The U.S. Immigration Catch-All Thread [R]

The Jitty Slitter · Feb 7, 2026

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I think this difference is some legalese and some PR. al-Bakoush has to go to trail, and saying anything definitive would be problematic. Pretti and Good will never see trial, so they can get labeled anything. Saying that, I think it is problematic, to say the very least, that Pretti and Good, two people protesting (if that was what Good was actually doing and not just picking up and going home), are being labeled the same as somebody who is alleged to have been involved on an actual attack on US foreign property with the intent to kill US government officials.
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IMO there is no difference - as they are still making wild comments about 2 potential murder trials. Were DOJ ever to indict the shooter, they could have already compromised any future jury

Cascarino's Pizzeria · Feb 7, 2026

usscouse said: ↑

Wow! You guys are up in arms about some anti democratic shithouse who condones the shooting of citizens in the street getting shown the door.
I don't want him in my town let alone in my local drinking next to him.
I didn’t see any fake tears over “No Shoes No Shirt No Service”

No “I” don’t like his type in here!!!

Hmmm, second thought methinks the satire flew over my head.
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Easy way around this for Vegas establishments

superdave · Feb 7, 2026

Cascarino's Pizzeria said: ↑

Easy way around this for Vegas establishments

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See, I was gonna go with, Bovino’s dwarfism is a disability and thus he’s in a protected class.

superdave · Feb 7, 2026

This tweet has a gift link to an NYT article documenting how the top brass at the FBI shut down the investigation into the Renee Good murder within hours.

Basically, it confirms what I think we already know.

NYT: FBI agents equipped with a signed warrant prepared to document blood spatter and bullet holes in Renee Good's SUV received orders to stop, including from Kash Patel.

The fear? "a civil rights investigation would contradict Trump’s claim that Good “violently, willfully, and…
— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) February 7, 2026

Cascarino's Pizzeria · Feb 8, 2026

Another example of Americans going through tough times and still having empathy vs Trump fascism

https://bsky.app/profile/nbcnews.com/post/3meccsutd272k

Cascarino's Pizzeria · Feb 9, 2026

New 5th circuit appeals ruling

Without getting lost in the weeds, this is the change the Trump administration made: Despite 30 years of government practice, it re-interpreted a 1996 law to allow it to detain migrants anywhere in the country without a bond hearing. Previous administrations had only applied one section of the law in that way at the immediate border. Everywhere else, under a different section of the law, undocumented immigrants were allowed to be released and were entitled to a bond hearing before deportation.

Federal judges around the country — faced with a resultant wave of habeas petitions — have widely rejected the Trump administration’s interpretation of the law. The 5th Circuit accepted the administration’s new interpretation and its decision applies within Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi to “every undocumented immigrant who originally entered across the border, no matter how many decades in the past,” notes one expert.

“The ruling is nonsensical and wrong, but it is also particularly horrifying in this moment. The consequences are all the more alarming, building, as it would, on the Supreme Court’s shadow docket order that unleashed Kavanaugh stops, ultimately, across the nation,” Chris Geidner wrote in reaction to the ruling.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/a-brutal-5th-circuit-ruling-promises-more-ice-chaos

xbhaskarx · Feb 9, 2026

50% of American voters wanted this and 40% proudly support it to this day...

Irishman detained by Ice appeals to Taoiseach to raise case with Trump amid ‘torture’

Originally from Glenmore, Co Kilkenny, he is married to a US citizen and owns a plastering business in the Boston area. He was arrested on September 9th, 2025, and has been in an Ice detention facility in Texas for nearly five months, despite having no criminal record, “not even a parking ticket”.

soccernutter · Feb 9, 2026

Cascarino's Pizzeria said: ↑

New 5th circuit appeals ruling

Without getting lost in the weeds, this is the change the Trump administration made: Despite 30 years of government practice, it re-interpreted a 1996 law to allow it to detain migrants anywhere in the country without a bond hearing. Previous administrations had only applied one section of the law in that way at the immediate border. Everywhere else, under a different section of the law, undocumented immigrants were allowed to be released and were entitled to a bond hearing before deportation.

