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James Percival

@JamesHPercival

Christian. Husband. Father of six. @UCLA’s favorite attorney. Currently serve as @DHSgov General Counsel. Official government account is @DHSGenCounsel.

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James Percival
James Percival@JamesHPercival·
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. -Ephesians 6:12
Nick Sortor@nicksortor

🇺🇸 BEAUTIFUL: A man just came up and PRAYED with ICE agents outside their Newark detention facility One agent even held the man’s hands during prayer. All Americans should be praying for these heroes. They’re fighting true evil on our behalf 🙏🏻

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Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller@StephenM·
This “story” tells us only about the spiritual brokenness of its publishers. Only those who cannot fathom the sacred allegiance of patriotism or the profound duties of fatherhood would attack a father for bringing his young children to Normandy as we honor the fallen on D-Day.
Sean Parnell@SeanParnellUSA

He brought his children to Normandy — at his own expense — to honor the fallen of the Greatest Generation. Americans who gave everything to defeat tyranny & save the world. Every parent should teach their kids what real sacrifice & courage look like. That’s how we keep freedom alive. Proud to serve alongside a Secretary of War who leads by example, on & off the battlefield.

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Eric W.@EWess92·
Fascinating pushback from the top lawyer at @DHSgov. Mr. Percival is known to be an excellent attorney, and his distillation of the complex-seeming challenges to almost every one of President Trump and Secretary Mullin's policies is illuminating.
James Percival@DHSGenCounsel

The Left has been running the same gambit with so called “animus” claims since 2017. It is sabotage dressed in legal clothing. It goes like this: (1) the admin is racist, (2) therefore a policy I don’t like is motivated by race, (3) therefore it is invalid. They have used it on virtually every Trump era @DHSgov policy.

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CBS News@CBSNews·
The judge found the sweeping limits on legal immigration benefits to be arbitrary and capricious, contrary to federal law. James Percival, general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, called the ruling "sabotage dressed in legal clothing." cbsn.ws/4e5ovae
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James Percival
James Percival@DHSGenCounsel·
The Left has been running the same gambit with so called “animus” claims since 2017. It is sabotage dressed in legal clothing. It goes like this: (1) the admin is racist, (2) therefore a policy I don’t like is motivated by race, (3) therefore it is invalid. They have used it on virtually every Trump era @DHSgov policy.
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein

JUST IN: Judge blocks series of Trump administration immigration policies adopted following National Guard shooting in DC last November. Judge John McConnell (Obama/RI) says holds on USCIS asylum grants & work permits are illegal. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/2819…

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Bill Melugin
Bill Melugin@BillMelugin_·
ICYMI: A previously deported Mexican illegal alien with four prior DUI arrests has been charged with a triple murder in Modesto, CA after he allegedly stabbed to death a two-week-old baby, the baby's mom, and the baby's grandma. DHS tells @FoxNews that when Joaquin Escoto was arrested for his latest DUI in June 2025, ICE sent a request to the San Joaquin County Jail to be notified if he were to be released, and DHS provided us the request they sent over. Escoto was still released without any heads up to ICE. San Joaquin County Sheriff Pat Withrow told media outlets that Escsoto was arrested for that DUI at 1am, and he was released at 6am. He says the jail didn't get a fax from ICE requesting notification of his release until 9am. “We did not do anything wrong here,” Withrow said. “Their hold request came after he was already gone. It wasn’t even a hold. It was just a request to notify them when he was going to be released. He was already gone.” However, under California's sanctuary laws, DUI is not a serious enough offense to allow cooperation with ICE, so even if the ICE request would have come in sooner, it's unlikely ICE's request would have been honored by San Joaquin County. DHS statement to FOX: "ICE lodged an arrest detainer the same day this criminal illegal alien was arrested for driving under the influence. By the way, that was the same day he was released by sanctuary politicians. In the sheriff’s own words, he “probably would not” have honored the detainer because it was “just a DUI.” They knowingly set this violent criminal loose, and he slaughtered a two-week-old baby in cold blood, along with the infant’s mother and grandmother. California’s sanctuary politicians MUST STOP this deadly game. They CHOOSE every single day to release criminal illegal aliens back into our communities, directly endangering American families and creating more innocent victims."
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James Percival
James Percival@DHSGenCounsel·
The Special Immigrant Juvenile process is rife with fraud and public safety problems. A significant factor is the failure of state court judges to scrutinize what are called “predicate orders.” This week, I wrote a letter to all state court judges in the country seeking assistance in solving these problems.
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Treasury Department@USTreasury·
Today, Treasury’s @FinCENnews issued an Advisory urging financial institutions to be vigilant against risks presented by the unlawful employment of illegal aliens. This is the first step in implementing @POTUS’ historic Executive Order entitled Restoring Integrity to America’s Financial System.
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Homeland Security
OUR BORDERS ARE CLOSED. Whether by land or sea — if you try to enter our nation illegally, we will hunt you down and find you.
Insider Wire@InsiderWire

