Brennan Center for Justice

Today, more than 65,000 people are in ICE detention, many in facilities managed by for-profit firms. There have been at least 20 deaths in ICE detention so far this year, and it's critical for the public to have better transparency about what happens inside. As I wrote for The New York Times this week, “Congress should drastically expand the information that private prison companies must disclose, giving the public much better insight into the state of these facilities and the contracts behind them.” You can read the piece here: https://lnkd.in/g8QYU6kY

Sending ICE agents to polling places would be flatly illegal — and it has been for well over 100 years. https://bit.ly/3S1fyYn

As the Supreme Court weighed consequential issues this term, the public judged the Court itself. Focus groups show the verdict was largely negative. https://bit.ly/45uqvVm

The Brennan Center, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, FIRM, and Unidos have prepared a know your rights guide to protect your vote at the polls. Learn more about how you can prepare and what you and your community can do if armed federal agents are unlawfully at the polls during the midterm elections. https://lnkd.in/eR4aN_8Q

Despite the implied threats, the law is clear: sending armed federal agents, including ICE, to polling sites is illegal. Federal and state laws prohibit voter intimidation and election interference. Our new analysis explains what the law says and why these threats must be taken seriously. https://bit.ly/4yOProg

State lawmakers have a role to play in Supreme Court reform. They should pass resolutions urging Congress to pass term limits for justices and help restore democratic accountability to the nation's highest court. https://bit.ly/3Tdzl7e

After communities across the country pushed back against DHS’ plans to turn warehouses into detention spaces, the government will likely increase its reliance on for-profit companies to maintain or boost immigration detention capacity as Lauren-Brooke Eisen explains in the The New York Times. She writes that "pivot comes with its own set of humanitarian worries, raises even greater transparency and oversight concerns and makes it harder for communities to resist the effort.” https://lnkd.in/dejTy2vA

It makes sense that the Trump administration might be looking to partner with mass voter challengers, because the president’s election interference campaign has the same goal: to undermine trust in elections. https://bit.ly/4pyuNUQ

Our poll finds that 79% of voters want a constitutional amendment that restores limits on money in elections.