Mitra Ebadolahi Profile picture
#ACLU lawyer. Proud #immigrant committed to defending immigrants/BIPOC/women/the poor/the 1A/polar bears/& puppies from fascism anywhere. Views mine.
Jan 9, 2021 13 tweets 4 min read
Hey, @paigejfernandez -- I'd appreciate it if you could refrain from erasure of my clients & my work (as a woman of color, first generation lawyer, and immigrant staunchly committed to defending the 1A). 1/? Here are some examples that definitively refute your assertion, beginning with three from my own docket: 2/?
Jun 11, 2020 13 tweets 4 min read
There is some good information in this @Politico piece from @karl_jacoby, but also some significant incorrect statements about the Constitution and @CBP. politico.com/news/magazine/…. I’d like to address some of these errors here. 1/ *REPEAT AFTER ME*: The Constitution applies throughout the entire United States. The supreme law of our land does not have a geographical asterisk. 2/
Aug 7, 2018 25 tweets 7 min read
THREAD on new 9th Circuit decision in Rodriguez v. Swartz, our (@ACLUaz @sdACLU + @ACLU) cross-#border shooting case: On Oct. 10, 2012, a U.S. Border Patrol agent on duty in Nogales, AZ fired between 14 & 30 bullets across the #border. aclusandiego.org/wp-content/upl… Approximately 10 of those bullets hit J.A. Rodriguez, a 16 year old boy peacefully walking down the street on the other side of the #border wall, in Nogales, Mexico.