Randahl FinkMar 18

The Trump regime detained Leqaa Kordia, a young woman from New Jersey, for an entire year for using her constitutional right to protest Israel's genocide in Gaza.

At a hearing Friday, the judge said "I’ve heard testimony. I’ve seen thousands of pages of evidence presented by the respondent, and very little evidence presented by the government in any of this."

Monday she was released.

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/3/16/pro-palestine-protester-leqaa-kordia-freed-from-us-immigration-detention

Pro-Palestine protester Leqaa Kordia freed from US immigration detention

The 33-year-old Columbia University protester had been held in an immigration detention centre for a year.

Al Jazeera
Show threadShadSterlingMar 18
@randahl only released? Not compensated? No one responsible barred from working in government or security ever again?
Show threadRandahl FinkMar 18
@ShadSterling the midterm elections are November 3.
Show threadShadSterling
@randahl immigration judges are appointed by the attorney general, who is nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate; for the midterms to lead to replacing the current immigration judges, they would have to change Congress so radically that not only would the AG be impeached and removed but only a nominee who would replace them would be confirmed by the senate, a process far too slow to keep up with the rate of new cases. What route do you see from midterms to justice in this case?
Mar 18 at 10:38amIceCubesApp