The anti-American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has sued President Donald Trump over his deportation plans. The suit was filed Wednesday, a day after the Trump Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a new rule authorizing expedited removals for illegal aliens who are unable to prove that they’ve been in the country for at least two full years.
"While we know this president will issue orders with real, dire consequences on people here and abroad, many of his declarations do not and cannot change the law but instead are designed to engender chaos and confusion,
Trump promised at his inaugural address that "national unity" would return. But much of this week has seen the returning president continue to pummel out-of-power foes. He called former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, of Wyoming, a "crying lunatic."
An estimated 11.7 million people are living in the U.S. illegally, and ICE currently has the budget to detain only about 41,000.
Donald Trump has been in office for a day and he's already being bombarded with lawsuits over his executive orders.
President Donald Trump’s promise to deport “millions and millions” of immigrants will hinge on securing money for detention centers.
The state’s ACLU chapter hopes to help residents be better advocates and oppose policies of the incoming Trump administration.
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to noncitizen parents.
Put simply, under Trump’s order, the children of most undocumented immigrants wouldn’t be US citizens, nor would the children of people in the country on student, work, or tourist visas. This is more than a reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment — it’s an attempt to do away with the jus soli principle that undergirds US citizenship.
The American Civil Liberties Union is taking steps to challenge some of President Donald Trump's executive orders, a day after he took office. On Tuesday, ACLU leaders will gather at the State Capitol to call on lawmakers to protect vulnerable communities.
A federal judge is set to hear the first arguments in a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents' immigration status.