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I also interviewed people who came in on the parole program who were detained and signed these forms. Never gotten a chance to have their asylum applications— which many of them had— heard or given any credible fear screening.

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I interviewed several people who were detained illegally— while they had active TPS— who signed these forms! This makes it impossible to contest illegal detention.

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What the voluntary departure forms do is bypass both immigration court proceedings and expedited removal proceedings. No proceedings. Just waived rights.

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 19h

For those without passports, ICE uses form I-269, “Certificate of Identity for Departure from the United States,” basically an expulsion document.

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This is the same thing that was done to Central Americans in the early 1980s and was the whole reason for the Orantes Hernandez litigation back then. It’s due process and access to asylum unraveling in real time. Orantes for those interested: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orantes...

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Orantes-Hernandez injunction - Wikipedia

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 19h

To be clear, this is not voluntary departure granted by an immigration judge— which itself can be coerced. They didn’t even get a hearing with a judge: just a form from ICE “I-210 Voluntary departure and verification of departure”

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 19h

The “voluntary departure” orders are an absolute scandal. You detain someone illegally. Conditions are terrible. So then DHS deprives them of a hearing with an immigration judge or even a credible fear screening (after expedited removal order) by having them sign all their rights away to DHS

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 21h

And, there’s this whole other component of the problem: there is literally NO reception infrastructure here in Cap Haitien. Unless there are relatives to pick people up. Just taken from airport, to police station, and dropped on the street. In their ICE sweatpants and no shoe laces.

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 21h

I was writing fast so what I meant above was that the deported people have most of their families in the U.S., including sometimes their children, more frequently their siblings and spouses. And on the property: deported Haitians had cars, bank accounts. All inaccessible.

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And so many of them deported without any documents— with basically this fake form that DHS made up and the Haitian “government” agreed to accept — which was just an expulsion paper. They’ve got no ids.

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Their treatment by the US immigration authorities is just unconscionable. Also: many of them have most of their relatives there. And so much property just impounded and stolen by our government.

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The prospect of returning to the center of the country— which is extremely insecure and violence— is just impossible. A young man just broke down an started crying at that point. He said nobody cares about me here in Haiti.

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 23h

Emphasizing: people I am speaking to are strong and have tremendous spirit. But they have been devastated. They mostly entered the U.S. legally, worked for several years, were detained (frequently illegally), arbitrarily deprived or denied status, treated brutally, and dropped here with nothing.

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I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.

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ANOTHER FUCKING TRAITOR...HEAD OF OUR FBI...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 16h

We released a new report in partnership with @amnesty-usa.bsky.social that analyzes how colleges and universities unconstitutionally targeted pro-Palestinian protestors from 2023 to today, and provides recommendation on ways to protect academic freedom.

Cream graphic titled "How Colleges and Universities Can Protect Free Speech on Campus". The first bullet reads "Protect Free Speech of All Students and ensure that campus policies on political speech are viewpoint neutral." The second bullet reads "Refuse demands from the government that undermine academic freedom". The third bullet reads "Don’t adopt vague or overly broad policies against discrimination or harassment that chill political speech". The last bullet reads "Avoid deploying law enforcement and crowd control weapons during peaceful campus protests". At the bottom there are protest signs reading "Protect Free Speech" and logos for the ACLU and Amnesty International.

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Inconvenient fact for the BIA given its decision in Matter of BSAN today: its most recent statistics on asylum grants by nationality show dozens of asylum grants to EU nationals. Romania takes the lead by far. But now judges can refuse to even hear your proof. www.justice.gov/eoir/page/fi...

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Asylum Decision Rates by Nationality.pdf | United States Department of Justice

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CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION NC VOTERS...

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 17h

NORTH CAROLINA VOTING...

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How nice. Trump causes the price of diesel fuel to double with his unlawful war in Iran, and uses the consequences of his disastrous decisions as an excuse to waive sanctions against his Russian friends.

thehill.com

Russia will supply US and global markets with diesel, Trump says

Russia will supply the U.S. and global market with diesel, President Trump announced Friday, responding to sky-rocketing prices exacerbated by both the Russia-Ukraine and U.S.-Iran wars. The presid…

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Governor Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social · 16h

Visit ReadyNC.gov/Isaias for preparedness tips and updates.

