Nat
@gnatalie.bsky.social
Portland immigration justice organizer, law student, rec soccer enthusiast
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you! are! a! lawyer!
I fear that the legal community will act like Trump admin's lawyers are normal lawyers--like they'll get nice firm jobs and their law schools will invite them to talk to students, etc--but the lawyers facilitating Trump's lawlessness should be professionally and socially shamed
I fear that the legal community will act like Trump admin's lawyers are normal lawyers--like they'll get nice firm jobs and their law schools will invite them to talk to students, etc--but the lawyers facilitating Trump's lawlessness should be professionally and socially shamed
DOJ: CA NG is already federalized
Judge: You are an officer of the court. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with my order? Appropriate way of dealing with ruling you disagree with?
DOJ: Well, I'm not a policy maker
Judge: You're a lawyer
Judge: You are an officer of the court. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with my order? Appropriate way of dealing with ruling you disagree with?
DOJ: Well, I'm not a policy maker
Judge: You're a lawyer
October 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
you! are! a! lawyer!
I fear that the legal community will act like Trump admin's lawyers are normal lawyers--like they'll get nice firm jobs and their law schools will invite them to talk to students, etc--but the lawyers facilitating Trump's lawlessness should be professionally and socially shamed
I fear that the legal community will act like Trump admin's lawyers are normal lawyers--like they'll get nice firm jobs and their law schools will invite them to talk to students, etc--but the lawyers facilitating Trump's lawlessness should be professionally and socially shamed
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Please love the city more than you love having everyone behave at the dinner table. Please love your neighbors more than you hate bad publicity.
September 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Please love the city more than you love having everyone behave at the dinner table. Please love your neighbors more than you hate bad publicity.
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I wrote for @theguardian.com this week (also in print in this week’s @streetroots.bsky.social) on Portland’s investigation into permit violations at the local ICE facility. It’s one tool for a long process that could ultimately provide some accountability, with eviction unlikely, but in the toolbox.
Portland threatens to evict Ice from Oregon facility over permit violations
Records obtained by Street Roots and the Guardian back claim from Oregon city’s mayor that Ice violated a land use permit to detain people overnight
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I wrote for @theguardian.com this week (also in print in this week’s @streetroots.bsky.social) on Portland’s investigation into permit violations at the local ICE facility. It’s one tool for a long process that could ultimately provide some accountability, with eviction unlikely, but in the toolbox.
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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The debate around what is or isn’t “cancel culture” really just obscures a simple truth that it’s BAD to be massively racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic and it’s GOOD to speak out against injustice. Some things are good and some things are bad and it’s okay to say which you think are which.
September 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The debate around what is or isn’t “cancel culture” really just obscures a simple truth that it’s BAD to be massively racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic and it’s GOOD to speak out against injustice. Some things are good and some things are bad and it’s okay to say which you think are which.
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Immigration advocates say if you see ICE targeting someone, knowing what to do in the moment is critical to protecting immigrants. It’s hard to know what to look for, but this guide can help you better understand how to be an effective bystander in Oregon, and your legal right to do so.
What to do if you spot ICE in your community
Amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown, local community networks are the first line of defense. Here’s what Oregon advocates say you should do if you see agents detaining someone.
www.streetroots.org
September 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Immigration advocates say if you see ICE targeting someone, knowing what to do in the moment is critical to protecting immigrants. It’s hard to know what to look for, but this guide can help you better understand how to be an effective bystander in Oregon, and your legal right to do so.
Daimarys is a personal friend. I was there when Daixon was detained and the whole situation is just awful. This administration is truly just cruel for sport. Please consider donating or at least sharing so that Daimarys & her kids can maintain their hard-fought stability while Daixon is detained.
This week, the partner of a person who’s been deeply involved in ASSC’s organizing work was detained by ICE. His family is fundraising to support themselves and him while he, the primary breadwinner, is detained. Please consider donating & sharing: tinyurl.com/SupportDaixon
Donate to Support Daimarys & Kids During Daixon's Detention, organized by Nat L
Daimarys & Daixon are Venezuelan asylum seekers with three young children, inc… Nat L needs your support for Support Daimarys & Kids During Daixon's Detention
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August 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Daimarys is a personal friend. I was there when Daixon was detained and the whole situation is just awful. This administration is truly just cruel for sport. Please consider donating or at least sharing so that Daimarys & her kids can maintain their hard-fought stability while Daixon is detained.
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It is not possible to find the words for this.
July 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It is not possible to find the words for this.
