Dan Kowalski
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Substacker: Involuntary Departure
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Judge Cobb for the win!
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Judge Cobb for the win!
And other good court news.
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US: Masked Federal Agents Undermine Rule of Law
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US: Masked Federal Agents Undermine Rule of Law
United States federal immigration enforcement agents now commonly operate masked and without visible identification, compounding the abusive and unaccountable nature of the Trump administrationâs mass...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/12/18/us-masked-federal-agents-undermine-rule-of-law
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Toward a Positive Vision for Immigration Policy in 2026
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Toward a Positive Vision for Immigration Policy in 2026
I sat down with Andrea Flores, who spent 15 years on immigration policy inside government, to discuss why the old reform playbook isn't working and what a winning vision for 2026 might look like.
https://open.substack.com/pub/austinkocher/p/toward-a-positive-vision-for-immigration?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 5 hours ago
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ICE Stopped Her Son Outside Target. She Wrote a Letter and Went Back to Work.
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ICE Stopped Her Son Outside Target. She Wrote a Letter and Went Back to Work.
Ilhan Omar survived Mogadishu at eight years old. She's not scared of ICE agents stopping her son outside Targetâand that's exactly what drives Trump crazy.
https://open.substack.com/pub/migrantinsider/p/ice-stopped-her-son-outside-target?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 5 hours ago
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: ICE reported 1,800 New Mexico arrests in 2025âa surge from year prior
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By the #s: ICE reported 1,800 New Mexico arrests in 2025âa surge from year prior ⢠Source New Mexico
The number of daily arrests started rising after Trumpâs inauguration earlier this year and exploded after July, according to a Source New Mexico analysis.
https://sourcenm.com/2025/12/16/by-the-s-ice-reported-1800-new-mexico-arrests-in-2025-a-surge-from-year-prior/
about 6 hours ago
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"He was running away, so I had to shoot him dead."
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"He was running away, so I had to shoot him dead."
Plus: No Christmas trees for YOU!
https://open.substack.com/pub/dankowalski/p/he-was-running-away-so-i-had-to-shoot?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 22 hours ago
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Border Patrol, ICE and Christian Nationalism
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Border Patrol, ICE and Christian Nationalism
Agents who believe they are fighting for God.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jennbudd/p/border-patrol-ice-and-christian-nationalism?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
1 day ago
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Trump Litigation Bot
1 day ago
New minute entry in Treasury Employees Union v. Vought (CFPB Dismantling): MINUTE ORDER. In light of defendants' Notice 164 attaching a copy of the December 16, 2025 letter [164-1] sent to the Federal Reserve by the Department of Justice,⌠[full entry below đ]
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Itâs Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. Do you know where Juan Orlando HernĂĄndez is and why he hasnât been deported yet?
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Juan Orlando Hernåndez Pardon: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy - WOLA
Trump pardoned ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando HernĂĄndez despite his 45-year sentence for drug trafficking. What this means for justice and accountability.
https://www.wola.org/analysis/juan-orlando-hernandez-pardon-implications-for-u-s-foreign-policy/
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Susie Wiles and the Myth of âNot Being an Enablerâ
A reality check from someone who lived it.
https://open.substack.com/pub/welivedit/p/susie-wiles-and-the-myth-of-not-being?r=2d3e2
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What Counts as "Illegal" Pro-Choice Speech?
12.16.25
https://open.substack.com/pub/jessica/p/what-counts-as-illegal-pro-choice?r=2d3e2
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The Most Accurate Takedown of the MAGA Cult I've Read
This Shit Was Fire, and Should Be Shared By Everyone, Everywhere
https://open.substack.com/pub/themouthyrenegadewriter/p/the-most-accurate-takedown-of-the?r=2d3e2
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Give to The Border Chronicle This Holiday Season
Support the only independent media outlet covering the entire U.S.-Mexico border. Meet our reporters and help us grow in 2026.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theborderchronicle/p/give-to-the-border-chronicle-this?r=2d3e2
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The Truth of the Lie
How Evil Became Scalable in America
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Why You Wonât Lose Your Citizenshipâbut May Lose Your Passport
False Alarm, Real Risk: What the Dual Citizenship Panic Missed
https://open.substack.com/pub/borderlessliving/p/why-you-wont-lose-your-citizenshipbut?r=2d3e2
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Dynamite Blasts and Paradise Lost
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Dynamite Blasts and Paradise Lost
One of North Americaâs Last Pristine Prairies in the San Rafael Valley Will Be Scarred Forever as the Border Wall Advances in Southern Arizona.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theborderchronicle/p/dynamite-blasts-and-paradise-lost?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
2 days ago
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Our Tax Dollars at Work
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Our Tax Dollars at Work
Useless walls, billions in liability, medals for standing around, more travel bans.
https://open.substack.com/pub/dankowalski/p/our-tax-dollars-at-work?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
2 days ago
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Dynamite Blasts and Paradise Lost
One of North Americaâs Last Pristine Prairies in the San Rafael Valley Will Be Scarred Forever as the Border Wall Advances in Southern Arizona.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theborderchronicle/p/dynamite-blasts-and-paradise-lost?r=2d3e2
2 days ago
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Got Face?
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Got Face?
And USCIS creates a biometrics "denial loop"
https://open.substack.com/pub/dankowalski/p/got-face?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
3 days ago
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The President is Unwell
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The President is Unwell
Donald Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder proves he is unfit to lead.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lizplank/p/the-president-is-unwell?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
3 days ago
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Where is Juan Orlando Hernandez, and why hasn't he been deported yet?
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Terror in Australia: Are Jews Safe Anywhere?
Why Jewish inclusion is a test of whether America's pro-democracy movement can endure
https://open.substack.com/pub/howardwgordon/p/terror-in-australia-are-jews-safe?r=2d3e2
4 days ago
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Dan Kowalski
Bill Kristol
5 days ago
Release the boat videos. Release the Epstein files. Release the ICE and Border Patrol body-cam footage. Justice Brandeis: "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." And there's so much the Trump administration's doing that needs disinfecting.
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When immigration law stops being civil.
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When immigration law stops being civil.
No, Iâm not a lawyer.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jennbudd/p/when-immigration-law-stops-being?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
5 days ago
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It's probably a duck
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It's probably a duck
Thereâs a moment in every dive bar when the bullshit gets thick enough you can taste it.
https://open.substack.com/pub/clayjak/p/its-probably-a-duck?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Federal Court Blocks ICEâs Unlawful Detention of Immigrant Teens Turning 18
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Court Blocks ICEâs Unlawful Detention of Teens Turning 18
A federal court ruled that ICE can't automatically send unaccompanied children into adult detention centers once they turn 18.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/press-release/court-blocks-ice-unlawful-detention-immigrant-teens-turn-18/
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Bad Cops, Dumb Lawyers
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Bad Cops, Dumb Lawyers
DOJ and DHS (ICE, CBP, USCIS) are not sending their best.
https://open.substack.com/pub/dankowalski/p/bad-cops-dumb-lawyers?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
6 days ago
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The Lies Americans Tell Themselves to Justify State Violence Against Migrants
I posted a photo of Border Patrol agents pinning a man to the ground in a headlock â and the internet made up every excuse in the book to defend the assault.
https://open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/ice-migrants-violent-arrests-brutality?r=2d3e2
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia Out Of Jail, Not Out On Bail, And That's The Way It Goes!
Pissed off judge is PIIIIISSSSSED.
https://open.substack.com/pub/wonkette/p/kilmar-abrego-garcia-out-of-jail?r=2d3e2
6 days ago
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'Outrageous': Lawyers warn court of possible ICE raids in churches over holidays
Democracy Forward says they're especially vigilant today for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, widely celebrated by people of Latin American heritage.
https://open.substack.com/pub/allrisenews/p/democracy-forward-skye-perryman-churches?r=2d3e2
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He Fought for the United States. Then the United States Forced Him Out.
A Purple Heart veteran lived here nearly 50 years. Immigration policy pushed him to self-deport.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theallenanalysis/p/he-fought-for-the-united-states-then?r=2d3e2
6 days ago
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Judge Orders Kilmar Released!
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Judge Orders Kilmar Released!
And rips the feds many new ones. Ouch!
https://open.substack.com/pub/dankowalski/p/judge-orders-kilmar-released?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
7 days ago
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Ahmed Baba
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This is a truly remarkable moment. Simultaneously debunking Kristi Noemâs lie in real-time and elevating the story of a veteran who was deported under Trump & Noemâs dehumanizing, belligerent deportation policy.
