Punk in the Park traveling music festival has canceled all of its 2026 events, including one in Orlando, after the company’s founder was exposed for donating to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Read more via Orlando Weekly: Punk in the Park canceled after backlash over founder’s Trump donation
Former Customs and Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino’s use of chemical irritants during the Department of Homeland Security’s “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota is among 17 criminal investigations now underway in Hennepin County, where Minneapolis is located, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced Monday.
Read more via Mother Jones: Gregory Bovino Is Now Under Criminal Investigation
As news circulated that Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, had been killed in US and Israeli airstrikes on Tehran, anti-war protesters gathered across the United States, including outside the White House and in New York’s Times Square to voice opposition to US military involvement in the region.
Read more via The Guardian: Protesters rally across US after strikes on Iran that killed Khamenei
A long-delayed lawsuit challenging GEO Group’s treatment of people in immigration detention can proceed again. A unanimous decision that matters — especially now.
Read more via Law Dork: SCOTUS rejects private prison company GEO Group’s attempt at avoiding accountability
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston signed an executive order on Thursday banning federal immigration agents from city property and directing local police to protect peaceful protesters near U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.
Read more via 9 News: Denver mayor announces executive order banning ICE from city property
When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wear masks and use unmarked vehicles to make arrests, a federal judge from West Virginia wrote, the tactics violate the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment by eliminating officer accountability and stripping people of due process.
Read more via Metro News: ICE officers violate Constitution when making arrests while masked, writes federal judge in West Virginia
A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration’s policy to quickly remove people to third countries to which they have no previous connection is illegal and that people must receive meaningful notice and the chance to challenge their deportations.
Read more via NBC News: Federal judge rules Trump admin may not remove people to third countries without due process
In a win for LGBTQ+ Texans, a federal judge has temporarily barred a group of public school districts from enforcing the nation’s first law explicitly banning LGBTQ+ student clubs.
Read more at LGBTQ Nation: Court shuts down “nakedly hateful” law banning LGBTQ+ student clubs
SB-5 is part of a trio of bills run by Democrats this year that immigrant-rights advocates hope will help insulate the state from what they see as federal overreach. If it becomes law, the bill will establish a legal right to sue agents in state courts for people whose constitutional rights are violated during immigration enforcement actions.
Read more at the Times-Call: Colorado Senate passes measure that would allow people to sue ICE agents for constitutional violations
The three-judge panel decided Monday that it was too late to redraw the state’s congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Read more via Politico: Federal court rejects GOP bid to block new Utah congressional map, likely netting Dems a seat
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