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10/07/2026

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administration.

09/15/2026

Join us for this upcoming legal observer training on Friday! Gain a skill you can use to serve people movements fighting for our liberation.

06/22/2026

"Calling the DOJ’s justification for the subpoenas “risible” — or laughable — Schiltz found that the subpoenas violated the 10th Amendment, which prohibits the federal government from forcing states to enforce federal law and from retaliating against state officials for refusing to do so.

Schiltz concluded the “dominant purpose of the challenged subpoenas is to coerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil immigration law and to harass and retaliate against them for failing to do so.”

He also said initiating a criminal investigation “in order to harass political opponents or to coerce them into taking official action — particularly official action that the federal government cannot directly require those political opponents to take — is a blatantly unlawful and unethical use the grand-jury process.”

Judge Patrick Schiltz ruled that the Justice Department subpoenas were politically motivated, unconstitutional, and without merit.

06/18/2026

Good news!

A federal judge has ordered the release of Salah Salem Sarsour, the president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee who has been in ICE custody since March. The judge's ruling says Sarsour is a lawful resident and has lived in the U.S. for over three decades, and questioned why enforcement was taken now.

06/18/2026

Federal prosecutors in Minnesota have announced criminal charges against 15 people in connection with anti-ICE protests in the Twin Cities. The defendants are accused of “conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers” and of allegedly “violently” impeding immigration enforcement in Minneap...

06/18/2026

05/22/2026

Just five days before a jury trial was set to begin, federal prosecutors have dismissed all remaining counts in the “Broadview Six” case.

05/08/2026

Future law students beware; seems like a handout to private student loan lenders

The federal student loan system is set to see a dramatic overhaul beginning this summer, increasing costs and making loans harder to obtain

05/08/2026

Maybe some hope for (former) Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan

Attorneys argued about a new precedent ahead of sentencing of former Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan as her defense pushes for acquittal.