@sweetophelia1.bsky.social
FREE INNOCENT MAN ANDRY HERNANDEZ ROMERO
Article:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/its-a-tradition-outrage-in-venezuela-as-us-deports-makeup-artist-for-religious-tattoos
Petition:
https://act.hrc.org/page/169520/petition/1?locale=en-US
Article:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/its-a-tradition-outrage-in-venezuela-as-us-deports-makeup-artist-for-religious-tattoos
Petition:
https://act.hrc.org/page/169520/petition/1?locale=en-US
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Andry, the world did not forget you and we thought about you everyday. I wish you all the happiness, healing, kindness and love that you deserve. #andry Hernandez Romero #andryhernandezromero
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ICE detained a US citizen who was originally from Somalia.
They grabbed her because they didn’t like her hijab.
She says they sexually assaulted her and said things like “what are you hiding under your hijab”
She was held for 24 hours.
A US citizen. No one is safe.
They grabbed her because they didn’t like her hijab.
She says they sexually assaulted her and said things like “what are you hiding under your hijab”
She was held for 24 hours.
A US citizen. No one is safe.
December 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
ICE detained a US citizen who was originally from Somalia.
They grabbed her because they didn’t like her hijab.
She says they sexually assaulted her and said things like “what are you hiding under your hijab”
She was held for 24 hours.
A US citizen. No one is safe.
They grabbed her because they didn’t like her hijab.
She says they sexually assaulted her and said things like “what are you hiding under your hijab”
She was held for 24 hours.
A US citizen. No one is safe.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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A 44 year old Mexican immigrant named Vicente Ventura Aguilar has been missing from ICE custody since Oct 7th.
He suffered a medical emergency, lost consciousness & disappeared.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
He suffered a medical emergency, lost consciousness & disappeared.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
An L.A. man was detained in an immigration raid. No one knows where he is
A witness told his brother and attorneys that the 44-year-old Mexican immigrant, who doesn't have lawful immigration status, was taken into custody by immigration authorities on Oct. 7 in south-centra...
www.latimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
A 44 year old Mexican immigrant named Vicente Ventura Aguilar has been missing from ICE custody since Oct 7th.
He suffered a medical emergency, lost consciousness & disappeared.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
He suffered a medical emergency, lost consciousness & disappeared.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
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New ORR rules are reshaping the family reunification process - & not for the better - by demanding increasingly invasive & burdensome documentation even when reunification is clearly in a child’s best interests. The result: prolonged custody for children who have loving family ready to receive them.
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
New ORR rules are reshaping the family reunification process - & not for the better - by demanding increasingly invasive & burdensome documentation even when reunification is clearly in a child’s best interests. The result: prolonged custody for children who have loving family ready to receive them.
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NEWS: Our “Free Andry” podcast and live show with
@crooked.com won an Anthem Award in the Human & Civil Rights: Partnership or Collaboration category for spotlighting the Trump administration’s cruel and inhumane treatment of gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero.
@crooked.com won an Anthem Award in the Human & Civil Rights: Partnership or Collaboration category for spotlighting the Trump administration’s cruel and inhumane treatment of gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero.
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
NEWS: Our “Free Andry” podcast and live show with
@crooked.com won an Anthem Award in the Human & Civil Rights: Partnership or Collaboration category for spotlighting the Trump administration’s cruel and inhumane treatment of gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero.
@crooked.com won an Anthem Award in the Human & Civil Rights: Partnership or Collaboration category for spotlighting the Trump administration’s cruel and inhumane treatment of gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero.
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We urge the repeal of the Alien Enemies Act proclamation of March 2025, and call on the U.S. government to end the practice of expelling or forcibly transferring noncitizens to countries with which they have no meaningful connection.
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We urge the repeal of the Alien Enemies Act proclamation of March 2025, and call on the U.S. government to end the practice of expelling or forcibly transferring noncitizens to countries with which they have no meaningful connection.
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In interviews with @nytimes.com, our clients Andry, Pedro, Ysqueibel, Arturo, and Maikel described harrowing abuse and conditions that independent forensic experts conclude meet the U.N.’s definition of torture.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
In interviews with @nytimes.com, our clients Andry, Pedro, Ysqueibel, Arturo, and Maikel described harrowing abuse and conditions that independent forensic experts conclude meet the U.N.’s definition of torture.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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“It wasn’t right,” said our client Pedro Escobar, Pedro is one of more than 250 men forcibly removed from the U.S. & disappeared into CECOT, reflecting on his time in CECOT prison. “We should never have been sent to El Salvador. We’re migrants, not criminals.”
