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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 3m

For context on this 'Federal Procurement Data Fabric' (the public site isn't live yet): acquisitiongateway.gov/hi-def/resou...

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 2h

In which a police chief argues the 287(g) program is actually good because now his cops are basically immigration lawyers. Burn this fucking program to the ground.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 2h

How is this, a common argument from cops re: 287(g), not a threat? "LANCASTER, Pa. (WHP) — Because of agreements between police departments and ICE, the number of ICE appearances have been reduced in central Pennsylvania over the past year, high-ranking law-enforcement officials tell CBS 21."

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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 3h

Christa Pike’s attorneys say the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay of execution. News spreading now outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, where the execution is scheduled for 10am.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 3h

Is there a chance Schmitt's team used an LLM to arrive at their wildly incorrect conclusions? Of course. But maybe we're over-indexing for "every gaffe is the result of AI" when humans have been capable of this level of stupidity for thousands of years.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 16h

Our entire employment-based immigration system is centered on exploitation. The H-2A program is, in many ways, the worst offender.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 23h

Logan Square/Humboldt neighbors: the 14th district is hosting a community conversation on Tuesday, Oct. 13th (at the VFW on Kedzie + Wellington). Hoping I can make it to ask CPD why they're letting ICE use their parking lot.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 16h

Our entire employment-based immigration system is centered on exploitation. The H-2A program is, in many ways, the worst offender.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 29/09/2026

*Eric Schmitt learning that Stanford doesn't actually have a mascot* "Mr. Smith, you're telling me the Stanford Tree is actually the marching band's mascot? Unbelievable."

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 29/09/2026

"Mr. Smith, I see you went to a football game in Athens in 2008. What were you doing in Greece right before the debt crisis?"

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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 16h

The Roosevelt High School teacher who was tackled, choked and charged with felony by feds on school grounds just hours after Renee Good's killing has taken a preliminary step in filing a lawsuit against the federal government. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

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Roosevelt High teacher files federal claim over violent detention by agents

Roosevelt High School teacher Quentin Williams has filed a claim against the federal government alleging agents violently detained him, falsely accused him of assault and violated his civil rights.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 18h

As a simple layman who happens to work in legal services, I'm honestly shocked more attorneys aren't calling for mass disbarment for the hundreds, if not thousands, of attorneys who've debased themselves and their profession on behalf of this regime.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22h

NEW: The Supreme Court, over the objections of the 3 liberal justices, grants a stay in the D.V.D. litigation, authorizing the Trump admin to resume third country removals without any notice to people being sent to countries they've never been to. The Court also agrees to hear the case in December.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 CERTIORARI GRANTED 26-426 DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL. (26A406) The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026 order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed. The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents’ claims. (2) Whether the district court had authority to enter classwide declaratory relief and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252(f)(1). (3) Whether the Government’s Guidance on third-country removals is unlawful under 8 U. S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or FARRA/CAT and its implementing regulations. (4) Such other questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would deny the application for stay.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026

New: We obtained witness videos and surveillance footage showing ICE parking their cars, arresting an observer, and transferring detainees in parking lots across 4 of Chicago's police districts. Local officials have tried banning ICE from city property. But incidents in the lots keep stacking up:

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In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations

Videos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol...

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 23h

I genuinely don't think you can overstate how dumb this whole thing was. They clearly didn't have any other proof that Smith was in Atlanta (b/c he wasn't). So even if he just so happened to be in Atlanta at the time, what was going to be the follow-up?

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

why this is notable: the alpr photos show martinez and ruiz in the 30 days *before* the crash in brighton park. during that time, neither was under investigation for a crime, but police were able to retrace their movements anyway in an attempt to fabricate pretense for criminal charges.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 29/09/2026

"It was the only NBA game going on in Atlanta." Right, the city where Jack Smith was not in at the time. Does Schmitt still not understand he made a fool of himself, or is this just shameless cope?

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 29/09/2026

Speaking of college mascots, are we sure this ⤵️ wasn't something?

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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The fact that we wasted time on Mueller when Smith was out there is an absolute fumble of historic proportions. I am not a believer in any “great person” mythologies, BUT I do know individuals & the teams they build & empower make a difference. And I know this guy got handed the ball way too late.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 29/09/2026

Eric Schmitt: "Did you meet with Herky the Hawk while you were special counsel, yes or no?" Jack Smith: *stares in disbelief* Schmitt: "Don't want to perjure yourself, huh?"

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

In July, roughly 6,200 people ended up in ICE detention due to a 287(g)-related arrest — nearly 15% of ICE's total arrests for the month. That's up from around 600 program arrests in July 2025.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

The best analogy for the 287(g) program that I can offer: it's a first mile contractor solution. maxwellcommons.substack.com/p/ices-first...

