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ICE deported a U.S. citizen who was born in Maryland and whose lawyer provided a birth certificate for as well as hospital records of her birth, against a judge’s orders forbidding her deportation.
But happy Christmas Eve.
But happy Christmas Eve.
December 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
ICE deported a U.S. citizen who was born in Maryland and whose lawyer provided a birth certificate for as well as hospital records of her birth, against a judge’s orders forbidding her deportation.
But happy Christmas Eve.
But happy Christmas Eve.
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Warnock: "Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade in random places, on our college and school campuses, without doing all that we can to stop it is broken and in need of moral repair."
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Warnock: "Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade in random places, on our college and school campuses, without doing all that we can to stop it is broken and in need of moral repair."
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"To begin, this inquiry is not some academic exercise. Approximately 137 men were spirited out of this country without a hearing and placed in a high-security prison in El Salvador, where many suffered abuse and possible torture, despite this Court’s order that they should not be disembarked."
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg won’t back off his planned contempt hearings next week and says the crime-fraud exception would overcome potential privileges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"To begin, this inquiry is not some academic exercise. Approximately 137 men were spirited out of this country without a hearing and placed in a high-security prison in El Salvador, where many suffered abuse and possible torture, despite this Court’s order that they should not be disembarked."
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“We have not deported US citizens or military veterans," said Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, right before she was joined by Sae Joon Park, a Purple Heart recipient who was deported in June.
We'd never deport veterans, Noem says in earshot of deported veteran
The DHS boss was taken to task in a punchy House hearing by Democrats with receipts.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
“We have not deported US citizens or military veterans," said Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, right before she was joined by Sae Joon Park, a Purple Heart recipient who was deported in June.
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In describing the killing spree at sea, if people want to invoke an international crime, the former prosecutor for the ICC has offered a more accurate term than "war crime" (there is no war).
From my recent piece in Foreign Affairs.
www.foreignaffairs.com/central-amer...
From my recent piece in Foreign Affairs.
www.foreignaffairs.com/central-amer...
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
In describing the killing spree at sea, if people want to invoke an international crime, the former prosecutor for the ICC has offered a more accurate term than "war crime" (there is no war).
From my recent piece in Foreign Affairs.
www.foreignaffairs.com/central-amer...
From my recent piece in Foreign Affairs.
www.foreignaffairs.com/central-amer...
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SCOOP: Costa Rica says it will still accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting Trump’s DOJ
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wapo.st/485rAFz
Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S.
The statement from a Costa Rican official conflicts with what the Trump administration told a federal judge about its attempts to deport the undocumented immigrant
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November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
SCOOP: Costa Rica says it will still accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting Trump’s DOJ
wapo.st/485rAFz
wapo.st/485rAFz
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DHS claimed an incident on Oct. 3 showed agents were in danger of being "rammed."
In fact, body cams "suggest[] that the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
In fact, body cams "suggest[] that the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
![Defendants also highlighted an October 3, 2025 video, presumably to show that agents driving the streets faced constant danger from cars ramming them on purpose. Axon Body 3. Video. But instead of leaving this impression, the video, which almost entirely consists of a view of the back seat of the car and some dialogue about how the agent’s “body cam is on” and he is “still recording,” suggests that the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force. Id. This also calls into question Hewson’s testimony that motorists have rammed into agents every day during the operation. [FN 8]
[FN 8] 8 The Court acknowledges that at times agents have dealt with aggressive drivers. See, e.g., Axon_Body_4_Video_2025-10-23. But this has not been the norm in the videos that the Court has viewed, with agents instead often treating cars that are merely following them but not driving aggressively as potential threats. See, e.g., Axon_Body_4_Video_2025-10-23_1011_D01A31902 at 2:00–3:20 (showing an agent stating to a woman who had been behind his vehicle and gotten out to video agents as they stopped at the exit of an alley that “if you keep following us, we’re going to arrest you, you’ve been warned,” but nothing prevented the agents from continuing to drive); Axon_Body_4_Video_2025-10-23_1012_D01A45488 at 2:00–2:45 (showing that, despite having a clear path to continue driving, an agent gets out of his vehicle and tells a woman in the car behind him who was honking that “You know what you’re doing is illegal and you could be arrested for impeding law enforcement. I’m just warning you . . . following law enforcement, honking, and harassing agents is impeding law enforcement”); Axon_Body_4_Video_2025-10-25_1045_D01A36942 at 3:42–3:50 (Agent (tapping on glass of a car behind agents’ vehicle): “Stop following us.” Bystander: “They’re allowed to follow you.” Agent: “No they’re not.”).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifvyjcsr7lb6a65impvn6jer5hiorc5r4isr7hwbeussapmkqhnqi@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
DHS claimed an incident on Oct. 3 showed agents were in danger of being "rammed."
In fact, body cams "suggest[] that the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
In fact, body cams "suggest[] that the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
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DHS claimed that on September 26, a DHS officer claimed that they were forced to deploy riot munitions because protestors were "becoming increasingly hostile."
