Andrea R. Flores

DHS is urging DACA recipients to self-deport "DACA does not confer any form of legal status in this country," said DHS assistant press secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who then encouraged "every person here illegally" to self-deport.

This is a massive shift in policy. Confirming that DHS will not recognize DACA status as protecting people from deportation and encouraging them to self deport is as devastating as ending the program. www.npr.org/2025/07/29/n...

“Public opinion strongly disapproves of what’s happening as the Administration tries to reduce immigration as a whole to and within the United States.” — @andreaflores.bsky.social via @cnn.com on the Admin’s recent actions, which include revoking #TPS protections and work permits.

This administration is about to turbo charge a deeply broken immigration system that has a long history of disregarding the rights of U.S. citizens in its pursuit of immigration enforcement.

The unfortunate reality is that ICE is about to receive a level of enforcement resources that have not been seen in modern history — this will enable them to carry out a violent + disruptive mass deportation agenda that will certainly destroy the economy.

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I joined @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social and @aliciamenendez.bsky.social to discuss what Americans should expect now that Congress has given the admin resources to carry out mass deportations.

@andreaflores.bsky.social on the new Florida immigration detention center and human consequences of the Admin’s enforcement actions. “People who will go into these facilities are people who have lived in the U.S. for decades, including people who are losing legal status under the Admin’s policies.”

If the Alien Enemies Act remains in place, there will be mass disappearances of Venezuelans without due process.

The Supreme Court paved the way for Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship to soon take effect in some parts of the country. @andreaflores.bsky.social, vice president for immigration policy and campaigns for @fwd.us, joins The Weeknight to respond.

The plaintiffs in CASA v. Maryland acted quickly to defend the Constitutional rights of American-born children. People who may be impacted by this order still have legal options before the policy goes into effect.

What is happening in immigration detention right now is inhumane and unsustainable.

"The rights of immigrants implicate the rights of Americans...They are trying to test the limits of free speech. They're testing the limits of due process.” — @andreaflores.bsky.social via @ajenglish.bsky.social on how the admin’s enforcement actions create a Constitutional issue for all of us.

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@andreaflores.bsky.social on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return to the U.S. via @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social: "This must be the first step. There are still 200+ people who are being indefinitely detained under very suspicious legal circumstances. The Administration can return those wrongfully deported.”

Our team attended the #FreeAndry rally today in front of the Supreme Court. Andry and the 200+ people who were disappeared to El Salvador with no due process should be brought back.

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Trump’s De-legalization Campaign After a Supreme Court decision, hundreds of thousands of immigrants who followed the law are among the easiest to deport.

@andreaflores.bsky.social on the CHNV Parole Policy via the @newyorker.com: “Every piece of it was designed to build trust in the immigration system...It made humanitarian protection so much more orderly." www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

“500,000 people who were in complete compliance with our immigration system lost their status, and we just heard silence. Congress has been quiet." — @andreaflores.bsky.social via @wbur.org on the Supreme Court’s CHNV decision

I joined @gettingrown.co to talk about the current state of immigration policy and why we should all be concerned.

@andreaflores.bsky.social via @democracynow.org on the potential consequences if the unconstitutional effort to end birthright citizenship moves forward: “If you have a child born in South Carolina not be a citizen, but a child born in North Carolina is a citizen — that’s going to be catastrophe.”

I joined @democracynow.org to discuss the latest on birthright citizenship.

Some good news from the Supreme Court. The administration’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is completely inappropriate & it is not necessary to carry out deportations. Elected officials must push for the return of the individuals already wrongfully disappeared under Act.

@andreaflores.bsky.social via @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social on the potential dramatic and far-reaching consequences of the Supreme Court case on birthright citizenship: “There could be parents on Temporary Protected Status who have been found to be refugees, but their children would be stateless.”

Today’s Supreme Court hearing should alarm everyone. The government wants to implement an order that would split our country in half.

Today’s arguments were critically important for all of us.

Opinion | The Birthright Citizenship Case Could Split the Country in Two

As the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in CASA v. Trump, @andreaflores.bsky.social’s op-ed couldn’t be more timely.

"... the focus on this legal question has obscured what is really at stake: the definition of U.S. citizenship and what it means to be an American."

Opinion | The Birthright Citizenship Case Could Split the Country in Two

A ruling that weakens nationwide protections would not only gut the 14th Amendment’s promise of citizenship for the children of immigrants, but also tear at the core of America’s national identity.

Don’t miss @andreaflores.bsky.social’s latest in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/o...

Opinion | What’s Really at Stake in the U.S. Supreme Court Case on Birthright Citizenship (Gift Article) The focus on a specific legal question has overshadowed the more crucial issues at stake.

My latest essay for the @nytimes.com explaining the potential consequences of today’s Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/o...

Excited to join this event tonight!

Excited to see some of the ideas from www.fwd.us/news/a-bette... incorporated in Senator Gallego’s new paper. Looking forward to see what makes it into the legislation.

Dems can win this issue back, but they need to explain how they would govern differently from this admin & why legalization for longtime undocumented immigrants is a far better solution than chaotic arrests & deportations that don’t increase public safety for anyone.

A Better Way Forward: Border Security Policy Plan FWD’s new white paper on border security and regional migration recommends interlocking evidence-based policies to promote an orderly immigration system.

Since January, we’ve shared this white paper with federal, state & local lawmakers & it’s good to see a growing consensus around building legal pathways, reforming the asylum system, & embracing regional processing. www.fwd.us/news/a-bette...