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JUST IN: 7th Circuit does NOT immediately grant Trump admin's request for emergency administrative stay of judge's order limiting fed response to anti-ICE protests in IL. Sets Thursday deadline for protester/journalist response. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
11.11.2025 02:37 β π 95 π 40 π¬ 2 π 1
Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump
The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.
NEW: The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached the Texas Department of Public Safety, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.
In other words: Texas is deputizing some of its state officers to act as roving ICE agents.
www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-28...
04.11.2025 23:16 β π 195 π 175 π¬ 6 π 19
ICE Accused of Holding People Hidden Inside Field Offices Sites - Inquisitr News
ICE faces allegations of detaining people in small, secretive holding rooms for days or weeks, violating their own rules and procedures.
New report: ICE accused of using hidden processing rooms as βblack sitesβ for long-term migrant detention, violating its own policies. Advocates cite a βtotal lack of oversightβ and are taking legal action.
Read Full story: www.inquisitr.com/ice-accused-...
04.11.2025 16:04 β π 26 π 23 π¬ 0 π 0
U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. β¦
"It has really become a prison."
04.11.2025 22:01 β π 1329 π 265 π¬ 14 π 14
JUST IN: 11 9th Circuit judges dissent* as appeals court declines en banc rehearing of ruling letting Trump use National Guard in L.A. Some judges may keep powder dry for Oregon case w/weaker facts for Trump admin. Doc: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
23.10.2025 01:37 β π 435 π 134 π¬ 17 π 10
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops
The Supreme Court just cleared the way for racial profiling during immigration raids and sweeps.
This means the Trump administration could rapidly expand its plans for law enforcement to harass people based on their skin color, the neighborhood they live in, or the language they speak.
08.09.2025 20:42 β π 35 π 15 π¬ 3 π 2
Kavanaugh:
β’ says DHS should only βbrieflyβ detain U.S. citizens (even though 2 Latino U.S. citizen plaintiffs were held, repeatedly questioned, and disbelieved).
β’ Claims living in βhigh immigrantβ areas, working certain jobs, or not speaking English = enough to detain.
08.09.2025 18:12 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π¨ SCOTUS just greenlit racial profiling in immigration arrests. No majority opinionβbut the impact is clear: immigrants and U.S. citizens of color are at risk.
Kavanaughβs concurrence ignores the evidence & tramples the 4th Amendmentβs requirement of individualized suspicion:
08.09.2025 18:12 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
My and Dr. Lealβs policy report on enforced disappearances of migrants in CBP custody is up! If you donβt have time to read our article in J. on Migration & Human Security, our policy brief provides recommendations for ending enforced disappearance in CBP custody: bmi.arizona.edu/sites/defaul...
07.08.2025 18:28 β π 12 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Constitutional rights are use-it-or-lose-it. Every person who refuses unlawful questioning forces agents to either respect legal boundaries or reveal they're ignoring them. Your citizenship doesn't obligate you to make ICE's job easierβit obligates you to make them do it legally.
08.08.2025 15:31 β π 39 π 17 π¬ 1 π 1
If you have US citizenship, do not help ICE by telling ICE about your citizenship. Just refuse to talk to them. Refuse to answer their questions. Turn on your phone and run away from them. If they're wasting their time profiling you, you're saving the lives of people who ICE really wants to profile.
08.08.2025 15:22 β π 224 π 65 π¬ 13 π 3
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S
MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
For purposes of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(b), the President and Fellows of
Harvard College ("Plaintiff") has made a sufficient showing that it has provided notice to
Defendants Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Todd Lyons, Department of Justice, Pamela Bondi, Student and Exchange Visitor
Program, Jim Hicks, Department of State, and Marco Rubio (collectively, "Defendants") and that,
unless its Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order ("TRO"), [ECF No. 4 (the "Motion")],
is granted, it will sustain immediate and irreparable injury before there is an opportunity to hear
from all parties. Thus, a TRO is justified to preserve the status quo pending a hearing and the
Plaintiff's Motion is GRANTED.
Accordingly, Defendants, their agents, and anyone acting in concert or participation with
Defendants are hereby enjoined from:
A. Implementing, instituting, maintaining, or giving effect to the revocation of
Plaintiff's SEVP certification;
B. Giving any force or effect to the Department of Homeland Security's May 22, 2025
Revocation Notice.
Case 1:25-cv-11472-ADB
Document 11 Filed 05/23/25 Page 2 of 2
It is so ordered.
May 23, 2025
/s/Allison D. Burroughs
ALLISON D. BURROUGHS
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
BREAKING: Judge Burroughs grants Harvard's request for a temporary restraining order, barring the Trump administration from revoking the universityβs student exchange certification.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
23.05.2025 16:04 β π 1410 π 303 π¬ 24 π 22
Great blog by @naynagupta.bsky.social discussing the lack of standards in assessing gang affiliations and the near total inability to contest them in the immigration system. This has allowed the Trump admin to transfer 238 Venezuelans to a Salvadoran prison by presenting almost no evidence.
26.03.2025 15:53 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
133. Birthright Citizenship (Sort of) Reaches the Court
The Trump administration's emergency applications in three birthright citizenship cases are a cynical effort to mitigate the effects of an inevitable loss on the merits. The justices shouldn't bite.
Trumpβs DOJ knows it canβt win the birthright citizenship cases on the merits, so itβs trying to use a procedural issue (that #SCOTUS has repeatedly dodged) to put the policy into effect across much of the country.
Todayβs βOne Firstβ looks at the cynical ploy:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/133-birthr...
17.03.2025 13:34 β π 426 π 124 π¬ 7 π 4
Today, Congress passed a spending bill that includes even more funding for detention and deportation. Congressional leaders should invest in programs that strengthen communities and support families.
Instead, they're spending tax dollars on ICE and family separation.
immcouncil.co/4heEHFJ
14.03.2025 22:56 β π 15 π 8 π¬ 1 π 0
Nearly 700 communities in 32 states plus Washington, D.C. could be deemed as βsanctuaryβ under H.R. 32 and would be at risk of losing federal funding for critical programs that serve everyone, including both noncitizens and citizens.
01.03.2025 04:24 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
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