In fact, "the [Body Worn Camera] video shows that the protesters were simply standing there when agents first deployed any force."
In fact, "the [Body Worn Camera] video shows that the protesters were simply standing there when agents first deployed any force."
![On September 26, 2025, video from an agent’s BWC shows a line of agents standing at least thirty feet away from protesters outside the Broadview facility on Harvard Street. Axon Body 4 Video 2025-09-26 1137 D01A3411W at 2:00; see also Doc. 172-11 at 8 (“[T]he crowd [ ] was approximately 30-40 feet away.”). Despite this distance, the agents start yelling “move back, move back” to the protesters and then shoot pepper balls and tear gas at them without any apparent justification. Axon Body 4 Video 2025-09-26 1137 D01A3411W at 2:21–4:19. While the agent wrote in his use of force report that protesters were “becoming increasingly hostile,” Doc. 172-11 at 7, the BWC video shows that the protesters were simply standing there when agents first deployed any force. Axon Body 4 Video 2025-09-26 1137 D01A3411W at 2:21–4:19.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreih4fjfnaqkwsaqnsxvistdx2gw6ysfvxi2nfacnppy3hedxnsy4aq@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
DHS claimed that on September 26, a DHS officer claimed that they were forced to deploy riot munitions because protestors were "becoming increasingly hostile."
In fact, "the [Body Worn Camera] video shows that the protesters were simply standing there when agents first deployed any force."
In fact, "the [Body Worn Camera] video shows that the protesters were simply standing there when agents first deployed any force."
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“When they knew no one else was listening/reading, when they had no reason to suspect these would ever become public, Epstein and Maxwell talked about Trump being present in his house with a known sex trafficking victim, Giuffre; they stated “of course he knew” about the “girls.”
What we learned from newly released Epstein emails
Trump might have done nothing wrong, but granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell could make it seem she is hiding somethi
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November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“When they knew no one else was listening/reading, when they had no reason to suspect these would ever become public, Epstein and Maxwell talked about Trump being present in his house with a known sex trafficking victim, Giuffre; they stated “of course he knew” about the “girls.”
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For the second time in a little over a week, ICE officers reportedly shot someone in Los Angeles.
This time, it was a US citizen who ICE officers shot from behind after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
This time, it was a US citizen who ICE officers shot from behind after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
Report: ICE shot a US citizen trying to help kids
According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
www.motherjones.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
For the second time in a little over a week, ICE officers reportedly shot someone in Los Angeles.
This time, it was a US citizen who ICE officers shot from behind after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
This time, it was a US citizen who ICE officers shot from behind after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
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34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
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Further premeditated, lawless killing in the Caribbean.
Making at least five such US strikes.
Against unidentified "narcoterrorists" affiliated w/ an unspecified "designated terrorist organization" allegedly trafficking unspecified narcotics.
POTUS is asserting a license to kill outside the law.
Making at least five such US strikes.
Against unidentified "narcoterrorists" affiliated w/ an unspecified "designated terrorist organization" allegedly trafficking unspecified narcotics.
POTUS is asserting a license to kill outside the law.
October 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Further premeditated, lawless killing in the Caribbean.
Making at least five such US strikes.
Against unidentified "narcoterrorists" affiliated w/ an unspecified "designated terrorist organization" allegedly trafficking unspecified narcotics.
POTUS is asserting a license to kill outside the law.
Making at least five such US strikes.
Against unidentified "narcoterrorists" affiliated w/ an unspecified "designated terrorist organization" allegedly trafficking unspecified narcotics.
POTUS is asserting a license to kill outside the law.
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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130 immigration judges have been fired or forced out since Trump took office, a figure which doesn't even include the count of those who have retired or quit (quite a few). The Trump admin is systematically moving to kill a fair day in court for immigrants facing removal.
Union Says Trump Has Fired More Immigration Judges
From @law360.bsky.social
The govt has fired at least 16 judges without cause in recent days, adding to the dozens of judges who have left or been fired
"The firings bring up to 130 the number of immigration judges that have been fired...
From @law360.bsky.social
The govt has fired at least 16 judges without cause in recent days, adding to the dozens of judges who have left or been fired
"The firings bring up to 130 the number of immigration judges that have been fired...
Union Says Trump Has Fired More Immigration Judges - Law360
The union that represents the judges who hear immigration cases said the government has fired at least 16 judges without cause in recent days, adding to the dozens of judges who have left or been fire...
www.law360.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
130 immigration judges have been fired or forced out since Trump took office, a figure which doesn't even include the count of those who have retired or quit (quite a few). The Trump admin is systematically moving to kill a fair day in court for immigrants facing removal.
