From cybersecurity assessments and training to coordination with law enforcement agencies, state governments need to provide ...

The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or “SAVE,” program was designed to help states verify the citizenship and ...

At the same time, Trump continues to blare that crime is rampant and immigrants are to blame. As he defunds violence ...

Instead, the justices found another path — a sneakier one. Repeatedly, they have let Trump amass vast new power, and they ...

On July 1, Congress passed a budget bill that gives an unprecedented $45 billion for building new immigration detention ...

States must step up to help election officials protect their staff, facilities, and voting systems. Election resiliency is about making sure that attacks and other disruptive incidents do not impede ...

The First Step Act is intended to do two things: cut unnecessarily long federal sentences and improve conditions in federal prison. More than a year after it was enacted in 2018, key parts of the law ...

The outcome of the appeal, brought by GEO Group, could set important legal precedent on wages for detainees who work in for-profit immigration detention centers.

The new legislation would require American citizens to produce documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. Update: On April 10, the House passed the SAVE Act. The Senate has ...

The Brennan Center and co-counsel filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of civil rights and voting organizations challenging President Trump’s March 2025 executive order on elections.

In 2022, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Spirit Lake Tribe, and three Native American voters filed a federal lawsuit challenging North Dakota’s 2021 state legislative redistricting plan.

Recent efforts to improve pretrial justice offer lessons for advocates.