Supreme Court Ruling Could Have Limited Impact on Voter Screening in Midterms

Par : Richard Fausset · Nick Corasaniti and Julie Bosman

25 septembre 2026 à 19:35

Federal law requires a 90-day “quiet period” before elections, likely restricting the immediate scope of a decision that allows the use of a citizenship database to examine voter rolls.

“I think this is going to have very little impact on the midterms,” Derek T. Muller, a law professor and election law expert at the University of Notre Dame, said of the ruling.

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ICE Raids in Beef Country Raise Fears of Higher Prices

Par : Kevin Draper and J. David Goodman

25 septembre 2026 à 19:01

Cattle industry groups in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas and two Republican senators said the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement actions were hurting operations.

The U.S. cattle herd is at its smallest level since the 1950s. Drought

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US senators propose legislation to limit ICE arrests and indefinite detention

Par : Maanvi Singh

25 septembre 2026 à 14:40

Exclusive: Democrats Dick Durbin of Illinois and Alex Padilla of California seek to prevent unlawful arrests

US senators have introduced legislation aimed at cutting down warrantless or specious ICE arrests, and curbing the agency’s ability to indefinitely detain immigrants who do not pose any danger to their communities.

The new legislation, shared exclusively with the Guardian, would require immigration officers to obtain an administrative warrant from a supervisor outlining a probable cause for detaining someone. Such a warrant must also be presented to each person who is detained, the bill says, alongside notice of when the detainee must appear in immigration court.

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Here’s How Trump Is Building a National Citizenship Database to Check Voters

Par : Nicholas Nehamas and Zach Montague

25 septembre 2026 à 14:02

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to deploy a system that merges personal data from across the government. Questions remain about its reliability.

In advance of the upcoming midterm elections, the Trump administration has embarked on an intensive campaign to prove that noncitizens are voting illegally, despite evidence that it is very rare.

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This family of five was torn apart by ICE raids: ‘Why did they take my dad away?’

Par : Janette Villafana

25 septembre 2026 à 10:00

Like many other families coping with a loved one’s detention, Alma Ramirez and her children have faced financial struggles and mental health tolls

A version of this story was originally published in La Opinión. Read the story in Spanish here.

Every night, for months, as they settled into bed at their home in Watts, California, seven-year-old José, named after his father, would look over to his mother, Alma Ramirez, and ask her one question: