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Tyler McBrien

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Managing Editor at Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org Signal - tylermcbrien.97 Writing in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Slate, Mother Jones, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and more: www.tylermcbrien.com

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Supreme Court grants Trump administration request to revive third-country deportations and takes case onto merits docket for December oral argument
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 29/09/2026
Watch the second chapter of "DEPORTATION, INC.: The Rise of the Immigration Enforcement Economy" here or on @lawfaremedia.org's YouTube page: www.lawfaremedia.org/deportationinc
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 29/09/2026
As I write in @theintercept.com today, 3rd country agreements in particular illustrate the Trump administration’s obfuscation, nondisclosure, and dealmaking of the backroom variety, as it invokes national security to justify shielding itself from public scrutiny and accountability.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 29/09/2026
The next chapter of DEPORTATION, INC., an investigative video series from @situ-research.bsky.social @lawfaremedia.org—and now @theintercept.com —is out now. CHAPTER 2: REMOVAL examines the network of flights shuffling migrants around and out of the US, & the shady deals behind 3rd country removals
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026
Read today's class action complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief in Nathan v. Trump here: assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Today, the ACLU and other immigrant rights' orgs filed a new lawsuit — NATHAN V. TRUMP — in federal court in D.C. challenging President Trump's new birthright citizenship executive order by asking a judge to declare it unlawful and prevent the admin from enforcing it.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026
Read the opposition to application to stay here: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/26...
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Lawyers for migrants in D.V.D. v DHS—a class action lawsuit challenging the Trump admin's third-country removal policy—filed its opposition to the government's emergency application to the Supreme Court for an administrative stay of the lower court's ruling agnst the policy.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026
"You think I'm Santa Claus? No Santa in Israel, pal." - President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@dsquareddigest.bsky.social and I have a @britishacademy.bsky.social paper on how the US is now somehow managing to combine gross overuse of dollar power (e.g. upcoming ICC sanctions) with genial complaisance about the use of crypto to circumvent ordinary controls
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The US dollar system as a source of international disorder
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026
Read the letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche here: www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026
Read the letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent here: www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026
Read the report, "TETHERED TO TERRORISM: Crypto & Iran’s Shadow Banking Network," here: www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026
In addition to the report, the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations also sent letters to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Attorney General Todd Blanche calling for an investigation into Tether's anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance practices.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: A Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report released today "exposes how [Howard Lutnick-linked] Tether & its...token have become central to Iran’s shadow banking system" allowing Iran to fund proxies, commit human rights abuses, and...defy US sanctions, says Senator Blumenthal.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 25/09/2026
And read William Shoki's thoughtful piece on the saga in @africasacountry.bsky.social here: africasacountry.com/list/campaig...
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Weekend Special, Sep 21: The idea of South Africa
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 25/09/2026
Read the story from @News24 here: www.news24.com/southafrica/...
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Afrikaner ‘refugee’ family who came back to SA for healthcare can’t return to US | News24
An Afrikaner family granted refugee status in the US have been denied re-entry after they undertook a quick trip back to South Africa.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 25/09/2026
Amid Trump admin plans to admit 17,500 more Afrikaners, this story making headlines in South Africa hasn't gotten much traction in the US: an Afrikaner family lost US refugee status after returning to South Africa to treat their sick child because they still had medical aid there
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 24/09/2026
Access the case files and underlying evidence of this sprawling investigation here at "Under Attack," the platform @hrcberkeley.bsky.social built to document the targeting of Mexican journalists and human rights defenders during AMLO's tenure: hrcberkeley.github.io/under-attack... (7/7)
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 24/09/2026
This is one of the many consequences of the Trump administration’s war on the ICC: a two-year investigation meticulously documenting crimes may go to waste and, even worse, those perpetrators will continue with impunity when they may have faced justice. (6/7)
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 24/09/2026
Deciding the investigation should not go unused, @hrcberkeley.bsky.social adapted a portion for public release on this platform, which represents not a legal argument or accusation but "the factual building blocks" for investigators, prosecutors, and any member of the public to use. (5/7)
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 24/09/2026
This platform and trove of evidence was never meant to be public. The @hrcberkeley.bsky.social team began its investigation in 2024 intending to compile findings for the International Criminal Court, but Trump admin sanctions made the original plan too legally risky for US researchers (4/6)
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 24/09/2026
The @hrcberkeley.bsky.social investigation was prompted in part by the September 2022 breach of Mexican military email servers by the hacktivist group Guacamaya—which leaked 6 terabytes of SEDENA emails and attachments to DDOSecrets. (3/6)
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 24/09/2026
Researchers also confirmed that the Mexican military (SEDENA) secretly used powerful spyware to surveil journalists, human rights defenders, & public officials investigating the military, w/out judicial authorization and despite AMLO's public assurances that it had ended. (2/6)
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: A new @hrcberkeley.bsky.social investigation found that in Mexico during President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's administration (December 2018 to September 2024), 337 journalists and human rights defenders were killed—a number much higher than previously reported. (1/6)
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Despite 1st Circuit's 9/18 ruling invalidating DHS's 3d-country removal policy, DHS claims the decision hasn't yet taken effect. Class counsel fears a flight will take class members to Burundi, Rwanda, & Central African Republic *tomorrow.* Asks 1st Cir for emergency action.
