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Maunica Sthanki

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I know too much about immigration law and policy www.linkedin.com/in/maunica-sthanki

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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Congrats!
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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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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Well the Democratic party tried his way in the national and got clobbered so maybe this guy doesn't have all the answers.
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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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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Detention standards are completely unenforceable. They are suggestions of what should be done. There are no consequences for failing them. It’s a fiction.
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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
abcnews.go.com
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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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Kneecap. It’s on Netflix!
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 01/05/2025
ICE raids wrong Oklahoma home, seizes life savings and leaves family ‘traumatized for life’
independent.co.uk
ICE raids wrong Oklahoma home and seizes family’s life savings — then leaves
The state agreed earlier this year to increased cooperation with federal immigration agents
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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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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
2+2=5
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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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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
This is 100% chefs kiss
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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
"One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors" www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
washingtonpost.com
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
They've always only cared about their kids and seen other kids as dangerous and/or inherently criminal/terrorist/undesirable.
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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 · 25/04/2025
Surprised that no one has mentioned Gondor yet….
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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...
washingtonpost.com
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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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
U.S. policies are actively traumatizing children, both here and around the globe. We should all be ashamed. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
nytimes.com
Fear Shadows Many Children in Immigrant Families
Heightened immigration enforcement is stirring anxiety among children whose parents are vulnerable to deportation. “Every day I worry they could take my mom.”
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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 · 05/04/2025
yeah. we can tell. 🤯
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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is a disaster. They keep making mistakes and people are getting hurt. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
washingtonpost.com
Trump administration accidentally tells some Ukrainians to leave country
Some Ukrainians who fled the Russian invasion received an urgent email saying their provisional legal status in the U.S. would terminate in seven days. It was an error.
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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I've never been so jealous of anything in my entire life
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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
But....
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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Pure joy. This could be us. www.nytimes.com/card/2025/04...
nytimes.com
Divided Over a President’s Fate, South Koreans Awaited a Historic Verdict
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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...
thehill.com
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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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Maunica Sthanki @maunicas.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The Fugitive Slave Act
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