Day: December 23, 2025

CBS News   The Trump administration has mounted a nationwide campaign to void the asylum claims of thousands of immigrants with active cases in immigration court by arguing that they can be deported to countries that are not their own, according to internal government data obtained by CBS News. The effort appears to have intensified in recent weeks, targeting asylum-seekers with pending cases in immigration courts in Atlanta, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Texas and elsewhere across the U.S., multiple immigration lawyers and certified legal representatives told CBS News. Immigration courts are not part of the judicial branch. Instead, they are administrative entities run by the Justice Department, which employs and oversees the judges that adjudicate the cases of people facing deportation. Lawyers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement represent the government in the proceedings. READ THE FULL STORY                 

Reclaim the Net   The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has a new definition of “reasonable expectation.” According to the justices, it’s no longer reasonable to assume that what you type into Google is yours to keep. In a decision that reads like a love letter to the surveillance economy, the court ruled that police were within their rights to access a convicted rapist’s search history without a warrant. The reasoning is that everyone knows they’re being watched anyway. The opinion, issued Tuesday, leaned on the idea that the public has already surrendered its privacy to Silicon Valley. READ THE FULL STORY                 

The Hill   The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled President Trump may not deploy the National Guard to the Chicago area for now amid his push for military troops to patrol the streets of Democratic-led cities, a major loss for the president at the high court.   After more than two months of consideration, the court refused to pause a district judge’s ruling temporarily blocking hundreds of National Guard members from being federalized and deployed across Illinois, rejecting the government’s emergency request.     “At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois,” the unsigned order reads. READ THE FULL STORY                 

Breitbart   Democrat U.S. Senator Brian Schatz is reportedly preparing to introduce legislation next year to put limits on sports prop betting after repeated gambling scandals in professional and college sports continue to break out across the country. The news of the Senator’s effort comes from podcaster Pablo Torre, who recently revealed that the Democrat Hawaiian Senator is set to introduce a bill to curb prop betting and “restore public trust in sports.” Prop betting — which is short for proposition betting — is betting on single events or bets on a particular player’s performance in ways un-tethered to the outcomes of games. This type of wagering allows gamblers to bet on how often a player might score, or how many touchdown passes, basket attempts, home runs, etc., a player might make in a particular game or season. Prop bets can cover a wide range of actions and outcomes in sports gambling. READ THE FULL STORY