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Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Biden Will Try to Unmake Trump’s Immigration Agenda. It Won’t Be Easy.
Restoring asylum claims and judges’ independence will be uphill work.
Migrant families from Central America are released at the border with orders to appear for future hearings in immigration court, on June 11, 2018 in McAllen, Texas.
Feature September 24, 2019
Detained
How the United States created the largest immigrant detention system in the world.
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The Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan, where Jeffrey Epstein was held before he was found dead of an apparent suicide.
News August 14, 2019
Epstein’s Death Highlights A Staffing Crisis in Federal Prisons
A hiring freeze by the Trump administration shrank the federal prison workforce at twice the rate of the declining prison population.
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House.
Quiz December 16, 2018
Can You Pass Our 2018 Quiz?
Test your memory on some of the year’s top criminal justice stories.
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Under a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, police in Ferguson, Mo., have mandated training in force de-escalation and implicit bias.
Commentary November 19, 2018
Here's Why Jeff Sessions' Parting Shot Is Worse Than You Thought
Former attorney general’s directives make it easy to render federal action against abusive police departments ineffective.
By Christy E. Lopez
People line up in Tijuana, Mexico, to begin the process of applying for asylum in the United States.
Analysis November 7, 2018
The Immigration Crisis Jeff Sessions Leaves Behind
Assessing the ousted attorney general’s legacy on President Trump’s favorite issue.
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A man sleeps inside the dormitory at Fannie M. Lewis Community Corrections and Treatment Center, a halfway house for federal inmates, in Cleveland, Ohio.
News October 25, 2018
How Jeff Sessions Is Undermining Trump’s Prison Reform Agenda
The president wants to send more prisoners to halfway houses. The Justice Department is doing exactly the opposite.
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Migrants cross the Rio Grande river on a raft paddled by a “coyote,” a smuggler, shortly before being apprehended by the Border Patrol near McAllen in September. Under zero tolerance, any adult caught crossing illegally, except parents with children, can be sent to federal court for prosecution of the crime of illegal entry.
News September 14, 2018
Zero Tolerance Lives On
And it’s sapping energy from other law enforcement missions
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After suffering 10 years of extreme sexual, physical and mental abuse at the hands of her husband, Rody Alvarado fled her native Guatemala in 1995 and applied for asylum in the United States. Her asylum application was granted in 2009.
Analysis June 12, 2018
Is Domestic Violence Private?
It took 20 years for courts to say no. It took Jeff Sessions no time to say yes.
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Analysis May 20, 2018
Sending Even More Immigrants to Prison
Despite Jeff Sessions’ new zero-tolerance mandate along the border, the Justice Department has prioritized immigration offenses for years.
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