Reposted by Scott HicksMatthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social · 30/01/2025So, I'm going to post through the updates issued by EOIR, the agency that manages our immigration courts, in the last week. Shortly after the inauguration, BIA member Sirce Owen was installed as the Acting Director and has since issued a series of memoranda. So, this is a thread about that. 1/ 46123
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 30/01/2025@hcrichardson.bsky.social You said While the Trump admin.. defends its sweeps by saying it considers anyone who has broken immigration law to be a criminal, being undocumented is in fact a civil offense, not a crime, and many of Trump’s supporters did not think he would make such general sweeps." 3101
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 29/01/2025This bill is reported to have passed out of committee. TN making it a felony for elected officials to vote to make their locality a sanctuary area among the many gems in this one. www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bi...capitol.tn.gov 241
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 29/01/2025As someone who has been in Immigration Courts since 1996, I have the benefit of historical perspective. Arresting people in Immigration Court is not new. I can’t remember if it was in Bush or Obama, but ICE would sometimes show up and take your client into custody at the end of the hearing. 3100
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 29/01/2025EOIR HQ (Immigration Court HQ) released memo today that rescinded the prohibition on ICE enforcement in and around Immigration Courts. Yep, they just green lighted arresting immigrants who appear for immigration court hearings. 171
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Oklahoma education leaders approved a plan on Tuesday to request proof of citizenship or immigration status from families when they enroll their children in public schools. The rule would supply the Trump administration with information to aid immigration enforcement. 144
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 28/01/2025www.cpr.org/2025/01/28/c...cpr.orgColorado military officials prepare for a massive immigration raid in Aurora — but crackdowns may already be underway across metro areaOfficials with the U.S. Northern Command said that they started work Monday to prepare Buckley for use by Homeland Security as a temporary detention center. 041
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Every ICE Field Office expected to arrest 75 people per day or face discipline. Arresting serious criminals takes time and planning. So to meet quotas guess who ICE will go after? Did you say not criminals? 0156
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Cost for ICE to contract a private commercial flight- less than 10K Cost to use a military transport- 250K minimum So we could pay for at least 25 flights for the cost of one military transport flight. 191
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 25/01/2025As I had expected, Expedited Removal is now nationwide. ACLU is suing. My opinion is that’s a loser suit. ER has been around for nearly 30 years and was challenged and upheld decades ago. So we are likely stuck with this for at least the next four years. 281
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 21/01/2025This is important for people to know. ICE warrants are rarely real warrants giving them the right to enter. www.ilrc.org/sites/defaul...ilrc.org 092
Reposted by Scott HicksMatt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 18/01/20251/ As discussed on Friday's @openargs.bsky.social, ICE has always counted on well-meaning allies to handle a substantial portion of their psyops. Here's what you should know about ICE "raids," and how I suggest that you talk about them as things unfold 712580
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Just in time for Texas and Trump thehill.com/regulation/c...thehill.com 220
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 17/01/2025My take on this. Part 1 I don’t have a problem with detaining people illegally here, per se. That’s already an option under the law. But that’s also why this is so dumb. It’s already allowed under the law. 650
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 16/01/2025If you ever wonder why immigration laws never get better and only harsher, well, look at the Laken Riley Act. Some Democrats going right along with it. So yeah, this is not a R issue. Ds are just as complicit in having terrible cruel and stupid laws on immigration. 0122
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 03/01/2025apnews.com/article/immi...apnews.comImmigration agency deports highest numbers since 2014, aided by more flightsU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it deported more than 270,000 people over a recent 12-month period, the highest annual tally in a decade. 050
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 19/12/2024www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...nbcnews.comTexas new mom deported after missed immigration hearing following emergency C-section, family attorney saysImmigration and Customs Enforcement said that it was following an immigration judge's orders and that the parents decided the infants would go to Mexico with her. 32920
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 19/12/2024I didn’t really think the government would shut down this time. Maybe I underestimated the Rs. If it does shut down, so do Immigration Court hearings (other than detained cases). So I guess we will see if my January 8 trial is affected. I still can’t believe they would be that dumb. 170
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 11/12/2024www.nbcnews.com/investigatio...nbcnews.comTrump plans to scrap policy restricting ICE arrests at churches, schools, hospitalsThe long-standing policy has prevented ICE agents from arresting immigrants at so-called "sensitive locations" except under certain circumstances. 111
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Friend of mine sent me this this morning. This is what is being circulated in Dayton, Ohio. This is what naturally flows from calls for mass deportation and demonization of immigrants. 244
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 08/12/2024www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...reuters.comTrump says he aims to deport all immigrants in the US illegallyU.S. President-elect Donald Trump aims to deport all immigrants in the U.S. illegally over his four-year term but also wants a deal later to protect so-called "Dreamer" immigrants, he said in an interview that aired on Sunday on NBC News' “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker.” 010
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 06/12/2024immigrationimpact.com/2024/12/06/w...immigrationimpact.comWhat Will Mass Deportations Look Like?We explore who may be most likely to be targeted and the potential roadblocks to the Trump administration’s mass deportations next year. 020
