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"I will continue to fight, through every legal avenue and with every ounce of determination, until my rights, and the rights of others like me, are fully protected.”

— Mahmoud Khalil

The opinion does not go into effect immediately and the Trump administration cannot lawfully re-detain Mr. Khalil until the order takes formal effect, which will not happen while he has the opportunity to seek immediate review.

Today's order does not weigh in on the core First Amendment arguments in his case but holds that the district court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over Mr. Khalil’s immigration proceedings.

But he drew a line at killing his own people. For that, he was gone."

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I wouldn’t be able to see my favorite uncle, Carlos, because he had refused to murder his own people in the “golpe” — the coup — that followed. He had joined the U.S. military at 19, a naturalized citizen trying to give his family safety and opportunity.

I heard the name Noriega over and over again. It was the first time I realized these words meant loss. And I would later learn that one of the fractures of that invasion was personal:

I saw my parents cry for the first time, whispering that something bad had happened, something that would change everything.

I certainly didn’t understand geopolitics, but I understood fear. I understood the tears. I remember adults purchasing as many calling cards as they could, trying to reach family back home.

I was about six years old. My family had emigrated to Washington Heights in the early 80s, a primarily Spanish-speaking immigrant neighborhood in NYC.

"Guerra. Invasión. Golpe.

These were the words being whispered by the adults around me in the days after the U.S. invaded Panamá in 1989.

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Follow the lead of people’s movements who are taking to the streets around the world today to demand an end to bombings, to all wars, and to a political order that accommodates and encourages such violence, vengeance, and grotesque displays of unchecked abusive state power.”

The choice to re-militarize the Caribbean and force regime change in Venezuela condemns not only the U.S. government, but an international community that has failed to stop powerful states from imposing their will through force.

“The Trump administration has chosen catastrophe. Buoyed and inspired by the U.S.’s long legacy of military intervention and disregard for international law and people’s right to self-determination, today’s blatantly unlawful aggression in Venezuela reads like a caricature of imperialism.

Learn more on how we’re building a network of lawyers to challenge abuses and defend those who are standing up and speaking out to defend communities under threat on our website. www.ccrjustice.org

“Mr. Johnson is correct to condemn Trump’s strikes, but his attempt to distinguish and exculpate himself and his Obama administration colleagues rings hollow,” he says in response to former DHS Secretary & Obama admin Defense Dept. counsel Jeh C. Johnson’s Dec 9 opinion essay.