Scott Hechinger
@scotthech.bsky.social
Civil rights attorney. Longtime public defender. Dad. Executive Director, Zealous. Supporting local coalitions to tell more compelling stories and work better together.
My org: https://ZEALO.US
My org: https://ZEALO.US
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But here’s the thing: you all did in fact vote to deport moms.
May 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
But here’s the thing: you all did in fact vote to deport moms.
But here’s the thing: you all did in fact vote to deport moms.
May 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
But here’s the thing: you all did in fact vote to deport moms.
This should outrage you. NYPD invaded this artist’s show to arrest him for an offense so minor that it *requires police to release w/ a ticket.*
This is harassment—plain and simple. And a massive waste of taxpayer funds. t.co/uQZB1UFEDU
This is harassment—plain and simple. And a massive waste of taxpayer funds. t.co/uQZB1UFEDU
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/photographer-who-scales-buildings-to-get-the-perfect-shot-arrested-at-opening-night-of-his-first-solo-exhibition-180986657/
t.co
May 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This should outrage you. NYPD invaded this artist’s show to arrest him for an offense so minor that it *requires police to release w/ a ticket.*
This is harassment—plain and simple. And a massive waste of taxpayer funds. t.co/uQZB1UFEDU
This is harassment—plain and simple. And a massive waste of taxpayer funds. t.co/uQZB1UFEDU
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These are people who are complying with the law. They're coming to their hearings, doing what's asked of them. ICE is snatching them up because Trump wants numbers, and it's a lot easier and cheaper to detain compliant people than to hunt down dangerous people evading apprehension.
One thing people aren’t grasping about ICE waiting in immigration court to kidnap people at their hearings:
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
ICE agents deploy new tactic: arresting people as they leave mandatory court hearings
Migrant-rights advocates say the new approach is causing confusion as undocumented immigrants see cases dismissed before ICE agents move in.
www.usatoday.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
These are people who are complying with the law. They're coming to their hearings, doing what's asked of them. ICE is snatching them up because Trump wants numbers, and it's a lot easier and cheaper to detain compliant people than to hunt down dangerous people evading apprehension.
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Immigration “judges” and ICE work for the same bosses. And these aren’t real courts (unless you’re big on early modern legal traditions huge numbers of oppressed people fled Europe hundreds of years ago to escape.)
One thing people aren’t grasping about ICE waiting in immigration court to kidnap people at their hearings:
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
ICE agents deploy new tactic: arresting people as they leave mandatory court hearings
Migrant-rights advocates say the new approach is causing confusion as undocumented immigrants see cases dismissed before ICE agents move in.
www.usatoday.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Immigration “judges” and ICE work for the same bosses. And these aren’t real courts (unless you’re big on early modern legal traditions huge numbers of oppressed people fled Europe hundreds of years ago to escape.)
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I’m just a simple country lawyer but it seems to me that if I voluntarily dismissed a case with the specific knowledge and intent of aiding and abetting what has already been held by the highest court in the land to be an illegal scheme, I could expect to be disbarred before I even reach the hallway
One thing people aren’t grasping about ICE waiting in immigration court to kidnap people at their hearings:
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
ICE agents deploy new tactic: arresting people as they leave mandatory court hearings
Migrant-rights advocates say the new approach is causing confusion as undocumented immigrants see cases dismissed before ICE agents move in.
www.usatoday.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I’m just a simple country lawyer but it seems to me that if I voluntarily dismissed a case with the specific knowledge and intent of aiding and abetting what has already been held by the highest court in the land to be an illegal scheme, I could expect to be disbarred before I even reach the hallway
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The other part of this is that means they are purposefully targeting the people who are “doing everything right”
One thing people aren’t grasping about ICE waiting in immigration court to kidnap people at their hearings:
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
ICE agents deploy new tactic: arresting people as they leave mandatory court hearings
Migrant-rights advocates say the new approach is causing confusion as undocumented immigrants see cases dismissed before ICE agents move in.
www.usatoday.com
May 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The other part of this is that means they are purposefully targeting the people who are “doing everything right”
Reposted by Scott Hechinger
One thing people aren’t grasping about ICE waiting in immigration court to kidnap people at their hearings:
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
ICE agents deploy new tactic: arresting people as they leave mandatory court hearings
Migrant-rights advocates say the new approach is causing confusion as undocumented immigrants see cases dismissed before ICE agents move in.
www.usatoday.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One thing people aren’t grasping about ICE waiting in immigration court to kidnap people at their hearings:
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
One thing people aren’t grasping about ICE waiting in immigration court to kidnap people at their hearings:
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
ICE agents deploy new tactic: arresting people as they leave mandatory court hearings
Migrant-rights advocates say the new approach is causing confusion as undocumented immigrants see cases dismissed before ICE agents move in.
www.usatoday.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One thing people aren’t grasping about ICE waiting in immigration court to kidnap people at their hearings:
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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NEW: ICE tells Judge Murphy that even though the South Sudan police spox threatened to relocate US deportees to another country, the court doesn't have to worry, because none of the men have previously been found to have legit fears of persecution elsewhere. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
NEW: ICE tells Judge Murphy that even though the South Sudan police spox threatened to relocate US deportees to another country, the court doesn't have to worry, because none of the men have previously been found to have legit fears of persecution elsewhere. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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That moment with the cabinet secretary who does not understand the concept of habeas corpus demands that universities make sure their students "learn what this country is about."
after announcing that foreign students are being banned from Havard, Noem warns "this should be a warning to every other university to get your act together."
