Tabitha M Woodruff Esq

It's crazy how much terrible racist policy of caging human beings is being driven by the political contributions and profit margins of the private prison industry. It's a repulsive mistake for us to have a system in which powerful people get richer by warehousing huge #s of people with no oversight

Thank you to everyone who demanded freedom for Liam. We won’t stop until all children and families are home.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

The Milestone Foundation is growing!   We’re excited to introduce Tabitha Woodruff as The Milestone Foundation’s new Director of Development.   Tabitha joins us from Public Justice, where she served… ... The Milestone Foundation is growing!   We’re excited to introduce Tabitha Woodruff as The Milestone Foundation’s new Director of Development.   Tabitha joins us from Public Justice, where she served a...

Thrilled to share that I have joined The Milestone Foundation as its new Director of Development! I look forward to working with plaintiff attorneys and advocates to ensure more people can pursue justice without sacrificing their financial futures! www.linkedin.com/posts/the-mi...

This website is a very comprehensive list of ways to give in Minnesota right now - immigrant support organizations, mutual aid funds, and more. A big thank you to @ziibiing for putting this together! FOLLOW AND SHARE!!! Abolish ICE! End the occupation! www.standwithminnesota.com

A police officer throws a can of tear gas at protesters gathered after a fatal shooting by federal agents on January 24, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. [Stephen Maturen/Getty Images via AFP]

Protesters take cover behind overturned rubbish containers as federal agents block a downtown street during clashes in Minneapolis. [Kerem Yucel/AFP]

Tensions rose again in Minneapolis after federal agents fatally shot 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti. [Craig Lassig/EPA]

Federal officers fire tear gas canisters at protesters in Minneapolis. [Craig Lassig/EPA]

Protesters demand immigration agents leave Minneapolis https://aje.news/96sru1

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...

Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.

I’m very proud of the work that @fpbland.bsky.social and his colleagues do on this and other human rights issues. Keep up the fight!

The last Columbia protester in ICE detention: Leqaa Kordia on her 9 months in captivity Leqaa Kordia has been held by ICE since her arrest in March 2025. Her attorneys say the White House is targeting the last remaining Columbia University protester in custody for her activism, using…

Leqaa Kordia has been held by ICE since her arrest in March 2025. Her attorneys say the White House is targeting the last remaining Columbia University protester in custody for her activism, using racism and procedural tricks to prevent her release.
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"[A]n immigration judge has twice ordered [Leqaa Kordia's] release ... [F]ilings with the [BIA] have left Kordia in a state of continuous legal limbo. If deported, Kordia will be turned over to the Israeli government, which has killed almost 200 members of her family during the genocide in Gaza."

America is always like “ok but the NEXT regime change will work,” like when I “cut out carbs” briefly every January.

This is the video.

“If we hope to realize the equity and justice visualized in our civil rights statutes, we must prioritize the eradication of unlawful policies and procedures that further disparate impact discrimination.” - Attorney @tabithawoodruff.bsky.social, submitted as part of our comments.

Well done @publicjustice.bsky.social & @raicestexas.bsky.social & @legalaidnyc.bsky.social & @freemigration.bsky.social & the NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic & Covington Burling LLP!!!

LAS Suit: Federal Immigration Fines Are Unconstitutional The Government is issuing up to $1.82 million in fines without notice, evidence, or a chance to contest them.

BREAKING: We just filed a federal class action lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s civil fines that force immigrants to choose between self-deportation or penalties up to $1.82M each. https://legalaidnyc.org/news/federal-immigration-fines-unconstitutional/

This week was my last week at Public Justice, as my position (and a half dozen others) have been phased out. I am so grateful for the time I had at this org! I do not know what the future holds for me, but wherever I land, I will still be rooting for the inspiring advocates at Public Justice.

UN again calls on Israel to open Gaza’s Rafah crossing, stop blocking aid Israeli authorities are refusing to let in 600 aid trucks per day as specified in ceasefire deal, UN official says.