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ICE's First Mile Contractors

A breakdown of 287(g)-related arrest data

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

Respectfully, the one concern I have with this @us.theguardian.com article is that it doesn't dig into _why_ the 287(g) program has ballooned since January 2025. Like the absurd financial incentives added to the program last October. It's a cash cow for participating agencies.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

Actually, I'll use this as an opportunity to mention to anyone in NC who might see this: I'd love to connect with any student groups at NC colleges and universities (even dook) who are organizing to raise awareness and push back on these agreements.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 29/09/2026

lmao "Lapinto said the next challenge will be to get the designation of Clarion Borough having an agreement with ICE removed from the agency’s website. 'I don’t know how that will go,' she said. 'It’s easy to get something posted out there but not so easy to get it taken down.'"

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 29/09/2026

"Using a procedural move, Clarion Borough will not enter into a proposed memorandum of understanding (...) that would have allowed Clarion police officers to participate in ICE activities." www.thederrick.com/news/communi...

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Clarion Borough backs off from ICE agreement

Using a procedural move, Clarion Borough will not enter into a proposed memorandum of understanding with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would have allowed Clarion police officers to par...

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thederrick.com

Clarion Borough backs off from ICE agreement

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 29/09/2026

FYI: a 'STAR Act' was introduced earlier this year in the Minnesota legislature that would effectively end 287(g) program participation in the state. www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

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SF 4176 Status in the Senate - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

As someone who has spent a lot of time in the hospital, I endorse this message. The food is better than you expect!

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

Dependabot alerts for this thing have to be crazy.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

As a UNC grad, NC has always been a second home to me. GDTBATH, the abbreviation you can see on a woman's shirt in the photo below, is short for "Good day to be a Tar Heel". But I won't lie, it doesn't feel like a good day to be a Tar Heel right now.

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Felicity Rose @felicityrose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thanks @tituslegaldesign.com for flagging NC highway patrol joined the 17 other states with highway patrols in the program, covering now more than 1 in 4 Americans. Meanwhile NC has lost $3.5 billion in health care and food support to pay for this shorturl.at/Sr4YF, www.fwd.us/cuttinghealt...

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It's the law: Four state agencies must sign 287(g) agreements with ICE in North Carolina

News in Spanish about politics, immigration and community issues for Latinos in North Carolina.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

One of the more salient arguments for getting rid of sheriffs' offices is how many of them include their nicknames on official correspondence — on their website, in their signatures on 287(g) agreements, etc. "Everyone is 12" theory holds.

Google search result for Johnson County, Tennessee sheriff Shawn "Bit" Brown

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

Update: the NC State Highway Patrol was just added to ICE's 287(g) agreement list (Task Force model) published this morning. @jacobbiba.bsky.social

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

Better yet, tear up the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (1996): - the source of the 287(g) program and ICE's administrative warrant BS - made it harder for people to 'fix' minor violations re: immigration status, and easier to deport them - 'public charge' rules

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 27/08/2026

Since January 1st, 2025, there have been at least 43-44K people arrested by local / state police and detained by ICE as a result of the 287(g) program. Of those: - 430 were people with violent criminal convictions - (at least) 246 were kids 18 or under Sink 287(g).

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 27/08/2026

sink-287(g)

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This story was a big collaboration between graphics, data, photo, and immigration. A story with bylines across 4 desks, which I think shows the seriousness with which The Guardian takes covering this

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

In July, roughly 6,200 people ended up in ICE detention due to a 287(g)-related arrest — nearly 15% of ICE's total arrests for the month. That's up from around 600 program arrests in July 2025.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

If your local PD or sheriff's office participates in the 287(g) program, it participates in the ethnic cleansing campaign. It's really that simple.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

Saw some rumors that the FAA may have botched the NOTAM yesterday (i.e., the flight restrictions weren't published correctly), which would explain how 15 aircraft violated it.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

Guy who hasn't taken off his leather jacket in 10 years and doesn't know where his house is: "IT'S ALIVE, MAN!"

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

Far from an expert in these things but "NORAD scrambled an F-16 which had to use flares to get my attention while violating restricted airspace" is the kind of thing that gets your pilot's license suspended.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 28/09/2026

Lol I was right, a pilot for one of those sightseeing helicopters got a fun F-16 escort after he missed the temporary flight restrictions. www.reddit.com/r/aviation/c...

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From the aviation community on Reddit: JUST NOW: NORAD intercepts Robins R22 south of Ohare flying in restricted airspace

Posted by ThaddeusJP - 168 votes and 25 comments

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