ACLU: 76 Ways Mass Deportation Is Breaking Our Democracy

The ACLU in a report (76 Ways Mass Deportation Is Breaking Our Democracy) challenges the Trump administration's anti-democratic mass deportation campaign:

"In the past 20 months, the Trump administration has taken hundreds of actions to consolidate the president’s grip on power, execute a radical redefining of who belongs in America, and enact the largest rollback of civil rights and liberties in recent history. Among the administration’s most powerful and frequent tools in executing on its dangerous, anti-democratic vision is the mass deportation agenda. This report traces 76 ways the Trump administration has used the mass deportation agenda to undermine America’s multiracial democracy and civil rights and liberties."

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Share of Unaccompanied Children’s Immigration Court Cases Closed With No Attorney Up Nearly 45 Percent Compared to Pre-Trump

Today, the Vera Institute of Justice updated its Immigration Court Legal Representation Dashboard to include representation data for children, including unaccompanied children. The data shows the number of children, including unaccompanied children, facing removal without an attorney.   The Vera press release states that "[m]ore unaccompanied children have their

By Kevin R. Johnson