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Haiyun Damon-Feng

@hdamonfeng.bsky.social

Assistant Professor, Cardozo School of Law. Thinking and writing about administrative law, immigration, executive power, and race.

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Brandy Zadrozny@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

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Elizabeth Joh@elizabethjoh.bsky.social · last yr.

SIX HOURS. "Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own even if officials have not provided any assurances that the new arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens

The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.

washingtonpost.com

Haiyun Damon-Feng@hdamonfeng.bsky.social · last yr.

How do the lawyers prosecuting family regulation matters think about the nature and goals of their job? Turns out - it depends - and it doesn’t necessarily align with judgments about what’s best for the kids the system is purporting to protect. @annaarons.bsky.social new paper out in Penn Law Review

Anna Arons@annaarons.bsky.social · last yr.

My paper, Prosecuting Families, is out! As with so many good ideas, it began when a prosecutor said something to me in court that enraged me--this time, "Don't blame me, Ms. Arons, I'm just doing my job!" as she sought to separate 2 tiny kids from their mom. scholarship.law.upenn.edu/penn_law_rev...

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · last yr.

1/2 On left: Trump administration might have just moved detainees from SD Texas to ND Texas to deport them under Alien Enemies Act Proclamation On right: Standing SD Texas judicial order prohibiting detainees removal from SD Texas under the Alien Enemies Act Proclamation

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Haiyun Damon-Feng@hdamonfeng.bsky.social · last yr.

Today, the @nytimes.com published an article on how the GEO Group - one of the world’s largest for-profit prison companies - provides ICE with mass immigration surveillance services.

How Geo Group’s Surveillance Tech Is Aiding Trump’s Immigration Agenda (Gift Article)

Geo Group, a private prison firm that makes digital tools to track immigrants, becomes one of the Trump administration’s big business winners as its tech is increasingly used in deportations.

nytimes.com

Nick Miroff@nickmiroff.bsky.social · last yr.

BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison

The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

theatlantic.com

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · last yr.

And here we go -- Fox News is now saying we should get rid of "due process" because it's too cumbersome. Brian Kilmeade: "But I also think it's not practical to think that we can do due process on 8 million people." www.mediamatters.org/brian-kilmea...

Fox's Brian Kilmeade: “It's not practical to think that we can do due process on 8 million people” Co-host Lawrence Jones: Constitutional rights “are afforded to illegals in this country. We should re...

mediamatters.org

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · last yr.

BREAKING: After a federal judge issued an injunction ending the refugee resettlement funding freeze, Rubio just started terminating all of the contracts. Judge Jamal Whitehead issues a follow-on injunction tonight ordering the terminated agreements reinstated unless Rubio actually follows the law.

(c) Defendants are ordered to reinstate all cooperative agreements terminated pursuant to the Termination Notices to their status as they existed immediately before February 26, 2025, including but not limited to agreements to provide reception and placement services and to provide USRAP processing support abroad. (d) Defendants are prohibited from terminating any USRAP cooperative agreements without complying with applicable statutory requirements and administrative procedures mandated by the Administrative Procedure Act, as described herein.Defendants' attorneys shall submit a status report detailing their efforts to comply with this Court's preliminary injunction on the supplemental pleadings by March 31, 2025, and the Parties shall submit a joint status report on the steps taken to comply with the Court's preliminary injunction on the supplemental pleadings by April 7, 2025. (g) No security bond is required under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c). (h) This preliminary injunction remains in effect pending further orders from this Court. It is so ORDERED. Dated this 24th day of March, 2025. Cal it amal N. Whitehead United States District Judge
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last yr.

WHOA. On March 15, a Cornell PhD student with UK and Gambian citizenship, here on a student visa, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Trump's EO aimed at foreign students accused of "antisemitism. Last night, the DOJ emailed asking him to come to ICE to be detained and put into removal proceedings.

