Immigration Lawyer - @CWRU_Law Alumna
Cleveland, OH
Joined September 2017
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Maya Lugasy retweeted
After an American calls him a name, an ICE agent grabs onto the car with his hand and claims (falsely) that the driver drove at him and threatens him. The pattern is so obvious that it's just not believable that they aren't trained, formally or informally, to do this.
Maya Lugasy retweeted
One month after a Honduran migrant was deported to a country in Africa that is not his country of origin, a federal judge in Colorado has ordered the U.S. government to return him to the United States.
abcnews.visitlink.me/5kdi6u
Maya Lugasy retweeted
Under cover of darkness Trump 2.0 Admin is dismantling legal immigration one step at a time! If you are on a F1 status pay very close attention to this upcoming regulation eliminating the "duration of status" D/S admission and reducing international student to fix admission periods.
We don't know the language of the upcoming rule but more likely than not the change is meant to and will quickly result in
1. students starting to accumulate unlawful presence the day after the fix period on their I-94 expires
2. major disruption of F-1 status due to SEVIS errors and delays.
New DHS regulations limiting foreign students on F-1 visas to a fixed admission period to the US are coming soon.
A final rule was cleared by the White House Office of Management and Budget this week.
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…
Maya Lugasy retweeted
Just appalling. A country that enshrined the principle of no religious tests in the Constitution and this is what is happening anyway.
Mohamed Hussein went to the Texas Republican convention to convince himself he had a place in the GOP.
He left in tears. What he found was a party that didn’t want him, that told him to leave the country.
via @RenzoDowney @TexasTribune:
texastribune.org/2026/06/15/…
Maya Lugasy retweeted
I found that dozens of U.S. citizens and immigrants across the country are seeking at least $260 million for damages they say they suffered during immigration enforcement operations. The number of claims is expected to rise.
latimes.com/politics/story/2…
Maya Lugasy retweeted
In a federal case in Oregon, ICE officers admitted under oath they have daily arrest quotas and use Palantir's app ELITE for mass targeting.
(January reporting by 404 Media, linked here, describes the app in more detail.)
theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
Maya Lugasy retweeted
ICE is buying warehouses across America and calling them detention centers. But there's a problem no one in the federal government seems to want to answer: where does the water come from? A thread. 🧵
Maya Lugasy retweeted
A year ago today, @Sec_Noem was sworn in to lead @DHSgov. Under her and @POTUS’ leadership, our border is secure, integrity has been restored to our immigration system, and the safety of our homeland comes first.
Congratulations on a historic year and thank you, Madame Secretary!
Maya Lugasy retweeted
ICE / DHS employees: I know there’s way more alarm internally than is public. Text me via signal at 202-510-1268. I’ll protect your anonymity
Maya Lugasy retweeted
Under the direction of @Sec_Noem, @DHSgov posted a Federal Register notice terminating the designation of Somalia for Temporary Protected Status, effective March 17, 2026.
Temporary does not mean permanent!
To learn more, visit uscis.gov/newsroom/news-rele…
Aliens should use the @CBP Home app to report their departure from the U.S.: cbp.gov/about/mobile-apps-di…
My uncle was missing for 52 years. This year, my mom finally got closure. So grateful to the OPP for their decades of work and unwavering determination to find Ricky’s family.
“October 3, 1973, was the last time I saw him… Suddenly, he disappeared on his bike with a backpack and we never heard from him again.”
Fifty-two years later, Ricky’s sisters were able to meet some of the dedicated team members who worked on their brother’s case and hike to the spot where he spent his last days.
📽️ Watch the full video youtu.be/tetQZtEQnyo
Maya Lugasy retweeted
If Elon Musk really didn’t want his gesture to be interpreted as a nazi salute he could’ve just hopped online and said ‘hey you guys, I think nazis are deplorable and I was miming tossing my heart out to the audience’. Instead he’s posting about the dangers of multiculturalism.
Maya Lugasy retweeted
What Trump’s election means for immigration:
Be prepared for H-1B changes. A lottery based on salary, increased filing fees, and increased enforcement against job shops.
Look for higher visa denial rates and longer processing times.
And count on no immigration reform, including no increase in numbers, no changes to per country limits, and even a possible shrinking of legal immigration.
Outside of employment based immigration, look for mass removal operations, temporary and massive detention centers, many arrests by ICE, stricter scrutiny at the ports of entry.
Prepare for the formal end of DACA, the termination of virtually all TPS programs, the end of asylum as we know it, the end of our refugees programs, and a slow walking on the diversity lottery visa issuance.
Every dream of restrictionists is about to come true.
Maya Lugasy retweeted
America has handed Trump a dark mandate on immigration; there is no way to escape the conclusion.
If you are a non-citizen without a green card in hand and are still thinking there are sunny days ahead, well, think again!
Buckle up, it will be a depressing 🧵
Maya Lugasy retweeted
The most amount of money spent on political advertising around immigration has been in... Ohio. A state whose sole international border is with Canada across Lake Erie. The next highest is Indiana, which doesn't have any international borders at all.
A team at the @washingtonpost analyzed 700+ campaign ads that mentioned immigration this year. "Taken as a whole, the ads convey an unrealistic portrait of the border as being overrun and inaccurately characterize immigrants generally as a threat." washingtonpost.com/elections…
What...did I....just read....
🚨OMG! You are not gonna believe this 5th Circuit Decision from yesterday -- Membreno-Rodriguez v garland!!!
They basically re-wrote sec 245(a) and a pile of parole based adjustment precedent 3" high to basically eliminate the possibility for AOS for any parolee who was not previously admitted into non-immigrant status. If this is allowed to stand it will be devastating, especially considering the rampant use of parole in the last 2 years. Holly cow!
ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pu…
What reality does the 5th circuit exist in
News: Fifth Circuit declines to freeze district court order scrapping Biden immigration enforcement priorities. The district court’s order already took effect a week+ ago and the priorities are off the books for now
ALT Per Curiam: No. 22-40367 Before the court is the Department of Homeland Security’s (“DHS”) request to stay the district court’s vacatur of a new immigration rule that radically reduces the federal government’s detention of those who are statutorily required to be removed post-haste. The district court determined that the rule conflicts with federal statutes, is arbitrary and capricious, and that its promulgation was procedurally invalid. We are inclined to agree. Because DHS fails to make a strong showing of likelihood of success on appeal, the motion for a stay pending appeal is DENIED. We distinguish this case from a recent decision by the Sixth Circuit, authorizing a stay pending appeal, based on differing precedent and the benefit of a complete trial record.
