Calle Bergquist
@callebergquist.bsky.social
CHIRLA General Counsel, riffing on immigration, racism, civil rights & liberties. Alum: UH Richardson School of Law '19; Georgetown SFS '94, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaiʻi; #Imua #BackaGirjas
October 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem, who famously revealed her own ignorance at a Senate hearing when she defined habeas corpus as "a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."
www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...
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Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem, who famously revealed her own ignorance at a Senate hearing when she defined habeas corpus as "a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."
www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...
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"Blistering opinion" is absolutely right. But this principled, outraged ruling is an entirely appropriate response to Trump's effort to imprison and deport people for their constitutionally protected speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Judge issues blistering opinion against Trump policy to deport pro-Palestinian students
Judge rules non-citizens have the same free speech rights as US citizens under the first amendment
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Blistering opinion" is absolutely right. But this principled, outraged ruling is an entirely appropriate response to Trump's effort to imprison and deport people for their constitutionally protected speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Most of the plaudits will go out to Shane Lowry, but this guy was the only one to win a point for Europe today. Cap doffed Ludvig Åberg - a huge crucial point.
#RyderCup
#RyderCup
September 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Most of the plaudits will go out to Shane Lowry, but this guy was the only one to win a point for Europe today. Cap doffed Ludvig Åberg - a huge crucial point.
#RyderCup
#RyderCup
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What was incredible to me about this press conference is that nowhere did anyone mention that the victims were all detainees. Even if it turns out the suspect intended to target ICE employees, which we still don’t know is true, doesn’t that seem like important information?
FBI official: "What I can share with you is that early evidence we're seen from rounds that were found near the suspected shooter contain messages that are anti-ICE in nature. Again, this is just the most recently example of this type of attack."
September 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What was incredible to me about this press conference is that nowhere did anyone mention that the victims were all detainees. Even if it turns out the suspect intended to target ICE employees, which we still don’t know is true, doesn’t that seem like important information?
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NEW: In a break from decades of history, the Trump administration has started detaining virtually everyone facing deportation — even if they’ve lived in the U.S. for decades.
Dozens of judges, with increasing alarm, have ruled the policy shift illegal. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Dozens of judges, with increasing alarm, have ruled the policy shift illegal. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Trump’s new detention policy targets millions of immigrants. Judges keep saying it’s illegal.
The administration says the sweeping detentions are a key prong of Trump’s deportation strategy.
www.politico.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
NEW: In a break from decades of history, the Trump administration has started detaining virtually everyone facing deportation — even if they’ve lived in the U.S. for decades.
Dozens of judges, with increasing alarm, have ruled the policy shift illegal. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Dozens of judges, with increasing alarm, have ruled the policy shift illegal. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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Starting at 8:30 EST, @immcouncil.org’s own @naynagupta.bsky.social will be testifying at a shadow hearing held by Congressional Democrats on the impact of Trump’s mass deportation policies. Check it out! www.youtube.com/live/m47GZMk...
Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Assault Destroys U.S. Families and Communities
YouTube video by Representative Pramila Jayapal
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September 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Starting at 8:30 EST, @immcouncil.org’s own @naynagupta.bsky.social will be testifying at a shadow hearing held by Congressional Democrats on the impact of Trump’s mass deportation policies. Check it out! www.youtube.com/live/m47GZMk...
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I hope people understand that the anomaly here aren’t the conditions—the conditions are very typical—the anomaly is that they put a number of documented workers from a high-income country in those conditions. This is how people are treated in custody routinely
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I hope people understand that the anomaly here aren’t the conditions—the conditions are very typical—the anomaly is that they put a number of documented workers from a high-income country in those conditions. This is how people are treated in custody routinely
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Kavanaugh's concurrence cites as examples two immigration cases in which the Court held that lower courts lacked the power to block Biden administration immigration policies.
What he rather curiously omits is that, in both cases, the Court had *denied* the government's emergency applications.
What he rather curiously omits is that, in both cases, the Court had *denied* the government's emergency applications.
September 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Kavanaugh's concurrence cites as examples two immigration cases in which the Court held that lower courts lacked the power to block Biden administration immigration policies.
What he rather curiously omits is that, in both cases, the Court had *denied* the government's emergency applications.
What he rather curiously omits is that, in both cases, the Court had *denied* the government's emergency applications.
