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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Immigration judges said they were told **how to rule** by DOJ to aid the often illegal arrests of immigrants in courthouses.

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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Albuquerque, NM - a man was filmed being tazed in a Walmart by unidentified people wearing ICE and HSI vests.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

BREAKING: Documents filed in court today assert that officials from El Salvador told the United Nations that it "facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure" by the U.S. but that "the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the" U.S.

As set forth in the attached Report, the Government of El Salvador responded to the UN
inquiry opened by the four families asking about the disappearance of their family members:
1 The attached exhibit has redacted personal identifying information for the four men discussed in the WGEID report. Petitioners can file an unredacted version of the exhibit under seal at the Court's request, with the exception of one of the cases for particular privacy reasons related to that individual.
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Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 160
Filed 07/07/25
Page 2 of 4
The Salvadoran State emphatically states that its authorities have not arrested, detained, or transferred the persons referred to in the communications of the Working Group. The actions of the State of El Salvador have been limited to the implementation of a bilateral cooperation mechanism with another State, through which it has facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure for the custody of persons detained within the scope of the justice system and law enforcement of that other State. In this context, the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the competent foreign authorities, by virtue of international agreements signed and in accordance with the principles of sovereignty and international cooperation in criminal matters. In this regard, the actions attributable to the Salvadoran State are limited to its sovereignty and territorial jurisdiction, and therefore it cannot be held responsible for the failure to observe the principle of non-refoulement with respect to the persons mentioned.
Ex. 1 at 6, 9 (emphasis added).

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Washington, D.C., has a population roughly equivalent to Alaska's. And it has zero senators. If D.C. had senators, the GOP megablil bill would have failed today. Instead, Murkowski got carve-outs and money for Alaska, and then voted to subject DC to the bill

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 30/06/2025

The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens. Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important". Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary. substack.com/redirect/169...

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029: - $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion - $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million - $8 billion for hiring/retention - Billions more.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Wow. What a sign that criminal case against Abrego Garcia may be politically cooked up. "Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons" Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division

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Abrego Garcia indictment led top federal prosecutor in Tennessee to resign: Sources

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Consolidated Oregon INDIVISIBLE Network @coin-indivisible.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Feel free to share. This is shameful

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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Now can we finally please stop blaming Latinos and other people of color for Trump's victory?

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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Not one judge has ruled that the U.S. is being invaded. No one is buying their BS. They are getting more desperate.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10/05/2025

Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

Two woman walking and embracing each other in front of an ICE detention center. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress and heels. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. Members of the press are in the background.

Two women standing, smiling, and embracing each other with grass, water, and the sky in the background. The woman on the left is wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. The woman on the right is wearing a black dress.

Two woman stand next to each other and hold onto one another. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. In the background is the fence of an ICE detention center.

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Noah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

It is very strange to me that at the same time as we are passing laws banning the wearing of masks to conceal identity, federal agents have started wearing masks to conceal their identity

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/05/2025

Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values for schools that want federal taxpayer funding ... we're gonna make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology."

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/04/2025

GDP numbers out today. Remember, it’s not a recession, it’s a freedom dip.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/04/2025

Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."

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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

"Don't forget, history is not on your side"

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

An immigration judge within the Trump DOJ has denied bond to Rumeysa Ozturk, saying she’s a “danger and flight risk.” Her “crime” is cowriting an op-ed urging her school to follow student resolutions to acknowledge the Palestinian genocide & divest from companies tied to Israel.

