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Department of Justice Reporter, Bloomberg News | Phone/Signal: 812.243.5582 | jjenkins199@bloomberg.net

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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW: President Trump is pursuing extraordinary legal tactics to expand federal control over elections, testing the boundaries of Washington's power as Republicans seek to keep a majority in Congress -- and lay the groundwork for 2028. A deep dive: buff.ly/tThSESQ
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEW: Less than 24 hours before a key milestone for mail-in voting in the US midterm elections, states are bracing for late-breaking developments in a legal battle over federal control of the process, including possible intervention from the Supreme Court www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
DC's hottest bar is Union Station
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
*hits the emoluments clause button* www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New: Acting AG Blanche shared two docs meant to assuage GOP holdouts to his nomination. They leave intact the text of the Trump settlement + audit immunity that spurred controversy, while walking back/clarifying DOJ's stance. Now what? The Blanche docs, annotated: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Scoop: Federal And State Officials Probing Returned Ballots in Arizona. USPS began investigating reports of more than 900 ballots not delivered to Navajo County — home to a large indigenous population — after Bloomberg contacted them this afternoon. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Arizona Ballot Delivery Failure Draws US and State Probes
Federal and state officials are investigating reports that nearly 1,000 ballots failed to reach voters in a northern Arizona county with a large indigenous population.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
visited a sacred place for reporters last night
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Asylum seekers sue ICE over a new "draconian" policy forcing them to wear ankle and wrist monitors. They allege the physical monitors — twice as expensive as an app alternative — are enriching companies like GEO Group at the expense of human rights. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Asylum Seekers Sue Over ICE Requiring More Tracking Devices
A group of migrants seeking US asylum or visas is suing over a new Trump administration policy requiring them to wear tracking monitors as an alternative to detention, claiming the measure is causing ...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
DEEP DIVE: The Trump administration is escalating efforts to unmask anonymous online critics, sending grand jury subpoenas to social media companies for their information. A court fight has been playing out in sealed proceedings in DC. With Jimmy Jenkins: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The DOJ Wants to Know Who on Reddit and X Is Criticizing ICE's Tactics
In seeking identities of those behind anonymous social media posts, the Trump administration is intensifying its pursuit using grand jury subpoenas.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The Justice Department is escalating attempts to unmask anonymous social media accounts that criticize ICE, using grand jury subpoenas to come for the names, addresses and banking information of Reddit and X users. New reporting with @zoetillman.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The DOJ Wants to Know Who on Reddit and X Is Criticizing ICE's Tactics
In seeking identities of those behind anonymous social media posts, the Trump administration is intensifying its pursuit using grand jury subpoenas.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
DOJ OIG report on Canaan federal prison in Pennsylvania found, among other "concerning" conditions, several instances in employee-only areas of "symbols associated with designated criminal groups, as well as white supremacy and antisemitic movements" oig.justice.gov/reports/insp...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Justice Department Calls for Expansion of Federal Death Penalty www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Justice Department Calls for Expansion of Federal Death Penalty
The US Justice Department on Friday released a sweeping report calling for a significant expansion of the federal death penalty, including policy recommendations for faster executions, widening the us...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Exclusive: Lawmakers probe DOJ decision to drop criminal charges against Turkish state bank accused of $20 billion fraud scheme violating US sanctions on Iran www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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HalkBank-DOJ Deal to End Criminal Case Questioned by Lawmakers
The Trump administration’s decision to drop a long-running US criminal case against a Turkish state-owned bank for allegedly violating US sanctions on Iran is being questioned by Democratic lawmakers.
