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Words matter: At least seven states have looked at replacing dehumanizing immigration terminology

While the Biden administration’s move seeking to strike the dehumanizing term “alien” from U.S. immigration law has yet to come to fruition, it has inspired a number of states to act on their own in …

Sat Jan 1, 2022

Donald Trump tried to destroy Andrew McCabe. A new settlement undoes some of the damage

Andrew McCabe, the former acting FBI director who became a frequent subject of Donald Trump’s rage, will get his pension after Trump pushed to strip him of it, with then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions …

Fri Oct 15, 2021

Garland reverses decision that blocked immigration judges from pressing pause on some deportations

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday restored the ability for immigration judges to press pause on the certain deportations, including cases considered low priority or where an immigrant has a …

Sat Jul 17, 2021

Advocates celebrate DOJ's reversal of anti-asylum policy that blocked victims of domestic violence

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday reversed horrific policies by the previous administration that eviscerated asylum protections for tens of thousands of people, including a 2018 decision …

Thu Jun 17, 2021

Sessions, Barr, and Rosenstein all need to answer for the misuse of the DOJ

When Donald Trump wanted to talk about the investigation being conducted into how his campaign colluded with Russian agents, he used a term that was meant to demean and delegitimize. He called it …

Sat Jun 12, 2021

Lawmakers urge Merrick Garland to restore asylum law, enact immigration court reforms

Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal leads 60 lawmakers in calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to enact a series of measures to protect immigrant communities, including rolling back the previous …

Fri Jun 11, 2021

Biden admin officially reverses policy retaliating against so-called sanctuary cities

The previous administration’s war on so-called “sanctuary cities” will be no more, Immigration Impact reports. Following a January order from President Joe Biden that began the process of repealing …

Thu May 6, 2021