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Supersession of city police departments by the attorney general has long been a critical means of stopping egregious abuses by police departments, which have historically and disproportionately affected Black and brown communities.
Today, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals found AB 5207, a state law prohibiting private detention contracts within state borders, to be unconstitutional.
Expanding immigration detention to military facilities sets a dangerous precedent and is contrary to the values embedded in our Constitution.
The preliminary injunction motion argues that the government’s post-hoc charge against Mr. Khalil was retaliatory and violates the First Amendment.
Advocacy, racial justice, and nonprofit groups today condemned bipartisan legislation that would remove the New Jersey State Police from the oversight of the New Jersey state Attorney General’s office.
Today’s Supreme Court ruling emboldens the Trump administration’s unconstitutional attacks on birthright citizenship at the expense of immigrant communities across the country.