🚨 BREAKING: Major developments in the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) legal saga: 1. PA fed judge is 1st to find that POTUS has authority to issue a proclamation under AEA to remove Venezuelans declared members of TdA. 2. TX fed judge refused to issue class certification under AEA for No District of TX

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chilling reporting on cruelty of blind and made-for-TV ICE enforcement action: 18 yo Venezuelan paroled in Nov via CBPOne was arrested in Jan when his mom allowed ICE into their house after being told that ICE was looking for him for appearing in a 'video w guns and drugs' kut.org/politics/202...

The CBPOne app feature allowing ppl to get an appointment for processing at POE has been officially discontinued per @el_reportero

CONFIRMED! USCIS will issue refund for the filing fees for all who filed for the Parole in Place Program, Keeping Families Together, that was blocked by TX court. People will not receive a formal denial I was told, which is very strange.

HUGE if true! On one of the listservers a colleague posted that they received a refund check for the #KFT (the now dead Keeping Families Together pogram) application filed for a client. Can anyone confirm that this is happening? We have not received any so far.

🚨NEW! ICE is to publish the Final Rule on Electronic Immigration Bond Notifices on Monday, 1/6/2025, which will take effect 45 days later. #usimmigration This rule does not amend or change the ceBONDS system in any way! Copy is here: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31358.pdf A short 🧵

is the 'Panic Button" app the Mex Gov't is talking about to allow people in danger of deportation/detention a new version of the Notifica App? apps.apple.com/us/app/notif...

NEW: According to AP & statements attributed to Mexico's secretary of foreign affairs Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Mexico is in small-batch testing stage new phone app that will allow non-citizens to warn relatives and local consulates if they are about to be detained by ICE. apnews.com/article/mexi...

Correction: "Trump Admin plans to hold kids in internment camps" (nothing new here, sad but true) and deport US citizen children with their non-citizen parents if a family wants to stay together. This is the real story! History will judge us!

#MerryChristmas  & #HappyHanukkah to all who celebrate. May the glow of each light fill your heart with love, happiness, and peace. And please keep the lights on for all those displaced and suffering around us.

it does not stop, does it? BREAKING AND HORRIBLE IMMIGRATION LEGAL NEWS: Biden Admin and Class counsel in the long-running Roman case (Adelanto COVID-19 closure and intake restriction order) have reached a settlement, subject to Court's approval,

Holy Shit! This is HUGE: California Supreme Court vacated the denial of the Petition seeking mandamus against Regents for refusing to hire undocumented students. Court of Appeals (state) issued an OSC why Petition should not be granted and Petitioners receive the relief they seek. WOW!

Please, please be aware of notario faud and protect yourself. If you entered without inspection, your status has lapsed, or you have an order of deportation and someone is offering you the moon, verify who you are talking to. latintimes.com/fear-deporta...

“Miller, the wife of immigration hardliner Stephen Miller & Pence's press secretary, told @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social that she did not share her colleagues' & friends' concerns about the family separation policy at the border when she worked as a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security.”

NEW: Chuck Schumer is poised to confirm his 235th federal judge, breaking the record set by Republicans under the first Trump administration.

Ha! I'm surprised he didn't continue with the natural progression "and anyway I would deport him before that".

As anti-Russia protests grip Georgia, the same is now happening in Serbia. 🇷🇸 These are the incredible scenes tonight in the capital #Belgrade. Thousands on streets protesting at Putin ally, President Vučić, a year after his government is accused of committing fraud in parliamentary elections.

Unfortunately, Homan is correct: sanctuary policies cannot & will not prevent either *ICE arrests *placement in removal prcdgs *execution of final order nor can state/city/municipality grant immigration status or relief (i.e. work permits, asylum, green card). x.com/MJTruthUltra...

Let's build a robust #usimmigrationbluesky community, we will need it desperately starting Jan 20! I post immigration legal and litigation updates and long depressing threads about our schizophrenic immigration system. Nice to meet you!

Hmm this does not make senses. Yesterday DHS published it stats for FY2024 showing 271,484 total Title 8 removals (deportations). The chart below does not reflect start of FY2024 but 60K or so of Guate removals alone seems to be out of steps here. What am I missing?

BREAKING: 8th Cir has issued an administrative stay in the DACA ACA health coverage case -- DACA beneficiaries are eligible to enroll now during the short window the stay is in effect. DO IT NOW!

Another lawsuit to watch in the immigration space: @curtismorrison heroic effort to challenge Biden Admin's double standards and policy in categorically detaining Uzbek and Russian asylum seekers. 10news.com/news/local-n...

