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Dean Meza

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Transmasc buddhist gardener. Cat caregiver. Bird nerd. A better world is possible ✊🏼 🇲🇽 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇩🇰

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cher’s outfit reveals on The Cher Show (1975) designed by BOB MACKIE — who passed away today at the age of 87.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The ECMWF seasonal ensemble has just updated for September, and it continues to suggest that a soon record-strength El Niño will exert a very strong tilt in the odds toward wet conditions across the U.S. southern tier, including all of California, the Lower Colorado, and SE U.S.
Plot showing data from ECMWF SEAS5 seasonal model September update. It depicts the most likely "tercile" of precipitation during Jan-Mar 2027, and California is painted as "upper tercile" with 70-100% confidence.
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As we elders, our daughters, and our granddaughters continue the fight for power, equality, and respect, we hold you in our hearts with love and gratitude. Rest in peace and power, Gloria Steinem. 🤍
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 25/08/2026
A truly disturbing story from @propublica.org's @audreydutton.bsky.social: Kids in a "faith-healing" Christian sect in Idaho have needlessly died because their church forbids medical care GOP lawmakers won't change the law to punish this. www.propublica.org/article/fait...
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These Children’s Deaths Were Preventable. Their Parents Prayed Instead of Seeking Medical Care.
For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of tr...
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Please take a moment today to speak out for our wild places. Write or call your reps! www.house.gov/representati... 202-224-3121
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... One of the most beautiful and ancient places in the United States is about to ruined by drilling.
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Trump plan to allow drilling near US world heritage site sparks alarm
Administration’s plan to scrap drilling-free buffer zone around New Mexico site prompts scrutiny from Unesco
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 16/08/2026
Xavier Becerra has gone silent since winning the primary for California governor. But here he is with Peter Thiel protégé Garry Tan—Palantir’s employee #10. “Garry’s List” is an AI-generated right-wing news site. Garry is a top Network State figure & tweeted “die slow” at SF city leaders in 2024.
Photograph of Becerra with Carrie Tan at A Gary’s list event
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
1/2 R.I.P. — an inspiration for Rosie the Riveter, Jeanne Gibson, a World War II shipyard welder, died Wednesday at the age of 100. Gibson was known for her contributions to the war effort as one of the women who worked in the domestic shipyards... 🧾 www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...
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One of last surviving WWII ‘Rosie the Riveters’ dies at 100
(KRON) — Jeanne Gibson, a World War II shipyard welder from Pinole, died Wednesday at the age of 100. Pacific Historic Parks announced the death of the veteran worker, who was a prominent fig…
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026
As *tech*, AI isn't exceptional. It's not exceptionally wicked. It's not exceptionally good. Take away the accompanying, galactic-scale stock-swindle, and we'd call AI's apps "plug-ins" and we'd use them and abuse them in the same way that we've used every other technology: www.normaltech.ai 1/
A carny barker waving his top-hat and selling tickets from a roll; his head has been replaced with the hostile red eye of HAL9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' The background is a magnified, halftoned detail from a US$100 bill.