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Weâve Hit a Brick Wall Addressing Judicial Misconduct in Immigration Court
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Weâve Hit a Brick Wall Addressing Judicial Misconduct in Immigration Court
The potential for misconduct could not be higher with the introduction of hundreds of military attorneys without immigration experience to serve as temporary immigration judges.
https://open.substack.com/pub/justiceconnection/p/weve-hit-a-brick-wall-addressing?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
7 days ago
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Jay Willis
7 days ago
Even for me, this is pretty in the weeds, but the shift in tone in SCOTUSblog's coverage since Sarah Isgur and The Dispatch took overâmore deferential to the Court, more reverential of the justices as celebrities, more credulous and stenographic across the boardâhas been...notable
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be immediately released, a federal judge rules
The U.S. government never obtained a final order for his removal.
https://open.substack.com/pub/allrisenews/p/kilmar-abrego-garcia-released-xinis-ruling?r=2d3e2
7 days ago
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California Fast Food Workers Union
8 days ago
BREAKING: Workers at a KFC/TacoBell are on strike in Sunnyvale today due to discrimination and for threatening to report workers to ICE for challenging labor conditions. After years of attacks, enough is enough. The strength of Santa Clara County is our diversity and we wonât be silenced!
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And The Grift Goes On...
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And The Grift Goes On...
Trump Gold Card, Live!
https://open.substack.com/pub/dankowalski/p/and-the-grift-goes-on?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
8 days ago
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Immigration "extremism"
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Immigration "extremism"
and facing down the pepperballs
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnwashington/p/immigration-extremism?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
9 days ago
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The Tenacious Tracker
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The Tenacious Tracker
Robust database keeps tabs on Trump's immigration moves
https://open.substack.com/pub/dankowalski/p/the-tenacious-tracker?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
9 days ago
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AM Dispatch: Trumpâs âSelf-Deportationâ Trap: Now Theyâre Arresting You for Leaving
Plus, work permits slashed, Afghans mass detained, NOLA terror campaign continues, massive ICE surge in Hawaii, another deportation flight to Iran, and more!
https://open.substack.com/pub/migrantinsider/p/am-dispatch-trumps-self-deportation?r=2d3e2
9 days ago
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
9 days ago
Okay, I've been informed that this is only going to be streaming on Facebook Live from Senator Blumenthal's Facebook page. So there will be a link on here at some point around 3:00 Eastern.
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Your Health Care Bill Is About to Explode
If affordability feels like a crisis, itâs because it is.
https://open.substack.com/pub/welivedit/p/your-health-care-bill-is-about-to?r=2d3e2
9 days ago
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Patriots (esp. reporters @NPR and @Reuters), time to leak/reveal/post the entire 2 Dec 2025 DOS cable regarding denial of H-1B visas to fact checkers and content moderators. Be a patriot!
9 days ago
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ICE Admits First Camp Death + Another Elder Passes
ICE announces first death of a migrant housed on Ft. Blissâs Camp East Montana after he was previously imprisoned at Krome; another elder dies in Texas; ICE abandons timely Detainee Death Reporting
https://open.substack.com/pub/detentionkills/p/ice-admits-first-camp-death-another?r=2d3e2
10 days ago
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More Lawlessness From DOJ, More Violence From ICE
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More Lawlessness From DOJ, More Violence From ICE
Featuring: Lawyers and Dogs (photo trigger warning)
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10 days ago
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On Immigration
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On Immigration
-and the original undocumented
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10 days ago
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Dan Kowalski
Senator Patty Murray
13 days ago
Thereâs no telling how many similar stories are not being told for fear of retaliation. By now, everyone should realize Trump is not going after violent criminals or the worst of the worstâhe is terrorizing everyone, including U.S. citizens, and their loved ones.
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Senator Murray Condemns Egregious Use of Force by ICE as Constituent is Mauled by Attack Dog, Demands Release from NWIPC to Receive Appropriate Medical Care - Senator Patty Murray
***(WARNING: Graphic Content) Photos of Wilmerâs injuries, photos of Wilmer and his children, and partial video of his detainment are available to the press HERE*** Washington, D.C. â  Today, U.S. Sen...
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Senator Patty Murray
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ICE should not be free to inflict this kind of pain and suffering on innocent immigrants. This doesnât make anyone safer. Republicans must join Democrats in calling for oversight, accountability, and serious restraint.ďżź
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Local police investigating ICE after video appears to show agent drive over detained manâs foot
The incident in Vancouver, Washington caused the 27-year-old man to scream in agony.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/12/local-police-investigating-ice-after-video-appears-to-show-agent-drive-over-detained-mans-foot.html
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Senator Patty Murray
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Trump pardoned a Honduran drug lord who helped move TONS of cocaine into the U.S. Trump does not care about being tough on crime, stopping drug trafficking, or keeping Americans safe. This is corrupt beyond belief, and EVERYONE should call it out.
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