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May 28, 2025 The Justice Department opened an investigation into California's law on trans athletes in girls' sports Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
The investigation used federal civil rights enforcement to challenge a state policy affecting transgender students' equal participation.
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- Trump Administration Opens Investigation into California's Trans Athlete Law — The Justice Department announced an investigation into California to determine if a state law allowing trans athletes to compete in girls' sports violates Title IX.
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Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 19 – 2025-05-24–2025-05-30
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May 28, 2025 Homeland Security leaders ordered immigration agents to raise arrests to 3,000 per day Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
The quota intensified enforcement pressure on immigrant communities and increased the risk of rushed arrests and weaker due process.
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- Homeland Security Orders Increase in Immigration Arrests — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller ordered immigration agents to triple daily arrests to 3,000 people per day.
- Trump administration sets daily arrest quota for ICE — The Trump administration has implemented a new policy requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest 3,000 people per day as part of its intensified anti-immigration agenda.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 19 – 2025-05-24–2025-05-30
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May 27, 2025 The Trump administration appealed a district court injunction in the South Sudan deportation case to the Supreme Court Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
The appeal escalated a separation-of-powers fight over whether courts could require due process before third-country deportations.
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- Appeal filed — D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (D. Mass.) 1:25-cv-10676 — The government appealed to the U.S.
- Trump Administration Files Emergency Appeal to Supreme Court on Deportations — The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court seeking to lift due process orders issued by federal judges, which would make it easier to deport immigrants to countries other than their own.
- White House Requests Supreme Court to Block Deportation Challenges — The Trump administration has appealed to the US Supreme Court to block a federal judge's order that allows individuals to challenge their deportations to South Sudan.
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Week 19 – 2025-05-24–2025-05-30
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