A flurry of changes on immigration promises a dramatic crackdown. California pushed back in court last time, but may be in a tougher position now, experts say. Story from @CalMatters.org.

Denying human rights to a bedeviled minority – rights such as due process - is a classic trait of a dictatorship. Let’s not ...

Portlanders deserve leaders who prioritize real solutions to our local challenges, not performative political commentary.

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Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts ...

The measure, which President Trump recently signed into law, is not the reform we need. It is a national disgrace.

The Laken Riley Act expands detention for undocumented immigrants, including those accused – but not convicted – of low-level ...

It shouldn’t be controversial for a law enforcement agency to work together with another law enforcement agency to protect ...

Nearly one year ago, 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was murdered by a Venezuelan national who had been ...

Some fear the Laken Riley Act will create a shoplifting-to-deportation express or cause crowding that results in violent ...

The federal Laken Riley Act expands the scope of crimes that could place a person living in the U.S. without legal status in ...