May 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
That moment with the cabinet secretary who does not understand the concept of habeas corpus demands that universities make sure their students "learn what this country is about."
Lying in support of “White genocide” in South Africa while discontinuing DOJ investigations into systemic police abuse & mass killings of disproportionately Black & brown people in the United States are interrelated state acts of white supremacist violence.
May 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Lying in support of “White genocide” in South Africa while discontinuing DOJ investigations into systemic police abuse & mass killings of disproportionately Black & brown people in the United States are interrelated state acts of white supremacist violence.
The opposite of what the Constitution says.
"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.
April 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The opposite of what the Constitution says.
As Trump exploits unprecedented & illegal powers to exact collective punishment on migrants & other marginalized people, CNN & other outlets are publishing—w/o correction, challenge, or context—his outright lie that he shares the Pope’s tolerance migrants. Journalistic failure.
April 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
As Trump exploits unprecedented & illegal powers to exact collective punishment on migrants & other marginalized people, CNN & other outlets are publishing—w/o correction, challenge, or context—his outright lie that he shares the Pope’s tolerance migrants. Journalistic failure.
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I was a public defender in Brooklyn during Cuomo’s governorship. I saw up close how he impacted the city I love, and the people and communities I represented.
I wrote here on the 5 biggest public safety reasons Cuomo is patently unqualified to lead NYC. zeteo.com/p/andrew-cuo...
I wrote here on the 5 biggest public safety reasons Cuomo is patently unqualified to lead NYC. zeteo.com/p/andrew-cuo...
Andrew Cuomo’s Cruelty Should Not Be Rewarded With New York City's Mayoralty
Here are five of the biggest reasons the disgraced former governor should be denied a political comeback.
zeteo.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I was a public defender in Brooklyn during Cuomo’s governorship. I saw up close how he impacted the city I love, and the people and communities I represented.
I wrote here on the 5 biggest public safety reasons Cuomo is patently unqualified to lead NYC. zeteo.com/p/andrew-cuo...
I wrote here on the 5 biggest public safety reasons Cuomo is patently unqualified to lead NYC. zeteo.com/p/andrew-cuo...
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For all of you whose vote was manipulated by mass media & politicians scaring you into believing you’ve never been less safe, the *2024 crime rate was the lowest in record since 1961.*
March 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
For all of you whose vote was manipulated by mass media & politicians scaring you into believing you’ve never been less safe, the *2024 crime rate was the lowest in record since 1961.*
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Pam Bondi is too busy illegally prosecuting people for activism and threatening to sell Tesla protestors to El Salvador to be tortured.
April 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Pam Bondi is too busy illegally prosecuting people for activism and threatening to sell Tesla protestors to El Salvador to be tortured.
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As Trump disappears students for sharing viewpoints about the Middle East on outrageous claims of supporting “terrorism,” Trump continues to celebrate and support actual acts of domestic terrorism.
April 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As Trump disappears students for sharing viewpoints about the Middle East on outrageous claims of supporting “terrorism,” Trump continues to celebrate and support actual acts of domestic terrorism.
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They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
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You sold your immigrant residents to Trump to get your criminal charges for historic levels of corruption dropped. You are corrupt to the core. You shouldn’t be Mayor. Resign.
April 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You sold your immigrant residents to Trump to get your criminal charges for historic levels of corruption dropped. You are corrupt to the core. You shouldn’t be Mayor. Resign.
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My god. Trump's deportation effort constitutes a clear assault on civil liberties and due process rights. It also represents an arguably darker milestone:
"The US government is now in the business of trafficking migrants on the global market." t.co/zlCktbtfDA
"The US government is now in the business of trafficking migrants on the global market." t.co/zlCktbtfDA
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-human-trafficking-el-salvador/
t.co
April 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My god. Trump's deportation effort constitutes a clear assault on civil liberties and due process rights. It also represents an arguably darker milestone:
"The US government is now in the business of trafficking migrants on the global market." t.co/zlCktbtfDA
"The US government is now in the business of trafficking migrants on the global market." t.co/zlCktbtfDA
You sold your immigrant residents to Trump to get your criminal charges for historic levels of corruption dropped. You are corrupt to the core. You shouldn’t be Mayor. Resign.
April 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You sold your immigrant residents to Trump to get your criminal charges for historic levels of corruption dropped. You are corrupt to the core. You shouldn’t be Mayor. Resign.
My god. Trump's deportation effort constitutes a clear assault on civil liberties and due process rights. It also represents an arguably darker milestone:
"The US government is now in the business of trafficking migrants on the global market." t.co/zlCktbtfDA
"The US government is now in the business of trafficking migrants on the global market." t.co/zlCktbtfDA
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-human-trafficking-el-salvador/
t.co
April 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My god. Trump's deportation effort constitutes a clear assault on civil liberties and due process rights. It also represents an arguably darker milestone:
"The US government is now in the business of trafficking migrants on the global market." t.co/zlCktbtfDA
"The US government is now in the business of trafficking migrants on the global market." t.co/zlCktbtfDA
As Trump disappears students for sharing viewpoints about the Middle East on outrageous claims of supporting “terrorism,” Trump continues to celebrate and support actual acts of domestic terrorism.
April 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As Trump disappears students for sharing viewpoints about the Middle East on outrageous claims of supporting “terrorism,” Trump continues to celebrate and support actual acts of domestic terrorism.