Joe Gordon
@joegordon.bsky.social
He/him. Lawyer. I defend against removal and help people reaching for their American dreams. Member of AILA, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania) Bar Assn, Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel.
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Joe Gordon
@joegordon.bsky.social
· Oct 15
Immigration to the U.S. should be simple, easy, speedy, affordable and humane. Our policies should support our values, our needs. Families should be able to be safe, and together. Workers should be able to work. We should be a beacon. We should educate and welcome the world. We could. We can.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
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Good morning. U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman is presiding over a status hearing in the case involving conditions inside ICE's holding facility in Broadview.
The hearing is just getting underway, and it's being held remotely.
The hearing is just getting underway, and it's being held remotely.
Magistrate judge plans visit to ICE Broadview facility amid lawsuit over conditions
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Magistrate judge plans visit to ICE Broadview facility amid lawsuit over conditions
The visit has been tentatively planned for Thursday morning, and details will be sorted out early next week.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Good morning. U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman is presiding over a status hearing in the case involving conditions inside ICE's holding facility in Broadview.
The hearing is just getting underway, and it's being held remotely.
The hearing is just getting underway, and it's being held remotely.
ALERT TO PLACES CONSIDERING DOING 287(G) YOU WILL GO BROKE IF YOU VIOLATE THE LAW.
The pro-deportation folks aren’t the law-followers. It’s the so-called sanctuary places that care about the Constitution and peoples’ rights.
The pro-deportation folks aren’t the law-followers. It’s the so-called sanctuary places that care about the Constitution and peoples’ rights.
Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE
A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.
longisland.news12.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
ALERT TO PLACES CONSIDERING DOING 287(G) YOU WILL GO BROKE IF YOU VIOLATE THE LAW.
The pro-deportation folks aren’t the law-followers. It’s the so-called sanctuary places that care about the Constitution and peoples’ rights.
The pro-deportation folks aren’t the law-followers. It’s the so-called sanctuary places that care about the Constitution and peoples’ rights.
Language QOTD: saying “burp the baby” in Spanish? Translate dot google gives me “eructar el bebé” which does not sound like common talk.
French option gave me “faire le rot au bebe” which amuses
French option gave me “faire le rot au bebe” which amuses
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Language QOTD: saying “burp the baby” in Spanish? Translate dot google gives me “eructar el bebé” which does not sound like common talk.
French option gave me “faire le rot au bebe” which amuses
French option gave me “faire le rot au bebe” which amuses
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Defending them from Mom and/or Dad being home for the holidays?
Kristi Noem: "We're not gonna just be in Chicago, we're spreading out to other cities and continuing to do our work. We're not going to give Pritzker any relief from his political rhetoric. We're gonna be in there defending these families."
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Defending them from Mom and/or Dad being home for the holidays?
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New hobby: treating every "-ist" suffix word as if it has a corresponding "-ism", for example a "linguist" is someone who adheres to the tenets of the political philosophy of "linguism"
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New hobby: treating every "-ist" suffix word as if it has a corresponding "-ism", for example a "linguist" is someone who adheres to the tenets of the political philosophy of "linguism"
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Hey! It’s my old nemesis from law school, Felon Murder!
John is entertaining as always. Anyway FM should be abolished nationwide and everyone serving life sentences or facing death for it should be resentenced.
youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco?...
John is entertaining as always. Anyway FM should be abolished nationwide and everyone serving life sentences or facing death for it should be resentenced.
youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco?...
Felony Murder: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Hey! It’s my old nemesis from law school, Felon Murder!
John is entertaining as always. Anyway FM should be abolished nationwide and everyone serving life sentences or facing death for it should be resentenced.
youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco?...
John is entertaining as always. Anyway FM should be abolished nationwide and everyone serving life sentences or facing death for it should be resentenced.
youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco?...
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Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
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Quick note about this again; the 100 mile zone has nothing to do with Border Patrol’s ability to operate. They can operate anywhere in the country.
The 100 mile zone is ONLY about where they have heightened stop and search powers.
