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A landlord threatened to call ICE on their tenant. And was just fined $17,000 for that.

Likely "the first case in the country where an individual was fined for threatening to call immigration authorities." wsj.com/articles/new-y…
If you've come to this tweet, may I also suggest other ways ICE's power gets countered — namely state legislation that make cooperation with ICE harder: appealpolitics.org/2019/illinois-…

& local elections for the public officials who make the choices to cooperate:
We live in a world where NYC can fine a landlord to threaten to call ICE, while the federal government empowers ICE agents to run around using "social media to capture targets by making fake accounts on online dating websites and arranging rendezvous."
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California's legislature passed at least a dozen criminal justice reform bills just over the past few weeks, enough to make it hard to keep it all straight!

They include a ban on facial recognition, sentencing reform, expanded expungement. So here's a thread on some of them.
1. Legislature voted to ban private prisons & private immigration detention centers (currently have capacity to detain 4,500 immigrants). theguardian.com/us-news/2019/s…

(IL adopted similar measure this year: appealpolitics.org/2019/illinois-…)
2. Expunging past convictions provides huge benefits, but process is so complex few of those eligible apply. A new bill automates some of process, but only for post-2021 offenses. courthousenews.com/bill-to-help-s…

See also: big expungement package introduced in MI. appealpolitics.org/legislative-ro…
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Taniel
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I just unearthed the George Bush playing cards I acquired nearly two decades ago (!) for the 1st time in a while, & immediately struck by all the names still powerful today.
Look who's in here
the four aces
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Taniel
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I cannot recall ever seeing a state party asking a sitting legislator to leave their party.

The legislator's crime? Corruption, sexual harassment, fraud? Saying that the GOP is complicit in racist & immoral activity:
Nebraska's legislature is technically nonpartisan, but Republicans control 30 of 49 seats, so even if the state GOP gets its wish of only having members sworn to not criticize white supremacy, it wouldn't endanger their majority.
I'm sad to say the "media contact" number has not actually been responding. So I haven't been able to ask Ryan Hamilton if he's concerned that the state party lashing out in such unique manner to intra-party criticism that it enables racism will further encourage that criticism.
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Four years ago tonight, I put my baby on a helicopter and prayed I’d see her on the other end of the journey.

She got very sick at home and we rushed her to the local ER who immediately contacted her cardiac team and arranged transport.
What we didn’t know at that moment is that she was having a major and rare complication from her previous open heart surgery that would result in not only an air lift to Cincinnati but a medical jet to Boston and an urgent open heart surgery.
When we walked out that door, we didn’t know we wouldn’t see our house again for 2 months. We had NO idea what we were headed in to.

We didn’t have to worry about seeking care at our local ER. Emergency room visits must be covered under the ACA.
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Immigration lawyer hoaxing and grifting
Just for fun let's assume his client is real and that his client is telling the truth.
We have to assume because there is no proof of either.
More than likely it is just a well crafted series of tweets that tug on liberal heart strings to make money.
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#ICE plans to conduct raids in the following cities on Sunday, July 14th in the following cities.

ICE planea realizar redadas en las siguientes ciudades el domingo 14 de julio en las siguientes ciudades.

#ICEraids #immigrants
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I'll list information & resources about immigrant's rights and legal help, in Spanish and English.

Enumeraré información y recursos sobre los derechos de los inmigrantes y la ayuda legal, en español y inglés. 2/10 #deportation #MassArrests
Information & resources about immigrant rights from the @ACLU.

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Okay, I am finally, *actually* watching DIE HARD for the first time ever, because I didn't last week due to having a chest cold.

Stand ready. I am about to get all your cultural references.
(Or, as we have been calling it around the house, THE HARD because it's obviously in German yanno.)
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Many people think that “illegal immigrants” are the scourge of this country, and are a very hot topic in the political world. Let’s dispel any myths and misunderstandings on this subject once and for all.
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The first item I’d like to point out, is that a better term we should use would be undocumented immigrant. “Illegal alien” creates and perpetuates the stigma that these people are inherently bad, or criminal. The reality is that they are just seeking a better life.
Probably the biggest misunderstanding is that everyone should simply just immigrate legally, when in reality there’s nothing simple about it. There are very specific and restrictive criteria one must meet in order to immigrate to the U.S. legally.
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@GSarafan
As a fmr immigration attorney let me be unambiguously clear. Crossing a boarder to claim asylum is *not* a crime; no under US or international law. Any child separated from a parent under that pretext is done so in direct contravention to the laws of the USA. ⚖ THREAD Pls RT.
If you came to the US without permission to apply for asylum, youmetjod of entry, whether legal or illegal *should* in no way effect your application process. Illegal entry is not a ground of inadmissibility for asylum applicants.
Unlike many other categories of applicants for immigration benefits, ppl seeking asylum in the US are not barred by having made an illegal entry; for example, sneaked across the U.S. border or overstaying a valid visa (one of the top ways people are in the country illegall).
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