According to the FBI, the overall crime rate fell 3.3 percent in 2017, in large part driven by continued declines in property crime. The murder rate declined by 1.45 percent nationally.
The Brennan Center, together with the American Civil Liberties Union, submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the agency’s proposal to create a new system of records that would collect and store sensitive biometric and biographic information about individuals seeking immigration benefits and other residents of the United States, including U.S. citizens.
The Brennan Center, along with 30 other civil rights and government oversight organizations, sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee on August 29, 2018, urging them to consider President Trump’s final two nominees to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)