It’s not a jurisdictional thing.
The 100 mile zone is ONLY about where they have heightened stop and search powers.
It’s not a jurisdictional thing.
Why is Border Patrol in Chicago? It's not inside 100 mile limit.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Quick note about this again; the 100 mile zone has nothing to do with Border Patrol’s ability to operate. They can operate anywhere in the country.
The 100 mile zone is ONLY about where they have heightened stop and search powers.
It’s not a jurisdictional thing.
The 100 mile zone is ONLY about where they have heightened stop and search powers.
It’s not a jurisdictional thing.
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The Pennsylvania concentration camp where immigrants are fed food "not fit for dogs" is coming under attack by PA residents.
www.centredaily.com/news/local/c...
Shut down Moshannon!
www.centredaily.com/news/local/c...
Shut down Moshannon!
Activists draw attention to ICE facility near Philipsburg with protest, calls for action
One organizer of Sunday’s protest dubbed the Moshannon Valley Processing Center as “Black Bear Alcatraz” given its rural location.
www.centredaily.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Pennsylvania concentration camp where immigrants are fed food "not fit for dogs" is coming under attack by PA residents.
www.centredaily.com/news/local/c...
Shut down Moshannon!
www.centredaily.com/news/local/c...
Shut down Moshannon!
$50 could put someone on a bus home when they’re released. Money donated goes to truly necessary costs. They could buy soap, which isn’t provided free. They could get to talk to family members. $0 goes to an org, 100% goes to detainees.
Please give, or share this. Or both, I’m not picky
Please give, or share this. Or both, I’m not picky
Just donated to PAIFUP, to help pay for application fees and urgent needs for people in immigration custody. You can too!
gofund.me/51edacf74
gofund.me/51edacf74
Donate to Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project Fundraiser, organized by Caitlin Barry
We are raising funds to assist PAIFUP clients in detention with a… Caitlin Barry needs your support for Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project Fundraiser
gofund.me
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
$50 could put someone on a bus home when they’re released. Money donated goes to truly necessary costs. They could buy soap, which isn’t provided free. They could get to talk to family members. $0 goes to an org, 100% goes to detainees.
Please give, or share this. Or both, I’m not picky
Please give, or share this. Or both, I’m not picky
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Just donated to PAIFUP, to help pay for application fees and urgent needs for people in immigration custody. You can too!
gofund.me/51edacf74
gofund.me/51edacf74
Donate to Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project Fundraiser, organized by Caitlin Barry
We are raising funds to assist PAIFUP clients in detention with a… Caitlin Barry needs your support for Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project Fundraiser
gofund.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Just donated to PAIFUP, to help pay for application fees and urgent needs for people in immigration custody. You can too!
gofund.me/51edacf74
gofund.me/51edacf74
Just donated to PAIFUP, to help pay for application fees and urgent needs for people in immigration custody. You can too!
gofund.me/51edacf74
gofund.me/51edacf74
Donate to Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project Fundraiser, organized by Caitlin Barry
We are raising funds to assist PAIFUP clients in detention with a… Caitlin Barry needs your support for Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project Fundraiser
gofund.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Just donated to PAIFUP, to help pay for application fees and urgent needs for people in immigration custody. You can too!
gofund.me/51edacf74
gofund.me/51edacf74
WTF
1. A new proposed rule at the Department of Homeland Security would institute biological sex DNA testing of immigrants and visa applicants if DHS has reason to believe it would be relevant to their immigration status.
Read the latest from writer S. Baum.
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Read the latest from writer S. Baum.
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DHS Wants to Make Some Immigrants and Visitors Take a DNA Sex Test
The public comment period for the proposal has begun.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
WTF
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Even _this_ administration couldn't justify ending TPS for South Sudan, if that tells you something about conditions there.
(The fact that only a hundred or so have it and it is therefore not as useful to their universal removal directive may also have played a role in missing that deadline.)
(The fact that only a hundred or so have it and it is therefore not as useful to their universal removal directive may also have played a role in missing that deadline.)
