According to the president, federal payments to “Sanctuary Cities” and states will be suspended on February 1, despite previous court rulings prohibiting this practice.
In immigration policy news, the State Department announced a pause on visa processing for immigrants from 75 countries, an immigration court with a backlog of more than 100,000 cases will be eliminated, and Somali immigrants relying on temporary protected status must leave the country by March 17.
The Justice Department’s decision not to investigate whether an ICE officer’s deadly shooting of a woman in Minneapolis comprised a violation of her civil rights triggered a mass exodus in which six lawyers resigned from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Minnesota and five more departed from the Civil Rights Division in DC.
With a funding vote to keep the federal government open due by the end of the month, congressional progressives have vowed to oppose funding for immigration enforcement, calling for oversight and reform of the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.
The states of Illinois and Minnesota have sued Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, challenging both the deployment of agents to their states and tactics that increasingly appear to include physical assault and temporary detainment of U.S. citizen legal observers, per videos widely distributed via social media.
A federal judge has blocked large parts of an executive order seeking to reform federal elections, ruling that the federal government cannot withhold funding from states that do not comply. Bonus good news because we need a little extra boost today: Following a lawsuit filed by the ACLU, the administration has quietly released $65 million in previously withheld grants to Planned Parenthood and other health clinics.
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Recruit a few friends and volunteer to write 100 postcards to combat disinformation in upcoming swing state Senate elections.
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According to a Bluesky user, ICE observers in the Twin Cities are asking for donations to obtain dash cams and memory cards.
Take a look at former Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s list of ten things you can do to support democracy in 2026, and find something that works for you.
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