NPR News·4 min read·medium
The DOJ is increasingly charging ICE protesters with criminal conspiracy
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Meg Anderson
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The U.S. Department of Justice is increasingly using Civil War-era conspiracy statutes to prosecute protesters involved in anti-ICE demonstrations. Legal experts note a significant shift in how these laws are applied, moving from targeting insurrectionists to targeting immigration activists.
Early one morning this June, Treasure Thoreson was drinking coffee on her couch in Minneapolis when she heard a knock at the front door.
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