David Satnarine
@davidsat.bsky.social
Executive ADA for Immigrant Affairs @brooklynda | Former National Security Attorney & Asylum Officer @DHSgov @AlumsPmf | Made in Guyana, raised in NYC | Isaiah 1:17 | Views mine
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This is one of those situations where you don’t know if Trump is lying or misinformed by his own people. The National Guard weren’t deployed to the city, according to the mayor.
June 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is one of those situations where you don’t know if Trump is lying or misinformed by his own people. The National Guard weren’t deployed to the city, according to the mayor.
The rule of law wins today. At least in this moment in time, in this case.
And that's it.
"All rise" as judge leaves the bench.
In the Zoom gallery, I see Ozturk stand.
She hugs her attorney, smiling.
"All rise" as judge leaves the bench.
In the Zoom gallery, I see Ozturk stand.
She hugs her attorney, smiling.
May 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The rule of law wins today. At least in this moment in time, in this case.
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New filing: "City and County of San Francisco v. Donald J. Trump (Immigration Enforcement in Sanctuary Cities)"
Doc #111: Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Download PDF | View Full Case
#CL69623767
Doc #111: Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Download PDF | View Full Case
#CL69623767
April 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New filing: "City and County of San Francisco v. Donald J. Trump (Immigration Enforcement in Sanctuary Cities)"
Doc #111: Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Download PDF | View Full Case
#CL69623767
Doc #111: Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Download PDF | View Full Case
#CL69623767
These extraordinary renditions need to end. This is not deportation. This is something far far more dark and cruel and flat out immoral. History will judge us harshly as a country if our Courts allow this to stand.
Don’t love that this got relegated to “the other side,” but I stand but what I said; this is utterly illegal and a violation of the basic principles of American rule of law.
April 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
These extraordinary renditions need to end. This is not deportation. This is something far far more dark and cruel and flat out immoral. History will judge us harshly as a country if our Courts allow this to stand.
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1/ “It’s what happened to us, only on steroids.”
I spoke with a former World War II internee and descendants about the dangers of invoking the Alien Enemies Act:
I spoke with a former World War II internee and descendants about the dangers of invoking the Alien Enemies Act:
The US used the Alien Enemies Act to detain their families. Now, they are watching history repeat.
The statute justified the imprisonment in World War II of thousands like Heidi Gurcke Donald. She is horrified as Trump invokes it for mass deportation.
www.motherjones.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
1/ “It’s what happened to us, only on steroids.”
I spoke with a former World War II internee and descendants about the dangers of invoking the Alien Enemies Act:
I spoke with a former World War II internee and descendants about the dangers of invoking the Alien Enemies Act:
Important legal read of the day. Ludeke v. Watkins issued by the Supreme Court in 1948, here's the link: supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...
March 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Important legal read of the day. Ludeke v. Watkins issued by the Supreme Court in 1948, here's the link: supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...
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Excellent and helpful, from Ahilan Arulanantham and Adam Cox. And chilling: "whatever happens next, we can already say that Khalil’s case involves an assertion of government power over lawful permanent residents far beyond what we have seen in decades, if ever."
www.justsecurity.org/109012/legal...
www.justsecurity.org/109012/legal...
Explainer on First Amendment and Due Process Issues in Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Activist(s)
"Khalil’s case involves an assertion of government power over lawful permanent residents far beyond what we have seen in decades, if ever."
www.justsecurity.org
March 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Excellent and helpful, from Ahilan Arulanantham and Adam Cox. And chilling: "whatever happens next, we can already say that Khalil’s case involves an assertion of government power over lawful permanent residents far beyond what we have seen in decades, if ever."
www.justsecurity.org/109012/legal...
www.justsecurity.org/109012/legal...
This alarmingly points to rarely invoked provision of immigration law - 8 USC 1227(a)(4)(C) - which allows the Secretary of State to initiate removal as long as someone’s presence has “serious adverse” consequences on foreign policy. The immigration courts hold that it’s not a high bar if invoked.
A White House source tells The Washington Post that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was directly involved in the revocation of Mahmoud Khalil’s green card, which suggests that DHS knew he was a legal permanent resident – not on a visa – when they arrested him. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
March 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This alarmingly points to rarely invoked provision of immigration law - 8 USC 1227(a)(4)(C) - which allows the Secretary of State to initiate removal as long as someone’s presence has “serious adverse” consequences on foreign policy. The immigration courts hold that it’s not a high bar if invoked.
If you're an immigration lawyer, please take a moment to read In re Ruiz-Massieu, 22 I&N Dec. 83 (BIA), Interim Decision 3400, 1999 WL 376814
Today.
Today.
March 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If you're an immigration lawyer, please take a moment to read In re Ruiz-Massieu, 22 I&N Dec. 83 (BIA), Interim Decision 3400, 1999 WL 376814
Today.
Today.
Lots of congressional people are really telling on themselves that they don't read caselaw...or fourth amendment law...or constitutional law... or maybe the law in general?
March 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Lots of congressional people are really telling on themselves that they don't read caselaw...or fourth amendment law...or constitutional law... or maybe the law in general?
⚠️ 👀 Trump Officials are looking to replace much of the grant funding attorneys within the Department of Justice. I see where this is going...
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Search Results for “"Department of Justice"” – Woke Wagon
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December 2, 2024 at 5:15 PM
⚠️ 👀 Trump Officials are looking to replace much of the grant funding attorneys within the Department of Justice. I see where this is going...
wokewagon.aflegal.org?swp_formform...
wokewagon.aflegal.org?swp_formform...
Happy Thanksgiving. I’m grateful that data > rhetoric.
Politicians may claim there is an “immigrant crime wave,” but the data proves that is a myth.
Debunking the Myth of the ‘Migrant Crime Wave’
Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants.
www.brennancenter.org
November 28, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Happy Thanksgiving. I’m grateful that data > rhetoric.
It seems that the Anti-Commandeering Doctrine is going to play a major role in litigation over the next few years.
During Trump's first term, he denied a law enforcement grant to sanctuary cities (defunded the police) by conditioning the grants on the recipients promising to give ICE: 1) citizenship status data, 2) release dates, and 3) access to prisoners to arrest them. Now he may go beyond that one grant.
News 👀
Trump’s team is preparing to go after sanctuary cities — pulling federal funding if they won’t comply with mass deportations.
“I think Chicago is going to be made an example of,” one source tells me.
— via me + @jeffstein.bsky.social
Trump’s team is preparing to go after sanctuary cities — pulling federal funding if they won’t comply with mass deportations.
“I think Chicago is going to be made an example of,” one source tells me.
— via me + @jeffstein.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 6:37 PM
It seems that the Anti-Commandeering Doctrine is going to play a major role in litigation over the next few years.
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Is Trump's plan for mass deportation legal? In particular, can states and cities be forced to cooperate with the federal government? The answer is no, according to Prof. Elora Mukherjee of Columbia University Law School.
November 16, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Is Trump's plan for mass deportation legal? In particular, can states and cities be forced to cooperate with the federal government? The answer is no, according to Prof. Elora Mukherjee of Columbia University Law School.