Interior Enforcement
Senate Approves Unprecedented Spending for Mass Deportation, Ignoring What’s Broken in our Immigration System
Washington DC, July 1, 2025 — On July 1, the U.S. Senate passed a budget reconciliation bill that includes an unprecedented allocation of funds for immigration detention and enforcement while simultaneously stripping healthcare from millions of Americans. The bill, passed today with Vice President JD Vance contributing the tie-breaking vote,… Read More
Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee “Anti-Harboring” Law that Criminalizes Providing Shelter to People who are Undocumented
WASHINGTON, DC, June 23, 2025 — On June 20, a coalition including a religious organization and two individuals filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a newly enacted Tennessee law that criminalizes providing shelter to people who are undocumented, even when there is no intent to conceal them. The Institute… Read More
A Week of Immigration ‘Red Flags’ From the Trump Administration
As the Trump administration continued to ramp up immigration enforcement measures across the United States last week, new “red flags” emerged; policy measures that dramatically impact the basic rights of immigrants in this country or that erode basic legal protections and good governance. These red flags range from new collaborations… Read More
Seeking Records about DHS’s Renewed Mass Influx Declaration and Deputization of State and Local Law Enforcement as Immigration Officers
Council and ACLU-MI file a FOIA request for records about the basis of the DHS Secretary’s renewed mass influx determination and the supervision and training of state and local law enforcement officers acting as immigration officers thanks to this determination. Read More
What’s in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill So Far?
Analysis of the immigration and border-related spending recommendations for reconciliation measures approved in the House Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Armed Services Committees in FY 2025. Read More
Attorneys & Advocates Discuss the Harms of the Trump Administration’s Forced Disappearances to El Salvador
Since March 15, the Trump administration has disappeared over 280 people to a notorious prison in El Salvador, the CECOT, well-known for its abusive conditions and use of torture. Read More
Investigating ICE’s Changes to Parole Policies and Other Implementation of President Trump’s Day One Immigration Actions
This FOIA request seeks all memoranda, musters, guidance, and other similar records in the implementation of the “Securing Our Borders” Executive Order and “Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion” Presidential Proclamation. Read More
American Immigration Council Suing Trump Administration Over Unprecedented Requirement That Immigrants Register with the Government
The registration requirement paves the way for widespread potential abuse and turns the United States into a 'show me your papers’ country. Read More
Challenging Trump’s Unlawful Registration Rule
This lawsuit, filed on behalf of nonprofit organizations, challenges a DHS rule requiring noncitizens to register and carry proof or face prosecution. Read More
Why Trump’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act Matters for America
The Trump administration’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act on Friday—in a declaration that was initially kept secret, before being posted Saturday—has been held up in court for now, amid an escalating legal battle over the government’s compliance or lack thereof with a judicial order. But the importance of the… Read More
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