Publicly funded attorneys are a critical tool in states’ ICE accountability efforts.

Andry José Hernández Romero was on the path to legal residency when the Trump administration labeled him a member of a Venezuelan gang and sent him to a Salvadoran mega-prison, where he spent 125 torturous days. The evidence against him? Tattoos of a crown on each wrist, one with the word “Mom” and the other with the word “Dad.” On the one-year ann ...

As AI use spreads, policymakers must ensure these tools are transparent, accountable, and used only in ways that reduce harm.

Artificial intelligence (AI) errors, hallucinations, and mistakes are well documented. Yet despite these risks, its use is spreading widely in the criminal justice system, where the stakes are much too high for the misuse of risky and experimental tools. To guide responsible AI adoption, the Vera Institute of Justice developed five AI accountabilit ...

As backlash to President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda grows, some lawmakers are reconsidering votes that expanded immigrant detention and ICE power.

Slowly but surely, the political consensus on punitive crime and immigration measures is changing—for the better. Last week, Minnesota Representative Angie Craig provided the latest example of this shift when she apologized for her 2025 vote for the Laken Riley Act, a bill that dramatically expanded the number of undocumented people subjected to ma ...