The decision comes two months after the Court allowed Texas to use maps a lower court acknowledged were “racially motivated” and designed chiefly to create a republican advantage in that state.
Read more at SCOTUS Blog: Supreme Court allows California to use congressional map benefitting Democrats
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon said federal officers could not use “chemical or projectile munitions” near the ICE building unless there was an imminent threat of harm.
Read more at OPB: Judge limits federal officers’ use of crowd control munitions at Portland ICE building
“Today’s ruling marks the fifth time in a row that a federal court has allowed one of the five offshore wind projects suspended in December to move forward,” Hillary Bright, executive director of Turn Forward, a nonprofit that advocates for wind power, said in a statement to Straight Arrow News. “With this decision, courts have now consistently rejected the government’s abrupt attempt to halt construction on these fully permitted projects.”
Read more via SAN: Why five judges rejected Trump’s arguments against offshore wind farms
“A Maryland school district can still require staff to use transgender students’ personal pronouns, a federal appeals court ruled last week, denying a claim from a Christian substitute teacher who sued the district on First Amendment grounds.”
Read more via Them: Federal Court Rules Requiring Use of Trans Student’s Pronouns Does Not Violate First Amendment
Staff claim promised bonuses and insurance have failed to materialise, with some reporting they cannot afford medical care for sick children
Read more via International Business Times: ICE Employees Vent on Reddit, Saying They’re Not Getting Paid and Still No
“Emergency Ruling Reaffirms the Right and Duty of Members of Congress to Conduct Unannounced Inspections Amid Alarming Reports of Abuse”
Read more at Democracy Forward: Court Orders DHS to Restore Congressional Oversight of ICE Detention Facilities
A Democrat won a state legislative special election in a district that President Trump carried by 17 percentage points, unnerving Republicans in Texas and beyond.
Read more:
The New York Times: Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans
MS Now: Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips red Texas Senate district in major upset
NewsNation: Democrats flip Texas state Senate seat in shock upset
Both Liam and his dad are home in Minneapolis after a federal judge ordered their release over the weekend. They were escorted there by Texas Congressional Representative Joaquin Castro, who posted pictures of them safe at home.
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Rep. Joaquin Ramos Facebook: “Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.”
“A judge on Saturday ordered the U.S. government to release by Tuesday a 5-year-old boy and his father from a Texas detention center where they were taken after being detained by immigration officers in a Minneapolis suburb last month.”
Read more at NPR: Judge orders release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his dad from ICE detention
On January 30th, activists called for a national ‘ICE Out’ strike. Across the US, businesses closed, workers called in sick, and children walked out of class to protest DHS and ICE operations across the country. Due to a lack of comprehensive national coverage, this post will attempt to collect as many local news articles as possible. This post will be updated frequently over the next 24-48hrs:
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