A prison guard transfers Alien Enemies Act deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Mar. 16, 2025 (El Salvador Presidential Press Office)  Last month, Brennan Center attorneys Katherine Yon Ebright and Leah Tulin, and I submitted an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit case of W.M.M. […]
From Judge Tanya Chutkan (D.D.C.) today in U.S. v. Tamberg: Defendant Alexis James Andreas Tamberg pleaded guilty to transmitting threats in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) based on a series of Facebook messages threatening President Donald J. Trump and Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio Cortez. In light of Tamberg’s extensive mental health issues, […]
The feds are vacuuming up a lot of data on Americans in the name of stopping illegal immigration. Their latest target? Your insurance data. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now using data from the Insurance Services Office’s ClaimSearch, a private industry service for detecting car and health insurance fraud, according to ICE documents obtained […]
On Sunday, thousands of people gathered in the Himalayan town of Dharamshala to celebrate the 90th birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama. World leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, sent their well wishes and support to the Tibetan leader, raising geopolitical questions for the future. As Tibetans […]
Together with my coauthor and former student Kavita Balchand, I recently published a law review article entitled “Why Jack Daniel’s Can’t Stop #WestElmCaleb and What Now?” in the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal. It is available for download here, and this is the abstract: The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP […]
Alligator Alcatraz, the massive immigration detention center in Florida, was originally expected to cost taxpayers $450 million per year. Leaked documents show that, after being in operation for less than two weeks, the cost of the facility has ballooned to over $600 million. The 30-square-mile facility located in the Florida Everglades west of Miami—complete with […]
Would you let your teenager stay in the hotel room while you went downstairs to eat breakfast in the restaurant on vacation? The majority of American parents would not, according to a new survey from the University of Michigan/C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. Only 31 percent say they would let their teenager walk a short distance […]
In May, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his statutory authority when he invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose stiff, wide-ranging tariffs aimed at reducing drug trafficking and bilateral trade deficits. The Trump administration is now asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
President Donald Trump signed his One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law on Friday. The sweeping legislation includes boosts to military funding, more taxpayer financing of state-sponsored events, and massive appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Here are some of the bill’s largest line items aimed at implementing Trump’s immigration crackdown. 1. […]
A Georgia couple whose children were taken from them for two years following a false claim of child abuse have filed a lawsuit, arguing that the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) officials violated official polices in an effort to sever their parental rights. The family’s ordeal—which was investigated in a 2024 story for […]
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