Mamdani’s High-Wire Balancing Act Between ICE and NYPD Can’t Last
The New York City mayor has said he does not want to normalize ICE, but the NYPD, led by Jessica Tisch, has other plans.
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Source: The Intercept (theintercept.com)
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191 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
MN HF 3662: Individual income tax addition for traveling expenses related to immigration enforcement required.
MN HF 3662, requiring an individual income tax addition for traveling expenses related to immigration enforcement, was introduced and referred to Taxes on 2026-02-23.
Advances the causeSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
MN HF 4970: Transparency regarding immigrant detention flights at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport required, and reports required.
MN HF 4970: Transparency regarding immigrant detention flights at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport required; 2026-04-16: first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy.
Neutral reportSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MN HF 4836: Employer required to provide notice to employees of federal immigration inspection, employers prohibited from allowing federal immigration officers into nonpublic work areas, and penalties imposed.
MN HF 4836 would require employers to provide notice to employees of federal immigration inspection and prohibit federal immigration officers from nonpublic work areas; author Xiong added 2026-04-09.
Advances the causeSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MN HF 3659: Taxpayers who earned Minnesota-source income while participating in immigration enforcement activities required to file an income tax return.
Minnesota HF 3659 would require taxpayers who earned Minnesota-source income while participating in immigration enforcement activities to file an income tax return; referred to Taxes.
Neutral reportSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
How will Trump’s mass deportation agenda shape the US midterm elections? Your questions answered
With ICE arrests and detentions at their highest levels, a questions feature asks how Trump's mass deportation agenda will shape the US midterm elections.
Works against the causeSource: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow border wall construction in Big Bend region
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court injunction that temporarily blocked border wall construction in the Big Bend Sector.
Works against the causeSource: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
MN HF 1812: Health care guaranteed to be available and affordable for every Minnesotan; Minnesota Health Plan, Minnesota Health Board, Minnesota Health Fund, Office of Health Quality and Planning, ombudsman for patient advocacy, and auditor general for the Minnesota Health Plan established; Affordab
Minnesota HF 1812 would guarantee health care for every Minnesotan through a Minnesota Health Plan and request an Affordable Care Act 1332 waiver; it was referred to Health Finance and Policy.
Advances the causeSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
Woman with history of stillbirth fears losing another pregnancy in ICE detention
Lawmakers are calling for the release of Maria Alejandra Valero Brinez, a pregnant woman with complications detained at Eloy Detention Center in Arizona.
Advances the causeSource: The 19th (19thnews.org)
Pete Hegseth reportedly authorizes DHS to test ‘heat ray’ at US-Mexico border
US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth reportedly signed a memo permitting DHS to test the Active Denial System 'heat ray' for potential use at the US southern border.
Works against the causeSource: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
No Pee Breaks, Harassment, and Threats With a Baseball Bat: Immigrant Workers Allege Abuse at HelloFresh’s Newark Warehouse
A lawsuit filed in New Jersey alleges HelloFresh engaged in forced labor and discriminated against Latino employees at its Newark warehouse.
Advances the causeSource: Documented (documentedny.com)
DOJ Has Approved Nearly Half as Many Applications for Legal Aid Program in 2026
The DOJ has approved nearly half as many applications for a legal aid program in 2026, and local organizations are concerned more immigrants will go without legal help in immigration court.
Works against the causeSource: Borderless Magazine (borderlessmag.org)
When denying a stay denies the rule of international law
The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D., a stay order involving plans to deport undocumented persons without a hearing to third countries.
Works against the causeSource: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
The Mahmoud Khalil and Badar Khan Suri cases: an explainer
The federal government detained and sought to deport students and academics over support for Palestine, and the Supreme Court could soon take up the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Badar Khan Suri.
Works against the causeSource: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
Mehdi Hasan on AIPAC's Role in El-Sayed vs. Rogers Race in Michigan & Trump's Targeting of Ilhan Omar
Mehdi Hasan discusses AIPAC's role in the Michigan midterm race between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers, and Trump's targeting of Ilhan Omar.
Advances the causeSource: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
Analysis: Trump deportations near 1M, but few are criminals
An analysis says the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts have expelled nearly a million people through July, including voluntary returns and people turned around at the border.
Works against the causeSource: Stateline (stateline.org)
CA AB 1801: Public agencies: approval: detention facilities.
CA AB 1801 on approval of detention facilities by public agencies was chaptered by the Secretary of State as Chapter 743, Statutes of 2026.
Advances the causeSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CA AB 1655: CalWORKs: temporary absence: immigration detention.
CA AB 1655, on CalWORKs temporary absence and immigration detention, was chaptered by the Secretary of State as Chapter 742, Statutes of 2026 on 2026-09-29.
Advances the causeSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
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.
Works against the causeSource: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
S. 5304: Fairness for Farm Workers Act
S. 5304, the Fairness for Farm Workers Act, was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on 2026-08-06.
Advances the causeSource: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)