Michael Kagan
@michaelgkagan.bsky.social
UNLV Immigration Clinic Director | Bagel expert | Author: The Battle to Stay in America | Private chef to my kids | Vegas law prof | Mets fan | Frequent typo writer | Speaking for myself only. Obv. | https://behindtheborder.substack.com
What a time to be alive
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
What a time to be alive
Profiles in courage
November 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Profiles in courage
IMPORTANT CAMPUS SPEECH NEWS: Earlier this week, a federal Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit by students who wanted to stop anti-Israel protests. The court held that the plaintiffs' claims would trample free speech rights.
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
October 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
IMPORTANT CAMPUS SPEECH NEWS: Earlier this week, a federal Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit by students who wanted to stop anti-Israel protests. The court held that the plaintiffs' claims would trample free speech rights.
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
Memo to universities
October 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Memo to universities
There is a word for this kind of authoritarianism and if starts with a F
October 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
There is a word for this kind of authoritarianism and if starts with a F
Hey @joanbybike.bsky.social in Portland! Is it burning to the ground?
October 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hey @joanbybike.bsky.social in Portland! Is it burning to the ground?
Everything is fine
October 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Everything is fine
A Kavanaugh raid chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
October 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
A Kavanaugh raid chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Everything is fine
September 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Everything is fine
Do you have any “indicia … of violent and terroristic activities”? Here’s a Cosmo Quiz, err, sorry, 10 factors listed in Trump’s executive order suggesting you might subscribe to “anti-fascism.”
September 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Do you have any “indicia … of violent and terroristic activities”? Here’s a Cosmo Quiz, err, sorry, 10 factors listed in Trump’s executive order suggesting you might subscribe to “anti-fascism.”
71.5% of current ICE detainees have no criminal convictions
tracreports.org/immigration/...
tracreports.org/immigration/...
September 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
71.5% of current ICE detainees have no criminal convictions
tracreports.org/immigration/...
tracreports.org/immigration/...
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
September 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
I used to think that mass deportation was mostly about racism and white nationalism. But I realize now that some of it is just corruption and bags of cash.
September 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I used to think that mass deportation was mostly about racism and white nationalism. But I realize now that some of it is just corruption and bags of cash.
They closed this investigation into a Trump henchman then fired a U.S. Attorney for refusing to prosecute Trump adversaries. Everything is fine.
September 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
They closed this investigation into a Trump henchman then fired a U.S. Attorney for refusing to prosecute Trump adversaries. Everything is fine.
Everything is fine
September 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Everything is fine
Everything is fine
September 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Everything is fine
Judge Boulware (Federal District Court, Nevada) issues injunction rejecting Trump Administration's mass detention policy which (illegally) denied bond to most undocumented immigrants while they fight their deportations.
September 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Judge Boulware (Federal District Court, Nevada) issues injunction rejecting Trump Administration's mass detention policy which (illegally) denied bond to most undocumented immigrants while they fight their deportations.
My grandparents told me stories about a time long ago when all of America was anti-fascist
September 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
My grandparents told me stories about a time long ago when all of America was anti-fascist
I’d be curious for historians’ perspective. But seems to me we are now squarely in the most repressive period for speech in America since McCarthyism, maybe beyond.
September 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I’d be curious for historians’ perspective. But seems to me we are now squarely in the most repressive period for speech in America since McCarthyism, maybe beyond.