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#asylum

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“He took information that was publicly available but labor-intensive to compile, and did something nobody else was doing...I don’t know if he expected this second career to make him basically the world’s only credible public source on U.S. deportation flights, just as they were becoming part of one of the United States’ biggest national news stories.”
theatlantic.com/politics/archi

The Atlantic · The Retired J.P. Morgan Executive Tracking Trump’s Deportation FlightsBy Nick Miroff
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Back in the courtroom At attorney Prada’s request the judge froze Reyes Mota’s #asylum case for the time being. That way, he could eventually take it up again. That is, if he is ever able to return to the #UnitedStates.

“We can agree that there was no removal order from this court or another court,” the judge said, noting that there was very little he could do.

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He has no tattoos & his family members deny he has any gang ties. Had Reyes Mota still been in the #US, his #asylum hearing would have been a commonplace matter. But his absence showcases the remarkable nature of the #Venezuelans#deportation to #ElSalvador. As attys argue the flights were unlawful & violated a federal judge’s order, the #immigration court is navigating the case of an asylum seeker w/pending immigration proceedings whom #Trump flew to another country w/o #DueProcess.

For this #monochromemonday post: Building 93 at the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center, a defunct New York State-run psychiatric hospital on the North Shore of Long Island that was open from 1885-1996. This particular building was a patient ward building, 13 stories tall, and built from 1939-1940, and opened to patients in 1941. It was vacated for good in 1992, a few years ahead of the complete closure of the hospital campus but by then, only the first four floors were actually being used. Utilities (water, electric, heat, etc.) were shut off in 1993 and the building has been left to rot ever since. #monochrome #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #decay #urbandecay #abandonedplaces #derelictstructures #derelict #abandoned #abandonedbuilding #modernruins #ruins #urbex #lefttorot #architecture #architecturalphotography #gothic #scary #haunted #longisland #newyork #asylum #hospital #photography #fujifilm #fujixt3 #tamron #tamron18300f3563
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"America cannot be a country where we just willy-nilly pull people off the streets because they have a real Madrid tattoo and we send them to the worst conditions imaginable in another country with no recourse."

~ Tim Miller

But it is, Tim: America now is that kind of country. Some 77 million of us eagerly voted to turn it into that kind of country.

#Trump #ICE #immigrants #Venezuelans #LawandOrder #asylum #LGBTQ #tattoos
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youtube.com/watch?v=_iNQwfptvy

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"We feel it's important to let the world know who Andry, our client is, because he is a human being He is a young professional from Venezuela. He's a makeup artist. He is a gay man. He is someone who came to the United States seeking protection. He came seeking asylum."

~ Lindsay Toczylowski

#Trump #ICE #immigrants #Venezuelans #LawandOrder #asylum #LGBTQ #tattoos
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youtube.com/watch?v=_iNQwfptvy

Poland shuts the asylum door at the Belarus border with EU backing.

Poland is moving ahead with a controversial new law, backed by European Union leaders, to suspend access to asylum for new arrivals crossing into the country through Belarus after accusing Moscow of weaponising migration flows to upend security in the region.

mediafaro.org/article/20250321

A truck patrols along a road next to a high border fence separating Poland from Belarus. | Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
Politico.eu · Poland shuts the asylum door at the Belarus border with EU backing.By Bartosz Brzeziński
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#RachelMaddow just interviewed Lindsay Toczylowski, #immigration atty for one of the *deported* individuals being held at #CECOT in #ElSalvador.
He was deemed a member of the gang #TdA because he has tattoos & is Venezuelan.
Her client is a #gay make-up artist who was seeking #asylum in the #US. Toczylowski shared some personal photos of her client.

I posted an interview by Sam Stein w/Toczylowski earlier this wk.
#law #Constitution #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Trump