Skip to main content
KnowGovUnderstand. Power. Act.
← Data Lab

The Library

New

Every story we've collected, grouped by story. Search it, filter it, go deep.

Sort
NewestMost covered
When
Any timePast weekPast monthPast year
Lean
LeftCenterRight
Issues
Justice21Security7Economy4Education2Health2Planet1
People
Donald Trump2Catherine Cortez Masto1Mike Collins1Greg Abbott1Alex Padilla1
Events
ice shooting incident4columbia university lawsuit1corruption sentencing1deportation hearing canceled1election funding dispute1gop midterm convention1ice electric shock gloves plan1immigration arrest ruling1immigration policy ruling1midterm elections1
Every outlet, and what each one covers →
Issue:GovernmentIssue:TechnologyTopic:ImmigrationOutlet:The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionClear all

21 articles, grouped into stories

A hearing on Kilmar Ábrego Garcia’s deportation case is abruptly canceledKilmar Ábrego Garcia's deportation saga continues as a federal court hearing in Maryland has been abruptly canceled. The Trump administration has repeatedly tried to deport him, initially sending him to El Salvador by mistake. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis had previously issued an injunction preventing his deportation to Liberia. His legal team seeks…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution2d agoWhole story →
GovernmentJusticedeportation hearing canceled
A new Supreme Court term begins with cases on climate change, immigration and gun rightsThe Supreme Court begins a new term Monday with significant cases on climate change, religious rights, and immigration. The court will hear an appeal from energy companies, including Suncor and ExxonMobil, trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for climate change-related damages. The Trump administration supports the companies, arguing the…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution4d agoWhole story →
GovernmentJusticeDonald Trumpsupreme court term begins
Trump administration says it has no plans for ICE officers at polls. Activists are preparing anywayAs midterm elections approach, some voters are worried about immigration enforcement officers at polling places. Department of Homeland Security officials say they don't plan to send officers en masse to patrol the polls. They dismissed concerns as “fear-mongering.” Election law experts say federal law bars the government from deploying armed troops,…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution6d agoWhole story →
GovernmentSecuritymidterm elections
Supreme Court grants review of Trump administration's mandatory detention policy for immigrantsThe Supreme Court has agreed to review a Trump administration policy denying bond hearings for detained immigrants. The high court will consider whether immigrants have a right to a hearing to determine if they should remain detained while challenging their possible deportation. Appeals court judges from nine of 11 federal circuits have separately…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution7d agoWhole story →
GovernmentJusticesupreme court immigration review
Supreme Court lets quick deportations to third countries resume for now while it weighs Trump policyThe Supreme Court will allow President Donald Trump’s administration to continue deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal. The high court said Tuesday it will hear arguments on whether migrants must have a chance to object. The order lifts for now an appeals court ruling. Federal…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution9d agoWhole story →
GovernmentJusticesupreme court deportation ruling
Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officerFederal prosecutors in Texas announced assault charges against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in the back by immigration enforcement agents on Sept. 20. A federal complaint alleges Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, 28, tried to escape Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who pulled him over after a judge issued a final removal order, according to…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution9d agoWhole story →
GovernmentEconomyice shooting incident
Trump can't force election changes by blocking counterterrorism funds to states, judge saysA federal judge is blocking the authority of President Donald Trump’s administration to withhold some federal counterterrorism funding from states that don’t meet its election administration demands. The U.S. district judge in Washington, D.C., wrote Monday that federal agencies didn’t have the authority from Congress to add such conditions to the…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution10d agoWhole story →
GovernmentJusticeDonald Trumpelection funding dispute
Administration's focus on noncitizen voting has led to 160 arrests. Experts say that shows it's rareA Homeland Security official says the Trump administration’s whole-of-government effort to find and prosecute noncitizens illegally on state voter rolls has resulted in about 1,600 voter fraud cases. Homeland Security Investigations senior official Matthew Millhollin said in a press briefing Tuesday that those have led to 160 arrests. The numbers…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution16d agoWhole story →
GovernmentSecurityvoter fraud crackdown