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Update on treatment of Handala detainees:
“Christian Smalls reported severe physical violence by Israeli forces. Several female activists described similar abuse and deplorable detention conditions.”
“Christian Smalls reported severe physical violence by Israeli forces. Several female activists described similar abuse and deplorable detention conditions.”
July 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Update on treatment of Handala detainees:
“Christian Smalls reported severe physical violence by Israeli forces. Several female activists described similar abuse and deplorable detention conditions.”
“Christian Smalls reported severe physical violence by Israeli forces. Several female activists described similar abuse and deplorable detention conditions.”
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Spreading here—
Jacob Hoopes was arrested on Friday at his home. He asked for a warrant and in response they trained sniper sights on him. He is accused of assaulting an ICE officer at a protest. He is a Quaker pacifist and the nicest person I know.
His public hearing is Monday. Come if you can.
Jacob Hoopes was arrested on Friday at his home. He asked for a warrant and in response they trained sniper sights on him. He is accused of assaulting an ICE officer at a protest. He is a Quaker pacifist and the nicest person I know.
His public hearing is Monday. Come if you can.
July 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Spreading here—
Jacob Hoopes was arrested on Friday at his home. He asked for a warrant and in response they trained sniper sights on him. He is accused of assaulting an ICE officer at a protest. He is a Quaker pacifist and the nicest person I know.
His public hearing is Monday. Come if you can.
Jacob Hoopes was arrested on Friday at his home. He asked for a warrant and in response they trained sniper sights on him. He is accused of assaulting an ICE officer at a protest. He is a Quaker pacifist and the nicest person I know.
His public hearing is Monday. Come if you can.
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“There is a baby in the car,” Khanbabazadeh said. “Is it hard to wait for three minutes?”
‘Daddy, police!’: New video shows masked ICE agents arrest father outside child’s school in Beaverton
Newly published video provides insights into the immigration arrest of a chiropractor outside of his child’s Beaverton Montessori school.
www.opb.org
July 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“There is a baby in the car,” Khanbabazadeh said. “Is it hard to wait for three minutes?”
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Trump's budget turns ICE, a militarized secret police force focused exclusively on internal repression, into the 16th largest military in the world.
ICE will have more funding than the Israeli military.
Trump & the GOP are launching a NEW FOREVER WAR but
this time it is against America itself.
ICE will have more funding than the Israeli military.
Trump & the GOP are launching a NEW FOREVER WAR but
this time it is against America itself.
July 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Trump's budget turns ICE, a militarized secret police force focused exclusively on internal repression, into the 16th largest military in the world.
ICE will have more funding than the Israeli military.
Trump & the GOP are launching a NEW FOREVER WAR but
this time it is against America itself.
ICE will have more funding than the Israeli military.
Trump & the GOP are launching a NEW FOREVER WAR but
this time it is against America itself.
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this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
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for those of you not following along with oregon legislation, yesterday a democrat SUPERMAJORITY managed to fail to whip votes for their own transportation bill, let it die, and now there's going to be thousands of layoffs and we'll lose like 30% of our transit system
June 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
for those of you not following along with oregon legislation, yesterday a democrat SUPERMAJORITY managed to fail to whip votes for their own transportation bill, let it die, and now there's going to be thousands of layoffs and we'll lose like 30% of our transit system
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This week marks 100 days since the Trump administration disappeared 280+ immigrants to CECOT, a notorious torture prison in El Salvador, with no due process.
Disappearances are the tools of authoritarian regimes, not functioning democracies.
Disappearances are the tools of authoritarian regimes, not functioning democracies.
June 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This week marks 100 days since the Trump administration disappeared 280+ immigrants to CECOT, a notorious torture prison in El Salvador, with no due process.
Disappearances are the tools of authoritarian regimes, not functioning democracies.
Disappearances are the tools of authoritarian regimes, not functioning democracies.
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Preschool for All is voter approved initiative. Any changes should only happen after extensive public engagement. Our community needs us to lead with transparency and respect for the will of the voters, especially when democracy is under attack and important programs face painful cuts. #orleg #orpol
Preschool for All is smart public policy. And top earners are growing in the County despite the misinformation from business lobbyists. We ask reporters to and leaders like Governor @tinakotek.bsky.social to check the facts.
June 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Preschool for All is voter approved initiative. Any changes should only happen after extensive public engagement. Our community needs us to lead with transparency and respect for the will of the voters, especially when democracy is under attack and important programs face painful cuts. #orleg #orpol
No shade to the author but just noting this ‘conflict’ is between “long time anti-ICE organizers” who haven’t done any rapid response + an org that started 5 months ago versus the literal people who wrote & helped pass the sanctuary promise act. You choose who’s more credible on immigration issues!
