Rupa Bhattacharyya

What the Justice Department Should Do With Trump’s $230 Million Demand: Nothing Settling President Trump's legal claims outside a court of law should be a nonstarter for the Justice Department.

President Trump is demanding DOJ pay him $230M in taxpayer-funded restitution.

Rupa Bhattacharyya, who spent years as the head of a major torts office at DOJ, explains in our Substack why doing nothing is the department's best and only option:

ICAP is proud to stand with @nilc.org to protect unaccompanied migrant children the government seeks to spirit away to their home countries in the dark of night. We await the Court's ruling on our preliminary injunction motion, argued today.

Bobby McIlvaine was 26 when he died in the September 11 attacks. For her 2021 Pulitzer Prize–winning story, Jennifer Senior visited his loved ones to understand how their pain endures. https://theatln.tc/Txh867AC

What @kelsi-corkran.bsky.social said.... Proud and lucky to be associated with my amazing colleagues!

I’m always proud of the work we do at ICAP, but especially so this year - check out our Annual Report to see how the ICAP team is defending democracy and the rule of law at this turning point for our country.

New! Today a federal judge granted a classwide preliminary injunction against the President's attempt to limit birthright citizenship.

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Latest post-SCOTUS action in the birthright citizenship legal fights: MD federal judge handling one of the original cases (CASA) says she'd grant a new, class-wide injunction if/when the 4th Circuit kicks the case back down
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We have the bizarre desire to put people into boxes even when they don't fit. In my view, either make the boxes fit, eliminate the boxes, or let people check what they think best describes them. The fault lies in the boxes. /end

When Asian became an option. I checked Asian. But I was never really comfortable about it. No person with heritage from India I knew described themselves as Asian. We said Indian or when it came into being South Asian. /2

As a child growing up in Louisiana, there were only two boxes: black or white. As an American with parents from India, I asked teacher which box to check. This being LA in the 70s, she looked at me like I had two heads. "Of course you would check white. Why would you check the other one?" /1

Our nation is at its best when Americans are informed, engaged, and empowered by the Constitution. That's why we're proud to support #WeHoldTheseTruths, a bipartisan effort to restore faith in the rule of law. @weholdtruths.bsky.social bit.ly/44LXmFF

Today's Supreme Court decision limiting nationwide injunctions is disappointing, but our plaintiffs (individual pregnant mothers & members of CASA and ASAP) remain protected by the injunction & we look forward to ensuring protection for all U.S.-born children.

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Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee Anti-Immigrant Law A lawsuit challenges a new law in Tennessee that makes it a crime to provide shelter to an undocumented immigrant.

NEW: Together with @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social and @tnimmigrant.bsky.social, we filed a lawsuit‬ challenging a new Tennessee law that criminalizes providing shelter to people who are undocumented.

This law is not about public safety, it’s about fear and xenophobia.

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Just in! In our lawsuit challenging the President's Executive Order to end birthright citizenship for certain children, ICAP, alongside @casaforall.bsky.social & @asylumadvocacy.bsky.social, has obtained a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the government from implementing the order.

Today, alongside CASA, Inc. & @asylumadvocacy.bsky.social, and on behalf of 5 pregnant moms, ICAP challenged Trump's Executive Order to end birthright citizenship for certain immigrants. We are proud to work to protect the 14th Amendment rights of US-born children.

More here: tinyurl.com/2ykp842z

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