Justice
December 11, 2008 -
Lawmakers, civil-liberties advocates and immigrant rights' groups are calling for and end to new Texas driver's license requirements that they say discriminate against legal immigrants and cause unnecessary hardships for thousands of people.
December 11, 2008 -
Immigrant advocates have criticized the tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials last month in a series of federal raids in South Florida.
December 10, 2008 -
The Mississippi State Conference NAACP, Gulf Coast Fair Housing Center and several individual residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S.
December 9, 2008 -
Today attorneys for Troy Davis are going before a three judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to plead their client's innocence and ask to be granted a new trial.
December 8, 2008 -
The Justice Department unsealed indictments today in its case against five employees of North Carolina-based Blackwater Worldwide for their role in a 2007 Baghdad shooting that killed 17 Iraqi civilians. The men -- all decorated U.S.
December 8, 2008 -
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