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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Mia Valentina Paz Faria
A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas
Detained for 70 days

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by
@micarosenberg
et al for ProPublica:

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Dr. Rachel J. Wechsler @racheljwechsler.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Thanks, @oxhrh.bsky.social, for publishing my analysis of the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act!

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Dr. Rachel J. Wechsler @racheljwechsler.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Happy to share that The Non-Punishment Principle and Restorative Justice is now out in the Penn L Rev! Thanks to the editors for their excellent work and to everyone who generously shared their feedback on this project! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FRITZ EMMANUEL LESLY MIOT, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 25-cv-02471 (ACR)
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: "America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions." More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President
Washington's vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8
U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United
States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS
holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take.?
eSec Noem
I just met with the President.
I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.
Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom-not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
6:52 PM - Dec 1, 2025 - 13.2M Views
' Letter from George Washington to Joshua Holmes (December 2, 1783).
2 Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl.) 1110 n.91. But see supra n.l.

So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word)
"damn" countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary
Noem announced she would terminate Haiti's TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90
Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination).
Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, "killers, leeches, or
entitlement junkies." They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching
Alzheimer's disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) 1 1; Rudolph Civil, a software
engineer at a national bank, id. 1 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology
department, id. | 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. 9| 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. 9|5. They claim that Secretary Noem's decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of
the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law.
Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary's decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome
of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a
substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a
stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See
Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI.

Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not
cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959
lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things— in the public interest is not one of them.
For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Stay Under
5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.

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Melissa Paints @melissavandiver.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I went to an "ojos" training tonight hosted by New Orleans DSA and Union Migrante and thought I'd pass on new things I learned: 1. Low/old info ICE sighting posts are wreaking havoc on immigrant communities. Basically, incomplete or old info is actively harmful (even if ppl have good intentions)

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Tarini Grace @candidkitten.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Since everyone’s finding old and new friends, take a moment to read my story, I’m a 32yo polio survivor because I was not vaccinated. Pass on my story, repeat it, tell it to any vaccine hesitate parent. No kid deserves vaccine preventable diseases www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...

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I’m a Polio Survivor. I Don’t Want You to Get It.

Polio is once again a public health threat in the United States. Grace is disappointed, though not surprised.

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Dr. Rachel J. Wechsler @racheljwechsler.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

It’s not too late to submit an abstract or proposal for the Feminist Legal Theory CRN’s programming @ LSA conference in SF from May 28-31 2026! The deadline for abstracts and proposals for roundtables, etc. is October 8th, and you can submit yours here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The real-life impact of Trump and Musk’s freeze on USAID Drugs and food, intended for global aid, instead languished and rotted in warehouses — and some children withered and died. Sweeping, damning investigation by my @washingtonpost.com colleagues.

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Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

"we cannot express our regrets profoundly enough, but it is our hope that you will use these two free passes to return to jurassic park"

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Holy sh*t! A reminder about pre and post vaccine preventable deaths. In addition to eliminating small pox, vaccines reduced deaths for mumps, rubella, hepatitis, tetanus, and diphtheria by 80-99%. By 2007 measles was no longer endemic, but of course that's no longer. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

“A close look at the so-called data reveals that the vast majority of the cited papers — all but about 40 — have little or nothing to do with the vaccines. They concern the consequences of COVID-19 infection, not the shots.” *screams into the void*

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NPR @npr.org · 06/07/2025

NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group. By Anas Baba

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Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza

NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Another horrific story about the Trump administration killing a ton of people—including many children—for absolutely no reason. The food that would save these people's lives is sitting in a warehouse in Rhode Island. The government wouldn't let it be shipped. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal

The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

58 million acres.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Congratulations to the 13 brave women who risked their careers and reputations to stand up to Cuomo’s sexual predation

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Boasberg: "Absent this relief, the Government could snatch anyone off the street, turn him over to a foreign country, and then effectively foreclose any corrective course of action." An unassailable point. The fact that the U.S. government is fighting this tells you what you need to know.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

That's why.

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State Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 30/05/2025

NEW: In 2024, Missouri voters amended the state's constitution to legalize abortion until fetal viability. But this week, as @maryrziegler.bsky.social explains, the MO Supreme Court reinstated abortion restrictions that effectively make the procedure impossible to access in the state.

statecourtreport.org

Despite Constitutional Amendment, Abortion Still Out of Reach in Missouri

The Missouri Supreme Court reinstated restrictions on abortion this week, effectively making the procedure impossible to access in the state.

