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Margaret Cargioli

@cargiolim.bsky.social
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Advocacy and External Relations Director at Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social. Immigration, Human Rights, & Social Justice. My personal views. NJ/Greater NYC area. Instagram:@cargioli_m_

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AILA @aila.org · 23/09/2026
"The government was due to secretly roll out a plan to send New Yorkers attending immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza to offices on the third floor of the building run by DHS — which oversees deportations and acts as prosecutor in immigration court." bit.ly/46IaRXd
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New Immigration Courtroom at Federal Plaza Sparks Chaos, Confusion
The secretive rollout of NY1 — a new immigration courtroom located in a DHS space on the third floor of 26 Federal Plaza — has unnerved immigrants and advocates alike.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good news: a federal judge just paused Wilber's deportation. The government shouldn’t be allowed to shoot you from an unmarked vehicle and then cover it up by deporting you. Keep speaking out, it's working.
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Analilia Mejia for New Jersey @analiliafornj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This election isn’t about left vs. right. It’s about right vs. wrong. It’s wrong that Americans can’t afford healthcare, that an illegal war is driving up gas prices, and that this President has enriched himself at our expense. This November, we will reject MAGA extremism.
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Margaret Cargioli @cargiolim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“Lo que está claro es que el enfoque inhumano de la administración de Trump en materia de políticas migratorias tiene un impacto real en las personas”, dijo [Cargioli]. “Y le imploramos a la administración que adopte un enfoque humanitario en materia migratoria…”.
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
21,902 children entitled to legal representation. 12 had legal representation. We're raising the alarm because silence isn't an option & neither is abandoning children in immigration court. Watch here: tinyurl.com/22d7jfep Make your voice heard: tinyurl.com/protect-kids
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Restore Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children
This week, the government froze legal services for unaccompanied children, leaving over 26,000 children without access to their legal counsel. This strands children, some as young as toddlers, without the help they need to succeed in their immigration cases. Many children are forced to migrate without their parents or legal guardians because of things out of their control, such as poverty or violence. It is virtually impossible for a child to successfully navigate complex legal proceedings alone, without an attorney. The Unaccompanied Children Program is essential to making sure that...
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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“Under this administration, immigration enforcement isn’t just broken, it is lethal. We are witnessing a systematic abuse of power by DHS, ICE, and Border Patrol and it’s happening with complete arrogant impunity,” says Rep. @normajtorres.bsky.social. "This chaos is not accidental"
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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🚨 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘 🚨 @hispaniccaucus.bsky.social is holding a Special Order Hour highlighting deaths at the hands of DHS and the inhumane living conditions in ICE custody — and demanding accountability for the deadly consequences of the administration’s immigration enforcement practices. FOLLOW ALONG HERE ↓
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
People can disagree about immigration policy and still agree on this: The govt should protect children, not expose them to invasive body searches. This proposed rule makes children less safe. HHS should withdraw it. Submit a comment by 8/25: tinyurl.com/ORR-NPRM-COMMENT
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Warning: watching this video about a Peruvian immigrant's restaurant in Lancaster, PA will make you hungry. www.youtube.com/shorts/cl1Nn...
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so much great food is thanks to immigrants sharing their culture! #braveofus #shorts #friscos
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 11/08/2026
Tell your member of Congress to say NO to the Alexandria ICE family detention center! Family detention centers have a well-documented history of negligence and abuse, including inadequate medical and mental health care, including threats to separate families. ACT NOW: bit.ly/nofamilydetentionLA
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 11/08/2026
As early as this month, ICE may open a new detention facility for unaccompanied children and families in Alexandria, Louisiana, in the former military barracks adjacent to the Alexandria International Airport, notorious as ICE’s busiest mass deportation hub. ACT NOW: bit.ly/nofamilydetentionLA
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Margaret Cargioli @cargiolim.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
When facing deportation, children deserve the #right to an attorney whose only interest is the #bestinterestofthechild. The United States #immigration system and #immigrants are under attack- there is no mercy, even for #immigrant #children. www.ms.now/connect/watc...
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‘Kids have been going to court ALONE’: Inside Trump’s plan to choose who defends migrant kids in court
The Trump administration is hand-picking who defends unaccompanied migrant children facing deportation, including awarding a multimillion dollar contract to a group led by a former senior ICE official...
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
ICE has attempted to deport 282 veterans and their relatives. We’re proud to join Senator Alex Padilla, Elizabeth Warren, other lawmakers demanding answers, accountability and restored protections for military families. 🔗 tinyurl.com/76ywczkx
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
NEW: We’ve spent a year tracking ICE’s massive expansion of detention for people with years-long ties to the U.S. It has strained courts, wrecked lives and been widely deemed illegal. Our report, based on interviews with judges, detainees and attorneys: www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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mindi @flawdbizkit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
in english we say
"i'm tired"
but in poetry we say:
i have been holding up entire skies
with hands that were only ever meant to hold flowers
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 07/08/2026
The right to seek safety exists for the moment life changes overnight. It’s the emergency exit for when home is no longer safe. And it’s a right that belongs to all of us.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/08/2026
The Supreme Court already decided this issue: Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Constitution. Any executive order that tries to attack birthright citizenship will meet the same fate as President Trump's last one.
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Trump orders limits on birthright citizenship, targets ‘birth tourism’
President Trump signed two new executive orders Thursday targeting birthright citizenship, aiming to bypass a recent Supreme Court ruling.
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
From a living room start to 11 years of unwavering defense, we’ve stood by immigrants through every policy shift and challenge. We’re still here, still fighting. Honor our anniversary with an $11 gift to keep us in court for our communities. immdef.org/donate
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Analilia Mejia for New Jersey @analiliafornj.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
100 days ago, I was sworn into Congress with a promise: to bring unbought, unbossed leadership to Washington and fight for an economy and democracy that work for everyone, not just billionaires and the powerful. 100 days later, I’ve kept that promise. 🧵
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 18/07/2026
Read the full story here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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For many deported men, the hell of CECOT still haunts them
July 18 marks one year since the Venezuelan men deported to CECOT were returned to their home country.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
NEW: Trump administration turns to never-used Alien Terrorist Removal Court, which can order deportation based on evidence the target never sees. And DOJ has already met resistance. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
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Trump administration activates never-before-used ‘alien terrorist’ deportation court
The court has been dormant since it was created in 1996.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Report from Trump's Death Camps: Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found ‘unresponsive’ while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Venezuelan man becomes 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year
Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found ‘unresponsive’ while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia
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FWD.us @fwd.us · 16/07/2026
New from @abcnewsdesk.bsky.social: A Congressional letter led by @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social and signed by more than 110 Members calls on DHS to close the Dilley Detention Center due to inadequate medical care, unsafe conditions, and the lasting harm detention causes to children and families.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
“I just want my dad.” My full conversation with Ronaldo Salgado, whose father was killed by federal immigration agents this week. youtu.be/FkPxQk_ZikM?...
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‘I just want my dad’: Son of Houston man fatally shot by ICE speaks out
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 08/07/2026
Another video of an ICE murder and another statement from ICE leaving us wondering what’s true. It shouldn’t be this way. Abolish ICE and hold Trump’s thugs accountable.
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ICE OFFICER FATALLY SHOOTS MEXICAN MAN IN HOUSTON DURING TRAFFIC STOP
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
What does it say when our highest court allows the federal government to fail on asylum, TPS, transgender rights, campaign finance, the Voting Rights Act, and even dares to question birthright citizenship? The pursuit of freedom demands not only celebration, but accountability.
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
As a nonprofit immigration law firm, we see the faith people place in this country’s ideals—and the contradictions beneath them. #FourthofJuly is a reminder that freedom was built on injustice, and that true equity requires confronting how far we still have to go.
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
As the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary, we face a defining question: Do our actions still reflect the ideals our Founders wrote, that all people possess “certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”?
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Margaret Cargioli @cargiolim.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
“Immigration rights experts worry that the recent inquiry is the latest sign Trump is interested in transferring #unaccompanied #minors to the state, where it is easier to quickly deport them.” #immigration #children www.texastribune.org/2026/07/03/t...
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Trump admin asks Texas for legal help representing immigrant kids
Immigration rights experts worry that the recent inquiry is the latest sign Trump is interested in transferring unaccompanied minors to the state, where it is easier to quickly deport them.
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Margaret Cargioli @cargiolim.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
On 6/30/26 #SCOTUS held “Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause.” lnkd.in/gk-rMMjV #SCOTUS #birthrightcitizenship
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SCOTUSblog @scotusblog.com · 30/06/2026
The court strikes down President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, holding that children born in the U.S. to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S. and are citizens at birth. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Scoop with @ccastronuovo.bsky.social: Pete Hegseth has authorized forced deployments of reservists as DOJ immigration judges. Email to marine reserves seeks "volunteers for involuntary orders." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Hegseth Moves to Order Military Lawyers to be Immigration Judges
The Defense Department is planning to begin involuntarily activating military lawyers to serve as immigration judges and to represent the government in cases involving detained migrant children, accor...
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
An attorney was punished for giving water to a client who went 30 hours without it at Adelanto ICE. Instead of fixing the issue, they banned her from face‑to‑face visits. GEO Group gets $142M a year to run this place. This is why we fight in L.T. v. ICE.
