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Hector Villagra

@ohectorv.bsky.social

VP Policy Advocacy & Community Education, MALDEF @maldef.org; formerly ACLU of Southern California. Lifelong civil rights advocate.

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Trump's FCC delays multilingual emergency alerts for natural disasters, sparking concern in L.A. A system to send multilingual alerts during natural disasters was about to be adopted until it was put on hold. Critics of President Trump accuse him of delaying the program because of his disdain for...

Truly frightening and dangerous if this delay is some sort of anti-DEI or English-is-the-official-language BS www.latimes.com/california/s...

27.05.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'That does not matter': Stephen Miller flattened by Cato immigration expert

Elections don’t change the Constitution. Yes, elections have consequences, but eliminating due process is not one of them. www.rawstory.com/amp/stephen-...

25.05.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Pres says: β€œThe Supreme Court of the United States is not allowing me to do what I was elected to do.”

Translation: β€œI am violating the Constitution.”

17.05.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Folks have rightly called out ICE Barbie, but what are these fools cosplaying?!

15.05.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember when Project 2025 recommended this?

Stopping executive overreach. Congress should set policyβ€”not
Presidents through pen-and-phone executive orders ....

12.05.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's a sign of the times that this even needs to be said: The judiciary’s role, Justice Roberts added, is to β€œdecide cases but, in the course of that, check the excesses of Congress or the executive.”

www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

08.05.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Donald Trump issues Executive Order requiring an NFL team pick Shedeur Sanders IMMEDIATELY

26.04.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Due process is a right, not a privilege. And it isn’t about what’s cheapest or quickest; it’s about what’s needed in a given situation to protect a person’s interests.

23.04.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Add this to the pile of evidence for what a constitutional crisis looks like:

The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

The Exec branch violates due process but claims there is no remedy.

01.04.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump admin is reviewing how its national-security team sent military plans to a magazine editor (A: Signal)

25.03.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beset by falling approval ratings and a sagging economy, a desperate U.S. president and his closest advisors launch a campaign to turn America against its most unlikely enemy - Canada.

21.03.2025 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are we living through the plot of Canadian Bacon?

21.03.2025 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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'We’re not stopping': Trump border czar vows deportations to continue despite court orders The top Trump administration official said deportation flights will continue -- 'Another flight every day' - even after a judge's ruling halting them.

I love that Tom Homan’s understanding of the law stems exclusively from his job title.

β€œWe’re outside the borders of the United States," he said. "I'm the border czar. Once you're outside the border, you know, it is what it is.”

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

18.03.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Putting a price on citizenship, any price, cheapens it.

07.03.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

Move fast and make mistakes www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

19.02.2025 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My male archetype is doesn’t take Facebook quiz to determine male archetype.

15.02.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is too late now
Because

You have not been
paying attention

31.01.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone else experience the uncanny valley watching RFK JR today?

30.01.2025 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Administration Rescinds Freeze on Federal Grants and Loans: Live Updates

The right hand doesnt know what the right hand is doing. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

29.01.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Removed in the interest of efficiency?! Vivek Ramaswamy Insists That Elon Musk Didn’t Fire Him From DOGE

28.01.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reagan and his scofflaw judges

23.01.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Just ask Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote the majority opinion in Printz v. U.S.... Justice Scalia held that the federal government could not require states to enforce or enact federal regulatory programs. Doing so would violate the states’ sovereignty."

23.01.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"[T]he DOJ memo claims that the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution requires state and local officials to comply."

"But that’s wrongβ€”state officials can’t be compelled to enforce federal law."

23.01.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Joyce Vance landing body blows:

"Trump is threatening to prosecute those who don’t go along with his plansβ€”legal or not, consistent with state policy or not, part of their job or not. The message is, bend your will to the leader or else. That’s autocracy."

23.01.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Column: As Trump was sworn in, day laborer organizer Pablo Alvarado did what he always does If anyone has advice on how to stand up to Trump and his vowed crackdown on illegal immigration, it’s Pablo Alvarado -- even now, after the devastation of the Eaton fire.

Need to see more stories like this one about Pablo Alvarado, a shining example of a person working to make LA better in so many different ways www.latimes.com/california/s...

22.01.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nineteenth nervous breakdown ... for another financial institution.

15.01.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am ok with a name change to the Gulf of Whales Driven Mad by Windmills.

08.01.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, Mr., Mr. DJ: bring that beat back!

07.01.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very excited for you, Elon. Can’t wait to see you take off in your trip to Mars!

01.01.2025 05:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A long overdue day in court…

22.12.2024 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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