Dara Lind
Senior Correspondent
Latest articles by Dara Lind
America is slowly turning away from treating some teens in the criminal justice system as adults. Here’s why that will make inmates — and the public — safer.
Veteran Mario Hernandez found out he wasn’t a citizen 50 years after he arrived in the US. When he tried to fix it, the government rejected his application. Now he’s finally been naturalized — but he could still be charged with a crime.
A new study shows that Democrats could be vulnerable with Latino voters — if someone can find a way to exploit their weakness on immigration.
It took eleven years for the federal government to understand prison rape well enough to set up regulations to prevent it, and to hold states accountable. But as of today, it looks like the fight is finally moving from talk to action.
Congress won’t be passing a bill to let unauthorized immigrants join the military. But the armed forces can act on their own to let immigrants and their families enlist.
The Obama administration says they want to protect immigrants from deportation who don’t have criminal records. So why are thousands of immigrants getting prosecuted in federal court for reentering the US illegally?
States are required to cover the cost of rape exams. But many of them are paying for rape kits through a fund that’s supposed to go to crime victims.
Reports indicate the Administration might restrict which immigrants it picks up from local cops. Would this be a big deal in practice?
A federal rule intended to protect prisoners from being used in dangerous drug trials has compromised some of the biggest studies of heart health of the last 30 years.