Faiza Patel

Imp new analysis from @amostoh.bsky.social
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

What could go wrong?

Must read, excellent post.

Excellent multi-part analysis of woke AI EO.

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe The full Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear a case that ended the ability of voters in seven states to protect themselves from racially discriminatory voting practices by suing under S...

Today, SCOTUS put a hold on the 8th Circuit's terrible decision in the Turtle Mountain case, which held that private plaintiffs can't sue under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. This is good news. It revives the VRA at least temporarily while SCOTUS considers whether to take the case.

Border Patrol Wants Advanced AI to Spy on American Cities A Customs and Border Protection “Industry Day” deck also asks for drones, seismic sensors, and tech that can see through walls.

Border Patrol is buying new tech... "advanced AI" to surveil dense residential areas? Automated surveillance towers? Tech to see through walls??

I talked to @sambiddle.com of @theintercept.com about serious risks amid the agency's increasingly aggressive behavior.

theintercept.com/2025/07/23/c...

Not to mention Iranian nationals = national security threat.

This is a great book for anyone interested in national security AI.

Julia, I was reading your book over the weekend. The parallels are extraordinary. As is the book!

Nassau County Will Let Officers Wear Masks When Working With ICE

Allowing cops working with ICE to cover their faces isn’t good for public safety or officer safety. “That’s not helpful, it’s provocative,” says Brennan Center’s Mike German. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/n...

Federal Efforts to Punish Sanctuary Cities Are Unconstitutional While states and cities can choose to help enforce federal law, the 10th Amendment means that the U.S. government can’t force them to do so.

The DOJ lawsuit against LA for not helping with federal immigration policy violates the 10th Amendment, which provides that powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states as independent sovereigns.
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Skateboards and Livestreams: DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’ DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.

DHS has been doing this kind of stuff for years, sadly. www.wired.com/story/dhs-te...

Immigration Officials Used Shadowy Pro-Israel Group to Target Student Activists

Good work Knight! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/u...

Incoming DHS Intelligence Lead Promotes Unlawful Activities The public, Congress, and the media should insist that the DHS's domestic intelligence practices be sunset, rather than expanded.

The nominee to lead DHS’s intel arm (I&A) says officers may use fake identities to enter private chats. His comfort with this type of covert entry should alarm Congress before it votes, warns @sreynolds.bsky.social.

www.justsecurity.org/116094/dhs-i...

Incoming DHS Intelligence Lead Promotes Unlawful Activities The public, Congress, and the media should insist that the DHS's domestic intelligence practices be sunset, rather than expanded.

NEW: Incoming DHS Intelligence Lead Promotes Unlawful Activities

Last week, Matthew Kozma, who hopes to lead DHS Intelligence & Analysis, claimed he could direct officers to enter nonpublic online chats using covert identities.

This would be clearly illegal:

www.justsecurity.org/116094/dhs-i...

Its going to get so much worse …

I wonder why reporters ask him these questions. Same re Zohran. Seems like they just want a buzzy headline.

Appeals Court Holds that Groups Lack Standing To Challenge U.S. Government’s Social Media Disclosure Requirement for Visa Applicants

The court's decision is disappointing, but it allows for the possible continuation of the lawsuit against the unconstitutional #surveillance regime. See statement from @carriedecell.bsky.social (@knightcolumbia.org) & @faizapatel.bsky.social (@brennancenter.org). knightcolumbia.org/content/appe...

The Great American Class War In his speech at the Brennan Center's 2013 Legacy Awards Dinner, award-winning journalist Bill Moyers outlines the "unfinished work" that remains to be done in America's systems of democracy and justi...

Bill Moyers lived a life committed to American democracy. At LBJ's side for civil rights (and Vietnam), he became a pioneering journalistic crusader on money and politics and voting. At @brennancenter.org we were honored to hear him over the years. In 2013 he spoke to our community:

Imp explanation from our team’s immigration expert.

Seriously

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Inside Amsterdam’s high-stakes experiment to create fair welfare AI The Dutch city thought it could break a decade-long trend of implementing discriminatory algorithms. Its failure raises the question: can these programs ever be fair?

Must read for anyone who cares about AI fairness. www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/11/1...

The President’s Power to Call Out the National Guard Is Not a Blank Check Domestic deployment under the law has its limits, and for good reason.

Wondering about the limits of Trump’s power to call out the guard in LA? Check out this explainer. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Good explainer of legal issues. As the author says: watch what national guard actually does in LA. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Congrats!

They will just try again no?

Very common in some parts of India. So topiwalla for a family that sells caps. Or Zaveri for a jeweler.

One day I will do an analysis of the articles for which @financialtimes.com doesn’t enable comments.

Thank you so much to @petramolnar.com @faizapatel.bsky.social @maassive.bsky.social, Zahra Billoo of @cair-sfba.bsky.social, @nathan.freitas.net, and Raya Sharbain for speaking with me for this important article. It’s got practical tips and real insight into border enforcement.