such a travesty
@suchatravesty.bsky.social
Housing law & civil rights nerd. Formerly: public interest lawyer. Currently: law adjacent. Master of sarcasm. Pup mom. Native Californian. Fuck ICE. All opinions my own, unfortunately.
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A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:27 PM
A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.
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Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
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While glad to see Bovino humbled, I really don’t have any higher opinion of Homan—a cruel, cold, corrupt, calculating bureaucrat who’s devoted more of his career to mass deportation than almost anyone. He’s the architect of child separation.
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
While glad to see Bovino humbled, I really don’t have any higher opinion of Homan—a cruel, cold, corrupt, calculating bureaucrat who’s devoted more of his career to mass deportation than almost anyone. He’s the architect of child separation.
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if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
I cannot stand people & organizations who believe that there are no appropriate comparisons to the Holocaust and police references to it in modern day discussions. Walz's statements were not offensive at all. Signed, granddaughter of a survivor.
SCOTUS specifically ruled that ICE fascists can target based on race, and now ICE is specifically targeting based on race by going after brown and Black people.
Imagine being more offended at the idea that history is repeating itself, than at the actual fact that history is repeating itself. Smh.
Imagine being more offended at the idea that history is repeating itself, than at the actual fact that history is repeating itself. Smh.
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I cannot stand people & organizations who believe that there are no appropriate comparisons to the Holocaust and police references to it in modern day discussions. Walz's statements were not offensive at all. Signed, granddaughter of a survivor.
The Ick descended on me mid-day Friday and won't let up. Sore throat, nasty cough, body aches. The dog isn't particularly amused since my naps and early bedtime have impacted her snack schedule. I haven't been sick in so long; I blame RTO and the nastiness that is BART.
January 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM
The Ick descended on me mid-day Friday and won't let up. Sore throat, nasty cough, body aches. The dog isn't particularly amused since my naps and early bedtime have impacted her snack schedule. I haven't been sick in so long; I blame RTO and the nastiness that is BART.
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White supremacy requires us to remain loyal to our whiteness in order to be afforded the protections of said whiteness. You stand with immigrants, Black and brown folks? You forfeit those privileges and no longer receive those protections, and you will perhaps be shot in the street as a result
They are telling us in unequivocal terms that if you show solidarity with immigrants who are in the literal crosshairs of Trump/MAGA, you're risking a death sentence.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
White supremacy requires us to remain loyal to our whiteness in order to be afforded the protections of said whiteness. You stand with immigrants, Black and brown folks? You forfeit those privileges and no longer receive those protections, and you will perhaps be shot in the street as a result
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"[A]s for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief [before gunshots are fired]"
Can we extend the "Kavanaugh Stop" to a new term called the 'Kavanaugh Killing?"
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January 24, 2026 at 7:50 PM
"[A]s for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief [before gunshots are fired]"
The bystanders who continued to film and found their way to the right people to make statements are heroes. HEROES.
JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:34 AM
The bystanders who continued to film and found their way to the right people to make statements are heroes. HEROES.
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I remain absolutely furious that all this shit in Minneapolis started because a barely-literate homeschooled mormon made a video trying to run up in daycare centers trying to find people of Somalian descent doing fraud despite the ringleader (a white woman) being in jail since March. Demonic.
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I remain absolutely furious that all this shit in Minneapolis started because a barely-literate homeschooled mormon made a video trying to run up in daycare centers trying to find people of Somalian descent doing fraud despite the ringleader (a white woman) being in jail since March. Demonic.
Woke up to Noem on my TV lying again. We've all seen the videos!
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Woke up to Noem on my TV lying again. We've all seen the videos!
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All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
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Experts who have followed authoritarian regimes abroad can tell you a lot about day-after reprisals to mass movements, which look a hell of a lot like today's killing
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Experts who have followed authoritarian regimes abroad can tell you a lot about day-after reprisals to mass movements, which look a hell of a lot like today's killing
Cool cool I feel a cold coming on
January 23, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Cool cool I feel a cold coming on
I find GREAT meaning in my cubicle, in front if my computer helping people assert their basic rights. No birthing another human being has been necessary.
JD Vance: "To our fellow Americans we say, you're never gonna find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen. But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life."
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I find GREAT meaning in my cubicle, in front if my computer helping people assert their basic rights. No birthing another human being has been necessary.
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Nekima Levy Armstrong is a hero—not a goddamn criminal.
BREAKING: A woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted service at a Minnesota church has been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
The woman who led a protest at a Minnesota church service has been arrested, Bondi says
Attorney General Pam Bondi says a woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church has been arrested.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Nekima Levy Armstrong is a hero—not a goddamn criminal.
<3
Rep. Al Green Questions HUD Secretary on Invidious Discrimination and Shameful Cuts in Fair Housing.
You can also watch Rep. Green's remarks on his YouTube Channel by clicking here: youtu.be/M1ml6J0n01M
You can also watch Rep. Green's remarks on his YouTube Channel by clicking here: youtu.be/M1ml6J0n01M
Rep. Al Green Questions HUD Secretary on Invidious Discrimination and Shameful Cuts in Fair Housing
YouTube video by Rep. Al Green
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January 22, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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this was amazing.
Rep. Sherman exposes HUD Director Scott Turner for being totally out of his depth
January 22, 2026 at 1:17 AM
this was amazing.
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I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Did he get off the plane yet?
January 21, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Did he get off the plane yet?
UGH they're saying it's a "small mechanical issue" UGH WHYYYYYY
January 21, 2026 at 3:45 AM
UGH they're saying it's a "small mechanical issue" UGH WHYYYYYY
There are lots of good things for housing and HUD in the appropriations bill released today. However, it's all tied together with DHS funding, and with that, I cannot abide.
January 21, 2026 at 3:11 AM
There are lots of good things for housing and HUD in the appropriations bill released today. However, it's all tied together with DHS funding, and with that, I cannot abide.
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HUD Budget by Major Programs is here:
nlihc.org/sites/defaul...
nlihc.org/sites/defaul...
nlihc.org
January 20, 2026 at 8:52 PM
HUD Budget by Major Programs is here:
nlihc.org/sites/defaul...
nlihc.org/sites/defaul...
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Trump: “The fact that they had a boat land [in Greenland] 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land.”
So close, so very close.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/t...
So close, so very close.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/t...
Trump: ‘We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not’
Trump said that if the U.S. doesn't take action on Greenland, "Russia or China will take over" the Danish island territory.
www.cnbc.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Trump: “The fact that they had a boat land [in Greenland] 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land.”
So close, so very close.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/t...
So close, so very close.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/t...
Scott Turner is a lying piece of shit. That is all.
January 20, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Scott Turner is a lying piece of shit. That is all.