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"In March, the authorities in Haiti hired foreign military contractors to operate armed drones to target gangs that terrorize the capital, Port-au-Prince. The contractors work for a company owned by Erik Prince, a prominent supporter of President Trump."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
Drone Strike in Haiti Kills 8 Children at a Birthday Party
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"In March, the authorities in Haiti hired foreign military contractors to operate armed drones to target gangs that terrorize the capital, Port-au-Prince. The contractors work for a company owned by Erik Prince, a prominent supporter of President Trump."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
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Federal district court judges are almost UNANIMOUSLY rejecting the government's new interpretation of a 1996 law to bar release from ICE detention to millions of people. Yet the Board of Immigration Appeals, fresh off a purge of Biden appointees, made it official precedent.
Over the weekend, we wrote about how dozens of judges have found ICE's new detention policy — seeking to lock up millions of people facing deportation without a chance for bond — is illegal.
Last night, four more judges added to the growing list: www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Last night, four more judges added to the growing list: www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
September 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Federal district court judges are almost UNANIMOUSLY rejecting the government's new interpretation of a 1996 law to bar release from ICE detention to millions of people. Yet the Board of Immigration Appeals, fresh off a purge of Biden appointees, made it official precedent.
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🚨Trump drops all pretense and openly admits the mass raids in Chicago are about ICE raids and deportations (not crime), and essentially declares that he’s going to war with the city.
Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday
September 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨Trump drops all pretense and openly admits the mass raids in Chicago are about ICE raids and deportations (not crime), and essentially declares that he’s going to war with the city.
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🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
August 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who was wrongfully expelled to El Salvador in March and then brought back to face criminal charges, was detained again on Monday after the Trump administration indicated that it planned to re-deport him to Uganda, his lawyer said. nyti.ms/4myTSgr
August 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who was wrongfully expelled to El Salvador in March and then brought back to face criminal charges, was detained again on Monday after the Trump administration indicated that it planned to re-deport him to Uganda, his lawyer said. nyti.ms/4myTSgr
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UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday.
August 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday.
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CONFIRMED: Arturo Suárez, the musician imprisoned by the Trump admin without due process in El Salvador for 4 months is FREE.
A video shows him telling his brother that while they were imprisoned, they were beaten daily by guards. Remember: this is the first ever mass release from CECOT.
A video shows him telling his brother that while they were imprisoned, they were beaten daily by guards. Remember: this is the first ever mass release from CECOT.
July 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
CONFIRMED: Arturo Suárez, the musician imprisoned by the Trump admin without due process in El Salvador for 4 months is FREE.
A video shows him telling his brother that while they were imprisoned, they were beaten daily by guards. Remember: this is the first ever mass release from CECOT.
A video shows him telling his brother that while they were imprisoned, they were beaten daily by guards. Remember: this is the first ever mass release from CECOT.
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🚨NEW: Erez Reuveni, the DOJ lawyer fired for his honesty in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, sends Congress a whistleblower letter detailing lawlessness at the DOJ around the CECOT deportations.
He says Emil Bove told the DOJ to respond to likely court orders blocking flights with "fuck you."
He says Emil Bove told the DOJ to respond to likely court orders blocking flights with "fuck you."
June 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🚨NEW: Erez Reuveni, the DOJ lawyer fired for his honesty in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, sends Congress a whistleblower letter detailing lawlessness at the DOJ around the CECOT deportations.
He says Emil Bove told the DOJ to respond to likely court orders blocking flights with "fuck you."
He says Emil Bove told the DOJ to respond to likely court orders blocking flights with "fuck you."
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Scoop: Florida is building a detention facility for migrants nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” in the Everglades designed to help the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
DHS will help pay for the detention facility with money from FEMA.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...
DHS will help pay for the detention facility with money from FEMA.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...
Florida to Build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center for Migrants in Everglades
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Scoop: Florida is building a detention facility for migrants nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” in the Everglades designed to help the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
DHS will help pay for the detention facility with money from FEMA.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...
DHS will help pay for the detention facility with money from FEMA.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...
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This is the kind of thing that would be a full-blown scandal leading to the resignation of multiple officials in any normal administration. Instead, it is completely ignored.
I had not seen this WSJ article from earlier this week. The 1st Amendment violation admitted in the last paragraph of this passage would be too obvious to use on a law school exam. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
June 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This is the kind of thing that would be a full-blown scandal leading to the resignation of multiple officials in any normal administration. Instead, it is completely ignored.
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Good morning. Just before you woke up, House Republicans voted to:
- Kick millions of people off their health insurance
- Cut taxes for the rich
- Add trillions to the deficit
- Screw student loan borrowers
- Take food security away from millions of people
The bill now heads to the Senate.
- Kick millions of people off their health insurance
- Cut taxes for the rich
- Add trillions to the deficit
- Screw student loan borrowers
- Take food security away from millions of people
The bill now heads to the Senate.
May 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Good morning. Just before you woke up, House Republicans voted to:
- Kick millions of people off their health insurance
- Cut taxes for the rich
- Add trillions to the deficit
- Screw student loan borrowers
- Take food security away from millions of people
The bill now heads to the Senate.
- Kick millions of people off their health insurance
- Cut taxes for the rich
- Add trillions to the deficit
- Screw student loan borrowers
- Take food security away from millions of people
The bill now heads to the Senate.