Just Futures Law
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We're a movement lawyering org working with grassroot organizers to dismantle the deportation machine with innovative legal and policy strategies. Learn more: www.justfutureslaw.org
Our report highlights how Trump's Big Ugly Bill Pours Billions Into Border & Surveillance Tech
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November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Our report highlights how Trump's Big Ugly Bill Pours Billions Into Border & Surveillance Tech
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The Big Beautiful Bill has always been the biggest grift of all time, not to mention a cash cow for surveillance and border tech corporations.
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
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November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The Big Beautiful Bill has always been the biggest grift of all time, not to mention a cash cow for surveillance and border tech corporations.
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AI surveillance puts all of us at risk. Join organizers and policy experts for a webinar on Nov 18 to get ways and resources to fight back ✊
@powerswitchaction.org @datasociety.bsky.social @justfutureslaw.bsky.social @nelp.org @techequity.bsky.social bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
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November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
AI surveillance puts all of us at risk. Join organizers and policy experts for a webinar on Nov 18 to get ways and resources to fight back ✊
@powerswitchaction.org @datasociety.bsky.social @justfutureslaw.bsky.social @nelp.org @techequity.bsky.social bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
@powerswitchaction.org @datasociety.bsky.social @justfutureslaw.bsky.social @nelp.org @techequity.bsky.social bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
JFL and our partners at @ccrjustice.org filed a lawsuit to urge the Trump administration to release info regarding the use of new surveillance tools used to arrest and deport immigrants. Check out the link for the full press release
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Legal Groups Sue Trump Administration to Uncover Use of Israeli Spyware Tools on U.S. Communities
Amid crackdown on immigrants, ICE and CBP have refused to provide records on cyberweapons produced by Israeli companiesOct 30, 2025, New York – Legal groups today filed a lawsuit to compel the Trump a
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November 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
JFL and our partners at @ccrjustice.org filed a lawsuit to urge the Trump administration to release info regarding the use of new surveillance tools used to arrest and deport immigrants. Check out the link for the full press release
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Last week, we filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Trump administration with our partners at @justfutureslaw.bsky.social demanding information on ICE and CBP’s use of Israeli surveillance tools against US citizens. Staff attorney Samah Sisay shares more in the video below.
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Last week, we filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Trump administration with our partners at @justfutureslaw.bsky.social demanding information on ICE and CBP’s use of Israeli surveillance tools against US citizens. Staff attorney Samah Sisay shares more in the video below.
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Read the full press release and learn more about the lawsuit on our website. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
Legal Groups Sue Trump Administration to Uncover Use of Israeli Spyware Tools on U.S. Communities
Amid crackdown on immigrants, ICE and CBP have refused to provide records on cyberweapons produced by Israeli companiesOct 30, 2025, New York – Legal groups today filed a lawsuit to compel the Trump a
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October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Read the full press release and learn more about the lawsuit on our website. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
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“We should not have to go to federal court to force the government to hand over these records,” said Ian Head, Manager of the Open Records Project at @ccrjustice.org.
“This administration wants to hide its abusive, Orwellian behavior, but we are fighting back.”
“This administration wants to hide its abusive, Orwellian behavior, but we are fighting back.”
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“We should not have to go to federal court to force the government to hand over these records,” said Ian Head, Manager of the Open Records Project at @ccrjustice.org.
“This administration wants to hide its abusive, Orwellian behavior, but we are fighting back.”
“This administration wants to hide its abusive, Orwellian behavior, but we are fighting back.”
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Both ICE and CBP have improperly withheld the requested records while expanding their invasive and often abusive crackdown on both immigrants and those protesting on their behalf.
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Both ICE and CBP have improperly withheld the requested records while expanding their invasive and often abusive crackdown on both immigrants and those protesting on their behalf.
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The requests cite the compelling need of immigrants, their families, and the public at large to know if and to what extent the government is using these spying tools to violate the First and Fourth Amendments, various federal statutes, and due process rights.
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The requests cite the compelling need of immigrants, their families, and the public at large to know if and to what extent the government is using these spying tools to violate the First and Fourth Amendments, various federal statutes, and due process rights.
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In July, we submitted FOIA requests with Just Futures Law to ICE and CBP seeking records that could shed light on how they are using technologies provided by two Israeli companies, Cellebrite and Paragon.
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In July, we submitted FOIA requests with Just Futures Law to ICE and CBP seeking records that could shed light on how they are using technologies provided by two Israeli companies, Cellebrite and Paragon.
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Today, we and our partners at @justfutureslaw.bsky.social filed a lawsuit to compel the Trump administration to release information about its use of powerful new surveillance tools as part of its massive effort to arrest and deport immigrants and occupy American cities.
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Today, we and our partners at @justfutureslaw.bsky.social filed a lawsuit to compel the Trump administration to release information about its use of powerful new surveillance tools as part of its massive effort to arrest and deport immigrants and occupy American cities.
Geo Group-owned Detention centers continue to be a site of extreme violence for queer and trans people, and retaliation persists against those who complain. No surprise that Tom Homan and Pam Bondi nurtured past ties to this company.
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Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
At the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basile, detainees say they were forced into hard labor – and sexually assaulted and stalked by an assistant warden
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October 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Geo Group-owned Detention centers continue to be a site of extreme violence for queer and trans people, and retaliation persists against those who complain. No surprise that Tom Homan and Pam Bondi nurtured past ties to this company.
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From our workplaces to ICE in our neighborhoods, AI surveillance puts all of us at risk!
On 11/18, join organizers, tech advocates & policy experts to hear real life examples of how people are fighting back. 👇
bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
On 11/18, join organizers, tech advocates & policy experts to hear real life examples of how people are fighting back. 👇
bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From the Workplace to ICE: Stop the AI Surveillance Pipeline Now!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
As the AI Surveillance Pipeline spreads from the marketplace into our workplaces, neighborhoods, and governments, it is putting all of us at risk. Whether it’s being used to fuel a for-profit data-dri...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
From our workplaces to ICE in our neighborhoods, AI surveillance puts all of us at risk!
On 11/18, join organizers, tech advocates & policy experts to hear real life examples of how people are fighting back. 👇
bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
On 11/18, join organizers, tech advocates & policy experts to hear real life examples of how people are fighting back. 👇
bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
Oregon officials are creatively using an old tactic to stop ICE from expanding detention centers. Land use agreements are one way to prevent private business owners from doing business with ICE 🤔
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To Fight ICE, Portland’s Leaders Turn to What They Know Best: Zoning
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October 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Oregon officials are creatively using an old tactic to stop ICE from expanding detention centers. Land use agreements are one way to prevent private business owners from doing business with ICE 🤔
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What’s actually happening
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
What’s actually happening
Flock’s surveillance network targets reproductive rights advocates
"When a single search query can access more than 83,000 cameras spanning almost the entire country, the potential for abuse is staggering, particularly when weaponized against people seeking reproductive healthcare."
By @eff.org
"When a single search query can access more than 83,000 cameras spanning almost the entire country, the potential for abuse is staggering, particularly when weaponized against people seeking reproductive healthcare."
By @eff.org
Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation.
New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and ...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Flock’s surveillance network targets reproductive rights advocates
"When a single search query can access more than 83,000 cameras spanning almost the entire country, the potential for abuse is staggering, particularly when weaponized against people seeking reproductive healthcare."
By @eff.org
"When a single search query can access more than 83,000 cameras spanning almost the entire country, the potential for abuse is staggering, particularly when weaponized against people seeking reproductive healthcare."
By @eff.org
Considering ways to keep the feds from invading your city?
"Terminating the relationship between city police and federal authorities on the Joint Terrorism Task Force is a simple way to block the federal government from overriding state laws."
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"Terminating the relationship between city police and federal authorities on the Joint Terrorism Task Force is a simple way to block the federal government from overriding state laws."
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This One Weird Trick Could Keep the Feds Out of Your City
Three cities have canceled federal-state Joint Terrorism Task Force partnerships for intelligence-gathering, which are being wielded to suppress dissent in the Trump era.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Considering ways to keep the feds from invading your city?
"Terminating the relationship between city police and federal authorities on the Joint Terrorism Task Force is a simple way to block the federal government from overriding state laws."
Read more : prospect.org/civil-rights...
"Terminating the relationship between city police and federal authorities on the Joint Terrorism Task Force is a simple way to block the federal government from overriding state laws."
Read more : prospect.org/civil-rights...
The Supreme Court has temporarily revoked protections against deportation of 300,000 Venezuelans. This is not only disrupting so many people's daily lives, but they are more so now than ever at risk of being separated from their loved ones as the trial goes on.
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Revoke Deportation Protections for Venezuelans
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October 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The Supreme Court has temporarily revoked protections against deportation of 300,000 Venezuelans. This is not only disrupting so many people's daily lives, but they are more so now than ever at risk of being separated from their loved ones as the trial goes on.
