Grateful to partner with @islandtaxprof.bsky.social on this important story about asylum, race and yes, tax law. Hope you'll have a read!

Steven Dean@islandtaxprof.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Such a pleasure to team up with my #BULaw colleague @sshermanstokes.bsky.social Sherman-Stokes to tell this important story of race, immigration, and tax law.

In awe of our client, Leqaa, and the incredible legal team of which I'm a small part, @muslimadvocates.bsky.social, @txcivilrights.bsky.social, CUNY-CLEAR. Thanks to @theintercept.com for covering the government's cruel, racist and unrelenting targeting of Leqaa. #FreeLeqaa

The Intercept@theintercept.com · 11mo ago

To keep her in detention in Texas, the Trump administration pointed to Leqaa Kordia’s remittances to family in Palestine.

Incredible advocacy by @veenadubal.bsky.social & others. What victory. Not only has this case exposed the monstrous, racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic & unconstitutional work of this Admin, but the decision couldn't be more clear: noncitizens have the same free speech rights as everyone else 🔥🙌

Veena Dubal@veenadubal.bsky.social · 11mo ago

WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"

Even in these truly bonkers times, law still matters. And Trop v. Dulles is still good law. TL;DR: you cannot denaturalize someone as punishment for a crime. This "agreement" between #Trump and #Bukele flies in the face of US Constitutional Law & Int'l Law. www.oyez.org/cases/1956/70

I'm an #asylum lawyer - part of my job includes protecting my clients from being sent back to El Salvador bc of the torture, inhumane conditions & violent repression they face there under Bukele. Jails in El Salvador are notorious for torture & human rights abuses. A thread 🧵 1/

CNN@cnn.com · 2y ago

El Salvador to accept US deportees of any nationality, including imprisoned Americans, in unprecedented deal, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says

The number of #immigration related announcements, EOs & memos is dizzying. One thing that has gotten less attn are the policy memos being released by DOJ/EOIR (i.e. the immigration court). Here's a thread on one that encourages the use of the word "Al*en", & why it matters. 1/

Yesterday the Senate voted to begin debate on the Laken-Riley Act. This bill will criminalize, indefinitely detain & deport even more noncitizens. It also further lays the groundwork for Trump's mass deportation agenda. Please call your senators now and urge them to vote NO on this. Here's why 🧵 1/

this piece is stunning for its inaccuracy, its cruelty and the authors' lack of self-reflection. leaning hard right on #immigration has destroyed families, traumatized entire communities, & undoubtedly cost people their lives. it hasn't won dems any recent elections, either.

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 2y ago

"Immigration has become a losing issue for Democrats over the past decade because elected leaders have followed progressive advocates to the left, beyond the political space available to them," Cecilia Muñoz and Frank Sharry write:

Powerful and devastating piece by my impressive colleague, @azizaahmed.bsky.social.

Aziza Ahmed@azizaahmed.bsky.social · 2y ago

Joanna Wuest and I thinking through how states are creating risk rather than minimizing them with bans on gender affirming care and abortion. Banning Trans Health Care Puts Young People at Risk of Harm | The Nation www.thenation.com/article/soci...

@mayorwu.boston.gov @govhealey.bsky.social My wonderful colleague Leah Hastings and I put together 4 concrete ways you can protect MA residents from ICE enforcement. Thanks @bostonglobe.com for publishing 👇 www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/02/o...

How Massachusetts can limit ICE enforcement - The Boston Globe

Four recommendations that will help protect migrants.

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Thanks @bostonglobe.com for your reporting & glad to be quoted alongside the inimitable Heather Yountz. Plymouth Jail continues to be rewarded for it's flagrant violations of bare minimum detention standards. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/20/m...

Some sheriffs scoffed at immigration enforcement. Plymouth extended its agreement with ICE. - The Boston Globe

The new contract will run through September 2029, according to a copy of the agreement between Plymouth Sheriff Joseph McDonald and ICE, which pays the sheriff’s office to hold people in a portion of ...

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ICE Can Already Sidestep Sanctuary City Laws Through Data-Sharing Fusion Centers. www.wired.com/story/ice-sa...

ICE Can Already Sidestep Sanctuary City Laws Through Data-Sharing Fusion Centers

Built to combat terrorism, fusion centers give US Immigration and Customs Enforcement a way to gain access to data that’s meant to be protected under city laws limiting local police cooperation with I...

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Errol Morris’ SEPARATED is both a roadmap to what the incoming Trump administration might do, but also how people may push back against, as @adamserwer.bsky.social coined, cruelty being the point. The film is in theaters now. MSNBC December 7.

As Private Prison Stocks Soar, Immigrant Rights Activists Vow to Fight Trump's Mass Deportation Plans

As Private Prison Stocks Soar, Activists Fight Trump’s Deportation Plans

Incoming President Trump’s vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants when he starts his term has sent private prison stocks soaring. Immigrant rights advocates, including our guest, the…

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