Immigrant Defenders Law Center
@immdef.bsky.social
Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) is a next-generation social justice law firm that defends our immigrant communities against injustices in the immigration system.
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More than six weeks after Vicente Ventura Aguilar was taken by masked agents in South LA, his family still has no answers. They’ve searched hospitals, morgues, consulates & agencies across SoCal while DHS claims he was never in custody.
🔗@latimes.com: shorturl.at/pX0FU
🔗@latimes.com: shorturl.at/pX0FU
An L.A. man was detained in an immigration raid. No one knows where he is
A witness told his brother and attorneys that the 44-year-old Mexican immigrant, who doesn't have lawful immigration status, was taken into custody by immigration authorities on Oct. 7 in south-centra...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
More than six weeks after Vicente Ventura Aguilar was taken by masked agents in South LA, his family still has no answers. They’ve searched hospitals, morgues, consulates & agencies across SoCal while DHS claims he was never in custody.
🔗@latimes.com: shorturl.at/pX0FU
🔗@latimes.com: shorturl.at/pX0FU
This year, more immigrant children have been placed into federal custody than in the previous four years combined. This is a cruel failure.
"These changes are adding up to a huge trauma," shared Legal Services Dir. Mickey w/ @propublica.org.
🔗 www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
"These changes are adding up to a huge trauma," shared Legal Services Dir. Mickey w/ @propublica.org.
🔗 www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This year, more immigrant children have been placed into federal custody than in the previous four years combined. This is a cruel failure.
"These changes are adding up to a huge trauma," shared Legal Services Dir. Mickey w/ @propublica.org.
🔗 www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
"These changes are adding up to a huge trauma," shared Legal Services Dir. Mickey w/ @propublica.org.
🔗 www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
It’s been a tough year, but little wins keep us going. A former youth client just gained lawful permanent residency thanks to protections we secured years ago. These moments remind us why we fight for dignity & justice.
❤️🔥 Give today: immdef.org/donate
❤️🔥 Give today: immdef.org/donate
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It’s been a tough year, but little wins keep us going. A former youth client just gained lawful permanent residency thanks to protections we secured years ago. These moments remind us why we fight for dignity & justice.
❤️🔥 Give today: immdef.org/donate
❤️🔥 Give today: immdef.org/donate
We joined Rep. @daveminca.bsky.social , Rep. @chu.house.gov, & 43 Members of Congress in calling for answers after a record 25 deaths in ICE custody this year - more than any year on record.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
We joined Rep. @daveminca.bsky.social , Rep. @chu.house.gov, & 43 Members of Congress in calling for answers after a record 25 deaths in ICE custody this year - more than any year on record.
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Where is Vincent Ventura Aguilar?
Pres. & CEO Lindsay Toczylowski joined @ms.now's Deadline: White House with David Noriega to discuss the case of our client, Vicente Ventura Aguilar, who has been missing for 45+ days after suffering a medical emergency in ICE custody. #FindVicente⬇️
Pres. & CEO Lindsay Toczylowski joined @ms.now's Deadline: White House with David Noriega to discuss the case of our client, Vicente Ventura Aguilar, who has been missing for 45+ days after suffering a medical emergency in ICE custody. #FindVicente⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Where is Vincent Ventura Aguilar?
Pres. & CEO Lindsay Toczylowski joined @ms.now's Deadline: White House with David Noriega to discuss the case of our client, Vicente Ventura Aguilar, who has been missing for 45+ days after suffering a medical emergency in ICE custody. #FindVicente⬇️
Pres. & CEO Lindsay Toczylowski joined @ms.now's Deadline: White House with David Noriega to discuss the case of our client, Vicente Ventura Aguilar, who has been missing for 45+ days after suffering a medical emergency in ICE custody. #FindVicente⬇️
A quieter border ≠ safer one. Since Trump took office, asylum pathways have been shut, leaving vulnerable people in danger. “Vulnerable people still exist,” says Staff Attorney Tracy Crowley. #AsylumIsAHumanRight
🔗 Read the full article: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
🔗 Read the full article: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A quieter border ≠ safer one. Since Trump took office, asylum pathways have been shut, leaving vulnerable people in danger. “Vulnerable people still exist,” says Staff Attorney Tracy Crowley. #AsylumIsAHumanRight
🔗 Read the full article: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
🔗 Read the full article: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
A safe, equal world for children starts with due process. On #WorldChildrensDay, we’re reminded that thousands of kids still forced to navigate immigration court without an attorney by their side.
