Press Releases
about National Security
Jul 11, 2024
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Releases Legal, Legislative, and Advocacy Roadmap to Fight Executive Power Abuses in a Second Trump Administration
As part of the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û’s 2024 election policy memo series, this roadmap dives into the surveillance, protest, and free speech abuses the U.S. could face if Trump wins and implements Project 2025 policies
Jul 10, 2024
New ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Report Examines Secretive Policy Used to Delay and Deny Immigrants’ Green Card and Citizenship Applications
Based on newly unsealed records, this is the first comprehensive account of DHS’s CARRP program in almost a decade
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Jun 25, 2024
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on Long-Overdue Resolution of Julian Assange Case
WASHINGTON — Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was released from prison in the United Kingdom yesterday after pleading guilty to a single felony count of illegally obtain...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
National Security
Jun 10, 2024
Noncitizen Military Service Members Ask Court to Decide Long-Delayed Appeal of Trump Policy that Destroyed Path to Citizenship
WASHINGTON — Years after a federal court ordered the government to reinstate a long-available and expedited path to citizenship for noncitizen military service members, these mem...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
May 02, 2024
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Condemns House Passage of Dangerous Bill That Would Chill Free Speech
This Bill Would Falsely Equate Criticism of Israel with Antisemitic Discrimination
Apr 26, 2024
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Urges College and University Leaders to Protect Free Speech and Academic Freedom
NEW YORK — In response to the anti-war protests happening at colleges across the country, and the disturbing arrests that have followed, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û sent a...
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