Amy Maldonado
@amymaldonadolaw.bsky.social
Immigration attorney, Chicana, partner, mother. I am all about family, community and immigration (seriously, I have no hobbies), like flowers, and have a black thumb. John Oliver once referred to me as "that lawyer" on Last Week Tonight.
2023 Venezuela TPS EADs expiring on April 2, 2025 have been automatically extended!
District Judge Edward Chen's March 31, 2025 court order postponing DHS Secretary Noem's TPS termination leaves the prior Jan 17, 2025 notice (automatically extending EADs through April 2, 2026) in effect for now.
District Judge Edward Chen's March 31, 2025 court order postponing DHS Secretary Noem's TPS termination leaves the prior Jan 17, 2025 notice (automatically extending EADs through April 2, 2026) in effect for now.
Extension of the 2023 Designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status
Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is extending the 2023 designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Stat...
www.federalregister.gov
April 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
2023 Venezuela TPS EADs expiring on April 2, 2025 have been automatically extended!
District Judge Edward Chen's March 31, 2025 court order postponing DHS Secretary Noem's TPS termination leaves the prior Jan 17, 2025 notice (automatically extending EADs through April 2, 2026) in effect for now.
District Judge Edward Chen's March 31, 2025 court order postponing DHS Secretary Noem's TPS termination leaves the prior Jan 17, 2025 notice (automatically extending EADs through April 2, 2026) in effect for now.
Travel ban expected today.
Trump travel ban may hit MLB players from Cuba, Venezuela
Players may have a hard time returning to the U.S. after facing the Toronto Blue Jays
www.axios.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Travel ban expected today.
Not a good move by the Trump Administration.
Trump betrayed Venezuelan exiles by revoking TPS and engaging Maduro | Opinion
Trump announced deportation of Venezuelans and talks with Maduro raise questions about a potential Trump-Maduro deal.
amp.miamiherald.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Not a good move by the Trump Administration.
Reposted by Amy Maldonado
I reskeeted this earlier but there is now an extremely important correction: Secret Service says it was their agents that went to the school in Chicago, not ICE.
January 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I reskeeted this earlier but there is now an extremely important correction: Secret Service says it was their agents that went to the school in Chicago, not ICE.
Reposted by Amy Maldonado
A U.S. citizen wrongfully detained or arrested by ICE may be entitled to legal remedies. Speak with a lawyer about filing under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) or Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents to seek compensation for federal misconduct.
January 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
A U.S. citizen wrongfully detained or arrested by ICE may be entitled to legal remedies. Speak with a lawyer about filing under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) or Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents to seek compensation for federal misconduct.
Reposted by Amy Maldonado
I have heard from multiple sources today that lawyers who provide Know Your Rights presentations in ICE detention centers have been kicked out completely.
These presentations are sometimes the only way people in detention find out details about the process they’re going through.
These presentations are sometimes the only way people in detention find out details about the process they’re going through.
January 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I have heard from multiple sources today that lawyers who provide Know Your Rights presentations in ICE detention centers have been kicked out completely.
These presentations are sometimes the only way people in detention find out details about the process they’re going through.
These presentations are sometimes the only way people in detention find out details about the process they’re going through.
Reposted by Amy Maldonado
Remember how I said that, at least initially, the Trump people would slap a “mass deportation” sticker on the side of normal ICE operations? This is what I mean.
In FY2024, under Biden, the average daily arrests were 310 and the average daily detainers served was 409.
In FY2024, under Biden, the average daily arrests were 310 and the average daily detainers served was 409.
January 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Remember how I said that, at least initially, the Trump people would slap a “mass deportation” sticker on the side of normal ICE operations? This is what I mean.
In FY2024, under Biden, the average daily arrests were 310 and the average daily detainers served was 409.
In FY2024, under Biden, the average daily arrests were 310 and the average daily detainers served was 409.
ICE is literally trying to drag children out of elementary schools. I can't. Day 4.
