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Immigration attorney, litigator, recipient of American Immigration Lawyers Association's 2024 Jack Wasserman Award for excellence in litigation. Mich bar. 😷
Jan 25 12 tweets 3 min read
Please take the time to read the whole statement of Habiba Soliman, detained at Dilley for 8 months with her mom, 5 year old twin siblings, 9 yr old sister, and 16 yr old brother.

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Aug 28, 2025 4 tweets 2 min read
Horrific: Per Univision, guards @ Alligator Alcatraz went on a brutal rampage against detainees last night, beating them, using teargas & deploying helicopters after a detainee started crying/begging for release after learning that a loved one died. Many bloody.

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Aug 9, 2025 12 tweets 3 min read
Here's the full transcript of my August 7, 2025 call with Alligator Alcatraz detainees describing how Luis Manuel Rivas was left for dead by ICE/State of Florida for 30 min at Alligator Alcatraz.

If reporters want the audio (spanish), DM me your email address.

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Jul 11, 2025 7 tweets 2 min read
Anyone who is inclined to blame the American working class for Trump's assault on immigrants, read this interview with youth baseball coach Youman Wilder, who fended off ICE agents accosting his players earlier this month in New York City.

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Jun 19, 2025 5 tweets 2 min read
New in @CNN: Read what this family (including 4 yr olds) has been forced to endure in immigration detention, where they have been detained for 2 weeks for something terrible that someone ELSE allegedly did.

In a democracy, gvm't can't punish you bc of your family ties.

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Apr 1, 2025 5 tweets 2 min read
My statement on Yale's termination of Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi.

It is not true, as Yale alleges, that Dr. Doutaghi refused to answer questions or was non-cooperative. Yale made a decision to fire her without a fair process. Another capitulation to Trump by a major university.

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Mar 24, 2025 4 tweets 1 min read
🧵Powerful statement by Jewish Cornell students, faculty & alumni opposing Trump's claim that Momodou Taal has created a "hostile environment for Jewish students" by protesting for Palestine.

Please read and share. (link below)

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Nov 8, 2024 5 tweets 2 min read
MIT suspends student & bans student publication for article opposing Gaza genocide, claims article supports "terrorism."

Read this statement from my client Prahlad Iyengar detailing the facts of this chilling attack on free speech. Now more than ever we must defend 1st Am!

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