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Checkout the 2025 recipients of the @eff.org awards - @justfutureslaw.bsky.social , @erie.bsky.social , and Software Freedom Law Center India. The full event is posted on YouTube and the Internet Archive, and a transcript of the live captions is also available.
Shining a Spotlight on Digital Rights Heroes: EFF Awards 2025
It's been a year full of challenges, but also important victories for digital freedoms. From EFF’s new lawsuit against OPM and DOGE, to launching Rayhunter (our new tool to detect cellular spying),…
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September 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Checkout the 2025 recipients of the @eff.org awards - @justfutureslaw.bsky.social , @erie.bsky.social , and Software Freedom Law Center India. The full event is posted on YouTube and the Internet Archive, and a transcript of the live captions is also available.
Face coverings are now banned for most law enforcement in California.
Credit to the activists and organizers in California who spoke up, organized, and added pressure!
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Credit to the activists and organizers in California who spoke up, organized, and added pressure!
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California becomes first state to ban face coverings for most law enforcement
Local and federal agents, including immigration officials, may not wear non-medical masks while conducting official business
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September 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Face coverings are now banned for most law enforcement in California.
Credit to the activists and organizers in California who spoke up, organized, and added pressure!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Credit to the activists and organizers in California who spoke up, organized, and added pressure!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ICE records on Palantir show how the company has long been enmeshed in the day-to-day operations fueling ICE surveillance and deportations.
Must read: @us.theguardian.com om covers @justfutureslaw.bsky.social's expansive FOIA data on Palantir’s relationship with ICE. Crucial information as ICE massively expands raids across the country.
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Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir
For years, little was known about the multibillion-dollar company that handles data for the US immigration enforcement agency. Now, a cache of emails, training documents and reports sheds light on how...
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September 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
ICE records on Palantir show how the company has long been enmeshed in the day-to-day operations fueling ICE surveillance and deportations.
ICE is using shady, beta-testing facial recognition app, Mobile Fortify, without offering a legal basis for its usage or the databases it connects with.
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Congress Pushes DHS for Details on ICE’s New Facial Recognition App
404 Media first revealed ICE’s new app, called Mobile Fortify, in June. Now members of a congressional committee are pressing DHS for more information, including ICE's legal basis for using the app in...
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September 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
ICE is using shady, beta-testing facial recognition app, Mobile Fortify, without offering a legal basis for its usage or the databases it connects with.
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It was an honor to accept this award on behalf of colleagues at @justfutureslaw.bsky.social and our grassroots partners who partner with us on litigation, policy and research. I admire them so much. And thanks to @eff.org for a hella fun night.
@ParomitaShah.bsky.social of @justfutureslaw.bsky.social accepts the EFF Award: “I applaud all of us who are throwing sands in the gears of this authoritarian legal front.”
September 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It was an honor to accept this award on behalf of colleagues at @justfutureslaw.bsky.social and our grassroots partners who partner with us on litigation, policy and research. I admire them so much. And thanks to @eff.org for a hella fun night.
Nexar, a dashcam company, takes photos of faces, license plates, and audio to sell to other companies.
This is why JFL advocates that the only way to prevent our data from falling into the wrong hands is to ensure they don't have access to it in the first place
This is why JFL advocates that the only way to prevent our data from falling into the wrong hands is to ensure they don't have access to it in the first place
This Company Turns Dashcams into ‘Virtual CCTV Cameras.’ Then Hackers Got In
A hacker has compromised Nexar, which turns peoples' cars into "virtual CCTV cameras" that organizations can then buy images from. The images include sensitive U.S. military and intelligence facilitie...
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September 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Nexar, a dashcam company, takes photos of faces, license plates, and audio to sell to other companies.
This is why JFL advocates that the only way to prevent our data from falling into the wrong hands is to ensure they don't have access to it in the first place
This is why JFL advocates that the only way to prevent our data from falling into the wrong hands is to ensure they don't have access to it in the first place
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If you need a morale boost, you must watch this @eff.org award ceremony today. The acceptance speeches of the three awardees @mishi.bsky.social @erie.bsky.social and @justfutureslaw.bsky.social are so incredibly moving and inspiring.
September 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you need a morale boost, you must watch this @eff.org award ceremony today. The acceptance speeches of the three awardees @mishi.bsky.social @erie.bsky.social and @justfutureslaw.bsky.social are so incredibly moving and inspiring.