Hector Villagra
@ohectorv.bsky.social
VP Policy Advocacy & Community Education, MALDEF @maldef.org; formerly ACLU of Southern California. Lifelong civil rights advocate.
Truly frightening and dangerous if this delay is some sort of anti-DEI or English-is-the-official-language BS www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump's FCC delays multilingual emergency alerts for natural disasters, sparking concern in L.A.
A system to send multilingual alerts during natural disasters was about to be adopted until it was put on hold. Critics of President Trump accuse him of delaying the program because of his disdain for...
www.latimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Truly frightening and dangerous if this delay is some sort of anti-DEI or English-is-the-official-language BS www.latimes.com/california/s...
Elections don’t change the Constitution. Yes, elections have consequences, but eliminating due process is not one of them. www.rawstory.com/amp/stephen-...
'That does not matter': Stephen Miller flattened by Cato immigration expert
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May 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Elections don’t change the Constitution. Yes, elections have consequences, but eliminating due process is not one of them. www.rawstory.com/amp/stephen-...
The Pres says: “The Supreme Court of the United States is not allowing me to do what I was elected to do.”
Translation: “I am violating the Constitution.”
Translation: “I am violating the Constitution.”
May 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Pres says: “The Supreme Court of the United States is not allowing me to do what I was elected to do.”
Translation: “I am violating the Constitution.”
Translation: “I am violating the Constitution.”
Folks have rightly called out ICE Barbie, but what are these fools cosplaying?!
May 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Folks have rightly called out ICE Barbie, but what are these fools cosplaying?!
Remember when Project 2025 recommended this?
Stopping executive overreach. Congress should set policy—not
Presidents through pen-and-phone executive orders ....
Stopping executive overreach. Congress should set policy—not
Presidents through pen-and-phone executive orders ....
May 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Remember when Project 2025 recommended this?
Stopping executive overreach. Congress should set policy—not
Presidents through pen-and-phone executive orders ....
Stopping executive overreach. Congress should set policy—not
Presidents through pen-and-phone executive orders ....
It's a sign of the times that this even needs to be said: The judiciary’s role, Justice Roberts added, is to “decide cases but, in the course of that, check the excesses of Congress or the executive.”
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MSN
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May 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It's a sign of the times that this even needs to be said: The judiciary’s role, Justice Roberts added, is to “decide cases but, in the course of that, check the excesses of Congress or the executive.”
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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Donald Trump issues Executive Order requiring an NFL team pick Shedeur Sanders IMMEDIATELY
April 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Donald Trump issues Executive Order requiring an NFL team pick Shedeur Sanders IMMEDIATELY
Due process is a right, not a privilege. And it isn’t about what’s cheapest or quickest; it’s about what’s needed in a given situation to protect a person’s interests.
April 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Due process is a right, not a privilege. And it isn’t about what’s cheapest or quickest; it’s about what’s needed in a given situation to protect a person’s interests.
Add this to the pile of evidence for what a constitutional crisis looks like:
The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
The Exec branch violates due process but claims there is no remedy.
The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
The Exec branch violates due process but claims there is no remedy.
April 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Add this to the pile of evidence for what a constitutional crisis looks like:
The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
The Exec branch violates due process but claims there is no remedy.
The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
The Exec branch violates due process but claims there is no remedy.
Trump admin is reviewing how its national-security team sent military plans to a magazine editor (A: Signal)
March 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Trump admin is reviewing how its national-security team sent military plans to a magazine editor (A: Signal)
Are we living through the plot of Canadian Bacon?
March 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Are we living through the plot of Canadian Bacon?
I love that Tom Homan’s understanding of the law stems exclusively from his job title.
“We’re outside the borders of the United States," he said. "I'm the border czar. Once you're outside the border, you know, it is what it is.”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
“We’re outside the borders of the United States," he said. "I'm the border czar. Once you're outside the border, you know, it is what it is.”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
'We’re not stopping': Trump border czar vows deportations to continue despite court orders
The top Trump administration official said deportation flights will continue -- 'Another flight every day' - even after a judge's ruling halting them.
www.usatoday.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I love that Tom Homan’s understanding of the law stems exclusively from his job title.
