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JillMarieB

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Immigration law and policy. Posts are mine. Reposts/likes do not = endorsement. Called to Welcome (Matthew 25:35). Social justice. Random animal posts. #WherePolicyMeetsPractice

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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
📣 🇦🇫 San Diego friends, please share widely! Members of Global Refuge’s Immigration Legal Services team will join hosts and partners for this one-day free legal clinic to serve #AfghanAllies, refugees, and other newcomers.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
If your organization serves immigrant communities in Maryland and would like to partner on outreach or host a citizenship information session, we'd love to connect. 📩 Citizenship@globalrefuge.org #Citizenship #Naturalization
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
These resources are designed to make the path to citizenship more accessible by providing accurate, trusted information to immigrant communities across Maryland. Please share these free resources with anyone who may benefit! 🔗 www.globalrefuge.org/naturalizati...
globalrefuge.org
Naturalization Resources | Global Refuge
Resources from Global Refuge on how to prepare for the naturalization interview and test.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🗣️ Prepare to Pass Your Naturalization Interview & Test Get ready for your interview and the 2025 Civics Test with practical guidance.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Ready to File Your Naturalization Application? Find out what documents and information you'll need before you apply.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📘 Are You Considering Becoming a U.S. Citizen? Learn about the benefits of naturalization and whether you're eligible to apply.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
As part of this initiative, we've created free multilingual resources (available in 6 languages) to help people navigate the naturalization process!
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We're excited to share that Global Refuge’s Immigration Legal Services program has received a Citizenship Maryland grant to help more eligible lawful permanent residents on their journey to U.S. citizenship! 🇺🇸
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Pileated woodpeckers feeding in Columbia, MD 🪶🪶
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Pileated woodpeckers feeding in Columbia, MD 🪶🪶
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
“(W)e spent time pouring over court records and interviewing people and collected dozens of stories of people who have been caught recently in this giant surveillance web that DHS and specifically ICE has been spinning. And there were some patterns that started to emerge...”
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The Americans caught in ICE’s web of surveillance
Podcast Episode · Up First from NPR · April 5 · 24m
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
“It’s not about leaving,” said a 37-year-old undocumented father from Central America during a phone interview from his home in south Texas. “It’s about making sure your children survive if you don’t come home.”
theguardian.com
US immigrant parents are taking intense precautions in case of detention: ‘I need to prepare for the worst’
From wills and guardianship papers to advance healthcare directives, parents are anticipating dying in custody or being deported without warning
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
While the VP is on his SAVE Act crusade, spreading lies about occurrences of non-citizen voting, a few things to know. 👇 Most importantly, noncitizen registration is already rare, and noncitizen voting is even less common.
bipartisanpolicy.org
Four Things to Know about Noncitizen Voting
Heightened scrutiny has targeted the integrity of election processes, particularly regarding noncitizen participation in U.S. elections. We address four frequently asked questions concerning noncitize...
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
🇭🇹🚨 The 2-to-1 ruling allows the over 350,000 Haitians in the U.S. covered by TPS to remain shielded from deportation, continue to work legally and maintain their protected status while a lawsuit challenging the termination proceeds in federal court.
reuters.com
Trump cannot end protections for 350,000 Haitians, US appeals court rules
The panel in a 2-1 decision found that Kristi Noem's ​move likely violated termination procedures and the Constitution's ‌Fifth ⁠Amendment guarantee of equal protection under the law.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Kristi Noem’s assertion at a Senate hearing Tuesday that President Trump had given his blessing to a $220 million DHS ad campaign promoting Noem’s leadership was the final straw that cost the DHS secretary her job, according to Republican senators and other sources familiar with the events
thehill.com
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
⚖️ Discrimination based on national origin or immigration status is happening in Maryland — and attorneys can help stop it. Join MSBA Immigration Law Section + civil rights experts 📅 Thurs 2/26 | Noon Know the signs. Know the tools. Support your clients. 🔗 www.msba.org/site/site/ri...
