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To be clear he almost certainly doesn’t know anything about the family’s asylum case
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 4:22 PM
To be clear he almost certainly doesn’t know anything about the family’s asylum case
I don’t even realize this was happening but once again it shows Congress can check the Administration if it wants to
The moratorium on mass layoffs of federal workers will continue into mid-February after Congress passed a stop-gap measure funding the Department of Homeland Security, the office of Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) confirmed.
Federal Workers Win Another Layoff Reprieve in DHS Funding Bill
The moratorium on mass layoffs of federal workers will continue into mid-February after Congress passed a stop-gap measure funding the Department of Homeland Security, the office of Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) confirmed.
bit.ly
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
I don’t even realize this was happening but once again it shows Congress can check the Administration if it wants to
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THE REPUBLICANS STARTED THIS MID-DECADE REDISTRICTING UNDER THE RATHER CHILDISH DELUSION THAT THEY WOULD GERTYMANDER DEMOCRATS, BUT THAT DEMOCRATS WOULDN'T GERRYMANDER THEM BACK
THEY HAVE SOWED THE WIND
THEY SHALL REAP THE WHIRLWIND
THEY HAVE SOWED THE WIND
THEY SHALL REAP THE WHIRLWIND
February 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
THE REPUBLICANS STARTED THIS MID-DECADE REDISTRICTING UNDER THE RATHER CHILDISH DELUSION THAT THEY WOULD GERTYMANDER DEMOCRATS, BUT THAT DEMOCRATS WOULDN'T GERRYMANDER THEM BACK
THEY HAVE SOWED THE WIND
THEY SHALL REAP THE WHIRLWIND
THEY HAVE SOWED THE WIND
THEY SHALL REAP THE WHIRLWIND
What in the boomer brain nonsense www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Pelosi to Endorse Jack Schlossberg, Again Backing a Kennedy for Congress
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
What in the boomer brain nonsense www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
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One incredibly confusing and often infuriating part of the system is that having a work permit does not make you “legally here.” Reading between the lines of the story, my first guess is that this person had a final order of removal and yet had been living here on an order of supervision for years.
Legally here on a work permit. Arrested when he went to renew it. Not fighting his deportation. Yet he's been in detention 29 days. No access to a lawyer. Has been given no information about his case. Family inquiries also ignored. ICE only responded when local news requested comment.
‘Nobody gives me information’: Jacksonville-area man held in ‘Deportation Depot’ for weeks talks conditions, challenges
Macario Pablo-Reyes, 49, has been held for weeks at the Baker County Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, sometimes referred to as the “Deportation Depot.”
www.news4jax.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:48 PM
One incredibly confusing and often infuriating part of the system is that having a work permit does not make you “legally here.” Reading between the lines of the story, my first guess is that this person had a final order of removal and yet had been living here on an order of supervision for years.
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WHEN I WAS
A YOUNG FED
MY CO
TOOK ME INTO THE CITY
TO SEE AN APARTMENT RAID
HE SAID SON WHEN
YOU GROW UP
WILL YOU BE
A KILLER OF CIVILIANS
A BEATER OF YOUR WIFE
HE SAID WILL YOU
DEFEAT THEM
WILL STANCIL
AND ALL THE NONBELIEVERS
IN THEIR HONDA FITS
A YOUNG FED
MY CO
TOOK ME INTO THE CITY
TO SEE AN APARTMENT RAID
HE SAID SON WHEN
YOU GROW UP
WILL YOU BE
A KILLER OF CIVILIANS
A BEATER OF YOUR WIFE
HE SAID WILL YOU
DEFEAT THEM
WILL STANCIL
AND ALL THE NONBELIEVERS
IN THEIR HONDA FITS
Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
February 6, 2026 at 5:17 AM
WHEN I WAS
A YOUNG FED
MY CO
TOOK ME INTO THE CITY
TO SEE AN APARTMENT RAID
HE SAID SON WHEN
YOU GROW UP
WILL YOU BE
A KILLER OF CIVILIANS
A BEATER OF YOUR WIFE
HE SAID WILL YOU
DEFEAT THEM
WILL STANCIL
AND ALL THE NONBELIEVERS
IN THEIR HONDA FITS
A YOUNG FED
MY CO
TOOK ME INTO THE CITY
TO SEE AN APARTMENT RAID
HE SAID SON WHEN
YOU GROW UP
WILL YOU BE
A KILLER OF CIVILIANS
A BEATER OF YOUR WIFE
HE SAID WILL YOU
DEFEAT THEM
WILL STANCIL
AND ALL THE NONBELIEVERS
IN THEIR HONDA FITS
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For all the complaints about Dems being weak and not fighting, on the thing republicans actually tried to do to defeat democracy that Dems used to fold on, they’ve punched back so hard redistricting will be a win.
