Voters in these Democratic strongholds could ban trans girls from girls' school sports
Activists have gone around lawmakers to put proposed bans on transgender girls in school sports on Colorado and Washington ballots.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
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Activists have gone around lawmakers to put proposed bans on transgender girls in school sports on Colorado and Washington ballots.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
In late August, the Trump administration flew 12 Somali immigrants to an ICE facility at Guantanamo Bay, where Sakariye Abdi Mohamed told journalist Amanda Moore it was 'just like kidnapping'.
Source: Mother Jones (motherjones.com)
DC PR 26-0820, Language Access Rulemaking Authority Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2026; Resolution R26-0521, effective from Oct 06, 2026, published in DC Register Vol 73.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Latest action on DC B 26-0722, the Language Access Rulemaking Authority Temporary Amendment Act of 2026: Act A26-0426 published in the DC Register, Vol 73, Page 013477 on 2026-10-23.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Advocacy groups sued the Trump administration in Massachusetts over policies they say leave refugees in legal limbo by blocking green cards and speeding up termination of lawful status.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
NC HB 96, Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons, latest action 2026-10-26: Withdrawn From Cal.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
A new lawsuit argues that Trump administration policies are robbing migrant children of due process, and lawyers accuse Trump of building a deportation assembly line for children.
Source: The Appeal (theappeal.org)
South Asian immigrant voters spoke with Documented about the midterms, Mamdani, and the issues they are thinking about this November; they cite the threat of ICE and affordability as key issues.
Source: Documented (documentedny.com)
New York county jails billed US Immigration and Customs Enforcement around $20 million for detaining thousands of immigrants for the agency since early last year, according to records.
Source: Documented (documentedny.com)
The BBC reports on five ways Trump has changed immigration in the US after returning to power and promising a closed border and mass deportations.
Source: BBC News US & Canada (bbc.co.uk)
NY sheriffs push to keep working with ICE, and a 66-year-old woman is charged with voting after discovering she is not a U.S. citizen.
Source: Documented (documentedny.com)
H.R. 218, the State Immigration Enforcement Act, was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on 2025-01-07.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
H.R. 245, the Grant Integrity and Border Security Act, was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on 2025-01-09.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
H.R. 8652, the Veterans Border Patrol Training Act, was referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on 2024-08-22.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
H.R. 10853, the Yemen TPS Act, has been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CBS News 10/25/2026: first, inside Trump's third-country deportations; then, Trump, Tina Peters and funds for Colorado; and Australia's under-16 social media ban.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
ICE deported a Texas dad to Ghana because his home country was unsafe, and Ghana sent him anyway, 60 Minutes reports.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Iowa Dem Josh Turek released an anti-trans ad calling for a federal funding ban on trans care, which the outlet says would be profoundly harmful for transgender people.
Source: Erin in the Morning (erininthemorning.com)
A Texas deputy who helped deport 200 people as the local face of ICE's national crackdown now has misgivings.
Source: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
ProPublica reports a Texas cop signed on to help ICE deport his neighbors and that it tore the town apart.
Source: ProPublica (propublica.org)