Listening to Va Gov-elect Abigail Spanberger’s magnanimous victory speech, thanking her opponent for her service and reaching out to those who didn’t vote for her. Tears in my eyes remembering what real American leadership looks like.

ABC News featured Jenni Rivera’s story of losing her and her kids losing their husband and father to self deportation today. Please watch this video and sit with the agonizing reality that our members at American Families United face right now. abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/vid...

Finally. Our hostages are home.

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff says his office has documented more than 500 cases of abuse in immigrant detention centers, including the abuse of pregnant women and children.

🧐 ALSO: Jeanine Pirro says district residents can carry rifles and shotguns in DC. Think this will work out? 🧾 Jeanine Pirro's office ends D.C. rifle and shotgun felony prosecutions policy share.google/cizgtCuSI4cD... 🧾 National Guard troops in DC are now armed: Official is.gd/wOJM4S

Cruelty for cruelty’s sake.

"A year has passed, and I still can't understand that you aren't here," said Eden's mother, Shirit Yerushalmi, at the ceremony in Tel Aviv's Yarkon Cemetery. "Not a day goes by when I don't think of you, about your big heart and the way you loved life." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Putin gets applause and a limo ride. Gazan children get refused medical visas. Who’s more of a national security threat? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...

Fact reported in this article—>“Undocumented immigrants pay tens of billions of dollars in taxes each year, which the ITINs help facilitate.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Good morning. Trump is protecting Epstein files. The confederacy lost and they were traitors, mRNA vaccines are the future, cops shouldn’t wear masks, Trump cut taxes for the rich and ripped benefits from the poor. Have a weekend

The administration’s deportation playbook reads like a dystopian travel guide—CECOT, South Sudan, torture included. But when lawyers push back, suddenly we’re the problem? Sorry, zealous advocacy isn’t a crime. Yet. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Dean Cain joining ICE during masked raids is peak method acting. From Superman to “I am only following orders.” Looks like “truth, justice and the American way” got deleted from the script 🤔 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

“Pope Leo XIV urged the public to see migrants and refugees as “messengers of hope” on Friday, as the Trump administration focuses on mass deportation efforts in the pontiff’s former home country.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

I have this clip running on a loop. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

"I don't believe the polls" -- Homan on polls showing a majority of American oppose Trump's deportation policies

The Israel Medical Association demands humanitarian aid be brought into Gaza. "Harm to innocent people approaching aid hubs in Gaza must be avoided. There'a a serious concern international law is being breached."

“Americans are recoiling,” almost 60% oppose Trump’s attempt to take away birthright citizenship. 📺 @davidleopold.bsky.social joined CNN Newsroom to explain how Trump’s policies are shredding our constitutional rights.

Masked enforcement by ICE agents isn’t just alarming—it’s legally dubious and ethically indefensible. It undermines identification laws, invites impersonation risks, and chips away at public trust. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

A former ICE official warns new hires may include Proud Boys & insurrectionists. With Trump expanding ICE & gutting oversight, this isn’t reform—it’s weaponization. Civil liberties aren’t just eroding. They’re being bulldozed. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Must read thread.

ICE can’t just snatch people off the street. ✅ Must have reason to believe the person committed a federal offense or is unlawfully present. ✅ Must get a warrant—unless escape risk. ✅ Must ID themselves and state the reason for arrest. Due process isn’t optional. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

Due process isn’t optional. Stripping bond hearings and forced incarceration immigrants is state-sanctioned cruelty. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

From Hopium: - Stopping Trump's tariff madness - Judge reins in ICE in LA - Dude ain't no Superman, he's a big, blubbery babyman - New interviews w/@philweiser.bsky.social @davidleopold.bsky.social @taraemcg.bsky.social @charlesgaba.com @slotkin.senate.gov 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trumps-dan...

Today, 2:15pm ET - Immigration attorney and expert @davidleopold.bsky.social joins @simonwdc.bsky.social on Substack. Link below to join live!

BREAKING: Massive ICE raid ongoing at a farm in Camarillo, Ventura County, CA. Local news reports that an unknown number of workers have been detained. Almost 20% of US strawberries come from the county. US food supply at risk from Trump’s fascist thugs & Stephen Miller’s quota.

Good news! A federal judge in New Hampshire has blocked Trump's executive order ending Birthright Citizenship and will certify class action. www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/p...

Forget gators. The real threats are mosquito-borne viruses that can cause irreversible brain damage. No treatment. No escape. Add hurricanes, and it’s a human rights crisis waiting to unfold. This isn’t immigration enforcement. It’s performative punishment. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Trump is talking about deporting US citizens “in the next chapter”.

DOJ “leadership is directing its attorneys to prioritize denaturalization in cases involving naturalized citizens who commit certain crimes — and giving U.S. attorneys wider discretion on when to pursue this tactic, according to a June 11 memo published online.” www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...

In the CASA case hearing in Maryland over the orgs’ birthright citizenship EO case, DOJ’s Brad Rosenberg says they are not ready to say what the administration’s position is on the proper scope of the injunction in the New Jersey multistate litigation in Massachusetts after SCOTUS’s ruling Friday.

The Senate bill allocates $150b for immigration enforcement, incl $29.85b for ICE (more masked agents in full military gear arresting moms dads & kids), $46.5b for a border wall, $45b for detention of immigrants & $13.5b to state & local governments for immigration enf. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

What could go wrong? www.npr.org/2025/06/29/n...

This was posted by the US Department of Homeland Security on its X feed today.

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

Hey, Ted Cruz, read the 14A. Birthright Citizenship not “a policy.” It’s the law. Constitutional law. And it was enacted in part to reverse the Supreme Court’s infamous decision in Dred Scott.

What Trump v. CASA, Inc. means for birthright citizenship and beyond: 1. SCOTUS didn’t rule on Trump’s EO ending birthright citizenship—but it did block lower cts from halting it nationwide. What does that mean for kids born to undoc parents or parents on temporary visas, eg F, J, H, etc?

The CASA ruling, coupled with SCOTUS’s 2024 ruling granting the president immunity, hands Trump a near-total blank check to govern by interim executive fiat—Constitution optional. MAGA may cheer now, but wait till a Democrat picks up that pen. 🤔

#SCOTUS’s birthright citizenship decision is a disaster. As Justice Jackson writes in her dissent: “The order will cause chaos for families of all affected children, too, as expecting parents scramble to understand whether the order will apply to them and what ramifications that will have.

This is remarkable. New Quinnipiac poll finds support for path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants has risen to 64%. Only 31% want most of them deported. That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office. On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!

SCOTUS rules tomorrow on Trump v CASA, the birthright citizenship case. The ruling is likely to center on whether a single judge can put a nationwide freeze on a clearly unconstitutional presidential executive order. The stakes for judicial checks on executive power couldn’t be higher.

“Immigration is driving U.S. population growth and helping offset a broader demographic shift as the baby boom generation ages, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

One of our earliest civil rights statutes was designed to protect us against masked gangs who violate our constitutional rights. This particular history makes the masked ICE gangs uniquely repugnant. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

We had a great time presenting & taking questions during this session! It's always a pleasure to present with a truly expert & professional panel. I hope everyone who attended left with some helpful tips and ideas!

An incredible session at #AILA2025 on advanced physician & healthcare immigration issues. Grateful for the opportunity to present alongside brilliant colleagues Anamar Naish, Esq. and Elissa Taub. Honored to advocate for the professionals who care for our communities—immigration is healthcare, too.

I’m worried for the safety of my fellow Jews in this country. I’m worried for the safety of all my fellow Americans. I’m worried for our nation. We’ll get through this. But we are traveling down a dangerous and unpredictable path. Standing together is more important than ever.

Trump’s mass deportation leans on 287(g)—a program shown to not reduce crime, but to fuel discriminatory policing. ICE covers training, but local taxpayers foot the bill. Many targeted have no violent record. It’s costly, unjust, and ineffective. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Spot on 👇🏻

My initial thoughts as an American Jew: I get the idea that seeing the U.S. stick up for Israel is gratifying. But after that initial fist pump, this will make Jews hated more in the U.S. and abroad. And it makes Americans writ large less safe bc of the clowns in charge in this administration.