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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

We were able to identify Andry exiting the plane in Venezuela. After 125 days in a torture prison in El Salvador, he has been released & sent back to the country he initially fled. We will keep fighting for justice for Andry. @ImmDef statement: www.immdef.org/blog/andryre...

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

It has been 122 days since Andry was disappeared & forced to El Salvador. 4+ months of being held incommunicado in a torture prison. 4+ months of his family & legal team wondering if he will survive. Thank you congressman @robertgarcia.bsky.social for continuing to speak his name. ❤️ #FreeAndry

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Today is day 110 since Andry Hernandez Romero was disappeared to CECOT in El Salvador. Kilmar has now confirmed what we have feared since 3/15 — Andry has almost certainly endured 110 days of torture. We need proof of life. He needs to be brought back now. #FreeAndry @immdef.bsky.social

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Andry’s case is bigger than him. While we fight to save his life & undo this travesty of justice, we also fight for the future of our democracy. We fight for due process & for the rule of law. We fight for Andry but also know his fight is one that none of us can afford to lose.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

It is our hope that soon Judge Boasberg will order the return of Andry, our other clients at CECOT & all of the men unjustly imprisoned there. Like so many following his case, I wake up every day and think of Andry. We are not giving up until he is safe and free. #BringThemBack

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

In last 100 days Trump admin moved to further erase Andry by getting his asylum case dismissed. But we are still fighting for his return and the return of all the men sent with no due process to CECOT. Andry is now one of the lead plaintiffs in JGG v. Trump which remains pending.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

It is day 100 since Andry was disappeared by Trump admin to a gulag in El Salvador. 100 days since this photo was snapped while he begged for his mom. 100 days of wondering if he is still alive. We’re still waiting for the devastatingly slow wheels of justice to turn. #FreeAndry

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

After more than 15 hours of attorneys advocating at the federal building since yesterday, @immdef.bsky.social client Javier is finally free. He is now on his way to his chemo appointment with his nephew. He let us know he is so grateful to everyone who fought for his release. ❤️

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

10 hours after @immdef.bsky.social got here to advocate for Javier’s release, we are leaving w/out him. We fought all day, talked to every ICE officer we could. But they won’t say whether they’ll release tonight, & even if they do, won’t give a time estimate. We will be back to fight again tomorrow!

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

The team at @immdef.bsky.social is currently working on dozens of cases of people picked up in the last 24 hours in LA. Among them is Javier, who has cancer & will miss his chemo tomorrow if ICE continues to detain him. He has lived in LA for more than 20 years and has no criminal history.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/06/2025

"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Senator Padilla cuffed on the ground for trying to ask Noem a question… 😳🇺🇸

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

You know when Los Angeles had order? Last weekend before Trump and his thugs pulled this stunt to provoke chaos in our city. Meanwhile, while all eyes are on the protest downtown, ICE is out around the city raiding carwashes and terrorizing residential neighborhoods.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

We have not lost our sense of humor ❤️

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

You can donate at ClueJustice.org/bond. @ImmDef has a team at the main detention facility holding people rounded up in the ICE raids this week to provide legal consults and assess eligibility for bond. No immigrant stands alone. #LAstandstogether #TeamImmDef

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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🚨 Day 60: 238 men remain forcibly disappeared in El Salvador’s CECOT prison. U.S. Reps toured the prison, heard their desperate cries,“Freedom! Help! Kidnapped!” & walked past w/o helping. Visit freeandry.org to learn how you can still help. #FreeAndry #BringThemBack youtube.com/shorts/20o79...

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Day 60 of Enforced Disappearance: 238 Venezuelans Still Held Without Due Process in El Salvador

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

The last time loved ones spoke with Andry "was from a US detention facility on March 14. After he was moved out of the country, he had not been heard from since.” “This is the most shocking thing I’ve ever seen happen to a client of ours,” said his attorney, @l-toczylowski.bsky.social.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Today is day 50 since Andry disappeared, & we have no proof of life since the horrific photos taken as he arrived at CECOT. @immdef.bsky.social is so grateful to @lastweektonight.com for featuring his plight on tonight’s episode. We’re still fighting for his return, we’re holding on to hope 👑

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

“It is terrifying,” attorney @l-toczylowski.bsky.social tells @advocate.com about her client’s forced disappearance to El Salvador. “Because we have no idea what is happening to him.” www.advocate.com/news/andry-r...

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Gay asylum-seeker's lawyer worries for the makeup artist's safety in Salvadoran ‘hellhole’ prison

Andry Hernández Romero’s lawyer voiced her concern for the gay man who was deported to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

“If it were me, I’d want someone to tell my story. I’d want someone to know I was human,” @l-toczylowski.bsky.social continued. “If it can happen to Andry — it can happen to a green card holder. It can happen to a U.S. citizen. That should chill us all.”

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

“We obviously do all of this work pro bono. So, if people want to support organizations like us that fight to get due process for people and that provide free lawyers to people, they should. We could certainly use the support." @l-toczylowski.bsky.social Just did: give.immdef.org/give/545119/...

