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TikTok is in the spotlight not only for a potential sale but also for a lawsuit by a former star marketing lead alleging sexism and harassment. As TikTok challenges protections under the EFAA, the outcome could redefine justice for survivors.

Read more at @dailykos.com: bit.ly/4oVUj5p
Years after #MeToo, TikTok is trying to hinder workplace sexual assault, harassment protections
All eyes are on TikTok — and not just because users bounce from video to video, trend to trend in a constant content stream. It’s the platform’s future that is garnering attention in the current news ...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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charles-dc.bsky.social
Excited to be part of the team bringing this case. Horrified that the work needs to be done. And proud to be part of an organization like @publicjustice.bsky.social that challenges the government's use of financial penalties to intimidate and harass
zjmontague.bsky.social Zach Montague @zjmontague.bsky.social · Nov 20
NEW: A class action filed in Massachusetts aims to block Homeland Security’s use of civil penalties to ramp up financial pressure on people seeking a path to legal status. In more than 20,000 instances, the Department has sent fines as high as $1.8 million.
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Over $1.8 Million in Immigration Fines
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Legal Groups Challenge ICE on Jailing Immigrant Teens
New litigation seeks to keep ICE from illegally locking up unaccompanied immigrant children in adult detention centers once they turn 18.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
October 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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immcouncil.org
BREAKING: DC District Court just granted our emergency motion, filed with @immigrantjustice.bsky.social, stopping ICE from locking up unaccompanied immigrant children in adult detention centers once they turn 18. 

Locking up young people in ICE jails only inflicts more harm on vulnerable youth.
October 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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immcouncil.org
The Supreme Court just cleared the way for racial profiling during immigration raids and sweeps.

This means the Trump administration could rapidly expand its plans for law enforcement to harass people based on their skin color, the neighborhood they live in, or the language they speak.
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: The Supreme Court — over the objection of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson — allows the Trump administration’s racial profiling of people working certain types of jobs in its immigration raids during litigation.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES - No. 25A169 - KRISTI NOEM, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. U. PEDRO VASQUEZ PERDOMO, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [September 8, 2025] The application for stay presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and by her referred to the Court is granted. The July 11, 2025 order entered by the United States District Court for the Central District of California, case No. 2:25-cv-5605, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting. In early June, the Government launched immigration enforcement raids across Los Angeles and its surrounding counties. During the raids, teams of armed and masked agents pulled up to car washes, tow yards, farms, and parks and began seizing individuals on sight, often before asking a single question. A Federal District Court found that these raids were part of a pattern of conduct by the Government that likely violated the Fourth Amendment. Based on the evidence before it, the court held that the Government was stopping individuals based solely on four factors: (1) their apparent race or ethnicity; (2) whether they spoke Spanish or English with an accent; (3) the type of location at which they were found (such as a car wash or bus stop); and (4) the type of job they appeared to work. Concluding that stops based on these four factors alone, even when taken together, could not satisfy the Fourth Amendment's requirement of reasonable suspicion, the District Court temporarily enjoined the Government from continuing its pattern of unlawful mass arrests while it considered whether longer-term relief was appropriate. Instead of allowing the District Court to consider these troubling allegations in the normal course, a majority of 2 NOEM v. VASQUEZ PERDOMO SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting this Court decides to take the once-extraordinary step of staying the District Court's order. That decision is yet another grave misuse of our emergency docket. We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent. * * The Fourth Amendment protects every individual's constitutional right to be "free from arbitrary interference by law officers." Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S., at 878. After to-day, that may no longer be true for those who happen to look a certain way, speak a certain way, and appear to work a certain type of legitimate job that pays very little. Because this is unconscionably irreconcilable with our Nation's constitutional guarantees, I dissent.
September 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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fams2gether.bsky.social
Because families belong together. Always.
August 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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immcouncil.org
The Trump administration is remaking the entire federal government into a mass deportation machine.

Nearly 60,000 immigrants are being held in ICE detention — the highest number in modern U.S. history.

And the majority have no criminal conviction.
Deportations Reach New High Under Trump After Summer Surge in Immigration Arrests
With an infusion of cash from Mr. Trump’s domestic policy bill, ICE appears poised to scale its operations even further.
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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immcouncil.org
The immigration system was broken before President Trump returned to office.

But instead of fixing it, the Trump administration has chosen to make things worse — on purpose.

Read more from our policy director @naynagupta.bsky.social in @msnbc.com ⤵️
Opinion | Trump’s immigration policies make Americans less safe
Trump has turned immigration enforcement into a cudgel that is destroying the core pillars of our democracy.
www.msnbc.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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immcouncil.org
Every day, there is a new immigration headline.

For some, these headlines are just noise. For DACA recipients, they’re a nightmare realized.
DACA Recipients Keep Getting Detained, Despite Protections - American Immigration Council
Every day, there is a new immigration headline. For some, these headlines are just noise. For DACA recipients, they’re a nightmare realized.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
August 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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immcouncil.org
Instead of taking aim at criminals and bad actors, the Trump administration is targeting law-abiding immigrants, including many long-standing and valued members of our communities.

