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#constitution

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Nonilex

…A GoFundMe page set up by Anderson for #KseniyaPetrova said that the researcher was hired to work for #Harvard Medical School & had entered the US on a #WorkVisa. Anderson did not specify which work #visa category Petrova was under.
…Reports of Petrova’s detention come just weeks after a French #scientist was denied entry in the US this month after US #immigration officers searched his phone & found messages critical of #Trump.
#immigration #law #Constitution #DueProcess #CivilRights #DualState

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Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦🗽

Let me ask it this way: if Red Don isn't a #Russian agent, why is he trying so hard to destroy the #Constitution and our #democratic institutions? He's done more damage to this country in 2 months than the #Soviets managed to accomplish in the entire #ColdWar.

He's #Putin's wet dream, his bitch, his stooge. With all the evidence of coordination with #Russia from his first campaign and term, the conclusion seems obvious: #President Fragile Ego Tinyhands is Putin's puppet.

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Nonilex

We had no idea initially what had happened to her since she was unable to send any messages or make any calls upon detention. She was moved to a facility in Vermont at first & then #Louisiana where she is now. Where she is now is a #jail that has space rented by #ICE & is kept in a room with over 80 other female detainees,” Anderson posted.

#KseniyaPetrova#immigration#visa
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"Executive orders aren’t themselves #law; they are expressions of how the President intends to exercise powers he already has—whether... from #Congress or directly under Article II of the #Constitution. With that understanding, the question is which specific authorities allow the Pres to take each of the actions an EO purports to take. And in the case of Tuesday’s missive, the answer is “only some”"
- @stevevladeck.bsky.social

stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-134-w

Text from article: Some of that is because the President can’t unilaterally order state officials (who control almost every feature of federal elections) to do much of anything, nor can he unilaterally change state laws. And some of it is because most of the measures in the Executive Order that the President can accomplish directly are either entirely administrative (like directing the Attorney General to prioritize enforcement of certain existing laws) or quite possibly unlawful (like threatening to withhold funds from states that don’t do the President’s bidding). Executive orders aren’t themselves law; they are expressions of how the President intends to exercise powers he already has—whether through statutory delegation from Congress or directly under Article II of the Constitution. With that understanding, the question is which specific authorities allow the President to take each of the actions an executive order purports to take. And in the case of Tuesday’s missive, the answer is “only some.” That doesn’t make Trump’s order any less ominous; the Constitution contemplates a role for the federal government in regulating the “time, place, and manner” of federal elections, but it is explicit that such a role is to be played by Congress, not by the President. In that respect, the order represents as stunning an effort by a President to seize control over the mechanics of federal elections as any we’ve seen in American history.
#Trump#GOP#USPol
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Nonilex

#Tufts University sent an email to alumni on Thursday, detailing what school officials know about #RumeysaOzturk, a Turkish graduate student who was detained by federal authorities.

"The university had no knowledge of this incident in advance, did not share any information with federal authorities prior to the event," the email to alumni says.

#Trump #law #immigration #FreeSpeech #FreePress #Constitution #DueProcess #CivilRights #HumanRights #xenophobia #islamophobia
scrippsnews.com/politics/immig

In this image taken from security camera video, Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts University, is detained by Department of Homeland Security agents on a street in Sommerville, Mass., Tuesday, March 26, 2025.
Scripps News · Tufts says it had no prior knowledge of plans for authorities to detain studentBy Scripps News Group
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"Neri Alvarado was working as a baker in Dallas, caring for his 15-year-old brother who has #autism. He even got a #tattoo celebrating “autism awareness month” in support of his younger sibling.

So #Trump — with no legal process whatsoever, in complete defiance of our #Constitution and the Bill of Rights — kidnapped him and deported him to one of the world’s most notorious prisons in #ElSalvador, citing the tattoo as justification."
hartmannreport.com/p/she-stepp

The Hartmann Report · She Stepped Onto a Sidewalk in Boston — and Vanished Into Trump’s Shadow StateBy Thom Hartmann
#DonaldTrump#GOP#Fascism
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Nonilex

On Wednesday afternoon, Homeland Security #KristiNoem [dog killer] was on her way to visit the Terrorism Confinement Center #CECOT in #ElSalvador. She & other officials have touted the #deportations as a feat of #Trump’s agenda to keep Americans safe from violent criminals. Before her arrival she said on her X account she was going to see firsthand “where the worst-of-the-worst criminals are housed.”

Frengel Reyes Mota, a 24-year-old father and asylum seeker, was deported to El Salvador’s mega prison despite having no criminal record, according to Department of Homeland Security records. In his free time, Reyes Mota enjoyed playing with his dog, Sacha.
#law#Constitution#immigration
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Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦🗽

Background:

US District Judge Boasberg issued a TRO prohibiting the government from deporting #migrants under the Alien Enemies Act (passed in 1798 as part of the legislative package historians refer to as the Alien & Sedition Acts).

In an extraordinary move (albeit one that this administration is frequently employing), defendants (the government) appealed the TRO. A TRO (temporary restraining order) is normally not appealable.

Result:

Today, a 2-1 ruling by a panel of the US #Court of #Appeals for the District of Columbia slammed the government's case, finding it "unlikely" that the government would prevail in a full hearing on the merits. The court declined to reverse the TRO.

The dissenter is a judge appointed by #RedDon in his first term.

This is all procedural jousting. Though highly consequential, it's preliminary to a hearing and final judgement on the merits of the suit itself.

#immigration #constitution #AEA #Venezuela #impeach47 #Amerika

storage.courtlistener.com/reca

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Kim Perales

"Two government employees tell me that DOGE (or management) is🚨 firing people at various agencies for leaving their PIV cards at their desks — saying it is a security violation. The chatter is rampant enough that directors are warning staff about the possibility, per comms I was passed."
-S Stein

Threatening employees isn't just heinous & hypocritical, it violates the federal workers' rights & further traumatizes the workforce.

Federal agency employees protesting:
#DOGE#Firings#Musk
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Nonilex

Woo hoo!!!!

🚨NEW: The US Court of Appeals for DC just DENIED #Trump's request to stay Judge #Boasberg's halt on the use of the #AlienEnemiesAct.

The decision is 2-1, w/ Trump appointee Judge Walker dissenting [shocker] on jurisdictional [technical, not merits] grounds, arguing the lawsuit should have been brought in Texas.

storage.courtlistener.com/reca

#law#Constitution#immigration
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