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Rebecca Hamlin
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Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science @ UMass Amherst. migration/refugees/displacement/colonial legacies/law/courts/administration. Author of Let Me Be a Refugee (OUP 2014) and Crossing: How We Label and React to People on the Move (SUP 2021).
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Help us launch the Legal Studies Program into an independent Department at UMass by contributing to our Department Launch Fund! Every little bit helps! umass.scalefunder.com/gday/giving-...
April 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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bethanyberger.bsky.social
Trump & his lawyers rely on the 14th Amendment's treatment of Native people to redefine birthright citizenship. In our Essay coming out in the NYU Law Review Online, Greg Ablavsky & I show how wrong that argument is. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof: The Indian Law Context
<p><span>Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are
papers.ssrn.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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atrupar.com
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Stephen Miller is a liar and a propagandist and while there is clear value in understanding what he's saying as a means of understanding what the administration is doing, not a single fact out of his mouth can be trusted.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 14
Stephen Miller claims on Fox News that returning the Maryland father who was wrongly deported to El Salvador would constitute a "kidnapping" and "invasion of El Salvador's sovereignty."

"He was not mistakenly sent to El Salvador," Miller lies. "This was the right person sent to the right place."
April 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.
Bike_pimp88 • 21h ago 10:48 ..• U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 04/11/2025 Notice of Termination of Parole it is time for you to leave the United States. You are currently here because the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) paroled you into the United States for a limited period. Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(5)(A) and 8 C.F.R. § 212.5(e), DHS is now exercising its discretion to terminate your parole. Unless it expires sooner, your parole will terminate 7 days from the date of this notice. If you do not depart the United States immediately you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States - unless you have otherwise obtained a lawful basis to remain here. Any benefits you receive in the United States connected with your parole - such as work authorization — will also terminate. You will be subject to potential criminal prosecution, civil fines, and penalties, and any other lawful options available to the federal government. DHS encourages you to leave immediately on your own. You can use the CBP Home mobile app on your phone to make arrangements for your departure. If you are departing the United States via land, you should report your departure once outside the United States via that same app. If you are having trouble reporting your departure via land, visit https://194.cbp.dhs.gov/home for more information about voluntarily reporting your departure. Again, DHS is terminating your parole. Do not attempt to remain in the United States - the federal government will find you. Please depart the United States immediately. I just got this 5 minutes and I'm not even in the United States or have been for months. I'm in Canada and a Canadian resident. I fly to Vegas tomorrow morning for the weekend and a little concerned? Does this look legit SpellWild110 • 2 points 17 hours ago I just got this email too and I am a US citizen? Born and raised in the US. So confused. permalink embed save report reply + [-Potential_Travel_294 • 2 points 17 hours ago Yeah, so confusing permalink embed save parent report reply + [H] ramoros1865 • 2 points 13 hours ago I go this email last night as well and I have a green card [-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago <image> Got this today at 6ame9the thing is I was born here this is the email that sent it: [automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov] (mailto:automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov) permalink embed save report reply + [-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago Has anyone clicked the link? + |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago I just got this same email right now permalink embed save report reply + [-JOk-Comfortable948 • 1 point 20 hours ago Me too. I am an LPR since an year now and def concerns me seeing this. I got the email from cbpnoreply@cbp.dhs.gov and email looked legit due to its domain though, hope its a scam email. Crazy idiots not sure what they keep doing. permalink embed save parent report reply + |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago I have daca and i am wondering if i got it because I did advance parole in 2023 permalink embed save parent report reply + |-] Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago I got the same email twice to my two different email adresses, I think its's a scam. permalink embed save parent report reply + [-]Ok-Comfortable948 • 1 point 19 hours ago I got it twice to my same email. permalink embed save parent report reply + [-]Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago Yeah, me too, I got twice too to a kind of personal email address, it's even not my work email address. permalink embed save parent report reply + [-]thawk1986 • 1 point 11 hours ago It's legit: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mi grants-cbp-one-app-legal-status-stripped-dhs/ permalink embed save parent report reply
April 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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nicolemicheroni.bsky.social
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
Email from DHS revoking parole, unnamed recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 1 Email from DHS revoking parole, unknown recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 2
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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jiriblack.bsky.social
Running to the Supreme Court now is like hiding in the basement in a slasher movie.
April 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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artstuffmatters.bsky.social
horrific
April 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...
38. Once they finally took me to the medical center, the nurse took my temperature. She said "you need to take that thing off your head" and took off my hejab without asking my permission. I told her you can't take off my hejab and she said this is for your health. After a few minutes I put my hejab back on. But they did nothing to treat my asthma and gave me a few ibuprofen. 39. I had a third asthma attack at the Louisiana facility. Again, this happened in the cell and other woman knocked on the window to get the attention of the officers. I was told that the nurse would come to the cell to see me. She took me outside for a short bit and told me that it was all in my mind. She finally took me to the medical center but I was not treated for my difficulty breathing. The nurse left the room and didn't answer my questions 40.I had a fourth asthma attack on Wednesday March gth around noon. I used my inhaler and waited for it to pass. I was in pain and very scared but I didn't ask to go to the medical center because I don't feel that they address my medical needs. 41. I don't feel safe at the medical center because of my prior experiences there. They complain when I go there and speak to me in an insulting and condescending manner. They also write information in my medical records that is not accurate. The doctor and nurses there are rude and uncaring.
April 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
rhamlin.bsky.social
My latest piece with Paul Collins at @theconversation.com theconversation.com/supreme-cour...
Supreme Court’s decision on deportations gave both the Trump administration and ACLU reasons to claim a victory − but noncitizens clearly lost
Can both sides legitimately say they won a Supreme Court victory?
theconversation.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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leahlitman.bsky.social
You would think that, if the President intentionally and knowingly expelled a US citizen to a foreign torture prison, they would face criminal liability for doing so.

