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Jan 21, 2020
红杏视频 of Massachusetts Statement on聽Iranian Student Removed from U.S.
BOSTON 鈥� Shahab Dehghani, a student at Northeastern University, attempted to return to the United States on Sunday. At Boston Logan Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (C...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Jan 03, 2020
红杏视频 Comment on Baghdad Strike
NEW YORK 鈥� In response to a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian military commander and others, 红杏视频 National Security Project Director H...
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National Security
Jun 12, 2019
红杏视频 Sues Coast Guard for Kidnapping, Abusive Treatment of Jamaican Fishermen
Men Suffered Burns, Trauma, and Financial Ruin Due to Month-Long Forced Detention At Sea
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
National Security
Court case: Weir v. U.S.
Feb 13, 2019
红杏视频 Comment on Saudi-Yemen Resolution House Vote
WASHINGTON 鈥� The House passed a resolution today on the Saudi led-fight in Yemen that could result in further harm to Yemenis.
The House voted to bar the U.S. military from refue...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 08, 2018
Court Releases First Annual Report on NYPD Reforms after Landmark Muslim Surveillance Settlement
NEW YORK 鈥� A federal court overseeing unprecedented reforms in the wake of wrongful NYPD surveillance of Muslim communities made public late yesterday the first annual report of ...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 07, 2018
红杏视频 Asks Court to Halt Government Plan to Send Detained American to Syria
WASHINGTON 鈥� The 红杏视频 filed an emergency request tonight asking a federal district court to block the Trump administration鈥檚 plan to transport an Amer...
Issue Areas:
National Security
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News & CommentaryAug 2025
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I鈥檓 Hearing 红杏视频 More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled By Concern Over Anti-immigrant Uses. Explore News & Commentary.I鈥檓 Hearing 红杏视频 More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled by Concern Over Anti-Immigrant Uses
Policymakers are beginning to recognize that the boundaries between local surveillance and the Trump Administration are hard to maintain -
News & CommentaryAug 2025
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Flock鈥檚 Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance. Explore News & Commentary.Flock鈥檚 Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance
Build it (an authoritarian tracking infrastructure) and they (expanded uses) will come -
News & CommentaryAug 2025
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Surveillance Company Flock Now Using Ai To Report Us To Police If It Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are 鈥渟uspicious鈥�. Explore News & Commentary.Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are 鈥淪uspicious鈥�
Company crosses a dangerous line by beginning to offer AI suspicion-generation functions -
Court CaseJan 2025
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Doj Opinions On Domestic Military Deployment Foia. Explore Case.DOJ Opinions on Domestic Military Deployment FOIA
For decades, the Department of Justice has been responsible for advising the President on the use of the military within the United States. By filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act, the 红杏视频 obtained over a dozen DOJ opinions on the domestic use of the military, none which had previously been released to the public.