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President Trump Is Accelerating the Militarization of the Southwest Border
For decades, the ACLU has fought back against the militarization of domestic law enforcement agencies and the use of the military in our communities. Nowhere is this militarization more pronounced than on the border between the U.S. and Mexico — and President Trump is only making it worse.
By Cynthia Pompa
Dallas Voters Must Learn About the District Attorney Before Election Day
By Richard Miles
Warehousing Immigrant Children in the Texas Desert
By Victoria Lopez, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU National Prison Project
Automated Translation Software is Confusing Some Texas Voters
By Matthew McCarthy, Edgar Saldivar
Trump Administration is Illegally Turning Away Asylum Seekers
When President Trump announced on Monday that he planned to send some 5,000 military troops to fortify the southern border, even his supporters were quick to dismiss this as a political stunt. A convoy of migrants, many of whom are families with young children fleeing violence, is not a threat to the United States.
By Edgar Saldivar, Shaw Drake
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