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@diegoatlaw.bsky.social
I work in immigration law for the rights of people to move, focused on helping some of the world's most vulnerable people. Dreaming of a world beyond borders and oppression. Anticarceral. Non-binary, any pronouns
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J.G.G. v. TRUMP, 1:25-cv-00766 - CourtListener.com
Docket for J.G.G. v. TRUMP, 1:25-cv-00766 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.
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Here’s the RECAP link on J.G.G. v Trump, the Alien Enemies Act ‘Tren de Aragua’ allegations case where Venezuelan nationals were arbitrarily to be sent to die in an awful El Salvador prison
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741...
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Scrolling TikTok seeing a bunch of videos in which
1) people are convinced they understand the human immune system
2) they absolutely do not
1) people are convinced they understand the human immune system
2) they absolutely do not
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Scrolling TikTok seeing a bunch of videos in which
1) people are convinced they understand the human immune system
2) they absolutely do not
1) people are convinced they understand the human immune system
2) they absolutely do not
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social New decision in this case appears to give classwide relief to people the govt now says are not amenable to bond, under the govt's bananas interpretation of everyone as arriving (for bond)* www.courtlistener.com/docket/70895...
*but not for CAA relief!
*but not for CAA relief!
Lazaro Maldonado Bautista v. Ernesto Santacruz Jr, 5:25-cv-01873 - CourtListener.com
Docket for Lazaro Maldonado Bautista v. Ernesto Santacruz Jr, 5:25-cv-01873 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social New decision in this case appears to give classwide relief to people the govt now says are not amenable to bond, under the govt's bananas interpretation of everyone as arriving (for bond)* www.courtlistener.com/docket/70895...
*but not for CAA relief!
*but not for CAA relief!
something of interest is that the UK did away with civil trial juries a long time ago, they were kept in the US. Slippery slopes!
The UK has gone from "We need to enshrine the right to jury trial in a British Bill of Rights" to "We need to abolish jury trial" in the space of about 3 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
something of interest is that the UK did away with civil trial juries a long time ago, they were kept in the US. Slippery slopes!
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Slowly, but surely, Anglo-American law becomes neither Anglo, American, nor law.
The UK has gone from "We need to enshrine the right to jury trial in a British Bill of Rights" to "We need to abolish jury trial" in the space of about 3 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Slowly, but surely, Anglo-American law becomes neither Anglo, American, nor law.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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In somewhat good news, today the state department website has changed the answer to this question to defer to ICAO policy. Sources still tell me that there is some appetite for invalidation/reversion of passports issued under the injunction, but this message will be welcome to many trans people.
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In somewhat good news, today the state department website has changed the answer to this question to defer to ICAO policy. Sources still tell me that there is some appetite for invalidation/reversion of passports issued under the injunction, but this message will be welcome to many trans people.
white supremacist norms suffuse immigration carceralism
Zac Segal, Boston U runner and Young Republican alerted ICE to a car wash in Allston MA which had immigrants working - he said they were taking US jobs. ICE raided the car wash. All detained had legal status according to their lawyer.
Segal was born and schooled in London. 🙄
Segal was born and schooled in London. 🙄
Student Republican who called ICE on car wash faces backlash
An attorney for those detained said, "Is he taking a college seat away from an American since he's from London?"
share.google
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
white supremacist norms suffuse immigration carceralism
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So on top of being an first class a-hole, he's a British first class a-hole.
Zac Segal, Boston U runner and Young Republican alerted ICE to a car wash in Allston MA which had immigrants working - he said they were taking US jobs. ICE raided the car wash. All detained had legal status according to their lawyer.
Segal was born and schooled in London. 🙄
Segal was born and schooled in London. 🙄
Student Republican who called ICE on car wash faces backlash
An attorney for those detained said, "Is he taking a college seat away from an American since he's from London?"
share.google
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
So on top of being an first class a-hole, he's a British first class a-hole.
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I was told there was a crisis of free speech on campus that must be reversed
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I was told there was a crisis of free speech on campus that must be reversed
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Somehow it never occurred to me that having a president who only fucked couches would be an improvement
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Somehow it never occurred to me that having a president who only fucked couches would be an improvement
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Reality is a fuckin cartoon lol
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Reality is a fuckin cartoon lol
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While this EO is much more subtle in the language they use, their intentions have been laid out in court cases across the country. Earlier this year, a district court judge in Texas blocked the Biden HHS protections in court, allowing prospective foster/adoption by vocally unaffirming parents.
Nauseating ruling that previous HHS requirements prohibiting trans children from being placed with deliberately unaffirming foster families violates Texas law. In part, they argue it would interfere with the ability of DFPS to investigate affirming families.
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
While this EO is much more subtle in the language they use, their intentions have been laid out in court cases across the country. Earlier this year, a district court judge in Texas blocked the Biden HHS protections in court, allowing prospective foster/adoption by vocally unaffirming parents.
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I am often stunned by just how fucking stupid republicans are. this guy is the head of a right wing think tank! he should at least be able to grasp the concept of causal inference, and yet!
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I am often stunned by just how fucking stupid republicans are. this guy is the head of a right wing think tank! he should at least be able to grasp the concept of causal inference, and yet!
