Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, called the Trump administration’s open defiance of federal court orders “a real slippery slope to a different kind of country.” An attorney representing immigrants facing possible deportation under President Donald Trump’s lawless use of the Alien Enemies Act warned Monday that the United States is on the […]
“Not a single president in the history of the United States has ever asserted the authority to unilaterally deport someone outside of the procedures set by Congress until now.” Top Trump administration officials—including the president, vice president, attorney general, and secretary of state—openly celebrated the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants over the weekend in defiance […]
The Republican Party’s proposed cuts to nutrition assistance for children, said one analyst, “would be part of legislation that would give massive tax cuts to the wealthiest people and businesses.” The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are waging a multi-front war on nutrition benefits for children, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture moving this […]
“He, like all presidents, must abide by the rule of law—and because he has not, Congress must adhere to its own obligations to carry out an impeachment investigation.” The pro-democracy group behind a campaign to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump a historic third time argued Wednesday that his administration’s “blatant disregard for the judiciary branch” provides new […]