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Dr. Rachel J. Wechsler @racheljwechsler.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Thanks @oxhrh.bsky.social for publishing our commentary on the implications of Trump’s executive actions for human trafficking @jdahlstrom765.bsky.social

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Catherine Briddick @catbriddick.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

'The global tumult triggered by Trump has already distracted attention from the catastrophe in Gaza. Yet the longer it goes on, the more those who remain silent or cowed from speaking out will be complicit.' on.ft.com/3Z0TJs3

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The west’s shameful silence on Gaza

The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu

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Dr. Rachel J. Wechsler @racheljwechsler.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

The intentional cruelty seemingly has no limits.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Providence City Councilor Justin Roias: “Yesterday, ICE tased & detained a Providence resident with a pregnant U.S. citizen wife & a green card interview that same day.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/03/2025

There are a million horrible things happening all at once, but wanted to take a moment to focus on the exec order against Perkins Coie and how it's an attempt to make it difficult for anyone to use the legal process to challenge all this law breaking. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/t...

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Trump’s Latest Weapon Against Critics: Destroying Their Lawyers

When a president uses executive power to not just blacklist but effectively destroy a major law firm, solely for representing political opponents, it means he’s given up any pretense that he’s not …

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

⚖️👇🏾U.S. Citizen deported.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

“Johns Hopkins has bet very heavily on a century and a quarter of partnership with the federal government. If the federal government decides it doesn’t want to know things anymore, that would be bad for Johns Hopkins and devastating for Maryland.”

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Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

If they can bring down the US Department of Education, they will be emboldened to bring down your state department of education, your local school board. The target is public education itself, folks.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I wanted to put, in one place, a documented list of all of the ways that speech is being threatened. The list is admittedly incomplete. It is also overwhelming. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/real-chill...

The President has politicized the Department of Justice and threatens to unleash the power of the federal government on his political enemies. For example, he has promised to punish law firms that provide legal support for his opponents, Now, many are no longer willing to do so.

Critics who once held security clearances or security details have them removed.

Organizations fearful of threats from the President preemptively erase ideas, or silence dissenting voices.

The President has suggested that critics are supporters of terrorism, using vague language that allows him to threaten nonprofits, or promise to deport protest leaders.

Words and ideas are banned. Censors rifle their way through government documents and websites to remove them. Federal spaces, like schools on military bases, are purged of books that even mildly hint at the idea that diversity is a good thing. Executive orders that purge these ideas tend to be ambiguous, leading organizations to respond broadly and to self-censor.

Funding of research ideas is being taken away from research experts and handed to political appointees who are defunding the ideas they dislike. Campus officials are trying to decide how to respond to government orders to remove ideas.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I started to put together this list after my students requested we no longer record classroom conversations about changes happening with the Trump administration. They wanted the conversation, but not a record that could be used against them. How quickly this sense of fear became widespread.

The President has pardoned militant supporters who engaged in violence to try to reverse the outcome of a previous election, and demoted officials who investigated those supporters.

The President and the richest man in the world routinely make wildly dishonest claims about the government they are running. Critics of the employees of the richest man in the world can expect to be threatened with prosecution from the federal government. The richest man in the world purges ideas or even methods of disseminating ideas from the platform he owns. Qualified and credible voices who know the inner workings of are afraid to publicly expose his failures. They are threatened with firing if they explain to the public about the damage being done, or fired even when its their job to do so.

Elected officials are not exempt from such threats. The President’s opponents face threat of investigation, while even his supporters fear to disagree with him. They also fear criticizing the richest man in the world, even though his actions in destroying much of the government are widely unpopular.

The work of the richest man in the world is exempted from open records laws. We really don’t know what he is doing, and members of Congress refuse to ask him in public. And the employees charged with responding to open records requests are being fired in some agencies.

Public employees are illegally purged if they are viewed as disloyal to the new regime. This includes top-ranking officers in the military, and the lawyers in government who set the boundaries for what a President can do. Within a few weeks, this has started to seem normal, and inevitable. The media coverage often fails to mention how the President is acting illegally.

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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Hours late to this, but what an unerring response. And imagine how different things might look if every university, every media organization, every independent corporation, every congressional committee met the current authoritarian overreach with similar clarity about their own rights and power.

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Dr. Rachel J. Wechsler @racheljwechsler.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Empathy is a hallmark of a civilized society, not a “bug.” As Margaret Mead observed, a healed femur is evidence of civilization — moreso than the invention of useful material items. We need more empathy and compassion in our society, not less.

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Dr. Rachel J. Wechsler @racheljwechsler.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Blocking humanitarian aid is never an acceptable negotiation tactic.

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Dr. Rachel J. Wechsler @racheljwechsler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Smh at headlines asserting that Zelenskyy was humiliated…when Trump and Vance humiliated themselves by showcasing their fragile egos and (faux?) obliviousness to Putin’s imperial designs. Apparently triggered by hearing basic truths about how the war started and P’s track record of broken promises.

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

If you're curious how a democracy transitions from a free press to state-run media, this is the kind of step you'd expect to see.

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