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Collection: Questions for Congress

Collection of articles with key oversight questions for the U.S. Congress by leading experts, organized by topic.

DHS’s AI Inventory Reveals the Limits of Federal AI Transparency Law

DHS and ICE have failed to adhere to even the minimal transparency standards set by the Trump administration on AI use.
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Examining State-Level Legislation on Transnational Repression in the United States 

In recent years, U.S. state legislatures have increasingly taken steps to address transnational repression and foreign interference in the rights and lives of individuals.
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Is the Case Challenging Trump’s Denial of Visas to Harvard Students Moot? (Yes and no.)

Expert analysis of what the expired Harvard visa ban means for the university’s lawsuit against the Trump administration.
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Working Backwards: Inside the Trump Justice Department’s Conclusion-First Approach to Civil Rights

The Civil Rights Division regularly announces investigations or even conclusions with little to no evidence of fact-finding at all.
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Activists at the Poland-Belarus Border are Still Being Prosecuted for Providing Aid to Migrants

People who help migrants and asylum seekers at Poland's border with Belarus continue to be targeted with prosecutions, interrogations, and home searches by Polish authorities.
The U.S. Department of Justice Building on August 17, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Dangerous Warning Signs from the First-Ever ATRC Case

The first-ever case brought before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court displayed the dangers the court poses to democratic rights.
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The Latest from the Alien Terrorist Removal Court

Expert analysis of how the first-ever case put before the long-dormant Alien Terrorist Removal Court came to a close.
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America Sent Them Into a Dictatorship’s Torture Chambers, Then Looked Away

The United States is deporting third-country nationals to Equatorial Guinea despite its documented pattern of human rights abuses.
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“They Will Kill Me”: Haitian Deportees from U.S. Face Fear, Uncertainty

Haitians deported from the United States face the threat of widespread gang violence, poverty, and instability.

9/11 Then and Now: How It Shapes Us 25 Years On

We asked experts with deep personal and professional ties to the post-9/11 era: how did 9/11 shape your path, and how does it continue to shape us 25 years later?
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Governors and State Administration

Gubernatorial opposition is a powerful and often necessary component of meaningful state pushback against federal overreach.
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