Congress gave Americans the right to sue government officials for civil-rights violations in 1871. Qualified immunity was ...

The fallout continues following the deadly shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier this week. Now, a ...

Congressman Shri Thanedar represents Detroit and several Downriver communities. He says he will now introduce the Abolish ICE ...

We cannot stand idly by while rogue federal agents...kill our neighbors on the street in cold blood,” said Pressley.

Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) are planning to introduce a bill that would strip federal Immigration ...

Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman proposed the 'ICE OUT Act' as lawmakers aimed to strip ICE officers of qualified immunity, ...

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is for now declining to get involved in an ongoing debate by citizens and in Congress over policing, rejecting cases Monday that would have allowed the justices to ...

The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights ...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday said he disagreed with a decision by other justices to ignore a case about "qualified immunity," the Supreme Court doctrine that often gives police ...

The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform the legal defense known as "qualified immunity," which can protect cops ...