#ICYMI on the day we tweeted about our win, the same court that blocked the implementation of MPP, reversed its decision literally hours later. DOJ lawyers rushed to defend MPP. What they are defending is a policy that has resulted in egregious state sponsored human rights abuse.
That morning our OTG San Diego/TJ team began furiously organizing, connecting w our cross border partners, sending out mass volunteer call outs, coordinating a 4:30am KYR clinic at the POE. Of course, this all happened on the weekend of a major move. *actual gif of AOL assembling
By nightfall, word spread that the decision had been reversed. Of course working in immigration law in the age of Trump means nothing is for certain. It means having gone from being able to give clients straight answers to 🤷🏽♀️ if we’re lucky CBP, DHS, ICE will follow its own laws.
And as our friend @abogadatejana stated rather poetically, we hold victories like these “like water in our hands.” Ready to slip through our fingers at any time, but providing just enough water to bring us back to life when we’ve become so devestatingly hydrated. #laluchasigue
And speaking of water!
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