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“It wasn’t right,” said our client Pedro Escobar, Pedro is one of more than 250 men forcibly removed from the U.S. & disappeared into CECOT, reflecting on his time in CECOT prison. “We should never have been sent to El Salvador. We’re migrants, not criminals.”
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Or Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been in America since he was two years old.
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
www.disabledginger.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Or Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been in America since he was two years old.
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
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ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
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Shame of this brutality & suffering will stay with us. We must advocate for accountability & reparations for these men & not forget the Salvadorans still there.
“We had heard that if there was a person who died among us that they would let us all go,” he said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
“We had heard that if there was a person who died among us that they would let us all go,” he said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Shame of this brutality & suffering will stay with us. We must advocate for accountability & reparations for these men & not forget the Salvadorans still there.
“We had heard that if there was a person who died among us that they would let us all go,” he said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
“We had heard that if there was a person who died among us that they would let us all go,” he said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Please share widely and advocate for Emmanuel Garcia.
Lastly there’s Emmanuel Garcia, a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing a month ago.
Houston PD had his mother’s missing persons report, but chose to call ICE.
He’s been in federal custody ever since, and his mother has not been allowed to see him
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Houston PD had his mother’s missing persons report, but chose to call ICE.
He’s been in federal custody ever since, and his mother has not been allowed to see him
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Mother of Houston autistic teen in immigration custody still unable to see son
Attorneys have joined an effort to help a Houston mother reunite with her son, a teenager with autism who has been in immigration custody for weeks.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Please share widely and advocate for Emmanuel Garcia.
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Anyone sharing DHS's statements without a massive asterisk at this point can't be considered a serious journalist. It's embarrassing.
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Anyone sharing DHS's statements without a massive asterisk at this point can't be considered a serious journalist. It's embarrassing.
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Andry Hernández Romero survived 120+ days in one of El Salvador’s most notorious prisons after being deported by ICE.
Now free, the Venezuelan makeup artist, actor, and designer is focused on healing from the abuse he endured and sharing a message of love, empathy, and respect. 👇🏼 #Out100
Now free, the Venezuelan makeup artist, actor, and designer is focused on healing from the abuse he endured and sharing a message of love, empathy, and respect. 👇🏼 #Out100
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Andry Hernández Romero survived 120+ days in one of El Salvador’s most notorious prisons after being deported by ICE.
Now free, the Venezuelan makeup artist, actor, and designer is focused on healing from the abuse he endured and sharing a message of love, empathy, and respect. 👇🏼 #Out100
Now free, the Venezuelan makeup artist, actor, and designer is focused on healing from the abuse he endured and sharing a message of love, empathy, and respect. 👇🏼 #Out100
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Something unexpected happened at the @meidascanada.ca town hall in Victoria.
A group of young Afghan girls who escaped the Taliban showed up and asked to speak. They told their story of the fight for education and the need for Canada to help.
We will be sharing their story.
@meidastouch.com
A group of young Afghan girls who escaped the Taliban showed up and asked to speak. They told their story of the fight for education and the need for Canada to help.
We will be sharing their story.
@meidastouch.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Something unexpected happened at the @meidascanada.ca town hall in Victoria.
A group of young Afghan girls who escaped the Taliban showed up and asked to speak. They told their story of the fight for education and the need for Canada to help.
We will be sharing their story.
@meidastouch.com
A group of young Afghan girls who escaped the Taliban showed up and asked to speak. They told their story of the fight for education and the need for Canada to help.
We will be sharing their story.
@meidastouch.com
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apnews.com/article/abre...
““After failed attempts with Uganda, Eswatini, and Ghana, ICE now seeks to deport our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, to Liberia, a country with which he has no connection, thousands of miles from his family & home in Maryland,”
This is life with a petty tyrant in control. 🤮
““After failed attempts with Uganda, Eswatini, and Ghana, ICE now seeks to deport our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, to Liberia, a country with which he has no connection, thousands of miles from his family & home in Maryland,”
This is life with a petty tyrant in control. 🤮
US says it now plans to deport Abrego Garcia to Liberia as soon as Oct. 31
The U.S. government now plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia. A statement from his immigration attorneys on Friday that calls the plan “punitive, cruel, and unconstitutional.”
apnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
apnews.com/article/abre...