Last night at 12:52 AM, the Department of Justice contacted the undersigned via email. Under the subject line “Momodou Taal et al v. Trump, 25-cv-335 (NDNY),” the government informed the undersigned for the first time that the government intended to serve Mr. Taal with a Notice to Appear (NTA), and that they intended to take Mr. Taal into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Given that this information confirms the factual basis for Plaintiffs’ request for an emergency temporary restraining order, ECF No. 23, and the increased urgency with which the Court’s intervention is needed, we respectfully request the Court construe this letter as any procedurally appropriate vehicle to obtain the same. Plaintiffs’ counsel is immediately available to follow up with any submissions the Court deems appropriate in this extraordinary situation. Attached to this letter is an affidavit from Counsel Eric Lee (Exhibit 4), the government’s 12:52 AM email (Exhibit 5), and Plaintiffs’ counsel’s reply (Exhibit 6). The email reads: My colleagues and I represent the United States in this matter. The applications for admission of Messrs. Stone, Moss, and myself to the bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York are pending, so we have not noticed our appearances yet. But we wanted to reach out to establish a line of communication, and relate some information concerning your client. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has asked us to convey to you the following. ICE invites Mr. Taal and his counsel to appear in-person at the HSI Office in Syracuse at a mutually agreeable time for personal service of the NTA and for Mr. Taal to surrender to ICE custody. Accordingly, if you are interested in proposing such a date and time, we will promptly forward it to ICE for consideration
Big Cases Bot@bigcases.bots.law · last yr.

New filing: "Taal v. Trump (Foreign Terrorist EO)" Doc #25: LETTER BRIEF by Sriram Parasurama, Momodou Taal, Mukoma Wa Ngugi. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Exhibit 4, # 2 Exhibit(s) Exhibit 5, # 3 Exhibit(s) Exhibit 6)(Lee,… [full entry below 👇] Download PDF | View Full Case #CL69743997

The entry's text: LETTER BRIEF by Sriram Parasurama, Momodou Taal, Mukoma Wa Ngugi. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Exhibit 4, # 2 Exhibit(s) Exhibit 5, # 3 Exhibit(s) Exhibit 6)(Lee, Eric) (Entered: 03/21/2025)
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · last yr.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com, me on “The Tom and Daisy Presidency,” and how there’s only so much courts can do, especially under current law, when at least part of the administration’s goal is to break things—and “let other people clean up the mess they had made.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Breaking Things. They Can’t All Be Fixed by the Courts. (Gift Article)

Trump’s goal isn’t necessarily to win. It’s to break it all.

nytimes.com

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last yr.

Rubio’s position seems to be: - We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us. - Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges. - After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last yr.

On Hugh Hewitt’s show, Marco Rubio says El Salvador is “housing” people sent by the US. But he never says on what possible legal authority? These people haven’t committed any crime in El Salvador and by their own admission “many” have never committed a crime in the US. It all seems entirely lawless.

And then we have Tren de Aragua, organized gang members and alien enemies inside the United States who are being housed by him in an excellent prison system that he has at a fraction of the cost of what it would cost to house them here in the United States. It is a matter that we've made. It's a foreign policy matter. And it's one that we weren't going to go back on, because we make arrangements with foreign leaders. That's the conduct of foreign policy. We can't have judges running the foreign policy.
Jameel Jaffer@jameeljaffer.bsky.social · last yr.

“Linked to pro-Palestinian views” is apparently now grounds for arrest and due-process-free deportation.

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · last yr.

SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Lauren Ashley Davis@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · last yr.

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found

France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched

theguardian.com

Christina Jewett@by-cjewett.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: The FDA largely protected food inspectors from staff cuts. But the credit card freeze in food science labs, the axing of a key food safety committee and funding cuts to state inspectors all limit efforts to keep food safe: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/h...

Food Safety Jeopardized by Onslaught of Funding and Staff Cuts (Gift Article)

The Trump administration halted some food testing and shut down a committee studying bacteria in infant formula. Earlier funding cutbacks under the Biden administration now threaten state labs and ins...

nytimes.com

Alvaro M. Bedoya@bedoyausa.bsky.social · last yr.

I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:

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Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW STATEMENT FROM CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: "For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."