Nearly 15,000 people have signed a petition calling for City Council to revoke the permit allowing ICE to operate in its building in Portland's South Waterfront. Other advocates warn the move wouldn't slow the agency down—and could backfire for those most vulnerable right now.
As Anti-ICE Fight Grows, Advocates Are Divided About Portland Facility
Portland activists are pushing back on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the agency escalates its aggressive detainment and deportation of immigrants, including people seeking asylum and th...
www.portlandmercury.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
No shade to the author but just noting this ‘conflict’ is between “long time anti-ICE organizers” who haven’t done any rapid response + an org that started 5 months ago versus the literal people who wrote & helped pass the sanctuary promise act. You choose who’s more credible on immigration issues!
This situation has really emphasized for me of the importance of looking at who is organizing any given campaign. If zero longtime organizations who work on a given issue are supporting something, maybe it’s worth asking why that is. A good reminder in critical thinking for myself too.
ICE recently closed its Portland building to the public, multiple sources told Street Roots Monday. The closure may seem like a win for ICE opponents, but immigrant rights advocates say closing the building wreaks havoc for those seeking critical legal aid. ✍️: @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
Feds’ closure of ICE building blocks immigrants’ access to critical legal aid
ICE claims it hasn't changed its operations, but immigration attorneys, advocates and families report roiling confusion after finding the Portland location closed.
www.streetroots.org
June 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This situation has really emphasized for me of the importance of looking at who is organizing any given campaign. If zero longtime organizations who work on a given issue are supporting something, maybe it’s worth asking why that is. A good reminder in critical thinking for myself too.
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Right before I saw the message from Trump I got a very different one from a friend in Tehran, so deeply surrounded by bombing that he was asking me to help communicate his last wishes. This is what my own taxes fund, so much pain upon my loved ones. We are complicit in so, so, so much violence.
June 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Right before I saw the message from Trump I got a very different one from a friend in Tehran, so deeply surrounded by bombing that he was asking me to help communicate his last wishes. This is what my own taxes fund, so much pain upon my loved ones. We are complicit in so, so, so much violence.
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what a stupid presidency, what a stupid fucking war
June 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
what a stupid presidency, what a stupid fucking war
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An inside look at the Catch-22 the federal attorneys and immigration agencies are working to deport people legally seeking asylum in the U.S.
Essentially, requiring people to show up to court, dropping the court case and then having immigration officers grab that person for deportation.
Essentially, requiring people to show up to court, dropping the court case and then having immigration officers grab that person for deportation.
Asylum seeker’s courthouse arrest illustrates Trump administration’s latest immigration enforcement tactic
Legal experts say some asylum seekers are being moved from a process with legal protections into expedited removal, which has "almost none."
www.opb.org
June 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
An inside look at the Catch-22 the federal attorneys and immigration agencies are working to deport people legally seeking asylum in the U.S.
Essentially, requiring people to show up to court, dropping the court case and then having immigration officers grab that person for deportation.
Essentially, requiring people to show up to court, dropping the court case and then having immigration officers grab that person for deportation.
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ICE can use many federal offices in PDX but yesterday is the 1st time PIRC has tracked a detention where they were supposedly not held in Macadam & their lawyer couldn't find them before transfer. What we know slows down detention is reduced overnight capacity, which is why we need to shut down NWDC
June 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
ICE can use many federal offices in PDX but yesterday is the 1st time PIRC has tracked a detention where they were supposedly not held in Macadam & their lawyer couldn't find them before transfer. What we know slows down detention is reduced overnight capacity, which is why we need to shut down NWDC
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Exactly this! To clarify some confusion we've seen - the Portland office is not a formal detention center with overnight capacity, and that matters. People don't get out once they're sent to the NWDC in Tacoma. People have gotten out of the Portland ICE office pre-transfer.
No shade on folks trying to find ways to (bravely, IMO) confront ICE directly, but my understanding from talking to folks who do legal support for immigrants and asylum seekers is that shutting down this facility could actually make life dramatically more difficult for these communities.
ICE out of Portland! campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/re...
June 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Exactly this! To clarify some confusion we've seen - the Portland office is not a formal detention center with overnight capacity, and that matters. People don't get out once they're sent to the NWDC in Tacoma. People have gotten out of the Portland ICE office pre-transfer.