Ahmad Riyad
@ahmadriyad.bsky.social
Wannabe Academic; Activist; Civil Rights, Law & Economics; Cat Enjoyer
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ICE arrests at USCIS interviews are nothing new, but they have previously only been for deportable past criminal and/or immigration history.
An arrest at a citizenship interview on the basis of nothing more than First Amendment protected speech and association brings us to a new level of alarm
An arrest at a citizenship interview on the basis of nothing more than First Amendment protected speech and association brings us to a new level of alarm
SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE
Palestinian Columbia student leader Mohsen Mahdawi was called in for a citizenship interview. Instead, ICE arrested him for deportation.
theintercept.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
ICE arrests at USCIS interviews are nothing new, but they have previously only been for deportable past criminal and/or immigration history.
An arrest at a citizenship interview on the basis of nothing more than First Amendment protected speech and association brings us to a new level of alarm
An arrest at a citizenship interview on the basis of nothing more than First Amendment protected speech and association brings us to a new level of alarm
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84 long days into the new regime the Department of Justice seems to have decided to stop pretending to care about what federal judges tell them to do
April 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
84 long days into the new regime the Department of Justice seems to have decided to stop pretending to care about what federal judges tell them to do
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"ICE probably disappeared a lot of people today, but all I can tell you is as much as I know about one of them."
CLANDESTINO
How ICE disappeared one man for 36 hours and deleted the court record of our efforts toward his release
deportnation.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"ICE probably disappeared a lot of people today, but all I can tell you is as much as I know about one of them."
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Eric Holder was on fire tonight
He told the legal profession - specifically the white shoe firms - that their moment was NOW
Step up NOW to defend the targets of the Trump administration
or
surrender the premise that they are defenders of the rule of law
He told the legal profession - specifically the white shoe firms - that their moment was NOW
Step up NOW to defend the targets of the Trump administration
or
surrender the premise that they are defenders of the rule of law
April 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Eric Holder was on fire tonight
He told the legal profession - specifically the white shoe firms - that their moment was NOW
Step up NOW to defend the targets of the Trump administration
or
surrender the premise that they are defenders of the rule of law
He told the legal profession - specifically the white shoe firms - that their moment was NOW
Step up NOW to defend the targets of the Trump administration
or
surrender the premise that they are defenders of the rule of law
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My detained client was scheduled for a bond hearing this AM in a MA immigration court. He wasn't brought in, and he and his case have disappeared.
I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"
It's all happening a lot faster than I expected
I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"
It's all happening a lot faster than I expected
April 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My detained client was scheduled for a bond hearing this AM in a MA immigration court. He wasn't brought in, and he and his case have disappeared.
I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"
It's all happening a lot faster than I expected
I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"
It's all happening a lot faster than I expected
Weeks ago, I had a sort of Machiavellian vision that there would be a brawl between the judiciary and the executive. I thought, naively, that this vision would never truly actualize.
The American judiciary has a duty to become morally responsible and take up arms against the attacks on our laws.
The American judiciary has a duty to become morally responsible and take up arms against the attacks on our laws.
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Weeks ago, I had a sort of Machiavellian vision that there would be a brawl between the judiciary and the executive. I thought, naively, that this vision would never truly actualize.
The American judiciary has a duty to become morally responsible and take up arms against the attacks on our laws.
The American judiciary has a duty to become morally responsible and take up arms against the attacks on our laws.
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For the second time in as many weeks, someone with no criminal history has been locked up by ICE and is now facing deportation based on nothing more than a letter signed by Marco Rubio saying that he presents "potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States"
SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says
Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.
www.politico.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
For the second time in as many weeks, someone with no criminal history has been locked up by ICE and is now facing deportation based on nothing more than a letter signed by Marco Rubio saying that he presents "potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States"
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this is the single most fascist thing a US federal official has ever said on the record in two hundred and forty nine years
March 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
this is the single most fascist thing a US federal official has ever said on the record in two hundred and forty nine years
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The face of fascism:
DHS (2017)
DHS (2025)
Attorney General (2025)
Director of Natonal Intelligence (2025)
DHS (2017)
DHS (2025)
Attorney General (2025)
Director of Natonal Intelligence (2025)
March 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The face of fascism:
DHS (2017)
DHS (2025)
Attorney General (2025)
Director of Natonal Intelligence (2025)
DHS (2017)
DHS (2025)
Attorney General (2025)
Director of Natonal Intelligence (2025)
The idea of states entering into a constitutional convention should be chilling for all Americans.
