@David_J_Bier Inadequate detention space was always the plan, David
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Miller will lie **even while sharing the evidence that this is false.** Had nothing to do with "Democrats." It was an apolitical Border Patrol agent's determination based on inadequate detention space. Yet this lie will be repeated endlessly.
Stephen Miller@StephenM
The Democrats adopted a deliberate policy of mass resettling dangerous and violent migrants from third world into every American town.
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making it harder for foreign nationals who graduate from Masters and Phd programs here in the USA to get an H-1B is a complete self own. If anything we should make it easier for them.
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Meanwhile, LEGAL entries by people requesting asylum at ports of entry fell 99.9% under President Trump's 2nd term. That decline alone is greater than the decline from the drop in illegal entries, measured as Border Patrol arrests or releases, but it doesn't stop there...
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Trump has cut legal immigration more than illegal immigration, as I predicted. While illegal entries have fallen, they continued a prior trend, falling more before he came back. Meanwhile, Trump has cut legal entries, reversing the prior upward trend.
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I wrote about this case in The Ten Woke Commandments. Progressives command we agree xe is a woman. Are Muslims obliged to accept this self-proclaimed convert, who sued the “prison chaplain after alleging that she was denied a hijab”?
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@madlaine63 @ReichlinMelnick Hopefully they find someone with a better grasp of the fundamentals of English than you posses.
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@ReichlinMelnick Just for knowledge check the education of Democratic House and Senate members.Most went to top notch colleges and law schools. Then check Republicans. Wouldn't it be better to elect smarter people?
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It will take decades to repair the damage done to the Department of Justice.
Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch
New DOJ has fired four prosecutors who handled FACE Act cases cbsnews.com/news/doj-fires… w/ @JakeMRosen
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Step one in creating a culture of corruption and lawlessness?
Promise impunity.
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@ReichlinMelnick And yet there will be massive El Salvador style benefits
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Mass deportation of 4% of the U.S. population requires the creation of a police state that tracks every person, citizen and otherwise, and follows their every move.
Our civil liberties will all suffer as a result.
Eleanor Mueller@Eleanor_Mueller
❗️@SecScottBessent tells @SemaforBen at @Semafor World Economy that an executive order requiring banks to collect citizenship info is “in process.” “And I don’t think it’s unreasonable, because: Why don’t we have information on who’s in our banking system? I have a place in the UK; they want to know who lives in every apartment.”
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Mayor Mamdani entered the United States when he was 7 years old.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Rep. Ogles: "The next bill we're working with the White House on is to put more teeth in the denaturalization process so that we can start denaturalizing these people like Mamdani who came into the country under false pretense, and kick them out of the country"
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@ml_pacheco_ Funny there's two flags in your status but nether are the U.S. flag...
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All of our immigration processes are paused indefinitely, no matter our status. I've been married to a US citizen for 5 years and can't get the conditions removed from my green card. Others with work visas are in worse situations with their permits expiring. What's the purpose.
PhysiciansOnPause@MD_pause
Calling this a visa issue badly understates what is happening. A visa ban sounds like a rule stopping people from coming in. This is different, its handled by USCIs. Since December 2025, there has been, in effect, a USCIS policy that placed an indefinite pause on almost ALL applications filed by legal immigrants already living INSIDE the US if they were born in Venezuela and 39 other countries, no matter when they entered or what their underlying legal status was. It does not just block green cards of all types or citizenship, including cases involving spouses of U.S. citizens and even extraordinary-ability physicians and scientists. It also blocks the legal pathways people depend on to keep lawful status, keep working, renew documents, extend their visa status and hold their lives together while they wait for this indefinite pause to be lifted. This has been going on for five months now. Families are losing jobs, income, health insurance, driver’s licenses, and the ability to travel. Physicians who have treated American patients legally for years are already being pushed out of hospitals. It is not based on individual factors, the policy is applied categorically based on country of birth (Even if you hold dual citizenship). You can follow every rule, file on time, pay the fees, live here lawfully for a decade, complete finger printing, interviews and still wont get final decision and be swept in because of where you were born. Once your current status expires without a final decision, you can be detained by any encounter with ICE. Law allows it. So, in effect, you are being punished for a delay created by the agency itself, not for failing to follow the law. So no, this is not a visa issue. Most people are unaware this is going on. Unclear when it will be lifted. Read number 2.
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@ReichlinMelnick But why would you? The removal order exists for a reason.
Why should someone flout the law for 25 years and then get to turn around and benefit from a family-based petition, Aaron?
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False. U.S. immigration law permits the government to grant green cards to people with removal orders, if they are otherwise eligible.
There's nothing in the law that *requires* the person to leave, serve a 10+ year ban, then apply to come back. x.com/JdubAndrew/sta…
Andrew the Millwright@JdubAndrew
@ReichlinMelnick The right way is leaving the country when you have a removal order and then applying for a green card.
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Reading between the lines, they arrested this person for trying to "do things the right way" and get a green card through a family member.
The message this sends is that it's better NOT to try to "fix your papers," because even if you're eligible, they may lock you up anyway.
USCIS@USCIS
An alien from El Salvador with a removal order from more than 25 years ago, was taken into custody by @ICEgov when he appeared at our Charlotte office for a family petition interview. Outstanding removal orders will not get past intense screening and vetting procedures put in place by the Trump Administration. When a judge orders removal, the law will be enforced.
