February 14, 2018
Federal civilian criminal courts have convicted more than 660 individuals on terrorism-related charges since 9/11. Military commissions have convicted only eight. Federal court convictions include convictions resulting…
February 14, 2018
Myth: Terrorists have traditionally been tried in military commissions.
Fact: Federal civilian criminal courts have convicted more than 660 individuals on terrorism-related charges since 9/11. Military…
February 14, 2018
Number of individuals convicted of terrorism-related offenses in federal courts since 9/11: 668
Number of district courts where terrorism-related convictions have been secured: 67
Number of…
February 9, 2018
Myth: It’s easy to get asylum in the United States. Fact: Asylum is an extremely complex and difficult process to navigate.
The asylum process is…
February 9, 2018
As Congress and the Trump Administration debate immigration policy reforms, one critical—and often misrepresented—piece of information is the extent to which individuals in immigration removal…
February 6, 2018
During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump pledged to “load [Guantanamo] up with some bad dudes.” Just prior to his first State of the Union…
November 17, 2017
LGBT Community Under Attack in Egypt
Since the beginning of September 2017, Egyptian authorities under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s rule have arrested dozens of lesbian,…
October 30, 2017
The recent deaths of 4 U.S. service members in Niger have prompted members of Congress to give renewed attention to the scope of war…