House next year.

California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Clarissa-Jan Lim

California Governor Gavin Newsom.

7mos ago

Florida is suing Planned Parenthood for racketeering. It’s part of a bigger plan.

Public opposition to limiting mifepristone keeps the White House and Congress in check. So, abortion opponents have a new strategy.

James Uthmeier.

Mary Ziegler

James Uthmeier.

7mos ago

Trump’s latest pardons aim to make his fake elector scheme legal

The president has no power to pardon his supporters’ state-level crimes — but he can still muddy the waters for their trials and appeals.

Donald Trump; Rudy Giuliani.

Hayes Brown

Donald Trump; Rudy Giuliani.

7mos ago

Trump turned the military on U.S. cities. I will continue to hold him accountable.

Excessive militarized ICE raids and misuse of the military will not make Chicago safer, writes Sen. Dick Durbin.

Police take two people into custody, as tear gas fills the air after it was used by federal law enforcement agents in Broadview, IL.

Sen. Dick Durbin

Police take two people into custody, as tear gas fills the air after it was used by federal law enforcement agents in Broadview, IL.

7mos ago

Supreme Court denies review of Kim Davis’ petition that sought to overturn Obergefell

The county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples had filed a long-shot petition to the justices.

Kim Davis at the County Clerks Office in Morehead, K.Y., on Sept. 2, 2015.

Jordan Rubin

Kim Davis at the County Clerks Office in Morehead, K.Y., on Sept. 2, 2015.

7mos ago

Federal judge orders Trump admin to improve conditions at Chicago-area immigration site

A judge appeared to be appalled over the conditions at an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, which has become the epicenter of Trump’s crackdown.

People on the roof of the immigration processing and detention center watch demonstrators in Broadview, I.L.

Ja'han Jones

People on the roof of the immigration processing and detention center watch demonstrators in Broadview, I.L.

7mos ago

Supreme Court majority lets Trump administration enforce new gender policy for passports

Transgender and nonbinary Americans said they want passports “that allow them to travel without fear of misidentification, harassment, or violence.”

The cover of a U.S. passport

Jordan Rubin

The cover of a U.S. passport

7mos ago

ICE and CBP’s use of facial recognition technology needs guardrails — now

If left unchecked, immigration enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology could potentially trigger a constitutional crisis.

ICE agents use their phones near protestors at a demonstration in Newark, N.J. on May 7, 2025.

Patrick G. Eddington

ICE agents use their phones near protestors at a demonstration in Newark, N.J. on May 7, 2025.

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