The chief federal judge in Minnesota is fed up with the Trump administration’s persistent violation of court orders and the rights of detainees amid increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement actions. As a result, Judge Patrick J. Schiltz has ordered the acting…
Faith groups speak out against Minneapolis murders
Grief and fury over the second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by at least one immigration agent is reaching massive proportions. The condemnations by humanitarian and civil rights organizations have grown ever louder since news of the Jan. 24…
Human warehouses should spark ‘fires of injustice’
U.S. society will be “consumed” by the “fires of injustice” if Americans remain silent about federal plans to hold huge numbers of immigrants in warehouses across the country, Rabbi Kimberly Herzog Cohen said during a clergy press conference in Dallas…
Calls to defund ICE go unheeded in House vote
A coalition of civil and human rights organizations is demanding members of Congress oppose legislation that would boost the scope and cruelty of President Donald Trump’s immigration detention and deportation programs. Nevertheless, that funding passed the House of Representatives Jan….
Three arrested in Cities Church protest
Federal authorities have arrested at least three people in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a Southern Baptist Church in Minnesota Jan. 18, federal officials said. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced FBI and Department of Homeland Security agents…
ICE officers rounding up legally resettled refugees in Minnesota
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are now aggressively rounding up legally resettled refugees in Minnesota and preparing to widen the search across the country, a national immigration advocate warned. “ICE officers have actually shown up at their doors and, if…
Administration concedes defeat in removing DEI from schools
The Trump administration has conceded defeat in its effort to force public school districts to abandon civil rights protections and diversity, equity and inclusion programs that benefit students. The victory came Jan. 21 when the U.S. Department of Education filed…
Faith leaders call for end to ICE aggression in communities
The tactics of masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents hunting down people of color evokes memories of the oppression Black Americans have faced throughout U.S. history, said Boise Kimber, president of the National Baptist Convention USA. “ICE reminds us of…
Memphis churches demand justice for Afghan refugees
A coalition of churches in Memphis, Tenn., has joined the chorus of voices demanding justice for lawfully resettled Afghan refugees targeted for detention and deportation by federal immigration authorities. “The challenge we’re finding is that many of the of the…
Civil rights leaders issue warning, call for Noem’s impeachment
Federal attacks against refugees and undocumented immigrants represent an imminent threat to the constitutional rights of all Americans, UnidosUS President Janet Murguia said. “The government overreach and abuse of power we have seen from the Trump administration is unlawful, unacceptable…
‘This is a five-alarm fire’
Civil rights advocates are protesting the arrests of lawfully resettled refugees as part of the Trump administration’s widening mass detention and deportation campaign. Federal immigration agents have arrested dozens of refugees who were cleared by extensive security screenings before being…
Talarico: ‘If you are neutral, you are taking the side of the powerful’
Progressive people of faith must demonstrate how religion can inspire opposition to Christian nationalism and the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine democracy, James Talarico said during a webinar hosted by Vote Common Good. The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate from Texas…