Jared
@jaredmcclain.bsky.social
Civil Rights Lawyer
“Crusading against government officials and the immunity doctrines that protect them." -St. Tammany Parrish Sheriff's Office
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“Crusading against government officials and the immunity doctrines that protect them." -St. Tammany Parrish Sheriff's Office
Contractually obligated to say that my opinions are my own
It’s always bad to negotiate whether the ruling party can ignore the Constitution.
It also ignores how hard the Court has made it for any plaintiff or lower court to stop unconstitutional policies.
All they left us is political pressure.
It also ignores how hard the Court has made it for any plaintiff or lower court to stop unconstitutional policies.
All they left us is political pressure.
this is incredibly frustrating. By framing this as a policy demand Dems are aiding a disinformation campaign that is intended to confuse the public about what is constitutionally required.
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
It’s always bad to negotiate whether the ruling party can ignore the Constitution.
It also ignores how hard the Court has made it for any plaintiff or lower court to stop unconstitutional policies.
All they left us is political pressure.
It also ignores how hard the Court has made it for any plaintiff or lower court to stop unconstitutional policies.
All they left us is political pressure.
Memphis has been severely overcovered. Most southern cities have. There are these task forces all over with agents from agencies across DOJ and DHS. It's not just ICE/CBP, and it's not just the few main cities that make the news.
Check out all the agencies making immigration arrests in Mobile:
Check out all the agencies making immigration arrests in Mobile:
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Memphis has been severely overcovered. Most southern cities have. There are these task forces all over with agents from agencies across DOJ and DHS. It's not just ICE/CBP, and it's not just the few main cities that make the news.
Check out all the agencies making immigration arrests in Mobile:
Check out all the agencies making immigration arrests in Mobile:
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I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next?
By Georgia Fort
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Opinion | I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next?
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February 6, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next?
By Georgia Fort
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They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Judge orders release of suspects in alleged shovel attack on agent
Department of Homeland Security says agent fired in self-defense after being attacked with a snow shovel and broom.
www.startribune.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:25 PM
They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
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DHS doesn’t even bother trying to lie well. The man whose skull was shattered told the hospital he’d been struck by ICE officers, an ICE officer told hospital staff the guy “got his sh*t rocked,” then when it became clear how badly he was injured, they claimed he deliberately ran into a wall.
January 31, 2026 at 4:59 PM
DHS doesn’t even bother trying to lie well. The man whose skull was shattered told the hospital he’d been struck by ICE officers, an ICE officer told hospital staff the guy “got his sh*t rocked,” then when it became clear how badly he was injured, they claimed he deliberately ran into a wall.
If this weren’t dystopian enough, it won’t even work. DHS treats biometric data as the only legitimate form of ID.
In Minneapolis, they are starting to *wear their passports at all times*
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Minneapolis Residents Wear Their Passports, Desperate to Ward Off ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:43 PM
If this weren’t dystopian enough, it won’t even work. DHS treats biometric data as the only legitimate form of ID.
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there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content
January 30, 2026 at 1:54 PM
there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content
It started as arrest first ask questions later. But now they’re breaking down windows and doors and driving people around to an empty area to use their new tech toys to decide whether you get shipped off to Texas or just get put on a list.
It’s violent no matter what.
It’s violent no matter what.
there is a specific tic in the way that centrist Dems address law enforcement:
they don’t understand that the interaction with police *is* the harm. they think a show your papers situation is neutral as long as you leave walking, but police interaction is itself traumatic. It’s terrifying.
they don’t understand that the interaction with police *is* the harm. they think a show your papers situation is neutral as long as you leave walking, but police interaction is itself traumatic. It’s terrifying.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
January 30, 2026 at 2:50 AM
It started as arrest first ask questions later. But now they’re breaking down windows and doors and driving people around to an empty area to use their new tech toys to decide whether you get shipped off to Texas or just get put on a list.
It’s violent no matter what.
It’s violent no matter what.
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If we are really doing unitary executive theory all the way down, this should be thrown out for lack of adversarialness. You can't sue yourself.
Here's Trump's lawsuit against the IRS.
Alejandro Brito has outdone himself.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Alejandro Brito has outdone himself.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Complaint – #1 in TRUMP v. Internal Revenue Service (S.D. Fla., 1:26-cv-20609) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury. Filing fees $ 405.00 receipt number AFLSDC-19169654, filed by DONALD J TRUMP, THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION, LLC., Eric Trump, Don...
storage.courtlistener.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:38 AM
If we are really doing unitary executive theory all the way down, this should be thrown out for lack of adversarialness. You can't sue yourself.
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Federal agents cornered Marimar Martinez, shot her several times, boasted about it, arrested her, lied about her to the public and in the police report, and falsely charged her with assaulting them.
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
DeWald cites "privacy interests" for an "agent number 3" and his body worn camera as one of the govt's concerns over making the case material piblic, among other issues.
January 29, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Federal agents cornered Marimar Martinez, shot her several times, boasted about it, arrested her, lied about her to the public and in the police report, and falsely charged her with assaulting them.
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
In trying to smear the victim, they’re making a stronger case for premeditation given what we know about their list of dissidents from Tom Homan’s statements and what happened to Miramar Martinez.
It’s like broken-windows policing but they claim the power to kill you for it.
It’s like broken-windows policing but they claim the power to kill you for it.
More than a week before federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their SUV, according to newly unearthed videos. Watch here.
Videos Show Alex Pretti in Confrontation With Agents 11 Days Before His Death
More than a week before federal agents killed Mr. Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their S.U.V.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 2:47 PM
In trying to smear the victim, they’re making a stronger case for premeditation given what we know about their list of dissidents from Tom Homan’s statements and what happened to Miramar Martinez.