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@mahmoudkhalel The time for removing the immigration judges from under the Executive branch and placing them under the standard judicial format has certainly come.
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The government just fired the two immigration judges who refused to deport Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi. The immigration judge who ordered my deportation—Jamee E. Comans—was promoted right after issuing her decision against me.
This is why they drag us into immigration "court." It's a kangaroo court: the administration is judge, jury, and executioner. I never had faith I'd get justice there.
The federal courts are the only place left where this mockery can be stopped. We'll see if they do the right thing.
Nicholas Nehamas@NickNehamas
Exclusive: The Trump administration has fired two immigration judges who blocked the deportations of Rumeysa Ozturk and Mohsen Mahdawi, two int'l students who expressed pro-Palestinian views. Four other judges were fired on Friday too.
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@RezaNasri1 And the restaurant stood up and all clapped for the two of you...
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As a Pakistani diplomat who I happened to meet today, told me, "In essence, the United States can not conduct serious diplomacy; their arrogance and maximalist approach make it extremely difficult for them to show minimum care and flexibility for the interests and concerns of other nations."
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The Biden DOJ sued Colony Ridge in 2023 for predatory lending. The stated goal was explicit: "ensure that victims are compensated for their loss." That was Kristen Clarke, at the podium, on the record.
Trump's DOJ just settled the same case for $68 million. Zero dollars goes to victims. Twenty million goes to policing and immigration enforcement... which eight former DOJ attorneys told ProPublica could be turned directly against the people Colony Ridge defrauded.
This is the largest DOJ fair lending settlement since at least 2018 with no victim compensation. Not a smaller check. Not a delayed fund. Nothing.
Colony Ridge ran a bait-and-switch on tens of thousands of Hispanic borrowers. Deceptive Spanish-language ads. No income verification. High-interest seller-financed loans designed to foreclose. The scheme was documented. The victims were real. The case was built.
Harmeet Dhillon's press release announcing the settlement didn't lead with the victims. It led with illegal immigration.
The money didn't follow the harm. It followed the politics.
ProPublica@propublica
New: The Biden administration sued a Texas land developer accused of duping tens of thousands of Hispanic residents. Trump’s DOJ is now offering an unprecedented settlement that experts say could target the very people who were harmed by the developer. propub.li/4ci6ftg
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@ReichlinMelnick They are designed to thwart Federal immigration enforcement.
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Huh? Sanctuary policies aren’t about compassion, they’re about fostering better relations between local law enforcement and immigrant communities; ensuring people don’t feel afraid to call the cops or cooperate to put criminals behind bars.
Homeland Security@DHSgov
“Sanctuary policies are supposed to be about compassion. It appears that ‘sanctuary’ and ‘compassion’ are only for illegal immigrants, not for the actual law-abiding citizens of America.” —Angel Mom Jennifer Bos When sanctuary policies failed her, ICE was there to support Jennifer Bos after her daughter Megan’s body was found abused at the house of an illegal alien. The Trump administration and @ICEgov will ALWAYS stand with our Angel families. They are our why. washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4524042…
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@ChicagoBreaking "Immigrants" meaning largely those unlawfully present.
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More than 16,000 immigrants in Illinois may lose food assistance in the coming months chicagotribune.com/2026/04/11/sna…
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Every immigration judge fired by Trump needs to be restored by the next Democratic administration and every immigration judge appointed by Trump needs to be fired by the next Democratic administration.
This should be a ‘litmus test’ for 2028 Dem presidential candidates.
Nicholas Nehamas@NickNehamas
Exclusive: The Trump administration has fired two immigration judges who blocked the deportations of Rumeysa Ozturk and Mohsen Mahdawi, two int'l students who expressed pro-Palestinian views. Four other judges were fired on Friday too.
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@BishopBlougram @HahaBroMos @SarahPierceEsq Who cares? You're comparing apples and oranges. No amnesty.
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@02Diplomancer @HahaBroMos @SarahPierceEsq Do you think slavery would have been abolished, the 19th Amendment enacted, Jim Crow and "separate but equal" practices found unconstitutional if it were not for civil disobedience moving the Overton Window?
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“Mass deportations” plays a similar role on the right that “Abolish ICE” does on the left: a slogan that fires people up but falls apart as governance.
What’s alarming is how many people pushing mass deportations really believe it is a real governing agenda...
Angélica Franganillo Diaz@angelicafdiaz
The public infighting underscores a widening divide within the Republican Party, as some lawmakers push for a compromise approach on immigration amid shifting public opinion. @MaElviraSalazar news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
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A man who stole millions was able to come up with $150k! Shocker. And I’ll bet $15 that he went back to the country from which he or his parents claimed asylum. Until America’s judges clue in on how corruption works on the rest of Earth, we’re writing blank checks.
Dustin Grage@GrageDustin
🚨 BREAKING: Abdirashid Said, a suspect in a massive $11M Medicaid fraud scheme, has fled the country just days before his hearing. Said posted a $150K unconditional bond, and was allowed to keep his passport. Now he’s gone. Thanks to Tim Walz’s soft on crime courts.
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