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Amy Maldonado

@amymaldonadolaw.bsky.social

Immigration attorney, Chicana, partner, mother. I am all about family, community and immigration (seriously, I have no hobbies), like flowers, and have a black thumb. John Oliver once referred to me as "that lawyer" on Last Week Tonight.

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Latest posts by amymaldonadolaw.bsky.social on Bluesky

Legally, that is correct, isn't it? Since he is a Salvadoran citizen? That is horrific.

01.04.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Extension of the 2023 Designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is extending the 2023 designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Stat...

2023 Venezuela TPS EADs expiring on April 2, 2025 have been automatically extended!

District Judge Edward Chen's March 31, 2025 court order postponing DHS Secretary Noem's TPS termination leaves the prior Jan 17, 2025 notice (automatically extending EADs through April 2, 2026) in effect for now.

01.04.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump travel ban may hit MLB players from Cuba, Venezuela Players may have a hard time returning to the U.S. after facing the Toronto Blue Jays

Travel ban expected today.

21.03.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am shocked, shocked, I say.

20.02.2025 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well damn. Who’s suing?

02.02.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Two things: (1) nothing has actually been done yet? No Fed. Reg. Notice, etc. (2) I see media stating that the extension is β€œcancelled” but not the redesignation. Is that a failure to understand the difference, OR an important distinction that will allow all TPS holders to apply for new TPS?

02.02.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump betrayed Venezuelan exiles by revoking TPS and engaging Maduro | Opinion Trump announced deportation of Venezuelans and talks with Maduro raise questions about a potential Trump-Maduro deal.

Not a good move by the Trump Administration.

01.02.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently it was the Secret Service. Crazy.

25.01.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same.

25.01.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I reskeeted this earlier but there is now an extremely important correction: Secret Service says it was their agents that went to the school in Chicago, not ICE.

24.01.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3

What happened when school let out?

24.01.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A U.S. citizen wrongfully detained or arrested by ICE may be entitled to legal remedies. Speak with a lawyer about filing under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) or Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents to seek compensation for federal misconduct.

24.01.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Currently, arrests and detainers are at or below Biden levels. The sensitive locations policy revocation is to terrorize the community. However, it is working.

24.01.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have heard from multiple sources today that lawyers who provide Know Your Rights presentations in ICE detention centers have been kicked out completely.

These presentations are sometimes the only way people in detention find out details about the process they’re going through.

24.01.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4188    πŸ” 1681    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 63

Remember how I said that, at least initially, the Trump people would slap a β€œmass deportation” sticker on the side of normal ICE operations? This is what I mean.

In FY2024, under Biden, the average daily arrests were 310 and the average daily detainers served was 409.

24.01.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 471    πŸ” 187    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 12

I love how I am not hearing about this is Texas and Florida.

24.01.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE agents 'showed up' at Chicago school amid heightened concerns of raids U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen at a Chicago school Friday afternoon, hours after a Trump administration official confirmed that Illinois was among several states where hundr...

ICE is literally trying to drag children out of elementary schools. I can't. Day 4.

24.01.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Acting DHS Secretary Benjamin Huffman issued a Memo to Acting Director of ICE Caleb Vitello authorizing ICE to strip parole from people who have lawfully entered the United States and been issued employment authorization.

24.01.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Puerto Rican military veteran.

24.01.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh! I like that hashtag.

24.01.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let the racial profiling begin. Numbers-wise, Trump is still at or lower than Biden on immigration-enforcement, though.

24.01.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Taking a break from all the bad immigration news (except the immediate TRO against the Trump EO trying to deprive babies of U.S. citizenship), my own baby got to hang out with some of the 1491s last night! From left to right, @dallasgoldtooth.bsky.social Andrea (NASA advisor) and my Comanche kiddo.

24.01.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My explainer essay on the sinister relationship between the Regime's attack on birthright citizenship and the declaration that asylum seekers and migrants entering at the southern border are engaged in an "invasion":

open.substack.com/pub/tobiasba...

23.01.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump’s Mass Deportation Operation Begins with Over 300 Criminal Aliens Rounded Up on Day One | National Review β€˜Some of them were murderers. Some of them were rapists. Some of them raped a child. Some sexually assaulted a child,’ the border czar said.

I TOLD YOU ALL that they would do this. They are claiming that arresting 300 criminals is something new. That's literally the average day under Biden. But I wouldn't be shocked if it's not true and they are including noncriminals who they really want to scare www.nationalreview.com/news/trumps-...

22.01.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 225    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 12
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Donald Trump facing defeat In birthright citizenship battleβ€”legal analyst Several states have filed lawsuits in federal courts to contest President Donald Trump's executive order.

Proud of my people, the lawyers! So-called birthright citizenship is enshrined in the 14th Amendment, and is how people who are not Native Americans are legally U.S. citizens. So stop it, already! www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

22.01.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! Martin Perez, formerly of the Texas Rangers World Series team. With the White Sox for 2025.

21.01.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died β€” The 19th News Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and feminist activist, died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer, her family confirmed in a statement. She was 67.

RIP, Cecile.

20.01.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Staaaahhhhp. Make it stop!

12.12.2024 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lawyer here; have you thought about pro bono representation for a lawsuit against the company and an emergency court order?

07.12.2024 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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