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
New today: A proposed class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of at least 50 FBI employees allegedly fired "on the basis of perceived political affiliation, without being afforded due process." From Jimmy Jenkins: buff.ly/WLoUgoG Complaint: buff.ly/9HKqiIZ
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Former FBI Agents Seek Class-Action Suit Against Bureau, DOJ
Former FBI agents are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit on behalf of all of the bureau’s employees fired since January of 2025 “on the basis of perceived political affiliation, without being…
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
New: Former FBI Agents Seek Class-Action Suit Against Bureau, DOJ “Defendants’ mission — in their own words — is retribution" Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Former FBI Agents Seek Class-Action Suit Against Bureau, DOJ
Former FBI agents are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit on behalf of all of the bureau’s employees fired since January of 2025 “on the basis of perceived political affiliation, without being a...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Used to hate on all those annoying DC reporters posting pics of the cherry blossoms now i'm one of those annoying DC reporters posting pics of the cherry blossoms and I've never been happier in my life
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
FBI Agents Sue for Reinstatement Claiming Firing Was Political www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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FBI Agents Sue for Reinstatement Claiming Firing Was Political
Two FBI agents who investigated attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and were later fired by the Trump administration are suing to get their jobs back.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
House Democrats Walk Out of Bondi Briefing on Epstein Files www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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House Democrats Walk Out of Bondi Briefing on Epstein Files
Congressional Democrats walked out of a briefing with US Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that was intended to cover the Justice Department’s handling of files relat...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
“It would be a real perversion of the law for Alabama to be authorized to have less review,” said @eji.org's Bryan Stevenson. “If anything, this is a time when there’s a desperate need for heightened review.” bsky.app/profile/jimm...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
New: DOJ Plans to Lower Bar for States to Fast-Track Capital Cases Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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DOJ Plans to Lower Bar for States to Fast-Track Executions
The US Department of Justice has proposed changes that would make it easier for states to win a fast-track federal review of death penalty cases as part of President Donald Trump’s push to ramp up cap...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
“It is the weaponization of federal law enforcement in service of crackpots and lies.” Arizona Lawmaker Turns Over 2020 Election Data to Trump’s FBI www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Arizona Lawmaker Turns Over 2020 Election Data to Trump’s FBI
The president of the Arizona State Senate said he had provided records to the Federal Bureau of Investigation related to a review by Republican lawmakers into the 2020 presidential election.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Maryland Sues DHS to Stop ‘Massive’ ICE Detention Facility www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Maryland Sues DHS to Stop ‘Massive’ ICE Detention Facility
The state of Maryland is suing to stop the Department of Homeland Security from turning a warehouse into an immigration detention facility.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
DOJ Seeks to Drop 2021 Contempt Case Against Steve Bannon www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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DOJ Seeks to Drop 2021 Contempt Case Against Steve Bannon
Federal prosecutors took steps to end a long-running criminal case against conservative activist Stephen Bannon, who had continued to challenge his conviction for defying a congressional subpoena afte...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
"It’s just stunning to think that killings in Minnesota are being linked to the state not turning over its unredacted voter files." bit.ly/4r0MFYK
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Trump Quest for Voter Data Spurs Lawsuits, a Raid and Jail Risk
The recent FBI raid of a Georgia county election office is a precursor to battles ahead as President Donald Trump’s administration steps up efforts to obtain sensitive voter information from states.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Whistleblowers disclose ICE memo detailing secret policy for agents to enter homes without a judicial warrant. Gift link: bit.ly/3Ny0fUr
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Democratic Senator Blasts ‘Secret’ ICE Policy to Enter Homes
US Senator Richard Blumenthal is demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security after whistle blowers disclosed a new policy that he claimed would let immigration agents enter homes withou...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Jack Smith Says Trump Allies Were Willing to Testify Against Him www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Jack Smith Says Trump Allies Were Willing to Testify Against Him
Political allies of Donald Trump were willing to testify against him in cases brought by the US Justice Department, according to former Special Counsel Jack Smith.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Story updated: DHS says it plans to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again if federal judge allows it bsky.app/profile/jimm...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Top DOJ Officials Possibly Involved in Abrego Garcia Prosecution
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Top DOJ Officials Possibly Involved in Abrego Garcia Prosecution
A federal judge has found evidence that high-level Department of Justice officials may have played a role in the government’s push for criminal charges against Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvador...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia will remain free through the holidays. His attorneys say the government is "desperately flailing" and will try anything to detain him again. Judge tells DOJ attorneys shes tired of their "misrepresentations" in the case. bit.ly/495yrh9
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Abrego Garcia Can Remain Free at Least Through End of the Month
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia will remain free at least through the end of the month after a federal judge sought more information on whether the US plans to detain or deport him again.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
"If we don’t have a court system where people feel like they will be treated fairly, then we are not the America I thought we were." bit.ly/3Yuk8Oj
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Judges Are Getting Fired as Trump Pursues Immigration 'Purge'
The Trump administration is slashing the ranks of immigration judges in a drive to extend its broader crackdown to the administrative courts where they serve and speed up deportations.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Predators in federal prisons are already feeling emboldened after the Trump administration ditched protections for incarcerated transgender people bit.ly/48tshZt
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Trump Administration Ditches Protections for Transgender Inmates
President Donald Trump’s campaign against expanded rights for transgender people has taken a new turn as the US Justice Department rewrites policies intended to protect vulnerable prison inmates from ...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Wrongful termination/retaliation lawsuits are stacking up -- a dozen FBI agents sued the Trump administration over their firing in September for having taken a knee during a 2020 demonstration in DC following the police killing of George Floyd. From @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social: buff.ly/81hSIag
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FBI Agents Who Kneeled at Floyd Protest Sue for Wrongful Firing
A dozen FBI agents sued the Trump administration over their firing in September for having taken a knee during a 2020 demonstration in Washington following the police killing of George Floyd.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
