DHS is requiring that states comply with new election procedures to receive complete funding through the Homeland Security Grant Program. Some localities argue that is a constitutional violation.
In Memphis, an ‘anti-crime’ task force quietly turned into an ICE crackdown
The influx of federal agents into the city last fall led to widespread immigration arrests – a majority without criminal convictions. President Trump has said he wants to replicate it elsewhere.
Trump axed a Black history exhibit. Former park rangers are teaching it anyway.
As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, former national park rangers are hosting teach-ins and sharing history that the Trump administration has sought to erase from federal land.
Trump is pushing to institutionalize homeless people. That may include veterans
A Trump executive order pushes involuntary treatment for homeless people; the VA denies that would include homeless vets.
Tennessee law enforcement will be required to partner with ICE
Tennessee lawmakers have voted to mandate local law enforcement agencies across the state to partner with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement as part of a push to aid the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.
Small towns in Tennessee join ‘No Kings’ protests
The third series of “No Kings” events protesting the Trump administration included about 40 locations across Tennessee.
Vanderbilt community protests Trump administration’s higher education compact
On Wednesday, more than three hundred students, professors, staff and community members with the Indivisible movement gathered on Vanderbilt University’s campus to demand that the university reject the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
Vanderbilt professors recommend against signing Trump higher ed compact
Professors at Vanderbilt University have recommended against an agreement calling for the university to comply with directives from the Trump administration in exchange for favor in receiving federal grants.
Disability services in Appalachia face defunding under proposed federal budget cuts
Advocates are concerned funding cuts proposed by the Trump administration could eliminate some forms of disability services, including all University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.
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