Plaintiffs-Appellants seek an emergency order clarifying that this
Court's September 18, 2026 decision is in effect as binding precedent and that this Court's March 16, 2026, stay "pending appeal" has been dissolved
now that the Court has issued its decision and judgment. In the alternative,
Plaintiffs-Appellants request the Court either issue an order lifting the
March 16, 2026 stay or issue the mandate. Emergency action is needed because Plaintiffs-Appellants have learned that Defendants-Appellees are proceeding with removing class members to third countries in Africa,
pursuant to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guidance which
this Court found unlawful and set aside, tomorrow. In response to an email
from class counsel, Defendants-Appellees' counsel confirmed in a 5:14 p.m.
email today that their position is that this Court's stay remains in effect until
the mandate is issued. Exhibit A. In addition, counsel for Defendants-
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 20/09/2026
On Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com sits down with Zoe Kurland and Terence O’Rourke discussed “A Whole Other Country,” six-part podcast series that tells the story of a secessionist movement in the mid-90s called the “Republic of Texas.” youtu.be/cXuhXyZdUp8?...
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 20/09/2026
The public forum will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM ET and available to watch via livestream.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 20/09/2026
NEW: Tues 9/22, Sen Blumenthal & Rep Garcia will hold their 5th public forum on DHS abuses with witness testimony from family members of Ruben Martinez, Renée Good, Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, & Johan Durán Guerrero—who were all fatally shot by federal immigration agents
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 19/09/2026
Finding the most amazing places to stay for my trip to Taiwan
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 18/09/2026
...and a few more still.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 18/09/2026
...a few more favorites...
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 18/09/2026
I touched grass....and trees and sand and boulders and pebbles and pinecones and trekking poles...last week hiking the West Coast Trail in beautiful Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Here are some of my favorite photos from the trip:
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 15/09/2026
On Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com spoke to Zoe Kurland and Terence O’Rourke about “A Whole Other Country,” the podcast series that tells the story of a secessionist movement in the mid-90s called the “Republic of Texas.” youtu.be/cXuhXyZdUp8
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 13/09/2026
On Sept. 24, join @situ-research.bsky.social, Lawfare, @theintercept.com for an in-person screening + panel discussion of "Deportation Inc." The discussion will feature @tylermcbrien.com, @nickturse.bsky.social, @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social, and Setareh Ghandehari.
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Deportation Inc.: Investigating the Business of Migrant Removal
A Screening and Panel Discussion of the Second Chapter of Deportation Inc.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 13/09/2026
On Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com talked to Nina Hachigian about her recent piece in Foreign Affairs, entitled "The Autocrat’s Worst Enemy: Why Despots Hate Cities and the Mayors Who Run Them.” youtu.be/2CIm_03HoAM?...
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 15/09/2026
Next Thursday, @situ-research.bsky.social, Lawfare, @theintercept.com will host an in person screening + panel discussion of "Deportation Inc.: Investigating the Business of Migrant Removal." With @tylermcbrien.com, @nickturse.bsky.social, @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social, and Setareh Ghandehari.
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Deportation Inc.: Investigating the Business of Migrant Removal
A Screening and Panel Discussion of the Second Chapter of Deportation Inc.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 08/09/2026
Read it here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-...
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Why We’re Suing the State Department Over International Agreements
Lawfare is suing to bring transparency back to international agreements—and you can help.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 08/09/2026
For more on why we at @lawfaremedia.org are suing the Trump administration and State Department, read this piece from @sranderson.bsky.social, published moments ago (link below)
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 01/09/2026
Read Judge Boasberg's full opinion in The Lawfare Institute v. United States Department of State here: www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1096...
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 01/09/2026
NEW: @lawfaremedia.org sued the Trump admin over State Dept and Sec Rubio's failure to disclose details of international agreements on 3rd-country deportations & other issues, allegedly in violation of the Case Act. Yesterday, Judge Boasberg in D.C. rejected the government's motion to dismiss.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 27/08/2026
Grab ticket at the link here (registration is free but required to attend): givebutter.com/deportation-...
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Deportation Inc.: Investigating the Business of Migrant Removal
A Screening and Panel Discussion of the Second Chapter of Deportation Inc.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 27/08/2026
🚨DC FRIENDS🗓️ Join me Thurs 9/24 at the Festival Center for a screening of "Deportation, Inc: Investigating the Business of Migrant Removal" + panel discussion w/ @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social, @nickturse.bsky.social & more Presented by @lawfaremedia.org @situ-research.bsky.social @theintercept.com
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 26/08/2026
Did you know that this weekend your friends are legally obligated to agree to any fun plans you make as long as you say “it’s what Dolly would’ve wanted”
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 19/08/2026
Read the full complaint filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia here: cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/legal-doc...
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Complaint | Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 19/08/2026
NEW: Today, immigrant rights groups representing thousands of asylum seekers sued the Trump admin over a recent interim final rule (91 Fed. Reg. 47101) allowing US Citizenship and Immigration Services to send asylum seekers to immigration court w/out assessing legal claims or an asylum interview.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 14/08/2026
AFSC v. Trump—the case of human rights groups suing the admin over the ICC sanctions EO—has been assigned to Judge Jesse Furman, who ruled against the government last year in Rona v. Trump and is overseeing related cases (Prost v. Trump; Democracy for the Arab World Now v. Trump)
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 13/08/2026
via the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement's State of Border Technology Market Report 2026: www.idga.org/events-borde...
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State of Border Technology Market Report 2026 | Border
State of Border Technology Market Report 2026 - view the current market state
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 13/08/2026
Check out this incredible, totally specific, not at all generic, and definitely real quote from "National Security Leader" at IBM in this ad for the upcoming Border Technology Summit
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Flock just announced some pretty huge changes that are clearly the result of increased scrutiny on the company from journalists, activists, and local communities. An indication that it sees the current state of affairs as untenable: www.flocksafety.com/blog/flock-g...
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Flock is cutting default data retention to seven days, making misuse detection mandatory for every customer, and inviting the rest of the industry to meet the same standard.
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