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Vera Institute of Justice @vera.org · 25/06/2026
This #ImmigrantHeritageMonth, we honor immigrant communities by fiercely defending their right to stay.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
NEW: The Trump administration told a federal court judge in Michigan that it plans to sell the warehouse it purchased to detain immigrants in the state. This is the first public acknowledgement of plans to sell warehouses after our story last week.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
FREE SPEECH UNDER ATTACK: Marco Rubio just had a man arrested and jailed, and is seeking to deport him, because he publicly supported Petro and opposed a presidential candidate in Colombia that Donald Trump would prefer to be elected. He committed no crimes and had an asylum application pending.
Franklin Humberto Coral Garrido, a progressive online activist known as Beto Coral, is a supporter of President Gustavo Petro of Colombia, a leftist who has clashed with President Trump. He has publicly criticized Abelardo De La Espriella, a right-wing candidate backed by Mr. Trump. Mr.
Coral was arrested by immigration authorities on Tuesday, the same day Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a memo determining that he was deportable from the United States.
In the memo, Mr. Rubio noted that Mr.
Coral arrived in the United States in 2015 on a tourist visa and has a pending asylum application. But "Coral Garrido has used his presence in the United States to conduct political activity in support of the Petro government" and has advocated against a candidate for president, Mr. Rubio wrote, according to a copy of the memo obtained by The New York Times.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The verdict is in!
Graphic that says "Not guilty. In a loss for the fascists, a federal judge ruled that Brad Lander is NOT guilty in the trial resulting from his arrest by ICE last year at 26 Federal Plaza."
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
“When I graduated from law school, I never imagined I’d be pepper‑sprayed by immigration agents,” said Ming, staff attorney. Since June 2025, ImmDef has received over 3.5k calls from people whose loved one was taken from the streets. Support our work immdef.org/donate
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FWD.us @fwd.us · 11/06/2026
We know DACA recipients like Jaime and Angel make our communities stronger. They’ve grown up in the U.S. and built their lives here. This is their home. We need to pass a permanent solution that gives DACA recipients and their families certainty.
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FWD.us @fwd.us · 11/06/2026
As the anniversary of DACA approaches, we’re grateful for the leadership of Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, Whip @whipkclark.bsky.social, Chair @repespaillat.bsky.social, @sylviagarcia.house.gov, Rep. Grijalva, and members of the @hispaniccaucus.bsky.social for standing with DACA recipients
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Ms Rachel @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Send that text. Record that voice memo. Someone just sent me one that made me tear up. You never know what someone is going through. Though my thing is public, you never know. ❤️
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Congressional Hispanic Caucus @hispaniccaucus.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
HAPPENING NOW: Democratic and CHC leadership are joining DACA recipients at a press conference this morning to discuss the future of DACA and sound the alarm on the reconciliation bill’s unprecedented and unpopular funding increase for ICE.
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Margaret Cargioli @cargiolim.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ways to help- consider donating to @immdef.bsky.social @ic4ij.bsky.social @cosecha.bsky.social @paxchristiusa.bsky.social @afsc-org.bsky.social
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Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
ICE Reports 19th Death of 2026: Georgian National Mamuka Artmeladze Dies at Winn Correctional austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-report...
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ICE Reports 19th Death of 2026: Georgian National Mamuka Artmeladze Dies at Winn Correctional
Mamuka was not a public safety threat, may not have broken a single law, couldn't be deported, and shouldn't have been arrested. ICE forced taxpayers to pay $18,000 detaining him anyway.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 08/06/2026
Yesterday, I was notified of the 50th death in ICE custody since Trump returned to office. This is unprecedented and further proof that ICE and their private, for-profit prison contractors should not be sent another cent of taxpayer dollars. There must be accountability.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/06/2026
WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged "You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her" "I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads
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Margaret Cargioli @cargiolim.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
People in detention facilities across the U.S. from Delaney in NJ to Adelanto in CA are on hunger strike demanding to be treated humanely. The lack of medical care & abuse are horrific. The reconciliation bill will likely be voted on this week. Call your Reps to oppose more funding to ICE and CBP.
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Hunger strikers at Adelanto report being threatened with solitary confinement, transfers, and loss of commissary access for speaking out about conditions inside the facility. Today we stood in solidarity with those risking their health to be heard. 🔗 tinyurl.com/commissaryfund
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Margaret Cargioli @cargiolim.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
People in detention facilities across the U.S. from Delaney in NJ to Adelanto in CA are on hunger strike demanding to be treated humanely. The lack of medical care & abuse are horrific. The reconciliation bill will likely be voted on this week. Call your Reps to oppose more funding to ICE and CBP.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 01/06/2026
An estimated 300 immigrants detained at the Delaney Hall ICE jail in Newark, New Jersey, are continuing a hunger and labor strike to demand their freedom. Watch our report ⬇️
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