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Trump speaks during his visit to US Border Patrol McAllen Station in McAllen, Texas, on January 10, 2019.

Int’l Human Rights Law and Trump’s Invocation of Emergency Powers

How human rights law regulates emergency powers, and how Trump may break it.
Border fence under construction near New Mexico's Highway 9, near Santa Teresa on December 23, 2018.

A Caution to Pentagon Officials Asked to Obligate “National Emergency” Funds

The President reportedly is contemplating declaring there to be a “national emergency” at our southern border, and directing the Department of Defense (DoD) to finance the…
A US worker and cement truck along construction of 32km of the border wall by order of US President Donald Trump on the border between Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico and Santa Teresa, New Mexico state, US, on April 17, 2018.

Terrorists and the Southern Border: Myth and Reality

"The Intelligence Community is almost certainly not able to stand publicly behind what the White House and DHS are saying."
U.S. Army soldiers work fortifying the US-Mexico border fence with barbed wire on November 26, 2018 in Mexicali, Mexico.

Trump’s Plan to Have the Military Build a Wall is Illegal

As the shutdown stretches on, the Trump administration is beginning to realize the severity of its consequences for millions of Americans, and is desperately searching for a way…
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