NEW: Virginia Dems have unveiled their proposed 10-1 congressional map in response to GOP gerrymanders in other states. It targets 4 Republicans & has 10 Harris seats.
It will be used in 2026 contingent upon an April 21 voter referendum.
Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/join/20e0049...
It will be used in 2026 contingent upon an April 21 voter referendum.
Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/join/20e0049...
February 6, 2026 at 1:05 AM
For all the complaints about Dems being weak and not fighting, on the thing republicans actually tried to do to defeat democracy that Dems used to fold on, they’ve punched back so hard redistricting will be a win.
At the rate we're going, by the end of this presidential term I wonder if we'll have de facto federal court control of the immigration courts. First a deluge of habeas petitions, and now a (likely) wave of appeals
Among (lots of) other things, this is going to flood the federal courts of appeals with cases in which the BIA might previously have cleaned up the IJ's messes.
When something like this happened in 2004, the circuit courts ... did not respond favorably to the government's positions in those cases.
When something like this happened in 2004, the circuit courts ... did not respond favorably to the government's positions in those cases.
🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.
February 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
At the rate we're going, by the end of this presidential term I wonder if we'll have de facto federal court control of the immigration courts. First a deluge of habeas petitions, and now a (likely) wave of appeals
She’s taking over Paul Weiss
February 5, 2026 at 1:57 AM
She’s taking over Paul Weiss
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3d Cir. holds that habeas corpus petitions challenging immigration detention are "civil actions," so prevailing noncitizens may be entitled to attorneys' fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act.
Gonna be a loooooooooot of these.
www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/242...
Gonna be a loooooooooot of these.
www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/242...
February 3, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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Literally just yesterday I remarked to a colleague that this administration is creating a generation of ACCs who don't have a clue how to win cases where the forum isn't stacked massively in their favor. Yeah it must suck to go to real court and be expected to make real arguments with real evidence.
If this is true, I have less than zero sympathy for her.
www.fox9.com/news/federal...
www.fox9.com/news/federal...
February 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Literally just yesterday I remarked to a colleague that this administration is creating a generation of ACCs who don't have a clue how to win cases where the forum isn't stacked massively in their favor. Yeah it must suck to go to real court and be expected to make real arguments with real evidence.
This would help to explain why habeas cases aren't getting responses
Here is a link to the story. The Star Tribune analysis indicates that there are “fewer than 20” attorneys left.
www.startribune.com/another-wave...
www.startribune.com/another-wave...
Another wave of departures in Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office
14 attorneys have left this year, which prosecutors are calling unprecedented.
www.startribune.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
This would help to explain why habeas cases aren't getting responses
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BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
