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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 8h

The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.

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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
REMIGRATION REPORT
94%)
3.3+
MILLION REMOVALS
INCLUDING DEPORTATIONS AND VOLUNTARY REMOVALS
ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
250,000
VISAS REVOKED
REVOKED
TRAVEL BANNED
FROM 39 COUNTRIES
2,600+
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AGREEMENTS
NATURALIZATIONS
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75%
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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 8h

DHS in court: Your honor we're doing our best to process immigration applications but we've got a backlog and complications x and y. But we're giving it all we've got. DHS online:

@DHSgov tweed:
Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.

Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.

We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The only way to read the text of the statute, which is clear and unambiguous, is in a way contrary to how it’s been read by immigration advocates and hawks alike, the DOJ, and the overwhelming majority of judges for three decades. -Alito (either for the majority or the dissent)

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

OK why don't we get some rest now, grandpa.

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Greenberg Visa Law @asgvisalaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It sure seems like there should be some type of judicial process to determine whether people broke the law before you declare that they broke the law and should be and are being punished for it. We could dedicate an entire executive office for that sort of immigration review.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Feeling much better about it all now.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 29/09/2026

Question (4) is breathtaking: “Please tell us all the ways you want us to rule for you, independent of the actual legal issues in the case.”

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If “irreparable harm” means anything, it means being sent to a country you’ve never seen, where you may well be imprisoned, tortured, or killed, under a policy that (the cert grant implicitly acknowledges!) may well be illegal

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Board of Immigration Appeals: Our “there was no funny business in this case” published decision has people asking a lot of questions already answered by our decision www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Under this administration, handcuffs/shackles/cages are universally applicable tools for any situation that touches on immigration. It's ridiculous, wasteful, and abhorrent.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We do not choose to follow or enforce any use of force policy and will continue to chase, ram, and shoot first and ask questions never.

CLAIM: That ICE needs to get out of Austin.

FACT: This is false. ICE will not be slowing down nor leaving Austin. DHS is tasked with enforcing the laws passed by Congress. We do not pick and choose which laws to enforce or where to enforce them. We will continue to enforce our nation’s laws.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ICE puts out a "Correct the Record" press release on the shooting in Austin, leads by debunking "claim" no one has made. www.dhs.gov/news/2026/09...

CLAIM: ICE refused to remove the bullet from the illegal alien’s body.

FACT: This is false. ICE does not and would not advise, nor be the authority on, a medical procedure for an illegal alien at a hospital.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The BIA did something terrible today. [pin post]

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Michael Karlik @michaelkarlik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The taxpayers footed another bill today for $13,924 in Colorado after the government unlawfully detained two noncitizens and was ordered to pay their attorney fees.

III. CONCLUSION
Petitioner’s motion for an award of attorney fees, ECF No. 18, is GRANTED.
Respondents shall pay attorney fees in the amount of $8,956 to counsel for Petitioner.
DATED this 21st day of September 2026.
BY THE COURT:
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Charlotte N. Sweeney
United States District Judge

III. CONCLUSION
Petitioner’s motion for an award of attorney’s fees, ECF 20, is GRANTED.
Respondents shall pay attorney fees in the amount of $4,968 to counsel for Petitioner.
DATED this 21st day of September 2026.

BY THE COURT:

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Charlotte N. Sweeney
United States District Judge

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.

apnews.com

AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Federal court orders are not to be ignored." Immigration Judge ordered to explain failure to comply and show cause why she should not be sanctioned.

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Greenberg Visa Law @asgvisalaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

They did it again. This time they found a plain reading of the INA that everyone just missed for 25 years, a plain reading that renders an entire clause in §212(h) completely superfluous incidentally.

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Michael Karlik @michaelkarlik.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Taxpayers got a bill for $12,225 this morning, in the form of attorney fees against the government for the unlawful detention of two (2) noncitizens in Colorado.

