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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio orders undocumented immigrants handcuffed together and moved into a separate area of Tent City in Phoenix on Feb. 4, 2009. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File

ICE’s heavy‑handed immigration enforcement was tried once before – by Arizona’s notorious sheriff Joe Arpaio in the early 2000s

The Trump administration’s immigration detention policies appear to be, in part, inspired by the heavy-handed tactics of the former Arizona sheriff.
Activists call for ethics reform in the Supreme Court at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 2, 2023. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Judging the judges: Scandals have the potential to affect the legitimacy of judges – and possibly the federal judiciary, too

Courts have no army or police force to enforce their decisions. Their power rests on their legitimacy in the public eye. How does scandal affect that?
Una mujer abraza a un voluntario polaco antes de que cruce la frontera para ir a luchar contra las fuerzas rusas. AP Photo / Visar Kryeziu

Por qué los combatientes extranjeros de Ucrania tienen poco que ver con los brigadistas de la Guerra Civil española

Miles de personas de todo el mundo se están apuntando para luchar en nombre de Ucrania. Pero las comparaciones con las Brigadas Internacionales de la Guerra Civil española son erróneas.

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