We asked children why they migrated to the U.S., here's what they had to say ⬇️
We asked children why they migrated to the U.S., here's what they had to say ⬇️
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A safe, equal world for children starts with due process. On #WorldChildrensDay, we’re reminded that thousands of kids still forced to navigate immigration court without an attorney by their side.
We asked children why they migrated to the U.S., here's what they had to say ⬇️
We asked children why they migrated to the U.S., here's what they had to say ⬇️
New ORR rules are reshaping the family reunification process - & not for the better - by demanding increasingly invasive & burdensome documentation even when reunification is clearly in a child’s best interests. The result: prolonged custody for children who have loving family ready to receive them.
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
New ORR rules are reshaping the family reunification process - & not for the better - by demanding increasingly invasive & burdensome documentation even when reunification is clearly in a child’s best interests. The result: prolonged custody for children who have loving family ready to receive them.
As LA County votes today on patient protections, remember Milagro. During a medical crisis, ICE remained inside her room and intruded on private care. “She said it felt like torture,” her atty shared.
➡️ Submit a public comment TODAY: bos.lacounty.gov/board-meetin...
➡️ Submit a public comment TODAY: bos.lacounty.gov/board-meetin...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
As LA County votes today on patient protections, remember Milagro. During a medical crisis, ICE remained inside her room and intruded on private care. “She said it felt like torture,” her atty shared.
➡️ Submit a public comment TODAY: bos.lacounty.gov/board-meetin...
➡️ Submit a public comment TODAY: bos.lacounty.gov/board-meetin...
En todo el país, la administración Trump está convirtiendo la reunificación familiar en un conducto hacia la detención—arrestando a los padres y tutores con quienes los niños esperan ser reunidos.
🔗 cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/11/14/e...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
En todo el país, la administración Trump está convirtiendo la reunificación familiar en un conducto hacia la detención—arrestando a los padres y tutores con quienes los niños esperan ser reunidos.
🔗 cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/11/14/e...
🔗 cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/11/14/e...
The Trump admin is turning family reunification into a detention pipeline by arresting the parents + guardians children are waiting to be released to.
🔗 www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...
🔗 www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The Trump admin is turning family reunification into a detention pipeline by arresting the parents + guardians children are waiting to be released to.
🔗 www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...
🔗 www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...
BREAKING: A federal court has granted a preliminary injunction in Vazquez Perdomo v. Noem, affirming that people detained in DTLA’s B18 ICE processing building have a constitutional right to counsel.
🔗 www.immdef.org/blog/vazquez...
🔗 www.immdef.org/blog/vazquez...
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
BREAKING: A federal court has granted a preliminary injunction in Vazquez Perdomo v. Noem, affirming that people detained in DTLA’s B18 ICE processing building have a constitutional right to counsel.
🔗 www.immdef.org/blog/vazquez...
🔗 www.immdef.org/blog/vazquez...
Every immigrant deserves clear information and real support. That’s why our Welcoming Project offers free in-person & virtual Know Your Rights sessions, pro se support, and trainings for caseworkers.
📲For FREE immigration resources, visit www.immdef.org/resources
📲For FREE immigration resources, visit www.immdef.org/resources
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Every immigrant deserves clear information and real support. That’s why our Welcoming Project offers free in-person & virtual Know Your Rights sessions, pro se support, and trainings for caseworkers.
