Susan Westbrook
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Susan Westbrook
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Reposted by Susan Westbrook
The plaintiff, identified only as “KS,” had been granted deferral of removal to The Gambia under the Convention Against Torture on the basis of his sexuality.

Now, having been sent back to The Gambia, he is “hiding for fear of his life,” per complaint.

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New suit accuses DHS of using Ghana as an intermediary to send migrants back to their countries of origin, despite orders barring such removal.

One plaintiff is a bisexual man who had been granted deferral of removal to The Gambia. DHS deported him to Ghana, which then sent him back to The Gambia.
September 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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and I think the part it really, really, really, really crystallized - like a thing we all new, but they straight punched us in the face with it - is that Elites vs Rabble is so much more important to them as a line of demarcation than any vector of ideology or belief or politics
September 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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this is acutely dangerous for the current national political context, because the ambiguity means that politicians can easily interpret to suit their own ends without being called out on it
September 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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The absolute least that the WSJ should do is acknowledge that the sources on which they relied upon were wrong and that their reporting, which amplified those sources’ claims, was also wrong.
September 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM