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The Law of Immigration Detention: A Brief Introduction
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-01 · Resources · 1,789 words · PDF available
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) authorizes—and in some cases requires—the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain non-U.S. nationals (aliens) who are subject to removal from the Unit...
Intelligence Coordination on Domestic Terrorism and Violent Extremism: Background and Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-01 · Reports · 14,627 words · PDF available
This report provides an overview of the evolution of domestic intelligence activities by the intelligence and law enforcement communities, as well as the processes by which intelligence and law enforc...
FBI v. Fazaga: Supreme Court Unanimously Holds That FISA Does Not Displace the State Secrets Privilege
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-01 · Posts · 1,192 words · PDF available
On March 4, 2022, the Supreme Court unanimously decided that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) Section 106(f) does not displace the state secrets privilege in Federal Bureau of ...
Selected Health Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-01 · Resources · 1,824 words · PDF available
Overview On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law P.L. 117-169, a budget reconciliation measure known as the Inflation Reduction Act (the Act). The Act makes wide-reaching changes to Medica...
Are Temporary Protected Status Recipients Eligible to Adjust Status?
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-01 · Posts · 2,508 words · PDF available
Certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens, as the term is used in the Immigration and Nationality Act [INA]) who lack a permanent foothold in the United States may pursue adjustment of status and become lawf...