#BREAKING: CBP intercepts boat carrying 240 Haitian nationals attempting to enter the U.S. illegally.

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Eric W.
Eric W.@EWess92·
Can a district judge order the Customs and Border Protection Commissioner to testify over tariffs? Despite a very odd letter from the district judge trying to explain himself to the Court of Appeals (that he ordered @TheJusticeDept to file) no. Full court* grants stay.
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New York Post
New York Post@nypost·
Senate votes to advance $70B plan to fund ICE, Border Patrol, setting up Thursday 'vote-a-rama' trib.al/C7EZdfd
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James Percival@JamesHPercival·
“The failure of state court judges to police the requirements of the SIJ process…allows criminals, gang members, and even suspected terrorists to obtain lawful status while eroding trust and diverting resources away from genuinely vulnerable children.” foxnews.com/politics/sex-c…
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ProsecutorsPodcast
ProsecutorsPodcast@ProsecutorsPod·
If federal judges can feel shame, the three-judge panel the Court reversed should be embarrassed. You can hate Callais, you can think it's wrongly decided, but if you're a lower court judge, you have to follow it. Anything else is a threat to the constitutional order. And this is a bipartisan problem. The two district judges on the panel were Trump appointees. The Eleventh Circuit judges, Clinton. But they put a lot of effort into a case that lasted for years, they became married to their view, and even when the Supreme Court said they were wrong, they refused to change course. So they got flipped with the opinion calling out their hubris. The constitutional order is more important than a district court judge's pride. Hopefully, that message is now clear.
Zack Smith@tzsmith

🚨HUGE NEWS! Supreme Court allows Alabama to use its preferred Congressional map in upcoming midterm election. In a short 6-3 per curiam opinion, the Justices stay a lower court order that essentially ignored the Court’s Callais ruling.

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Homeland Security
🚨Authorities have dismantled a cross-border CARTEL DRUG TUNNEL and seized more than a TON of cocaine. This seizure and dismantlement of this Jalisco New Generation Cartel tunnel underscores the commitment of @HSI_HQ and our Homeland Security Task Force partners to keeping our nation SAFE. Our HSI agents and task force members will continue to work tirelessly to DISRUPT the flow of this poison into our nation.
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Thank you, boss. - DHS
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Burgess Everett
Burgess Everett@burgessev·
Sec. Rubio ends opening statement: “I look forward to your questions, at least that’s what it says here. I’m not sure I really look forward to your questions”
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John Fabbricatore
John Fabbricatore@JohnE_Fabb·
This is misinformation, and CBS should be ashamed. I worked on this project as a senior advisor at HHS. Most of these children are with their parents at Family Residential Centers, except for those who are Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC). Biden lost track of thousands of UACs; many were given to abusive, fraudulent, and illegal alien sponsors. Those taken into care (custody) are being repatriated back to their HOME countries. Representative consular officers from those countries are working with ICE and ORR to identify and safely transport those kids back to their families! @FoxNews @ACFHHS
CBS News@CBSNews

More than 6,300 children have been detained by ICE during President Trump's 2nd term. 97% have no criminal records. cbsn.ws/4dVhatF

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