Ashley Huebner
@ahuebner.bsky.social
Immigration attorney and irritated Midwesterner. Views are my own.
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It's largely lost today because we've allowed constitutional law to become the exclusive preserve of lawyers, but the original idea of written constitutionalism was partly one of public education, publicity, & (proto-)democracy—people should be able to read & come to know the law which binds them
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's largely lost today because we've allowed constitutional law to become the exclusive preserve of lawyers, but the original idea of written constitutionalism was partly one of public education, publicity, & (proto-)democracy—people should be able to read & come to know the law which binds them
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NEWS: On day of Kristi Noem visit to Chicago, federal immigration agents use tear gas on Elgin crowd. By Rebecca Johnson and @staceywescott.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/06/i...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/06/i...
On day of Kristi Noem visit to Chicago, federal immigration agents use tear gas on Elgin crowd
Federal immigration agents deployed tear gas and pepper spray Saturday on a crowd that gathered to protest a prolonged arrest in a northwest Chicago suburb, angering neighbors who said it’s “uncall…
www.chicagotribune.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
NEWS: On day of Kristi Noem visit to Chicago, federal immigration agents use tear gas on Elgin crowd. By Rebecca Johnson and @staceywescott.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/06/i...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/06/i...
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Happening right now. Community members in Elgin, IL are in a standoff with Feds who are trying to abduct their neighbor.
ERO guy in picture on left just peppered sprayed person I screencapped.
ERO guy in picture on left just peppered sprayed person I screencapped.
December 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Happening right now. Community members in Elgin, IL are in a standoff with Feds who are trying to abduct their neighbor.
ERO guy in picture on left just peppered sprayed person I screencapped.
ERO guy in picture on left just peppered sprayed person I screencapped.
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The aunt of Adama Bah, a prominent New York immigrant activist and advocate, was freed from ICE detention today.
She'd been grabbed from line to board a plane at LGA airport two days before Thanksgiving.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/a...
She'd been grabbed from line to board a plane at LGA airport two days before Thanksgiving.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/a...
Packed Crowd Cheers as Judge Releases Advocate’s Aunt in High-Stakes Immigration Hearing
Aissatou Diallo, the aunt of Adama Bah, was released Friday after a judge ripped into the Trump administration’s dubious account of her arrest and efforts to deport a woman who’d lived peacefully in A...
www.thecity.nyc
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The aunt of Adama Bah, a prominent New York immigrant activist and advocate, was freed from ICE detention today.
She'd been grabbed from line to board a plane at LGA airport two days before Thanksgiving.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/a...
She'd been grabbed from line to board a plane at LGA airport two days before Thanksgiving.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/a...
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It would be good for America in both the short and long term if people could not be like just numb to the President of the United States saying things like this.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It would be good for America in both the short and long term if people could not be like just numb to the President of the United States saying things like this.
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Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work newrepublic.com/post/203784/... via @newrepublic.com
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work
The National Guard shooting suspect felt abandoned by the CIA after working together for so long, his fellow unit member said.
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
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This was disgusting
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This was disgusting
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Shit St Paul ICE agent aims gun
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Shit St Paul ICE agent aims gun
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
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NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
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"The attorney in the New York office spoke in depth about the plan being recently updated to include mosques and liberal synagogues in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in the New York City mayor’s race."
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
"The attorney in the New York office spoke in depth about the plan being recently updated to include mosques and liberal synagogues in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in the New York City mayor’s race."
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“Finally, we got an ICE agent who crossed the line so bad, he got arrested,” Attorney Greg Kirakosian said in a statement to L.A. TACO. “This is something I think our local law enforcement has to start doing with such clear examples of unnecessary tactics.”
“A federal agent is facing felony assault and child endangerment charges in Riverside County after being caught on camera detaining a 17-year-old boy at gunpoint.” lataco.com/gerardo-rodr...
