Dorien Ediger-Seto
dorienes.bsky.social
Dorien Ediger-Seto
@dorienes.bsky.social
Recovering immigration lawyer, legal skills teacher at NYU Law. Thoughts and feelings about deportation law, prisons, borders, amateur ceramics, cats, etc
For all that Mahmoud Khalil's case is an unprecedented use of an almost-never used law to justify his deportation proceeding, his actual arrest was pretty business as usual for ICE. Shout out to @immigrantjustice.bsky.social for their *years* of litigation challenging ICE's shady arrest practices <3
March 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposted by Dorien Ediger-Seto
If you want to know what this administration will do, no need to look to European authoritarians.

We had our own in the South in the 50s and 60s, and Trump is following their playbook.

open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Trump's Attack on Lawyers and Law Firms Takes a Page Out of the Southern 1950s Playbook
American Authoritarians Fear the Uniquely American Power of Litigation
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
What better bluesky inauguration than to compliment this excellent piece of reporting from @maxrn.bsky.social for @hellgatenyc.com? Gang databases bad, moral panics to justify hateful and hurtful legislation also bad, Alien Enemies Act super scary...
NEW:

An investigation into how New York City's law enforcement officials pushed a narrative that a mysterious and deadly Venezuelan gang was running amok, despite little evidence to back it up, and helped the Trump admin invoke the Alien Enemies Act.

hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-n...
March 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM