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Proposed Reg: Lawyers suggesting Todd Blanche's deportation judges might not be impartial to be punished by fines of up to $3,500. [never mind that federal court judges are excoriating the integrity of immigration courts on a near-daily basis]. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-15458.pdf
Arrest followed by detention without bond in this situation has become *incredibly* common, especially in the last few weeks. They are no longer even bothering with the pretense that it is about “illegality.”
Aaron Reichlin-MelnickThis includes people who came here legally on a visa, applied for another form of status, and are just waiting for the US government to decide their case. People who haven’t done a single thing wrong.
Why would a noncitizen stick their neck out and intentionally illegally vote, with deportation as the penalty (plus criminal sanctions), to have a minuscule impact on an election? It would be completely irrational (and it basically never happens).
Aaron Reichlin-MelnickAhead of Trump’s speech tonight, re-upping a piece I wrote in 2024 unpacking the myth of noncitizen voting, using the Heritage Foundation’s own data to show how extraordinarily rare it has proven to be over decades. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/myths-a...
"If you're asking me to defy a federal district court, that's not okay. I sort of realized I had an axe hanging over my head from that moment forward.” www.cpr.org/2026/07/14/i...
Normal courts: We have a deliberately designed adversarial system and pro se cases without full briefing are poor vehicles for published case law. Board of Immigration Appeals: ICE's side is plenty good. www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...
On the one hand, local police regularly put out warnings about carjackings. On the other, ICE may kill you if you don’t submit to unmarked cars aggressively coming after you.
The New York TimesBreaking News: Federal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching for a different person, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman. nyti.ms/4pfTwgK
ICE has faced overwhelming court losses in individual habeas cases on their arrest/detention practices. Instead of cleaning up its practices to comply with the law, the response has been to just arrest more and know relatively few will get lawyers to challenge them. A pure numbers game.
Aaron Reichlin-MelnickICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.
I don't think it's reasonable for people to expect FIFA to deny a request like this from the current holder of the FIFA Peace Prize.
Aaron RuparTrump on Balogun: "That wasn't even an infraction...this referee, who is a little bit suspect if you check his past. He made a call nobody could believe...he's our best player, or one of our best players. And he gave him a red card. I didn't know what that meant...yes, I asked for a review by FIFA."
The use of an ICE officer who wasn’t there to draft declarations/other documents is so common.
Aaron Reichlin-MelnickLast year ICE said a man tried to murder a female ICE officer while she was trying to arrest him. They swore under oath he grabbed her by the neck and tried to choke her to death. He was even indicted for attempted murder. Problem is, it never happened! Bystander video unraveled the lie.
A USA single shouldn’t be too much to ask for?
Aaron HallA Senegal/USA double shouldn't be too much to ask for.
A Senegal/USA double shouldn't be too much to ask for.
Aaron HallA DR Congo/Senegal/USA triple shouldn't be too much to ask for.
Alright 20 years ago. But the shift supported by a bit of fake scholarship in such a short time is massive and terrifying.
Aaron HallCrazy right winger James Ho of the Fifth Circuit wrote about how this was well settled and obvious like 10 years ago!
SCOTUS DEALS MASSIVE BLOW TO TRUMP, RULING 6-3 THAT SKY IS BLUE [please ignore everything else]
Aaron Reichlin-MelnickBREAKING: The Supreme Court in a 6-3 vote UPHOLDS birthright citizenship, affirming the default rule that all persons born in the United States (with narrow exceptions) are U.S. citizens at birth. A total LOSS for President Trump and the effort to rewrite the 14th Amendment.