ICE lawyers shouldn't hide their identities in court, and immigration judges shouldn't condone the practice. This disturbing trend must be stopped immediately.
The Intercept
ICE Lawyers Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration Court
ICE attorneys fighting to deport immigrants are able to obscure their identities — no masks required.
Photos and videos posted on social media have been an incredibly important source of information for journalists reporting on ICE raids. This is exactly why we must defend the First Amendment right to record police in public and laws that protect against online censorship.
NBC News
How user-generated videos on social media brought Trump’s immigration crackdown to America’s screens
The videos have become a crucial window into the U.S. government’s aggressive efforts to find and apprehend undocumented immigrants.
"The new law is so absurdly broad it could theoretically be used to stop a group of students from discussing politics on a campus bench at night. That’s not security; it’s suppression." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/14/texas-campus-free-speech/
Well now it’s official. The dossier ICE relied on to abduct, imprison and seek to deport Rümeysa Öztürk includes her op-ed objecting to Israel’s war in Gaza, and not much else. Unsurprising, but absolutely disgusting.
Knight First Amendment Institute
AAUP v. Rubio, Daily Trial Updates
ICE isn’t the secret police, and it shouldn’t be allowed to operate a de facto secret prison network. Private prisons, detention facilities, and detainee transport services that contract with the federal government should all be subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
Freedom of the Press
FOIA doesn’t apply to ICE’s for-profit detention network. It should
ICE isn’t the secret police, and it shouldn’t be allowed to operate a de facto secret prison
The government is putting more and more pressure on journalists reporting on ICE. We all must speak out against these chilling tactics.
Freedom of the Press
ICE wants to work in secret. We shouldn’t let it
Journalism about ICE is increasingly under attack by officials who prefer government propaganda
Paramount's spineless decision to settle Trump's baseless and patently unconstitutional lawsuit "will be remembered as one of the most shameful capitulations by the press to a president in history," we said.
Los Angeles Times
'Spineless capitulation.' Paramount faces backlash over its $16-million Trump settlement
Journalists and others said the payment will embolden attacks by Trump and his allies on news outlets. Some called the settlement a stain on the pr...
Paramount's decision to settle with Trump will be remembered as one of the most shameful capitulations by the press to a president in history. Each time a company cowers and surrenders to Trump’s demands it only emboldens him to do it again. Read our statement:
Freedom of the Press
Paramount’s capitulation to Trump is a dark day for press freedom
Freedom of the Press Foundation plans to hold Paramount directors accountable for this affront to the First Amendment
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The government is putting more and more pressure on journalists reporting on ICE. We all must speak out against these chilling tactics.
Freedom of the Press
ICE wants to work in secret. We shouldn’t let it
Journalism about ICE is increasingly under attack by officials who prefer government propaganda
🧵 54 years ago today, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in The New York Times Co. v. United States, and defended the First Amendment right of free press against prior restraint by the government.
1971 | Supreme Court Allows Publication of Pentagon Papers (Published 2016)
A top-secret history of the Vietnam War led to a historic victory for freedom of the press — though The Times’s publisher said it put him to sl...