Dorien Ediger-Seto
@dorienes.bsky.social
Immigration lawyer and scholar, teaching at NYU Law and CUNY Law. Thoughts and feelings about deportation law, prisons, borders, amateur ceramics, cats, etc. All views my own.
Reposted by Dorien Ediger-Seto
The Trump administration is painting Border Czar Tom Homan as a less extreme and more professional alternative to the leadership of the recently removed Border Patrol head, Greg Bovino, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
But his record tells a much different story.
But his record tells a much different story.
Tom Homan is supposed to fix Trump's Minnesota crisis. His record raises serious questions.
The White House border czar is no moderate.
www.motherjones.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The Trump administration is painting Border Czar Tom Homan as a less extreme and more professional alternative to the leadership of the recently removed Border Patrol head, Greg Bovino, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
But his record tells a much different story.
But his record tells a much different story.
And he returns to El Centro to...continue leading the institutionalized terror campaign against border crossers and residents...
January 27, 2026 at 3:53 PM
And he returns to El Centro to...continue leading the institutionalized terror campaign against border crossers and residents...
I’ve been thinking all day of the summer of 2009, which I spent talking to kids, mostly teens, about their experiences begin arrested by the Border Patrol. One, rammed into by an agent’s motorcycle. Another, smashed in the head until he bled.
January 25, 2026 at 4:30 AM
I’ve been thinking all day of the summer of 2009, which I spent talking to kids, mostly teens, about their experiences begin arrested by the Border Patrol. One, rammed into by an agent’s motorcycle. Another, smashed in the head until he bled.
For all that Mahmoud Khalil's case is an unprecedented use of an almost-never used law to justify his deportation proceeding, his actual arrest was pretty business as usual for ICE. Shout out to @immigrantjustice.bsky.social for their *years* of litigation challenging ICE's shady arrest practices <3
NEW: In Chicago, a sanctuary city, immigration rights advocates say ICE has unlawfully picked up at least 22 migrants, creating warrants after some had already been detained.
By @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
By @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
Under Pressure From Trump, ICE Is Pushing Legal Boundaries
Confrontations with judges are grabbing attention, but more quietly a pattern of questionable arrests shows the extent to which the administration is willing to test norms and laws.
propub.li
March 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
For all that Mahmoud Khalil's case is an unprecedented use of an almost-never used law to justify his deportation proceeding, his actual arrest was pretty business as usual for ICE. Shout out to @immigrantjustice.bsky.social for their *years* of litigation challenging ICE's shady arrest practices <3
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If you want to know what this administration will do, no need to look to European authoritarians.
We had our own in the South in the 50s and 60s, and Trump is following their playbook.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
We had our own in the South in the 50s and 60s, and Trump is following their playbook.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Trump's Attack on Lawyers and Law Firms Takes a Page Out of the Southern 1950s Playbook
American Authoritarians Fear the Uniquely American Power of Litigation
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If you want to know what this administration will do, no need to look to European authoritarians.
We had our own in the South in the 50s and 60s, and Trump is following their playbook.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
We had our own in the South in the 50s and 60s, and Trump is following their playbook.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
What better bluesky inauguration than to compliment this excellent piece of reporting from @maxrn.bsky.social for @hellgatenyc.com? Gang databases bad, moral panics to justify hateful and hurtful legislation also bad, Alien Enemies Act super scary...
NEW:
An investigation into how New York City's law enforcement officials pushed a narrative that a mysterious and deadly Venezuelan gang was running amok, despite little evidence to back it up, and helped the Trump admin invoke the Alien Enemies Act.
hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-n...
An investigation into how New York City's law enforcement officials pushed a narrative that a mysterious and deadly Venezuelan gang was running amok, despite little evidence to back it up, and helped the Trump admin invoke the Alien Enemies Act.
hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-n...
March 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What better bluesky inauguration than to compliment this excellent piece of reporting from @maxrn.bsky.social for @hellgatenyc.com? Gang databases bad, moral panics to justify hateful and hurtful legislation also bad, Alien Enemies Act super scary...