We were able to identify Andry exiting the plane in Venezuela. After 125 days in a torture prison in El Salvador, he has been released & sent back to the country he initially fled. We will keep fighting for justice for Andry. @ImmDef statement: www.immdef.org/blog/andryre...

It has been 122 days since Andry was disappeared & forced to El Salvador. 4+ months of being held incommunicado in a torture prison. 4+ months of his family & legal team wondering if he will survive. Thank you congressman @robertgarcia.bsky.social for continuing to speak his name. ❤️ #FreeAndry

Today is day 110 since Andry Hernandez Romero was disappeared to CECOT in El Salvador. Kilmar has now confirmed what we have feared since 3/15 — Andry has almost certainly endured 110 days of torture. We need proof of life. He needs to be brought back now. #FreeAndry @immdef.bsky.social

It is day 100 since Andry was disappeared by Trump admin to a gulag in El Salvador. 100 days since this photo was snapped while he begged for his mom. 100 days of wondering if he is still alive. We’re still waiting for the devastatingly slow wheels of justice to turn. #FreeAndry

After more than 15 hours of attorneys advocating at the federal building since yesterday, @immdef.bsky.social client Javier is finally free. He is now on his way to his chemo appointment with his nephew. He let us know he is so grateful to everyone who fought for his release. ❤️

The team at @immdef.bsky.social is currently working on dozens of cases of people picked up in the last 24 hours in LA. Among them is Javier, who has cancer & will miss his chemo tomorrow if ICE continues to detain him. He has lived in LA for more than 20 years and has no criminal history.

"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California

Senator Padilla cuffed on the ground for trying to ask Noem a question… 😳🇺🇸

You know when Los Angeles had order? Last weekend before Trump and his thugs pulled this stunt to provoke chaos in our city. Meanwhile, while all eyes are on the protest downtown, ICE is out around the city raiding carwashes and terrorizing residential neighborhoods.

We have not lost our sense of humor ❤️

m.youtube.com/watch?v=DO0f... Starting with @l-toczylowski.bsky.social telling Andry Hernandez Romero’s story #freeAndry

You can donate at ClueJustice.org/bond. @ImmDef has a team at the main detention facility holding people rounded up in the ICE raids this week to provide legal consults and assess eligibility for bond. No immigrant stands alone. #LAstandstogether #TeamImmDef

🚨 Day 60: 238 men remain forcibly disappeared in El Salvador’s CECOT prison. U.S. Reps toured the prison, heard their desperate cries,“Freedom! Help! Kidnapped!” & walked past w/o helping. Visit freeandry.org to learn how you can still help. #FreeAndry #BringThemBack youtube.com/shorts/20o79...

The last time loved ones spoke with Andry "was from a US detention facility on March 14. After he was moved out of the country, he had not been heard from since.” “This is the most shocking thing I’ve ever seen happen to a client of ours,” said his attorney, @l-toczylowski.bsky.social.

Today is day 50 since Andry disappeared, & we have no proof of life since the horrific photos taken as he arrived at CECOT. @immdef.bsky.social is so grateful to @lastweektonight.com for featuring his plight on tonight’s episode. We’re still fighting for his return, we’re holding on to hope 👑

“It is terrifying,” attorney @l-toczylowski.bsky.social tells @advocate.com about her client’s forced disappearance to El Salvador. “Because we have no idea what is happening to him.” www.advocate.com/news/andry-r...

“If it were me, I’d want someone to tell my story. I’d want someone to know I was human,” @l-toczylowski.bsky.social continued. “If it can happen to Andry — it can happen to a green card holder. It can happen to a U.S. citizen. That should chill us all.”

“We obviously do all of this work pro bono. So, if people want to support organizations like us that fight to get due process for people and that provide free lawyers to people, they should. We could certainly use the support." @l-toczylowski.bsky.social Just did: give.immdef.org/give/545119/...

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Went to court today for 3rd time since Andry’s rendition. Pic is @immdef.bsky.social legal team outside Otay Mesa detention ctr after his asylum hearing. 39 days since Andry was disappeared, govt moved to dismiss case, latest in effort to erase fact that he was here, seeking protection.🧵

So grateful for the opportunity to speak with @aliciamenendez.bsky.social @symonedsanders.bsky.social and @michaelsteele.bsky.social on @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social this morning about our @immdef.bsky.social client Andry’s disappearance and our ongoing fight to save his life. #FreeAndry

"This is one more reason that Andry should be immediately returned to the US so he can have a court hearing to address this increasingly questionable evidence that led to his being forcibly sent to CECOT," - @l-toczylowski.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...

Andry Hernandez Romero fled violence in Venezuela, passed his asylum interview but as attorney @l-toczylowski.bsky.social told 60 Minutes, “Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just disappeared.” Now he’s in a mega-prison in El Salvador with hundreds of others ✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social

Horrified to see this image, of our @ImmDef client Andry, being brutalized and terrorized at the CECOT in El Salvador by men with chains & masks & AK47s. The @TIME photographer described him being slapped as he pleaded with them. We now know it was Andry crying out for his mom.

Please tune in to @60minutes.bsky.social tonight 7pm on @cbsnews.com to hear my interview about our @immdef.bsky.social client Andry, the makeup artist who was disappeared to El Salvador because of tattoos. We are not giving up on him. #FreeAndry #JusticeForAndry www.cbsnews.com/video/the-pr...

A horrendous story and one everyone needs to watch and uplift. What this administration is doing is cruelty with malice. Thanks @ImmDef for your humanity in the face of this wall of terror.

