Civil Rights Author at CourtNews
Jasmine Walker reports on civil rights, social justice movements, voting rights, policing reform, and equality issues across the United States.
A U.S. district judge is reviewing whether to restrict federal officers' use of force at a Portland ICE facility following tear gas use on demonstrators, including families and children.
New York is deploying trained volunteer legal observers to document federal immigration enforcement operations and ensure they comply with the law during the Trump administration's deportation push.
Former CNN journalist Don Lemon was arrested and charged with federal civil rights violations for his coverage of a protest that interrupted a Minnesota church service during an anti-ICE demonstration.
Labeling protesters 'domestic terrorists' is not new — the Trump administration’s tactic against anti-ICE demonstrators echoes a deep historical pattern of suppressing dissent in the United States.
Human Rights Watch warns that 2025 marked a dangerous turning point for global rights, with the Trump administration accelerating authoritarian trends and putting the international rules-based system in serious jeopardy.
In another setback to the Trump administration's push for state voter data, a federal judge in Oregon dismissed the DOJ's suit, ruling the government lacked proper authority and basis for the request.
