Democracy Forward

Twelve House Democrats sue Trump administration for blocking detention facility oversight

| Importance: 9/10

Twelve Democratic members of Congress filed suit in federal court after being systematically denied access to ICE detention facilities nationwide. The lawsuit challenges DHS’s new policy requiring seven-day advance notice for visits and blocking all access to ICE field offices, which violates …

Rep. Joe Neguse (CO) Rep. Jason Crow Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY) Rep. Dan Goldman (NY) Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS) +9 more congressional-oversight ice-detention rule-of-law constitutional-crisis transparency-failure
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Nationwide Legal Defense Network Expands Operational Capacity

| Importance: 8/10

A comprehensive nationwide legal defense network was established to provide coordinated legal support across multiple jurisdictions. The Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network, formed by labor unions and civil rights organizations, mobilized over 1,000 lawyers in 42 states to offer pro bono …

National Legal Defense Consortium State-Level Legal Aid Organizations Civil Rights Attorneys AFL-CIO Democracy Forward +3 more legal-infrastructure civil-rights-defense multi-jurisdictional-support labor-rights federal-workers-protection
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