Thread by @RachelMcGonagi1

Following AG Barr’s decision to unilaterally disallow bail hearings for any asylum seekers, many folks admitted they do not grok the difference between immigration courts and our real justice system.

Information is the devil's mistress, so let's do this!

https://twitter.com/RachelMcGonagi1/status/1118343273083363328?s=20

First, there is a difference between immigration courts and our actual real justice system. The justice system that everyone generally thinks of, with local county courthouses, district, circuit courts, all the way up to SCOTUS: that's a whole branch of government unto itself.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw Immigration Courts, however, are a different breed. They're under the aegis of the Executive Branch, specifically part of the Department of Justice, and the AG is the Boss. ICs used to be part of INS, but a few years back, they were moved to DoJ in a hope for more impartiality.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb That worked out great. *biggest eyeroll in the universe*

In fact, immigration lawyer @matt_cam had this to say about the Immigration Court system, in which he works on behalf of his clients everyday:

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb The problems w/Immigration Courts being part of DoJ are legion.

The American Bar Association (ABA) reported in 2010, w/an update just recently, the disaster our immigration courts have become.

2010 Report: americanbar.org/content/dam/ab…

2019 Report: americanbar.org/content/dam/ab…

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb BIG PROBLEM #1: Immigration JUDGES are not independent because immigration courts are not.
IJs work for the AG.

They're hired by him, often used to work for DoJ/ICE.

Let that sink in.

The judges making decisions about asylum cases WORK FOR the guy making asylum claims harder.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus .@matt_cam had a great thread about this in 2017, when AG Sessions was appointing new IJs like woah. Around 100 in 6 months. Bias, ideology, and blatant partisanship shouldn't have a role in immigration hearings. His judges will be in places for YEARS.

https://twitter.com/matt_cam/status/938542705772199937?s=20

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus The 2010 ABA Report lays out issues with one guy hiring all the judges, especially if most were DoJ or ICE lawyers: they're likely to be homogenous, and think very much alike about How Things Should Be. In fact, studies show distinct biases in asylum grants by such IJs.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen When the prosecutor and the judge both work for the same guy (ultimately--POTUS) it makes the idea of impartiality a farce. This plays out in ICs everyday.
Two weeks ago, 2 organizations filed a complaint against El Paso IJs about their culture of hostility towards non-citizens.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen Some El Paso IJs standing orders: only allowing 100 pages of evidence, no matter how much more might exist; requiring all evidence for an asylum case be submitted even before a bond hearing; not allowing any supplemental evidence later on, if it becomes available.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists El Paso IJ’s culture of hostility includes verbal mockery of non-citizens, inappropriate behavior, and generally not taking the whole “holding someone's life in your hands” thing seriously. It's not like they're *judges* or anything.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa And there's the “due process schmoo schmrocess” attitude at El Paso.

Like, why would the immigrant want to understand the proceeding? We don't need an interpreter!

You, lawyer, want to ask your client questions? Ha! No.

Besides, it's not like any of this will be written down.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 Link to the complaint by American Immigration Council and American Immigration Lawyers Association: americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/…

Link to the lengthy appendix to the complaint, containing sworn statements & court transcripts: americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/…

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 El Paso isn't the only place due process issues occur. Those ABA reports are a great read. If, for instance, you want JUDGES that will interrogate, examine and cross-examine a defendant, IC is the place!

Oh, yes. Remember, they work for the DoJ. They don't need to be impartial.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 In fact...often AGs would rather they weren't.

In fact, AGs will often TELL them not to be impartial, as Sessions did in the spring of 2018 with the announcement of new performance standards.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 BIG PROBLEM #2: Immigration Courts can ONLY decide civil cases.
That doesn't sound like a problem. Violations of the Immigration & Naturalization Act are civil offenses, not criminal. That should be a good thing. The problem is that the 6th Amendment doesn't apply to civil cases.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 Lemme say that again for the folks in the back:

THE 6TH AMENDMENT DOESN’T APPLY TO CIVIL CASES

No guaranteed representation. No right to a speedy trial. No right to question witnesses or a fair jury trial. None of it.

