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220 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
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New Orleans guts renters' right-to-counsel lifeline New Orleans cut funding for tenants' eviction legal representation from about $2.3 million to $1.3 million, raising fears more renters will face court without a lawyer. Source: Hoodline hoodline.com/2026/07/new-orleans-guts-renters-r… (link to hoodline.com)
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Border Wall Construction in Big Bend Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow border wall construction in Big Bend after a lower court judge halted the plan to erect hundreds of miles of barriers in Texas. Source: The New York Times Politics nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/politics/trump-suprem… (link to nytimes.com)
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As More Unions Oppose ICE and Israel, the Right Is Cracking Down More unions oppose ICE and Israel, and the right is trying to gain access to labor unions' minutes, membership lists, and Zoom chats. Source: Truthout truthout.org/articles/as-more-unions-oppose-ice… (link to truthout.org)
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Minnesota officials said in a court filing that the Department of Justice stopped sharing evidence in the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by immigration officers.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
ICE agents stopped a U.S. citizen student with disabilities walking to school and badly injured him, school and local officials say.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
Boston ordinance 2026-1958, establishing a 'Bad Landlords List' and extending rental property code enforcement against chronic offenders, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (boston.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Trump intensifica acciones por presunto fraude electoral y su Gobierno reporta 980000 deportaciones en 18 meses.
Source: La Opinión (laopinion.com)
Truthout reports tenant unions anticipate new housing policy after progressives win in RI, and Reclaim Rhode Island shows tenant organizing effecting change in politics.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
New York banned ICE contracts and Orange County was forced to end its contract to detain immigrants in the local jail; Sheriff Paul Arteta is among those suing to keep it.
Source: Bolts (boltsmag.org)
Minnesota officials say the US government stopped sharing evidence with state authorities investigating the fatal ICE shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
Al Jazeera's Fault Lines investigates immigrant deaths at California's Adelanto ICE jail, where a 2026 state attorney general report linked four of five recent deaths to medical neglect.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
CBP commissioner Rodney Scott says the $46bn Texas border wall project is justified amid a court-ordered pause on construction and mounting opposition.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
NJ S 4962 requires the Office of Eviction Prevention to publish eviction-related data.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
NJ A 5733 requires the Office of Eviction Prevention to publish eviction-related data.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
NJ S 2726, concerning prohibition of certain residential tenant evictions and removals due to residential foreclosure during federal government shutdown, was introduced and referred to committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Los Angeles Times reports the White House is turning anti-fraud initiatives into a central weapon to curb both legal and illegal immigration as Trump ramps up fraud investigations of immigrants.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
California SB 420 on the property tax welfare exemption for detention facilities was chaptered by the Secretary of State on 2026-09-29 as Chapter 750, Statutes of 2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CA SB 1323 on health care providers, patient access and immigration enforcement was chaptered by the Secretary of State on 2026-09-27 as Chapter 698, Statutes of 2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Hundreds of thousands of lawfully present immigrants could lose government health coverage from healthcare cuts in a GOP budget law.
Source: KFF Health News (kffhealthnews.org)
An Oakland ordinance would allow Affordable Housing Trust Funds for rental subsidies for housing serving people experiencing homelessness and remove a 2027 sunset date on anti-displacement services.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (oakland.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators