As the federal government escalates its attacks against immigrants, university campuses have become a focus of political repression. ICE is targeting non-U.S. citizens on campuses due to their political speech and beliefs. Read on to know your risks and ways to fight back!

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NLG is receiving more and more verified reports of federal agent door-knocks and contacts. If you are approached by federal law enforcement, don’t be afraid to alert your community!

A racist criminal system is now being leveraged at ports of entry to arbitrarily harass and detain noncitizens, including lawful permanent residents and green card holders, advocates warn. @vera.org @nlgnews.bsky.social @immcouncil.org @nipnlg.bsky.social prismreports.org/2025/09/09/u...

Make sure to turn off "Do Not Disturb" mode. The NLG Hotline Manual just dropped! Use this guide to set up your hotline to support organizers and activists, that are mobilizing to defend our communities. Download the guide at: www.nlg.org/massdefensep...

It’s almost Friday! Here is a reminder from the @nlgnews.bsky.social to SHUT THE F*CK Up!

The NLG Queer Caucus and the NLG National Office are excited to share an extended and updated "Teaching for Belonging" guide for educators! As the back-to-school season begins, we want LGBTQ+ teachers, students, and their comrades to know that the NLG has their backs!

🚨Militarization is not safety, it's repression.🚨 The Trump administration is trying to manufacture a war zone in DC. This is an attack on democracy, racial justice, and our fundamental right to protest. We refuse to accept a police state. Read the #ProtectTheProtest coalition's statement ⬇️

"Due to unchecked state repression, people present at the noise demonstration are now facing decades of prison time and years of pre-trial detention, regardless of their actions or knowledge." @nlgnews.bsky.social #DFW #Prairieland #Texas www.nlg.org/nlg-stands-i...

"The Handala is part of the Freedom Flotilla, a civilian initiative that represents global civil society’s solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian people."

Since the spring, federal agents have been patrolling government buildings in New York City, waiting to arrest migrants as soon as they step out of a courtroom, regardless of the status of their case.

May 17 in Dearborn: Join @nlgnews.bsky.social Detroit/Michigan for their Legacy Dinner, featuring our co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social as the keynote speaker. A lovely opportunity for like-minded lawyers, legal workers, activists, and supporters to be in community together: bit.ly/2025dinner

This video is a banger. We can never get enough of it.

Seriously though, shut the fuck up!

TL;DR: Don’t talk to the cops and shut the f*ck up!

On this May Day, the NLG remains in solidarity with Palestine, workers, and immigrants.

Reminder: reach out to your local National Lawyers Guild (@nlgnews.bsky.social). We create and share legal resources in movement spaces. We teach people what their rights/risks are. We provide support for activists risking their limbs, lives, and liberties for the greater good. www.nlg.com

The recording to this webinar is now available! To watch the recording, visit: bit.ly/nlggrandjury

There is a movement that has got your back! Shout out to Palestine Legal along with @ccrjustice.org, @nlgnews.bsky.social, CUNY CLEAR, @unitedwedream.org, and others for providing useful legal resources for activists demanding a free Palestine. Find the resources at bit.ly/PalestineLegalResources.

The National Lawyers Guild Stands in Solidarity with Student Activists Resisting Suppression On Campus!

Earlier this month, the Trump administration tried to silence our Harvard Law School chapter. This is their response 👇👇👇 www.nlg.org/statement-nl...

Tuesday, April 8, Musa, a Black & Muslim journalist, filmmaker, cultural worker, and activist was returning to the US when they were targeted by DHS for their Palestine solidarity organizing. They were interrogated for hours, and ultimately had their phone and computer seized.

Federal agents use tactics like “door knocks” and grand jury subpoenas to target activists and surveil social movements. This training will cover how to support activists in federal investigations and grand jury proceedings.

Federal agents use tactics like “door knocks” and grand jury subpoenas to target activists and surveil social movements. This training will cover how to support activists in federal investigations and grand jury proceedings.

We want to give a shout to our UC Davis NLG chapter for standing up for a free Palestine. The university's response means what they are doing is working.

