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Attorney Sarah Corning with the ACLU of Texas explains the expedited removal process and what it means for anyone who could ...

It's part of the annual Texas Rally for Life, which falls on the week of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion; however, that has since been overturned, and Texas now has a ...

A federal appeals court is siding with the Biden administration’s Department of Justice and keeping a temporary block on an ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott called for the federal government to pay back $11.1 billion that was spent on Operation Lone Star, ...

A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship on Thursday, calling the order "blatantly unconstitutional." ...

When Donald Trump was inaugurated in 2017, opponents marched in pink knitted "pussy hats" while protesters abroad plastered ...

A total of 15 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate were up for election in 2024. The chamber's Republican majority increased from 19-12 to 20-11. All 31 seats in the Texas State Senate were up ...

An estimated 11.7 million people are living in the U.S. illegally, and ICE currently has the budget to detain only about ...

The ACLU’s class-action lawsuit challenged the former Trump Administration’s pattern of separating married couples who are pursuing lawful immigration status. It argued that non-citizen ...

TEMPE, AZ — The Tempe Police Department’s policy requires body camera video to be released with a “medium blur” over the entire recording, and it’s raising concerns around transparency ...

The AHA, which is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of West Virginia, contends in its lawsuit that the grant violates the state constitution’s guarantee of freedom of ...