1. Unlawful entry is a misdemeanor. Unlawful presence is a civil offense.
2. Generally, once your asylum application is pending, you stop accruing unlawful presence.
3. Minors generally can't accrue unlawful presence until they become adults.
2. Generally, once your asylum application is pending, you stop accruing unlawful presence.
3. Minors generally can't accrue unlawful presence until they become adults.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said he was going to prioritize those with criminal records, but about 70% at least of those who have been detained don't have criminal records
BLANCHE: The fact they're here illegally is a crime
S: The lawyer for Liam Ramos and his dad says they were following legal process
BLANCHE: The fact they're here illegally is a crime
S: The lawyer for Liam Ramos and his dad says they were following legal process
February 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
1. Unlawful entry is a misdemeanor. Unlawful presence is a civil offense.
2. Generally, once your asylum application is pending, you stop accruing unlawful presence.
3. Minors generally can't accrue unlawful presence until they become adults.
2. Generally, once your asylum application is pending, you stop accruing unlawful presence.
3. Minors generally can't accrue unlawful presence until they become adults.
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My friend lives in Roxbury NJ where ICE is trying to buy a warehouse to convert into a detention center and she says they’re trying to fight it. Apparently many of the people fighting are Trump supporters who voted for deportations but are worried the concentration camp will ruin property values.
February 1, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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"Let's criminalize the 10th Amendment" is sort of the GOP's version of Dems banning the deportation of citizens.
lol lmao
January 30, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"Let's criminalize the 10th Amendment" is sort of the GOP's version of Dems banning the deportation of citizens.
Warsh will be whatever Trump wants him to be. That's not the mistake. The mistake is maintaining the absurd charges against Powell, which is causing Tillis to block consideration of a replacement nominee. He could drop it all tomorrow and get his man sooner.
Trump's fed president nomination makes two things very clear:
1.) He literally has no idea how any of this works (he's nominating a hawk again lmao)
2.) He's worried about getting the person through the senate.
1.) He literally has no idea how any of this works (he's nominating a hawk again lmao)
2.) He's worried about getting the person through the senate.
January 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Warsh will be whatever Trump wants him to be. That's not the mistake. The mistake is maintaining the absurd charges against Powell, which is causing Tillis to block consideration of a replacement nominee. He could drop it all tomorrow and get his man sooner.
I get it, breaking news, but you're making people think he's going free when the remaining charges still carry sentences up to life in prison without parole
BREAKING: Judge dismisses murder, weapons charges against alleged UnitedHealth CEO killer Mangione reut.rs/45Fin56
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I get it, breaking news, but you're making people think he's going free when the remaining charges still carry sentences up to life in prison without parole
Okay so apparently she was already an LPR and the gold card isn’t even real lol www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
Did Trump Really Give Nicki Minaj a $1 Million ‘Gold Card’ Visa?
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Okay so apparently she was already an LPR and the gold card isn’t even real lol www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
This is weak and also confuses the issue. The only deportations* of citizens happening are 1) actual administrative fuck ups (which you can’t meaningfully ban, shit happens) and 2) USC children accompanying their deported noncitizen parents (which you can ban but then you’re doing family separation)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM
This is weak and also confuses the issue. The only deportations* of citizens happening are 1) actual administrative fuck ups (which you can’t meaningfully ban, shit happens) and 2) USC children accompanying their deported noncitizen parents (which you can ban but then you’re doing family separation)
You don’t even need an amendment, you could do this by statute: The president may not sue in his personal capacity while he holds the office. Any federal court that hears such suit must immediately dismiss. Any defendant in state court may remove to federal court.
Apparently another legal/constitutional reform we need now is that presidents shouldn’t be able to sue while they are immune from suit
In other news today: Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak - www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
January 30, 2026 at 1:02 AM
You don’t even need an amendment, you could do this by statute: The president may not sue in his personal capacity while he holds the office. Any federal court that hears such suit must immediately dismiss. Any defendant in state court may remove to federal court.
Apparently another legal/constitutional reform we need now is that presidents shouldn’t be able to sue while they are immune from suit
In other news today: Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak - www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday sued the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the disclosure of his tax returns to the media in 2019 and 2020.
www.reuters.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Apparently another legal/constitutional reform we need now is that presidents shouldn’t be able to sue while they are immune from suit
I would even worse if the brutalizing was polling well
there’s something about the fixation on polling when people are being brutalized in the streets by federal agents that doesn’t sit quite right
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I would even worse if the brutalizing was polling well