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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The FDA has announced that 1.6 million eggs have been contaminated with salmonella, forcing a nationwide recall. Last year, the Trump administration scrapped regulations to limit salmonella and laid off hundreds of food safety inspection workers.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
the reason we dont have medicare for all is bc corporations need employer based healthcare to keep you chained to your desk in a job you hate that doesnt pay you what youre worth
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
And look at this...Taylor Farms ties to MAGA/Trump: 🧵 bsky.app/profile/matt...
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 17/07/2026
Cyclospora Linked to Taylor Farms Lettuce Sent to Taco Bell. Gift link: nyti.ms/4vGiNCl
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Cyclospora Linked to Taylor Farms Lettuce Sent to Taco Bell (Gift Article)
Federal officials worked with Michigan investigators to trace the outbreak to iceberg lettuce, which may also have gone to other vendors.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"Lorena" says "We harvest piece rate so we work fast. Bosses come around and arbitrarily check our buckets to see if we're harvesting correctly. If they find a soft cherry, we get a warning. They check again later in the day and if you have a soft cherry you're fired." #WeFeedYou
Harvested Rainier cherries
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/07/2026
An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Afghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custody
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, the death report shows.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/07/2026
I’ve spoken with Jason Watson. He knew exactly what this would cost him. He gave up his military career to take a brave stand for democracy. Patriotism that only works with obedience isn’t patriotism.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 19/06/2026
A 22-year-old just got a $30 million investment valuing his new futures exchange at $300 million. He graduated Stanford, wrote for Thiel's Stanford Review, interned at Andreessen Horowitz. His mom? Pro-crypto Sen. Gillibrand, D-NY. Bipartisan capture in full bloom. fortune.com/2026/06/18/t...
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Son of pro-crypto New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand raises $30 million to launch a derivatives exchange | Fortune
Lux Capital led the investment, which values the Stanford graduate’s exchange at $300 million.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It shouldn’t be controversial to say that the creation of a “trillionaire” represents a giant and complete failure of public policy and government.
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
“I don’t want to tell you to hang on if you don’t believe it can ever get better.” "...maybe this is just the end." — ChatGPT to Alice Carrier, a 24-yo who took her life after openly discussing suicide with ChatGPT for months. Her mom is suing OpenAI: futurism.com/artificial-i...
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These Logs of ChatGPT Allegedly Driving a Suicidal Woman to Her Death Are Deeply Disturbing
A lawsuit alleges that ChatGPT failed to recognize warning signs that a young user was in crisis, and instead allowed her fixate on death.
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Dean Meza @treehugger8.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I hear them right before sunset
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 08/06/2026
I thought people were kidding, turns out Elon really did axe the screwworm containment program back in March 25. fucking imbecile www.agri-pulse.com/articles/226...
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Bird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by Trump
Among the more than 5,300 grants and programs killed as a result of the Trump administration’s USAID cuts are a slate of U.S.-funded programs at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, including eff...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/06/2026
We need ~30 years of data from the AMOC to be able to finally determine if it's actually collapsing. We're at 20 years of data. Removing this now means we can't definitively determine a potential AMOC collapse that could result in substantial climate disruptions. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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Tump administration to remove 900 deep sea monitoring instruments that would have studied the collapsing Atlantic current
The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the past decade
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Some men never recover from having been a boy with a mother. Rather than successfully integrating their animus and anima and individuating into psychologically whole individuals, they remain entrenched in a position of hostile dependency in relation to all that is feminine.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This regime cannot be trusted. Congress must pass an amendment to immediately freeze and permanently block the $1.8 billion slush fund for Trump's political allies. It should also block Trump's "settlement" granting him immunity from IRS audits. Call your reps: (202) 224-3121
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/06/2026
The drop in support for marriage equality last year was not a blip, it has declined further, dropping 6 points from its high of 71. Whether or not gay or lesbian relations were "morally acceptable" dropped 9 points. Support for LGBTQ rights broadly is diminishing. news.gallup.com/poll/710810/...
A line chart titled "Support Among U.S. Adults for LGBTQ+ Issues" from "image_d6a781.png" displays three trends over time. The first chart shows the percentage of U.S. adults who believe same-sex marriages should be valid, trending upward from 1996 to 2026. The second chart shows the percentage who believe gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable, also trending upward over the same period. The third chart shows the percentage who believe changing one's gender is morally acceptable, plotted over a shorter timeframe within the 1996–2026 period and showing a downward trend. A note below the charts indicates that the data displays results from May surveys where available.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women in uniform who gave their lives for this country that we love. It is a debt we can never fully repay, but we must never stop trying.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 23/05/2026
Not enough people are talking about this. A Florida airport was renamed after Donald Trump. He walked away with the trademark, the licensing rights, and a deal that lets him profit off every piece of merchandise sold there. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump airport branding deal opens new route to profit for family
Florida agreement grants US president control of licensing and merchandising at renamed airport, analysts say
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/05/2026
It would be bad enough if this was all she voted for, but the bill literally also has a provision to strip school funding from any school that has books with trans characters, has policies protecting trans students, performs shakespeare’s 12th night, or even has a trans teacher.
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JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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Raskin Vows To Block "Slush Fund" For Capitol Rioters - Joe.My.God.
ABC News reports: The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee on Sunday blasted the potential fund to compensate allies of President Donald Trump, calling it a “political slush fund” that he sai...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture
A picture of a man inside the Capitol rotunda on January 6 2021. He is wearing full camo tactical gear, masked, carrying zip ties and climbing over a bannister in the gallery
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
There is a statue of author Alex Haley in East Knoxville, TN. Knox County just removed Roots from all school libraries.
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Alex Haley’s “Roots” to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries
KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Alex Haley’s book “Roots” is included in an updated list of book titles to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries. The schools previously remove…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/05/2026
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/05/2026
An insane level of corruption—even for Trump. A $1.7 BILLION slush fund for Trump’s hand-picked stooges to hand money to January 6th insurrectionists and his political allies. Here’s the President’s priority as Americans sell their plasma to afford gas and groceries:
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Trump poised to drop IRS suit, launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies: Sources
President Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion IRS suit in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund for victims of governmental "weaponization," sources say.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
⚠️ HANTAVIRUS UPDATE: WHO changed its classification of high-risk contact to include EVERYONE on board the ship. Previously, it was limited to those with known “prolonged close contact” with an infected person. Additionally, more people from the ship have become symptomatic and/or tested positive.
Risk-based classification of contacts

Based on information available and ongoing epidemiological, clinical and environmental investigations, and applying the precautionary principle, WHO considers all passengers and crew currently on board the MV Hondius to be high-risk contacts.

