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David Leopold

@davidleopold.bsky.social

Immigration Law Leader | Reform Advocate | Media Contributor | Strategic counsel to companies & health care institutions. Defending due process and shaping national narratives. 🔗 Thompsonhine.com/professionals/david-leopold

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Joe Sudbay@joesudbay.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"Calling Trump “the person” and saying he’s not even debating him—it’s all in Trump’s mind—is the kind of response that drives Trump crazy. Trump is really having a one-sided fight, his bullying not eliciting the kind of reaction he wants"

Michelangelo Signorile@msignorile.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"A new poll shows Trump at his lowest approval, with his attack on the pontiff having sent him tumbling further." www.signorile.com/p/a-miracle-...

Yuna@yunao08.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"It is fundamentally about the preservation of civil rights. Any effort to end birthright citizenship...comes at the grave cost of abridging those rights, echoing the dark era of Dred Scott, when human beings were treated as commodities." ✍️: @davidleopold.bsky.social

The Fight Over Birthright Citizenship Heads to the Supreme Court

The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has very little to do with immigration at its core. It is fundamentally about the preservation of civil rights.

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Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“What was once a fringe proposal championed by restrictionists in Congress has now become a central legal and political battle reaching the highest court in the land,” writes former @aila.org president @davidleopold.bsky.social: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/the-fight-...

The Fight Over Birthright Citizenship Heads to the Supreme Court

The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has very little to do with immigration at its core. It is fundamentally about the preservation of civil rights.

americasvoicecnn.substack.com

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

HUGE. A victory for more than a quarter million Haitians with Temporary Protected Status. A significant majority of them entered the United States legally and have never been out of status since. Even the Trump admin isn't saying Haiti is a safe country for them to go back to.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8mo ago

BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FRITZ EMMANUEL LESLY MIOT, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 25-cv-02471 (ACR) V. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: "America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions." More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington's vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take.? eSec Noem I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies. Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom-not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS. WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE. 6:52 PM - Dec 1, 2025 - 13.2M Views ' Letter from George Washington to Joshua Holmes (December 2, 1783). 2 Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl.) 1110 n.91. But see supra n.l.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The Gravamen of the Disclosure 4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows: a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency. b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 8mo ago

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

David Leopold@davidleopold.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“The US Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika — an emblem of fascism & white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and the deaths of more than 400,000 US troops who died fighting in WW II — as a hate symbol..” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

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David Leopold@davidleopold.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Listening to Va Gov-elect Abigail Spanberger’s magnanimous victory speech, thanking her opponent for her service and reaching out to those who didn’t vote for her. Tears in my eyes remembering what real American leadership looks like.

Pam Spaulding@pamspaulding.bsky.social · last yr.

🧐 ALSO: Jeanine Pirro says district residents can carry rifles and shotguns in DC. Think this will work out? 🧾 Jeanine Pirro's office ends D.C. rifle and shotgun felony prosecutions policy share.google/cizgtCuSI4cD... 🧾 National Guard troops in DC are now armed: Official is.gd/wOJM4S

Jeanine Pirro says people who carry rifles, shotguns in DC will no longer face felony charges

Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., will no longer slap people with felony charges for possession of rifles or shotguns in the nation's capital.

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Joe Sudbay@joesudbay.bsky.social · last yr.

"As of Sunday night, National Guard troops operating in Washington, D.C., are now armed, according to a defense official... “Soldiers will be able to carry their service-issued weapons, which may include M-17 pistols or M-4 rifles,” abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

David Leopold@davidleopold.bsky.social · last yr.

Fact reported in this article—>“Undocumented immigrants pay tens of billions of dollars in taxes each year, which the ITINs help facilitate.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

IRS, White House clashed over immigrants’ data before tax chief was ousted

The Trump administration’s move to push out IRS Commissioner Billy Long came after the agency said it couldn’t release some information on taxpayers suspected of being here illegally.

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Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · last yr.

Good morning. Trump is protecting Epstein files. The confederacy lost and they were traitors, mRNA vaccines are the future, cops shouldn’t wear masks, Trump cut taxes for the rich and ripped benefits from the poor. Have a weekend

David Leopold@davidleopold.bsky.social · last yr.

The administration’s deportation playbook reads like a dystopian travel guide—CECOT, South Sudan, torture included. But when lawyers push back, suddenly we’re the problem? Sorry, zealous advocacy isn’t a crime. Yet. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

‘This is sending a message’: DOJ moves to sanction lawyer who took pro bono deportation case

The move comes after Trump directed the department to seek to sanction lawyers “who engage in frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious litigation.”

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David Leopold@davidleopold.bsky.social · last yr.

Dean Cain joining ICE during masked raids is peak method acting. From Superman to “I am only following orders.” Looks like “truth, justice and the American way” got deleted from the script 🤔 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Former Superman actor Dean Cain reveals he’s becoming an Ice agent to support Trump’s mass deportation agenda

The actor will be sworn in ‘ASAP’ amid the federal agency’s recruitment drive and unprecedented immigration raids that have sparked protest across the US

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David Leopold@davidleopold.bsky.social · last yr.

“Pope Leo XIV urged the public to see migrants and refugees as “messengers of hope” on Friday, as the Trump administration focuses on mass deportation efforts in the pontiff’s former home country.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Pope Leo reflects on migrants and refugees as ‘messengers of hope’

Pope Leo showed a special interest in the well-being of immigrants during his work before the papacy and has been described as the “first modern immigrant pope.”

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