🚨 Watch @60minutes.bsky.social on CBS tomorrow evening as we shine a light on Andry's story of being #DisappearedWithNoDueProcess. We're not backing down until we #FreeAndry #JusticeForAndry ✊✊✊ 📆When: Sunday, April 6, 2025 ⏰Time: 7 PM PST/EST 📺Channel: CBS #60Minutes #CBSNews #DueProcess4All

Our @immdef.bsky.social client Andry’s case will be featured tomorrow on @60minutes.bsky.social. Please tune in 7pm Sunday on CBS as we shine a light on his story of being disappeared with no due process to El Salvador in the middle of his asylum case & our fight to get him out of Bukele’s prison.

This is positive but need to wait & see whether govt will comply. We should also all be loudly demanding that when/if they retrieve Kilmar, the other men they disappeared to El Salvador with no due process — including our @immdef client Andry Hernandez — are on that plane too.

Andry did the right thing: - Never committed a crime. - Fled his home when persecuted for being LGBTQ & refusing to give in to an authoritarian regime. - Sought asylum through a legal pathway. - Found us to represent him in court. So, why did the Trump admin forcibly remove him? He had tattoos.

Thrilled to share a David & Goliath outcome tonight: @immdef.bsky.social @justiceactionctr.bsky.social & #AmicaCenter joined forces to stand up & say hell no when Trump admin cut congressionally mandated legal rep for 26,000 immigrant kids who would be forced to face a judge alone. TRO granted!

Our @immdef.bsky.social team has agonized over Andry’s case & how to make sure he is not forgotten as he sits in a prison cell in El Salvador. We are grateful to @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social for shining a light on this injustice & for helping us make sure the world knows who Andry is.

Here we go again. A little more than a month since they issued a stop work order & then rescinded, the Trump admin went all in again attacking immigrant kids. Our programs serves thousands of kids every year who would otherwise be forced to go to court alone — their futures & safety is at stake!

ImmDef President & CEO @l-toczylowski.bsky.social said, "We will explore all avenues to restore legal representation for unaccompanied children and we call on every member of Congress, from both sides of the aisle, to defend children and demand that the administration rescind this termination.”

This is our @immdef.bsky.social client, Andry, who has been disappeared by Trump admin. Tonight, he is in a Salvadoran prison notorious for human rights violations. He is also a brother & a son, a makeup artist, & like many of us, he has tattoos. Thank you @maddow.msnbc.com for lifting up his story

For nothing more than being a Venezuelan man w/tattoos, Andry now sits in a cell in El Salvador without any way to contact his family or his lawyer. His family is in despair & his lawyers are fighting like hell to bring some semblance of justice to his case. youtu.be/_iNQwfptvyA

It doesn't justify this treatment but our client has no criminal history & entered the U.S. lawfully. Andry is so many things. One thing he is not is a member of the Tren de Aragua gang, but that didn't stop the Trump admin from disappearing him. @l-toczylowski.bsky.social youtu.be/_iNQwfptvyA

Andry is a human being. He is son, a brother, and a beloved community member. Andry is a young professional and an accomplished makeup artist. He is a gay man, who is kind, funny, and has humanitarian aspirations. @l-toczylowski.bsky.social youtu.be/_iNQwfptvyA

Earlier today the media released a list that names the people from Venezuela that were forcibly removed by the United States to an El Salvador mega-prison. Our client, Andry, was one of them. @L_Toczylowski joined @maddow 👇 youtu.be/_iNQwfptvyA

No criminal record. No association with TdA. No due process. Our Venezuelan LGBTQ client who was wrongly accused of association w/Tren de Aragua remains in an El Salvador mega-prison notorious for human rights violations. Being an artist with tattoos is not a crime.

You can donate to @immdef.bsky.social! Definitely a good way to feel you're supporting @l-toczylowski.bsky.social and the other lawyers there in supporting civil liberties for all of us. www.immdef.org?campaign=547...

Some updates on our client: @immdef.bsky.social went to his imm court hearing Monday and received confirmation from ICE that he has been “removed” to El Salvador. The Judge asked “how has he been removed if there is no removal order?” And the ICE attorney responded that they did not know.

“Our client is proof that they didn’t do the due diligence to understand who they were sending to El Salvador at all,” said CEO and President Lindsay Toczylowksi to @nytimespr.bsky.social Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...

#OverheardatImmDef: "Our own clients are held to a higher standard to obey court orders."

THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE U.S. ASYLUM SYSTEM HAS TURNED INTO…almost no one being allowed into the U.S. & those who somehow managed to enter prior to Trump 2.0 are facing the consequences of one of the worst deportation policies ever ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Posting tonight ti shine a light on what the Alien Enemies Act looks like IRL. Our @immdef.bsky.social client fled Venezuela last year & came to US to seek asylum. He has a strong claim. He was detained upon entry because ICE alleged his tattoos are gang related. They are absolutely not. 🧵

No one is more concerned about an earthquake than your chihuahua 🐶

Not shocking same week the Trump administration attempted to defund the organizations like @immdef.bsky.social that defend these kids in court, this news breaks. This is a concerted effort to target the most vulnerable. Just like w/ family separation, he hopes people will look away. Please don’t!

“We welcome the news that the government has lifted the stop-work order," said @l-toczylowski.bsky.social, @immdef.bsky.social President & CEO. "Now, children across the nation won’t have to face the immediate threat of going without legal representation" www.immdef.org/blog/sworesc...