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Elisabeth Vallet

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Prof. International studies/ Études internationales @CMR-SJ 🇨🇦
Dir. of #TeamGeopo 💡@ChaireRaoulDandurand
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · Mar 5

No, borders are NOT wide open. Period. #stopthelie

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 20h

Southcom killed 2 more in the Eastern Pacific today, making at least 131 civilians killed by the US with no due process in 35 attacks over 5 months.

Only a sick nation would do this. 23 attacks in the Eastern Pacific, 10 in the Caribbean, 2 unspecified. See adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels
in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific
September 2024 – February 2025

Month Attacks Killed Survivors
September 3 17 0
October 11 46 2
November 7 21 0
December 11 40 0
January 1 3 0
February 2 4 1
Total 35 131 3

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 21h

ICE officials, under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded and squalid conditions inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate floor where they decided the the ruling didn't apply. The revelation comes in a hearing today:

www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...

ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.

www.thecity.nyc

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Trump’s gutting of the Solar for All program is deeply felt on the Northern Plains reservations.

From our colleagues at the @dailyyonder.bsky.social:

Native families were promised free solar. Trump took it away.

Trump’s gutting of the Solar for All program is deeply felt on the Northern Plains reservations.

www.motherjones.com

Reposted by Christina Pagel, Élisabeth Vallet

Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 1d

Immigration courts appear to be fast-tracking hearings for Somali asylum claims in at least three states (Minnesota, Illinois and Nebraska). According to four attorneys, this appears to be a coordinated effort between the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the Departm...

TAT: [Nationalism]

Immigration courts fast-track hearings for Somali asylum claims

Their lawyers fear the notices are merely the first step toward the removal without due process of Somali asylum applicants in the country.

www.npr.org

Reposted by Brian Keegan, Élisabeth Vallet

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

It is. The Jewish Musuem in Prague has a collection of children's drawings from the Terezin ghetto. It was the worst thing I've seen in my life.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 3d

Under current law, ICE doesn't have to report detainee numbers at "hold rooms" or administrative offices. What the public knows about overcrowding comes from local reporting and then later from case records obtained via FOIA. www.pressherald.com/2026/02/07/i...

ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.

www.pressherald.com

Reposted by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Élisabeth Vallet

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

From Glamour magazine, actual journalism: "In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. Glamour reports from the front lines." www.glamour.com/story/the-wo...

The Women Holding Minneapolis Together

In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. Glamour reports from the fron...

www.glamour.com

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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 4d

Minneapolis is making global headlines — but much of what’s happening on the ground isn’t being fully understood. If you want deeper context from scholars closely following events, this conversation is for you.

👇👇👇👇👇👇

torontomu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Brutality and New Solidarities: Learning from Minneapolis. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

torontomu.zoom.us

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Élisabeth Vallet

Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 5d

"Things are not getting better. They are getting worse"

U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, made another oversight visit at Camp East Montana last week. During her visit she met with women detained in Minnesota, detailing how many were still in their snow boots.

My story for the El Paso Times

'Things are not getting better': US Rep. Escobar raises red flags over ICE center

U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar raised new concerns over conditions in Camp East Montana after a visit, citing detainees not given time to speak with lawyers.

www.elpasotimes.com

Reposted by Mark Rice, Manisha Sinha, Élisabeth Vallet

Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 5d

Trump wants to take over voting in at least 15 places

FBI raid in Fulton County GA now fueling MAGA calls for election takeover there

That would allow them to purge voters, cut polling places, limit early voting & challenge election results. Very scary for 2026

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump’s FBI raid could lead to a takeover of elections in Georgia’s largest county

Trump wants control "over the voting in at least 15 places.” He could start in Fulton County, Georgia.

www.motherjones.com

Reposted by John Hogan, Élisabeth Vallet

Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 6d

Berlin journalist @farangiesg.bsky.social writing on Palantir’s models & ICE, interviewed me about my work on the Deep Border & @erc.europa.eu research on machine learning worlds. Her article captures the violent spatial form of algorithmic targeting.

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 6d

Ceci, en lien avec les termes que l’on utilise pour qualifier ce qui se passe au sud de la frontière

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6d

Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings.
newrepublic.com/article/2060...

Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country

The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.

newrepublic.com

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6d

The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.

Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data

The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.

www.motherjones.com

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6d

Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings.
newrepublic.com/article/2060...

Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country

The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.

newrepublic.com

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 6d

#Iran , la lecture de D. Moisi

POINT DE VUE. Iran, l’abandon d’un peuple

près le mensonge, la trahison est-elle devenue la marque de fabrique de Donald Trump ? Après le peuple ukrainien, le peuple iranien ? L’Histoire retiendra l’encouragement donné par le président améric...

www.ouest-france.fr

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 7d

"Susana" is hard at work in Woodlake CA harvesting lemons. "I earn $35 per 900lb crate. It is not easy work. I must move and go up and down a 12-foot ladder, while avoiding the thorns on the tree. The weather is cold & the ground is often muddy." #WeFeedYou

A ladder leaning against a tree where a worker is about to start harvesting lemons

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

😕

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Jen🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jen.sheshed.rocks · 7d

French prosecutors have raided the Paris office of Twitter🔥🔥🔥🔥

Twitter & Grok are accused of spreading online SA images and deepfakes.

A criminal offense.

Elon Musk has been summoned for interviews in April

The US might not do shit, but international countries will👏🏻
#SheShed

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 7d

Preuve 3457

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon

Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 7d

Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.

It's a tour de force:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"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.”1
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. [screenshot of tweet].

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; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. ¶ 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. ¶ 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. ¶ 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. ¶ 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.

Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely. Secretary Noem

has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up,
twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite
country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of
suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified
Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that
she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8
U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all.
See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here
illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section
IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she
ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id.
The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary
unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes,
the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary,
Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to
replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A.
As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS
holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot]

Dkt. 100 (§ 705 Reply) at 20–21.4 “Do not travel to Haiti for any reason” does not exactly
scream, as Secretary Noem concluded, suitable for return. And so, the Government studiously
does not argue that Plaintiffs will suffer no harm if removed to Haiti. Instead, it argues Plaintiffs
will not certainly suffer irreparable harm because DHS might not remove them. But this fails to
take Secretary Noem at her word: “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.” See Section
IV.B.2.b.
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.

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 7d

Words matter.

Politicians Are Calling the Protests in Minnesota an Insurgency

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Steve Peers, Kate Starbird, Élisabeth Vallet , and 1 more Steve Peers, Kate Starbird, Élisabeth Vallet, David Darmofal

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

HUGE. A victory for more than a quarter million Haitians with Temporary Protected Status. A significant majority of them entered the United States legally and have never been out of status since.

Even the Trump admin isn't saying Haiti is a safe country for them to go back to.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7d

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.

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.

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 8d

🙏

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 8d

Alors que la communauté Haïtienne est désormais dans la ligne de mire de ICE#@%?#? en Ohio, @timothysnyder.bsky.social (auteur On Tyranny, traduit en français et également BD) évoque le spectre du nettoyage ethnique.
#lafindeseuphémismes

Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?

Nazi Lies in Vance's America

snyder.substack.com

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald, Élisabeth Vallet

Nick Schwellenbach @schwellenbach.bsky.social · 8d

There’s a highly classified whistleblower complaint about Tulsi Gabbard that’s been held up and not sent to Congress for 8(!) months

And a former aide to Gabbard runs her agency’s watchdog office & she got rid of the top attorney in that watchdog office

www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency

Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.

www.wsj.com

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Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 8d

If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 8d

University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...

‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini

In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."

dailyillini.com

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 8d

University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...

‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini

In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."

dailyillini.com

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 8d

"About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments."

'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.

www.jta.org

Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 9d

Comprendre comment les leaders nationaux voient le monde

Sabine Dullin, historienne : « Poutine considère la Russie comme un espace doté d’une vocation messianique »

De l’Union soviétique au pouvoir poutinien, la Russie a longtemps justifié son expansion impériale par un discours anticolonialiste visant l’Occident, explique la chercheuse dans un entretien au « Mon...

www.lemonde.fr

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Philippe de Grosbois @metronomephil.bsky.social · 10d

«C’est le moment de sortir de l’ambiguïté. (...)Parce que, comme il y a un siècle, l’ambiguïté, le "oui mais" et les atermoiements favorisent les pires des compromissions, désormais, le temps des euphémismes est révolu. »

Merci @elisabethvallet.bsky.social

www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chro...

Le temps des euphémismes est révolu

L’ambiguïté permet de justifier l’injustifiable, politiquement, socialement, et pas seulement aux États.

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