‘We are not criminals’: protests erupt as hunger strike rocks New Jersey ICE jail

“We are detained, we are on hunger strike, demanding due process rights and the improvement of conditions,” one of the men said in an interview with the Guardian. “We are not criminals. We are people who enter [the facility] with a clean record. We pay our taxes. [We are] Fathers. Mothers. Spouses of citizens with existing petitions.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/27/new-jersey-ice-immigration

 

Israeli security minister stirs diplomatic outrage with flotilla activist abuse video

“The team reports systemic violations of due process, and widespread physical and psychological abuse by Israeli authorities,” the rights group Adalah said in a statement. There were “a large number of complaints of extreme violence”.

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/israeli-security-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-stirs-diplomatic-outrage-with-flotilla-activist-abuse-video

 

6th Circuit Court: Trump’s “mandatory detention” immigration policy unconstitutional

The court majority wrote that the government cannot “subject long-term law-abiding residents of the United States…to the hardship of mandatory detention without due process.” It also found the current policy overturned decades of precedent for bond hearings in immigration cases...

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-justice-legal-system/2026-05-11/6th-circuit-court-trumps-mandatory-detention-immigration-policy-violates-constitution

 

Judge orders Trump administration to bring back DACA recipient deported to Mexico - POLITICO

In a Monday order, U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins called the deportation a "flagrant violation" of DACA's promise of protection to those who arrived in the country as minors, as well as a violation of Estrada's constitutional due process rights. Coggins, a Biden appointee, directed the administration to facilitate Estrada's return by March 30...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/24/daca-recipient-deportation-ruling-00841604

 

Judges keep ordering immigration hearings — but say the results are often a sham - POLITICO

The courts say the Trump administration isn't complying in good faith with demands to give ICE detainees a measure of due process...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/06/immigration-case-hearings-judges-00815660 

 

How Trump’s Justice Department Scrapped Due Process to Attack UCLA — ProPublica

Trump's DOJ threatened UCLA with discrimination lawsuits, demanded more than $1 billion in fines and pressed for changes that had nothing to do with antisemitism...

https://www.propublica.org/article/ucla-antisemitism-investigation-trump-doj 

 

Boasberg escalates contempt inquiry over Alien Enemies Act deportations - POLITICO

After lawyers for the men rushed to court overnight to stop the deportations, Boasberg attempted to halt the operation, citing grave concerns about the lack of due process. But the administration refused to turn around planes that had already left U.S. airspace and ultimately handed over the Venezuelan men, despite protests that they had been misidentified…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/judge-boasberg-alien-enemies-act-deportations-el-salvador-00681503 

 

Revealed: ICE violates its own policy by holding people in secretive rooms for days or weeks | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian

Across the country, ICE has been criticized for its use of holding facilities, which are not subjected to traditional audits, inspections and general oversight that larger ICE detention centers are required to face. 

Now, advocates and former ICE officials are sounding the alarm that their extended use puts people in unsafe conditions, raises the risk of abuse and medical neglect, and violates due process rights. The facilities are secretive and face minimal oversight, and detainees have very little contact with family members or attorneys...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/30/ice-hidden-detention-sites

 

Trump administration moves to curtail appeals by fired workers - The Washington Post

The legal arguments mark the latest effort by President Donald Trump to exert more control over independent agencies and remove protections for federal workers. The administration is now aiming to use the MSPB to assert that the presidential powers in the Constitution outrank the right to due process for workers, although the MSPB has previously said it lacks the statutory authority to consider constitutional claims. 

"The Trump administration's effort to assert control over the interpretations of the MSPB is alarming because the MSPB needs some degree of independence from the executive branch to fairly adjudicate the claims brought by federal employees," said Nick Bednar, a law professor at the University of Minnesota Law School...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/29/trump-firings-appeals-merit-board/

GOP Rep. heckled and exits town hall during questions

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZLImNh15klc

Trump administration ousts FBI official who refused to name agents who investigated January 6

The Trump administration is forcing out a senior FBI official who resisted demands made earlier this year for the names of agents who investigated the January 6 insurrection, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/trump-fbi-brian-driscoll-january-6

 

Venezuelan men and their families share experiences after CECOT release | The Texas Tribune

For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, they open up about the harm they experienced...

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/06/immigrants-imprisoned-trump-el-salvador-cecot/

Trump again trying to delete due process for immigrants #immigration #du...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1puZRIGCy7Y

 

The growing call to excommunicate "devout Catholic" ICE Director Tom Homan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFOSivOkGCw

 

SCOTUS Ruling FALLS FLAT on Its FACE in COURT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug2uU4zPIw8

 

Marco Rubio's authoritarian crusade that would make McCarthy himself blush

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZorWziJN2zQ

 

BREAKING: Unprecedented move in MAJOR Trump case

Judge grants Abrego's request to stay in jail "because the government can't be trusted "…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRzlcX1_FM0 

Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Erez Reuveni (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

The full 27 page letter from the whistleblower, Erez Reuveni — in which he alleges/details how Justice Department officials lied to the courts about planes full of immigrants being sent to El Salvador — is here for you to read:  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25982172-doj-whistleblower-letter/

Listen to Andy and AG read it aloud here:

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-4ez44-26299263

More on the Bible & immigration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTidgqYqXck

 

MAGA gets furious at Trump Parade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blwp5oVxhVI