Man shot by ICE officer is detained in Texas with a bullet still in his back, attorney's office saysA Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas is being held at a detention center after being released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back. That's according to a spokesperson for the man's attorney, who told The Associated Press on Monday that Rafael Garces Perez was making a DoorDash delivery in Austin on Sunday…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution16d agoWhole story →
GovernmentJusticeice shooting incident
Virginia's attorney general says DHS may have violated state election law after whistleblower reportVirginia’s attorney general says the Department of Homeland Security may have violated several state election laws following a whistleblower report. The report released Monday accused DHS of requiring federal employees to misrepresent themselves on voter lookup tools in a hunt for noncitizen voters. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Attorney…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution21d agoWhole story →
GovernmentSecurityvirginia election law controversy
Ex-Connecticut official flees to Greece before sentencing for corruptionA former Connecticut state budget official convicted of corruption fled the U.S. by boat and plane before his sentencing and is now a fugitive in Greece. That's according to his lawyer and federal prosecutors. Konstantinos Diamantis was scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in federal court in Bridgeport but did not appear. The prospects of returning…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution21d agoWhole story →
GovernmentEconomycorruption sentencing
Federal judge restricts warrantless immigration arrests in Southern CaliforniaA federal judge has blocked immigration officers from making warrantless arrests in Southern California unless they determine the person is likely to escape. The order issued Sept. 2 and unsealed Wednesday follows a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Southern California and Los Angeles immigrant advocacy groups during a surge in immigration enforcement last…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution22d agoWhole story →
GovernmentJusticeimmigration arrest ruling
DHS voter probe may break state laws and wrongly implicate US citizens, whistleblower allegesA whistleblower claims a Trump administration effort to find noncitizen voters may violate state laws. The anonymous account released Monday says the Department of Homeland Security's "Unlawful Voter Initiative" requires federal employees to misrepresent themselves on state voter lookup tools. The whistleblower says the initiative also asks officials to…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution24d agoWhole story →
GovernmentSecurityAlex Padillavoter fraud probe
Mahmoud Khalil lawsuit says Columbia failed to protect pro-Palestinian activistsPalestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is suing Columbia University, alleging it failed to address harassment against him and other members of a pro-Palestinian campus group. The suit filed Monday in federal court in New York City says the university's deliberate indifference led to the doxing of multiple group members and Khalil’s detention by immigration…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution24d agoWhole story →
GovernmentEconomycolumbia university lawsuit
Judge rejects bid to release Arizona sheriff’s office from supervision in racial profiling caseA federal judge who ruled 13 years ago that Hispanics were racially profiled in then-Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns has rejected a bid to end the court’s supervision of the sheriff’s office. Judge Murray Snow said Thursday that Maricopa County failed to show the objectives of the court’s orders — such as correcting the practices that…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution27d agoWhole story →
GovernmentJusticearizona racial profiling case ruling
Appeals court cites detention of Japanese Americans in ruling blasting Trump immigration policyA federal appeals court says the Trump administration’s policy of holding immigrants without a chance for release recalls some of the darkest moments in the nation's history. The opinion issued Thursday by a divided panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cited he mass detention of Japanese Americans during World War II and Chinese immigrants in…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution28d agoWhole story →
GovernmentSecurityimmigration policy ruling
ICE officer's release from Texas jail opens a new front in the escalating fight over extraditionLegal experts say an immigration officer’s release from a Texas jail despite a request to return him to Minnesota for prosecution could create a dangerous precedent. Christian Castro was released early Thursday from a detention center in Brownsville after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott refused to immediately sign his extradition request. The standoff between the…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution1mo agoWhole story →
GovernmentJusticeGreg Abbotttexas extradition dispute
Group of Democratic senators calls on ICE to cancel plan to buy electric shock glovesA group of U.S. senators led by Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada is urging Immigration and Customs Enforcement to cancel plans to outfit officers with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks. In a letter to ICE’s acting director Thursday, Cortez Masto and 15 of her colleagues in the Democratic caucus questioned ICE’s need to spend up to…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution1mo agoWhole story →
GovernmentJusticeCatherine Cortez Mastoice electric shock gloves plan