Margot Moinester
@moinester.bsky.social
Sociologist, writing on U.S. immigration enforcement and its consequences.
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JUST NOW: A federal judge ordered the immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts PhD student who was taken on the street in Massachusetts by masked immigration authorities.
Ozturk has been detained in Louisiana for the past 6 weeks. But today, the judge ordered that she be allowed to go home.
Ozturk has been detained in Louisiana for the past 6 weeks. But today, the judge ordered that she be allowed to go home.
HAPPENING NOW: Bail hearing for Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts PhD student who remains in detention in Louisiana after she was taken from her home in Massachusetts by masked immigration authorities.
The hearing is before a Vermont judge. Ozturk is appearing virtually from Louisiana.
The hearing is before a Vermont judge. Ozturk is appearing virtually from Louisiana.
May 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
JUST NOW: A federal judge ordered the immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts PhD student who was taken on the street in Massachusetts by masked immigration authorities.
Ozturk has been detained in Louisiana for the past 6 weeks. But today, the judge ordered that she be allowed to go home.
Ozturk has been detained in Louisiana for the past 6 weeks. But today, the judge ordered that she be allowed to go home.
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Victory for Rümeysa Öztürk at the Second Circuit! She will now be transferred to Vermont ahead of a hearing which will decide whether she must be released from ICE detention while she goes through the immigration court process.
May 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Victory for Rümeysa Öztürk at the Second Circuit! She will now be transferred to Vermont ahead of a hearing which will decide whether she must be released from ICE detention while she goes through the immigration court process.
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Trump is now housing hundreds of immigrants in notorious federal prisons. I collected accounts from detainees who report:
Moldy food; shortages of food and toilet paper; given used underwear + bloodstained clothes; no medical care; filthy cells; cut off from family; some missing their ICE hearings
Moldy food; shortages of food and toilet paper; given used underwear + bloodstained clothes; no medical care; filthy cells; cut off from family; some missing their ICE hearings
Moldy food, used underwear: inside the US prisons where Trump is jailing immigrants
As Trump dramatically expands detention, immigrants are moved to notorious penitentiaries where they report horrific conditions
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Trump is now housing hundreds of immigrants in notorious federal prisons. I collected accounts from detainees who report:
Moldy food; shortages of food and toilet paper; given used underwear + bloodstained clothes; no medical care; filthy cells; cut off from family; some missing their ICE hearings
Moldy food; shortages of food and toilet paper; given used underwear + bloodstained clothes; no medical care; filthy cells; cut off from family; some missing their ICE hearings
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On Trump's 100 days, I spoke to historians, sociologists and legal scholars who've been studying immigration policy for years.
They said he was engaged in a historic campaign of racist dehumanization, constitutional rights violations, and defiance of court orders.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
They said he was engaged in a historic campaign of racist dehumanization, constitutional rights violations, and defiance of court orders.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Historians Are 'Shocked' By What They've Seen Trump Do In Just 100 Days
Trump’s mixture of racism and hunger for power is setting him on a historical collision course, scholars told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On Trump's 100 days, I spoke to historians, sociologists and legal scholars who've been studying immigration policy for years.
They said he was engaged in a historic campaign of racist dehumanization, constitutional rights violations, and defiance of court orders.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
They said he was engaged in a historic campaign of racist dehumanization, constitutional rights violations, and defiance of court orders.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...