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 04/12/2024On a personal note. Went to Dr. today. Yep, a viral illness since last Wed. No way to confirm which virus. But have up to another week of muddling through. Good news, I’m not contagious. Bad news. Still fatigued. 260
Reposted by Scott HicksKate Huddleston @khuddleston.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Homan at TX border today doubles down on threat to jail officials who try to halt mass deportations: “I’ve said 100 times in the last week, don’t cross that line. It is a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal. Anti-immigration authorities, don’t test us.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk_f...m.youtube.comTrump's border czar Tom Homan, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott full speeches during visit to borderYouTube video by WFAA 93013
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 28/11/2024www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/t...texastribune.orgTexas offers Trump administration more land and support for mass deportationsTwo events in the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday made clear Texas officials will work with the Trump administration on immigration. 131
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 27/11/20241/ Just spent time today prepping and uploading exhibits in a case set for trial Dec. 12. A case I have virtually no chance of winning. Why? Because Biden changed the rules on May 2023 to make most asylum seekers at the border ineligible. 730
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 27/11/2024It seems incredibly odd to me that tomorrow we celebrate a holiday whose iconography is rooted in native born people welcoming and feeding immigrants, and yet we just elected a President who explicitly campaigned on a promise to carry out mass deportations. 1131
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 26/11/20241/ My church helps lead an Immigration Clinic for low income people. The discussions we are now having are how do we help a terrified community prepare for the worst. 5171
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 25/11/2024www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...reuters.comUS farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportationMass deportations could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally. 031
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 25/11/2024www.nbcnews.com/news/trumps-...nbcnews.comTrump’s mass deportations could split 4 million mixed-status families. How one is getting ready.Lillie, a U.S. citizen whose husband is undocumented, got passports for her U.S.-born children and plans to get a power of attorney drawn up in case her spouse is deported. 010
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 25/11/2024www.axios.com/2024/11/24/i...axios.comTrump's mass deportation plan could clog immigration courts for yearsMillions of new cases would overwhelm the system and take four presidential terms to erase the backlog. 072
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 25/11/2024wesleyanargus.com/2024/11/18/u...wesleyanargus.comUniversity Responds to Potential Immigration Challenges Under Trump AdministrationWesleyan University's twice-weekly student newspaper since 1868. 011
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 24/11/20241/. I can not confirm this with my clients, but an Ohio colleague reported today: ICE in Ohio is already shifting to “new rules” and acting as if Trump is already President. 7103
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 24/11/2024www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXwP...youtube.comBernie Moreno discusses the future of Haitian immigrants in SpringfieldYouTube video by WBNS 10TV 132
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Trump will be far nastier. But if anybody thinks Biden was good on immigration, I’ve a lovely bridge in the Sahara Desert to sell you. 061
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 22/11/2024www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...cnn.comTrump team maps out Latin America strategy as part of mass deportation plan | CNN PoliticsPresident-elect Donald Trump’s team is gaming out an aggressive strategy toward Latin America that will be a crucial element to plans to deport migrants at large scale, according to two sources involv... 032
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Some of you introduced yourself. Most have not. But please do so. Many of the handles I have no idea who you are and I would like to have a more personal sense of who is in this community with me. If you don’t want to be public, just use the DM option. 1780
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Sanctuary city just means the local authorities don’t do the Feds job. ICE can still enforce the law, they just won’t have local police doing it for them. www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comL.A. 'sanctuary city' law won't prevent deportations. But 'we are hardening our defenses'The law would not stop the federal government from carrying out mass deportations. But it signals that City Hall is standing with its immigrant population. 082
Reposted by Scott HicksMatt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 19/11/20241/ HOW TO TRIAGE AN IMMIGRATION EMERGENCY As someone who has been defending non-citizens in deportation proceedings since 2006, I am here to tell you that we know exactly who Trump's top targets will be, & how we can try to protect them NOW. NOT LEGAL ADVICE but here's what we know about priorities 11518561031
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 21/11/2024www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comTexas offers Trump land for migrant 'deportation facilities'The president-elect has repeatedly pledged to deport millions of undocumented migrants once in office. 121
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Today I met with a client. The interpreter is a well respected figure in that community. He told me that people in his community are absolutely panicking and fear that Trump is going to mass round them up and deport them. I wish I could tell them that’s an unreasonable fear. But I can’t. 1295
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 18/11/2024@hcrichardson.bsky.social you might consider addressing the plan to declare a national emergency and using the military for mass deportation efforts. (you know, on top of everything else) 0140
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 18/11/2024www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgA Guide to Emergency Powers and Their UseThe 150 statutory powers that may become available to the president upon declaration of a national emergency. 061
Scott Hicks @mazeguide.bsky.social · 18/11/2024This is not wild eyed anti Trump speculation. Straight from the horse’s mouth. 372