How have Democrats’ policies shifted since the last major US election?
From trans rights to Israel’s war on Gaza, the party’s candidates have responded to voter shifts on a slew of issues.

From trans rights to Israel’s war on Gaza, the party’s candidates have responded to voter shifts on a slew of issues.

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The Tohono O’odham people have sued the US government to stop construction of a border wall through their reservation.
The Trump administration has sought to weaken the leadership of high-profile Mexican cartels by increasing the bounties.
Mexico files complaints and sends cease-and-desist letters over the deaths of 17 nationals in ICE custody or raids.
Mexico to formally ask prosecutors to file cases in US courts over its citizens’ deaths in immigration operations.
Claudia Sheinbaum announces Mexico’s strongest response yet to deaths in ICE custody and during immigration enforcement.

A tunnel was discovered running underneath the US-Mexico border, allegedly used to smuggle drugs and weapons.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has accused the United States of interfering in Mexico’s internal affairs.
In a 3-0 ruling, court says Trump administration misread a decades-old immigration law to justify mandatory detention.
Senate votes 50-48 early on Thursday morning to advance the plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security.

Mexican official Vanessa Calva Ruiz says the deaths of immigrants in ICE detention are caused by systemic failures.