SCOTUS: you would probably be wrong!
jamalgreene.bsky.social Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · Apr 7
And to be clear, the government's argument in the Abrego Garcia case would apply even if it sent someone, including a U.S. citizen, to a foreign prison intentionally and with full knowledge that it was violating the law in doing so.
jaywillis.net Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · Apr 7
If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
April 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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brooklynmarie.bsky.social
I fucking warned you all it would come down to immigration.
April 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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mcpli.bsky.social
I think I’m going to be thinking about this quote from Gordon Hirabayshi on the walls of the museum for a long time.
April 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
rhamlin.bsky.social
Thrilled to finally see this event come together!
liamthornton.bsky.social Liam Thornton @liamthornton.bsky.social · Apr 7
𝐀𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 Thursday 10th April, 6pm to 7pm in @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social . A public event with @seanrehaag.bsky.social 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘉𝘰𝘹 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, with responses from @rhamlin.bsky.social & Hilkka Becker (IPAT)
All welcome-Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/asylum-und...
Asylum Under Pressure: Public Lecture and Panel Discussion
Sean Rehaag (York University) w/ Rebecca Hamlin (UMass Amherst) Hilkka C. Becker (Int Protection Appeals Tribunal) & Cathryn Costello (UCD)
www.eventbrite.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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axios.com
Three-fourths of the Venezuelan migrants flown from Texas to a notorious maximum security prison in El Salvador three weeks ago had no apparent criminal record, a CBS News 60 Minutes report found.
Report: Most migrants sent to mega-prison have no apparent criminal record
The lack of evidence of a criminal record is consistent with other immigrant removals under the Trump administration.
www.axios.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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climatebrad.hillheat.com
Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING
#handsoff
Portland OR Hands Off Rally
April 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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nateforutah.bsky.social
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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wutangforchildren.bsky.social
Massive crowd at Boston’s city hall plaza for the #HandsOff protest against Trump and Musk
April 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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aaroncynic.bsky.social
The #handsoff #april5th march in Chicago is so large the front just arrove back in Daley Plaza while the back has just started to leave.
A photo of a large street protest in Chicago A photo of the back end of a large street protest in Chicago
April 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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peterbowdenlive.bsky.social
Hands Off Protest Boston!

April 5, 2025 Boston Common
April 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
We don’t if they were gang members, only that Trump’s DOJ says they were. But they’ve had no trials. They are “accused.” They are “alleged” to be members of a gang that Trump has named. And now they are vanished.

This is an actual nightmare and we should be up in arms.
sifill.bsky.social Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Mar 17
250 Venezuelans have been disappeared into one of the worst prisons in Central America based on Trump’s invocation of a law only used 3 times in our history - the last time resulted in the Japanese-American internment. These men have had no due process. It’s monstrous.

nypost.com/2025/03/16/u...
First 250+ migrant gang members from US arrive in El Salvador — where they’ll be held in a notorious mega-prison
The US has flown more than 250 accused migrant gang members to El Salvador, where they were sent to a notorious mega-prison — in direct defiance of a federal judge’s ruling against the Trump admini…
nypost.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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l-toczylowski.bsky.social
Posting tonight ti shine a light on what the Alien Enemies Act looks like IRL. Our @immdef.bsky.social client fled Venezuela last year & came to US to seek asylum. He has a strong claim. He was detained upon entry because ICE alleged his tattoos are gang related. They are absolutely not. 🧵
March 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
rhamlin.bsky.social
Trump’s invocation of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport a planeload of Venezuelans is outrageous in many ways, including from an asylum law perspective. Both Trump admins have insisted that ppl fleeing gang violence are not eligible for asylum in part bc gangs are NOT state actors, and YET…. 👇🏻
March 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
rhamlin.bsky.social
I wrote something with my colleague Paul Collins about the recent Dear Colleague letter from the Trump Administration: theconversation.com/anti-dei-gui...
Anti-DEI guidance from Trump administration misinterprets the law and guts educators’ free speech rights
A letter from the Trump administration warns educational institutions that they’ll lose federal funding if they don’t abandon so-called DEI programs. That could change education in the US.
theconversation.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
rhamlin.bsky.social
Welcome new friends! I haven’t posted here much but I’m shifting more fully over from the other place now. I look forward to building community around understanding and fighting new developments in the politics of immigration and asylum here. We will need this space in the years to come.
November 16, 2024 at 8:01 PM