Day 133

June 1, 2025

9 documented events

  1. Serious Rights Violation Press Freedom

    Systematic Attacks on Press Freedom: Journalist Arrests, Detention, and Deportation

    The Trump administration engaged in a pattern of journalist arrests, detention, and deportation, including the federal arrest of Don Lemon, the deportation of Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara to the country he fled, the detention of reporter Estefany Rodriguez, and the arrest of AP journalists in Cameroon covering deportee facilities.

    From: Systematic Attacks on Press Freedom: Journalist Arrests, Detention, and Deportation

  2. Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration

    Third-Country Deportations to Rwanda, Ghana, and South Sudan

    The Trump administration established deportation agreements with Rwanda ($7.5M), Ghana, Eswatini ($5.1M), and South Sudan to accept immigrants deported from the United States who are not nationals of those countries. A federal judge ruled the policy violates federal immigration law and constitutional due process. Human Rights Watch found the opaque deals violate international human rights law, and Ghana's own courts face challenges to the agreement's constitutionality.

    From: Third-Country Deportations to Rwanda, Ghana, and South Sudan

  3. Serious Rights Violation Civil Rights

    CBO scores project 10.9 million uninsured

    The Congressional Budget Office releases its analysis projecting that 10.9 million Americans will lose health insurance under the bill's Medicaid and ACA provisions. SNAP cuts are scored at $295 billion over ten years.

    From: One Big Beautiful Bill: $1 Trillion in Medicaid Cuts and $295 Billion in SNAP Cuts

  4. Serious Rights Violation Civil Rights

    Massachusetts court blocks additional provisions

    In State of California v. Trump, a Massachusetts district court issues an injunction blocking additional provisions of the executive order.

    From: Executive Order on Elections: Voter Suppression and Presidential Seizure of Election Administration

  5. War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Extrajudicial Killing

    Airwars publishes comprehensive civilian casualty analysis

    Airwars publishes its analysis documenting 33 civilian harm incidents and at least 224 civilian deaths during Operation Rough Rider. The organization finds that in 52 days, the US nearly matched its total civilian casualties in Yemen over the previous 23 years.

    From: Operation Rough Rider: US Killed More Civilians in 52 Days Than in Previous 23 Years in Yemen

  6. Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration

    Deportation traps documented by AP and PBS

    Associated Press and PBS NewsHour documented ICE agents arresting immigrants at mandatory court check-ins and hearings, with government attorneys coordinating dismissals as arrest triggers.

    From: Deportation Traps at Immigration Court Hearings and Systematic Denial of Due Process

  7. Serious Rights Violation Military Overreach

    National Guard deployed to Los Angeles

    National Guard deployments expanded beyond the border to domestic cities, including Los Angeles, for immigration enforcement operations.

    From: Military Deployments at US-Mexico Border in Violation of Posse Comitatus Act

  8. Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration

    500 migrant children in government custody

    Approximately 500 migrant children had been taken into government custody in the first five months, with ORR virtually ceasing to release children to relatives.

    From: Family Separations and Prolonged Child Detention Under Immigration Enforcement

  9. Major Abuse of Power Civil Rights

    Comstock Act groundwork advances

    Reports indicate the administration is laying quiet groundwork to use the 1873 Comstock Act to ban the mailing of mifepristone and abortion equipment, which would function as a de facto nationwide abortion ban.

    From: Restrictions on Reproductive Rights and Comstock Act Revival