is not a US citizen or green card holder. Here at Statutes of Liberty, we try to be measured in our analysis of changes to immigration law and policy. On this subject, it is difficult to maintain ...

The right to asylum is a fixed component of German laws and values, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday in an ...

We asked people in 35 countries about the influence of specific religious texts on their national laws. The texts in question varied by country: For example, adults in predominantly Christian ...

A far-right Polish member of the European Parliament with a history of antisemitic statements disrupted a moment of silence ...

Jews in Hungary and around the world are observing Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after the liberation of the ...

Allow me to fill in the gap. Painful tragedies such as these are the consequence of decades of laws and policies that have conditioned society to treat homeless people as invisible. But ignoring ...

Scores of new California laws are going into effect in 2025 after Gov. Gavin Newsom took action on hundreds of bills that crossed his desk last year. Among the legislation Newsom signed into law ...

New laws taking effect on January 1 in four states would crack down on companies using child labor laws or violating already-existing laws, while one state loosened its child labor laws.

Here’s a look at some of the most prominent laws taking hold New Year’s Day. The state passed a series of laws targeting retail crime and property theft, including shoplifting, car break-ins ...

Montana and Washington are among the states seeking to compel clergy to disclose abuse revealed to them in the context of the ...

CHICAGO — There are close to 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws going into effect with the arrival of the new year, and they run the gamut from upping minimum wage and increasing pay ...

Amid a surge in reported cases, lawmakers imposed harsher punishments on perpetrators. Victims’ advocacy groups said the legislation was too thin on preventive measures. By Niki Kitsantonis ...