Philadelphia Police Department Captain Altovise Love-Craighead discusses the fundamentals of trauma-informed policing, including how de-escalation can interrupt cycles of violence. The central tenets of trauma-informed policing are introduced and examples are given as to how these principles can be applied in real-world policing situations.
Data as of August 5, 2026
On August 25, 2026, the Deportation Data Project at the University of California, Berkeley posted its latest release of data obtained from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The release contains anonymized data on people detained in ICE's vast facility network through August 5, 2026. T ...
Polling Resources and Messaging Guidance
Although general attitudes towards immigration are commonly researched, less is known about public opinion toward government-funded attorneys in immigration court. To explore public opinion on this issue, Vera's Advancing Universal Representation Initiative is conducting public opinion polls about government-funded counsel in several communities ac ...
As outrage against the federal agency rises, leaders must demand accountability from law enforcement as a whole.
Across the United States, people are furious about the violence and unaccountability of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). At the beginning of this year, nearly two-thirds of voters said ICE had gone “too far,” and half said they supported abolishing ICE entirely. In a more recent poll, 58 percent of respondents who heard about the Jul ...