WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * "The Cruelty Is The Point," Durbin Says In Opening Statement At His Spotlight Forum On Abusive Conditions In ICE Facilities * July 29, 2026 #Durbin: "This Administration has one goal-make conditions in detention so terrible, so notorious that immigrants will choose to leave, no matter what their legal status might be." WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today hosted more PR

OAKLAND, California, July 31 -- Positive Women's Network-USA issued the following news: * * * #HIVResists: July 2026 Monthly Policy Update Content Warning: many of these updates include information about harmful attacks on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ folks. Hot Topic Increasing Criminalization is the Fascist Playbook! Protests continue following the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Duran Guerrero. ICE has openly fired on 30 people since Trump took  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following fact sheet: * * * WISCONSIN: THE GREAT AMERICAN COMEBACK The Economy: The Working Families Tax Cuts Delivers for America's Dairyland The Working Families Tax Cuts (WFTC)--enacted as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) and signed July 4, 2025--delivers what supporters call the largest federal tax relief for working families in a generation, and its provisions are built for farm country: permanent 100% expensing for equipment and facilities, a permanent 20% small-bus more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 29 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Ken Paxton Investigates South Texas Hospitals as Part of Wide-Sweeping Investigation into Potentially Unlawful Birth Tourism Schemes in Texas * Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating two South Texas hospitals after Spanish-language billboards near the U.S.-Mexico border advertised childbirth services to expectant mothers in Mexico. The investigation is part of a sweeping investigation by the Office of the Attorney Gene more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Andre Carson, D-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Carson Releases ICE Response on Conditions at Miami Correctional * Today, Congressman Andre Carson (IN-07) released a response from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following his inquiry into the conditions at the Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill, Indiana. Congressman Carson's inquiry and ICE's response can be found below: Letter to Secretary Markwayne Mullin Letter from the Department of Homeland Security Co more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN PARTNERS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS TO BRING C.A.R.E.S. VAN TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS ACROSS THE HUDSON VALLEY * Congressman Pat Ryan Partners with Local Law Enforcement Departments to Bring C.A.R.E.S. Van to National Night Out Events Across the Hudson Valley Ryan's Constituent Advocacy Resources Empowerment Services (C.A.R.E.S.) Van brings assistance with federal agencies to communities across NY-18 National Nigh more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Espaillat, Padilla Urge Appeals Court to Protect Taxpayer Privacy Against ICE and IRS Overreach * Senators, joined by Chairman of the House Congressional Hispanic Caucus Espaillat, submit amicus brief in Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Massachusetts v. IRS Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y. more PR

