Ivan Medvedev

What happened outside Delaney Hall yesterday was deeply disturbing and completely unacceptable. It reflects the chaos, cruelty, and vast erosion of basic democratic norms that have become central to Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. Delaney Hall itself is a moral assault on our state. It should close and should never have opened in the first place. A private, for-profit detention facility should never be allowed to profit from the pain and fear of vulnerable human beings.  Reports from detainees, advocates, faith leaders, and families describe conditions that demand urgent scrutiny, including concerns about medical care, food, retaliation against detainees, and the treatment of people who pose no threat to public safety, many of whom have lived in our country for years and have deep ties to American families and communities. My friend and colleague Senator Andy Kim went to Delaney Hall to fulfill the  responsibility to conduct oversight when credible allegations of abuse and mistreatment arise, and his treatment, including facing pepper spray, should  alarm every American, regardless of political party. We cannot allow fear, intimidation, or the abuse of federal power to become normalized in our democracy. We must reject the false choice between public safety and human dignity. We are a stronger nation when we uphold both. I will be visiting Delaney Hall this week and working closely with Senator Kim, Governor Sherrill, our congressional delegation, faith leaders, and community partners to inspect conditions inside the facility, assess detainee welfare, examine medical care and safety protocols, and ensure transparency and accountability. But oversight alone is not enough. Delaney Hall should be closed. And I will continue working to hold both the GEO Group Group and this administration accountable for policies and practices that betray our highest values and diminish who we are as a nation. At this moment, New Jersey must continue to be a place that stands for justice, compassion, constitutional rights, and the basic dignity of every human being.

Fact check: False ⭐ If anyone still believes @ICEgov after they’ve been found to lie to courts of law numerous times, they should have their heads checked.  Immigration detainees with no criminal records are being held under the same, and in some cases worse, restrictive conditions as criminal defendants.  At MDC Brooklyn: - Detainees are forced to remain in their cells for as long as 22 hours a day - Water provided is brown and filled with sediment  - Requests for medical care are repeatedly denied, including for kidney pain and dental infections - There are strict restrictions on phone calls that limit access to legal representation  @ICEgov - I've seen it in person. You're lying.

This is extremely wrong. But don’t trust me, here’s Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the most conservative Supreme Court judges of all time, making the point clear.

Nope, sorry, you can't say stuff like this anymore after Covid. We all know now that when the nukes fall, every right-wing prepper will walk outside to sun themselves in the radiation because a podcast said that the CDC doesn't want them to get spider powers.

This cruel and unnecessary change is designed to uproot students, workers, and families who contribute to our communities and have waited years for their green card. Trump’s USCIS is trying to destroy pathways to legal immigration—but we will continue to fight back.

Colin Kaepernick never played another NFL snap again because he kneeled on a sideline. Fox News is straight propaganda.

Obama fought to give people better healthcare; Trump is fighting for a ballroom and UFC fights on the White House lawn.

My heart broke to see Americans fighting Americans in our streets yesterday. As I saw ICE agents tackling civilians and firing pepper balls into the crowd, I was overwhelmed by how broken we’ve become. We cannot normalize this violence. Here’s what happened at Delaney Hall: THREAD

The Trump admin has been clear from the start — their goal has been to put federal employees through trauma and drive them out of public service. OMB Director Russ Vought said it himself. Shameful.

@Michael76454441 @Nada_1776 @RepGraceMeng He is also lying. Democrats are not communists.

@bearmf @Nada_1776 @RepGraceMeng I like how you can call him a Nazi but you can’t call him a liar

This Administration has shut down visa processing from 75 countries. Abandoned our Afghan allies who risked their lives for America’s safety. Shut down pathways for legal refugees who were already vetted to come here and start their lives. But they’re rolling out the red carpet for another 17,500 Afrikaaners? Has anyone from the Administration explained why they get to skip the line? Why are we prioritizing one ethnic group?

The mere possibility that hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in the United States will be required to leave their families, homes, and jobs behind for months or more to adjust their immigration status outside the country is as unwise and it is unacceptable.  America leads when we have dedicated people—no matter where they're from—working to save lives, create new technologies, and more. So, whose needs does this policy change serve?

It's beginning to seem as though every Trump prosecution is either illegal, unwarranted, or vindictive. Some are more than one of these, and some are all three.

@harness9511 @pushpendrakum @WallStreetMav It’s our country too lol

@pushpendrakum @WallStreetMav We don’t want you. It’s our country. We make the rules.

A temporary visa is a student visa, H1-B visa, tourism vacation visa, seasonal worker visa, refugee visa ... It is not a "build my new life in the USA forever" visa. It is a temporary visa with an end date. Nobody should be upset when you don't get to stay forever.

@WallStreetMav There is a notion of “dual intent visa”. Educate yourself

@Acyn They’re back to the pallets of cash narrative after Trump offered Iran 5X that amount to end the war. Watters and Gutfeld are performance artists, not serious reporters.

Watters: You're going to have to unlock some money. Now, it's not like sending pallets of cash over there like Obama did. It's basically just unfreezing some of their accounts. Jessica: I love the cope from Jesse about the money that would be released to the Iranians, denying the fact that it was their money being held in Qatari bank accounts when Obama did it

Bro, you’re President. Act like it. Real commanders don’t write 400-word surrender fiction then cry that media would still call it a loss. If you want to win, you need a real plan. And to build a real plan, you surround yourself with experts, not clueless yes-men afraid to tell you the truth. It also helps if you can stay awake for more than five minutes when the conversation isn’t about you. The only one sounding crazy here is you. Projection dialed to 11.

He's such a liar! Sorry, set aside the racism and authoritarianism. This is the kind of lie that's not even in the universe of truth. There's not an honest version of the argument. Just pure lies.

@Nada_1776 @RepGraceMeng Go away Nazi

@RepGraceMeng You anti-White communists let in millions of non White invaders in order to destroy the White race in America. There wasn't a single non White founder of America. America was created by Whites for Whites and Whites only. Gtfo of my country you White hating racist POS