@megan-mack
@megan-mack.bsky.social
Immigration. Civil rights. Access to justice.
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NEW: Vera updated our ICE Detention Trends dashboard with data through mid-June 2025. We’ve analyzed millions of detention history records over a 16-year period. Here are 5️⃣ things that stand out: www.vera.org/ice-detentio...
ICE Detention Trends | Vera Institute of Justice
www.vera.org
July 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
NEW: Vera updated our ICE Detention Trends dashboard with data through mid-June 2025. We’ve analyzed millions of detention history records over a 16-year period. Here are 5️⃣ things that stand out: www.vera.org/ice-detentio...
"The children are being used as bait" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"The children are being used as bait"
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
www.motherjones.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"The children are being used as bait" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's DOJ stripped lifeline legal services from the most vulnerable detained immigrants www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's DOJ stripped lifeline legal services from the most vulnerable detained immigrants
"Without a lawyer, people don't have a prayer. They don't have a chance in hell."
www.motherjones.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Trump's DOJ stripped lifeline legal services from the most vulnerable detained immigrants www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump’s DOJ Stripped Lifeline Legal Services From the Most Vulnerable Detained Immigrants.
Trump's DOJ stripped lifeline legal services from the most vulnerable detained immigrants
"Without a lawyer, people don't have a prayer. They don't have a chance in hell."
www.motherjones.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Trump’s DOJ Stripped Lifeline Legal Services From the Most Vulnerable Detained Immigrants.
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ICE DEPORTED THREE U.S. CITIZENS, ages 2, 4 and 7, with their moms early Friday per @efelton.bsky.social @maeganvaz.bsky.social. They were seized during a routine check-in and not allowed to call family or lawyers. The 4-year-old, with Stage 4 cancer, was removed without medication
wapo.st/4jJ7BPC
wapo.st/4jJ7BPC
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
ICE DEPORTED THREE U.S. CITIZENS, ages 2, 4 and 7, with their moms early Friday per @efelton.bsky.social @maeganvaz.bsky.social. They were seized during a routine check-in and not allowed to call family or lawyers. The 4-year-old, with Stage 4 cancer, was removed without medication
wapo.st/4jJ7BPC
wapo.st/4jJ7BPC
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Kids have champions in Congress! Thank you
@crow.house.gov and @repdangoldman.bsky.social
for leading a House letter with nearly 100 members in support of unaccompanied kids!
goldman.house.gov/media/press-...
@crow.house.gov and @repdangoldman.bsky.social
for leading a House letter with nearly 100 members in support of unaccompanied kids!
goldman.house.gov/media/press-...
Congressmen Goldman, Crow Lead Letter Demanding Trump Administration Reinstate Funding for Unaccompanied Minors' Legal Representation
Washington, DC – Congressmen Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06) led 96 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Inte...
goldman.house.gov
March 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Kids have champions in Congress! Thank you
@crow.house.gov and @repdangoldman.bsky.social
for leading a House letter with nearly 100 members in support of unaccompanied kids!
goldman.house.gov/media/press-...
@crow.house.gov and @repdangoldman.bsky.social
for leading a House letter with nearly 100 members in support of unaccompanied kids!
goldman.house.gov/media/press-...
Trump Administration Halts Funding for Legal Representation of Migrant Children www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
Trump Administration Halts Funding for Legal Representation of Migrant Children
The decision could force thousands of minors who crossed the border alone to go to court without a lawyer, leaving them vulnerable to swift deportation.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Trump Administration Halts Funding for Legal Representation of Migrant Children www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
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🚨 The rights of kids across the U.S. are under attack. Tell your members of Congress to defend unaccompanied kids today at tinyurl.com/protect-kids ⚠️
#protectkids #legalaccess #immigrationlaw #dueprocess #unaccompaniedchildren
#protectkids #legalaccess #immigrationlaw #dueprocess #unaccompaniedchildren
March 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🚨 The rights of kids across the U.S. are under attack. Tell your members of Congress to defend unaccompanied kids today at tinyurl.com/protect-kids ⚠️
#protectkids #legalaccess #immigrationlaw #dueprocess #unaccompaniedchildren
#protectkids #legalaccess #immigrationlaw #dueprocess #unaccompaniedchildren
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My latest.
As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.
I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.
Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.
I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.
Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The assault on DEI? It’s aimed at resegregation.
The GOP leaders attacking inclusion programs want to go back to an era when White men ran everything
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My latest.
As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.
I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.
Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.
I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.
Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
What Just Happened: Sanctuary Policies and the DOJ Memo’s Empty Threat of Criminal Liability www.justsecurity.org/106723/sanct...
Sanctuary Policies and the DOJ Memo’s Empty Threat of Criminal Liability
A leading expert analyzes the Justice Department threat to prosecute state and local officials in sanctuary cities.
www.justsecurity.org
January 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What Just Happened: Sanctuary Policies and the DOJ Memo’s Empty Threat of Criminal Liability www.justsecurity.org/106723/sanct...