Federal judges around the country — faced with a resultant wave of habeas petitions — have widely rejected the Trump administration’s interpretation of the law. The 5th Circuit accepted the administration’s new interpretation and its decision applies within Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi to “every undocumented immigrant who originally entered across the border, no matter how many decades in the past,” notes one expert.

“The ruling is nonsensical and wrong, but it is also particularly horrifying in this moment. The consequences are all the more alarming, building, as it would, on the Supreme Court’s shadow docket order that unleashed Kavanaugh stops, ultimately, across the nation,” Chris Geidner wrote in reaction to the ruling.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/a-brutal-5th-circuit-ruling-promises-more-ice-chaos
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The lawfare pod I posted last week (first third of this https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/rational-security---the-story-of-three-warrants--edition) covers this in more detail and nuance. What is at issue here is how administrative warrants* are being used. Typically, they had been used in limited areas, such as with health care cases and child porn cases, where they were document heavy and/or time sensitive (such as with IP addresses, in the case of child porn cases). But otherwise, they are almost never used, ever. But this changed with the Trump admin, based on the directive ICE (DHS as a whole?) gave in that memo reported on that nobody is allowed to handle/copy outside a specific room. What that memo said was that administrative warrants can be used to arrest individuals suspected of being here illegally even within a home, whether or not it is that person's living address. In that way, it is violating the 4th, so said multiple courts around the country.

Only not in areas that fall under the 5th Circuit or the 8th Circuit. The 8th covers Minnesota, hence the invasion in Minneapolis and St. Paul, and not elsewhere (think LA or Chicago or Portland). Thus, this ruling was not unexpected.

* - for those not aware, an administrative warrant is basically an in-house warrant. A LEO will go to an in-house attorney and ask for legal justification to perform a search, and the in-house attorney has to sign off - an administrative warrant, not a court ordered warrant (federally termed as coming form a Article 3 court as in Article 3 of the US Constitution). But it's use has been, historically, very, very, very limited.

ceezmad · Feb 9, 2026

A court in California rejected a new law that would require ICE agents to not wear face masks, but left the door open to accepting it if the State mandates it for all police forces in the state. (The law as passed discriminates against federal officers vs other officers in the state according to the judge)

He allows the requirements to allow names of agents to be displayed.

The judge, however, allowed another law requiring feds to display names or badge numbers. And she cast doubt on DOJ’s reason for opposing the mask rule — saying masks contributed to the danger facing law enforcement https://t.co/5YLhS14N17 pic.twitter.com/wOZFgFOpux
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 9, 2026

Belgian guy · Feb 10, 2026

A rightwing Brazilian influencer who claimed Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown targeted only “crooks” has been arrested by ICE agents in New Jersey.

Júnior Pena, whose full name is Eustáquio da Silva Pena Júnior, declared his support for the US president in a recent video message to his hundreds of thousands of social media followers.

“I [support] Donald Trump – I like the guy,” announced the South American TikToker and Instagrammer whose account purports to show “the reality of the United States” from a migrant’s perspective.

In a previous video, Pena reportedly urged Brazilians to stay calm and not “despair” after reports that ICE agents were rounding up migrants, including Brazilians. “But they’re all crooks. The lot of them,” he falsely claimed of the migrants being seized.

On Saturday, Pena was himself reportedly detained and sent to the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. One friend told the local newspaper the Brazilian Times that Pena had been taken into custody after missing a court hearing. The detainee’s lawyer, Andrew Lattarulo, was reportedly trying to resolve the situation and prevent him being transferred to another state.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...zilian-influencer-junior-pena-arrested-by-ice

Possibly should be crossposted in the "leopards eating faces" topic too.

soccernutter · Feb 10, 2026

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/10/ice-immigration-detention-court-orders-00771727

Courts across the country have overwhelmingly rejected the Trump administration’s effort to round up thousands of immigrants and lock them up without a chance for bond — even if they have no criminal records and have lived in the United States for years.

