Dave Troy @davetroy

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**Silkester** @silkester@mastodon.social · 2d

Silkester @silkester@mastodon.social

HISTORIAN: Trump Turning America Into Russia Unless We STOP HIM (w/ Anne Applebaum)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvRF9S_5tTI

#RuleOfLaw #Democracy #Justice #HumanRights #SeparationOfPower
vs
#Lawlessness #Injustice #Autocracy #TerrorRgimes #Gilags #ICE #Outlaw #DualState

YouTubeHISTORIAN: Trump Turning America Into Russia Unless We STOP HIM (w/ Anne Applebaum)By The Bulwark

**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 3d *

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 4d

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals cites news articles about #Trump telling #Bukele that "homegrowns are next."

The Executive possesses enormous powers to prosecute and to deport, but with powers come restraints. If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home?∗ And what assurance shall there be that the Executive will not train its broad discretionary powers upon its political enemies? The threat, even if not the actuality, would always be present, and the Executive’s obligation to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed” would lose its meaning. U.S. CONST. art. II, § 3; see also id. art. II, § 1, cl. 8

∗ See, e.g., Michelle Stoddart, ‘Homegrowns are Next’: Trump Doubles Down on Sending American ‘Criminals’ to Foreign Prisons, ABC NEWS (Apr. 14, 2025, 6:04 PM); David Rutz, Trump Open to Sending Violent American Criminals to El Salvador Prisons, FOX NEWS (Apr. 15, 2025, 11:01 AM EDT).

#KilmarAbregoGarcia #law #immigration

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 4d

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

WOW

Judge Wilkinson writes,

"We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos."

Beautiful.

#Trump #KilmarAbregoGarcia #law

**Silkester** @silkester@mastodon.social · 4d

Silkester @silkester@mastodon.social

#DualState #USA

#NoDueProcess
#Process
#DueProcess
#MeaningfulDueProcess
#AbusedDueProcess

#Trumpistan #Law #Justice

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 4d

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[Ab]Using the #budget - #reconciliation process, #Republican *lawmakers* are now preparing to lavish #ICE with a colossal #funding increase—enough to pay for the kind of #social & #demographic transformation of the US that #immigration hard-liners have long fantasized about achieving.

#Trump #law #WhiteSupremacy

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 4d *

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#Trump’s tactics have spread #fear & created a showreel of social-media-ready highlights for the White House. But they have not brought #ICE much closer to delivering the “millions” of deportations…Trump has set as a goal.

“We need more money,” #TomHoman, Trump’s “border czar,” told Miroff in an interview. “We won’t fail if we get the resources we need.”

#law #immigration #WhiteSupremacy

**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 4d

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

#GiftArticle

We’re About to Find Out What #MassDeportation Really Looks Like

The #Trump admin’s campaign to remove millions of people from the #US could soon be supercharged by #Congress.

–Nick Miroff

“#Republican *lawmakers* are now preparing to lavish #ICE w/ a colossal #funding increase”

It will fund the “social & demographic transformation of the US that #immigration hard-liners have long fantasized about achieving”

#law #StateTerror #DualState #Constitution
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/ice-deportation-funding-increase/682480/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxQaHREZu2dHnmR9IBjIsyyU

The Atlantic · 5dTrump’s Mass-Deportation Campaign Hasn’t Really Started YetBy Nick Miroff

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 5d *

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Just released Judge #Xinis letter order on discovery procedure in #KilmarAbregoGarcia v. #KristiNoem et al.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.80.0.pdf

LETTER ORDER REGARDING THE FILING OF DISCOVERY MOTIONS To promote the just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution of this case, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 1, the following procedure will be followed with respect to the filing of discovery motions (such as motions to compel, motions for a protective order, or motions seeking the imposition of sanctions). Any party seeking to file a motion must first serve on all parties and file with the Court a letter (not to exceed three pages, single-spaced) that includes a brief description of the proposed motion and a concise summary of the relevant factual and legal grounds. The letter should include the positions of all parties. Parties shall attach to the letter the disputed interrogatories or requests for production and the answers or responses to the same.

#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 6d

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

What-the-ever-loving-fuck? #Trump propagandist Karoline Leavitt is inventing shit out of whole cloth here!

Never, has there ever been even a mention of human trafficking in #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s past. Never. Not ever.

(He’s also not M-13, nor a terrorist)
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #gaslighting #propaganda #law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #Rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #DueProcess #DualState #SCOTUS #ChecksAndBalances #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower

**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 6d

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Last night, US Judge Sweeney in Colorado granted a district-wide (state-wide) class #habeas #TRO to stop #Trump from summarily removing *aliens* under his #AlienEnemiesAct proclamation. #ACLU attys had warned that, despite #SCOTUS ruling, Admin won't commit to providing even 24 hrs notice.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cod.243061/gov.uscourts.cod.243061.13.0.pdf

On April 7, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court granted the government's application to stay the order on the basis that Petitioners had to proceed through habeas, while emphasizing that individuals who are designated under the AEA Proclamation are "entitle[d] to due process" & notice "within a reasonable time & in such manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief' before removal.… To date, the government has not indicated the type of notice they intend to provide or how much time they will give individuals before seeking to remove them under the AEA. However, in a hearing in the Southern District of Texas on Friday April 11, the government said they had not ruled out the possibility that individuals will receive no more than 24 hours' notice; the government did not say whether it was considering providing even less than 24 hours.