ICE agents 'showed up' at Chicago school amid heightened concerns of raids
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen at a Chicago school Friday afternoon, hours after a Trump administration official confirmed that Illinois was among several states where hundr...
www.nbcchicago.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
ICE is literally trying to drag children out of elementary schools. I can't. Day 4.
Acting DHS Secretary Benjamin Huffman issued a Memo to Acting Director of ICE Caleb Vitello authorizing ICE to strip parole from people who have lawfully entered the United States and been issued employment authorization.
January 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Acting DHS Secretary Benjamin Huffman issued a Memo to Acting Director of ICE Caleb Vitello authorizing ICE to strip parole from people who have lawfully entered the United States and been issued employment authorization.
Let the racial profiling begin. Numbers-wise, Trump is still at or lower than Biden on immigration-enforcement, though.
ICE raid of NJ seafood restaurant reportedly nabs 3 workers, PIX11 News reports. Among those questioned was a Puerto Rican worker, who is a military veteran.
www.axios.com/2025/01/24/i...
www.axios.com/2025/01/24/i...
Mayor accuses ICE of detaining veteran and U.S. citizens in N.J. immigration raid
ICE raids have been expected as part of President Trump's vow to crackdown on immigration.
www.axios.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Let the racial profiling begin. Numbers-wise, Trump is still at or lower than Biden on immigration-enforcement, though.
Taking a break from all the bad immigration news (except the immediate TRO against the Trump EO trying to deprive babies of U.S. citizenship), my own baby got to hang out with some of the 1491s last night! From left to right, @dallasgoldtooth.bsky.social Andrea (NASA advisor) and my Comanche kiddo.
January 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Taking a break from all the bad immigration news (except the immediate TRO against the Trump EO trying to deprive babies of U.S. citizenship), my own baby got to hang out with some of the 1491s last night! From left to right, @dallasgoldtooth.bsky.social Andrea (NASA advisor) and my Comanche kiddo.
Reposted by Amy Maldonado
My explainer essay on the sinister relationship between the Regime's attack on birthright citizenship and the declaration that asylum seekers and migrants entering at the southern border are engaged in an "invasion":
open.substack.com/pub/tobiasba...
open.substack.com/pub/tobiasba...
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open.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
My explainer essay on the sinister relationship between the Regime's attack on birthright citizenship and the declaration that asylum seekers and migrants entering at the southern border are engaged in an "invasion":
open.substack.com/pub/tobiasba...
open.substack.com/pub/tobiasba...
Reposted by Amy Maldonado
I TOLD YOU ALL that they would do this. They are claiming that arresting 300 criminals is something new. That's literally the average day under Biden. But I wouldn't be shocked if it's not true and they are including noncriminals who they really want to scare www.nationalreview.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Mass Deportation Operation Begins with Over 300 Criminal Aliens Rounded Up on Day One | National Review
‘Some of them were murderers. Some of them were rapists. Some of them raped a child. Some sexually assaulted a child,’ the border czar said.
www.nationalreview.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I TOLD YOU ALL that they would do this. They are claiming that arresting 300 criminals is something new. That's literally the average day under Biden. But I wouldn't be shocked if it's not true and they are including noncriminals who they really want to scare www.nationalreview.com/news/trumps-...
Proud of my people, the lawyers! So-called birthright citizenship is enshrined in the 14th Amendment, and is how people who are not Native Americans are legally U.S. citizens. So stop it, already! www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump facing defeat In birthright citizenship battle—legal analyst
Several states have filed lawsuits in federal courts to contest President Donald Trump's executive order.
www.newsweek.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Proud of my people, the lawyers! So-called birthright citizenship is enshrined in the 14th Amendment, and is how people who are not Native Americans are legally U.S. citizens. So stop it, already! www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
RIP, Cecile.
Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died — The 19th News
Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and feminist activist, died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer, her family confirmed in a statement. She was 67.
apple.news
January 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
RIP, Cecile.
Another new U.S. Citizen! Posted with permission of my client.
December 6, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Another new U.S. Citizen! Posted with permission of my client.