Scott Hechinger

But here’s the thing: you all did in fact vote to deport moms.

But here’s the thing: you all did in fact vote to deport moms.

This should outrage you. NYPD invaded this artist’s show to arrest him for an offense so minor that it *requires police to release w/ a ticket.*

This is harassment—plain and simple. And a massive waste of taxpayer funds. t.co/uQZB1UFEDU

These are people who are complying with the law. They're coming to their hearings, doing what's asked of them. ICE is snatching them up because Trump wants numbers, and it's a lot easier and cheaper to detain compliant people than to hunt down dangerous people evading apprehension.

Immigration “judges” and ICE work for the same bosses. And these aren’t real courts (unless you’re big on early modern legal traditions huge numbers of oppressed people fled Europe hundreds of years ago to escape.)

I’m just a simple country lawyer but it seems to me that if I voluntarily dismissed a case with the specific knowledge and intent of aiding and abetting what has already been held by the highest court in the land to be an illegal scheme, I could expect to be disbarred before I even reach the hallway

The other part of this is that means they are purposefully targeting the people who are “doing everything right”

ICE agents deploy new tactic: arresting people as they leave mandatory court hearings Migrant-rights advocates say the new approach is causing confusion as undocumented immigrants see cases dismissed before ICE agents move in.

One thing people aren’t grasping about ICE waiting in immigration court to kidnap people at their hearings:

DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

A very good question. Judges *could decline to dismiss the cases. But remember: Trump emptied the immigration judge bench of anyone who he didn’t think would go along with his agenda. bsky.app/profile/mmor...

ICE agents deploy new tactic: arresting people as they leave mandatory court hearings Migrant-rights advocates say the new approach is causing confusion as undocumented immigrants see cases dismissed before ICE agents move in.

One thing people aren’t grasping about ICE waiting in immigration court to kidnap people at their hearings:

DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

This Court has ordered that Defendants address "the news reports regarding statements made by South Sudan's police spokesperson, Maj. Gen. James Monday Enoka, that if migrants arrive in South Sudan, they would be investigated and 'redeported to their correct country' if found not to be South Sudanese and whether this implicates the prohibition against chain refoulment." ECF No. 121. The first I heard of this statement of Maj. Gen. Enoka was during the course of the hearing on Monday, May 21, 2025. Defendants lack any personal knowledge regarding whether the migrants to which he refers are related to aliens whom the Department of Homeland Security negotiated with the government of South Sudan to accept. Regardless, review of the individual immigration cases of the aliens on the plane subject to the Court's inquiries revealed that none were granted withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act or withholding or deferral of removal under the regulations implementing Article 3 of the Convention Against Torture to any country, including their country of nationality. Therefore, based on my understanding, the principle of "chain refoulment" does not apply to them.

NEW: ICE tells Judge Murphy that even though the South Sudan police spox threatened to relocate US deportees to another country, the court doesn't have to worry, because none of the men have previously been found to have legit fears of persecution elsewhere. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

That moment with the cabinet secretary who does not understand the concept of habeas corpus demands that universities make sure their students "learn what this country is about."

Lying in support of “White genocide” in South Africa while discontinuing DOJ investigations into systemic police abuse & mass killings of disproportionately Black & brown people in the United States are interrelated state acts of white supremacist violence.

The opposite of what the Constitution says.

As Trump exploits unprecedented & illegal powers to exact collective punishment on migrants & other marginalized people, CNN & other outlets are publishing—w/o correction, challenge, or context—his outright lie that he shares the Pope’s tolerance migrants. Journalistic failure.

Andrew Cuomo’s Cruelty Should Not Be Rewarded With New York City's Mayoralty Here are five of the biggest reasons the disgraced former governor should be denied a political comeback.

I was a public defender in Brooklyn during Cuomo’s governorship. I saw up close how he impacted the city I love, and the people and communities I represented.

I wrote here on the 5 biggest public safety reasons Cuomo is patently unqualified to lead NYC. zeteo.com/p/andrew-cuo...

For all of you whose vote was manipulated by mass media & politicians scaring you into believing you’ve never been less safe, the *2024 crime rate was the lowest in record since 1961.*

Pam Bondi is too busy illegally prosecuting people for activism and threatening to sell Tesla protestors to El Salvador to be tortured.

As Trump disappears students for sharing viewpoints about the Middle East on outrageous claims of supporting “terrorism,” Trump continues to celebrate and support actual acts of domestic terrorism.

They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.

You sold your immigrant residents to Trump to get your criminal charges for historic levels of corruption dropped. You are corrupt to the core. You shouldn’t be Mayor. Resign.

My god. Trump's deportation effort constitutes a clear assault on civil liberties and due process rights. It also represents an arguably darker milestone:

"The US government is now in the business of trafficking migrants on the global market." t.co/zlCktbtfDA

You sold your immigrant residents to Trump to get your criminal charges for historic levels of corruption dropped. You are corrupt to the core. You shouldn’t be Mayor. Resign.

My god. Trump's deportation effort constitutes a clear assault on civil liberties and due process rights. It also represents an arguably darker milestone:

"The US government is now in the business of trafficking migrants on the global market." t.co/zlCktbtfDA

As Trump disappears students for sharing viewpoints about the Middle East on outrageous claims of supporting “terrorism,” Trump continues to celebrate and support actual acts of domestic terrorism.

Pam Bondi is too busy illegally prosecuting people for activism and threatening to sell Tesla protestors to El Salvador to be tortured.

Wow. One of the key sources on *how immigration is not linked to more crime, but actually the opposite*-The National Institute of Justice-has removed all publications about "crime rates among undocumented immigrants."

They are: "Reviewing materials in accordance w/ Executive Orders."

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For all of you whose vote was manipulated by mass media & politicians scaring you into believing you’ve never been less safe, the *2024 crime rate was the lowest in record since 1961.*

Democrats need to be saying “fuck” a whole lot more. Thanks
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social for continuing to meet the moment.