“We’re outside the borders of the United States," he said. "I'm the border czar. Once you're outside the border, you know, it is what it is.”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
“We’re outside the borders of the United States," he said. "I'm the border czar. Once you're outside the border, you know, it is what it is.”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Putting a price on citizenship, any price, cheapens it.
March 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Putting a price on citizenship, any price, cheapens it.
Move fast and make mistakes www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Move fast and make mistakes www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
My male archetype is doesn’t take Facebook quiz to determine male archetype.
February 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
My male archetype is doesn’t take Facebook quiz to determine male archetype.
It is too late now
Because
You have not been
paying attention
Because
You have not been
paying attention
January 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It is too late now
Because
You have not been
paying attention
Because
You have not been
paying attention
Anyone else experience the uncanny valley watching RFK JR today?
January 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Anyone else experience the uncanny valley watching RFK JR today?
The right hand doesnt know what the right hand is doing. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Trump Administration Rescinds Freeze on Federal Grants and Loans: Live Updates
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January 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The right hand doesnt know what the right hand is doing. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Removed in the interest of efficiency?! Vivek Ramaswamy Insists That Elon Musk Didn’t Fire Him From DOGE
January 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Removed in the interest of efficiency?! Vivek Ramaswamy Insists That Elon Musk Didn’t Fire Him From DOGE
Reagan and his scofflaw judges
1/ Trump claims that he's not surprised by the ruling against him on birthright citizenship because "they put it in front of a certain judge." That Judge happens to be a Reagan appointee who has been on the bench for four decades. He didn't think it was even close. joycevance.substack.com/p/go-judge
Go, Judge!
This morning, John Coughenour, a federal judge in Seattle, put an end to Donald Trump’s pretense that he could undo the constitutional right to birthright citizenship.
joycevance.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Reagan and his scofflaw judges
Joyce Vance landing body blows:
"Trump is threatening to prosecute those who don’t go along with his plans—legal or not, consistent with state policy or not, part of their job or not. The message is, bend your will to the leader or else. That’s autocracy."
"Trump is threatening to prosecute those who don’t go along with his plans—legal or not, consistent with state policy or not, part of their job or not. The message is, bend your will to the leader or else. That’s autocracy."
January 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Joyce Vance landing body blows:
"Trump is threatening to prosecute those who don’t go along with his plans—legal or not, consistent with state policy or not, part of their job or not. The message is, bend your will to the leader or else. That’s autocracy."
"Trump is threatening to prosecute those who don’t go along with his plans—legal or not, consistent with state policy or not, part of their job or not. The message is, bend your will to the leader or else. That’s autocracy."
Need to see more stories like this one about Pablo Alvarado, a shining example of a person working to make LA better in so many different ways www.latimes.com/california/s...
Column: As Trump was sworn in, day laborer organizer Pablo Alvarado did what he always does
If anyone has advice on how to stand up to Trump and his vowed crackdown on illegal immigration, it’s Pablo Alvarado -- even now, after the devastation of the Eaton fire.
www.latimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Need to see more stories like this one about Pablo Alvarado, a shining example of a person working to make LA better in so many different ways www.latimes.com/california/s...
Nineteenth nervous breakdown ... for another financial institution.
It is unlawful for financial institutions to refuse services to certain immigrants because of their status. This is MALDEF's 19th lawsuit challenging the policies of financial institutions that discriminate against DACA recipients. Read more here: www.maldef.org/irz1
MALDEF FILES CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST A FLORIDA CREDIT UNION FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST DACA RECIPIENT - MALDEF
LOS ANGELES – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Florida credit union for unlawfully refusing to consider a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient for membership and for a ...
www.maldef.org
January 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Nineteenth nervous breakdown ... for another financial institution.
I am ok with a name change to the Gulf of Whales Driven Mad by Windmills.
January 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am ok with a name change to the Gulf of Whales Driven Mad by Windmills.
Hey, Mr., Mr. DJ: bring that beat back!
Read our press release here: www.maldef.org/79hk
January 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hey, Mr., Mr. DJ: bring that beat back!