Lina Baroudi
@linabar.bsky.social
Attorney. Syrian. Immigrant. Mama. Not in that order. 🌺
I spent 13 years of my life trying to explain Syria to people with preconceived notions and no actual knowledge of what was happening on the ground. I’m not doing it again.
March 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I spent 13 years of my life trying to explain Syria to people with preconceived notions and no actual knowledge of what was happening on the ground. I’m not doing it again.
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The government is detaining a green card holder after a bad-faith online pressure campaign by a bunch of Zionist extremists. A *green card holder* — meaning he’s a lawful permanent resident.
This isn’t about ending “antisemitism.” It’s something else. www.dropsitenews.com/p/dhs-detain...
This isn’t about ending “antisemitism.” It’s something else. www.dropsitenews.com/p/dhs-detain...
BREAKING: DHS Detains Lead Negotiator of Columbia Gaza Solidarity Encampment After Online Campaign by Pro-Israel Groups
Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained on Saturday, is being held at an ICE detention facility.
www.dropsitenews.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The government is detaining a green card holder after a bad-faith online pressure campaign by a bunch of Zionist extremists. A *green card holder* — meaning he’s a lawful permanent resident.
This isn’t about ending “antisemitism.” It’s something else. www.dropsitenews.com/p/dhs-detain...
This isn’t about ending “antisemitism.” It’s something else. www.dropsitenews.com/p/dhs-detain...
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Again, the Secretary of State has no authority to “revoke” green cards.
UPDATE — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has now commented on the Trump admin’s detaining & attempted green card revocation of a Columbia Gaza encampment student negotiator:
“We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”
“We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
March 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Again, the Secretary of State has no authority to “revoke” green cards.
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If you work for ICE or DHS or the State Department, and are comfortable connecting anonymously, please reach out via Signal premthakker.35
Your anonymity will be protected
Your anonymity will be protected
March 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If you work for ICE or DHS or the State Department, and are comfortable connecting anonymously, please reach out via Signal premthakker.35
Your anonymity will be protected
Your anonymity will be protected
We’re at the point where the First Amendment is meaningless zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Advocates Say
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
We’re at the point where the First Amendment is meaningless zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Polls indicate Californians overwhelmingly SUPPORT ensuring immigrants are protected by their state or localities from federal immigration enforcement.
In times of sensationalism and disinformation around the issue, facts matter.
More 👇🏽 from @iceoutofca.bsky.social 🧵
Polls indicate Californians overwhelmingly SUPPORT ensuring immigrants are protected by their state or localities from federal immigration enforcement.
In times of sensationalism and disinformation around the issue, facts matter.
More 👇🏽 from @iceoutofca.bsky.social 🧵
NEW: A trio of polls in California underscores a groundswell of SUPPORT for immigrants in California and strong OPPOSITION to mass deportations. Check out our statement and all the details ⬇️
February 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Polls indicate Californians overwhelmingly SUPPORT ensuring immigrants are protected by their state or localities from federal immigration enforcement.
In times of sensationalism and disinformation around the issue, facts matter.
More 👇🏽 from @iceoutofca.bsky.social 🧵
Polls indicate Californians overwhelmingly SUPPORT ensuring immigrants are protected by their state or localities from federal immigration enforcement.
In times of sensationalism and disinformation around the issue, facts matter.
More 👇🏽 from @iceoutofca.bsky.social 🧵
Hi DOGE, why are we going back to serving the government by paper and USPS mail if our court cases are e-filed?
January 31, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Hi DOGE, why are we going back to serving the government by paper and USPS mail if our court cases are e-filed?
We’ve already ordered our red
card stock to print and distribute Red Cards to our clients and community members ❣️
card stock to print and distribute Red Cards to our clients and community members ❣️
🚨 RED CARD UPDATE 🚨
Due to unprecedented demand, our original Red Card portal is backlogged and these are not available for order via the non-profit and private firm portals right now.
However, this 🔗 guides you to the raw Red Card page you can print for 🆓 RIGHT NOW 👇🏽
ilrc.org/red-cards
Due to unprecedented demand, our original Red Card portal is backlogged and these are not available for order via the non-profit and private firm portals right now.
