Yamuna Hopwood
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Yamuna Hopwood
@yamskillet.bsky.social
Communications at @stopaapihate.bsky.social
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Today would be a great day for Donald Trump to release the Epstein files.
August 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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ICE is terrorizing and tearing apart the Hmong and Laotian refugee communities in Michigan. At least 16 people were abducted and will be deported to the very countries their families fled — families that risked their lives to help the U.S. military during the Vietnam War and the Secret War in Laos.
ICE arrests 16 Hmong, Laotian refugees in Michigan. Family, legislators ask for release.
Twenty-eight elected officials in Michigan signed a letter asking ICE to release 16 Hmong and Laotian immigrants detained by ICE.
www.freep.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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ICE has ended their egregious treatment of Avirmed, and released him into the care of his loved ones in Virginia. Not one more family deserves to go through this legal nightmare. www.latimes.com/california/s...
ICE releases deaf Mongolian immigrant after holding him for months without interpreter
A deaf Mongolian man who uses sign language to communicate has been released from immigration custody in Southern California after months without access to an interpreter, a family member confirmed.
www.latimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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A fourth federal judge issues a nationwide injunction against Trump to block his illegal attempt to strip birthright citizenship. #Winning www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Federal judge in Maryland issues new block on Trump’s birthright citizenship order
A federal judge in Maryland has issued a fresh nationwide injunction on President Trump’s birthright citizenship order.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Trump's anti-immigrant agenda puts us all in danger.

This is not the first time, and it won't be the last.
Amid hurricane season, FEMA staffers reassigned to support deportations
DHS said the moves won’t hinder disaster readiness, but current and former FEMA officials said losing that many people will hurt an already much reduced agency.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Today's Supreme Court ruling allows Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship to take partial effect in as little as 30 days. This decision is a dangerous step backward in the fight for equal rights and threatens the futures of immigrant communities nationwide — including many Asian families. 🧵⬇️
stopaapihate.org
June 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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BREAKING: SCOTUS has limited the power of federal judges to stop Trump’s overreaching executive orders – including his attack on birthright citizenship. This will end citizenship rights for many U.S.-born children of certain immigrants in as soon as 30 days.

Stay tuned for updates.
Supreme Court limits judges' power on nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
Supreme Court limits judges' power on nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear.
www.pbs.org
June 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Wow that’s broad. Incredibly broad.

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Since he won NYC’s Democratic primary, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani — who may become the city’s first Muslim and Asian American Mayor — is facing a barrage of racist and xenophobic attacks. And the worst part is: this is nothing new.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mamdani faces barrage of Islamophobic attacks after New York primary success
State assembly member subjected to death threats and xenophobic rhetoric from Republican figures
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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this is a sharp articulation for why center-left types skeptical of mamdani should nonetheless rank him and definitely not rank cuomo
In national elections, liberals like me ask leftists to be coalition partners — hold their noses and vote for a candidate they don't love to beat someone truly terrible.

In New York, the shoe is on the other foot. And we should be clear that we're willing to do what we ask of our partners.
June 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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What’s happening in Los Angeles is not isolated. If we don’t stop this now, Trump, his loyalists, and ICE will continue to bring their destruction to more and more communities across the country.

Read our full statement: stopaapihate.org/2025/06/13/s...
Statement: Stop AAPI Hate Sounds Alarm on Trump’s Authoritarian Power Grab - Stop AAPI Hate
Nationwide: What’s happening in Los Angeles right now is a five-alarm warning for the entire nation. Trump is unleashing military force against civilians — cruelly using our immigrant neighbors as…
stopaapihate.org
June 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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This #AAPIHeritageMonth, we’re asking Asian and Pacific Islander immigrants in the US: what does your immigrant heritage mean to you?

Tap the images below to read highlights from our #MyImmigrantRoots story wall. 🧵⬇️
May 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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🚨 Breaking: Stop AAPI Hate is one of five nonprofits leading a new class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice — which unlawfully terminated more than $810 million in critical funding for 200+ nonprofit organizations at the forefront of improving public safety. 🧵⬇️
May 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Trump is said to be preparing another group of Venezuelan immigrants for deportation under the Alien Enemies Act in the coming days — in defiance of a Supreme Court order.

This is a dramatic escalation of Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. Here’s what else you need to know.🧵
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · Apr 18
NEW: In response to reports that President Trump is planning to deport dozens more people with under 24 hours notice, we filed an emergency request for Judge Boasberg to block the administration from carrying out these deportations.
April 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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🗓️ On April 24, we’re hosting a Community Town Hall to explain how you can prepare for Trump's anticipated travel ban, and break down what your rights are during ICE interactions.

RSVP to join us, special guests from @asianlawcaucus.org, @mpowerchange.bsky.social, & more: stopaapihate.org/townhall
April 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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📣 TEXAS: We need your help!

On Wed 4/9, Texas lawmakers will vote on House Bill 17 (HB 17), which could block college students from renting apartments, families from buying homes, and business owners from leasing storefronts — just because they're Chinese. ⬇️🧵
April 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Q: 60 Minutes found 75% of the migrants who were sent to El Salvador do not have criminal records. That true?

BONDI: They're not Venezuelan migrants. They're illegal aliens from Venezuela who should not have been in our country

Q: So you're confirming they didn't commit a crime?

BONDI: *leaves*
April 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Trump is shipping Asian immigrants to Panama and Costa Rica— only to trap them in hotels and jungle camps without access to their phones, passports, or legal services.

This is nowhere close to normal and we need an investigation stat. Sign here: buff.ly/GhY7AQ9
🚨 Hundreds of Asian immigrants are being held in Central America, and we don't know what's going to happen to them next.

Join us in demanding Congress investigate Trump's deportations, and push for immediate protection for these vulnerable immigrants. buff.ly/GhY7AQ9
March 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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DOGE "is headed by Elon Musk," Donald Trump says.

Cc:
@annabower.bsky.social
Federal judges in DC, Maryland, and Virginia
Yaakov Roth
March 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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The stock market is crashing, eggs are more expensive than ever, and working families still can’t afford the basics.

Trump: “Wokeness is bad.”
March 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Scapegoating immigrant communities will never make anyone safer.
March 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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We just walked out of the state of the Union. My shirt showed Trump an important message: NO KINGS LIVE HERE.

In the spirit of student protestors from the Civil Rights Movement, I’m proud to have protested and walked out with many of my colleagues. This is NOT a normal time.
March 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM