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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 18 *

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 17

Apr 17

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 · Apr 17

Apr 17

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

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 15 *

Apr 15 *

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

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 · Apr 14

Apr 14

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

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

**The Peter Pan of Nerdery™** @dhry@mastodon.social · Apr 14

Apr 14

The Peter Pan of Nerdery™ @dhry@mastodon.social

#5thamendment #dueprocess

**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 9 *

Apr 9 *

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

After #SCOTUS’ ruling, the original 5 plaintiffs in the ACLU & Democracy Forward case against the #AlienEnemiesAct split up.

Now 2 class action #habeas suits have been filed, one in New York with 2 plaintiffs & one in Texas with the other three.

#law #immigration #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #DualState #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #AbuseOfPower #Trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/trump-faces-new-deportation-challenge-after-supreme-court-order

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 9

Apr 9

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

And here Karoline Leavitt, #Trump’s WhiteHouse propagandist, lies through her teeth about this when asked.

"These are heinous monsters, rapists, murderers, kidnappers, sexual assaulters, predators who have no right to be in this country," Leavitt said. She added that she could "assure the American people that Customs and Border Protection & ICE & the Department of Homeland Security are sure about the identities of the individuals who were on these planes & the threat that they posed to our homeland."

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law

**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 9

Apr 9

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

"All nine justices made it clear that the government’s original method of rushing people onto planes with no notice & no warning is not appropriate," said Aaron Reichlin-Melnick.

#SCOTUS #law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #DualState #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #Trump
https://newrepublic.com/article/193761/sotomayor-harsh-dissent-trump-arrests-offers-terrifying-warning

The New Republic · Apr 9Sotomayor’s Harsh Dissent on Trump Arrests Offers a Terrifying WarningAs the Supreme Court begins ruling on Trump’s deportations, a legal expert unravels the complexities of all these cases and explains how Sonia Sotomayor laid bare the truly alarming stakes we currently face.

**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 8

Apr 8

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

This afternoon, the #ACLU filed a new #ClassAction #habeas lawsuit in NY challenging the #AlienEnemiesAct *#deportations*.

They are seeking a #TRO similar to what Judge Boasberg ordered.

The parties are hereby ordered to appear for a hearing on Petitioners' motion for a temporary restraining order on April 9, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 14D of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse. In the meantime, & until ordered otherwise, to preserve the Court's jurisdiction, Petitioners shall neither be removed from the United States, nor transferred out of this District, unless & until the Court orders otherwise.

#immigration #law #ExtraordinaryRendition

**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 1 *

Apr 1 *

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

Multiple people have already died in #Trump’s custody

These are #DeathCamps

…44-yr-old #MaksymChernyak, a #Ukranian man suddenly fell ill & died at #Krome last month.

#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #DualState #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/overcrowded-miami-ice-facility-seen-in-new-tiktok-video-22704351

Miami New Times · Mar 21"Help Us:" TikTok Videos Show Inside Crowded Miami ICE FacilityBy Alex DeLuca

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Mar 31

Mar 31

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

Here is the document (exhibit 1, p.7) included in the court filing from the court’s website:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.67.21.pdf

ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide” p 1

ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide” p 2

ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide” p 3

#law #immigration #AEA

**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Mar 28

Mar 28

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

Here we go

#Trump asked #SCOTUS on Friday to lift a temporary order blocking him from using a 1798 law to swiftly deport *alleged* #Venezuelan gang members as part of his 2-month-old admin's hardline approach to #immigration.

#law #Constitution #DueProcess #CivilRights #DualState #ConstitutionalCrisis #AlienEnemiesAct #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #CivilRights #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower
https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-asks-us-supreme-court-intervene-deportations-fight-2025-03-28/

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Mar 25

Mar 25

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

The #Trump admin invokes the #StateSecrets privilege, saying it will give Judge #Boasberg no more information about the #deportation flights to inform his decision about whether the govt defied his order.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.56.0.pdf

NOTICE INVOKING STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE The Executive Branch hereby notifies the Court that no further information will be provided in response to the Court's March 18, 2025 Minute Order based on the state secrets privilege and the concurrently filed declarations of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security. This is a case about the President's plenary authority, derived from Article II and the mandate of the electorate, and reinforced by longstanding statute, to remove from the homeland designated terrorists participating in a state-sponsored invasion of, and predatory incursion into, the United States. The Court has all of the facts it needs to address the compliance issues before it. Further intrusions on the Executive Branch would present dangerous and wholly unwarranted separation-of-powers harms with respect to diplomatic and national security concerns that the Court lacks competence to address. Accordingly, the states secrets privilege forecloses further demands for details that have no place in this matter, and the government will address the Court's order to show cause tomorrow by demonstrating that there is no basis for the suggestion of non-compliance with any binding order.

#law #Constitution #immigration

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Mar 24

Mar 24

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

Judge just said “#Nazis got better treatment under the #AEA”

They had hearing boards.

The people #Trump deported had no opportunity to apply for habeas. The planes started leaving 2 hours after Trump’s proclamation was signed.

#law #Constitution #immigration

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Mar 24

Mar 24

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

The oral arguments in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals for #Trump’s #AlienEnemiesAct appeal is will be live streamed starting at 1:30pm ET today.

You can watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DoTLGECQSU

Or if you prefer to listen, audio will be available here:

https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/

YouTubeThe United States Court of Appeals for the DC CircuitMonday, March 24, 2025 1:30 P.M. USCA (Live-Stream) Judges Henderson, Millett, WalkerCase#1: 25-5067 J.G.G. v. Donald TrumpThank you for watching, for more i...

#law #Constitution #immigration

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Mar 24

Mar 24

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

The US Court of Appeals for DC is still hearing #Trump’s appeal & request to remove Judge #Boasberg this afternoon at 1:30PM.

#law #Constitution #immigration

**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Mar 24 *

Mar 24 *

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

Just released a 37-page ruling from Chief Judge James #Boasberg, denying the #Trump administration request to vacate its TROs preventing the government from enforcing the #AlienEnemiesAct against #Venezuelans.

No one subject to the #AEA can be deported without a hearing.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.53.0.pdf

#law #Constitution #immigration

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Mar 20 *

Mar 20 *

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

Holy freaking crap

The #Trump admin says that the #AlienEnemiesAct allows #Immigration Agents to enter the homes of ANY PERSON who they *believe* are subject to the declaration WITHOUT A WARRANT.

#GiftArticle

#law #Constitution #FourthAmendment #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #DueProcess #CivilRights #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #ConstitutionalCrisis #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/trump-alien-enemies-immigration-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U4.39cB.wD5EgfXixxmS&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p

The New York Times · Mar 20Administration Officials Believe Order Lets Immigration Agents Enter Homes Without WarrantsBy Devlin Barrett

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Mar 20

Mar 20

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

It appears that #Trump’s #DOJ has *missed* (refused to comply with) the deadline set by Judge #Boasberg to provide answers on the #AliensEnemiesAct #deportations.

#law #Constitution #immigration

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