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Federal #immigration officials #arrested dozens of immigrants following their immigration #court hearings in multiple US cities this week, in operations that advocates said appeared to target people who had been in the country for less than 2 years.

#ICE officers detained migrants at #courthouses in New York City, Phoenix, Los Angeles & Seattle, according to family members, attorneys & news reports.

#law #CivilRights #Trump
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ice-arrests-migrants-courthouses-opens-door-fast-track-deportations-2025-05-23/

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Nonilex May 24, 2025

In some of the #arrests, #immigration judges had just dropped active cases against immigrants….The move could potentially allow US authorities to put them in a fast-track #deportation process known as expedited removal.

#Trump aims to deport record numbers of immigrants…but has complained that US #courts & existing #laws have slowed the effort. #ICE guidance…directed officers to consider all immigrants previously released for expedited removal if they had not affirmatively applied for #asylum.

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Nonilex May 24, 2025

The operation showcases a new strategy to speed up #deportations & bypass lengthier #immigration processes.

A senior #DHS official said the effort aimed to deport #immigrants allowed to enter the US under President Joe #Biden [because, ya know, revenge], a Democrat.

"#ICE is now following the law & placing these illegal *aliens* in expedited removal, as they always should have been," the official said in a statement.

#law #Trump #hate

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Nonilex May 24, 2025

In Phoenix, Arizona, on Tues & Wed, #ICE arrested several people outside the #immigration #court.

Among them, Geovanni Francisco & his mother from Guerrero, Mexico, who entered the country LEGALLY in 2023, after making an appointment using the #Biden-era CBP One app, acc/to his aunt Hilda Ramirez. Their case was dismissed Wed morning, records show.

“They didn’t even give them a chance to gather their things,” said Ramirez, who accompanied her sister & nephew to their hearing.

#law #Trump

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Nonilex May 24, 2025

"While the Department remains committed to transparency, the Department is equally obligated to protect CSNI (#classified #intelligence) & sensitive information - the unauthorized disclosure of which could put the lives of US Service members in danger," #Hegseth said in a memo.

[laughable coming from a guy involved in the PC Houthi group chat & also a chat that included his wife & brother both of which divulged classified military operations over a commercial app. #Signalgate]

#law #FreePress

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Nonilex May 24, 2025

#Hegseth called the protection of #classified national #intelligence information & operational security "an unwavering imperative for the Department” [not in this admin].

The #Pentagon Press Association, a membership organization representing the interests of the #press corps covering the US #military, said the new rules appeared to be a "direct attack on the freedom of the press."

#law #democracy #FreePress #transparency #accountability #SomethingToHide #authoritarianism #autocracy #Trump

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Nonilex May 24, 2025

"The decision is purportedly based on concerns about operational security. But the #Pentagon Press Corps has had access to non-secured, unclassified spaces in the Pentagon for decades, under Republican & Democratic administrations, including in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, without any concern about #OpSec from #DoD leadership," the stmnt said.

#law #democracy #FreePress #transparency #accountability #SomethingToHide #authoritarianism #autocracy #Trump

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Nonilex May 24, 2025

Since #Trump returned to office, the #Pentagon has launched an investigation into #leaks that resulted in 3 ofcls being placed on leave [#Signalgate].

It has also required legacy media organizations, including the #NewYorkTimes, the #WashingtonPost, #CNN & #NBCNews, to vacate their Pentagon office spaces in a new *rotation system* that brought in others, including outlets generally friendly to the Trump admin such as the #NewYorkPost, #Breitbart, the #DailyCaller & #OANN.

#law #FreePress

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Nonilex May 24, 2025

The #Trump admin claims the move is intended to allow other media outlets the opportunity to report as resident members of the #press corps.

More broadly, the Trump admin has deployed #LieDetector tests to investigate unclassified #leaks, with some #DHS ofcls being told they could be fired for refusing polygraphs, Reuters reported on Friday. The WH says Trump will not tolerate leaks to the #media & that federal employees who do so should be held accountable.

#law #democracy #FreePress #tyranny

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Nonilex May 24, 2025

#Hegseth's Friday order also requires members of the #Pentagon #press corps to acknowledge a responsibility to protect national #intelligence & sensitive information, & says they will be issued with new credentials that more prominently identify them as members of the press.

"We also anticipate a forthcoming announcement of additional security measures & enhanced scrutiny on the issuance of (credentials)," the memo said.

#law #democracy #FreePress #authoritarianism #autocracy #Trump