But the lack of representation is especially egregious.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @JeffMerkley The “funny” thing about the lack of guaranteed representation for defendants in IC is that it's down to one tiny parenthetical phrase in the Immigration and Nat. Act: “at no expense to the government.”
If that phrase were removed: POOF! So many lives would be improved, instantly.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @JeffMerkley In the meantime, immigrants--many of them, especially asylum seekers & detainees, indigent--have had to rely on pro bono outfits, or groups like the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @JeffMerkley The American Bar Association believes the lack of guaranteed representation makes people doubt the integrity of the immigration courts. Also, that guaranteed representation would help with efficiency, due process and fairness.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @JeffMerkley There's already a program called the National Qualified Representative Program, created in response to the case Franco-Gonzalez v Holder, which provides legal representation for defendants found to be mentally incompetent of defending themselves.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @JeffMerkley Nothing like that yet exists for other vulnerable populations, like children.

propublica.org/article/6-year…

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @JeffMerkley BIG PROBLEM #3: The AG Makes the Rules

This covers the decision Barr made Tuesday.
The AG has the power to grab cases from the Board of Immigration Appeals and “direct” them to himself to decide.

Sessions did this to a case in March 2018:

https://twitter.com/matt_cam/status/970863029276602368?s=20

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 This power can be used capriciously, ideologically, and with virtually zero oversight. Its use can do untold damage. It can kill. Sessions used it again in June 2018, to end asylum protection for domestic abuse survivors.

Again, @matt_cam:

https://twitter.com/matt_cam/status/1006267764338720773?s=20

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 AG Sessions used this “referral and certification” power A LOT.

Like, A LOT, a lot.

The 2019 ABA Report called him out on it personally. And made the recommendation that future AGs should refrain from rewriting immigration law, but merely “clarify” it.

Yeah.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR Now Barr's used that power to declare asylum seekers do not get bail hearings. Indefinite detention for everyone!

Since defendants are not guaranteed a speedy trial--cuz no 6th amendment protections!--that means indefinite can mean a loooong time.

Years.
bbc.com/news/world-us-…

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR Amnesty International had a few things to say about our indefinitely detaining asylum seekers, including that it violates US law:

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR And of course, if we're talking about detaining families--& we ARE talking about detaining families now--we're talking about kids (infants, 4&5 year olds, kids who should be in school, learning to read or do multiplication tables) basically spending a year, two years behind bars.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR A few days ago, the supposedly "bipartisan" Homeland Security Advisory Council called for some fairly drastic (draconian) measures to end the “real crisis” that is “overwhelming our border agencies and our immigration system...and endangering children.”

dhs.gov/sites/default/…

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR The HSAC’s assessment of the “crisis” seemed...off, to me, and their talking points all too familiar...very Nielsonian. Imagine my surprise to learn most of this “bipartisan” group were former CBP, DHS and DoJ employees.

Soooo neutral.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR Their description of the “crisis” and attendant issues is almost breathless at times: emergency this, catastrophic that, collapse under the weight of the other. It's all a little bit much, tbh.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR And, of course, many of the claims are suspect as all héll.

These, frex? No sourcing. Vague terms: “some children,” “risk...is high,” “adults...are increasing.”
When we're talking about 50,000 “family units” apprehended in a month, how many is “some children”?

Ten?

A thousand?

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR And these, which do not acknowledge the reason behind the problem: “metering,” pure & simple. CBP only letting a few people through at Ports on Entry on a daily basis has forced thousands to cross the border illegally, in dangerous places, instead.

This ain't rocket surgery.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR Aaaanyhoo, given all that, their recommendations are bound to be fun, right?
Right!
Fortunately for trump, Barr & CBP, they line up perfectly! What were the chances? The “bipartisan” HSAC’s ideas go like this:
--Rollback Flores
--No asylum seeking except at POEs
--Send UACs home!

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR --let family units stay together, if adult accompanying the child is grandparent or aunt/uncle, etc. (This is actually a good one, and why is it not already a thing??)
--Take pictures of the kiddos to make sure they're not being recycled...which, just to be clear, IS NOT A THING.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR --do a whammy with the law and rollback Flores WITHOUT Congressional say so. Cuz it's just that important. For the children.
--Build bunches of temporary Regional Processing Centers for all that fun Family Detention! HSAC really loves RPCs. A LOT. They go into loving detail.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR --Rip through those asylum claims like lightning! Do em in 20 days or less, if possible. Due process, schmoo...you get the idea. Get this done by:

1)Putting USCIS Officers at RPCs and doing Credible Fear Interviews right there
2)If the family doesn't pass, deport em straightaway

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR 3) Plunk down 300 more Immigration Judges. Oh, and give the asylum schmucks a lawyer so they can't come back and appeal the decision just cuz they didn't have a lawyer! (Weird & backwards, but...okay?)

