Movement lawyer tweeting about immigrant rights, global migration & the Iranian diaspora. Frmrly @ACLU
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A Reagan-era federal judge gave the most scathing rebuke to the administration - finding they violated the first amendment rights of Khalil, Ozturk, and other student protesters…. And sandwiched his decision into a reply to a note he received asking what he can do to stop Trump.
I gasped when I saw the front page of this decision; Judge Young includes a postcard sent to him asking "Trump has pardons and tanks ... what do you have?"
He responds "Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, We the People ... have our magnificent Constitution."
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Stephen Miller is the chief architect of Trump's racist, cruel, and un-American campaign of terror across our country. Innocent people have died and families have been torn apart because of the policies he's eagerly pushed.
Miller should be under investigation, not running the White House.
BREAKING: Trump announced that chief of staff Susie Wiles is leaving her post and will be replaced by Stephen Miller.
politico.com/news/2026/11/06…
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A very bad sign for any potential efforts to seek the kind of compromise that Americans are looking for on immigration.
In 2018, Miller personally killed a deal for $25 billion for border wall in exchange for the DREAM Act (which usually polls at 70-80% support).
The pundits are spending so much time debating if the results were a mandate and what they mean. This regime doesn’t care and is moving full steam ahead with its reckless and authoritarian agenda.
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Breaking News: Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive Democrat, has won Michigan’s Senate race, according to The Associated Press. He will become the first Muslim senator when he is seated in January. nyti.ms/3X5nFoP
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As Gina Hinojosa and Xavier Becerra make history as Texas’s and California’s first Mexican American governors, remember there are an estimated 38–40 million people of Mexican origin or descent living in these United States.
At least 38 million people.
To put that into context: that’s about the entire population of Poland or Morocco. Close to the entire population of Canada.
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“I cried as I was casting my vote”
Ronaldo Salgado, son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a man k*lled by ICE in Houston, speaks on the weight of voting in this midterm election and the hundreds of people who’ve joined him in honoring his late father.
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Thank you Phoenix, Glendale and Guadalupe for entrusting me with another term to serve our community.
With a Democratic majority in Congress, we’re going to turn our country around for the better. The wins we’ve seen tonight in Arizona and across the country are once-in-a-generation. Now let’s get to work.
Layla Maryam Razavi retweeted
Really looking forward to Democrats in the House and the Senate working with Trump Administration to come up with SOLUTIONS on immigration:
#DACArenewals? Maybe passing the DREAM Act? Actually exploring legalization for undocumented residents who have no criminal record?
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a Dept of Justice spokeswoman tells @NewsHour: "Our team had a productive call with the New Mexico Secretary of State just a few minutes ago. We believe the issue is resolved and will not affect our ongoing monitoring for the rest of the day.”
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JUST IN: A federal judge is encouraging his colleagues to call ICE officers in for live testimony on the witness stand, concluding that without direct scrutiny and cross-examination, routine lies will go unpunished.
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Westchester! There are technical issues with ballot scanners in Westchester, but don't worry: you can still vote and every vote is being counted! Don't be dissuaded and have your voice heard.
The issue is being worked on diligently by the Board of Elections in a bipartisan manner. The Polls are open and operational, and every vote cast will be counted. Please stay in line and have your voice heard as they work to resolve the issue.
Thank you!
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There is a problem with every ballot scanner in Westchester County. We do not yet know the exact cause of the issue, whether it is the ballot or the machine. The Board of Elections is working with their vendors to resolve it.
However, every ballot will be counted. Stay on line and vote. Do not leave the polling place without voting.
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A Maryland widow spoke out about her husband's death in ICE custody. Three days after the story ran, ICE dated a notice putting her in deportation proceedings. Reprehensible. adn.com/nation-world/2026/10…
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Email from LSAC sent to an Iranian American (U.S. born citizen) lawyer friend who is locked out of their account.
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This is a deeply corrupt system, where the Trump admin is trying to trick immigrants into missing court hearings by rapidly rescheduling the time and location of hearings and not sending out notices in time.
They want people to miss court. That’s the clear goal.
SCOOP: Immigrants are being rapidly reassigned to in-person immigration court hearings at buildings that are not immigration courts + with minimal notice. The pop-up courts come as EOIR is looking to rapidly acquire space throughout the country.
npr.org/2026/09/04/g-s1-1420…
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(1) "Alien enemy" status exists only in wartime. It does not flow from an FTO or SDGT designation.
(2) As far back as the War of 1812, the United States has afforded birthright citizenship to the children of "alien enemies."
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