FBI Agents Who Kneeled at Floyd Protest Sue for Wrongful Firing bit.ly/4q0nLre
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FBI Agents Who Kneeled at Floyd Protest Sue for Wrongful Firing
A dozen FBI agents sued the Trump administration over their firing in September for having taken a knee during a 2020 demonstration in Washington following the police killing of George Floyd.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Trump Pledges Strict Immigration Curbs as Details Remain Scarce bit.ly/4ahSBGX
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Trump Pledges Strict Immigration Curbs as Details Remain Scarce
President Donald Trump threatened a slew of aggressive actions to curtail legal migration to the US in response to one National Guard member dying after being ambushed near the White House, though the...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
The Trump administration is advertising for "deportation judges” in its ongoing push to fill jobs to aid its mass deportation campaign. Applicants are told they can “help write the next chapter of America” and “define America for generations.” bit.ly/4icNNom
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Trump Want Ad Seeks ‘Deportation Judges’ to Aid in Crackdown
The Trump administration is advertising for “deportation judges” in its ongoing push to fill jobs to aid its mass deportation campaign.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Epstein survivors return to the Capitol demanding transparency and justice: "This is not an issue of a few corrupt Democrats or a case of a few corrupt Republicans. This is a case of institutional betrayal." bit.ly/49XmgoH
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Epstein File Fight Has ‘Ripped’ Apart Trump’s MAGA, Greene Says
Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene excoriated Donald Trump’s protracted resistance to releasing investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein as damaging to the populist Republican movement the president help...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Private prison company GEO Group is planning to capitalize on the government's rapidly expanding electronic monitoring program for immigrants. The company just signed a BILLION dollar deal with ICE to track hundreds of thousands of people. bit.ly/3JSuzYp
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GEO Group Sees Ankle Monitor Growth in Trump Immigration Push
GEO Group Inc., one of the largest private prison operators, said President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown eventually will fill up detention facilities and force the government to use more elect...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
New: ‘Catastrophic’ Hack Underscores Public Defender Security Gaps A must-read deep dive from @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social and @jamietarabay.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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‘Catastrophic’ Hack Underscores Public Defender Security Gaps
Recent cyberattacks on public defenders’ offices in multiple Western US states have spotlighted the technological vulnerabilities of an often overlooked but critical part of the US judicial system.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
A ransomware attack nuked 60 years of case files at the Federal Public Defender's office in Arizona earlier this year, highlighting the technological vulnerabilities of an often overlooked but critical part of the U.S. judicial system. bit.ly/49nkJrJ
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‘Catastrophic’ Hack Underscores Public Defender Security Gaps
Recent cyberattacks on public defenders’ offices in multiple Western US states have spotlighted the technological vulnerabilities of an often overlooked but critical part of the US judicial system.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Survivors of Epstein Abuse Call for Release of Secret Files www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Survivors of Epstein Abuse Call for Release of All Secret Files
Survivors of deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring called on Congress to pass legislation requiring the Trump administration to release all unclassified material gathered in a fede...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I'm excited to join the incredibly talented team at Bloomberg News as a Washington legal reporter focusing on the Department of Justice. Help me expand my source network so I can hit the ground running in D.C. Email: jjenkins199@bloomberg.net Phone/Signal: 812-243-5582
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Dear Arizona, Today was my last day with @azcentral.com I am very grateful to have worked at The Republic and @kjzz.org for the past decade. I have accepted a new reporting job in Washington D.C. I'll have details and new contact info to share soon. Until then, thank you.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
"Anybody tries to invade my home, I'm going to shoot them," Linet Vartanians told the 911 operator as ICE agents surrounded her house. "I'm a United States citizen and I'm defending my rights." www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
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Tempe woman called police for help with ICE, was arrested the next day
"ICE officers are trying to invade my home," said Linet Vartanians after a Tempe police dispatcher asked the nature of her emergency call.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Breaking: The brother and sister-in-law of an Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody have been arrested and indicted on federal charges. Attorney believes they were targeted for helping her with detained relative's case www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Judge grants request to force-feed Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention
A federal judge has granted a request from the government to force-feed an Iranian asylum seeker on a hunger strike while in ICE detention in Arizona.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Update: Judge grants request to force-feed Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Judge grants request to force-feed Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention
A federal judge has granted a request from the government to force-feed an Iranian asylum seeker on a hunger strike while in ICE detention in Arizona.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
New: The U.S. government admitted to deporting asylum seekers without following the process outlined in federal law in a recent Arizona federal court filing www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
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Asylum seekers deported without proper assessment, Arizona court records say
The U.S. government is deporting asylum seekers without following the process outlined in federal law, according to a recent Arizona court filing.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Breaking: Government wants to force feed Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Government wants to force feed Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody
Mehrad Asadi Eidivand's first hunger strike lasted from June 6 to June 13, resulting in an acute kidney injury diagnosis, according to the government.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Breaking: Government wants to force feed Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Government wants to force feed Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody
Mehrad Asadi Eidivand's first hunger strike lasted from June 6 to June 13, resulting in an acute kidney injury diagnosis, according to the government.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
NEW: The Trump administration is using a method to remove asylum seekers from the country that is likely unlawful and is doing so by evading judicial review, according to an Arizona federal judge www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Trump administration evading judicial review of disputed immigration practice, judge says
The government is using a method to remove people from the country that is likely unlawful and is doing so by evading judicial review, a judge said.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
NEW — Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention center goes on hunger strike: "I will not eat until my voice is heard and I am free." www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Iranian asylum seeker detained by ICE in Phoenix goes on hunger strike
Mehrad Asadi Eidivand, an Iranian asylum seeker who was recently detained by ICE while living on a work permit in Phoenix, wants to see a judge.
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