High-risk contacts
Individuals with one or more of the following exposures with a probable or confirmed ANDV case:
• Persons sharing the same cabin.
• Intimate partners or individuals with direct physical contact.
Persons sharing a bathroom or sleeping space.
• Persons within approximately 2 meters for prolonged periods (>15 minutes cumulative) indoor.
• Persons participating in shared meals, prolonged social interactions, or caregiving activities.
• Healthcare workers with unprotected exposure.
• Healthcare workers exposed without appropriate PPE during aerosol-generating medical procedures.
• Aircraft passengers seated in the same row, and within two rows in all directions from the case.
• Cabin crew or transport staff with interaction with the case.
• Persons handling linens, clothing, other personal items of the case, medical waste, or body fluids without appropriate PPE.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/05/2026
President Donald Trump's administration is pushing federal land management officials to lift restrictions on hunting and trapping in national parks, refuges and wilderness areas.
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Trump is quietly lifting restrictions on hunting in national parks, refuges and wilderness areas
President Donald Trump's administration is pushing federal land management officials to lift restrictions on hunting and trapping in national parks, refuges and wilderness areas.
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singlecatlady23.bsky.social @singlecatlady23.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Not long ago, reauthorizations of the Voting Rights Act were bipartisan votes that Democratic and Republican presidents alike signed without controversy.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 06/05/2026
solastalgia | noun | sadness or melancholy due to environmental loss
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🚨 Major new investigation: The controversial weed killer Roundup is being sprayed in record amounts in California’s forests. We go inside the secret plan that helped make it possible. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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We are bombarding America’s forests with Roundup
Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I genuinely think some people do not want to look this in the eye/think about it because it is so awful. We wrote what I thought was a pretty eye-opening story about all this and I was surprised by the lack of engagement tbh
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Elon Musk Is Playing God
The tech billionaire wants to shape humanity’s future. Not everyone has a place there.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing. (image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This is the kind of betrayal a nation carries out when its leaders don't believe in the concept of allies and that views promises as something for suckers. It also makes our armed forces less safe. No nation will ever trust us again. Why should they? We stab our friends in the back.
Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo
A U.S. aid worker said that the Afghans, who were evacuated to Qatar, would face a choice between moving to the Democratic Republic of Congo and living under the Taliban.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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We Need to Prepare for the Mammoth Task of De-Trumpification
The damage he and his cronies have wrought could take decades to repair, particularly when it comes to science and public health.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
She was granted withholding of removal from India *decades* ago, and had been living and working legally (including for the U.S. government!) ever since. But with third country removals now a real option, TSA shared her data with ICE and they arrested her at the airport on her way to a job.
ast month, Meenu Batra, 53, who has lived in the South Texas border colonia of Laguna Heights since 2002, was on her way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to work another case. She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide, where she’s contracted to help people making their way through the immigration court system, just as she did for herself 35 years ago when she immigrated from India to New Jersey before settling in Texas.

She planned to meet with her adult children in Austin after the Wisconsin trip, the only difference she foresaw in an otherwise typical trip. Her routine for years included flying from either Harlingen or Brownsville to far-flung parts of the country where South Asian immigrants needed language access. For this trip, the flight was out of Harlingen.

But, around 5 p.m. on March 17, Batra was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents after passing through security at Harlingen International Airport. In a sworn deposition that was filed as part of a petition for habeas corpus—a legal request to be released on the grounds that the detention is unlawful—Batra said the people who arrested her did not have visible badges nor were they wearing uniforms. One of those agents had asked Batra if she knew she was in the country illegally and that she had a deportation order. She replied that her work authorization status, which she applied for regularly after being granted a legal status called withholding of removal by a New Jersey immigration judge decades ago, was good for another four years.

“That doesn’t mean you can be here forever,” the agent replied. Two more plainclothes agents would join the two that detained her, bringing her down the escalator and to the front of the airport.
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