A new law could create a list of immigrants illegally living in Mississippi. Advocates are alarmed

A new Mississippi law will authorize the state’s top law enforcement agency to compile a list of all immigrants illegally living in the state. What’s to be done with that information is a bit open-ended. But the law set to take effect Wednesday is sparking alarm among immigrant advocates, who fear it could become a … Read more

2020 election denier under scrutiny from fair elections advocates for new role at DOJ

An election denier who tried to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss is facing scrutiny over his new role in the Justice Department as part of a team investigating the president’s foes. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The Justice Department has placed Kurt Olsen at … Read more

Congress members visit NJ detention center where advocates say immigrants are on a hunger strike

NEWARK, N.J. — Democratic members of Congress visited a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey on Wednesday, where protesters have been demonstrating in recent days and asserting that detainees are on a hunger strike. U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, a Manhattan Democrat, said after touring Delaney Hall in Newark that detainees were refusing to eat … Read more

Civil liberty advocates sue blue state over ‘show your papers’ gun law

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed a lawsuit against Illinois officials Tuesday over the state’s Firearm Owners Identification Act, also known as the FOID Card Act, a state law that requires Illinois residents to apply for and carry an identification card at all … Read more

First Amendment advocates blast the FCC’s early review of ABC broadcast licenses

Free speech advocates sounded the alarm Tuesday over the Federal Communications Commission’s challenge to ABC’s broadcast licenses, with some decrying the move as a threat to the First Amendment and a clear example of federal overreach. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “The FCC is neither … Read more

DOJ hosts anti-abortion advocates after it fired staff for work with abortion-rights orgs

WASHINGTON — Anti-abortion advocates met with Justice Department officials Wednesday, just hours after the Trump administration fired prosecutors it accused of coordinating too closely with abortion-rights advocacy groups during the Biden administration. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. John Mize, CEO of Americans United for Life, … Read more

Diabetes advocates cross their fingers as a bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costs

NEW YORK — Two-year-old Bain Brandon has Type 1 diabetes and needs insulin to live. But even with health insurance, the price tag isn’t cheap. A one-month supply of insulin vials and a three-month supply of backup pens for the Mississippi toddler cost his parents $194 last week, according to his mom, 29-year-old Marlee Brandon. … Read more

Decades after a Florida canal project was abandoned, advocates are trying to reunite 3 rivers

PALATKA, Fla. — It was supposed to be Florida’s version of the Panama Canal — a shortcut for boats to pass through the middle of the state from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf instead of navigating around the peninsula. But work on the Cross Florida Barge Canal was stopped in 1971 over environmental concerns. … Read more

Advocates seek to halt CBP policy pressuring unaccompanied children to self-deport

McALLEN, Texas — Legal advocates filed a motion Tuesday seeking to stop U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents from urging immigrant children entering the country without their parents to voluntarily deport themselves under a federal policy introduced last year. Border agents who arrest unaccompanied immigrant children who enter the country illegally are required by the … Read more