Lily S. Axelrod

i’m not seeing here in the constitution where it says every single day must be insane

During Trump 1 they used to play Fox News.

I didn't see video clips of deportations but there was a slide show of copaganda pics and text about how the country is "closed to criminals."

Client to me in USCIS this morning, pointing at pic on the wall of Noem: "Who is that lady?"
Me: "The Secretary of Homeland Security. Unfortunately."
Guard: *trying valiantly not to laugh.*

“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.

Immigration lawyering under Trump 1 was kafkaesque. This time it’s more like Dante’s Inferno.

I interact with immigrants and their families all day so they are mostly all too aware. Then I encounter the few living in blissful unawareness and I have to be the one to bust their bubble. 😭

I think this shift in opinion has to be credited to Stephen Miller's absolute commitment to making ICE a public spectacle horror show.

Picture of two paystubs, showing full-time work for the pay periods covering 12/10/00 to 12/23/00, all identifying info redacted.

Fellow immigration lawyers know why I'm excited to see this.

Now he wants to deport the janitors?

For sure! Some state economies rely on undocumented labor more than others, and I'm sure there are people much smarter than I am who could crunch data and see where Arkansas fits in the pack. All I know is I have a TON of undocumented AR clients and they are pretty much all essential workers.

Also Arkansas values its agriculture, poultry, medical, and construction industries, which would disappear without undocumented labor...

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing

ICE arresting people at deportation hearings encourages people not to go and keep up with their legal status. they’re literally creating more people in an undocumented status on purpose.

One morning, Kafka’s Josef K. awakens to encounter two strange men outside his room. As he gets his bearings, he realizes that he is under arrest. When he asks the strangers why, he receives no answer. “We weren’t sent to tell you that,” one says. “Proceedings are under way and you’ll learn everything in due course.” Franz Kafka, The Trial 5 (Breon Mitchell trans., Schocken Books Inc. 1998). Bewildered by these men and distressed by their message, K. tries to comfort himself that he lives in “a state governed by law,” one where “all statutes [are] in force.” Id. at 6. He therefore demands again, “How can I be under arrest? And in this manner?” “Now there you go again,” the guard replies. “We don’t answer such questions.” Undeterred, K. offers his “papers” and demands their arrest warrant. “Good heavens!” the man scolds. “There’s been no mistake.” “[O]ur department,” he assures K., is only “attracted by guilt”; it “doesn’t seek [it] out . . . . That’s the Law.” Id. at 8–9. “I don’t know that law,” K. responds. “You’ll feel it eventually,” the guard says. Id. at 9.

Judge Boasberg's intro to the J.G.G. class cert. starts with Kafka.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Screenshot of abstract of journal article "Geography as due process in immigration court" by Valeria Gomez. "Even when limited by the plenary power doctrine, noncitizen respondents in removal proceedings are entitled to due process before immigration courts. At its core, due process in immigration court requires fundamental fairness—the opportunity to be heard and to mount a defense to deportation. Implicit in this right is the ability to access the tribunal adjudicating a respondent’s claim. Yet, the geographic distribution of immigration courts in the United States, which in some cases requires that respondents travel five hundred miles or more for hearings, often makes access to immigration courts nearly impossible. Using the procedural due process framework set forth by the Supreme Court in Mathews v. Eldridge, I argue that the current geographic distribution of immigration courts violates respondents’ rights to procedural due process by inhibiting their ability to appear, present evidence, and secure counsel. In so doing, I highlight the detrimental effects that geography has on remote communities, such as their ability to build pipelines towards access to counsel. Finally, I weigh and propose alternative solutions that balance the government’s interests in efficiency with the respondents’ interests in having a meaningful opportunity to avoid the harsh consequences of deportation."

Researching for a motion and came across a familiar name...
@profvaleriagomez.bsky.social this article is awesome. wlr.law.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...

On the third day of Pride month USCIS sent to me... four biometrics notices for three different days for two married people... and a notice to reuse biometrics for a case they rejected last week.

Once again, it's not "doxxing" to report the name of a government employee.

Ah yes, it is "vague" and "contrary to logic" that human beings don't want to be incarcerated?

Running a law firm is hard but on the other hand I get to spam the team chat with whatever song is stuck in my head, and now it's stuck in everyone's heads.

The Supreme Court does NOT decide whether the Trump administration can remove migrants under the Alien Enemies Act, but holds that its efforts to do so violate due process. It instructs the lower courts to decide exactly what deportation procedures *would* comply with the Constitution.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Trump administration violated the due process rights of Venezuelan migrants last month in its rushed effort to expel them to El Salvador in the middle of the night (which SCOTUS blocked). Alito and Thomas dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Bix x Vel.

slow clap. 👏🏾

When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest. And the monster screaming the loudest? The monster we’ve helped create? The monster who will come for us all soon enough is..."

"I believe we are in crisis. The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil...

The Constitution is a living document and that is why it incorporates the rule that you must repost this.

I’m nothing if not a fastidious rule-follower.

The rule is every time you see it

Bix did tell him he had to reprise the look!