BREAKING: DC District Court just granted our emergency motion, filed with @immigrantjustice.bsky.social, stopping ICE from locking up unaccompanied immigrant children in adult detention centers once they turn 18.Β
Locking up young people in ICE jails only inflicts more harm on vulnerable youth.
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Join us THIS TUESDAY (Oct 7, 7 pm ET) for a critical virtual call about the latest DACA developments.
The admin filed briefs on Sept 29 about how they might proceed with DACA. These are NOT final decisions. The program hasn't changed yet.
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The Trump administration announced it is cutting federal education funding for minority-serving institutions (MSIs)βcolleges and universities that enroll large numbers of Asian, Latino, Black, or Native American students from low-income families. www.theeduledger.com/leadership-p...
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![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A326
KRISTI NOEM, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. v. NATIONAL TPS ALLIANCE, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR A STAY
[October 3, 2025]
In March of this year, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California entered a preliminary order postponing the effective date of the Secretary of Homeland Security's decision to remove "temporary protected status" (TPS) from Venezuelan nationals living in the United States. See 8 U.S. C. Β§1254a; 5 U.S. C. Β§705.
In May, this Court stayed that order while the Government appealed. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ultimately affirmed the District Court's preliminary order. Last month, the District Court entered final judgment in respondents' favor, holding unlawful and setting aside the Secretary's actions effectuating her decisionβ namely, her vacatur of a pending extension of TPS for Venezuelan nationals, and her termination of that status itself.
See 5 U. S. C. Β§706(2). (The District Court also concluded that the Secretary unlawfully vacated a TPS extension for Haitian nationals. The Government now seeks to stay the portions of the District Court's judgment pertaining to Ven-ezuela, but not Haiti. See Application 7, n. 6.)
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and by her referred to the Court is granted. Although the posture of the case has changed, the parties' legal arguments and relative harms generally have not. The same result that we reached in May is appropriate here.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifwdli7xxfny6ivyfuusq7lptvsyntu7ypokqdyrgpoxlyw4dmokq@jpeg)
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A326
KRISTI NOEM, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. v. NATIONAL TPS ALLIANCE, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR A STAY
[October 3, 2025]
In March of this year, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California entered a preliminary order postponing the effective date of the Secretary of Homeland Security's decision to remove "temporary protected status" (TPS) from Venezuelan nationals living in the United States. See 8 U.S. C. Β§1254a; 5 U.S. C. Β§705.
In May, this Court stayed that order while the Government appealed. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ultimately affirmed the District Court's preliminary order. Last month, the District Court entered final judgment in respondents' favor, holding unlawful and setting aside the Secretary's actions effectuating her decisionβ namely, her vacatur of a pending extension of TPS for Venezuelan nationals, and her termination of that status itself.
See 5 U. S. C. Β§706(2). (The District Court also concluded that the Secretary unlawfully vacated a TPS extension for Haitian nationals. The Government now seeks to stay the portions of the District Court's judgment pertaining to Ven-ezuela, but not Haiti. See Application 7, n. 6.)
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and by her referred to the Court is granted. Although the posture of the case has changed, the parties' legal arguments and relative harms generally have not. The same result that we reached in May is appropriate here.
NOEM v. NATIONAL TPS ALLIANCE
JACKSON, J., dissenting
The September 5, 2025 order entered by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, case No. 25-cv-1766, is stayed as to the Venezuela vacatur and Venezuela termination, pending the disposition of the Government's appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is timely sought. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR and JUSTICE KAGAN would deny the application.
JUSTICE JACKSON, dissenting from the grant of application for stay.
BREAKING: SCOTUS (again) allows Sec. Noem to proceed with ending Temporary Protect Status for more than 600,000 Venezuelans, over the objection of the three Democratic appointees.
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They have done so in reasoned and thoughtful written opinionsβopinions that, in the nor- βmal course, we would get to parse, assess, and embrace or reject, while fully explaining our reasoning.
