December 16, 2020...Advocates say the timeline of events surrounding sanctuary leaders’ ongoing litigation against ICE illustrates the agency’s retaliatory use of fines. Austin Sanctuary Network, Free Migration...
**Español abajo** Joined by Immigrant Rights Groups, Women in Sanctuary Seek to Hold Federal Immigration Officials Accountable Under Religious Freedom Restoration Act, First and Eighth Amendments for...
January 21, 2021... “Anyone familiar with the scope of surveillance and targeting of Black political dissent, or Muslim communities, knows that law enforcement has all the tools it needs to aggressively disrupt and...
January 21, 2021...Diala Shamas, a staff attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, echoed that point, telling The Intercept Sunday that "anyone familiar with the scope of surveillance and targeting of...
January 21, 2021... Diala Shamas, a staff attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, echoed that point, telling The Intercept Sunday that "anyone familiar with the scope of surveillance and targeting of...
January 21, 2021... Terrorism is a nebulous legal concept , and related statutes have historically been used to target Black and brown communities and environmental activists — rarely ever used to prosecute far-...
February 9, 2021...“An expansion of domestic terrorism won’t mean more focus on white terrorism,” said Diala Shamas, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights. “When you consider the biases that law...
February 9, 2021...“It is long past time for . . . a sea change in the United States’ approach to national and human security . . .” Yes, yes, yes. These words cut to the soul. Can we create a grown-up America? This...
Human rights disparities across race and socioeconomic strata have been magnified since the outbreak of the coronavirus. The effects on Black and Brown communities have been disproportionate, as...
Updated: February 9, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security and FBI have warned for some time of ongoing domestic terrorism threats from right-wing radical extremist groups. The events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021...
Updated: February 18, 2021
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