4)You know what, just put the judges at the RPCs, too

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR 5)Don't let those judges do anything but process family claims. No Netflix!

6)Cut any kind of “red tape” or “civil rights” you can think of to make this process smoother/faster

7)Hell, why even allow asylum at all?

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR Done w/RPCs

--Enter Safe Third Country Agreement with Mexico, which trump’s been trying to do for months, but Mexico isn't having it. Also, frankly, they're NOT a safe third country, not like Canada, the only place we currently have that agreement with.

womensrefugeecommission.org/rights/resourc…

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR --Make people in Guatemala stay in Guatemala to apply for asylum...of course, if they don't HAVE to travel 2000 miles on foot for refuge--cuz would anybody sane DO that?--maybe they aren't REALLY afraid for their lives...so, maybe they don't REALLY need asylum.

DENIED!

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR Give children a thorough medical going over. And double-triple check...make that quadruple check if they've been sexually exploited...maybe by the adult with them? Maybe they're recycled? How far can we push this?

Blah. Do not like.

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @DOJ_EOIR So. Immigration Courts. They're different.

They're….bad. The rec’s from HSAC are NOT gonna make anything better. But you know what will? The recommendations from the ABA. And they have one HUGE one:

Sever the Immigration Courts from the Executive Branch.

SNIP!

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 Severing the immigration court system wouldn't solve all of its problems, obviously. But it’d be a helluva start. The ONLY way that's ever going to happen, though, is with a change in leadership in 2020.

I’ll let @Matt_cam have the last word:

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @MoveOn PS: If you want to do something concrete, RIGHT NOW, to help immigrants ICE has taken from their families and communities, and get them bailed out, follow this link and give a little love.

https://twitter.com/ScottHech/status/1119280209885368320?s=20

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @MoveOn Something YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW to help fix Immigration Courts:

🚨 Call Your Electeds 🚨

Seem daunting? No worries. The Americans of Conscience Checklist has got you covered w/Action 1 this week, with a script, link to look up your Electeds & everything.

americansofconscience.com/4-21-2019/

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 I have previously mentioned the utter coolitude of @AoCChecklist and their wonderful, well-thought-out, meaningful actions that are bite-sized for everyone's time budget. Y'all should subscribe to the weekly newsletter. But you prolly already do, right?

https://twitter.com/RachelMcGonagi1/status/1109617568157859841?s=20

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @AoCChecklist In addition to Immigration Courts, for example, this week's Checklist includes actions on child incarceration & prison gerrymandering, citizenship for DACA & TPS, and donating gently used toys to children recently released from ICE detention. Check it out!
americansofconscience.com/4-21-2019/

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @AoCChecklist Oh, Border Dems, noooo.... It's a trap!

thehill.com/latino/439728-…

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @AoCChecklist The only private attorney in town, for a detention facility w/2,000 beds & a 90% asylum denial rate, Rosenbluth has made a lifetime of fighting for human rights & decency. He *moved* to Lumpkin to help these detainees & hopes more lawyers will join him.

csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/20…

@ifindkarma @matt_cam @TrinityResists @AdamaEsq @axidentaliberal @jomareewade @ImmJusticeNOW @BryanDawsonUSA @brycetache @nycsouthpaw @LiteraryMouse @MamaMayham @BABS5683 @TheLoyalO @LunaLuvgood2020 @ManInTheHoody @AdamParkhomenko @HriSherryb @DanaScottlo @funder @ScottHech @SusanBChurch11 @JainaResists @Augustus709 @mle_goldman @JynErso_Patriot @Norberta36 @lfkraus @DemocracyStorm @TrisResists @L_Toczylowski @SirineShebaya @JessTherkelsen @TheSWPrincess @drbashir2018 @QuoththeRaven2 @CaptainResists @nickiknowsnada @ArtistsPo @Lady_Star_Gem @ScarletAvengers @TheRickyDavila @ElastigirlVotes @laureldavilacpa @exoticgamora @AryaKicksButt @Alyssa_Milano @AndreaChalupa @docrocktex26 @AoCChecklist From the people who brought you:

EMERGENCY FLORES ROLLBACK!

and

REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTERS (aka concentration camps)

a meeting of their parent group (HSAC) w/an update from Child & Family Subcom on May 21st, from 8:30am-3:30pm! Partly open to public.
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