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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Tomorrow we celebrate 10 yrs of fearless advocacy w/ powerful voices & unforgettable performances! Join us + Mariachi Arcoiris & Trans Chorus LA at Union Station for a night to remember. 🎟️ Get your tickets: Bit.ly/FearlesslyDefendingJustice Bid on exclusive items now: bit.ly/10thAnniversaryAuction

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Our fight for justice for Andry and the 235+ other human beings who were illegally rendered to CECOT with no due process carries on. We know the only fight we are guaranteed to lose is the one we give up on. And the ImmDef team is not giving up until we #FreeAndry.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Tomorrow will be 40 days since Andry disappeared. Despite calls for his release & information on his condition from Gov Newsom, Rep García, Rep Takano, Rep Frost, Rep Dexter, Rep Ansari & more he continues to be held completely incommunicado, w/ no access to his family or lawyers.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

ICE also filed a change of address today which ironically is first doc that confirms Andry’s rendition was pursuant to AEA. We noted in court it mistakenly says last place of detention was SD, not TX. Shocking how sloppy ICE is in a case that has garnered such public attention.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Release form ICE filed is not a removal order. We asked if they could provide an actual removal order, & ICE attorney responded “I will need to check with management.” Judge noted our opposition to the dismissal and gave us a new hearing in late May to allow time for briefing.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Despite disappearing Andry 5 weeks ago, Govt filed motion to dismiss 44 minutes b4 today’s hearing. Only evidence in support of motion is this “Verification of Removal” dated 3/15. NOTE: photo on doc was not taken on 3/15, it’s same photo on his I-213 from initial entry to US.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Went to court today for 3rd time since Andry’s rendition. Pic is @immdef.bsky.social legal team outside Otay Mesa detention ctr after his asylum hearing. 39 days since Andry was disappeared, govt moved to dismiss case, latest in effort to erase fact that he was here, seeking protection.🧵

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

So grateful for the opportunity to speak with @aliciamenendez.bsky.social @symonedsanders.bsky.social and @michaelsteele.bsky.social on @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social this morning about our @immdef.bsky.social client Andry’s disappearance and our ongoing fight to save his life. #FreeAndry

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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

"This is one more reason that Andry should be immediately returned to the US so he can have a court hearing to address this increasingly questionable evidence that led to his being forcibly sent to CECOT," - @l-toczylowski.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...

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Gay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced cop's report

Now a contractor for ICE, the officer was on a list of disgraced cops in Milwaukee. His report helped send a man to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Andry Hernandez Romero fled violence in Venezuela, passed his asylum interview but as attorney @l-toczylowski.bsky.social told 60 Minutes, “Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just disappeared.” Now he’s in a mega-prison in El Salvador with hundreds of others ✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social

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Trump’s Use of 1798 Wartime Law to Purge Immigrant Dads and Contributors Previews Attacks on the Freedoms of all Americans

Makeup artist Andry Hernandez Romero fled to America to escape persecution. The Trump admin instead disappeared him and hundreds of other contributors to a dictator's notorious mega-prison.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I look at this & wonder what he must have thought & felt in that moment as he prayed. Confusion, terror, panic? I think about his mom & the heartbreak she must feel. Our @ImmDef team is gutted, & we worry every moment that Andry will never get out of that hellhole. #FreeAndry

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Reminder that this is Andry. He is a professional makeup artist from Venezuela. He has no criminal history. He has been in a theater troupe since he was 7 and loves pageants. His family is distraught and misses him. He is sitting in a cell in El Salvador tonight. #FreeAndry

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Horrified to see this image, of our @ImmDef client Andry, being brutalized and terrorized at the CECOT in El Salvador by men with chains & masks & AK47s. The @TIME photographer described him being slapped as he pleaded with them. We now know it was Andry crying out for his mom.

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Tom Cartwright @tomcartwright.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

A horrendous story and one everyone needs to watch and uplift. What this administration is doing is cruelty with malice. Thanks @ImmDef for your humanity in the face of this wall of terror.

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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

🚨 Watch @60minutes.bsky.social on CBS tomorrow evening as we shine a light on Andry's story of being #DisappearedWithNoDueProcess. We're not backing down until we #FreeAndry #JusticeForAndry ✊✊✊ 📆When: Sunday, April 6, 2025 ⏰Time: 7 PM PST/EST 📺Channel: CBS #60Minutes #CBSNews #DueProcess4All

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Our @immdef.bsky.social client Andry’s case will be featured tomorrow on @60minutes.bsky.social. Please tune in 7pm Sunday on CBS as we shine a light on his story of being disappeared with no due process to El Salvador in the middle of his asylum case & our fight to get him out of Bukele’s prison.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

This is positive but need to wait & see whether govt will comply. We should also all be loudly demanding that when/if they retrieve Kilmar, the other men they disappeared to El Salvador with no due process — including our @immdef client Andry Hernandez — are on that plane too.

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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Andry did the right thing: - Never committed a crime. - Fled his home when persecuted for being LGBTQ & refusing to give in to an authoritarian regime. - Sought asylum through a legal pathway. - Found us to represent him in court. So, why did the Trump admin forcibly remove him? He had tattoos.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Thrilled to share a David & Goliath outcome tonight: @immdef.bsky.social @justiceactionctr.bsky.social & #AmicaCenter joined forces to stand up & say hell no when Trump admin cut congressionally mandated legal rep for 26,000 immigrant kids who would be forced to face a judge alone. TRO granted!

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Our @immdef.bsky.social team has agonized over Andry’s case & how to make sure he is not forgotten as he sits in a prison cell in El Salvador. We are grateful to @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social for shining a light on this injustice & for helping us make sure the world knows who Andry is.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Here we go again. A little more than a month since they issued a stop work order & then rescinded, the Trump admin went all in again attacking immigrant kids. Our programs serves thousands of kids every year who would otherwise be forced to go to court alone — their futures & safety is at stake!

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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

ImmDef President & CEO @l-toczylowski.bsky.social said, "We will explore all avenues to restore legal representation for unaccompanied children and we call on every member of Congress, from both sides of the aisle, to defend children and demand that the administration rescind this termination.”

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