Deborah Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the first Black person in the 101-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be elected its president.
Muddled Intelligence Hampered Response to Capitol Riot
New details about what authorities anticipated on Jan. 6 highlight failures to grasp the degree of the threat from pro-Trump right-wing extremists.
A member of the National Guard facing off with a mob of pro-Trump supporters in front of the Capitol on Jan. 6.Credit.Kenny Holston for The New York Times
Published Feb. 5, 2021Updated Feb. 13, 2021
WASHINGTON On Jan. 4, the intelligence division of the United States Capitol Police issued a report listing all the groups known to be descending on the city and planning to rally for President Donald J. Trump two days later, such as the Prime Time Patriots, the MAGA Marchers and Stop the Steal.
Muddled intelligence hampered response to Capitol attack
By Mark Mazzetti and Adam Goldman New York Times,Updated February 5, 2021, 4:38 p.m.
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A member of the National Guard facing off with a mob of pro-Trump supporters in front of the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6. New details about what authorities anticipated on Jan. 6 highlight failures to grasp the degree of the threat from pro-Trump right-wing extremists.Kenny Holston/NYT
WASHINGTON â On Jan. 4, the intelligence division of the US Capitol Police issued a report listing all the groups known to be descending on the city and planning to rally for former president Donald Trump two days later, such as the Prime Time Patriots, the MAGA Marchers, and Stop the Steal.
Anxiety rises over continuing deportations and swift-changing immigration policies
Among recent deportees is a Mexican woman who witnessed the El Paso massacre in 2019.
President Joe Biden’s hundred-day moratorium on deportations was supposed to ease anxieties in immigrant communities after four years of harsh crackdowns by the recently ended administration.
But across the nation, deportations continue at about the same pace as before Biden was inaugurated Jan. 20. That’s because the Texas attorney general sued to stop the policy change, with a judge issuing a temporary injunction on the moratorium through Feb, 23.
The fight over deportations in the courts and the halls of Congress signals the difficulty the Biden administration will have in changing immigration policy. Immigrant families are feeling increased anxiety and fear as they cope with a changing landscape.
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Deborah Archer has been elected president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), becoming the first Black person to lead the organization in its 101-year history. Archer was elected unanimously in a virtual meeting by the organization’s 69-member board of directors, and announced on Feb. 1, the Associated Press reported.
She will be the ACLU’s eight president since the nonprofit was founded in 1920 to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States,” according to the ACLU website.
The ACLU called Archer is an “established civil rights lawyer, scholar, and teacher.”