It’s like broken-windows policing but they claim the power to kill you for it.
It’s like broken-windows policing but they claim the power to kill you for it.
They spent a lot of energy in court arguing that the unitary executive is solely responsible for everyone working in the administration.
And then after a year-long escalation of masked, militarized police terrorizing cities and they expect us to believe it was all one guy who doesn’t even run CBP.
And then after a year-long escalation of masked, militarized police terrorizing cities and they expect us to believe it was all one guy who doesn’t even run CBP.
Bovino has said he’s taking his orders from Noem, who is in charge of about a dozen agencies now focused on immigration raids.
Noem has said she’s taking her orders from the WH.
The problems aren’t one person or one agency.
Noem has said she’s taking her orders from the WH.
The problems aren’t one person or one agency.
ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools.
January 29, 2026 at 2:42 PM
They spent a lot of energy in court arguing that the unitary executive is solely responsible for everyone working in the administration.
And then after a year-long escalation of masked, militarized police terrorizing cities and they expect us to believe it was all one guy who doesn’t even run CBP.
And then after a year-long escalation of masked, militarized police terrorizing cities and they expect us to believe it was all one guy who doesn’t even run CBP.
Bovino has said he’s taking his orders from Noem, who is in charge of about a dozen agencies now focused on immigration raids.
Noem has said she’s taking her orders from the WH.
The problems aren’t one person or one agency.
Noem has said she’s taking her orders from the WH.
The problems aren’t one person or one agency.
ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools.
yes, there are no real signs of any big change in DHS activity here yet. In Chicago there really was after Bovino left and they basically ended "Midway Blitz" not so here so far.
January 29, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Bovino has said he’s taking his orders from Noem, who is in charge of about a dozen agencies now focused on immigration raids.
Noem has said she’s taking her orders from the WH.
The problems aren’t one person or one agency.
Noem has said she’s taking her orders from the WH.
The problems aren’t one person or one agency.
Having militarized police break into someone’s house without a judicial warrant is even more dangerous tonight at night.
"I'm gonna give Homan the benefit of the doubt"
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
January 28, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Having militarized police break into someone’s house without a judicial warrant is even more dangerous tonight at night.
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Normally I’d suggest people avoid “I don’t believe in phrenology BUT …” takes, but here the exclamation point after “don’t” really reassures me as to his bona fides.
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
January 28, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Normally I’d suggest people avoid “I don’t believe in phrenology BUT …” takes, but here the exclamation point after “don’t” really reassures me as to his bona fides.
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
That’s right. Give us the right to sue that explicitly gets rid of qualified immunity.
Then we can finally force some accountability that doesn’t depend on the police and politicians policing each other.
Call your reps.
Then we can finally force some accountability that doesn’t depend on the police and politicians policing each other.
Call your reps.
The way to square this circle — to make this more than “a law that says you must obey the law” — is for the new law to provide a new *remedy*, ideally a retroactive one (which confirms “this was always the law”).
So let me again yell STATUTORY BIVENS
So let me again yell STATUTORY BIVENS
January 27, 2026 at 5:50 PM
That’s right. Give us the right to sue that explicitly gets rid of qualified immunity.
Then we can finally force some accountability that doesn’t depend on the police and politicians policing each other.
Call your reps.
Then we can finally force some accountability that doesn’t depend on the police and politicians policing each other.
Call your reps.
January 27, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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The fact that they are making Bovino the fall guy shows that they are worried, but it does not mean that any policy changes.
It's a signal to increase the pressure even more, not back down.
It's a signal to increase the pressure even more, not back down.
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 AM
The fact that they are making Bovino the fall guy shows that they are worried, but it does not mean that any policy changes.
It's a signal to increase the pressure even more, not back down.
It's a signal to increase the pressure even more, not back down.
Greg Bovino being gone is good (and the first tiny shred of accountability). It’s also the first crack in their resolve.
But the dangerous and lawless policies are administration-wide.
ICE is still breaking into people’s homes without a warrant.
One fall guy can’t slow the work ahead.
But the dangerous and lawless policies are administration-wide.
ICE is still breaking into people’s homes without a warrant.
One fall guy can’t slow the work ahead.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Greg Bovino being gone is good (and the first tiny shred of accountability). It’s also the first crack in their resolve.
But the dangerous and lawless policies are administration-wide.
ICE is still breaking into people’s homes without a warrant.
One fall guy can’t slow the work ahead.
But the dangerous and lawless policies are administration-wide.
ICE is still breaking into people’s homes without a warrant.
One fall guy can’t slow the work ahead.
They’re grabbing up refugees and shipping them to Texas despite their status.
Some have had to find their own way home once they win their release.
Some have had to find their own way home once they win their release.
This is “Operation PARRIS,” a top reason that DHS is in Minneapolis.
The goal is to arrest 5,600 lawfully present refugees and take them to detention centers in Texas to be interrogated about their status. There is NO investigation first. They are arresting everyone; grab first, question later.
The goal is to arrest 5,600 lawfully present refugees and take them to detention centers in Texas to be interrogated about their status. There is NO investigation first. They are arresting everyone; grab first, question later.
Here's another ruling in Minnesota, also yesterday, releasing a man who was forcefully detained by ICE despite having *active* refugee status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
They’re grabbing up refugees and shipping them to Texas despite their status.
Some have had to find their own way home once they win their release.
Some have had to find their own way home once they win their release.
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One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
This is exactly why they keep arresting the people who follow and record them.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
This is exactly why they keep arresting the people who follow and record them.