DHS Still Has a Civil Rights Team. Aliya Rahman Is Testing It. ^55.1%

Mother Jones - By Sophie Hurwitz - 6/23/2026, 5:54 PM

Negativity Bias 40.4% - Confirmation Bias 20.3% - Anecdotal 17.8%

When Aliya Rahman’s lawyers approached her about filing a complaint with the civil rights office of the Department of Homeland Security, she almost laughed in their faces. “It’s hard to imagine that sending a letter to DHS to ask them to respect our civil rights will do anything,” said Rahman, a disabled US citizen who was dragged from... more