Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest fugitives as part of Operation Cross Check in Dallas, Texas. Credit: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Wikimedia Commons This ...

When the Illinois General Assembly passed the TRUST Act in 2017, the goal was clear: to make Illinois a more “welcoming” state for illegal immigrants. Today, it’s more obvious than ever that this law ...

In July 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Pennsylvania Directed Trust Act, Senate Bill 1231 (now part of Act No. 64 of 2024, sponsored by Senator Lisa Baker), into law, making ...

After a nearly four-hour debate, the Connecticut Senate approved on party lines a bill allowing individuals to sue towns and cities that cooperate with federal immigration authorities in a way that ...

For years, affluent Marylanders routinely crossed the border to Delaware or Virginia when setting up complex trusts, attracted by those states’ stronger liability shields and more permissive trustee ...

The Immigrant Trust Act, currently pending in the Legislature, would limit New Jersey state and local agencies from sharing personal information with ICE or assisting federal officers in the field.

“Jurisdictions that adopt so-called ‘sanctuary policies’ also adopt the view that the protection of criminal aliens is more important than the protection of law-abiding citizens and of the rule of law ...

While Connecticut Republicans are calling for a repeal of portions of the law that limits law enforcement cooperation in helping federal agents arrest and deport undocumented immigrants, Democrats are ...

Austin's new law limiting surveillance tech in policing adds guardrails, but improvements are needed around oversight, ...