II. CONCLUSION
Petitioner’s motion for an award of attorney’s fees, ECF No. 19, is GRANTED.
Respondents shall pay attorney fees in the amount of $5,988 to counsel for Petitioner.
DATED this day 17th of September 2026.
BY THE COURT:

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Charlotte N. Sweeney
United States District Judge

III. ORDER
Petitioner’s motion for an award of attorney’s fees, ECF No. 19, is GRANTED.
Respondents shall pay attorney fees in the amount of $6,237 to counsel for Petitioner.
DATED this 17th day of September 2026.
BY THE COURT:

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Charlotte N. Sweeney
United States District Judge

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

DHS General Counsel, for some reason, just wrote an open letter to immigration lawyers. Can’t really say I’d recommend reading it.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not sure I can think of an event whose name conveyed so much…

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If anyone ever does an accounting of total the cost of unlawful detention, the cost of DHS lawyers and immigration judges handling their cases, the cost of US Atty’s and district court judges on the habeas cases, and the cost of judges’ orders that the gov’t pay the noncitizen attorney’s fees… whew

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 10/09/2026

BREAKING: In August, *every single one* of the 2,646 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 12,901 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

USCIS, the same agency playing Inspector Javert in scouring applications from decades ago for any little reason to deny status and put people into the removal machine, says it’ll make an announcement at “the appropriate time” rather than the time explicitly directed by Congress. Lawless.

(3) Periodic review, terminations, and extensions of designations
(A) Periodic review
At least 60 days before end of the initial period of designation, and any extended period of designation, of a foreign state (or part thereof) under this section the Attorney General, after consultation with appropriate agencies of the Government, shall review the conditions in the foreign state (or part of such foreign state) for which a designation is in effect under this subsection and shall determine whether the conditions for such designation under this subsection continue to be met. The Attorney General shall provide on a timely basis for the publication of notice of each such determination (including the basis for the determination, and, in the case of an affirmative determination, the period of extension of designation under subparagraph (C)) in the Federal Register.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

By regulation, BIA precedent decisions are binding on adjudicators including immigration judges and DHS (including USCIS).

(g) Decisions as precedents—(1) In general. Except as Board decisions may be modified or overruled by the Board or the Attorney General, decisions of the Board and decisions of the Attorney General are binding on all officers and employees of DHS or immigration judges in the administration of the immigration laws of the United States.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Peruvians and Chileans battling the never-ending pisco war never saw Canada coming.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The BIA did something terrible today. [pin post]

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Congress enacted laws on deportations. It also enacted laws that allow some without status (or have status ripped away) to gain status through family-based petitions, relief in immigration court, etc. The agencies' role is as much to enforce and facilitate *those* laws as the ones on deportations.

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Greenberg Visa Law @asgvisalaw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This isn't even accurate. Termination of TPS doesn't mean people are present illegally. It just means TPS is terminated. There are lots of people with pending cases for permanent residence or asylum (and probably some who still have valid nonimmigrant status though I would doubt it's very many).

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.

Homeland Security 7
@DHSgov
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Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED.
Those with terminated TPS are in our nation Illegally. They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.
DHS.GOV/CBРНОМЕ

Underneath is a screenshot of a video showing two Haitian men in chains being led to the aircraft. I didn’t post the video, but it’s vile.

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Greenberg Visa Law @asgvisalaw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"This tyranny could have been an email"-edition of fascism.

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 24/08/2026

As a veteran myself, it's deeply offensive that they would go after military families while we're in a time of war -- or any time. Whatever you believe about foreign policy, it's a diverse cross section of America's working class that puts on the uniform to prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

2021: DHS/VA issue joint announcement on our responsibility to those who serve on our behalf including making sure their immediate families are guaranteed a place in the country they'd been willing to die to defend. 2026: F*** those vets. www.dhs.gov/archive/news...

“It’s our responsibility to serve all veterans as well as they have served us – no matter who they are, where they are from, or the status of their citizenship,” said Secretary McDonough . “Keeping that promise
means ensuring that noncitizen service members, veterans, and their families are guaranteed a place in the country they swore an oath – and in many cases fought – to defend. We at VA are proud to work
alongside DHS as to make that happen.”

“Having a family member in the military is not a free pass to violate our nation’s laws,” the department said Sunday, adding that the Trump administration “does not pick and choose which laws to enforce.”