Respondent Name:
OZTURK, RUMEYSA
To:
Rosenbluth, Martin Mark
P.O. Box 786
Lumpkin, GA 31815
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW
OAKDALE IMMIGRATION COURT
A-Number:
Riders:
In Custody Redetermination Proceedings
Date:
04/16/2025
ORDER OF THE IMMIGRATION JUDGE
The respondent requested a custody redetermination pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1236. After full consideration of the evidence presented, the respondent's request for a change in custody status is hereby ordered:

X Denied, because
Danger and Flight Risk

• Granted. It is ordered that Respondent be:
• released from custody on his own recognizance.
• released from custody under bond of $
• other:
• Other:

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

(HERE is the bench slap I've been looking for) HITTING THE DOCKET: In Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals DENIES the Trump Administration's request for an emergency stay pending appeal & DENIES its request for a writ of mandamus. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I hope this writing will startle you into understanding that a democracy for some — a democracy of convenience — is no democracy at all. I hope it will shake you into acting before it is too late. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Opinion | Mahmoud Khalil: What does my detention by ICE say about America?

A democracy for some is no democracy at all.

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God @thegodshow.com · 05/04/2025

Attention White House: Thou shalt not joke about how you sent an innocent father of 3 to a gulag while his autistic son smells his shirts to remember him.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2025

Murphy: "It's not designed as economic policy. It's designed as political policy. Because Trump gets really excited when people have to come to him, petition the king for relief. That's what he's doing with law firms, doing with universities. That may be what he's doing with businesses."

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The idea that the federal government can go before a judge and say, “Yeah we arrested the wrong guy, but too bad, so sad” is not alarming nearly enough people yet.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 04/04/2025

keep in mind this is just the markets reaction to the announcement of the tariffs. they haven’t even been implemented yet lol

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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I wrote a law review article on this in 2012. This has been going on for as long as ICE has existed, and the INS before then. thehill.com/opinion/immi...

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 04/04/2025

🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (1/2):

“It is unconscionable that Rümeysa Öztürk—a young woman pursuing her education, exercising her First Amendment rights, and contributing to her community—remains detained by DHS. Her ongoing incarceration is not only a blatant violation of her constitutional rights to due process and free speech, but it is now an egregious denial of her fundamental right to medical care.

Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (2/2):

“According to her lawyer, Rümeysa has not received her required asthma medications and has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in custody. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

“As her representatives in Congress, we demand DHS immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care she needs, and absent compelling evidence justifying her detention and the revocation of her status, we call for Ozturk’s release and the restoration of her visa. Every minute she remains in custody is another minute her health and rights are at risk, and DHS must move with urgency.”

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

7/ But the private sector also plays a rule to protect democracy. Independent industry has power. The tariffs are Trump’s tool to erode that independence. Now, one by one, every industry or company will need to pledge loyalty to Trump in order to get sanctions relief.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/04/2025

SAVE THE PENGUINS. STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

chef’s kiss

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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Niche joke for those of us who follow Eastern religions

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

This was….five months ago

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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Booker on Strom Thurmond: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here in spite of his speech. I'm here because as poweful as he was, the people were more powerful."

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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We could have had immigration reform…

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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Withholding of removal is a form of relief that is similar to asylum, where a judge finds that an individual would be harmed if returned to their home country. ICE ignored a judge’s finding and deported this person anyway

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies. The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits. Maybe it's not the judges?

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David Woodruff @dmwoodruff.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time: Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves. Q: Why are you running away? Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels. Q: But you’re foxes! Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.

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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The Khalil, Ozturk and Suri apprehensions make clear that ICE never functioned as a "civil" enforcement agency. ICE identifies themselves as "police" but then follow none of the protocols required by criminal law enforcement. No miranda rights, no govt appointed lawyers, just indefinite detention

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/03/2025

The first rule of Trumpism is to never apologize or admit wrongdoing. That’s why he’s not firing anyone or even entertaining the idea anybody around him did something wrong.

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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

This feels like something out of the streets of Iran

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NPR @npr.org · 24/03/2025

The fight over the rarely used wartime power has become central to Trump's immigration crackdown agenda and his efforts to stretch the powers of the executive branch.

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Judge contends Nazis got more due process than Trump deportees did

The fight over the rarely used wartime power has become central to Trump's immigration crackdown agenda and his efforts to stretch the powers of the executive branch.

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