Athar Haseebullah, Esq.
@atharesq.bsky.social
Pronounced Uh-tar | Executive Director of ACLU of Nevada| HU/HUSL ❤️💙 | Personal Page | Opinions are Mine and Likes are not Endorsements
A fight for due process is a fight for humanity. If you encourage malfeasance and lawlessness by the government, you are encouraging your own rights being undermined one day.
The ACLU will always fight back. So proud to be a part of this righteous organization. @aclu.org @aclunv.bsky.social
The ACLU will always fight back. So proud to be a part of this righteous organization. @aclu.org @aclunv.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A fight for due process is a fight for humanity. If you encourage malfeasance and lawlessness by the government, you are encouraging your own rights being undermined one day.
The ACLU will always fight back. So proud to be a part of this righteous organization. @aclu.org @aclunv.bsky.social
The ACLU will always fight back. So proud to be a part of this righteous organization. @aclu.org @aclunv.bsky.social
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The court was right to block these removals. These individuals were in imminent danger of spending the rest of their lives in a brutal Salvadoran prison without ever having had any due process.
Venezuelan migrants told of imminent deportation under US wartime law
Two Venezuelan men detained in Texas were told by a U.S. official that they will be deported imminently under an 18th century American wartime law, lawyers for some Venezuelan migrants told a U.S. federal court on Friday.
www.reuters.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The court was right to block these removals. These individuals were in imminent danger of spending the rest of their lives in a brutal Salvadoran prison without ever having had any due process.
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BREAKING: Early this morning in a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked the deportation of any Venezuelan men held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center in northern Texas under the Alien Enemies Act.
We'll keep fighting to defend due process.
We'll keep fighting to defend due process.
April 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
BREAKING: Early this morning in a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked the deportation of any Venezuelan men held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center in northern Texas under the Alien Enemies Act.
We'll keep fighting to defend due process.
We'll keep fighting to defend due process.
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As the Trump administration tries to rapidly deport a Venezuelan man using an 18th century wartime law, a Nevada judge has temporarily blocked the action.
Read about it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
Read about it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
April 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
As the Trump administration tries to rapidly deport a Venezuelan man using an 18th century wartime law, a Nevada judge has temporarily blocked the action.
Read about it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
Read about it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
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The Nevada Immigrant Coalition and community organizers are sounding the alarm about Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Southern Nevada later this week.
The ACLU of Nevada has created a guide to ensure people know their rights and know how to take action when rights are violated.
The ACLU of Nevada has created a guide to ensure people know their rights and know how to take action when rights are violated.
NV Immigrant Coalition expects ICE enforcement activity this week
The Nevada Immigrant Coalition and community organizers are sounding the alarm about expected Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Southern Nevada later this week. Laura Martin, executive ...
www.publicnewsservice.org
April 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Nevada Immigrant Coalition and community organizers are sounding the alarm about Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Southern Nevada later this week.
The ACLU of Nevada has created a guide to ensure people know their rights and know how to take action when rights are violated.
The ACLU of Nevada has created a guide to ensure people know their rights and know how to take action when rights are violated.
This past Saturday, my team @aclunv and I were honored to receive the Junior League of Las Vegas’ Community Impact Award in front of a packed house.
In 2024, we participated in 115 community events in 365 days. Weve done more than 3 dozen KYR trainings in 75 days.
And we ain’t stoppin’!
In 2024, we participated in 115 community events in 365 days. Weve done more than 3 dozen KYR trainings in 75 days.
And we ain’t stoppin’!
April 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This past Saturday, my team @aclunv and I were honored to receive the Junior League of Las Vegas’ Community Impact Award in front of a packed house.
In 2024, we participated in 115 community events in 365 days. Weve done more than 3 dozen KYR trainings in 75 days.
And we ain’t stoppin’!
In 2024, we participated in 115 community events in 365 days. Weve done more than 3 dozen KYR trainings in 75 days.
And we ain’t stoppin’!
The same day this $40m+ bill was introduced, the NV Dept of Corrections said it paid $60 MILLION in UNBUDGETED OVERTIME with more on the way. This relic-of-the-past bill in NV, which will likely experience budget cuts, would be a blank check for a bloated criminal legal system.
NO. NO. NO. NO. NO.
NO. NO. NO. NO. NO.
Governor Lombardo pushes for tougher crime laws amid budget concerns
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Governor Joe Lombardo, a former Clark County sheriff, announced his intention to strengthen crime laws, aiming to hold offenders more accoun
news3lv.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The same day this $40m+ bill was introduced, the NV Dept of Corrections said it paid $60 MILLION in UNBUDGETED OVERTIME with more on the way. This relic-of-the-past bill in NV, which will likely experience budget cuts, would be a blank check for a bloated criminal legal system.
NO. NO. NO. NO. NO.
NO. NO. NO. NO. NO.
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Acting IRS commissioner to resign after immigration data-sharing agreement https://twp.ai/4imWuz
Acting IRS commissioner to resign after immigration data-sharing agreement - UPI.com
Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Melanie Krause told her staff Tuesday that she plans to resign, according to two administration officials, over internal chaos and the agency's new immigrant data-sharing deal
twp.ai
April 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Acting IRS commissioner to resign after immigration data-sharing agreement https://twp.ai/4imWuz
We are attempting to get more details on this. If this is based on students engaging in protected First Amendment activity as has been the case elsewhere, we will have significant follow-ups. @aclunv.bsky.social @aclu.org
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April 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We are attempting to get more details on this. If this is based on students engaging in protected First Amendment activity as has been the case elsewhere, we will have significant follow-ups. @aclunv.bsky.social @aclu.org
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This is a WILD #Nevada story. Today's IFC hearing revealed a $50 MILLION budget shortfall because of $60 MILLION DOLLARS IN OVERTIME for our overpopulated #corrections system. Per hearing and article, legislators weren't told but the Governor's office was aware?
“So you’re saying that your agency told the governor’s office… ‘hey, we’re going to run into huge deficits. We’re going to overspend like nobody’s business in overtime,’ and they were aware of this, and they just didn’t bring it to our attention until March?” Sen. Nguyen asked NDOC's Dzurenda.
Prison guard musical chairs incurs $60 million in overtime, $50 million shortfall • Nevada Current
The Nevada Department of Corrections is racking up $60 million in overtime a year because of the need to shift correction officers from one post to another to address staffing shortages, resulting in ...
nevadacurrent.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is a WILD #Nevada story. Today's IFC hearing revealed a $50 MILLION budget shortfall because of $60 MILLION DOLLARS IN OVERTIME for our overpopulated #corrections system. Per hearing and article, legislators weren't told but the Governor's office was aware?
Last six months ⬇️
April 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Last six months ⬇️
I'd imagine there is a significant amount of litigation left here based on the decision but this is one to track for everyone in Nevada concerned about reproductive rights.
A long-dormant law requiring parental notification for minors’ abortions has been lifted. The court’s ruling comes in wake of the 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Here are the details:
Here are the details:
Nevada to now require parental notification for minors' abortions after court lifts 40-year pause - The Nevada Independent
Nevada's long-dormant law requiring minors to give parental notification before undergoing an abortion will go into effect at the end of the month, after a federal judge lifted a federal injunction…
thenevadaindependent.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I'd imagine there is a significant amount of litigation left here based on the decision but this is one to track for everyone in Nevada concerned about reproductive rights.
Reposted by Athar Haseebullah, Esq.
A long-dormant law requiring parental notification for minors’ abortions has been lifted. The court’s ruling comes in wake of the 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Here are the details:
Here are the details:
Nevada to now require parental notification for minors' abortions after court lifts 40-year pause - The Nevada Independent
Nevada's long-dormant law requiring minors to give parental notification before undergoing an abortion will go into effect at the end of the month, after a federal judge lifted a federal injunction…
thenevadaindependent.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A long-dormant law requiring parental notification for minors’ abortions has been lifted. The court’s ruling comes in wake of the 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Here are the details:
Here are the details:
Gov't surveillance is always problematic. As mentioned here, there are serious civil liberty concerns associated with this bill and there is no way to exercise real oversight over these surveillance programs.
Google Vigilant Solutions and ICE.
Google Vigilant Solutions and ICE.
April 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Gov't surveillance is always problematic. As mentioned here, there are serious civil liberty concerns associated with this bill and there is no way to exercise real oversight over these surveillance programs.
Google Vigilant Solutions and ICE.
Google Vigilant Solutions and ICE.
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BREAKING: We're suing President Trump for his unconstitutional executive order that would upend U.S. elections and jeopardize our voting rights.
The President doesn't have the authority to remake the rules for federal elections.
The President doesn't have the authority to remake the rules for federal elections.
April 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
BREAKING: We're suing President Trump for his unconstitutional executive order that would upend U.S. elections and jeopardize our voting rights.
The President doesn't have the authority to remake the rules for federal elections.
The President doesn't have the authority to remake the rules for federal elections.
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NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
March 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
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UPDATE: Hours after filing our amended petition, a federal judge ordered Rümeysa Öztürk can't be removed from the U.S. until further court order. The government must respond to the amended petition by Tuesday at 5pm.
This is a critical next step. We won’t stop until Rümeysa is free.
This is a critical next step. We won’t stop until Rümeysa is free.
BREAKING: We and @aclum.bsky.social are joining Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team after plain-clothes ICE agents unlawfully detained her because of an op-ed she wrote.
This is an appalling violation of the First Amendment.
This is an appalling violation of the First Amendment.
March 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
UPDATE: Hours after filing our amended petition, a federal judge ordered Rümeysa Öztürk can't be removed from the U.S. until further court order. The government must respond to the amended petition by Tuesday at 5pm.
This is a critical next step. We won’t stop until Rümeysa is free.
This is a critical next step. We won’t stop until Rümeysa is free.
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The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil strikes at the heart of the First Amendment.
Tell ICE to free Mahmoud NOW.
Tell ICE to free Mahmoud NOW.
Free Mahmoud Khalil
The Trump administration has illegally arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil in direct retaliation for his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights. This egregious, unprecedented, and illegal abuse of...
action.aclu.org
March 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil strikes at the heart of the First Amendment.
Tell ICE to free Mahmoud NOW.
Tell ICE to free Mahmoud NOW.
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Deporting immigrants to Guantánamo is costly, illegal, and inhumane.
'Misguided mission': Senators blast detaining migrants at Guantanamo
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was among a delegation of senators who visited the migrant detention operation at Guantanamo.
www.latimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Deporting immigrants to Guantánamo is costly, illegal, and inhumane.
#EidKareem to all those observing. Jam packed back to back services today on my end here in #LasVegas.
March 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#EidKareem to all those observing. Jam packed back to back services today on my end here in #LasVegas.
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BIZARRE to have spent the last few years being attacked online by the incoming US Attorney for #Nevada for standing up for the marginalized. She also said Nevada's AG @aarondfordnv.bsky.social should be "hanging from a crane."
We're not #Skadden though. We'll never bend the knee to a tyrant.
We're not #Skadden though. We'll never bend the knee to a tyrant.
March 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
BIZARRE to have spent the last few years being attacked online by the incoming US Attorney for #Nevada for standing up for the marginalized. She also said Nevada's AG @aarondfordnv.bsky.social should be "hanging from a crane."
We're not #Skadden though. We'll never bend the knee to a tyrant.
We're not #Skadden though. We'll never bend the knee to a tyrant.
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Idaho passed a bill allowing local law enforcement to act as federal immigration agents without any oversight, helping to facilitate President Trump's mass deportation agenda.
The ACLU of Idaho sued and a judge immediately blocked the law in court.
The ACLU of Idaho sued and a judge immediately blocked the law in court.
Idaho signs new immigration law as lawsuit swiftly follows
A district court judge blocks Idaho's new immigration act the same day Gov. Brad Little signs it into law.
www.ktvb.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Idaho passed a bill allowing local law enforcement to act as federal immigration agents without any oversight, helping to facilitate President Trump's mass deportation agenda.
The ACLU of Idaho sued and a judge immediately blocked the law in court.
The ACLU of Idaho sued and a judge immediately blocked the law in court.
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ICE now says Rumeysa Ozturk has been flown 1500 miles away to Louisiana
March 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ICE now says Rumeysa Ozturk has been flown 1500 miles away to Louisiana
Modern day McCarthyism. Horrific.
March 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Modern day McCarthyism. Horrific.