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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
WHOA. On March 15, a Cornell PhD student with UK and Gambian citizenship, here on a student visa, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Trump's EO aimed at foreign students accused of "antisemitism.
Last night, the DOJ emailed asking him to come to ICE to be detained and put into removal proceedings.
New filing: "Taal v. Trump (Foreign Terrorist EO)"
Doc #25: LETTER BRIEF by Sriram Parasurama, Momodou Taal, Mukoma Wa Ngugi. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Exhibit 4, # 2 Exhibit(s) Exhibit 5, # 3 Exhibit(s) Exhibit 6)(Lee,…
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March 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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I mean, this is a significantly nicer and better way to initiate the process than what happened to Mr. Khalil and Mr. Suri, allowing him to surrender himself without being grabbed directly from his residence. But that's somewhat cold comfort!
plz come to ice. cmon, man, plz.
So are the lawyers working on this not admitted to the appropriate bar? (Side matter but still, WTF?)
Pretty routine to request, and receive, pro hoc vice adminision. You pretty much just need to swear that you are in good standing in the jurisdiction that you normally practice
Oof. I'm familiar with the place of residence.
Do you know if this also involves the "adverse foreign policy consequences" provision of the INA?
I wouldn't be surprised if that's what they're going to NTA him with.
’s capitulation is really working wonders for stopping the regime from setting the constitution on fire.
Nothing Schumer has done would have stopped this. Security services are considered essential and would have continued working during a shutdown. Schumer sucks but this is all Trump.
I think we can all agree that “this would’ve happened any way” isn’t a great defence of Schumer’s capitulation.
And I don’t think anyone criticising Schumer (or Democratic Party leadership strategy up until now) believes this isn’t all ultimately on Trump.
But we need a real opposition party.
Didn't think we'd get to "everyone who resists us are terrorists!" this quickly but we're there and these thugs are leaning into it hard.
“We kindly request your presence at Auschwitz so that you may surrender.”
If displays of antisemitism are grounds for deportation, then let's get Elon Musk and his nazi salute loving ass into leg irons and shipped right the fuck out of here.
So glad those ICE agents got their paychecks
Absolute insanity
This is not the behavior of a free country
The US is no longer a democratic free country. UK, Italy, Canada and others putting out warnings about travelling to the US speaks volumes
Literally a sniper asking their target to hold steady for a sec.
you are cordially invited to: jail
RSVP: ____ yes ____ no
They knew this would get out. This is an intimidation tactic, and the target is literally everyone.
Pretty sure the list of deportable offenses in MAGA world is any of:
* being born literally anywhere except USA unless you are Muskrat
* parents being born literally anywhere except USA
* being brown or black
* opposing anything MAGA does
* thinking about opposing anything MAGA does
It is simpler than that.
*Any criticism of the dear leader
This is just like the Russian gulags of the Stalinist era. Just grab anyone available to fill the quota for slave prison labor. Sorry if you didn't do anything and just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Read The Gulag Archipelago by Solzhenitsyn. It is all there.
Pure intimidation for anyone who dares voice dissent to the Muskrump agenda.
Precisely this. We're nearly 5 times the population and more than 18 times the land mass of WW2 era Germany. They can't police everyone. Not even close. But enough high profile cases of people disappearing to drive home the "anyone at anytime" fear, and large swaths police themselves.
In the civil rights training I have to take every single year, this is known as "retaliation," and it is a serious crime.
Are you aware of the university previously trying to weaponize his visa to silence him?
👇🏽An organic and entirely appropriate reaction to the obscene gaslighting
Great job Schumer you twat. This is one of your constituents.
It is loathsome that this regime uses "antisemitism" as a guise for disappearing people. Trump and Musk couldn't care less about antisemitism. They are making a mockery of some of humanity's most tragic and disgraceful experiences. That are loathsome, loathsome.
This is chilling that the DoJ forwarded ICE’s request, as the veiled threat here is not very veiled.
"Here's an ice pick. Don't you think it would be a great idea to stab yourself in the eye with it?"
An unsurprising amount of reptilian lawyers willing to sacrifice their law licenses for a slim chance to eventually, inevitably, get backstabbed by the cult Leader.
The United States is going to lose an entire generation of domestic talent through enforced job loss and brain drain and international talent through closing our borders and frightening them into staying abroad.
So, basically, if you are legally here, but not a citizen, one of the conditions under the new regime for remaining in the country is not to say or do anything that is in opposition any action taken by the current administration. A true authoritarian state.
Was the case filed after his visa was revoked or did they decide to revoke his visa in retaliation for the case being filed?
Anyone protesting Tesla/Musk/Trump is now a “terrorist” and anyone who files suit can be added to ICE detain/deport lists…
They are criminalizing opposition and weaponizing the government against us.
We need to stand up/speak out now or we won’t have a FN Republic.
They are committing treason.
What? They want him to turn himself into ICE? WHERE'S THE JUDICIAL WARRANT?
