Feral Human Rights Lawyer
@natcad.bsky.social
Border human rights lawyer. “Back on [my] bullshit.” Studying migrant disappearance. Making records for now and later. Impatient. Punching up. Rio Grande Valley - Tucson - San Diego. Thoughts and views my own and not that of my employer.
Pinned
Reporting a disappearance to the Working Group
www.ohchr.org
If your client or loved one has been disappeared by the US gov, whether to Guantánamo, a Salvadoran gulag, or some other incomunicado/unregistered ICE or CBP facility, I urge you to report it to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (thread): www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...
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We should also pass legislation defining, criminalizing, & giving victims recourse against enforced disappearance, like what ICE is doing now, to stem law enforcement imposters.
The more that real ICE gets away with, the more fake ICE will try.
thehill.com/policy/natio...
The more that real ICE gets away with, the more fake ICE will try.
thehill.com/policy/natio...
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We should also pass legislation defining, criminalizing, & giving victims recourse against enforced disappearance, like what ICE is doing now, to stem law enforcement imposters.
The more that real ICE gets away with, the more fake ICE will try.
thehill.com/policy/natio...
The more that real ICE gets away with, the more fake ICE will try.
thehill.com/policy/natio...
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This is an enforced disappearance: “‘they wouldn’t give us information about when my son would be released or where he was,’ Avalos said at a press conference on Wednesday.
Avalos said she still had not been able to speak to her son to find out where he is being held.”
apple.news/AY5YWfFv_Rdy...
Avalos said she still had not been able to speak to her son to find out where he is being held.”
apple.news/AY5YWfFv_Rdy...
Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father — Guardian US
‘Devastated’ family demands answers after one-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
apple.news
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is an enforced disappearance: “‘they wouldn’t give us information about when my son would be released or where he was,’ Avalos said at a press conference on Wednesday.
Avalos said she still had not been able to speak to her son to find out where he is being held.”
apple.news/AY5YWfFv_Rdy...
Avalos said she still had not been able to speak to her son to find out where he is being held.”
apple.news/AY5YWfFv_Rdy...
This is an enforced disappearance: “‘they wouldn’t give us information about when my son would be released or where he was,’ Avalos said at a press conference on Wednesday.
Avalos said she still had not been able to speak to her son to find out where he is being held.”
apple.news/AY5YWfFv_Rdy...
Avalos said she still had not been able to speak to her son to find out where he is being held.”
apple.news/AY5YWfFv_Rdy...
Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father — Guardian US
‘Devastated’ family demands answers after one-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
apple.news
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is an enforced disappearance: “‘they wouldn’t give us information about when my son would be released or where he was,’ Avalos said at a press conference on Wednesday.
Avalos said she still had not been able to speak to her son to find out where he is being held.”
apple.news/AY5YWfFv_Rdy...
Avalos said she still had not been able to speak to her son to find out where he is being held.”
apple.news/AY5YWfFv_Rdy...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
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it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
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this is evil
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
this is evil
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I've seen this before.
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I've seen this before.
Absolutely. They are used to far less oversight than ICE, operating in remote border communities. Their detainees aren’t allowed visitors (legal or family) and their locations aren’t publicly disclosed as ICE detainees’ typically are. Phone access is even more limited.
THIS is the reason why I have consistently tried to emphasize that Border Patrol and ICE are different agencies with different duties and different leadership and different styles.
Border Patrol are the aggro cowboys compared to ICE. Now they're going to be the ones running the show.
Border Patrol are the aggro cowboys compared to ICE. Now they're going to be the ones running the show.
October 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Absolutely. They are used to far less oversight than ICE, operating in remote border communities. Their detainees aren’t allowed visitors (legal or family) and their locations aren’t publicly disclosed as ICE detainees’ typically are. Phone access is even more limited.
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I felt confident back in the 2016-2020 years was that civil society’s response was robust, including private business and legal professionals refusing to be absorbed into the regime. The abdication we see now, though, from civil society is alarming. Folks need to step up and defend the public sphere
We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I felt confident back in the 2016-2020 years was that civil society’s response was robust, including private business and legal professionals refusing to be absorbed into the regime. The abdication we see now, though, from civil society is alarming. Folks need to step up and defend the public sphere
I felt confident back in the 2016-2020 years was that civil society’s response was robust, including private business and legal professionals refusing to be absorbed into the regime. The abdication we see now, though, from civil society is alarming. Folks need to step up and defend the public sphere
We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I felt confident back in the 2016-2020 years was that civil society’s response was robust, including private business and legal professionals refusing to be absorbed into the regime. The abdication we see now, though, from civil society is alarming. Folks need to step up and defend the public sphere
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Refusing to feed people while building a massive ballroom is a fast track to eat the rich. No pun intended.
October 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Refusing to feed people while building a massive ballroom is a fast track to eat the rich. No pun intended.
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That's the authoritarian dream
October 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
That's the authoritarian dream
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John Washington has been doing some incredibly impactful storytelling on borders, immigration, and now enforced disappearance. Check out his latest piece and be sure to follow him.
On forced disappearance in Guatemala and the United States
open.substack.com/pub/johnwash...
open.substack.com/pub/johnwash...
“I Know You Want to Find Me, But You’re Not Going To”
On disappearances in Guatemala and the United States
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
John Washington has been doing some incredibly impactful storytelling on borders, immigration, and now enforced disappearance. Check out his latest piece and be sure to follow him.
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Can you imagine that this is an ICE recruitment poster?