Video: Federal Agent Arrested For Assault In Riverside County After Detaining Unarmed 17-Year-Old At Gunpoint ~ L.A. TACO
“Finally, we got an ICE agent who crossed the line so bad, he got arrested,” Attorney Greg Kirakosian said in a statement to L.A. TACO. “This is something I think our local law enforcement has to star...
lataco.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“Finally, we got an ICE agent who crossed the line so bad, he got arrested,” Attorney Greg Kirakosian said in a statement to L.A. TACO. “This is something I think our local law enforcement has to start doing with such clear examples of unnecessary tactics.”
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Charlotte arrests rising, protesters detained in Border Patrol Day 2. Department of Homeland Security said it’s “surging resources” for “Operation Charlotte’s Web.” Border Patrol says 81 people arrested Saturday. (Via Desiree Mathurin & Mary Ramsey) www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a... #ncpol
Live updates: Charlotte arrests rising, protesters detained in Border Patrol Day 2
Homeland Security said it was “surging resources” for “Operation Charlotte’s Web” but didn’t say how long agents would remain in Charlotte.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Charlotte arrests rising, protesters detained in Border Patrol Day 2. Department of Homeland Security said it’s “surging resources” for “Operation Charlotte’s Web.” Border Patrol says 81 people arrested Saturday. (Via Desiree Mathurin & Mary Ramsey) www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a... #ncpol
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Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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"Many of the men say they still don’t know why they were put in a prison for terrorists.
'I migrated so that I could buy a house, give my daughter a better education, the one I didn’t have,' said Mervin Yamarte, 29. 'And it all went wrong.'"
'I migrated so that I could buy a house, give my daughter a better education, the one I didn’t have,' said Mervin Yamarte, 29. 'And it all went wrong.'"
The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Many of the men say they still don’t know why they were put in a prison for terrorists.
'I migrated so that I could buy a house, give my daughter a better education, the one I didn’t have,' said Mervin Yamarte, 29. 'And it all went wrong.'"
'I migrated so that I could buy a house, give my daughter a better education, the one I didn’t have,' said Mervin Yamarte, 29. 'And it all went wrong.'"
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Border Patrol was on 26th earlier today. Chicago Police were doing crowd control, including as federal agents detained someone on the ground, per Instagram live video from a resident.
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Border Patrol was on 26th earlier today. Chicago Police were doing crowd control, including as federal agents detained someone on the ground, per Instagram live video from a resident.
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Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
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Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
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Here at Northcenter Town Square where 100-200 community members including families and young children are rallying after a teacher was taken by federal law enforcement from a local daycare this morning.
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Here at Northcenter Town Square where 100-200 community members including families and young children are rallying after a teacher was taken by federal law enforcement from a local daycare this morning.
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Bovino was asked in his deposition if that was still true — that all use of force in Chicago had been "exemplary."
Bovino says "no."
Then he's asked if some force had been "less than proper?"
Bovino: "All uses of force have been MORE than exemplary."
Bovino says "no."
Then he's asked if some force had been "less than proper?"
Bovino: "All uses of force have been MORE than exemplary."
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Bovino was asked in his deposition if that was still true — that all use of force in Chicago had been "exemplary."
Bovino says "no."
Then he's asked if some force had been "less than proper?"
Bovino: "All uses of force have been MORE than exemplary."
Bovino says "no."
Then he's asked if some force had been "less than proper?"
Bovino: "All uses of force have been MORE than exemplary."
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WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."
U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. …
"It has really become a prison."
"It has really become a prison."
DOJ's Jana Brady steps up next but says she'll largely "rest on our brief that we filed."
She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."
She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."
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I've been following the aftermath of a car crash where a federal agent was captured on video placing a Black man in a chokehold.
We obtained the 911 call made by a US Border Patrol agent who was on the scene through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
We obtained the 911 call made by a US Border Patrol agent who was on the scene through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
Listen to a Border Patrol agent’s flustered 911 call following a West Side car crash • The TRiiBE
Dispatch asked the race of the victim; the agent responded, “Uh, she’s, uh, African.”
thetriibe.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I've been following the aftermath of a car crash where a federal agent was captured on video placing a Black man in a chokehold.
We obtained the 911 call made by a US Border Patrol agent who was on the scene through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
We obtained the 911 call made by a US Border Patrol agent who was on the scene through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...