A major issue within the immigration system involves the detention of individuals by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for extended periods of time without access to bond hearings, which are proceedings that allow detained individuals to appear before an immigration judge and argue for their release while their case is pending. In early 2026, a series of court decisions and investigations brought increased attention to the fact that many immigrants were being held for months, and in...

Facial recognition technology (FRT) is increasingly used by law enforcement agencies in situations where a crime is captured on video and investigators need to identify a suspect, allowing officers to upload a still image from surveillance footage into a system that compares it against large databases of images, including driver’s license photos, mugshots, and even publicly available images from social media. The technology analyzes facial characteristics and converts those measurements into...

They say you are innocent until proven guilty. In America, you are guilty until you have the money to prove otherwise. When I was ten years old, I watched Legally Blonde for the first time, and I was completely hooked. It was not the pink heels or the tiny dog that captured me, but the courtroom itself. As silly as it sounds, that was the moment I knew I wanted to be a defense attorney. I believed the justice system was where truth won, where the innocent were protected, and where a...