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Sergio Perez
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Executive Director @ The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law

https://www.centerforhumanrights.org

Civil rights attorney fighting for a more just and fair Los Angeles.

Views are mine.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergioperez23/
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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · Jun 9
In all the mess, there is a euphoria to remembering that I was born in & live in a city that has my family's back.

My parents were undocumented teenagers when they came to LA from Mexico. My mom had me at 17 in a hospital-turned-parking-lot in the San Fernando Valley.

I love you, Los Angeles.
sergioperez.bsky.social
Abuse isn’t enough, they have to silence kids too:

“They threw away all my drawings,” said 15-year-old Cariexis Quintero… . Her mother, displaying a pile of colorful paper scraps, detailed how the guards “stormed into her room looking for drawings and letters” & then “destroyed what they found”
jessicacalarco.com Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6h
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.

www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Report: Staff at Dilley raiding cells to confiscate kids' letters and drawings detailing conditions inside
February 18, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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bsdtectr.bsky.social
cool, cool
February 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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resnikoff.bsky.social
IMO every gubernatorial candidate in California should have an answer to the question "what's your strategy if Trump tries to turn San Francisco into another Minneapolis next year," and if I were a state politics reporter I'd be calling them up to ask that very question.
February 18, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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jaywillis.net
At some point, federal judges are going to have to go beyond issuing strongly worded orders condemning ICE's lawlessness, and start fining recalcitrant Trump administration officials and/or putting them in jail
How Federal Judges Can Bring Down the Hammer On ICE
Federal judges have plenty of tools at their disposal for punishing ICE’s lawlessness—if they feel like using them.
ballsandstrikes.org
February 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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mdstamper.bsky.social
“Portrait of Grace Hill Walker” by D. (Daniel) Norman Tillman (American) - Oil on canvas / c. 1925–1935 - The Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown, Ohio) #WomenInArt #DanielNormanTillman #NormanTillman #Tillman #ButlerInstituteOfAmericanArt #BlackArt #artText #BlackArtist #PortraitofaWoman
Painted by D. Norman Tillman (Daniel Norman Tillman), an African American portraitist active in Ohio who exhibited locally and studied at major art schools, this work is both likeness and tribute. The sitter, Grace Hill Walker, was later a founder of the Youngstown (Ohio) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated (an African American women’s volunteer service organization) serving as its first president when the chapter was organized and chartered in 1955. Her leadership centered on civic, educational, and cultural service. In that light, her direct gaze and calm hands can be seen as visual rhetoric including steadiness, capability, and social presence, rendered without spectacle. She is depicted as a young Black woman sitting in profile to our right, but turned slightly to look directly toward us with a steady, thoughtful gaze. Her skin is a warm medium-brown tone, softly modeled with thin, luminous paint. She wears her dark hair in a short, waved bob that frames her face and ears. A long-sleeved dress in muted plum-brown wraps her torso and arms. A loose white tie falls down the center of her chest, and a long, delicate necklace loops down and back up, catching small points of light. Her hands rest together in her lap with fingers overlapping to suggest composure and self-possession rather than stiffness. The background is spare and atmospheric with a hazy field of browns, olives, and smoky violets, with brushy arcs that feel like remembered movement. Tillman’s handling stays intimate as edges dissolve into the backdrop, while the face, eyes, and hands remain the clearest anchors, inviting a quiet, person-to-person encounter. Shown in the Butler’s exhibition highlighting African American artists, the portrait functions as community memory that keeps local leadership visible, dignified, and enduring. The restrained palette and softened setting give her room to “hold” the picture with her expression alone, suggesting a life defined not by props, but by purpose.
February 15, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
.. more than a “hint.” 👀

(via Pantheon) #NFP
February 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
Here is the Ring CEO's email to see for yourself, if you want to judge whether Search Party, which turns all Ring cameras in a neighborhood into active surveillance devices, is really going to be limited to the cutesy marketing of just finding lost dogs www.404media.co/leaked-email...
“This is by far the most innovation that we have launched in the history of Ring. And it is not only the quantity, but quality,” Siminoff wrote. “I believe that the foundation we created with Search Party, first for finding dogs, will end up becoming one of the most important pieces of tech and innovation to truly unlock the impact of our mission. You can now see a future where we are able to zero out crime in neighborhoods. So many things to do to get there but for the first time ever we have the chance to fully complete what we started.”
February 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
sergioperez.bsky.social
Fake it 'till you make it works on almost every scale.
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h
i really love @alexiscoe.bsky.social's biography of washington because she gets at exactly this: the fact that "george washington" is a character created by george washington, a man so consumed with presenting himself as an example of republican virtue that he became one
The Uncanny Artifice of George Washington
I got a number of fascinating replies to yesterday’s post about the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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kathleenbush.bsky.social
In departure from norm, Coast Guard demands immigration papers on Louisiana docks

In St. Bernard Parish, fishing deckhands fear death and detention amid regular immigration sweeps – not by ICE, but the Coast Guard

lailluminator.com/2026/02/18/c...
In departure from norm, Coast Guard demands immigration papers on Louisiana docks • Louisiana Illuminator
Seafood workers say that the Coast Guard, in a departure from the norm, has conducted about seven sweeps since early November, resulting in multiple arrests.
lailluminator.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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jecboyle.bsky.social
My grandfather filled out a one-page form two weeks after his arrival here, raised his right hand, and was sworn in as a citizen.
gregpak.net Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 22h
The more of these fascist atrocities I see, the more I become an immigration maximalist. Let everyone in, give everyone work permits/green cards. Make it possible to get citizenship within a few months. Make it as easy as getting a driver's license.
February 18, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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aedwardslevy.bsky.social
Sort of relatedly: my thinking about insider/outsider candidates and similar primary "lanes" is deeply shaped by this Pew survey from the 2016 cycle: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
February 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
sergioperez.bsky.social
Going to tell my son this was Eli Broad himself.
February 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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awalkerinla.bsky.social
Casey Wasserman’s defenders insist he should stay on as LA28 chair because he’s doing such a great job raising money.

