Esther S. Yoo @estheryoo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My judge, now chief judge of the Central District of California, circulated this announcement inviting applications for multiple new pro se staff attorney positions. Since last year, the court has been inundated with thousands of habeas petitions from Adelanto Detention Center. Can be fully remote. 110
Esther S. Yoo @estheryoo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've never seen Duo do The Scream before. It's both cute and an accurate reflection of how I feel after an especially exhausting, emotionally draining half-week at work. 😱 000
Reposted by Esther S. YooKate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 531868617
Reposted by Esther S. YooDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026it's evidently too much to ask the rw justices to consider the irreparable harm to individuals treated to such inhumanity. they are complicit in this criminality. shame on all six of them. and shame on us for having a system that allows this illegality. 12413133
Reposted by Esther S. YooShafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Excited to receive an advance copy of @nickhuntscrutiny.bsky.social’s new book #WaysToSayGoodbye. Killer opening chapter - looking forward to reading more 🌎 📖 @johnmurrays.bsky.social 2164
Esther S. Yoo @estheryoo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026We are overjoyed for our client Sae Joon Park and his family, and deeply grateful to Gov. Kathy Hochul for this act of mercy. While there's still more to do, we are thrilled to have achieved this crucial milestone in the fight to bring Sae home. 112
Reposted by Esther S. YooAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This is VERY big news. Previously, even vacated or expunged convictions could still get someone deported, if an immigration judge determined that the conviction was vacated for reasons unrelated to a legal defect (such as for rehabilitation-related purposes). The 4th Circuit says not any more! 12907275
Reposted by Esther S. Yooderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I enjoyed this. ordinaryabundance.comordinaryabundance.comOrdinary AbundanceA walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new. 753421910
Reposted by Esther S. YooYael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/08/2026So many immigrants I've interviewed break down about this. "Monsanto Maler was one of several Haitian immigrants who traveled from Springfield for a check in...after an ankle monitor was attached to him, Maler was seen collapsing to the ground and crying." www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/hundre...springfieldnewssun.comHundreds rally at site were Haitians required to check-in, get monitors after end of TPSHundreds of people gathered outside a federal immigration office Sunday morning to show support for Haitian immigrants from Springfield who were called to report for immigration check-ins. 571668711
Reposted by Esther S. YooBlack Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 10/08/2026There's just something gut wrenching about a man who comes from the first Republic founded by ex-enslaved people to end up fucking shackled in 2026. 131405476
Reposted by Esther S. YooAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Great news; yet another court finds that ICE and the DOJ were wrong to declare that Congress secretly mandated detention of millions of noncitizens in 1996 (specifically, anyone who entered unlawfully at some point in the past, no matter how long ago), and that no one had noticed until now. 9991273
Reposted by Esther S. YooAmy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Susan Collins voted to advance the legislation that led to this horrible outcome for this woman and many more. #mepolitics 03311
Reposted by Esther S. YooNikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026[GIFT ARTICLE] Want More of the ‘Odyssey’? Read These Books Next. | New York Times #Books #BookSkynytimes.comWant More of the ‘Odyssey’? Read These Books Next. (Gift Article)Informative histories, modern retellings and genre-bending homages will take you back to the long road to Ithaca. 1102
Reposted by Esther S. YooThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/07/2026This North Korean family was among the few who managed to escape after Kim Jong-un imposed a crushing lockdown during the Covid pandemic. They lived through a food shortage and were forced to witness public executions. “That night we crossed from a sea of darkness to a sea of freedom.”nyti.msA Family’s Daring Escape From North KoreaTheir resolve for freedom hardened during the pandemic, when they lived through a crippling food shortage and were forced to witness frequent public executions. 1617
Reposted by Esther S. YooAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22/07/2026Boat carrying migrants and refugees from Africa ran out of fuel, leading to a tragedy with 143 dead and 38 rescued.aljazeera.comMore than 140 dead, missing on refugee boat stranded off MauritaniaBoat carrying migrants and refugees from Africa ran out of fuel, leading to a tragedy with 143 dead and 38 rescued. 110559
Reposted by Esther S. YooAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Have kept thinking all day about this story, full of starving moms and grandmothers trying to feed 3-6 kids each on virtually nothing and Republican men cheering and patting themselves on the back for kicking them off food stamps. Congrats, boys, you really did it 351915640
Reposted by Esther S. YooHawaiʻi's Law School @uhawaiilaw.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This summer, international visiting students joined Richardson Law for Introduction to U.S. Law: three weeks covering the fundamentals, plus a mock oral argument, a visit to the HI Supreme Court, and a conversation with alumna Justice Sabrina McKenna. The program returns Summer 2027. 021
Esther S. Yoo @estheryoo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026before (first in US) sunrise / before (close to last in US) sunset 120
Reposted by Esther S. YooMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10706503020330
Reposted by Esther S. YooBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/07/2026No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i... 535226686864
Reposted by Esther S. YooArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Lamentation (flipped, detail), by Gerard David, 1515-23, 📸 by Roberto Schmidt 37120882094
Reposted by Esther S. YooBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I was back in Immigration Court this week, this time for the hearing of a sweet little three-year-old girl, I’ll call her Estrella. She’s been in federal custody, separated from her family for more than 10 months – even though her mom lives here in NYC. The cruelty is truly mind-boggling. 🧵 5224971048
