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3 Feb, 6 tweets, 2 min read
ICE officials say that attorneys representing Rosa, the survivor of the 2019 El Paso Walmart shooting who was deported recently, did not make it known "to ICE her coordination with local law enforcement regarding the 2019 shooting case prior to her removal on Jan. 29."
ICE spox: "ICE is coordinating with state and federal officials to offer any assistance needed in the furtherance of the prosecution...If the need arises, the agencies will remain in coordination with ICE to determine whether it is necessary that Rosa be present in the US."
ICE confirmed that she was booked in El Paso county jail, where ICE officers issued a detainer (request to hold her). "On 1/29, she was released from jail to the custody of ICE officers. Rosa was removed to Mexico the same day as a noncitizen subject to a final order of removal."
Story from @ryanbrooks over the weekend: buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancb…
“Rosa is a survivor of one of the most horrific events to ever take place in El Paso. She came forward and presented herself to both El Paso police and FBI officials to give a statement of what she saw on that fateful day."
Statement from advocates helping Rosa on comments from ICE:

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3 Feb
Secretary of State @SecBlinken:

“As noted in the Order, the United States intends to suspend and terminate the bilateral Asylum Cooperative Agreements with the Governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.”

Only the Guatemala deal was ever implemented.
The deal and the implementation of the deal with Guatemala was rife with issues: google.com/amp/s/www.buzz…
Right around the time the deal was implemented US immigration officials were provided materials detailing the dangers faced by those in Guatemala, including gangs, violence, and killings with “high levels of impunity.”

google.com/amp/s/www.buzz…
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27 Jan
NEW: BuzzFeed News has obtained draft ICE guidance that would alter the way officers work across the US by directing focus on certain groups of immigrants & requiring approval for street arrests.

If implemented it would likely lead to a drop in arrests.

buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
In the guidance, which would take effect on Feb. 1, ICE officials recognize that their resources are limited, an argument that many advocates and former agency leaders have made.
“ICE’s resources allow for the removal of a few hundred thousand noncitizens annually...It is neither possible nor practical to prioritize every noncitizen who is unlawfully present in the United States,” the memo states.
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27 Jan
STORY: James McHenry has stepped down as director of the immigration courts.

During his tenure, the Trump administration executed a monumental overhaul of the way immigration judges worked.

The move is being celebrated by some within the court system.

buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
Those changes: placing quotas on the number of cases judges should complete every year, ending their ability to indefinitely suspend certain cases, restricting when asylum can be granted, and pouring thousands of previously closed cases back into court dockets.
The quotas in particular have made judges feel as if they were cogs in a deportation machine, as opposed to neutral arbiters given time to thoughtfully analyze the merits of each case.
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26 Jan
BREAKING: Judge Tipton blocks the Biden administration's 100 day deportation moratorium.

Big initial loss for the Biden administration as it moves forward with its immigration policies.
"the January 20 Memorandum not only fails to consider potential policies more limited in scope and time, but it also fails to provide any concrete, reasonable justification for a
100-day pause on deportations."
"Texas demonstrates that it pays millions of dollars annually to provide social services and uncompensated healthcare expenses and other state-provided benefits to illegal aliens such as the Emergency Medicaid program"
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25 Jan
San Francisco native John Trasvina has taken over as the top attorney at ICE.

Trasvina previously was the dean of the University of San Francisco Law School and has held positions in prior administrations and on capitol hill.
"When then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein appointed him to the San Francisco Citizens Advisory Committee on Elections in 1980, he was the second-youngest mayoral appointee in San Francisco history."

generationcitizen.org/team/john-tras…
For those keeping score: that's now 2 Biden ICE appointees with ties to California. Tim Perry, a CA official, is joining as chief of staff.

Expect the agency to step back from its attacks on the sanctuary state.
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25 Jan
Ashley Tabaddor, formerly head of the union representing immigration judges, will take over as the lead attorney at US Citizenship and Immigration Services (chief counsel).

Tabaddor was frequently pushing back on the Trump administration's changes to the immigration courts.
There was also this:

buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
h/t @TalKopan for first reporting she was joining DHS and the administration.
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