DALLAS, Texas, July 31 -- Dallas College issued the following news release: * * * Dallas College Trustee Monica Lira Bravo to Conclude Decade of Service Following Relocation Outside District Dallas College Board Trustee Monica Lira Bravo has announced that, following a planned relocation outside the district she represents and in accordance with the residency requirements governing Board service, she will conclude her tenure on the Dallas College Board of Trustees, effective upon the appointment of a successor. Trustee Lira Bravo's departure more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Democrats Block Sen. Scott's 'SAFE KIDS Act' as Support Grows for Ending Birth Tourism Loophole * WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Senate Democrats blocked Senate passage of U.S. Senator Rick Scott's Stopping Adversarial Foreign Exploitation of Kids in Domestic Surrogacy (SAFE KIDS) Act, despite growing support for the bill. WATCH: Democrats Block U.S. Senator Rick Scott's SAFE KIDS Act This legislation prevents adversarial nations, including Communist Chi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11463) by Legislative Attorneys Hillel R. Smith and Kristen Hite: * * * The Department of Homeland Security's Authority to Determine Detention Locations The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may detain aliens who have violated federal civil immigration laws and who are placed in removal proceedings or ordered removed. To carry out this function, Congress has directed the DHS Secretary to "arrange for appropriate plac more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Department of Justice Files First Case in U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court to Deport Afghan Alien Who Supported Her Family's Plans for Election-Day Shooting The Justice Department has filed the first-ever case in the U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC), seeking to remove Nazira Haji Zada, 47, residing in Fort Worth, Texas. Zada, the matriarch of an alien Afghan family, is being removed for her role in a plot to commit an ISIS-inspired mass  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Workforce Caucus Co-Chairs File Amicus Brief Defending Civil Service Protections for Federal Workers * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), co-chairs of the Federal Workforce Caucus, led 43 Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief in Jackler and Jaroch v. Department of Justice. The brief urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for t more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 31 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following insight on July 30, 2026: * * * 5 Myths About Cross-Border Employment Law + 5 Practical Steps for Multinational Businesses Many companies expanding across borders rely on workplace and legal assumptions that leave them unprepared for their first interactions with local labor law. Here are the top five things multinationals get wrong when expanding across Mexico and the European Union, plus five practical tips to keep in mind as you expand internationally regardles more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 30 [Category: International] -- The Institute of Public Affairs issued the following news release: * * * Housing approvals lower than a decade ago * "Once again the latest data shows the federal government continues to fail Australians on its marquee Housing Accord policy, with every one of the 24 months of the Accord now behind target," said Dr Kevin You, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. Today, new Building Approvals data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for the month of June 2026  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH LEADS BICAMERAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE H-2A GUEST WORKER PROGRAM * Lawmakers Seek Multi-Agency Administrative Changes to Ease Strain on Agricultural, Livestock & Dairy Industries WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today led a bicameral group of lawmakers in recommending administrative changes the Trump administration should take to significantly improve the effectiveness of the H-2A agricultural guest more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Fischer Joins "America Reports" on FOX News * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) joined "America Reports" on FOX News with hosts Sandra Smith and Bill Melugin to discuss the Democratic Socialists of America platform and what it means for the future of the country. The interview comes after Fischer penned an op-ed in FOX News: 'The left's war on the Senate and Supreme Court puts our republic at risk." Click here to download more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Robert and Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center issued the following news release: * * * Immigrant and Human Rights Groups Demand Release of Nursing Mother Detained by ICE 700 Miles From Children NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Ms. Maria Perez/* was arrested without a warrant by ICE while taking both of her children to the doctor. Ms. Perez is mother to a ten-month-old, whom she is breastfeeding, and a two-year-old with Down syndrome. Her arrest violates ICE's own Directive 11032.4, which states that the agency should not "detain more PR

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, July 30 -- Lawyers for Lawyers issued a joint statement with the Asian Lawyers Network, Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute, Law Society of England and Wales, and Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada: * * * Grave concern over the ICE arrest of Chinese human rights lawyer Wu Shaoping Lawyers for Lawyers, The Law Society of England and Wales, Asian Lawyers Network, International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, and The Cou more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 31 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: * * * Sato law to help uphold due process is now in effect A new law sponsored by Rep. Ellie Sato, D-Gorham, to help uphold due process in Maine is now in effect. In the wake of increasing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Maine, LD 2106 provides clarity for employees at public schools, state health facilities and state libraries on what to do if, and when, they encounter federal immigration enforcement. The law also requires immigr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The American Immigration Council issued the following news release: * * * National Study: Only 1 in 4 Americans Believe They Can Influence Outcomes In Their Local Community * Washington, DC -Most Americans feel safe and comfortable in their communities, but only about one in four believe they have any real influence over how those communities are run, according to a new national study released today. The Center for Inclusion & Belonging at the American Immigration Council more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Newhouse Leads Bicameral Letter to DOL, State, DHS Regarding H-2A Program * Press Release : July 30, 2026 Contact: Juan Ayala, (202) 713-7750 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) led a bicameral letter to the Departments of Labor, State, and Homeland Security respectfully urging the Administration to take administrative action to address processing delays, regulatory imbalances, and structural barriers threatening the effecti more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Robert and Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center posted the following news release: * * * Nursing Mother of Two Arrested Without Warrant by ICE, Held 700 Miles From Her Children in Violation of the Agency's Own Policy * NASHVILLE, Tenn. -Ms. Maria Perez* was arrested without a warrant by ICE while taking both of her children to the doctor. Ms. Perez is mother to a ten-month-old, whom she is breastfeeding, and a two-year-old with Down syndrome. Her arrest violates ICE's own Directive 11032.4, whic more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Condemns Trump's Attacks on TPS Holders * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Amid President Trump's attacks on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and immigrant communities across the country, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) took to the Senate floor alongside their Senate colleagues in support of Van Hollen's Safe Environment from Countries Un more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Exposes Cruel Conditions at ICE Detention Facilities * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, joined Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and their Democratic colleagues in a spotlight forum to sound the alarm on the overcrowding, inadequate medical care, and the 53 deaths under the second Trump Administration in immigration detention faciliti more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Cortez Masto, CHC Members File Amicus Brief Challenging IRS-ICE Taxpayer Data Sharing * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), along with Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.-13), Representative Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.-38), Representative Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.-34) an more PR