Form DS 160 asks people if they’ve misused public office for financial gain or their family members have, as a basis for inadmissibility, yet Trump and his ilk do that flagrantly
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Form DS 160 asks people if they’ve misused public office for financial gain or their family members have, as a basis for inadmissibility, yet Trump and his ilk do that flagrantly
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BREAKING: The full DC Circuit will NOT rehear the appeal over the contempt proceedings before Judge Boasberg re: the March 15 flights.
Three Democratic appointees write to say en banc review isn’t called for here b/c of the lack of “practical or presidential effect” of the panel opinion.
Three Democratic appointees write to say en banc review isn’t called for here b/c of the lack of “practical or presidential effect” of the panel opinion.
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
BREAKING: The full DC Circuit will NOT rehear the appeal over the contempt proceedings before Judge Boasberg re: the March 15 flights.
Three Democratic appointees write to say en banc review isn’t called for here b/c of the lack of “practical or presidential effect” of the panel opinion.
Three Democratic appointees write to say en banc review isn’t called for here b/c of the lack of “practical or presidential effect” of the panel opinion.
OMG THIS IS SO EXCITING
Pig-organ transplants are often rejected — researchers find a way to stop it
The successful treatment in a brain-dead man could be used in living people, to prevent the immune system attacking donor organs.
www.nature.com/artic...
1/3
The successful treatment in a brain-dead man could be used in living people, to prevent the immune system attacking donor organs.
www.nature.com/artic...
1/3
Pig-organ transplants are often rejected — researchers find a way to stop it
Nature - The successful treatment in a brain-dead man could be used in living people, to prevent the immune system attacking donor organs.
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
OMG THIS IS SO EXCITING
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Again it’s not good that the most prominent leaders of the party keep insisting it’s a trap to talk about “identity” when the Trump administration is pushing white supremacy.
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Again it’s not good that the most prominent leaders of the party keep insisting it’s a trap to talk about “identity” when the Trump administration is pushing white supremacy.
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“Experts predict hundreds if not thousands of flights could be canceled.
“I’m not aware in my 35-year history in the aviation market where we’ve had a situation where we’re taking these kinds of measures,””
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
“I’m not aware in my 35-year history in the aviation market where we’ve had a situation where we’re taking these kinds of measures,””
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
FAA readies to list airports getting reduced flights during the government shutdown
Travelers through some of the busiest U.S. airports can expect to learn Thursday whether they’ll see fewer flights as the government shutdown drags into a second month.
www.latimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 AM
“Experts predict hundreds if not thousands of flights could be canceled.
“I’m not aware in my 35-year history in the aviation market where we’ve had a situation where we’re taking these kinds of measures,””
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
“I’m not aware in my 35-year history in the aviation market where we’ve had a situation where we’re taking these kinds of measures,””
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Separately, every week we get bad news in immigration law, it's so horrible what this administration is doing just to cause suffering to people due to an accident of birth.
It makes nothing better.
It's just cruelty for its own sake
It makes nothing better.
It's just cruelty for its own sake
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Separately, every week we get bad news in immigration law, it's so horrible what this administration is doing just to cause suffering to people due to an accident of birth.
It makes nothing better.
It's just cruelty for its own sake
It makes nothing better.
It's just cruelty for its own sake
OMG it's amazing that Mamdani won!
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
OMG it's amazing that Mamdani won!
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No. To clear things up, in 1986, as part of IRCA, the Reagan-era amnesty bill, Congress made it unlawful to *hire* someone who not legally authorized to work, creating the I-9 process we all know today.
Congress has never imposed any direct consequences on *working* without authorization.
Congress has never imposed any direct consequences on *working* without authorization.
But if you continue working, even for a day or a week, while waiting for the renewal… THAT would make you deportable. Right?
Should this be read as yet-another way to convert a disfavored group of legal immigrants (who have "followed all the rules" imposed on them) into illegal immigrants?
Should this be read as yet-another way to convert a disfavored group of legal immigrants (who have "followed all the rules" imposed on them) into illegal immigrants?
October 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
No. To clear things up, in 1986, as part of IRCA, the Reagan-era amnesty bill, Congress made it unlawful to *hire* someone who not legally authorized to work, creating the I-9 process we all know today.
Congress has never imposed any direct consequences on *working* without authorization.
Congress has never imposed any direct consequences on *working* without authorization.
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No. But working without authorization can potentially be an issue when applying for a green card later.
Would working with an expired permit be considered a deportable offense?
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
No. But working without authorization can potentially be an issue when applying for a green card later.
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For further context to understand the inevitable impact of this policy change, you should know that USCIS only permits people to apply for work permit renewals 6 months before they expire — yet the average processing time for some types of work permits is higher than 6 months!
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For further context to understand the inevitable impact of this policy change, you should know that USCIS only permits people to apply for work permit renewals 6 months before they expire — yet the average processing time for some types of work permits is higher than 6 months!
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No, a valid work permit expiring does not make someone deportable if they were not already deportable. It just makes ongoing employment unlawful.
And also you’re going to be deported, right?
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
No, a valid work permit expiring does not make someone deportable if they were not already deportable. It just makes ongoing employment unlawful.