Trump Calls Cartel Members “Terrorists.” They’re Armed With Bullets From a U.S. Army Factory.
The president blames Mexico for the flow of drugs into the U.S. — while the flow of guns from the U.S. displaces poor people in Mexico.
Justice
The War on Immigrants
She Sent Money to Family in Gaza. ICE Claimed It’s Evidence She Supports Hamas.
To keep her in detention in Texas, the Trump administration pointed to Leqaa Kordia’s remittances to family in Palestine.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Security Contractor Hires Trump-Linked Lobbyists
The deal came weeks before Trump unveiled a peace plan for Gaza that could leave the security contractor’s business model under threat.
Chilling Dissent
Judge Finds Rubio and Noem Intentionally Targeted Pro-Palestine Activists to Chill Speech
The unusual ruling delivered a searing rebuke to the Trump administration on grounds of violating the First Amendment.
Chilling Dissent
Mohsen Mahdawi Faces Conservative Judges as Trump Administration Tries to Lock Him Back Up
The Republican-appointed judges could influence future rulings on defendants’ rights amid Trump’s free speech crackdown.
The War on Immigrants
The Trump Administration Is Arguing It Can Hold Dreamers Indefinitely
Immigration experts warn the Trump administration is trying to keep a DACA recipient in detention so her protected status expires.
Voices
What Liberals Get Wrong About Trump’s Executive Order on Antifa
Liberals dismiss antifa as just an idea — instead of acting to defend the activists, researchers, and organizers facing persecution.
The War on Immigrants
He Has a Green Card and a Brain Tumor. DHS Wants to Deport Him for Forgery With No Proof.
Paramjit Singh is going blind in ICE detention. DHS wants to deport him for a forgery conviction — but they’ve produced no record that one exists.
Voices
GOP Reviving Executions for Iryna Zarutska’s Murder, but Rolling Back Reforms Won’t Prevent These Crimes
The far right proposed turning back the clock on lots of criminal justice reforms to prevent similar crimes, but not the change that might work.
License to Kill
Venezuela Boat Crews Targeted by Trump Are Low-Level Pawns in the Drug Game
When drug boat operators get caught, they usually get a few years in prison. Now Trump is executing them without trials.