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, July 30 -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * Protecting America's water infrastructure starts with predicting cyberattacks * The following story originally appeared on the website for William & Mary's School of Computing, Data Sciences & Physics. - Ed. As cyberattacks on our nation's water infrastructure become more frequent, the systems that manage the nation's water supply face growing risks. A single breach could disrupt drinking water supplies, damage ecosystems and leave entire communities scram more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Radical Democrats Are Determined to Tear Down Our Country and Tear Up the Constitution * "Today's Democrat Party is driven by its activist wing. These are people who are radical, extreme, dangerous, and scary. They've put it into writing with their manifesto. They're admitting it out loud on television. Here in the United States Senate, Democrat Senators are embracing radical policies." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Ranking Members Raskin, Jayapal Demand ICE Agents Wear Functional Body Cameras * Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, sent a letter demanding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immediately equip all agents interacting with the public with fully functional body-worn cameras. The demand more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Cisneros Co-Leads Legislation to Protect Immigration Rights for Main Street * WASHINGTON -Congressman Gil Cisneros (CA-31) joined Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (NY-07) and Congresswoman Analilia Mejia (NJ-11) in co-leading the introduction of the Businessowner Immigration Rights and Responsibilities Information Act (BIRRIA) of 2026, legislation requiring the Small Business Administration (SBA) to create and distribute "know-your-rig more PR

GABORONE, Botswana, July 30 -- The Southern African Development Community posted the following news: * * * SADC holds workshop targeting border posts to enhance to boost regional tourism * The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) through the Joint Action NaturAfrica/Climate Resilience and Natural Resource Management (C-NRM) Programme supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the European Union (EU), organised a Joint Consultative Workshop on Tourist-Friendly Border Posts  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Linda T. Sanchez, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sanchez, CHC colleagues lead amicus brief in fight over IRS-ICE taxpayer data sharing * WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), along with fellow Congressional Hispanic Caucus members Chair Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), led 85 House and Senate Democrats in filing a bicameral amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 30 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * Three URI students receive Gilman Scholarships to study, travel abroad * KINGSTON, R.I. - July 30, 2026 - Three University of Rhode Island students from the southern New England area have been chosen to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The Gilman Scholarship program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, provides students with funding to pursue credit-beari more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 31 -- The United Nations International Labour Organization posted the following news: * * * Malaysian government officials strengthen skills to negotiate bilateral labour migration agreements Kuala Lumpur - With 2.13 million migrant workers underpinning key sectors of its economy, including women migrant workers in the care sector, Malaysia is investing in the officials who negotiate the agreements that shape how migrant workers are recruited, employed and protected. To support this effort, the International Labour  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13277) on July 28, 2026, by immigration policy specialist Andorra Bruno. Here are excerpts: * * * U.S. Refugee Admissions Program in FY2025 and FY2026 The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is in uncharted territory. It has been suspended since late January 2025. Under the suspension, only refugees who qualify for an exception are being admitted to the United States. The refugee ceiling (the maximum number of refugees th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, ranking member of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * Velazquez, Cisneros, Mejia Introduce Bill to Help Small Businesses Know Their Rights During Immigration Enforcement Actions Today, House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY), along with Representatives Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA) and Analilia Mejia (D-NJ), introduced the Businessowner Immigration Rights and Responsibilities Information Act more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Wasserman Schultz Makes Unannounced Pompano Beach ICE Facility Oversight Visit, Announces New ICE Reform Legislation * Pompano Beach, FL - Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) made an unannounced oversight inspection of the ICE Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach. Wasserman Schultz also announced two new bills, the No PREJUDICE Act to prohibit ICE from racial profiling, and the Build Homes, Not Hate Act to redirect more PR