New York, NY-Today, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments regarding President Trump’s memo excluding undocumented individuals from the 2020 Census count for the purposes of congressional apportionment. In July, the New York Immigration Coalition, the ACLU, New York Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Texas, ACLU of Southern California, and Arnold & Porter brought a lawsuit, New York Immigration Coalition V. Trump, which challenged President Trump’s memo.

New York, NY-This morning, the New York Immigration Coalition led advocates in a celebration of Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris’ overwhelming sweep of New York State and their campaign’s victory in the 2020 elections. Across the country, immigrant communities and people of color helped take back the “blue wall” states of Pennsylvania and Michigan as well as flipping formerly deep-red states like Georgia.

New York, NY—Yesterday, US District Judge Jesse M. Furman issued a decision that the Department of Homeland Security illegally ejected more than 800,000 New Yorkers from the Trusted Traveler Program (TTP), which lets vetted travelers avoid long security lines at airports and land borders.

New York, NY-On Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court set aside a Ninth Circuit court order that extended counting efforts for the 2020 Census through October 31, allowing the Trump administration to end counting soon.  SCOTUS’ decision could mean that all counting efforts and outreach will end in the next few days.

New York, NY-Under an expanded Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expedited removal policy, any individual anywhere in the country can be deported in as quickly as a day and with no due process. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be able to utilize the policy once they complete a mandatory training course.

New York, NY—On Wednesday afternoon, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit rejected the Trump administration’s appeal for a stay on Judge Koh’s order that the headcount for the 2020 Census continue through October 31, while allowing the Census Bureau to continue to try to meet a December 31, 2020, statutory reporting deadline.

New York, NY—A leaked draft report revealed that then-U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein overruled internal pushback from Republican-appointed U.S. Attorneys against the administration's zero-tolerance prosecution policy used to enact family separation.

New York, NY—On Friday morning, US District Judge Lucy Koh ordered the 2020 Census headcount to continue through October 31. Judge Koh’s order came days after Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross’ Twitter directive that October 5 would be the “target end date.

New York, NY-Five weeks ahead of Election Day, there are widespread reports of absentee ballots sent to New York City voters with incorrect names and addresses. Thus far, the ballot errors appear to be concentrated in Brooklyn, a borough of 2.6 million people whose borough elections board has a track record of mismanaging elections.

New York, NY—Despite US District Judge Lucy Koh’s preliminary injunction ruling last week ordering the headcount of every person in the United States to continue through October 31, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced via Twitter that October 5 would be the new "target date" for ending all 2020 Census counting efforts.