““After failed attempts with Uganda, Eswatini, and Ghana, ICE now seeks to deport our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, to Liberia, a country with which he has no connection, thousands of miles from his family & home in Maryland,”
This is life with a petty tyrant in control. 🤮
““After failed attempts with Uganda, Eswatini, and Ghana, ICE now seeks to deport our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, to Liberia, a country with which he has no connection, thousands of miles from his family & home in Maryland,”
This is life with a petty tyrant in control. 🤮
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People should absolutely be writing about how ICE's occupation of their cities is transforming life in these places, and they should be publishing it in print on paper - not just social media posts. There needs to be a record of this. Things are changing in measurable ways for the worse every day.
October 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
People should absolutely be writing about how ICE's occupation of their cities is transforming life in these places, and they should be publishing it in print on paper - not just social media posts. There needs to be a record of this. Things are changing in measurable ways for the worse every day.
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I have a great idea for someone who can win the Nobel Peace Prize: Andry José Hernández Romero, the gay Venezuelan asylum seeker sent by the United States to an El Salvadoran torture prison for 125 days, with no due process, & who, afterwards, epitomized grace.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
english.elpais.com/internationa...
Andry Hernández’s life after leaving Bukele’s terror prison: ‘Our bodies are free, but our minds are still there’
The Venezuelan stylist, one of the 252 men deported by the United States to a third nation for the first time, is trying to rebuild his life after four months of detention
english.elpais.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I have a great idea for someone who can win the Nobel Peace Prize: Andry José Hernández Romero, the gay Venezuelan asylum seeker sent by the United States to an El Salvadoran torture prison for 125 days, with no due process, & who, afterwards, epitomized grace.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
english.elpais.com/internationa...
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We’re thrilled to see our client Andry Hernández Romero, a gay Venezuelan makeup artist, recognized in Out Magazine’s 2025 #Out100 for his resilience and advocacy after becoming a nat'l symbol of courage & the face of an int'l campaign demanding his freedom.
🔗 www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...
🔗 www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...
October 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
We’re thrilled to see our client Andry Hernández Romero, a gay Venezuelan makeup artist, recognized in Out Magazine’s 2025 #Out100 for his resilience and advocacy after becoming a nat'l symbol of courage & the face of an int'l campaign demanding his freedom.
🔗 www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...
🔗 www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...
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This is a huge scandal, one of the worst in modern law enforcement and something that is astoundingly unconstitutional and illegal.
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is a huge scandal, one of the worst in modern law enforcement and something that is astoundingly unconstitutional and illegal.
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More details about the horrific raid, a map of tenants and door stickers to mark occupancy
And the kindness and bravery of a man who shielded a mother and child from ICE
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
And the kindness and bravery of a man who shielded a mother and child from ICE
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
More details about the horrific raid, a map of tenants and door stickers to mark occupancy
And the kindness and bravery of a man who shielded a mother and child from ICE
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
And the kindness and bravery of a man who shielded a mother and child from ICE
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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A federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice’s prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human smuggling charges may be an illegal retaliation after he successfully sued the Trump administration over his deportation to El Salvador.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia wins request for hearing on whether smuggling charges are illegally ‘vindictive’
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case has become a proxy for the partisan struggle over President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration policy and mass deportation agenda.
trib.al
October 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice’s prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human smuggling charges may be an illegal retaliation after he successfully sued the Trump administration over his deportation to El Salvador.
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We joined 260+ civil society organizations urging UN Member States to uphold, preserve, & strengthen international refugee, human rights, & humanitarian treaties -- & to reject efforts to weaken these critical protections.
We urge leaders to defend dignity & safety for all.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4s2uptkk
We urge leaders to defend dignity & safety for all.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4s2uptkk
Open Letter: Call for UN member states to uphold, preserve and strengthen international refugee, human rights and humanitarian treaties | ICJ
The ICJ has joined over 250 civil society organizations in the following open letter urging UN member states to uphold, preserve and strengthen i
www.icj.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We joined 260+ civil society organizations urging UN Member States to uphold, preserve, & strengthen international refugee, human rights, & humanitarian treaties -- & to reject efforts to weaken these critical protections.
We urge leaders to defend dignity & safety for all.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4s2uptkk
We urge leaders to defend dignity & safety for all.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4s2uptkk
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Excellent writing from @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social about the US' planned and carried out war on Venezuelan immigrants.
My latest piece, in this week's @newyorker.com, is the story of what happens when the government declares war on an entire population based on little more than fear, confusion, and racial animus. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Enemies of the State
How the Trump Administration declared war on Venezuelan migrants in the U.S.
www.newyorker.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Excellent writing from @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social about the US' planned and carried out war on Venezuelan immigrants.