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Brennan Center to HHS: Don’t Use Kids as “Bait” to Deport Families
The Brennan Center, along with thirteen other partner civil rights and privacy advocacy organizations, submitted comments to HHS and DHS on November 6, 2018, opposing a proposed rule change that would codify the practice of using personal data provided by potential sponsors for unaccompanied children to drive deportation efforts.

November 7, 2018
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Wrong Priorities on Fighting Terrorism
Michael German, Sara Robinson
Many in federal law enforcement have blamed their inadequate response to rising far-right violence on a lack of statutory authority to prosecute white supremacists and others as domestic terrorists. This paper argues that they already have everything they need to do so.

October 31, 2018
Liberty & National Security
Intelligence Reform
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA Section 702, Executive Order 12333, and Section 215 of the Patriot Act): A Resource Page
This collection of resources focuses on three legal authorities that provide insufficient protection for the privacy rights of Americans and law-abiding citizens of other countries.

October 25, 2018
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Transparency & Accountability
Intelligence Reform
Checks & Balances
Brennan Center Submits Comments on NPS Proposal to Implement Fees and Restrictions on D.C. Protests
The Brennan Center submitted comments to the National Park Service on proposed changes to regulations governing protests in national parks in Washington, D.C. The proposed revisions would severely limit the First Amendment freedoms of demonstrators in our nation’s capital.

October 16, 2018
Liberty & National Security
Transparency & Accountability
Checks & Balances
Brennan Center Urges Rejection of State Department Proposal to Collect Social Media and Other Data from Visa Applicants
On September 27, 2018, the Brennan Center sent a letter to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) urging the rejection of the State Department’s proposal to ask visa applicants to provide social media identifiers, telephone numbers, and email addresses used in the past five years, among other information.

October 2, 2018
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Transparency & Accountability

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Brennan Center to HHS: Don’t Use Kids as “Bait” to Deport Families

Wrong Priorities on Fighting Terrorism

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA Section 702, Executive Order 12333, and Section 215 of the Patriot Act): A Resource Page

Brennan Center Submits Comments on NPS Proposal to Implement Fees and Restrictions on D.C. Protests

Brennan Center Urges Rejection of State Department Proposal to Collect Social Media and Other Data from Visa Applicants

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