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A federal judge has ruled that a state election law pushed by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is unconstitutional, and sanctioned Kobach, who was lead attorney in the case.

Kobach has built his career on fears of imaginary voter fraud. splcenter.org/20161118/kris-…
Kris Kobach, who led President Trump's now-disbanded voter fraud commission, has a long history of ties to America's nativist movement. splcenter.org/news/2017/06/1…
Kobach vowed that his office had confirmed cases of voter fraud that were just "the tip of the iceberg." After reviewing the evidence, the judge found "there is no iceberg; only an icicle, largely created by confusion and administrative error." npr.org/2018/06/19/621…
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Last year, we won a temporary stay of deportation for journalist Manuel Duran, who was arrested in Memphis in April, then detained & threatened with deportation.

This year, we'll keep fighting for immigrants in the Deep South. #SPLCWinterReadingList bit.ly/2Bb112a
Like so many others who have been deported or are detained & awaiting deportation, Manuel Duran would be in grave danger if her were deported from the US. splcenter.org/news/2018/12/1…
Law students volunteered with us to help defend our clients. "Immigration prisons exact an enormous emotional toll, & they make it nearly impossible for prisoners to find legal representation for their asylum cases," one wrote. splcenter.org/attention-on-d…
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"Let me be clear: walls work and we have them we are stopping illegals from getting into our country.” — DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

Let’s be clear: walls don’t work and no human is illegal.
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA): How many children 17 years old or younger have died in DHS, ICE or CBP custody since you took office?

DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen: I will get back you.

That number should be 0.
"I'm not a liar. We've never had a policy of family separation." — DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen

We represent parents who have been separated from their children. Secretary Nielsen's claims do not reflect the facts that we are seeing on the ground. bit.ly/2Ltf7iV
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Peter Brown is a US citizen who was mistakenly detained by ICE after local sheriffs arrested him. We're suing. npr.org/2018/12/18/677…
In January, 17 Florida counties signed Basic Ordering Agreements, which compensate local sheriffs for their collaboration with ICE. Our lawsuit is the first to challenge a Florida sheriff for unlawfully detaining people at ICE’s request as part of a BOA. splcenter.org/news/2018/12/0…
Peter Brown was released from detention but as a result of the ordeal he lost his job and was unemployed. He also lives with the fear that he’ll be sent away from his family and friends. splcenter.org/seeking-justic…
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A friend who is a democrat in #Kansas got his early voting ballot today. The ballot sez to completely fill in the square.. but an extra piece of paper sez to use an X. He called and they said the extra paper was "a mistake". I wonder if any republicans got that extra paper?
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Hey #KANSAS
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Kris Kobach's lead in Repub primary has shrunk to only 91 votes after election officials discovered a mistake in the listing for one county's results in the state's tally of votes.

Deafening silence from conservative conspiracy theorist who would normally contend mistake = fraud
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Kobach‘s dept decreased his opponents vote total
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Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer says Secretary of State Kris Kobach is giving election officials guidance "inconsistent with Kansas law" about handling mailed-in and other ballots as the count continues in their unresolved GOP primary. apnews.com/14cc7856c9e94b…
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Hey #KANSAS
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You can find a list of acceptable forms of ID at vote.org/voter-id-laws
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CENSUS 🤓 ALERT: I’m back @ Manhattan federal court for 9:30am ET oral arguments in largest lawsuit against #2020census citizenship question. Judge is deciding whether to dismiss case & whether to order Trump admin to release more internal docs on decision to add Q. THREAD TK👇
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