Lawyer. Former director, UGALaw Land Use Clinic. Long ago immigration practitioner. Coloradan, my people are Montanans. No one is free unless all are free. Justice for the #Spokane3.
Apparently toddlers are now required to give due process to abusers. The US judicial and immigration systems to defendants and immigrants, not so much.
Aaron RuparMAX MILLER: She's 2.5 years old. She doesn't have the ability to articulate what you just said. TAPPER: But you just told me that she said she was scared to go to mommy's house. Now you're saying she's not capable of saying "Daddy kill you"? MILLER: What about due process?
This stinks to high heaven. There are organizations that have been competently representing immigrant children for years, such as @florenceproject.bsky.social, is this meant to replace their highly qualified services? If so, the administration has taken its cruelty to absurdly stupid heights.
Corey Rayburn YungIn addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/
"Being charged with a federal felony, a conspiracy charge that holds the potential for six years in prison because I showed up to a protest, seems to me to be an attack on a fundamental right that all Americans hold," Mavalwalla, a combat veteran who served in Afghanistan, told NPR."
She protested ICE raids. Then agents showed up at her doorThe Justice Department is using federal conspiracy charges to sweep up ICE protesters. Some legal experts worry the agency is casting too wide a net to prosecute political activists.www.npr.orgAn official policy to withhold evidence is pretty bold.
404 MediaWhen cops use Flock to arrest someone in Wapello County, Iowa, they don’t want them to know. A usage policy for Flock cameras in the county tells police, in no uncertain terms, to keep them a secret. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Story: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...
Big win for the League of Women Voters US today, you love to see it.
Democracy DocketThe pro-voting plaintiffs argued the ban cut off the most effective way to reach large numbers of new citizens at the moment they became eligible to vote. In 2024 alone, @lwv.org helped register over 122,000 new voters at naturalization ceremonies. Read the full story👇
Spoiler alert, I have read it and it is chock full of total bullshit.
404 MediaEXCLUSIVE: 404 Media has obtained a coaching guide that Flock surveillance gives to police about “how to speak to city councils about public safety technology.” @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Read the full story here: www.404media.co/own-the-narr...
So far news in the chat is encouraging, but fires like this can change course in an instant. I've still got all my fingers crossed. And if anyone has links to legit fundraisers for those who've lost their homes or need supplies, let us know.
Jamie Baker RoskieSending so much love and solidarity to my Spokane friends tonight.
James Carville is the JD Vance of Democrats.
Joshua EatonThe tragedy of Carville is that he grew up broke in the South then, when it mattered most, decided politics was more important than solidarity.