Reposted by Esther S. YooNational Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 09/07/2026Yesterday ICE agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a father, husband, and beloved neighbor who spent 35 years building a life in the U.S. Our hearts are heavy with grief for his family and all those suffering at the hands of ICE, CBP, and this administration's unrelenting cruelty. 1554228
Reposted by Esther S. YooThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/07/2026Gaza’s musicians reopen bomb-shattered conservatory – in tentstheguardian.comGaza’s musicians reopen bomb-shattered conservatory – in tentsEven though most of their instruments have been destroyed, teachers are restarting classes, using music to give relief to traumatised people 324468
Reposted by Esther S. YooChristian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history. 174167802319
Reposted by Esther S. YooAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/07/2026🚨 HUGE ongoing surge of ICE arrests, with ICE directing 80% of all officers to go out into the field and round people up, aiming to hit 2,000 arrests a day; which would be more than during the Minneapolis surge. This may be why the nun in Texas got briefly picked up. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...nytimes.comImmigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down 14329632045
Reposted by Esther S. Yooderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/06/2026RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter 1441382437415
Esther S. Yoo @estheryoo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026End of academic year cleaning & organizing surfaces tangible reminders of how lucky I am to be surrounded by such thoughtful/kind/supportive students, colleagues & clients ❤️ 100
Reposted by Esther S. YooThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/06/2026Dina Nayeri : Marjane Satrapi brought Iranian women like me out of hidingtheguardian.comDina Nayeri : Marjane Satrapi brought Iranian women like me out of hidingThe Persepolis author understood us and translated us for the world. We have lost our most eloquent spokesperson 010421
Reposted by Esther S. YooNational Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 04/06/2026BREAKING: As Congress votes on $70 billion for ICE & CBP through 2029, the House Appropriations Committee released a bill to give them $30 billion more in FY2027 alone. There will be NO end to this greed and waste of taxpayer funds — unless we stop it. SEND YOUR MESSAGES. MAKE YOUR CALLS. ⬇️ 01113
Reposted by Esther S. YooXavier Becerra @xavierbecerra.bsky.social · 02/06/2026My parents came to this country with $12 in their pockets. California gave us everything. And for my entire career, I've pledged to give it back. Today, I'm asking you to let me do that as Governor. Get out and vote: vote.ca.gov 4366127
Reposted by Esther S. YooNick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 01/06/2026The Obama Presidential Center opens this month and it looks ready to receive people from all over. I spent a few moments on Saturday evening capturing the campus with a fiery sunset as the backdrop. Love the warm glow from within, too 40685471449
Reposted by Esther S. YooJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n 2719251090
Reposted by Esther S. YooAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 28/05/2026Santiago Campos is a graduating high school senior at the District of Columbia International School. His grandfather, despite being an American citizen, was deported by the Eisenhower admin during Operation Wetback. How many times have you heard media elites utter the word "genocide" on live TV?pbs.orgFamily who lived through 1950s U.S. deportation effort reflects on current climateThe Trump administration’s immigration policies have created fear and uncertainty for many communities, including people who lived through an earlier crackdown. Santiago Campos of our journalism train... 519566
Reposted by Esther S. YooBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 28/05/2026Fuck em up, kid 134140
Reposted by Esther S. Yooderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/05/2026RIP Sonny Rollins, a great jazz talent and the last surviving musician in one of the best photos of men in suits during the 20th century 8289861500
Reposted by Esther S. YooSean Hecker @sean-hecker.bsky.social · 22/05/2026We are going to savor this one. Our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is freed of these outrageous, vindictive charges. It’s a good day. 576212733876
Reposted by Esther S. YooAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/05/2026🚨 🚨 🚨 NEW: A shocking @USCIS memo seems to declare that hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in this country and applying for green cards must instead apply for visas abroad; which could MASSIVELY disrupt lives. 🧵 on what we know, and what we don’t. 8925821304
Reposted by Esther S. YooNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about. 5136701193
Reposted by Esther S. Yoopriscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I don't know, man, I think we're all going through a lot and none of us needs to walk outside and see this right now 532287335
Reposted by Esther S. YooEmily Bregel @emilybregel.bsky.social · 19/05/2026A Tucson woman with DACA protection — who has lived in the U.S. since age 1 and has no criminal record — was detained Monday after immigration agents pushed their way into her home without a warrant, according to her family and home security video. @tucson.com tinyurl.com/mr43t96etinyurl.comTucson DACA recipient detained after agents 'aggressively' enter home, family saysFederal agents rushed into a Tucson home Monday morning and took Karla Toledo, 31, into custody as she was getting ready to leave for work, her family says. 37650
Reposted by Esther S. YooAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18/05/2026the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture 21291333322
Reposted by Esther S. YooKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 19/05/2026NEW: Sen Michael Bennet (D) says he will not appoint Gov Jared Polis to the Senate if Bennet is elected Governor. Bennet calls Polis' clemency for Tina Peters "disqualifying" 235100911731
Reposted by Esther S. YooBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 18/05/2026HUGE NEWS: ICE’s courthouse arrests have been STAYED by a New York district judge. That means that ICE will have to stop arresting our immigrant neighbors on the spot when they show up to court at places like 26 Federal Plaza, 290 Broadway, and 201 Varick. (1/2) 148102862450
Reposted by Esther S. YooAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This is BIG. These are the first charges relating to an incident that occurred during an enforcement operation.* The officers involved were accused of lying under oath about this shooting, as the Trump admin admitted. *the previous indictment involved an ICE agent who road raged while on duty. 172510694