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Jan 20, 2023

Farnsworth’s story of homelessness prompts Senate committee chair to pull Kavanagh’s proposal

A Republican state senator from Mesa's personal experience with mental illness and homelessness derailed a bid by another GOP lawmaker, this one a former cop, to make sleeping on a sidewalk a state crime. Sen. David Farnsworth's extended comments about his struggles led the chairman of a Senate committee to pull Republican Fountain Hills Sen. John Kavanagh's proposal from consideration during a he[...]

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Jan 12, 2023

US border authorities roll out updated pursuit policy

U.S. border authorities announced changes to their policy for pursuing smugglers and other crime suspects on Wednesday, following an extensive review and criticism by immigrant advocates who pointed to cases in which passengers died when drivers fled law enforcement.

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Jan 10, 2023

Judge outlines fixes to poor health care in Arizona prisons

A federal judge who previously concluded Arizona was providing inadequate medical and mental health care to prisoners said she will give the state three months to ensure it has enough health care professionals to meet constitutional standards.

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Dec 15, 2022

ACLU sues Phoenix over homeless ‘sweeps’ 

Frank Urban and Faith Kearns, who used to be unsheltered, are co-plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Fund for Empowerment against the city of Phoenix, alleging constitutional violations and municipal liability for alleged “sweeps,” subsequent seizure of property and the use of city statutes, “criminalizing homelessness.”  

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Dec 2, 2022

ACLU sues city of Phoenix to stop sweeps of homeless camp

The ACLU of Arizona says it is suing the city of Phoenix in order to block resumed sweeps of a huge homeless encampment downtown that they say has displaced people and destroyed identification documents, prescription medications and other belongings.

Trump, border, asylum, Title 42Venezuela, Biden, public health, ACLU, Washington
Nov 22, 2022

States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy

A coalition of conservative-leaning states is making a last-ditch effort to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border.

migration, asylum, Mexico, border, Venezuela, Honduras, Mexico
Nov 15, 2022

Judge orders halt to Trump-era asylum restrictions at border

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Biden administration to lift Trump-era asylum restrictions that have been a cornerstone of border enforcement since the beginning of Covid.

immigration, Venezuela, Mexico, Biden, Trump, border, Covid
Oct 17, 2022

Biden turning to Trump-era rule to expel Venezuelan migrants

Two years ago, candidate Joe Biden loudly denounced President Donald Trump for immigration policies that he said inflicted "cruelty and exclusion at every turn," including toward those fleeing the "brutal" government of socialist Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.

police, videotaping, Kavanagh, Bowers, ACLU, First Amendment, media
Sep 14, 2022

Limits on videotaping police won’t take effect this year

The restrictions on videotaping police are not going to take effect, at least not this year.

crime victims, survivors, House bill
Aug 23, 2022

Lawsuit claims new law making videotaping police activity criminal is unconstitutional

A new Arizona law making it a crime to videotape police activity is unconstitutional and should be blocked from taking effect, a coalition of news organizations is arguing.

Jul 1, 2022

Judge: state’s care of inmates is inadequate

The care provided by the state at prison is "plainly grossly inadequate'' and state officials are acting "with deliberate indifference'' to the substantial risk of harm to inmates, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Jun 23, 2022

Bill to criminalize some filming of police activity advances 

The Senate passed a bill on Thursday morning to criminalize filming police activity within eight feet despite constitutional concerns.  

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