By Chris Rickerd, Washington Legislative Office at 1:18pm
The Prison Rape Elimination Act was passed by a unanimous Congress in 2003, with regulations due by June 2010. It was clearly intended to cover all detainees, ... Read More
How long does it take a governor to flip flop and buckle under pressure from Tea Partiers? About a day, if you’re Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley. Read More
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley late Friday signed a measure that makes small changes to the state’s anti-immigrant law. The move came a day after he signaled he ... Read More
“[A]buse in the U.S. immigration system must be stopped,” Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) recently remarked. Ironic, considering that Smith is a co-sponsor of the ... Read More
Today the Department of Justice released the long-awaited Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) regulations, representing the first time that the federal government has ... Read More
By Abdi Soltani, ACLU of Northern California at 2:58pm
What do anti-immigrant laws have to do with children and youth?
In my 8-year-old son Cyrus's Spanish immersion program at a Berkeley public school, there are ... Read More
The first spending bill for the new fiscal year that starts in October was adopted by the House of Representatives today after a week of wrangling. H.R. Read More
As I stepped off the plane from JFK to Oakland, I admit that I was a bit scared. Normally sitting behind a desk, I was about to embark on a ten-day journey across the ... Read More
Congress is back, so we’re looking at a busy schedule this week.
As we mentioned last week, this Wednesday the House Armed Services Committee will mark up this ... Read More
