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Recent decisions by the Supreme Court have roiled the immigrant rights community, from detention to accountability for border agents.

The Supreme Court has ruled that immigrants detained for six months or longer have no right to request a bail hearing and Border Patrol agents cannot be sued by US citizens for excessive force.

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The Supreme Court has been very reluctant to handle cases that might expand protections for American citizens. It has instead, in recent years, chosen to hand down decisions that curtail rights and make it far easier for government employees to escape lawsuits. This Supreme Court's decision in a lawsuit filed by a US citizen versus…

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The Supreme Court barred a lawsuit against a U.S. Border Patrol agent for entering the property of a U.S. citizen without a warrant and assaulting him.

A man who helped smuggle illegal immigrants across the Canadian border, but also reported some of them to the U.S. Border Patrol, cannot sue an agent for personal damages under claims his constitutional rights were violated, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

What recourse do ordinary citizens have when federal agents violate their rights? After Wednesday, not much.

Egbert v. Boule is a severe blow to the proposition that law enforcement must obey the Constitution.

What’s the remedy if a federal official violates your constitutional rights? The answer may soon be nothing.