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Worse yet, think about the CBP and BP things that we don’t know about.

I’m often asked why I call out incommunicado & unregistered detentions of migrants as enforced disappearances when the disappearance tends to last days rather than something much longer. The answer is yes, because many other human rights violations are accomplishable when nobody knows where you are.

i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.

this is just gutter racism

Short-term disappearances necessarily precede long-term ones. They are also still enforced disappearances, because the definition does not Include a temporal element. Here’s the legal definition below. We all need to start calling things what they are.

Short-term disappearances necessarily precede long-term ones. They are also still enforced disappearances, because the definition does not Include a temporal element. Here’s the legal definition below. We all need to start calling things what they are.

Enforced disappearance under international law does not include a temporal element. A disappearance for hours or days is enough to make it impossible to defend someone’s rights and for the government to accomplish unlawful deportations. Don’t shy away from using the accurate term. My research below:

Enforced disappearance under international law does not include a temporal element. A disappearance for hours or days is enough to make it impossible to defend someone’s rights and for the government to accomplish unlawful deportations. Don’t shy away from using the accurate term. My research below:

Hot new book alert #2: Anna Law's (@unlawfulentries.bsky.social) *Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants* is available for pre-order.

One of the purposes of this kind of course in the social work curriculum is to have students reflect on their reactions to how they encounter difference. Calling the manager when you feel your ideology threatened is a real problem in pre-professional social work education.

We should also pass legislation defining, criminalizing, & giving victims recourse against enforced disappearance, like what ICE is doing now, to stem law enforcement imposters. The more that real ICE gets away with, the more fake ICE will try. thehill.com/policy/natio...

This is an enforced disappearance: “‘they wouldn’t give us information about when my son would be released or where he was,’ Avalos said at a press conference on Wednesday. Avalos said she still had not been able to speak to her son to find out where he is being held.” apple.news/AY5YWfFv_Rdy...

This is an enforced disappearance: “‘they wouldn’t give us information about when my son would be released or where he was,’ Avalos said at a press conference on Wednesday. Avalos said she still had not been able to speak to her son to find out where he is being held.” apple.news/AY5YWfFv_Rdy...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social

it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops

this is evil

I've seen this before.

Absolutely. They are used to far less oversight than ICE, operating in remote border communities. Their detainees aren’t allowed visitors (legal or family) and their locations aren’t publicly disclosed as ICE detainees’ typically are. Phone access is even more limited.

I felt confident back in the 2016-2020 years was that civil society’s response was robust, including private business and legal professionals refusing to be absorbed into the regime. The abdication we see now, though, from civil society is alarming. Folks need to step up and defend the public sphere

I felt confident back in the 2016-2020 years was that civil society’s response was robust, including private business and legal professionals refusing to be absorbed into the regime. The abdication we see now, though, from civil society is alarming. Folks need to step up and defend the public sphere

Refusing to feed people while building a massive ballroom is a fast track to eat the rich. No pun intended.

That's the authoritarian dream

John Washington has been doing some incredibly impactful storytelling on borders, immigration, and now enforced disappearance. Check out his latest piece and be sure to follow him.

Can you imagine that this is an ICE recruitment poster? It’s like “why sit around on your sofa w/your wife nagging you every two minutes when you can sit in comfort in a van big enough for friends? You’ll get a mask, a gun, & your very own “illegal” so you can feel superior & secure in your ride.”

John Washington has been doing some incredibly impactful storytelling on borders, immigration, and now enforced disappearance. Check out his latest piece and be sure to follow him.

It’s here! My first solo published article is available online and in print. This article is the origin of my research on enforced disappearances of migrants that I began 3.5 years ago. Its relevance has only grown in importance. I hope you’ll take a look: digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...

There could be solid ICE counter-recruitment campaigns launched to discourage people from working for them and to encourage those working for them to quit. There are lots of examples of such campaigns from anti-war organizing.

It’s here! My first solo published article is available online and in print. This article is the origin of my research on enforced disappearances of migrants that I began 3.5 years ago. Its relevance has only grown in importance. I hope you’ll take a look: digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...

In protesting peacefully we reclaim our cities and communities from state brutality. These are our spaces, our homes.

I once entered Nogales, Sonora on the border w/Nogales, AZ. As I neared the port of entry, I saw a billboard ad to work for CBP. The person in the ad was outfitted like Rambo. CBP, & BP in particular, has always attracted people who think their job is to be a part of a goon squad.

When I started this research over 3.5 years ago, I had no idea it would lead to general allegations by the UN WGEID, joint allegations by multiple UN human rights experts, amicus briefing at the Mexican Supreme Court…. digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...

I don’t know where it comes from, but in the US, people don’t see civil rights as a branch of human rights like the rest of the world. It’s why you’ll hear the phrase “civil and human rights” here, which is a lot like saying “apples and fruit.”

Taking inspiration from this.

When I started this research over 3.5 years ago, I had no idea it would lead to general allegations by the UN WGEID, joint allegations by multiple UN human rights experts, amicus briefing at the Mexican Supreme Court…. digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...

Some lunch-break news: The article I started writing over 3.5 years ago and that was accepted for publication in early 2024 has finally been published! It’s produced so many successful advocacy opportunities, and is one of my proudest achievements: digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...

Some lunch-break news: The article I started writing over 3.5 years ago and that was accepted for publication in early 2024 has finally been published! It’s produced so many successful advocacy opportunities, and is one of my proudest achievements: digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vo...

Just gonna keep tapping the sign* *𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦

“Marquette Hawkins, California City mayor, said on Thursday that CoreCivic did not have the proper permits or business license to operate the facility and that its application is still pending.” I’m sorry, what did I just read?

This “enemy from within” language is horrifically dangerous. It hearkens to the military dictatorships of Southern Cone countries like Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay, in which “subversives” (leftists or people suspected of leftist thoughts) were mass disappeared, tortured, and murdered.

You could also say it’s not mere kidnapping, but that it’s legally enforced disappearance. Here’s the definition under the International Convention for the Protection of All Person’s from Enforced Disappearance:

Miguel is one of the victims of the shooting at the ICE field office in Dallas this week. He is the sole provider for his family, and his wife is expecting a bag any day now. He is currently in grave condition. Any amount you can give is appreciated: www.gofundme.com/f/aid-for-mi...

If your client or loved one has been disappeared by the US gov, whether to Guantánamo, a Salvadoran gulag, or some other incomunicado/unregistered ICE or CBP facility, I urge you to report it to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (thread): www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...

M. Gessen’s writings have been a guidepost for me over the past 9 years. Themself a queer, Jewish refugee from Russia, this article on processing the reality of a country unrecognizable from the one that I thought I knew is poignant: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...

No way.

Miguel is one of the victims of the shooting at the ICE field office in Dallas this week. He is the sole provider for his family, and his wife is expecting a bag any day now. He is currently in grave condition. Any amount you can give is appreciated: www.gofundme.com/f/aid-for-mi...

These are enforced disappearances under international law and should be reported to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances immediately: www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...

In light of the story about hundreds of detainees disappearing after being sent to Alligator Alcatraz, reposting this here. These are enforced disappearances under international law. The systematic top-down practice raises questions as to whether these amount to crimes against humanity.

In light of the story about hundreds of detainees disappearing after being sent to Alligator Alcatraz, reposting this here. These are enforced disappearances under international law. The systematic top-down practice raises questions as to whether these amount to crimes against humanity.