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Mike Wishnie

@mikewishnie.bsky.social
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Yale Law prof & civil rights lawyer whose students represent immigrants, workers, veterans & others, and their organizations.

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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Long, beautiful piece over the weekend about our fierce client and her family. Amala Karri Karley Nadolski Brenda Cachay Gutiérrez @taranasable.bsky.social Elijah D. Armando Ghinaglia @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social #WIRAC ctmirror.org/2026/10/11/c...
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ICE deported her from CT. Now, she parents from Mexico.
Nancy Martinez has filed a lawsuit following her deportation, but even a victory would not allow her to return to her children in the U.S.
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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
NYT featuring our client in the opening grafs: “For nearly three decades, Raquel Molina — an immigrant from El Salvador . . . — swabbed the toilets, wiped down the seats and vacuumed the aisles of airplanes at Boston’s Logan International Airport. . .” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/u...
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Trump Squeezes Immigrants by Cutting Them Off From Jobs, Health Care and Housing
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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The Trump Administration fired thousands of immigrant airport workers with lawful status and work authorization, many of them unionized. It's senseless, dangerous, and cruel. It's also illegal. So we sued. Honored to stand with @seiu.org & its members. www.newsweek.com/dhs-sued-ove...
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DHS sued over revoking airport security clearances
CBP revoked airport security seals from 80 immigrant workers at Boston Logan Airport, a lawsuit alleges.
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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Check it out this Thursday - Kurt Petersen, YLS '92 & Co-President, UNITE HERE Local 11, on the Olympic Wage Campaign: Union Lawyering Beyond Labor Law. @lpeproject.bsky.social @unitehere.org
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 05/02/2026
Yale professors Tarren Andrews and David Watts urge Yale to defend academic freedom! The Yale AAUP and Faculty Senate have proposed contract changes to protect free speech and free inquiry at our university. Now, we need the university to defend its core values. yaledailynews.com/articles/why...
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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Looking forward to this teach-in with @akapczynski.bsky.social Muneer Ahmad and WIRAC alum Rebecca Scholtz of National Immigration Project. Organized by the amazing Trinh Truong Kosar Kosar Sam Maldonado Marisa Houlahan Amanda Powers Janet Ceron.
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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Conventional wisdom says tenure-track/tenured faculty at private universities lack statutory rights to form unions and bargain collectively. That's wrong. Thanks Helen Zhao & James Brandt for fine research and editing. lpeproject.org/blog/why-not...
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Why Not a Faculty Union?
Despite a recent surge in campus organizing, tenured faculty at private universities haven't unionized. Why is this? The conventional answer is that the Supreme Court said they can't. Fortunately…
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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Back to court today: “Veterans seeking transgender-related medical treatments ‘will have to do so on their own dime,’ VA Secretary Doug Collins said.”
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Transgender veteran files lawsuit to overturn ban on gender-affirming care
A transgender Army veteran whose hormone therapy was halted by the Department of Veterans Affairs has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the VA’s ban on gender-affirming care.
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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"The lawsuit — filed by Yale Law School's Veterans Legal Services Clinic — . . . argue[s] the abrupt change [to deny necessary medical care] discriminates against transgender veterans and endangers their mental health."
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Transgender vet sues VA over decision to halt hormone therapy meds
VA officials in March announced plans to end all transgender-related health care programs, a move advocates say will hurt veterans.
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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The stars are out this week at @YLS! Please join for a talk Weds by @Ray Brescia on his book, "The Private is Political: Identity and Democracy in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism." Sponsored by Center for Private @lpeproject.bsky.social. @akapczynski.bsky.social Daniel Markovits Andrew Miller
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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
So proud of these fierce & loving warriors for justice, who fought today for the freedom of one man, detained by ICE for nearly a year w/o a bond hearing. Audrey Huynh Bill De La Rosa Janis Jin Camilo Duran Tarana Sable Muska Akbari Prof. Marisol Orihuela Michael Tan. @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social
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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Hey look who’s speaking today at @yalelawschool.bsky.social! @azbrodsky.bsky.social
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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Come work with us in the Yale Veterans Legal Services Clinic! We are hiring a clinical fellow to teach and supervise students representing veterans in individual and strategic litigation and regulatory and legislative reform. Please spread the word. law.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
"U.S. foreign and development assistance . . . addresses instability and keeps Americans safe. It keeps Americans living overseas safe. It keeps our service members . . . safe. It keeps my constituents in Wilmington safe.” - @senatorchriscoons.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Trump’s attack on USAID is an assault on Americans’ safety
Our foreign assistance wins us friends, establishes our leadership, and neutralizes distant threats.
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Mike Wishnie @mikewishnie.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
First post here - back to court today. Why are CT regulators adopting anti-union rules? Proud to represent @cwaunion.bsky.social @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social www.ctinsider.com/business/art...
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Frontier Communications union sues CT regulatory agency over utility pole decision
Hamden-based Local 1298 of the Communications Workers of America is suing Connecticut utility regulators.
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