In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
Category: Homeland Security Department
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Denver Sues to Block Armed ICE Agents at Voting Sites
The New York Times – On the Runway:The City of Denver and civil rights groups argued that sightings of ICE agents at polling places are having a chilling effect.
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TSA PreCheck Now Unlocks Access to Visit Airports Without a Plane Ticket
The New York Times – Travel:At more than a dozen U.S. airports, T.S.A. PreCheck members can now apply to enter the secure area, even if they’re just going to meet someone on a flight.
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Trump Administration Launches Hunt For Noncitizen Voter Fraud Before Midterms
The New York Times – On the Runway:Election fraud is exceedingly rare, but President Trump has fixated on rooting it out this year, claiming without evidence that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote.
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Judge Once Again Bars Postal Service From Restricting Mail-In Vote
The New York Times – On the Runway:After reviewing the agency’s final plan to comply with President Trump’s demands, a federal judge barred the Postal Service from imposing new restrictions on mail-in voting.
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Trump Administration to Expand Deportation Flights to Haiti
The New York Times – On the Runway:Flights to the Caribbean nation will increase from once a month to once a week now that the Supreme Court allowed President Trump to cancel a humanitarian program.
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‘They Opened the Door and Pulled Us Out’: How ICE Descended on a Town
The New York Times – On the Runway:One summer morning, immigration agents swooped in and detained 18 immigrants at a store in Lakewood, N.J., plunging the town into fear.
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Lawmakers Push Hochul to Block ICE From Taking Over Upstate Warehouse
The New York Times – On the Runway:As a state law preventing the police from working with federal immigration officials goes into effect, a potential plan to use a warehouse as a detention center has drawn outrage.
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Democratic Senators Ask Homeland Security for Details About Idled Planes
The New York Times – On the Runway:The request follows a New York Times story, which revealed that Homeland Security had spent $464 million on used jets that rarely fly.
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Supreme Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now
The New York Times – On the Runway:The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.
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How a Reporter Interviewed Deportees Sent to a Prison in Africa by the Trump Administration
The New York Times – On the Runway:A Times reporter spoke with detainees in southern Africa using a cellphone one of them obtained after a hunger strike.
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What to Know About the Cuban Mafia in Quintana Roo
The New York Times – On the Runway:A group of Cuban men in Mexico was charged with smuggling people to the United States. One of its leaders said Raúl Castro’s grandson helped, according to interviews and court records.