Under the #Constitution, #states are responsible for running #elections, & the #FederalGovernment plays a limited role — such as by dictating when states must offer opportunities to register to vote — that must be spelled out by #Congress. Election ofcls fear the admin could try to build a national file that includes personal info about voters or impose rules that would boot eligible voters from the rolls & make it harder to cast ballots.

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As Coach Wilder puts it:
“The only way you can protect people is understanding that the Constitution has a role. And we have to rely on that. And we can’t cherry-pick it.”

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Coach Wilder stepped up and said, “No.” He stood between the agents and his team. Since then, most of those kids have been too afraid to return. The trauma of racial profiling is real, and its effects—especially on youth—are long-lasting.

This is not a post to villainize law enforcement or ICE. It’s a call for transparency, accountability, and collaboration. We must ensure that public spaces remain safe and welcoming—not sites of fear or intimidation.

Never forget: The #Constitution …

Forcing them to remain in #detention facilities often in far-flung areas such as an alligator-infested swamp in Florida or the Arizona desert would make it more difficult to fight their cases, because they will be unable to work or easily communicate with #family members & #lawyers to prepare their cases.

#law #Constitution #DueProcess #immigration #Trump #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #autocracy #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07/05/alligator-alcatraz-immigrants-detention-florida/

…#Immigration lawyers say the #Trump administration is expanding a legal standard typically used to hold recent arrivals at the southern border to a much broader group — including #immigrants who have lived in the #UnitedStates for decades. Many have #US #citizen #children, lawyers say, & likely have the legal grounds to defend themselves against #deportation.

…In its 2024 annual report…, #ICE said it detains #immigrants only “when necessary” & that the vast majority of the 7.6 million people then on its docket were released pending #immigration proceedings. Keeping them detained while their case is adjudicated has not been logistically possible, & advocates have raised concern for immigrants’ #health & #welfare in civil immigration #detention. [It is also incredibly expensive]

In rare exceptions immigrants may be released on parole, but that decision will be up to an #immigration officer, not a judge, he wrote.

The provision is based on a section of #ImmigrationLaw that says unauthorized immigrants “shall be detained” after their arrest, but that has historically applied to those who recently crossed the border & not longtime residents.

Lawyers say the policy will apply to millions of #immigrants who crossed the US-Mexico border over the past few decades, including under #Biden.

In the past, immigrants residing in the #US interior generally have been allowed to request a bond hearing before an #immigration judge. But Lyons wrote that the #Trump admin’s #DHS & #DOJ had “revisited its legal position on detention & release authorities” & determined that such immigrants “may not be released from ICE custody.”

The #Trump admin has declared that #immigrants who arrived in the #US illegally are no longer eligible for a bond hearing as they fight #deportation proceedings in court, acc/to documents reviewed by WaPo.


In a July 8 memo, Todd M. Lyons, acting director of #ICE, told officers that such immigrants should be detained “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or YEARS.

Career #lawyers were also uncomfortable defending Trump’s #ExecutiveOrders targeting #LawFirms, according to 2 former #DOJ lawyers & a 3rd person familiar with the matter.

A longtime ally of #PamBondi who defended all 4 #LawFirm cases argued they were a lawful exercise of #PresidentialPower. #Judges ultimately struck down all 4 as violating the #Constitution. The #Trump admin has indicated it will appeal at least one case.

The supervisor, #ErezReuveni, filed a #whistleblower complaint, made public last month, alleging he faced pressure from admin officials to make unsupported legal arguments & adopt strained interpretations of rulings in 3 #immigration cases.

#DOJ officials have publicly disputed the claims, casting him as disgruntled. A senior official, #EmilBove, told a #Senate panel that he never advised defying courts.

Govt lawyers often walked into court with little information from the #WhiteHouse & #FederalAgencies about the actions they were defending, the four lawyers said.

…AG #PamBondi in Feb threatened disciplinary action against govt lawyers who did not vigorously advocate for #Trump’s agenda. The memo to #DOJ employees warned career lawyers they could not "substitute personal political views or judgments for those that prevailed in the election."

4 fmr #DOJ lawyers told Reuters some attorneys in the #FederalPrograms Branch left over policy differences w/ #Trump, but many had served in the first Trump admin & viewed their role as defending the govt regardless of the party in power.

The 4 lawyers who left said they feared Trump admin policies to dismantle certain #FederalAgencies & claw back #funding appeared to violate the US #Constitution or were enacted without following processes that were more defensible in court.

Its lawyers are expected to seek to narrow prior court rulings & also defend against an anticipated rise in #ClassAction lawsuits challenging #Trump policies.

Lawyers in the unit are opposing 2 attempts by advocacy organizations to establish a nationwide class of people to challenge Trump's order on #BirthrightCitizenship. A judge granted one request on Thursday.