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Governor Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social · 16h

As Hurricane Isaias brings the potential for localized flooding and gusty winds this weekend, I encourage everyone to prepare now. Make sure you’re signed up for local emergency alerts, have an emergency kit ready in case you lose power, and never drive through flooded roads.

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WHEN YOU KNOW TO DO THE OPPOSITE...

Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 16h

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#ELB: “Trump Has Cast Doubt on Elections on 440 Days in His Second Term” electionlawblog.org/2026/trump-has-…

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TofuNYG 🏈🏳️‍🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 16h

Keep digging the GOP's grave Mr Trump

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Ordinary Rendition @renderjudgment.bsky.social · 16h

I'll just add that it's, well, interesting that, according to Segura, Will Morva was "executed by Terry McAuliffe in 2017," as if McAuliffe personally conducted the execution. But who "ended the death penalty?" "VA," not "Ralph Northam" or "the Democratic Virginia General Assembly." Interesting.

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 16h

Once upon a time, the US was active in establishing the International Criminal Court . . . but now it is intent on destroying all global institutions that hold any of Trump's allies to account.

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Barrista @onbluskysku.bsky.social · 16h

Statute of limitations on this is gonna go past 2028

law.cornell.edu

18 U.S. Code § 592 - Troops at polls

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19h

Documents released by a watchdog group suggest that despite Trump's promise to fund Freedom 250 events through private donations, taxpayers largely footed the bill. The budget estimates leave open questions about where tens of millions in private donations ended up.

washingtonsun.com

Trump Raised Big Bucks for Freedom 250 — But Most Events Appear to be Funded by Taxpayers

Newly released documents raise questions about what happened to the corporate and private donations.

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 16h

There are about 15 states where the NFA restrictions still apply, however, due to state laws that require following the federal permitting process. So don't go out and buy a suppressor before checking.

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 16h

ATF just announced that they will no longer enforce NFA requirements for short barreled rifles or suppressors after deciding not to appeal this decision. www.atf.gov/news/press-r...

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Eric Segall @espinsegall.bsky.social · 17h

Hubris, thy name is Alito.

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This is an evil piece of shit...there's no man in that sack of orange shit...

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 17h

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The man likes violent spectacles

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 17h

Come for the hypocrisy, but stay for the sheer unbridled terror about the November election oozing out of this Administration.

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 17h

#ELB: “Early vote analysis: Mail ballot concerns are changing how Democrats vote” electionlawblog.org/2026/early-vote…

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16h

NEW: Wisconsin Democrats sued the Trump administration for using $20 million in taxpayer funds to run TV ads seemingly created to boost GOP candidates in the midterms — an initiative the lawsuit argues is unlawful. The ads mark the administration's latest effort to unfairly influence the vote.

democracydocket.com

Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda ads draw third lawsuit

It’s the third lawsuit filed in response to the campaign-style ads, seemingly created to boost GOP candidates as the party registers historically low ratings.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

DOES THIS DUMB FUCK UNDERSTAND IF HE HARRASSES OTHER PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS, WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK CAN HAPPEN TO AN ORANGE CONVICTED FELON RAPING EX-PRESIDENT????????????????????????????????

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Thrilled to say that the person who was falsely accused is an @immcouncil.org attorney, and thanks to her advocacy and the work of multiple others, we successfully prevented the Trump admin from sending a gay man back to Iran just before the war broke out. You may even remember that story.

americanimmigrationcouncil.org

LGBTQ Iranians Sought U.S. Asylum, But Now Face Deportation

Three LGBTQ Iranians sought asylum in the U.S. Now two face deportation back to Iran, where being gay is punishable by death.

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COOLJEN @cooljenim.bsky.social · 17h

Fuck that orange rotting shit pile TRAITOR...

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Silence is assent @stef47.bsky.social · 17h

So we are selling Ukraine down the river for one week’s worth of diesel? The United States consumes approximately 540,000 to 570,000 metric tons (or roughly 600,000 to 625,000 U.S. short tons) of distillate fuel oil (diesel fuel and heating oil) per day across all sectors.

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COOLJEN @cooljenim.bsky.social · 17h

FUCK TRAITOR TRUMP...SLAVA UKRAINI...