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Politico @politico.com · 17/02/2026
EXCLUSIVE: ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before the Minneapolis shootings. Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership didn't see it as a concern to be addressed.
politico.com
ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis shootings
Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership did not see it as a concern to be addressed.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
13 YO Gustavo said he didn’t want to go back to Mexico. “I have friends, school, and family here,” he said of his home in Texas. “To this day, I don’t know what we did wrong to be detained.” He ended with a plea, “I feel like I’ll never get out of here. I just ask that you don’t forget about us.”
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Moms told me that their kids had lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping on the facility’s hard metal bunk beds in rooms shared by at least a dozen other people, and were constantly sick.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Although a long-standing legal settlement generally limits the time children can be held in detention to 20 days, a data analysis by ProPublica found that about 300 kids sent to Dilley by the Trump administration were there for more than a month.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Around 3,500 detainees, more than half of them minors, have cycled through the center since it reopened, more than the population of the town of Dilley itself.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
🚨🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Dilley, run by private prison firm CoreCivic, is located some 72 miles south of San Antonio and nearly 2,000 miles away from Ariana’s home. It is a sprawling collection of trailers and dormitories, almost the same color as the dusty landscape, surrounded by a tall fence.
propublica.org
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
“We believed in this country, right?” Said told CNN. “I risked my life for this country. I never imagined that I would be begging one day just to keep my brother alive, here in America, while he hasn’t done anything wrong.”
cnn.com
His family fled Afghanistan facing threats for supporting US troops. Now he sits in ICE custody at risk of being sent back | CNN Politics
When Said Noor, a US Army veteran, picked up a phone call on December 2, he immediately knew something was wrong.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
"Mindful of the flagrancy of the Government's violations of the deportees' due-process rights that landed Plaintiffs in this situation, the Court refuses to let them languish in the solution-less mire Defendants propose." U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg
npr.org
Federal judge orders return of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador under Alien Enemies Act
In his Thursday order, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg ordered the government to allow any of the men deported last year to El Salvador to appear in a U.S. port of entry to be conditionally a...
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
👏🏼 Grateful to Democracy Forward, The Advocates for Human Rights, and the courageous, detained plaintiff in this case for seeking justice and due process. ⚖️
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
65% of Americans said Immigration and Customs Enforcement has "gone too far," according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And President Trump is facing the highest intensity of disapproval since just after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
npr.org
Poll: Two-thirds of Americans say ICE has 'gone too far' in immigration enforcement
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a jump in disapproval of the agency among Democrats and independents, but Republicans are standing by ICE and the president.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🇭🇹 This is a major win for Haitian advocates who have born the devastating cost of this president’s long held animus toward them, have remained steadfast in their plight for justice, and led this fight not just for themselves, but for so many others. 🙏💪🏼
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🇭🇹🚨 The Court’s ruling pauses the Trump administration’s plan to end Temporary Protected Status, a program that has allowed more than 350,000 people from Haiti to remain in the United States.
nytimes.com
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks End of Protection for Haitians in U.S.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
“Detaining immigrant children is unjust, and it is unnecessary to ensure their compliance with immigration proceedings. Under previous administrations, immigrant children have participated in highly successful Alternatives to Detention programs, such as the Family Case Management Program.”
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
“A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm. All of these children and their parents were detained despite being eligible for release…”.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
“Since March 2025, many hundreds of families with children who are minors have been detained in federal immigration custody, with more than 1,700 children in custody since family detention centers reopened. Many have been detained for long periods of time, some for nearly half a year.”
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
“From January to October 2025, at least 3,800 children under the age of 18, including 20 infants, were arrested and detained by U.S. immigration authorities.”
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
🚨🗞️ Powerful Op-Ed by an expert in the field that every American should read. Liam and his family’s story made the headlines, but there are thousands of children and families who have been detained - their lives forever changed by this cruel and inhumane practice. They should also be released.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Liam Ramos Is Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
“Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency,” wrote the judge. “And the rule of law be damned.”
