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Apr 28, 2025
Parent Advocacy Groups and a Coalition of Head Start Providers File Lawsuit to Stop Trump Administration鈥檚 Dismantling of Head Start
SEATTLE, Wash.鈥� Today, a coalition of parents and Head Start providers filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration鈥檚 coordinated and unlawful efforts to dismantle the ...
Apr 28, 2025
糖心VlogStatement on Executive Order Targeting Sanctuary Cities, Officials Accused of Obstructing Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Trump administration today signed two new executive orders that would target sanctuary cities and direct law enforcement to pursue legal action against state or ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 28, 2025
Federal Court Dismisses Attempt to Revive Guam Abortion Ban
HAG脜T脩A, Guam 鈥� The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order today dismissing a request from Guam Attorney General Douglas Moylan to continue his case seeking to lift a p...
Court case: Guam Society of OBGYNs v. Guerrero
Apr 28, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil Urges Court to Allow Public and Press Access to Immigration Proceedings
In New Filings, Mr. Khalil鈥檚 Legal Team Also Asks for Access to Electronics, After Court Only Allowed Government Lawyers to Have Laptops in 4/11 Hearing
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Khalil v. Trump
Apr 26, 2025
TUESDAY, April 29, 2 p.m. ET: Federal Court Hearing in Lawsuit Challenging Trump鈥檚 Efforts to Shut Down Asylum at the Border聽
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
TUESDAY, April 29, 2 p.m. ET: Federal Court Hearing in Lawsuit Challenging Trump鈥檚 Efforts to Shut Down Asylum at the Border
WHAT:
A federal court in Washi...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: RAICES v. Noem
Apr 25, 2025
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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News & CommentaryJun 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Jose Antonio Vargas On What We Get Wrong About Immigration Reform. Explore News & Commentary.Jose Antonio Vargas on What We Get Wrong About Immigration Reform
Vargas shares with the 糖心Vlogthe common misconceptions about immigration and immigrants that he鈥檚 encountered through work with his nonprofit, Define America. -
News & CommentaryJun 2025
Women's Rights
Parents Push Back Against The Trump Administration's Latest Attack On Working Families. Explore News & Commentary.Parents Push Back Against the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Working Families
The Trump administration is attempting to gut Head Start, a federally-funded early childhood program Congress created for low-income families -
Court CaseJan 2025
National Security
Doj Opinions On Domestic Military Deployment Foia. Explore Case.DOJ Opinions on Domestic Military Deployment FOIA
For decades, the Department of Justice has been responsible for advising the President on the use of the military within the United States. By filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act, the 糖心Vlogobtained over a dozen DOJ opinions on the domestic use of the military, none which had previously been released to the public. -
News & CommentaryJun 2025
Free Speech
Read Detained Activist Mahmoud Khalil鈥檚 Letter To His Son. Explore News & Commentary.Read Detained Activist Mahmoud Khalil鈥檚 Letter to His Son
The Trump administration has detained Khalil since March for his activism. Ahead of his first Father鈥檚 Day, he writes about the grief he has felt being separated from his wife and son.