I really urge all to read into what it takes for states to initiate the process and the catastrophic ramifications that could result from it.
See:
www.propublica.org/article/cons...
I really urge all to read into what it takes for states to initiate the process and the catastrophic ramifications that could result from it.
See:
www.propublica.org/article/cons...
How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power
A draft lawsuit being floated to attorneys general in several states argues Congress must call a convention over the national debt. But the legal theory mixes and matches petitions from states dating ...
www.propublica.org
March 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The idea of states entering into a constitutional convention should be chilling for all Americans.
I really urge all to read into what it takes for states to initiate the process and the catastrophic ramifications that could result from it.
See:
www.propublica.org/article/cons...
I really urge all to read into what it takes for states to initiate the process and the catastrophic ramifications that could result from it.
See:
www.propublica.org/article/cons...
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Yearning should be left to the young and heartbroken.
But in Trump’s economy, working families are nostalgic for stable grocery and rent prices.
But in Trump’s economy, working families are nostalgic for stable grocery and rent prices.
Families Are “Terrified About What Lies Ahead” Under Trump’s Economy, Says Groundwork’s Jacquez
“Today’s shocking consumer sentiment numbers are a referendum on the president’s mishandling of the economy, just 54 days into office."
groundworkcollaborative.org
March 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Yearning should be left to the young and heartbroken.
But in Trump’s economy, working families are nostalgic for stable grocery and rent prices.
But in Trump’s economy, working families are nostalgic for stable grocery and rent prices.
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Here is a 2018 conversation between Jeff Bezos and German publisher Matthias Döpfner at a Business Insider event. Presumably, he is as crimson as a Washington State cherry today:
February 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Here is a 2018 conversation between Jeff Bezos and German publisher Matthias Döpfner at a Business Insider event. Presumably, he is as crimson as a Washington State cherry today:
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After many years of dealing with ICE I am not particularly surprised by anything that I have read about how Mahmoud Khalil's case has been handled so far. It's pretty much exactly what Trump promised to start doing to protesters--and after 9/11 Congress gave him extremely broad power to do it
March 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
After many years of dealing with ICE I am not particularly surprised by anything that I have read about how Mahmoud Khalil's case has been handled so far. It's pretty much exactly what Trump promised to start doing to protesters--and after 9/11 Congress gave him extremely broad power to do it
Precedent, apparently, is a selective concept when it comes to Palestinians.
The High Contracting Parties of the UN just completely kicked dust in the face of International law by refusing to come to agreement on upholding the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
The High Contracting Parties of the UN just completely kicked dust in the face of International law by refusing to come to agreement on upholding the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
States squander vital opportunity to uphold international humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Responding to Switzerland’s cancellation of a conference by the High Contracting Parties (HCP) to the Geneva Conventions, requested by a 2024 UN General Assembly resolution, on the implementation of t...
www.amnesty.org
March 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Precedent, apparently, is a selective concept when it comes to Palestinians.
The High Contracting Parties of the UN just completely kicked dust in the face of International law by refusing to come to agreement on upholding the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
The High Contracting Parties of the UN just completely kicked dust in the face of International law by refusing to come to agreement on upholding the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
The $400 million in federal fundings cuts to Columbia University likely marks the beginning of an ‘obey or be made to obey’ strategy which will be posited towards any institution that isn’t being proactively MAGA lol
March 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The $400 million in federal fundings cuts to Columbia University likely marks the beginning of an ‘obey or be made to obey’ strategy which will be posited towards any institution that isn’t being proactively MAGA lol
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does anyone else think of wayne’s world when they do this?
March 7, 2025 at 4:58 AM
does anyone else think of wayne’s world when they do this?