It’s like “why sit around on your sofa w/your wife nagging you every two minutes when you can sit in comfort in a van big enough for friends? You’ll get a mask, a gun, & your very own “illegal” so you can feel superior & secure in your ride.”
It’s like “why sit around on your sofa w/your wife nagging you every two minutes when you can sit in comfort in a van big enough for friends? You’ll get a mask, a gun, & your very own “illegal” so you can feel superior & secure in your ride.”
October 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Can you imagine that this is an ICE recruitment poster?
It’s like “why sit around on your sofa w/your wife nagging you every two minutes when you can sit in comfort in a van big enough for friends? You’ll get a mask, a gun, & your very own “illegal” so you can feel superior & secure in your ride.”
It’s like “why sit around on your sofa w/your wife nagging you every two minutes when you can sit in comfort in a van big enough for friends? You’ll get a mask, a gun, & your very own “illegal” so you can feel superior & secure in your ride.”
John Washington has been doing some incredibly impactful storytelling on borders, immigration, and now enforced disappearance. Check out his latest piece and be sure to follow him.
On forced disappearance in Guatemala and the United States
open.substack.com/pub/johnwash...
open.substack.com/pub/johnwash...
“I Know You Want to Find Me, But You’re Not Going To”
On disappearances in Guatemala and the United States
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
John Washington has been doing some incredibly impactful storytelling on borders, immigration, and now enforced disappearance. Check out his latest piece and be sure to follow him.
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It’s here! My first solo published article is available online and in print. This article is the origin of my research on enforced disappearances of migrants that I began 3.5 years ago. Its relevance has only grown in importance. I hope you’ll take a look: digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...
October 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It’s here! My first solo published article is available online and in print. This article is the origin of my research on enforced disappearances of migrants that I began 3.5 years ago. Its relevance has only grown in importance. I hope you’ll take a look: digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...
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There could be solid ICE counter-recruitment campaigns launched to discourage people from working for them and to encourage those working for them to quit. There are lots of examples of such campaigns from anti-war organizing.
October 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
There could be solid ICE counter-recruitment campaigns launched to discourage people from working for them and to encourage those working for them to quit. There are lots of examples of such campaigns from anti-war organizing.
It’s here! My first solo published article is available online and in print. This article is the origin of my research on enforced disappearances of migrants that I began 3.5 years ago. Its relevance has only grown in importance. I hope you’ll take a look: digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...
October 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It’s here! My first solo published article is available online and in print. This article is the origin of my research on enforced disappearances of migrants that I began 3.5 years ago. Its relevance has only grown in importance. I hope you’ll take a look: digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...
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In protesting peacefully we reclaim our cities and communities from state brutality. These are our spaces, our homes.
October 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In protesting peacefully we reclaim our cities and communities from state brutality. These are our spaces, our homes.
I once entered Nogales, Sonora on the border w/Nogales, AZ. As I neared the port of entry, I saw a billboard ad to work for CBP. The person in the ad was outfitted like Rambo. CBP, & BP in particular, has always attracted people who think their job is to be a part of a goon squad.
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I once entered Nogales, Sonora on the border w/Nogales, AZ. As I neared the port of entry, I saw a billboard ad to work for CBP. The person in the ad was outfitted like Rambo. CBP, & BP in particular, has always attracted people who think their job is to be a part of a goon squad.
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When I started this research over 3.5 years ago, I had no idea it would lead to general allegations by the UN WGEID, joint allegations by multiple UN human rights experts, amicus briefing at the Mexican Supreme Court…. digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...
SOUTH TO JUSTICE: USING INTERNATIONAL LAW TO DEFEND AGAINST U.S. BORDER EXTERNALIZATION POLICIES THROUGH THE EXAMPLE OF FORCIBLY DISAPPEARED MIGRANTS IN MEXICO
The United States is increasingly employing border externalization controls as a primary means of preventing immigrants and asylum seekers from accessing due process and protection on U.S. soil. From ...
digitalcommons.law.scu.edu
October 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
When I started this research over 3.5 years ago, I had no idea it would lead to general allegations by the UN WGEID, joint allegations by multiple UN human rights experts, amicus briefing at the Mexican Supreme Court…. digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...
I don’t know where it comes from, but in the US, people don’t see civil rights as a branch of human rights like the rest of the world. It’s why you’ll hear the phrase “civil and human rights” here, which is a lot like saying “apples and fruit.”
October 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I don’t know where it comes from, but in the US, people don’t see civil rights as a branch of human rights like the rest of the world. It’s why you’ll hear the phrase “civil and human rights” here, which is a lot like saying “apples and fruit.”
Taking inspiration from this.
In my “Fine, I’ll do it myself” - era.
October 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Taking inspiration from this.
When I started this research over 3.5 years ago, I had no idea it would lead to general allegations by the UN WGEID, joint allegations by multiple UN human rights experts, amicus briefing at the Mexican Supreme Court…. digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...
SOUTH TO JUSTICE: USING INTERNATIONAL LAW TO DEFEND AGAINST U.S. BORDER EXTERNALIZATION POLICIES THROUGH THE EXAMPLE OF FORCIBLY DISAPPEARED MIGRANTS IN MEXICO
The United States is increasingly employing border externalization controls as a primary means of preventing immigrants and asylum seekers from accessing due process and protection on U.S. soil. From ...
digitalcommons.law.scu.edu
October 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
When I started this research over 3.5 years ago, I had no idea it would lead to general allegations by the UN WGEID, joint allegations by multiple UN human rights experts, amicus briefing at the Mexican Supreme Court…. digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...