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
In a scathing opinion, which at times read more like a civics lesson, US District Judge Fred Biery admonished “the government’s ignorance of an American historical document called the Declaration of Independence”…
cnn.com
Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father be released from immigration detention | CNN
A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a ruling obtained by CNN.
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Global Refuge @globalrefuge.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The work of welcome is made possible by partners like Texas Bar Foundation! Their recent grant to Global Refuge will support a new initiative aimed at preventing Afghan nationals in Texas from falling prey to immigration scams and the unauthorized practice of law. #immigrationlegalservices
The work of welcome is made possible by partners like Texas Bar Foundation!
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[Global Refuge logo]
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
We’ll cover Maryland civil rights protections, reporting mechanisms, and how these agencies support people facing discrimination at work, in housing, and beyond. 📘 Know Your Rights resources (English & Spanish) 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/evPsiNW3 Open to non-members ($5)
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
🚨 Upcoming MSBA Webinar: Combatting National Origin Discrimination Attorneys & service providers working with clients who live/work in Maryland—please join this important Feb. 26 webinar hosted by @MDBar, featuring experts from the MD Commission on Civil Rights and the AG’s Civil Rights Division.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Elma Saiz Delgado, Spain’s minister for migration, said at a news conference on Tuesday that the measure would have an impact “on our social cohesion, well-being, and also on the economy.”
nytimes.com
Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The judge also ordered the immediate release of all detained refugees in Minnesota and the release of those taken to Texas within five days.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
👏🏼Way to go IRAP! Grateful, as always for the brave Plaintiffs in this case! 🎉 “Today, a federal judge issued a TRO preventing the Trump administration from arresting and detaining lawfully resettled refugees in Minnesota under Operation PARRIS while the case challenging the practice proceeds.”
refugeerights.org
Court Orders ICE To Stop Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Refugees | International Refugee Assistance Project
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“Liam’s arrest 7 days prior went viral and became a symbol of the Trump administration’s relentless crackdown on immigrant communities in the Minneapolis region. Attorneys for the family have said the father and son have an active asylum case and had entered the US at an authorized port of entry.”
theguardian.com
US federal judge blocks deportation of five-year-old boy and his father
Texas judge says Liam Ramos and his father cannot be removed as litigation challenging their detention proceeds
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Immigration crackdown leads to drop in U.S. population growth
npr.org
A crackdown on immigration is leading to a sharp drop in U.S. population growth
A sharp drop in net immigration has led to a slowdown in U.S. population growth. The Census Bureau says the population grew only about half as fast in the year ending last June as it did the previous ...
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A new YouGov poll taken on Saturday, the day of Pretti’s fatal shooting, showed 19 percent of Republicans and 48 percent of American adults across the political spectrum voicing support for abolishing ICE.
time.com
Support for Abolishing ICE Is Surging Among Republicans
A growing share of voters back eliminating the agency following the fatal shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis.
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Unacceptable Full Stop. "I was praying. I was like, God, please help me, I didn't do anything wrong. Why do they do this to me? Without my clothes on," Thao, a Hmong man born in Laos, told Reuters from his home on Monday, while neighbors were at work fixing the broken door.
reuters.com
ICE broke into Minnesota home, forced barely clothed man outside into snow
A Minnesota man told Reuters on Monday he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and forced him outside into the snow wearing sho...
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Philadelphia showing up STRONG Thank you Philly You are the City of Brotherly Love... Today on this day of Action, Peace, and Love A GREAT WAY TO HONOR DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR Dr King would be proud
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Recent polling has found Trump’s approval on immigration at a low point and shown that even some Republican voters are critical of immigration officers’ approach.
thehill.com
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JillMarieB @jmbussey.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Minnesotans are organized and activated to respond to this violence. But they need our help. Find out how you can support their efforts 👇
standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
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