I don't know if it was bad day or an unhappy coincidence but as I was running between masters & interview today (3 in 2.45 hrs, a personal record), I am left with the unmistakable sense that both IJs & USCIS are already adjusting their "local policies" in anticipation of the upcoming Trump Admin

Wouldn't you know it! SCOTUS assault on judicial review in immigration cases continues: Bouarfa v Garland is out and they bar judicial review of revocation of an approved visa petition under §1155 based on a sham-marriage determination byDHS because "is the kind of discretionary decision

A lot of spirited and not-so-spirited debate about Trump's promises to "end" #birthright citizenship. But the issue is not really whether he can do it, but whether he will issue an executive order to force SCOTUS to decide. The answer to first is "I hope not"; to the second an "absolute yes".

BREAKING NEWS: as we expected Stephen MIller, the architect of Trump's immigration policies, has apparently drawn a list of Central American and Caribbean countries (Bahams, Panama, Grenada, Turks & Caicos) to use as deportation destinations per NBC reporting. yahoo.com/news/bahamas...

Non-citizens who are without status are understandably in panic and desperately want protection and answers that are reassuring. But please, PLEASE exercise caution when acting on "suggestions to fix your status" that sound too good to be true.

How did the arguments go today in the United States v. Skrmetti, anyone?

Really devastating sanctuary law decision from the 9th Circuit: King County Executive Order PFC-7-1-EO, which prohibited Boeing Field operators from servicing ICE' deportation flights causing ICE to change operations, violated the Supremacy Clause intergovernmental immunity doctrine bc it

A very interesting development in Riley v Garland ( challenges 4th Cir as to whether 8 U.S.C. 1252 is jurisdictional & when the 30-day clock begins, in withholding only cases where removability was resolved earlier in the proceedings). www.scotusblog.com/2024/12/form...

I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.

This is good. I tend to agree as well that there is a strong value in being someone who stands up and says "this is not right," even if nobody listens. Building a historical record matters.

The downward trend in Southern Border apprehension continues and if this trend continues in December and cartels get to the 1500 per day benchmark and could maintain it for 28 consecutive days, Biden's #asylumban would have to be lifted. But such a lift would be a devil in disguise. Let me explain.

I made a border abolition starter pack: activists, academics, journalists and others posting content relevant to the struggle against borders and the system of global apartheid they enforce. Suggest other accounts to add in the comments below! go.bsky.app/ELcHWv8

Huge! DHS designates Lebanon for TPS for 18 months, shielding some 11K from deportation and offering a lifeline. www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...

Wow! Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responds to Trump's 25% tariff threat with a reciprocal one: www.gob.mx/presidencia/...

while you spare them from deportation pay them fair wages, let them unionize, and give them a path to citizenship

Everything is so toxic right now in the immigration space, and Trump has not even taken office. * EOIR was already a sh*tshow but somehow Trump winning took the last iota of decency away from judges. All are basking in their tirans' powers now. ...

Sooo true! But heck I have a suggestion: since DOGE will do nothing useful in eliminating or revamping congressional spending they should target the waste at USCIS. Perhaps we can get back to having the 10-minute task of adjudicating an I-765 down from 300 days to 5 months. Is that too much to ask?

what a f* crazy week!

I'm breaking my own rule of not giving advice on social media but feel I need to put this one out: if you have concerns for your immigration status/case, the worst thing to do is file a baseless application because you were sold a bag of lies about how this is the last chance to file "anything."

Miller is a propagandist at heart and his goal is manufacturing consent and shaping the narrative. The next four years will be a battle of propaganda as much as anything.

Malphrus strikes again in Matter of LARIOS-GUTIERREZ DE PABLO & PABLO-LARIO! Reversing the IJ decision to terminate removal proceedings, this sh*tifirous BIA panel found that Matter of Fernandes ...

Not that anyone really knows what Miller & Homan are cooking but Trump did use both national emergencies, military diversions & national guard deployment during 1st term. So, I anticipate that he will try it again to implement a speedy no-court review process for deportations and bypass the INA. 🧵

He is not walking back anything, folks! he is simply admitting the obvious reality (which we have been pointing out for a while) that they cannot deport 20-30 Million people but would sure try to victimize as many as possible.

So Trump announces Kennedy as his pick for HHS secretary, what in the actual f*. For us in the immigration space this is another thing to closely watch as -- if confirmed, a major if here -- he will be in charge of ORR and unaccompanied immigrant children. This will get ugly really fast.

As anxiety rises by the minute among immigrant communities, I will try posting legal news, developments, and info on #immigration here. We need to build a strong immigration support community here so that people can have up-to-date info and reliable sources of information.

Thune's selection as GOP Senate majority leader is a good indication that DC will continue to march by its own drum and most Repubs in Congress gives a sh*t about GOP primary voters overwhelming support for MAGA. But Thune is no friend to immigrants, don't kid yourself.

not enough cute animals, art, and beautiful photos of flowers in my feed!!! Where are they?