Israeli authorities are refusing to let in 600 aid trucks per day as specified in ceasefire deal, UN official says.

20 people have died in ICE custody so far this year — the most since 2005 Deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, by calendar year. 2025 data is through Oct. 18. From 2004 to 2025, ICE custody deaths: Bush 32, 20, 18, 8, 16 Obama 10, 9, 11, 5, 9, 6, 7, 12 Trump 11, 11, 3, 16 Biden 5, 3, 7, 11 Trump 20 Notes 2025 data does not include two deaths from a Texas shooting and a death during an apprehension in Illinois Source: ICE.gov, American Immigration Lawyers Association Credit: Rahul Mukherjee/NPR

Pretty telling that ICE custody deaths spiked under Bush and Trump.

www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...

US groups demand release of American-Palestinian teen imprisoned by Israel More than 95 organizations advocate for freedom of 16-year-old dual citizen detained for more than six months

US groups demand release of American-Palestinian teen imprisoned by Israel

More than 100 organizations advocate for freedom of 16-year-old dual citizen detained for more than six months www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A Mystery in Trinidad as Bodies Wash Ashore After U.S. Strikes The U.S. campaign targeting what it says is drug trafficking from Venezuela has exposed Trinidad to the fallout: unidentified bodies with burn marks and missing limbs showing up in its territory.

Unidentified bodies with missing limbs washed ashore on Trinidad’s coast after the U.S. carried out its first strike on a boat in the Caribbean. In Trinidad, some are questioning whether the prime minister’s hesitance to cross the Trump administration is keeping residents from getting answers.

Another danger lies in Dems championing a “trained ICE” as somehow better than what we have now.

Chicago Against Trump’s Authoritarianism As ICE violently snatches Chicagoans in broad daylight and seems to be waging war on the city itself, Chicago City Council member and socialist Anthony Quezada recounts how the city is pushing back.

As fed power tries to turn Chicago into a war zone, community defenders, rapid response teams, & city leaders build sanctuary & share Know Your Rights. Chicago proves safety is solidarity. Neighbors protect neighbors, refuse to be divided, and plant seeds for change.
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You don't get more conservative with age, it's just the honest version of you comes out

Public Justice attorney Lucia Goin @lu-ci-a.bsky.social will present oral argument TODAY in the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Gudex v. Franklin Collection Services, Inc. on at 10:45 AM ET. You can watch the livestream here:
www.wicourts.gov/opinions/sor...

SCOTUS, ICE Raids & The Matter of Facts There is a lot one can say about today’s Supreme Court order lifting the stay issued by a federal district court in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo,[i]. This is the case that challenges the constitutionality o...

Today’s SCOTUS “decision” marks another day of doublespeak and racism. Is it the shittiest ever. Nah. But it’s up (down?) there at the top/bottom.

Need help with the details? I do. Thankfully, we have people like @sifill.bsky.social in our world.

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Largest Ever Verdict Dealt Against Gun Dealer Rendered for the City of Baltimore Jury awards City of Baltimore, represented by Brady and co-counsel, $62 million dollars in damages after nearby gun dealer Hanover Armory flooded the City with deadly ghost guns BALTIMORE, MD, August ...

Berger Montague obtained the largest-ever verdict against a gun dealer. The jury awarded $62 million after a gun dealer flooded Baltimore with deadly ghost guns. The award is ten times larger than the previous record. bergermontague.com/news/largest...

#Gaza: On Aug. 23, heavy gunfire broke out while people were gathered around one of our water-trucking distribution points in #KhanYounis.

Demand protection for civilians and humanitarian aid.

Sign: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...

Update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...

I’ve learned much about grieving f/ Jewish activists through the “Three Weeks” & Tisha B’Av recently. Just as I don’t believe Christianity is the white nationalism that Trump preaches, I don’t believe Judaism is the bloodlust that Netanyahu, Sen. Schumer, or their accomplices preach. #FreePalestine