This isn't what Americans expected – and it's not what they want.
Trump is targeting nonviolent and legal immigrants. Americans are starting to notice
Trump's immigration policies shift focus from criminals to law-abiding immigrants, affecting DACA recipients, asylum seekers, and families as ICE detention practices change.
www.foxnews.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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immcouncil.org
The Trump administration has carried out the most destructive rewrite of immigration policy in modern U.S. history.

Join us and @newrepublic.com on July 23 as we discuss how the administration is using mass deportation to attack democracy.

Register here: ow.ly/StaR50WqaEf
July 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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immcouncil.org
We proudly participated in today’s inaugural Houston Community Media Expo & Conference! This event shines a light on the importance of community media and storytelling to impact change at the grassroots level and to strengthen communication efforts that better serve and engage all communities.
July 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Where Do Refugees Settle in the United States? FOIA Documents Reveal Where Refugees Arrive and Their Demographic Data. View the new @immcouncil.org tool: www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/where-d...
Where Do Refugees Settle in the United States? FOIA Documents Reveal Where Refugees Arrive and Their Demographic Data - American Immigration Council
Where do refugees settle upon arrival in the United States? As the global displacement crisis evolves, the factors driving individuals from their homes—violence, conflict, and even climate change—cont...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
June 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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immcouncil.org
What's at stake when local police become immigration enforcers?

Join us for a webinar to learn about the history, policies, and law behind the agreements that permit local police to enforce immigration laws.

🔗 Register here: immcouncil.co/4lemydl
June 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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immcouncil.org
NEW: Together with @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social and @tnimmigrant.bsky.social, we filed a lawsuit‬ challenging a new Tennessee law that criminalizes providing shelter to people who are undocumented.

This law is not about public safety, it’s about fear and xenophobia.
Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee Anti-Immigrant Law
A lawsuit challenges a new law in Tennessee that makes it a crime to provide shelter to an undocumented immigrant.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
June 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
SEN. PADILLA: “Saying I lunged is a lie, but that’s par for the course for this administration… I was behind the cameras listening, and at a certain point hearing Noem say they had to rescue LA from the Governor and Mayor was too much to take. So I raise my voice to ask a question.”
June 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“In a moment full of love and pride, this immigrant dad watched his son graduate and delivered a poignant message to the current administration.”

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June 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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immcouncil.org
On Wednesday, President Trump announced a new travel ban that targets more countries than his first term, imposing restrictions on nationals from 19 countries.

Here's what you need to know 👇
Analysis of Trump's New Travel Ban
Analysis of the June 4, 2025, proclamation imposing visa and travel restrictions on 19 countries.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
June 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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immcouncil.org
Immigrants are vital to this country.

To members of our immigrant community: we see you, we value you, and we will fight for you.
June 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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cgrsasylum.bsky.social
BREAKING: We just filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump admin's unlawful asylum shutdown policy, with partners at @alotrolado-org.bsky.social, @haitianbridge.bsky.social, @immcouncil.org, @democracyforward.org, and @ccrjustice.org.

Our joint statement: cgrs.uclawsf.edu/news/asylum-...
Image of border fence. Overlay text reads, "Asylum Seekers Challenge Trump's Asylum Shutdown Policy." Includes logos for Al Otro Lado, Haitian Bridge Alliance, CGRS, American Immigration Council, Democracy Forward, Center for Constitutional Rights Quote from CGRS Litigation Director Melissa Crow reads, "The asylum shutdown policy imperils the lives of people seeking safety at the southern border and flouts our immigration laws. Under the shutdown policy, families, children, and adults fleeing persecution have been left stranded in Mexico, where they risk grave harm, with no legal recourse. Our plaintiffs include asylum seekers who, while awaiting a chance to request asylum at ports of entry, have been kidnapped, tortured, and threatened by cartels that prey on migrants. The court must step in to vacate the shutdown policy and restore access to a fair asylum process at the U.S.-Mexico border."
June 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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valontheborder.bsky.social
Just in: Immigration advocates filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday over the Trump administration’s use of a proclamation that effectively put an end to being able to seek asylum at ports of entry to the United States.

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Trump administration hit with second lawsuit over restrictions on asylum access
The Trump administration is facing a second lawsuit over the shutdown of asylum at ports of entry, a legal pathway created by Congress under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
apnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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immcouncil.org
In Los Angeles and communities across America, ICE has been conducting raids to meet a White House directive of deporting approximately 3,000 people per day.

Instead of ramping up indiscriminate detention and deportation operations, we need policies that protect immigrant families.

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What to know about immigrants in LA and communities across the U.S.
Across the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been conducting community-level raids in order to meet a White House directive of deporting approximately 3,000 people per day. In Los...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
June 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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May 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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immcouncil.org
Quick reminder:

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship to every child born in the United States regardless of their parent's immigration status.

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May 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM