@l-toczylowski.bsky.social
Immigration lawyer, co-founder & President/CEO of @immdef.bsky.social, mom fighting for a better world for my kids. Based in beautiful Los Angeles. #Resist #DueProcess4all #SaveAsylum #TeamImmDef #WelcomeWithDignity
We were able to identify Andry exiting the plane in Venezuela. After 125 days in a torture prison in El Salvador, he has been released & sent back to the country he initially fled.
We will keep fighting for justice for Andry.
@ImmDef statement: www.immdef.org/blog/andryre...
Yes! So grateful to @amnesty.org ❤️
It has been 122 days since Andry was disappeared & forced to El Salvador.
4+ months of being held incommunicado in a torture prison. 4+ months of his family & legal team wondering if he will survive.
Thank you congressman @robertgarcia.bsky.social for continuing to speak his name. ❤️ #FreeAndry
Today is day 110 since Andry Hernandez Romero was disappeared to CECOT in El Salvador. Kilmar has now confirmed what we have feared since 3/15 — Andry has almost certainly endured 110 days of torture.
We need proof of life. He needs to be brought back now.
#FreeAndry @immdef.bsky.social
Andry’s case is bigger than him. While we fight to save his life & undo this travesty of justice, we also fight for the future of our democracy. We fight for due process & for the rule of law. We fight for Andry but also know his fight is one that none of us can afford to lose.
It is our hope that soon Judge Boasberg will order the return of Andry, our other clients at CECOT & all of the men unjustly imprisoned there. Like so many following his case, I wake up every day and think of Andry. We are not giving up until he is safe and free. #BringThemBack
In last 100 days Trump admin moved to further erase Andry by getting his asylum case dismissed. But we are still fighting for his return and the return of all the men sent with no due process to CECOT. Andry is now one of the lead plaintiffs in JGG v. Trump which remains pending.
It is day 100 since Andry was disappeared by Trump admin to a gulag in El Salvador. 100 days since this photo was snapped while he begged for his mom. 100 days of wondering if he is still alive. We’re still waiting for the devastatingly slow wheels of justice to turn. #FreeAndry
After more than 15 hours of attorneys advocating at the federal building since yesterday, @immdef.bsky.social client Javier is finally free. He is now on his way to his chemo appointment with his nephew. He let us know he is so grateful to everyone who fought for his release. ❤️
10 hours after @immdef.bsky.social got here to advocate for Javier’s release, we are leaving w/out him. We fought all day, talked to every ICE officer we could. But they won’t say whether they’ll release tonight, & even if they do, won’t give a time estimate. We will be back to fight again tomorrow!
The team at @immdef.bsky.social is currently working on dozens of cases of people picked up in the last 24 hours in LA.
Among them is Javier, who has cancer & will miss his chemo tomorrow if ICE continues to detain him. He has lived in LA for more than 20 years and has no criminal history.
"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California
Senator Padilla cuffed on the ground for trying to ask Noem a question… 😳🇺🇸
You know when Los Angeles had order? Last weekend before Trump and his thugs pulled this stunt to provoke chaos in our city.
Meanwhile, while all eyes are on the protest downtown, ICE is out around the city raiding carwashes and terrorizing residential neighborhoods.
We have not lost our sense of humor ❤️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=DO0f... Starting with @l-toczylowski.bsky.social telling Andry Hernandez Romero’s story #freeAndry
You can donate at ClueJustice.org/bond. @ImmDef has a team at the main detention facility holding people rounded up in the ICE raids this week to provide legal consults and assess eligibility for bond.
No immigrant stands alone.
#LAstandstogether #TeamImmDef
🚨 Day 60: 238 men remain forcibly disappeared in El Salvador’s CECOT prison. U.S. Reps toured the prison, heard their desperate cries,“Freedom! Help! Kidnapped!” & walked past w/o helping.
Visit freeandry.org to learn how you can still help.
#FreeAndry #BringThemBack
youtube.com/shorts/20o79...
The last time loved ones spoke with Andry "was from a US detention facility on March 14. After he was moved out of the country, he had not been heard from since.”
“This is the most shocking thing I’ve ever seen happen to a client of ours,” said his attorney, @l-toczylowski.bsky.social.
Today is day 50 since Andry disappeared, & we have no proof of life since the horrific photos taken as he arrived at CECOT.
@immdef.bsky.social is so grateful to @lastweektonight.com for featuring his plight on tonight’s episode. We’re still fighting for his return, we’re holding on to hope 👑
“It is terrifying,” attorney @l-toczylowski.bsky.social tells @advocate.com about her client’s forced disappearance to El Salvador. “Because we have no idea what is happening to him.” www.advocate.com/news/andry-r...
“If it were me, I’d want someone to tell my story. I’d want someone to know I was human,” @l-toczylowski.bsky.social continued. “If it can happen to Andry — it can happen to a green card holder. It can happen to a U.S. citizen. That should chill us all.”
“We obviously do all of this work pro bono. So, if people want to support organizations like us that fight to get due process for people and that provide free lawyers to people, they should. We could certainly use the support." @l-toczylowski.bsky.social
Just did:
give.immdef.org/give/545119/...
Thank you 🙏
Tomorrow we celebrate 10 yrs of fearless advocacy w/ powerful voices & unforgettable performances! Join us + Mariachi Arcoiris & Trans Chorus LA at Union Station for a night to remember.
🎟️ Get your tickets: Bit.ly/FearlesslyDefendingJustice
Bid on exclusive items now: bit.ly/10thAnniversaryAuction
Our fight for justice for Andry and the 235+ other human beings who were illegally rendered to CECOT with no due process carries on.
We know the only fight we are guaranteed to lose is the one we give up on. And the ImmDef team is not giving up until we #FreeAndry.
Tomorrow will be 40 days since Andry disappeared. Despite calls for his release & information on his condition from Gov Newsom, Rep García, Rep Takano, Rep Frost, Rep Dexter, Rep Ansari & more he continues to be held completely incommunicado, w/ no access to his family or lawyers.
ICE also filed a change of address today which ironically is first doc that confirms Andry’s rendition was pursuant to AEA. We noted in court it mistakenly says last place of detention was SD, not TX. Shocking how sloppy ICE is in a case that has garnered such public attention.
Release form ICE filed is not a removal order. We asked if they could provide an actual removal order, & ICE attorney responded “I will need to check with management.”
Judge noted our opposition to the dismissal and gave us a new hearing in late May to allow time for briefing.
Despite disappearing Andry 5 weeks ago, Govt filed motion to dismiss 44 minutes b4 today’s hearing. Only evidence in support of motion is this “Verification of Removal” dated 3/15.
NOTE: photo on doc was not taken on 3/15, it’s same photo on his I-213 from initial entry to US.