May 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Even _this_ administration couldn't justify ending TPS for South Sudan, if that tells you something about conditions there.
(The fact that only a hundred or so have it and it is therefore not as useful to their universal removal directive may also have played a role in missing that deadline.)
(The fact that only a hundred or so have it and it is therefore not as useful to their universal removal directive may also have played a role in missing that deadline.)
Would this have gotten a non-citizen deported under Obama? Maybe noting it was his first time.
Should this ICE officer be allowed to keep a job that has him be armed and wear a badge if he’s a drunk driver? Hell no
Should this ICE officer be allowed to keep a job that has him be armed and wear a badge if he’s a drunk driver? Hell no
WATCH body cam video of an ICE agent arrested for DUI after his shift at the Broadview facility.
He crashed into some bushes after officers found him asleep at the wheel and knocked on the window.
"Oh this is a fun one,” the officer tells his sergeant.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
He crashed into some bushes after officers found him asleep at the wheel and knocked on the window.
"Oh this is a fun one,” the officer tells his sergeant.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
‘Doesn’t look good’: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center
An Immigration and Enforcement agent has been charged with drunken driving after his car crashed after a shift at the Broadview detention center.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Would this have gotten a non-citizen deported under Obama? Maybe noting it was his first time.
Should this ICE officer be allowed to keep a job that has him be armed and wear a badge if he’s a drunk driver? Hell no
Should this ICE officer be allowed to keep a job that has him be armed and wear a badge if he’s a drunk driver? Hell no
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No verdict today. Back tomorrow. For now, a reminder that you can spend your money on a Subway footlong at 11 p.m. on a Sunday. Or you can donate to support Lawfare’s non-profit work here (or both, I guess!): givebutter.com/journalism/m...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
No verdict today. Back tomorrow. For now, a reminder that you can spend your money on a Subway footlong at 11 p.m. on a Sunday. Or you can donate to support Lawfare’s non-profit work here (or both, I guess!): givebutter.com/journalism/m...
Gift link: Bucks Co. (PA) Sheriff-Elect Ceisler to swiftly end 287(g) cooperation w ICE
share.inquirer.com/MyqLl2?utm_s...
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Bucks Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler says he’ll act quickly to end controversial ICE alliance
The incumbent sheriff had defended his decision to assist ICE, insisting it would make residents safer and even potentially bring new funding and police equipment to the county.
share.inquirer.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Gift link: Bucks Co. (PA) Sheriff-Elect Ceisler to swiftly end 287(g) cooperation w ICE
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share.inquirer.com/MyqLl2?utm_s...
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Bucks County’s ICE-Loving, MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran Got What He Deserved: A Pink Slip From Voters | Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the Blue Wave that washed away local GOP office holders, writes Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social.
Bucks County’s ICE-Loving, MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran Got What He Deserved: A Pink Slip From Voters on Election Night - Bucks County Beacon
Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the “Blue Wave” that washed away local Republican office holders.
buckscountybeacon.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Bucks County’s ICE-Loving, MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran Got What He Deserved: A Pink Slip From Voters | Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the Blue Wave that washed away local GOP office holders, writes Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social.
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ICYMI at @americasvoice.bsky.social: It’s fall, which means all sorts of pumpkin goodness. But without the labor and skills of essential immigrant farmworkers, we’d all have a tougher time decorating, baking, and snacking.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/dont-ghost...
americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/dont-ghost...
Don't Ghost The Immigrant Farmworkers Behind Every Pumpkin Harvest
Every fall, immigrants are among the farmworkers who harvest billions (yes, billions!) of pumpkins so families can carve, decorate, and bake their way through the spooky season.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
ICYMI at @americasvoice.bsky.social: It’s fall, which means all sorts of pumpkin goodness. But without the labor and skills of essential immigrant farmworkers, we’d all have a tougher time decorating, baking, and snacking.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/dont-ghost...
americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/dont-ghost...
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Is this a thing states can do? Should be, but is it?
This seems huge, and deserves more attention.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Is this a thing states can do? Should be, but is it?