But the Trump administration has slow-walked or outright defied judges’ orders demanding the release of people scooped up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at an increasingly rapid clip.

Sometimes, ICE has raced detainees across state lines in ways judges say are designed to thwart legal proceedings. Other times, they’re detaining people for days or weeks after judges have ordered them released. ICE officials have at times ignored other arms of the federal government trying to ensure compliance with court orders. And sometimes the administration has given judges bad or incomplete information.

Cheney looks in detail at what ICE is doing.

rslfanboy · Feb 10, 2026

Belgian guy said: ↑

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...zilian-influencer-junior-pena-arrested-by-ice

Possibly should be crossposted in the "leopards eating faces" topic too.
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Already was.

dapip · Feb 10, 2026

Is it feasible for citizens/aliens with legal status to sue the government for mistreatment, breach of stablished conditions (not a lawyer, but say, they deport someone even if he/she was in a legal process) or for violation of their constitutional rights?

The way ICE is behaving and the amount of times that they simply ignore any custom, precedent and legal orders, should give enough material for lawyers to look for juicy compensations and sanctions against DHS. I know that not every lawyer has the stomach or the time for this type of confrontation, but at the same time, I'm a little surprised that we have not heard of any cases being filed.

soccernutter · Feb 10, 2026

dapip said: ↑

Is it feasible for citizens/aliens with legal status to sue the government for mistreatment, breach of stablished conditions (not a lawyer, but say, they deport someone even if he/she was in a legal process) or for violation of their constitutional rights?

The way ICE is behaving and the amount of times that they simply ignore any custom, precedent and legal orders, should give enough material for lawyers to look for juicy compensations and sanctions against DHS. I know that not every lawyer has the stomach or the time for this type of confrontation, but at the same time, I'm a little surprised that we have not heard of any cases being filed.
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Are you talking about monetary rewards?

dapip · Feb 10, 2026

soccernutter said: ↑

Are you talking about monetary rewards?
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Yes, that too, but more than rewards, make ICE pay for their malfeasence. Hopefully if there are enough cases, it can become a class action or something that costs them.

rslfanboy · Feb 10, 2026

I highly recommend this read:
https://www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump

Habeas petitions have skyrocketed. ICE keeps moving detainees around, because they have to refile every time they are moved to a different state.

Despite the nursing 5th circuit’s ruling that bond hearings are only for those who entered the country legally…

A large majority of federal judges who’ve ruled on the habeas petitions so far are siding with immigrants. A recent analysis by Politico found that over 300 judges have ruled against the administration’s new detention policies, while only 14 have upheld them.
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Here’s the haves tracker they are publishing:
https://projects.propublica.org/habeas-tracker/

soccernutter · Feb 10, 2026

dapip said: ↑

Yes, that too, but more than rewards, make ICE pay for their malfeasence. Hopefully if there are enough cases, it can become a class action or something that costs them.
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I might be misremembering, but I think the class was either minimized or rejected. The problem opponents of the detention are having is that the arrested are being moved around from state to state (region to region) and things need to be filed in different courts. Also, as was noted somewhere (Serious Trouble? Lawfare? Main Justice? those are all legal podcasts) is that the surge in Minnesota has been done partially because of the conservative 8th Circuit (that being in addition to the racism aspect). They withdrew from LA because of rulings against them, but not so with the 8th and the 5th. So, any class at this point would have have to pass the 8th, which is going to be difficult. @yossarian can give a better legal description.

That said, I asked him previously if the courts could do anything to force the hand of ICE. And he said there wasn't much, legally. But what we did see was one of the judges call in an ICE director to his court to answer questions as to why detainees were not being released per court orders. The court cancelled that session because all the detainees were subsequently released. Seems to have been a legal version of political pressure, and suggests this could happen in the future.

But none that really addresses the question of arrests in the first place, nor the seemingly purposeful non-compliance with court rulings. Nor addresses ICE releasing people to unsafe conditions and locations. It is so frustrating that there does not seem to be repercussions that the ICE personnel are going to face during this administration.

soccernutter · Feb 10, 2026

rslfanboy said: ↑

I highly recommend this read:
https://www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump

Habeas petitions have skyrocketed. ICE keeps moving detainees around, because they have to refile every time they are moved to a different state.

Despite the nursing 5th circuit’s ruling that bond hearings are only for those who entered the country legally…

Here’s the haves tracker they are publishing:
https://projects.propublica.org/habeas-tracker/
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Related, on Lawfare Kyle Cheney talks to Roger Parloff about what is happening, and how many are arrested/detained.

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/articl...res.-trump-s-mandatory-alien-detention-policy

The episode is a more detailed conversation on the Politico article I posted a few posts above

Yoshou · Feb 10, 2026

soccernutter said: ↑

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/10/ice-immigration-detention-court-orders-00771727

Courts across the country have overwhelmingly rejected the Trump administration’s effort to round up thousands of immigrants and lock them up without a chance for bond — even if they have no criminal records and have lived in the United States for years.

But the Trump administration has slow-walked or outright defied judges’ orders demanding the release of people scooped up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at an increasingly rapid clip.

Sometimes, ICE has raced detainees across state lines in ways judges say are designed to thwart legal proceedings. Other times, they’re detaining people for days or weeks after judges have ordered them released. ICE officials have at times ignored other arms of the federal government trying to ensure compliance with court orders. And sometimes the administration has given judges bad or incomplete information.

Cheney looks in detail at what ICE is doing.
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Time for the courts to start holding ICE officials in contempt and throwing them in jail.

dapip · Feb 10, 2026

This is heartbreaking and let it be a tale for all visitors. 13 yo Colombian girl with valid tourist ViSA has been held in detention for close to 4 months, to lure her mom who lives in NY.

ICE encarceló a una niña colombiana de 9 años, que viajaba con una visa de turista válida, para atrapar a su mamá que reside en Nueva York.
113 días encarcelada cuando iba a ir a Disney a pasar sus vacaciones soñadas. @CancilleriaCol feb hacer lo posible por su liberación. pic.twitter.com/YUnzgfdcA1
— Nana 🥭 (@tamarindoenflor) February 10, 2026

ElNaranja · Feb 10, 2026

The Supreme said national injunctions aren't a thing anymore, which is why ICE is moving people around like this. Combined with KavenaughStops, it's just chaos out there.

ElNaranja · Feb 10, 2026

Don't remember seeing this:

https://www.latintimes.com/four-hai...o-they-have-now-been-found-decapitated-594261

Earlier this week, authorities in the Dominican Republic made the brutal discovery of four Haitian women who were killed and later decapitated near the country's southern border with Haiti.
According to Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día, the four Haitian women found dead had been deported from the territory several months earlier.
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I know this is what Miller wants but damn man.

Also, this is....a choice:

To facilitate the arrest of undocumented immigrants, the Puerto Rico government turned over confidential information last November on about 6,000 migrants with irregular status who previously registered to obtain driver's licenses.
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Naughtius Maximus · Feb 10, 2026

dapip said: ↑

This is heartbreaking and let it be a tale for all visitors. 13 yo Colombian girl with valid tourist ViSA has been held in detention for close to 4 months, to lure her mom who lives in NY.

ICE encarceló a una niña colombiana de 9 años, que viajaba con una visa de turista válida, para atrapar a su mamá que reside en Nueva York.
113 días encarcelada cuando iba a ir a Disney a pasar sus vacaciones soñadas. @CancilleriaCol feb hacer lo posible por su liberación. pic.twitter.com/YUnzgfdcA1
— Nana 🥭 (@tamarindoenflor) February 10, 2026

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Is she 9 or 13?

Either way, isn't that kidnapping if she has a valid tourist visa?

dapip · Feb 10, 2026

Naughtius Maximus said: ↑

Is she 9 or 13?

Either way, isn't that kidnapping if she has a valid tourist visa?
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9. I mixed it up with the number of days in detention. And yes, this is a crime.

Pønch · Feb 10, 2026

That's going to leave some trauma for her to deal with for a lifetime. It's just heartless.