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 22/08/2026

BREAKING: A federal court struck down the Trump administration's nationality-based ban on immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries. We’re proud to bring this case with partners on behalf of @cliniclegal.bsky.social, @africansus.bsky.social, and impacted individuals.

nytimes.com

Judge Strikes Down Trump’s 75-Country Visa Ban

The ruling from the Southern District of New York found that the policy went beyond Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority.

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"Trump officials have refused to process cases for approximately 55,000 Diversity Visas... Instead of trying again to change or abolish the category through legislation, officials have barred anyone from entering or adjusting status as a Diversity Visa winner." www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

forbes.com

Trump Officials Now Restricting All Legal Immigration Categories

Recent immigration policies of the Trump administration affect American citizens sponsoring family members and employers seeking workers as the economy has slowed down.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

BIA finds statute does not provide exception to limit on motions to reopen where there was ineffective assistance of counsel on prior motions. Somehow managed to draft this without even a mention of the Fifth Amendment. www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...

Therefore, we reject the respondent’s argument that ineffective assistance of counsel warrants equitable tolling of the number bar for motions to reopen, and we will deny the respondent’s fourth motion to reopen as number-barred.

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 13/08/2026

There were no drugs on the boats. Survivors were released without charges. If a US intelligence agency actually did this amateur-hour op, it raises a huge question: HOW FAULTY was the intel used to target the 221 PEOPLE BLOWN UP aboard boats since last September?

washingtonpost.com

Covert CIA program said to be behind mysterious attacks on Galápagos boats

A surveillance plane flew from El Salvador toward the fishing boats before drones attacked, flight data shows.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Board of Immigration Appeals: We, the BIA, under Attorney General Todd Blanche, and not any judge in Georgia, provide the authoritative interpretation on what what constitutes a scrivener's error in Georgia state court proceedings under GA Code § 17-1-3. www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Obviously the most important part of this is the human suffering needlessly inflicted. But the pure wastefulness of detaining an adjustment of status applicant or someone else in the midst of a process toward legal status is an absolute scandal as well.

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

For @newrepublic.com I wrote about ICE's recent campaign of airport arrests, and the intentional vagueness about who is or isn't potentially subject to detention as part of the administration's broader narrative campaign of fear, intended to drive immigrants from public life

newrepublic.com

ICE’s Airport Crackdowns Are Designed to Spread Fear

The agency is snatching and grabbing travelers without any regard for their immigration status—and with no effort to be transparent about what they’re up to.

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

As far as I can tell Adobe makes its product slow and buggy so it can flash pop-ups at me touting AI summaries (of one page documents) or the ability to share the PDF on WhatsApp. No.

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Matthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

EOIR has a new "fact sheet" out saying new immigration judges receive 5 consecutive weeks of training: intensive classroom instruction, supervised hearings, and mentoring. I got the May 2026 materials through FOIA. The fact sheet is wrong. 🧵 www.justice.gov/eoir/page/fi...

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Justice Thomas can write the 9-0 opinion.

Thomas dissent from Barbara: "Today, the Court does so again by recognizing a constitutional right to citizenship for the children of all foreign birth tourists and illegal aliens."

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Proposed Reg: Lawyers suggesting Todd Blanche's deportation judges might not be impartial to be punished by fines of up to $3,500. [never mind that federal court judges are excoriating the integrity of immigration courts on a near-daily basis]. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-15458.pdf

Additionally, “disorderly or abusive behavior or language in and around the courtroom and before the Immigration Judge,” as stated in 8 CFR 1003.124(a)(3) (proposed), includes, but is not limited to, behavior or language that impugns the integrity of the court, unfairly maligns the competence or impartiality of the presiding Immigration Judge, is defamatory or slanderous, or inappropriately accosts any individual in the courtroom.8 See 8 CFR 1003.124(a)(3) (proposed).

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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Arrest followed by detention without bond in this situation has become *incredibly* common, especially in the last few weeks. They are no longer even bothering with the pretense that it is about “illegality.”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Imagine if you mailed the IRS a check to pay your taxes, but they left their mail unopened for years and then arrested you for failure to pay taxes. That’s effectively what ICE is doing to increasing numbers of people now; people out of status only because of GOVERNMENT delay.

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