However, this 🔗 guides you to the raw Red Card page you can print for 🆓 RIGHT NOW 👇🏽
ilrc.org/red-cards
Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend them...
ilrc.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
We’ve already ordered our red
card stock to print and distribute Red Cards to our clients and community members ❣️
card stock to print and distribute Red Cards to our clients and community members ❣️
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Set to the background of bagpipes and drums, the new administration begins dismantling the US immigration system - deactivating the CBP One app and archiving the CHNV program page on the USCIS website
January 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Set to the background of bagpipes and drums, the new administration begins dismantling the US immigration system - deactivating the CBP One app and archiving the CHNV program page on the USCIS website
@aclu.org has filed a challenge to today's abrupt termination of the CBP One appointment system - completely shutting down the asylum process at the border, in violation of US immigration law
The 5:00 pm update is up now with MAJOR NEWS: ACLU has already submitted new court filings over the Trump administration's sudden termination of CBP One and all related appointments that migrants have made while complying with US policy. Here we go folks.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/trump-ii-d...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/trump-ii-d...
Trump II Day One Immigration Breakdown (Updated Hourly)
Donald Trump promised major and immediate changes to immigration policy on day one of his administration. Follow along below to get real-time updates and analysis as the day unfolds.
austinkocher.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
@aclu.org has filed a challenge to today's abrupt termination of the CBP One appointment system - completely shutting down the asylum process at the border, in violation of US immigration law
Excited to share that I’ve been invited to speak at the upcoming #AILA conf. As an Arab attorney, I’m proud to contribute my voice to a space where our rep has historically been limited. Will be presenting an intro to asylum law, one of the most often-changing practice areas in immigration law.
January 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Excited to share that I’ve been invited to speak at the upcoming #AILA conf. As an Arab attorney, I’m proud to contribute my voice to a space where our rep has historically been limited. Will be presenting an intro to asylum law, one of the most often-changing practice areas in immigration law.
Verify Syria is a fact-checking platform doing amazing work to debunk misinformation being spread on social media after the fall of the Assad regime in #Syria
The Executive Director of "Verify-sy" Warns of Dangerous Campaigns Targeting Syrians Following the Fall of the Assad Regime
Ahmad Primo, the Executive Director of 'Verify-sy,' highlighted the emergence of covertly managed campaigns actively operating in Syria. These campaigns were identified by the platform's teams during ...
verify-sy.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Verify Syria is a fact-checking platform doing amazing work to debunk misinformation being spread on social media after the fall of the Assad regime in #Syria
Homs celebrating Xmas with Pitbull 🎄
A Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Homs, Syria. Revolution flags are hung all over and 'Hotel Room Service - Pitbull' plays in the background.
December 19, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Homs celebrating Xmas with Pitbull 🎄
Reports that the Syrian embassy in Washington DC will reopen tomorrow (Monday, December 16th) for the first time since 2014
December 15, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Reports that the Syrian embassy in Washington DC will reopen tomorrow (Monday, December 16th) for the first time since 2014
Victims of the regime’s chemical attack can finally speak out: “They told me ‘we will cut off your tongue’ if you speak.”
‘Their bodies had turned to black’: Syrian chlorine victims can finally speak out
A chemical attack on the town of Douma killed 43 people in 2018. Now Assad has fallen, the enforced silence of those who witnessed it is over
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Victims of the regime’s chemical attack can finally speak out: “They told me ‘we will cut off your tongue’ if you speak.”
The transitional government was just set up, bodies are still being pulled out of mass graves, and Israel is conducting air strikes in Damascus, but the priority is to rid Austria of immigrants?
Austria says it will begin deporting Syrian refugees following the toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Several other European governments, including Belgium, France, Greece, Germany and the United Kingdom, say they will pause asylum applications despite the power vacuum and instability in Syria.
As European Nations Freeze Asylum Applications, Austria Will Begin Deporting Syrian Refugees
The government of Austria says it will begin deporting Syrian refugees following the revolution that toppled Bashar al-Assad’s regime. About 100,000 Syrians have resettled in Austria in the 13 years…
buff.ly
December 10, 2024 at 10:38 PM
The transitional government was just set up, bodies are still being pulled out of mass graves, and Israel is conducting air strikes in Damascus, but the priority is to rid Austria of immigrants?
Thank you to @the-ilrc.bsky.social and @asylumadvocacy.bsky.social for advocating for this DHS final rule, which extends immigrants' work permits for 540 days while they are waiting for their renewals!
GREAT NEWS 📣
DHS has permanently extended work permits for 540 days!
We joined @asylumadvocacy.bsky.social calling for this extension.
This rule keeps HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of immigrants from falling out of the workforce b/c of processing delays 👇🏽
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DHS has permanently extended work permits for 540 days!
We joined @asylumadvocacy.bsky.social calling for this extension.
This rule keeps HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of immigrants from falling out of the workforce b/c of processing delays 👇🏽
🧵
December 10, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Thank you to @the-ilrc.bsky.social and @asylumadvocacy.bsky.social for advocating for this DHS final rule, which extends immigrants' work permits for 540 days while they are waiting for their renewals!
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Yes person on the internet Syrians are aware that everything isn’t perfect and that there are challenges ahead. I think they didn’t need you to tell them that given that it’s been 5 decades of tyranny and no country ever emerged from tyranny without challenges ahead.
December 8, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Yes person on the internet Syrians are aware that everything isn’t perfect and that there are challenges ahead. I think they didn’t need you to tell them that given that it’s been 5 decades of tyranny and no country ever emerged from tyranny without challenges ahead.
We are going home 💚
A photo I posted of graffiti in Syria in 2014.
"One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem"
I hope they will return to their poem
"One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem"
I hope they will return to their poem
December 8, 2024 at 11:32 PM
We are going home 💚
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Many doubted Syrians who shared stories of Assad’s horrific underworld, accounts so surreal they seemed unbelievable. Yet now, as the world recognises the truth of what Syrians have been pleading for years, there is a sense of vindication & satisfaction I struggle to describe.
December 8, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Many doubted Syrians who shared stories of Assad’s horrific underworld, accounts so surreal they seemed unbelievable. Yet now, as the world recognises the truth of what Syrians have been pleading for years, there is a sense of vindication & satisfaction I struggle to describe.
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This is what Assad & all the pro-Assadists were covering up for years, smearing us with their vicious lies, making out Assad to be sort of moral leader.
Watch as Syrians are now vindicated and freed from the dungeons of one of the most prolific mass murderers in modern history.
Watch as Syrians are now vindicated and freed from the dungeons of one of the most prolific mass murderers in modern history.
December 8, 2024 at 4:28 PM
This is what Assad & all the pro-Assadists were covering up for years, smearing us with their vicious lies, making out Assad to be sort of moral leader.
Watch as Syrians are now vindicated and freed from the dungeons of one of the most prolific mass murderers in modern history.
Watch as Syrians are now vindicated and freed from the dungeons of one of the most prolific mass murderers in modern history.
The Assad family’s 53-year strangulation of Syria ended today. Like many Syrians, I’m speechless - all I can keep thinking is that for the first time in 15 years, I’ll be going home.
Artwork by Hani Abbas: “The first time the sun rises at night.”
Artwork by Hani Abbas: “The first time the sun rises at night.”
December 8, 2024 at 2:42 AM
The Assad family’s 53-year strangulation of Syria ended today. Like many Syrians, I’m speechless - all I can keep thinking is that for the first time in 15 years, I’ll be going home.
Artwork by Hani Abbas: “The first time the sun rises at night.”
Artwork by Hani Abbas: “The first time the sun rises at night.”
My paternal grandfather's birthplace, #Hama, rose up against the Asaad regime in 1982 and again in 2011 (video below). Today, their chant ("The people want the downfall of the regime") was answered. If only for a day or a week - we don't know what will happen next, but today we celebrate.
December 5, 2024 at 2:24 PM
My paternal grandfather's birthplace, #Hama, rose up against the Asaad regime in 1982 and again in 2011 (video below). Today, their chant ("The people want the downfall of the regime") was answered. If only for a day or a week - we don't know what will happen next, but today we celebrate.