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[1/2] Sending U.S. prisoners to El Salvador, as its President Bukele proposed to Secretary of State Rubio, would violate U.S. law and the Constitution, writes @lbeisin (Brennan Center):

Despite President Donald J. Trump' remarks just now, violent crime is near-historic lows, and murder dropped by a historic amount in 2023. These stats come from national FBI data, compiled from police agencies covering 94% of the population. brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…

3/4 With thanks to our authors this week: Adam Cox Ahilan Arulanantham (UCLA School of Law) Breon Peace David McKean (ICAR) Fawad Poya Cole Salvador (Harvard University) Chris Purdy Janet Egan Bill Leonard Lauren-Brooke (L.B.) Eisen

BREAKING: Trump illegally invokes the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport Venezuelan immigrants “deemed” to be members of a criminal gang, claiming extreme powers to do so without due process. Courts should reject this abusive invocation of a law intended for wartime.

Check out this new San Antonio Express-News piece Brett L. Tolman and I authored on the benefits of prosecutor-initiated resentencing, including a proposal by David Cook. We explain how this approach advances redemption while also ensuring accountability. tinyurl.com/4k74872z

.@VeraInstitute just lost $5 million in federal funding for programs that help keep the public safe. They include a program that improves prison conditions, operations, and safety. The federal government should be supporting such initiatives, not ending them.

“Sending U.S. citizens to another country’s prison that has significant human rights concerns and does not meet our constitutional standards for conditions is illegal,” Lauren-Brooke (L.B.) Eisen tells @POLITICO. tinyurl.com/3abcmm4c

NEW: Today a federal judge took over Rikers Island. For years, city leaders have failed to reduce violence in the jails. Soon an outside court-appointed authority — insulated from politics — will run Rikers. They will aim to improve conditions. nytimes.com/2025/05/13/nyr…

The Insurrection Act has not been invoked without a state request since 1965, when LBJ invoked it to protect civil rights marchers as they traveled from Selma to Montgomery AL. brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…

I spoke with Elizabeth Goitein, Senior Director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center, about the LA protests. She’s one of the most knowledgeable people out there when it comes to executive power, the rule of law, and what’s happening right now with

The Brennan Center for Justice is horrified and saddened by today’s shootings in Minnesota. We’re thinking about the victims and their families. 1/3

The budget bill that passed today makes U.S Customs and Immigration Enforcement the largest federal law enforcement agency. The influx of money comes as the administration is dismantling federal oversight of conditions at ICE facilities. brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…