📲For FREE immigration resources, visit www.immdef.org/resources
📲For FREE immigration resources, visit www.immdef.org/resources
“It wasn’t right,” said our client Pedro Escobar, Pedro is one of more than 250 men forcibly removed from the U.S. & disappeared into CECOT, reflecting on his time in CECOT prison. “We should never have been sent to El Salvador. We’re migrants, not criminals.”
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“It wasn’t right,” said our client Pedro Escobar, Pedro is one of more than 250 men forcibly removed from the U.S. & disappeared into CECOT, reflecting on his time in CECOT prison. “We should never have been sent to El Salvador. We’re migrants, not criminals.”
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
“When [...] we have agencies that are acting as if the Constitution doesn’t matter on our streets, they’re going to see children as collateral damage,” Pres. & CEO Lindsay Toczylowski told Time Magazine.
Unchecked ICE enforcement is putting children at risk.
🔗 time.com/7332405/ice-...
Unchecked ICE enforcement is putting children at risk.
🔗 time.com/7332405/ice-...
Viral Videos Show Toddlers Caught Up in ICE Arrests
Children are increasingly coming into harm’s way as immigration agents step up aggressive arrests and raids across the country.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“When [...] we have agencies that are acting as if the Constitution doesn’t matter on our streets, they’re going to see children as collateral damage,” Pres. & CEO Lindsay Toczylowski told Time Magazine.
Unchecked ICE enforcement is putting children at risk.
🔗 time.com/7332405/ice-...
Unchecked ICE enforcement is putting children at risk.
🔗 time.com/7332405/ice-...
When we walk together, our community becomes stronger in the face of the immigration system. 💪
Join us alongside #RepresentLA for a bilingual Immigration Workshop on Thurs., Dec 4 at 6:30 PM PST!
🔗 tinyurl.com/4b2n4u52
Join us alongside #RepresentLA for a bilingual Immigration Workshop on Thurs., Dec 4 at 6:30 PM PST!
🔗 tinyurl.com/4b2n4u52
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
When we walk together, our community becomes stronger in the face of the immigration system. 💪
Join us alongside #RepresentLA for a bilingual Immigration Workshop on Thurs., Dec 4 at 6:30 PM PST!
🔗 tinyurl.com/4b2n4u52
Join us alongside #RepresentLA for a bilingual Immigration Workshop on Thurs., Dec 4 at 6:30 PM PST!
🔗 tinyurl.com/4b2n4u52
Recently, Cesar, the veteran in this video, was diagnosed with cancer. His family has launched a GoFundMe to support his treatment.
Support Cesar directly: gofund.me/8b512337
Support Cesar directly: gofund.me/8b512337
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Recently, Cesar, the veteran in this video, was diagnosed with cancer. His family has launched a GoFundMe to support his treatment.
Support Cesar directly: gofund.me/8b512337
Support Cesar directly: gofund.me/8b512337
Let's be real - deporting veterans betrays America’s promise to those who served.
This #VeteransDay#VeteransDaytching every donation to ImmDef’s Deported Veterans Project to bring them home.
Donate today: immdef.org/donateimmttps://youtu.be/DCTPXPtuKyk//y
This #VeteransDay#VeteransDaytching every donation to ImmDef’s Deported Veterans Project to bring them home.
Donate today: immdef.org/donateimmttps://youtu.be/DCTPXPtuKyk//y
Help Bring Home Deported Veterans This Veterans Day
YouTube video by renee garcia
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November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Let's be real - deporting veterans betrays America’s promise to those who served.
This #VeteransDay#VeteransDaytching every donation to ImmDef’s Deported Veterans Project to bring them home.
Donate today: immdef.org/donateimmttps://youtu.be/DCTPXPtuKyk//y
This #VeteransDay#VeteransDaytching every donation to ImmDef’s Deported Veterans Project to bring them home.
Donate today: immdef.org/donateimmttps://youtu.be/DCTPXPtuKyk//y
Most people don’t know this: the U.S. has deported military veterans who risked their lives for this country—and no one even knows how many.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Most people don’t know this: the U.S. has deported military veterans who risked their lives for this country—and no one even knows how many.
