Quoted in @RonBrownsteinâs latest piece on how Trumpâs mass deportation is playing out very differently across the country showing âan astounding disparityâ which underlines âthe political nature of the enforcement regime.â www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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"It is fundamentally about the preservation of civil rights. Any effort to end birthright citizenship...comes at the grave cost of abridging those rights, echoing the dark era of Dred Scott, when human beings were treated as commodities."
âď¸: @davidleopold.bsky.social
âWhat was once a fringe proposal championed by restrictionists in Congress has now become a central legal and political battle reaching the highest court in the land,â writes former @aila.org president @davidleopold.bsky.social: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
CHANGE OF PLANSâWE NEED YOU TO STAND AROUND AND DO NOTHING AT TERMINAL B
Deploying ICE to do TSAâs job isn't a "security fix"âitâs a targeted intimidation tactic. Using immigration agents for routine travel checks creates a "show me your papers" environment that chills the rights of US citizens and LPRs alike. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/u...
Thanks for your reporting on this. Cruelty for crueltyâs sake.
HUGE. A victory for more than a quarter million Haitians with Temporary Protected Status. A significant majority of them entered the United States legally and have never been out of status since.
Even the Trump admin isn't saying Haiti is a safe country for them to go back to.
đ¨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
Have you ever wondered what you would do if you lived through an extraordinarily dangerous moment in history?
Youâre doing it now.
This was inevitable. How many more families shattered, lives derailed, people lost before we finally say: enough! www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Jews âhave increasingly been targeted since the Hamas-led attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. In Britain, a man attacked a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews. And American Jews have faced a year of violence. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/w...
âThe US Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika â an emblem of fascism & white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and the deaths of more than 400,000 US troops who died fighting in WW II
â as a hate symbol..â www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump really shivved JD Vance when he endorsed Tucker's interview w/Nick Fuentes, who had been mocking Vance and making racist comments about his wife. Trump basically dumped the Fuentes mess on him.
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social nails the dynamics in this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
Listening to Va Gov-elect Abigail Spanbergerâs magnanimous victory speech, thanking her opponent for her service and reaching out to those who didnât vote for her. Tears in my eyes remembering what real American leadership looks like.
ABC News featured Jenni Riveraâs story of losing her and her kids losing their husband and father to self deportation today. Please watch this video and sit with the agonizing reality that our members at American Families United face right now.
abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/vid...
Finally. Our hostages are home.
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff says his office has documented more than 500 cases of abuse in immigrant detention centers, including the abuse of pregnant women and children.
đ§ ALSO: Jeanine Pirro says district residents can carry rifles and shotguns in DC.
Think this will work out?
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đ§ž National Guard troops in DC are now armed: Official
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Cruelty for crueltyâs sake.
"A year has passed, and I still can't understand that you aren't here," said Eden's mother, Shirit Yerushalmi, at the ceremony in Tel Aviv's Yarkon Cemetery. "Not a day goes by when I don't think of you, about your big heart and the way you loved life."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Putin gets applause and a limo ride. Gazan children get refused medical visas. Whoâs more of a national security threat? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
Fact reported in this articleâ>âUndocumented immigrants pay tens of billions of dollars in taxes each year, which the ITINs help facilitate.â www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Good morning. Trump is protecting Epstein files. The confederacy lost and they were traitors, mRNA vaccines are the future, cops shouldnât wear masks, Trump cut taxes for the rich and ripped benefits from the poor.
Have a weekend
I agree and certainly would have handled it differently. But when it comes to vexatious immigration litigation the DOJ is in no position to complain.
The administrationâs deportation playbook reads like a dystopian travel guideâCECOT, South Sudan, torture included. But when lawyers push back, suddenly weâre the problem? Sorry, zealous advocacy isnât a crime. Yet. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Dean Cain joining ICE during masked raids is peak method acting. From Superman to âI am only following orders.â Looks like âtruth, justice and the American wayâ got deleted from the script đ¤ www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
âPope Leo XIV urged the public to see migrants and refugees as âmessengers of hopeâ on Friday, as the Trump administration focuses on mass deportation efforts in the pontiffâs former home country.â www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
"I don't believe the polls" -- Homan on polls showing a majority of American oppose Trump's deportation policies
The Israel Medical Association demands humanitarian aid be brought into Gaza. "Harm to innocent people approaching aid hubs in Gaza must be avoided. There'a a serious concern international law is being breached."