And, as you pointed out just now, these two case involving the State of Texas and District Courts therein were somehow cited as examples of consistent and even application by Justice Kavanaugh in his concurrence. Mindboggling.
One might also add examples of stuff Biden did that lower courts blocked and that #SCOTUS *left* blocked at the emergency application stage, only to unblock on the merits (e.g., rescission of MPP; immigration enforcement priorities).
Those seem like the sharpest examples of differences in behavior.
Those seem like the sharpest examples of differences in behavior.
September 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And, as you pointed out just now, these two case involving the State of Texas and District Courts therein were somehow cited as examples of consistent and even application by Justice Kavanaugh in his concurrence. Mindboggling.
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What happened at SCOTUS today is alarming: The right-wing majority allowed the Trump admin, as part of its sweeping immigration raids, to racially profile Spanish-speaking people who look Latino at certain low-wage job sites in the Los Angeles area while litigation challenging the raids is ongoing.
SCOTUS conservatives OK Trump admin's racial profiling of Latinos in low-wage jobs
Five of the six Republican appointees to the Supreme Court wrote nothing Monday. But their actions, and Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence, paint an alarming picture.
www.lawdork.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What happened at SCOTUS today is alarming: The right-wing majority allowed the Trump admin, as part of its sweeping immigration raids, to racially profile Spanish-speaking people who look Latino at certain low-wage job sites in the Los Angeles area while litigation challenging the raids is ongoing.
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A federal judge in Boston said she found it "difficult to conclude anything other than that [the Trump administration] used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country's premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of [federal law]."
Trump administration illegally froze billions in Harvard funds, judge rules
The ruling is a legal victory for Harvard but the White House says it will appeal the decision.
n.pr
September 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A federal judge in Boston said she found it "difficult to conclude anything other than that [the Trump administration] used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country's premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of [federal law]."
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Anna has had excellent coverage of this developing case in which the Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children.
August 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Anna has had excellent coverage of this developing case in which the Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children.
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BREAKING: Trump-appointed judge *dismisses* DOJ lawsuit against Maryland judges over their decision to automatically pause deportation cases for 48 hours
He also calls Trump and his admin's attack on judges a "smear" that is "unprecedented and unfortunate
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He also calls Trump and his admin's attack on judges a "smear" that is "unprecedented and unfortunate
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August 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
BREAKING: Trump-appointed judge *dismisses* DOJ lawsuit against Maryland judges over their decision to automatically pause deportation cases for 48 hours
He also calls Trump and his admin's attack on judges a "smear" that is "unprecedented and unfortunate
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He also calls Trump and his admin's attack on judges a "smear" that is "unprecedented and unfortunate
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Clergy showing up for people facing deportation.
@jackjenkins.me of @rns.org reported on clergy in MD supporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia: religionnews.com/2025/08/25/o....
@jeremyfuzy.bsky.social of @wordandway.bsky.social reported on clergy in OH backing Ayman Soliman:
wordandway.org/2025/08/25/r...
@jackjenkins.me of @rns.org reported on clergy in MD supporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia: religionnews.com/2025/08/25/o....
@jeremyfuzy.bsky.social of @wordandway.bsky.social reported on clergy in OH backing Ayman Soliman:
wordandway.org/2025/08/25/r...
Religious Leaders Urge Ohio Governor to Challenge ICE on ‘Interfaith Imam’ Chaplain Case - Word&Way
A group of leaders representing multiple religious traditions came together to call on Gov. Mike DeWine to intervene in the detention and possible deportation of Ayman Soliman, a beloved chaplain at C...
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August 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Clergy showing up for people facing deportation.
@jackjenkins.me of @rns.org reported on clergy in MD supporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia: religionnews.com/2025/08/25/o....
@jeremyfuzy.bsky.social of @wordandway.bsky.social reported on clergy in OH backing Ayman Soliman:
wordandway.org/2025/08/25/r...
@jackjenkins.me of @rns.org reported on clergy in MD supporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia: religionnews.com/2025/08/25/o....
@jeremyfuzy.bsky.social of @wordandway.bsky.social reported on clergy in OH backing Ayman Soliman:
wordandway.org/2025/08/25/r...
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KILMAR IN BALTIMORE: “Never lose hope. Promise me you’ll continue fight for freedom — not just for me, for everybody.”
He was just taken into ICE custody.
He was just taken into ICE custody.
August 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Exactly right. ICE routinely brings people back after mistakes. Even still, today! But with him, it was the CECOT deportation flights. It was their defiance of Judge Boasberg. And when his removal threatened to blow up their narrative, they turned the full weight of the federal government on him.
this is little more than a vendetta being pursued by the federal government against a man it unlawfully removed from the country and was forced to bring back
UPDATE: Hours after Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in Tennessee, Fox News reports that the Trump administration may deport him to Uganda as early as next week.
August 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Exactly right. ICE routinely brings people back after mistakes. Even still, today! But with him, it was the CECOT deportation flights. It was their defiance of Judge Boasberg. And when his removal threatened to blow up their narrative, they turned the full weight of the federal government on him.
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🎉We’re thrilled to introduce the honorees for this year’s Dignity, Community & Power Awards gala:
✨Brad Lander, @nyccomptroller.bsky.social
✨ @chasestrangio.bsky.social, Co-Director of the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project
✨ @chirla-org.bsky.social, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights
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✨Brad Lander, @nyccomptroller.bsky.social
✨ @chasestrangio.bsky.social, Co-Director of the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project
✨ @chirla-org.bsky.social, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights
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August 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🎉We’re thrilled to introduce the honorees for this year’s Dignity, Community & Power Awards gala:
✨Brad Lander, @nyccomptroller.bsky.social
✨ @chasestrangio.bsky.social, Co-Director of the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project
✨ @chirla-org.bsky.social, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights
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✨Brad Lander, @nyccomptroller.bsky.social
✨ @chasestrangio.bsky.social, Co-Director of the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project
✨ @chirla-org.bsky.social, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights
🧵⤵️
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If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
August 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
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A D.C. Circuit panel just declined to pause implementation of the so-called “Alien Registration Requirement.”
That rule now forces nearly 3 million undocumented immigrants ages 14+ to fingerprint, carry ID, or face criminal charges.
🔗 Read more here: www.courthousenews.com/dc-circuit-d...
That rule now forces nearly 3 million undocumented immigrants ages 14+ to fingerprint, carry ID, or face criminal charges.
🔗 Read more here: www.courthousenews.com/dc-circuit-d...
DC Circuit denies emergency bid to block national registry for immigrants
The now-effective “Alien Registration Requirement” requires all migrants 14 or older to register their fingerprints and carry an ID card — or face criminal prosecution.
www.courthousenews.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A D.C. Circuit panel just declined to pause implementation of the so-called “Alien Registration Requirement.”
That rule now forces nearly 3 million undocumented immigrants ages 14+ to fingerprint, carry ID, or face criminal charges.
🔗 Read more here: www.courthousenews.com/dc-circuit-d...
That rule now forces nearly 3 million undocumented immigrants ages 14+ to fingerprint, carry ID, or face criminal charges.
🔗 Read more here: www.courthousenews.com/dc-circuit-d...
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Great new piece from @immcouncil.org's Policy Director @naynagupta.bsky.social, emphasizing how Trump's actions on immigration represent a broader threat to democracy.
August 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Great new piece from @immcouncil.org's Policy Director @naynagupta.bsky.social, emphasizing how Trump's actions on immigration represent a broader threat to democracy.
Deep appreciation to @justiceactionctr.bsky.social for litigating this and to the members of @chirla-org.bsky.social @casaforall.bsky.social and UndocuBlack for stepping forward.
NEW: a federal court in DC has barred DHS from using “expedited removal” to strip those people who entered the country legally through humanitarian parole of a right to a court hearing.
Full opinion here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Full opinion here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
August 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Deep appreciation to @justiceactionctr.bsky.social for litigating this and to the members of @chirla-org.bsky.social @casaforall.bsky.social and UndocuBlack for stepping forward.
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BREAKING: Breaking: Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Halt Termination of TPS For 60,000 Nepali, Honduran, and Nicaraguan Long-Term Residents of the US. Virtual press conference in 30 minutes... www.nationaltpsalliance.org/wp-content/u...
www.nationaltpsalliance.org
August 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
BREAKING: Breaking: Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Halt Termination of TPS For 60,000 Nepali, Honduran, and Nicaraguan Long-Term Residents of the US. Virtual press conference in 30 minutes... www.nationaltpsalliance.org/wp-content/u...