The grandma of the 1 yo USC baby who was taken by armed ICE agents after they detained her USC dad still has no idea what happened to her granddaughter while she was in their care. See what our director of communications had to say: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father
‘Devastated’ family demands answers after one-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
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November 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The grandma of the 1 yo USC baby who was taken by armed ICE agents after they detained her USC dad still has no idea what happened to her granddaughter while she was in their care. See what our director of communications had to say: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Excited to share that Margaret Cargioli, ImmDef’s Dir. Atty of Policy & Advocacy, will join movement leaders at Rutgers Law School’s “What Resistance Looks Like” symposium on Nov. 13-14, covering movement lawyering, narrative power, gender asylum & challenging ICE.
📲 go.rutgers.edu/resistance
📲 go.rutgers.edu/resistance
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Excited to share that Margaret Cargioli, ImmDef’s Dir. Atty of Policy & Advocacy, will join movement leaders at Rutgers Law School’s “What Resistance Looks Like” symposium on Nov. 13-14, covering movement lawyering, narrative power, gender asylum & challenging ICE.
📲 go.rutgers.edu/resistance
📲 go.rutgers.edu/resistance
📢 ICE no puede ignorar los derechos humanos en hospitales. Nuestra cliente Milagro, estaba detenida y con emergencia médica, sintió que la torturaban. Los hospitales no son centros de detención. ¡La salud no se negocia! 🔗 laopinion.com/2025/11/06/e... #ICEFueraDeLosHospitales
El ICE puede estar en el hospital con un paciente bajo custodia, pero los detenidos tienen derechos - La Opinión
Salvadoreña custodiada varias semanas en un hospital de Glendale decide regresar a su país
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November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
📢 ICE no puede ignorar los derechos humanos en hospitales. Nuestra cliente Milagro, estaba detenida y con emergencia médica, sintió que la torturaban. Los hospitales no son centros de detención. ¡La salud no se negocia! 🔗 laopinion.com/2025/11/06/e... #ICEFueraDeLosHospitales
Ayer, agentes de ICE armados detuvieron a un padre ciudadano en Cypress Park y se llevaron a su hija pequeña, también ciudadana, en su auto. “Fue un acto peligroso”, dijo Lindsay Toczylowski. La niña fue recuperada más tarde. Ningún niño merece esto. 🔗 www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
Madre pide la liberación de su hijo ciudadano luego de que lo detuvieran agentes federales frente a su bebé de 1 año
Las autoridades acusan al hombre de llevar un martillo y lanzar piedras a los agentes durante una redada en Home Depot. En un video, se los ve llevándose su auto con su hija de 1 año dentro.
www.telemundo.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Ayer, agentes de ICE armados detuvieron a un padre ciudadano en Cypress Park y se llevaron a su hija pequeña, también ciudadana, en su auto. “Fue un acto peligroso”, dijo Lindsay Toczylowski. La niña fue recuperada más tarde. Ningún niño merece esto. 🔗 www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
After the first Trump election, @vera.org launched the Safety & Fairness for Everyone (SAFE) Network to support cities, counties, and states in implementing programs that advance universal representation for immigrants facing deportation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5aw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5aw...
The Safety and Fairness for Everyone (SAFE) Network
YouTube video by Vera Institute of Justice
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November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
After the first Trump election, @vera.org launched the Safety & Fairness for Everyone (SAFE) Network to support cities, counties, and states in implementing programs that advance universal representation for immigrants facing deportation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5aw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5aw...
Masked ICE agents abducted a US citizen toddler in broad daylight at a Home Depot lot in Cypress Park today. ICE’s cruelty endangers all families. Though the child is reunited w/family, without accountability, it will happen again. See what we had to say: lat.ms/3QkYx9T
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November 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Masked ICE agents abducted a US citizen toddler in broad daylight at a Home Depot lot in Cypress Park today. ICE’s cruelty endangers all families. Though the child is reunited w/family, without accountability, it will happen again. See what we had to say: lat.ms/3QkYx9T