Several reform-driven district attorneys won seats on Tuesday on pledges to revamp a criminal justice system that disproportionately targets people of color.

Unable to keep up with case files at the Arizona-Mexico border, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is releasing apprehended immigrants to churches and other nonprofits.

A district judge extends protection from deportation for some 300,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Sudan, Nicaragua and Haiti.

Governor Jerry Brown signs a slew of measures aimed at reducing prison population and stemming the criminalization of people of color.

The government watchdog spotlights widespread disarray among federal agencies tasked with implementing the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy.

The proposed measure comes after ICE arrested dozens of potential child custodians.

A new article from The Atlantic says there is only so much that technology can do to improve police accountability.

A new report from the Office of the Inspector General says that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ faulty vetting procedures are placing immigrants at risk.

Ames Grawert of Brennan Center for Justice: “Congress and states should back commonsense sentencing reform that would correct grave injustices in the way we sentence and incarcerate.”

Critics say the new directive from Jeff Sessions is the latest in a series of moves designed to limit judicial independece and integrity.

After announcing record low refugee cap of 30,000, administration says it will consult Congress before making a final decision. 
 

Newly released DHS documents show that, at the start of hurricane season, the money was diverted to buttress the federal government’s detention and deportation efforts.

A new report from Amnesty International says that gun violence in the United States is a crisis that has an exorbitant toll on communities of color.

Amber Guyger’s fatal shooting of the Black man recast national attention on police violence and accountability.

A newly proposed rule would circumvent a long-established agreement that limits child detention to 20 days.

State officials say complying with the request will prevent them from preparing for the general election. Critics say the request is brazen attempt to suppress voting rights for people of color.

More than 40 days after the deadline to reunify thousands of immigrant families, hundreds of children still remain separated from their parents.

Immigrant rights groups say parents were misled and coerced into signing away their rights to be reunited with their children.

Strikers say meager wages and sentencing laws that target people of color amount to modern day slavery.