But the truth is that LA28 is such an opaque organization that we don’t actually know the truth — and all the deliverables we *can* track are severely overdue
And whether or not Wasserman gets booted, LA will still be stuck with LA28 and the bad deal we struck nearly a decade ago. LA28 may claim Wasserman is racking in the sponsorship dollars, but, as a private nonprofit, we have no way of verifying those figures. What we are able to track, as a city, are deliverables, and that's not looking great either. LA28's impact and sustainability plan, due March 31, 2025, landed nearly five months late and very light on details. The city services agreement known as the ECRMA, due October 1, 2025, is now more than four months late. The human rights strategy, due December 31, 2025, is nowhere to be seen. After the LA28 board's vote, Councilmembers Monica Rodriguez and Imelda Padilla introduced a resolution demanding more transparency from LA28 leadership to "reinforce public trust." In an interview with KCRW on February 4 - before she declared her candidacy for mayor - Councilmember Nithya Raman also conveyed a waning confidence in LA28. "The city council has asked for a lot of clarifications, we've asked a lot of questions about what the costs are that we are going to be incurring, what will be covered, and we have not received those answers," she said. "Our partnership with LA28, I think, needs to improve." That's why calls for Wasserman to resign are focusing on the wrong problem, argues civil rights attorney Connie Rice, who has been sounding the alarm about the city's contract with LA28. "The mayor needs to tell us: where is the ECRMA agreement that guarantees the city's taxpayers will not be left holding the bag for $1 billion in Olympics costs?" she tells me. "Casey Wasserman is a red herring."
February 18, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Libraries are among the few public institutions that represent the kind of world we want to live in. They must be fought for.
February 18, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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jonathancohn.bsky.social
Trump is very underwater on immigration.

There is no reason for Dems to cave on ICE funding.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
February 18, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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inthestreetsla.bsky.social
Every Tuesday, the Godmothers of the Disappeared gather outside the detention center to pray for those affected by ICE raids. They commemorate individuals who have been taken into custody and those whose lives were lost.
February 18, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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gbrockell.bsky.social
I have asked ICE and DHS why this migrant was hooded and partially straitjacketed today. Will let you know if I hear back.

In the past migrants have testified that they were put in the WRAP device for “infractions” as small as asking to speak to one’s attorney.
jjindc.bsky.social JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 16h
🧊✈️ Wrapped & Hooded ⛓️😲

In Seattle, ICE goons escort a shackled & hooded man on to this GlobalX jet for transport south to Texas 👀
February 18, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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bcfinucane.bsky.social
Turns out Rubio’s ideological crusade, Trump’s military spectacle, and the performative killing spree at sea are pricey.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump's Caribbean Surge Nears $3 Billion Price Tag So Far
The operations around Venezuela that eventually led to the capture of its president pulled in nearly a fifth of the US Navy’s surface fleet at a cost of more than $20 million a day.
www.bloomberg.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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bwd.bsky.social
I identified four (4) NBA teams part-owned by a firm that sold a property to the Department of Homeland Security for a planned ICE detention center. And I explain why more owners could follow in the warehouse to megajail business.

it's the new [eyeblack]:
An NBA investor in four teams profits from immigrant athletes — and immigrant megajails
[eyeblack] identifies four NBA teams tied to an investor that made $120M selling property for a planned ICE detention center, and explains why more owners could follow.
www.readeyeblack.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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tusk81.bsky.social
“Lorth Sim, a Cambodian national, died in ICE custody on Monday, the seventh since the start of the year and nearly the 40th since Trump took office. ICE has not updated its website to reflect this latest detainee death as of the time of this writing.”
February 18, 2026 at 1:25 AM
sergioperez.bsky.social
16-month-old sister
joaquincastrotx.bsky.social Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 18h
After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.
February 18, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Obviously lawyers should not wear a civil rights t-shirt to court. Lawyers should observe decorum by only wearing an American flag pin or a crucifix, which are neutral messages without any potentially prejudicial meaning.
brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 19h
Need you to weigh in @kenwhite.bsky.social!
brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 20h
Well looks like it won't matter because Judge Pittman declared a mistrial -- because a defense attorney wore a T-shirt with Civil Rights Era-protestors on it. Star Telegram reports 130 new jurors will come in next week. The defense attorneys opposed a mistrial.

www.star-telegram.com/news/local/c...
February 18, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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🗣️ WE ARE HIRING A STAFF ATTORNEY

The Center for Immigration Law and Policy seeks a staff attorney to engage in creative, high-quality research, analysis, and litigation related to immigration law and policy. bit.ly/cilpstaffatt...
🗓️APPLICATION DEADLINE FEB. 20, 2026
February 2, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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shoton35mm.bsky.social
Today @lataco.bsky.social launched a fundraiser to help me start their investigative news desk. We're hoping to raise $25k to help pay for lab tests, analyze ICE data that the Daily Memo's been compiling + work with more freelancers. Been dreaming of this for years!

givebutter.com/la-taco-inve...
L.A. TACO Investigative Journalism Fund
By L.A. TACO
givebutter.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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ufw.bsky.social
"Julio" is tying up the vines of grapevines that have just been pruned. The sky is cloudy and it looks like it's going to rain at any minute. He's concerned because once the rain starts, workers are sent home and they don't earn wages for the rest of the day. #WeFeedYou
February 18, 2026 at 12:30 AM