I really appreciate Justice Jackson contrasting the lower courts' meticulous and responsible approach to judgingβextensive deliberations, written opinionsβwith the Supreme Court's slapdash, unreasoned work over the shadow docket. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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U.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family says
Mario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador β a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
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What happened to Jackie and Carlos Merlos and their young children is outrageous. We need urgent action to help reunite this family: act.nilc.org/page/88106/p...
π§΅Read about their story and the extraordinarily cruel lengths that CBP and ICE went to disappear them‡οΈ
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Think Immigration:Β Zealously Representing Clients in the Face of Trump Administration Attacks
AILA Past President Kathleen Campbell Walker describes how the Trump Administration's rapid changes to immigration agency policies, such as arming USCIS agents, combined with 'eviscerating existing lo...
AILA Past President Kathleen Campbell Walker on #ThinkImmigration: USCISβs new enforcement authority disrupts the long-standing separation between benefits adjudication and enforcement, creating complex challenges for immigration lawyers and their clients. https://bit.ly/42KeJVQ
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ICE's 287(g) Enforcement Program Reaches 1,000 Active Agreements Across 40 States
New data reveals massive growth in the 287(g) program under the Trump administration, a 7.5x increase since January. Half are the most aggressive Task Force Model MOAs.
ICE's 287(g) Enforcement Program Reaches 1,000 Active Agreements Across 40 States
New data reveals massive growth in the 287(g) program under the Trump administration, a 7.5x increase since January. Half are the most aggressive Task Force Model MOAs.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/ices-287g-...
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The Trump administration is QUIETLY KILLING DACA. Immigrant youth are our teachers, neighbors, farmworkers, and parents. They contribute billions to
our economy. We will not stay silent as this administration dismantles DACA. #ProtectDACA
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Cut Funding to ICE's Dangerous 287(g) Program
ICE's 287(g) program turns local police into a weapon for ICE, meaning more racial profiling, more fear in our communities, and more people in immigrant detention. Tell Congress to cut funding to it n...
The number of partnerships between ICE and local police has exploded by more than 600% since the start of President Trump's second term.
Tell Congress to cut funding for the dangerous 287(g) program NOW.
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HAPPENING NOW: The Trump administration withdraws its claim that parents of the Guatemalan children it tried to send back last month had requested their return.
DOJ says it has no basis for that claim now in light of contradictory info provided by the Guatemalan government.
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Nighttime Deportations: When Government Policy Becomes Child Trauma
Unaccompanied Guatemalan children seeking asylum in the U.S. were nearly deported overnight in a controversial Trump administration operation.
Yet another example of the cruelty being the point "What is clear...is that the government may have, in a single night, permanently scarred children who were just beginning to feel like they had found a safe place, far away from the danger and threats they had fled" msmagazine.com/2025/09/08/g...
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Particularly notable given that Bove is now a judge on the court tasked with deciding whether or not Alina Habba legally has a job
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge Paula Xinis holds a virtual scheduling conference in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's habeas case challenging the Trump admin's efforts to remove him to Uganda. π§΅
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We're in court today fighting for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a journalist who was arrested by police for covering a protest and then detained by ICE.
The First Amendment is clear: The government canβt punish journalists for keeping the public informed.
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Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith issued a memo allowing officers to notify ICE about people not in custody, such as during traffic stops. MPD is also allowed to help ICE transport detained subjects.
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Because families belong together. Always.
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IRS to share personal data with immigration agents to aid deportation efforts
The Trump administration is giving personal data to immigration authorities to aid its crackdown. The AP reported ICE is getting access to Medicaid data and ProPublica found the IRS is building a prog...
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The IRS has agreed to share confidential taxpayer data β like names and addresses β with ICE to aid deportations, breaking decades of privacy precedent. This chilling move undermines trust and sets a dangerous precedent for surveillance. #AbuseofPowerWatch
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Trump has gone too far with mass deportations, new polls find
Majority said they disapprove of White Houseβs handling of deportations and is trying to expel more people than they thought it would
-CNN poll showed that 55 percent of Americans thought that the Trump administration had gone too far with deportations, up ten points since April
-CBS poll showed 51 percent of Americans think Trump is focused too much on deportations
via @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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