Undersigned counsel has received credible reports that, as recently as this morning, Venezuelan men at the Denver Contract Detention Facility who had been accused of Tren de Aragua affiliation were rousted from bed and told that they would be leaving the Detention Facility today. They repeatedly asked where they would be taken, and ICE officers refused to answer. They were subsequently informed that the flight they were supposed to be on had been cancelled today, and therefore, upon information and belief, they have not been removed from Colorado as of the time of this filing. Given the likelihood however that, without further clarity from the Court pending the hearing set for April 21, 2025, members of the proposed class will be systematically removed from the District and unlawfully removed under the Proclamation, Petitioners request an order clarifying that the Court's prohibition on removal applies to the proposed class as well as named Petitioners.

ORDER granting 13 Emergency Motion to Clarify. Upon review of Petitioners' emergency motion to clarify, ECF No. 13, the motion is GRANTED. The order issued by the Court at EF No. 10 prohibits the removal from this jurisdiction of Petitioners and the class they propose to represent; namely, "All noncitizens in custody in the District of Colorado who were, are, or will be subject to the March 2025 Presidential Proclamation entitled Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States by Tren de Aragua and/or its implementation." This order shall remain in effect for no longer than fourteen (14) days, as the Court has set a hearing on this matter for April 21, 2025, and will promptly issue an order as to the motion for a TRO. By Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney on 4/14/2025.

#law #immigration #ExtraordinaryRendition

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 6d

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Tomorrow, Tues, April 15, at 4:00 PM ET, Judge #Xinis will be hearing a “Status Conference” on #KilmarAbregoGarcia et al v. Noem et al.

It’ll be interesting to hear how she responds to the #Trump admin’s latest filing. She has been very plainspoken in her assessment of the #DOJ’s claims.

#law #immigration #ExtraordinaryRendition

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 6d

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick has handily outlined #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s legal #immigration history to show that no matter how many times #Trump & his thugs say it, there is no proof #AbregoGarcia is or ever was a M-13 gang member.

TIMELINE ABREGO GARCIA GANG ALLEGATIONS - SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION. 2011-2019: Entry and Early Life: Kilmar Abrego Garcia flees El Salvador to the US at age 16, after M-18 gang members extort his family and threaten to kill him and rape his sisters if they didn’t keep paying. He moves in with his US citizen brother in Maryland and lives there without trouble for years. March 28, 2019: PGPD Arrest. Kilmar is arrested for loitering outside Home Depot while looking for day labor. A Prince Georges County PD detective grills him about whether he’s a gang member. He denies any involvement. Four hours later, he is transferred to ICE custody, without PGPD charging him for any offense. April 2019: ICE Allegations: At a bond hearing, ICE claims Kilmar is part of MS-13. They submit one piece of evidence: a “Gang Field Interview Sheet” (GFIS) filled out by the PGPD detective that claims Kilmar is part of MS-13. The GFIS says (1) he was wearing Chicago Bulls gear, and (2) a “confidential informant” allegedly claimed that Kilmar was a ranking member of the “Westerns” clique, which is in Long Island, a place he has never lived in.

Summer 2019: Investigation: Kilmar’s lawyers reach out to PGPD to investigate these claims. They find out that (1) the police did not even file an incident report about his arrest, and (2) the detective that filled out the GFIS has been suspended for an unknown reason. August 2019: IJ Decision: At his final bond hearing, ICE declines to offer any evidence of gang membership other than what’s in the GFIS. The IJ denies bond, finding that the GFIS is sufficient proof of membership at this time, despite noting its obvious flaws. Kilmar appeals this decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals. October 2019: Withholding Win: The immigration judge rules that Kilmar is ineligible for asylum because he filed the application too late. But the judge does grant “withholding of removal,” finding that it was “more likely than not” that he would be subject to persecution if deported to El Salvador. A removal order is issued, but with a restriction that the one country he cannot be deported to is El Salvador.

December 2019: BIA Decision: Kilmar appeals the bond decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals. The appeals board declines to find “clear error” in the immigration judge’s decision to rely on the GFIS document. However, he is released anyway because he had won withholding of removal. 2019-2025: Normal Life: Kilmar lives a normal life in Maryland with his U.S. citizen wife, their biological son, and his two stepchildren. With his work permit, he gets a job as a sheet metal worker, joins a union, and raises his family in a DC suburb. He doesn’t get into any trouble with the law. March 2025: Sent to CECOT: On March 12, 2025, ICE comes to Kilmar’s home and arrests him in front of his children. Three days later he’s transferred to Texas, where, thanks to an “administrative error,” he is put on a plane to El Salvador and sent to CECOT

#law #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction

**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 6d

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In case you are wondering, the #Trump admin has missed today’s deadline to report to Judge #Xinis on what steps they’re taking to facilitate the return of #KilmarAbregoGarcia.

Can’t imagine why? /s

#law #immigration #ExtraordinaryRendition

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 14

Apr 14

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

This is absolutely terrifying.

Before press came in — but while live feed was running on #Bukele’s feed — #Trump said to him: “home-grown criminals are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.”

#law #immigration #ExtraordinaryRendition

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 14

Apr 14

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

#Bukele says he doesn’t have the authority. #Trump says he doesn’t have the authority. Trump also says even #SCOTUS is not permitted to decide the matter. Who the fuck do these guys think does have the authority?

Absolute nonsense. Total liars. It’s all bullshit.

#law #immigration #KilmarAbregoGarcia