That would "stop the unnecessary suffering,” said Shaun Whitaker, a member of the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice, an advocacy group. “This bill passing will eliminate the fear of missing a call from my parole officer, or being late to a meeting. I won’t have t...
Efforts in 1940 for advocacy in support of a coup d'etat — the violent overthrow of an existing government— were deemed criminal offenses with the passage of the Smith Act (officially the Alien Registration Act). This legislation was born during World War II, partly out of fear the United...