Shirin Ali
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Shirin Ali
@shirinali.bsky.social
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My latest story with @coribush.bsky.social! A great conversation about tough changes Democrats have to embrace and how to fight with integrity 💪
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At event in DC, Sen. Chris Van Hollen keeps it going with Hakeem
Jeffries over not endorsing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: if you can’t back the kind of campaign he ran, “don’t ask those young people to show up for other Democrats across the country — that’s the message that will be sent.”
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my latest: on how the H-1B visa became a symbol of the MAGA coalition's divides, why Trump is charging hopeful immigrant workers an extra $100k, how this plunged Silicon Valley into panic mode, and what this means for Trump's already-fraying relationship with Modi—who's inching closer to China(!)
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If you haven't yet read Justice Sotomayor's dissent in yesterday's Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, it is worth taking a few moments to do so tonight. As she notes, the Court's use of the emergency docket to greenlight ICE's use of racial profiling is troubling in part because it is entirely unexplained.
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This is why the Bove seat was vacant, and there’s a real throughline from the forces that defeated the previous Democratic nominee to where we are today.

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The Two-Pronged Attack on a Muslim Judicial Nominee
How the smearing of Adeel Mangi became a bipartisan exercise.
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor did not hold back on her colleagues' majority decision today on birthright citizenship. Her dissent was nothing short of scathing, so we highlighted some of the most cutting lines:
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Sonia Sotomayor Puts It Clearly: None of Our Rights Are Safe
The high court has opened Pandora’s box.
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Buried in the news of Republican's Big Beautiful Bill: Major immigration policy. Not only would ICE be given a massive budget increase, but asylum seekers would have to pay $1000 in order to submit an application (it currently costs $0)

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There’s an Alarming Part of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” You Probably Haven’t Heard Much About
Two historic changes in the Republican budget bill haven’t gotten that much attention.
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The Democrats' new town hall strategy is certainly interesting, but will it work? I went over to New Jersey and Pennsylvania to find out for myself and one thing was clear: Americans are *very* fed up with Dems.

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Voters Are Frustrated. Will Democrats Be Able to Do Something With It?
I went to two Democratic events in GOP-held congressional districts to see what new message the party is putting out.
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As if the past few weeks of breaking news wasn't bleak enough, this week a pro-Palestinian activist was lured to an immigration office for a citizenship interview, only to be arrested upon arrival.

My latest edition of Who Gets to Be American This Week:
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Trump Is Talking About Finding Ways to Send U.S. Citizens to Salvadoran Prison
The idea once again involves America's new partner in lawless deportations.
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U.S. immigration is changing in ways we’ve never seen before. It’s confusing and scary, so to help make sense of it all, @slate.com launched a new series Who Gets To Be American This Week?

I’ll be breaking down what you need to know—and our first edition is live today!

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This Is One of the Most Fundamental Ways Trump Is Trying to Change America. We’re Here to Help You Keep Track.
As the battle between the judiciary and the president continues, we've started a new tracker to understand what's really going on.
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We have a new series called WHO GETS TO BE AN AMERICAN THIS WEEK? led by @shirinali.bsky.social, which explores the many ways Trump is shrinking the definition of "American," often illegally. This week: a broad assault on the rights of *legal* immigrants. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Who Gets to Be an American This Week? Not Some of the People Who Immigrated Legally.
As the battle between the judiciary and the president continues, we've started a new tracker to understand what's really going on.
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It's clear that the Trump administration denied due process to the migrants it banished to El Salvador *precisely because* any measure of judicial oversight would've proved their innocence immediately.

Deported, imprisoned, and condemned to hard labor—for a soccer tattoo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
We’re Finally Seeing the “Evidence” Against the Migrants Deported by Trump. It’s Unbelievable.
The Trump admin said a soccer player had a gang tattoo. It’s a tattoo of Real Madrid’s logo.
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