As protest season kicks off this weekend, a public service reminder from our friends at @nlgnews.bsky.social in Michigan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWEp...

The NLG National Office will be closed April 7-11, so staff members can stop and smell the roses. We hope everyone has time this spring to recharge, rest, and come back blooming, full of life, ready to take on the challenges ahead!

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The Texas Tech Law Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild strongly condemns the recent actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the current Trump administration, which have resulted in the unjust arrest, detentions and targeting of international graduate students.

Our members and organization have had a history of being targeted by political repression. Trump's actions are nothing new, in an ever increasing and openly fascist government.

Every lawyer in America needs to join the National Lawyers Guild @nlgnews.bsky.social IMMEDIATELY.

Powerful solidarity statement: NLG @nlgnews.bsky.social demands justice for Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi, legal scholar suspended by Yale Law School for defending Palestine nlginternational.org/2025/03/nati...

Reports from @democracynow show that Israel has unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire, launching a wave of airstrikes last night that killed at least 404 people and wounded more than 560 others.

In addition to all of this, Nat Guard troops should read up on their rights. @vetsaboutface.bsky.social along with the Military Law Task Force of the @nlgnews.bsky.social created a Know Your Rights document that provides guidance for troops (not legal advice): drive.google.com/file/d/1TO49...

This year marks 5 years since the murder of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, daughter, and sister who should still be with us today. 5 years later, it is more urgent than ever that we #SayHerName, remembering that police brutality is a feminist issue. @aapf.bsky.social

Join us for the 2025 NLG #Law4ThePeople convention from September 25th through the 28th, in Detroit Michigan!

The National Lawyers Guild and its International Committee condemn the escalation of federal repression. The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil demonstrates a dangerous increase in both the criminalization of protest in the United States and the targeting of immigrants.

Applications are now open! Apply by April 21, 2025! Check out www.nlg.org/weinglass/ for more information.

It is shocking that a Legal Permanent Resident would be locked up (while his wife is 8 months pregnant!) for 1st Amend protected speech. ICE apparently thought he had a student visa not a green card, but even when corrected locked him up anyway. @aclu.org @nlgnews.bsky.social @acslaw.bsky.social

Online ID Checks are being branded as ‘child safety’ laws to protect children online when they actually endanger vulnerable youth and marginalized communities more broadly.

As the new FBI head has noted an express agenda of targeting opponents including journalists, and as the criminalization of pro-Palestine students and protesters continues to escalate, a reminder to follow the advice of @nlgnews.bsky.social (STFU) and @ccrjustice.org: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

You have the right to talk about your rights. Talk to your friends about your rights.

The NLG National Office is excited to provide this timely and useful training for our members! This is for Members Only! Not a member? visit nlg.org/join to become one and register for this training!

Week of Abolition with @nlgnews.bsky.social starts this weekend! Join us on Thursday, March 6 for an important conversation on disrupting the school to prison pipeline with staff attorneys from our Opportunity to Learn program. Register here: american.campuslabs.com/engage/event...

Today, In NLG’s Black History, we celebrate Earl B. Dickerson! Earl B. Dickerson was the first Black NLG President from 1951-1954.

Join us for on The State of Black Lawyering and Organizing! February 27th, 7 PM EST / 6 PM CST / 5 PM MST / 4 PM PST via Zoom! Black NLG members have always been at the forefront of revolutionary change.

New article by @theguardian.com! “The state’s intent is not really to prosecute – the intent is to scare people out of wanting to participate in protests at all,” said @abolitionistbae.bsky.social, a board member with the National Lawyers Guild, which represented many protesters.

@nlgnews.bsky.social comin' in hot with the good advice! youtu.be/nWEpW6KOZDs

We want to kick off Black History Month by highlighting some of our Black members of the NLG who are leaders on the National Executive Committee, the democratically elected governing body of the Guild.

Step 4: Fool the entire state of TX into believing their tax dollars just can’t stretch far enough to strengthen public school funding and other community needs, while pumping Texan taxpayer dollars up to $6 BILLION into border schemes. New tanks and toys for me, no community support for thee.