José G. Miranda
josegmiranda.bsky.social
José G. Miranda
@josegmiranda.bsky.social
U.S. based movement lawyer advancing migrant, refugee, labor & climate justice struggles.
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:

“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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The UAW is known locally for its left-leaning politics and justice-oriented members in academia and legal services. Now two of its rank-and-file members, Dalourny Nemorin and Darializa Avila Chevalier, are mounting Democratic campaigns to the party’s left.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/24/a...
Union Members Take On Congressional Incumbents in Manhattan and The Bronx
The UAW is known locally for its left-leaning politics and justice-oriented members in academia and legal services. Now two of its rank-and-file members, Dalourny Nemorin and Darializa Avila…
www.thecity.nyc
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."

www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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615 of the estimated 3,000+ detained immigrants who were kidnapped in Chicagoland during Midway Blitz are expected to be eligible for bond this week. The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund shows up for people in detention who need bond, but it costs, at minimum, $1,500 per person. Pls help them.
A Midwest Bond Fund Is Helping Detained Chicago Immigrants Return To Their Families
The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund launched in 2020 to provide bond assistance to people navigating the complex immigration legal system. That mission has become more difficult under the second Trump a...
blockclubchicago.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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“by mistake”
ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.

Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.

Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.

www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Native American woman nearly deported after Polk County Jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
A Native American woman from Arizona was nearly deported by federal immigration officials after a clerical error at the Polk County Jail. The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous...
www.iowapublicradio.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I'm running a marathon to support our immigrant neighbors. Can you help? bkgives.brooklyn.org/p2p/442550/j...
Running marathon to support our immigrant neighbors. Can you help?'s Fundraiser Profile | Brooklyn Gives
Help Running marathon to support our immigrant neighbors. Can you help?'s fundraiser efforts for Brooklyn Gives
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November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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The International Court of Justice climate judgement was – in many ways – better than expected. Here are 11 takeaways about what ICJ judgement and what it means for the protection of the climate:
July 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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‘A shot in the arm for climate litigation’: 13 things we learned from the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change www.the-wave.net/shot-arm-cli...
A 'shot in the arm for climate litigation' at the ICJ, plus news...
‘A shot in the arm for climate litigation’: 13 things we learned from the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change  The International Court of Justice (ICJ) published its long-awaited advisory opi...
www.the-wave.net
July 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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“It fills me with so much peace, so much comfort, so much tranquility that I was never alone, from day one. There were many people who worried for me.”

—Andry José Hernandez Romero
July 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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The moment has arrived!

The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.

Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
July 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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"Advisory opinions are technically non-binding but are considered authoritative because they summarise existing law...They are expected to be used in future litigation and to bolster political negotiations."

After a long campaign spearheaded by Pacific Islanders

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling
Court’s decision expected to be used in future litigation and to support political negotiations by vulnerable states
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“You tried to disappear me, but I'm here in the halls, advocating for myself and actually speaking about myself,” Khalil said, noting the absence of Palestinian voices within a place so determined to dictate Palestinian fates. “So I'm here to actually defend myself and to advocate for my people…”
“On a Mission: Mahmoud Khalil Visits Capitol Hill”

Great, exclusive reporting for Zeteo from ⁦‪Prem Thakker:‬⁩
On a Mission: Mahmoud Khalil Visits Capitol Hill
Today, I walked through the corridors of power with the Palestinian student protest leader.
zeteo.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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The neurologist Oliver Sacks found that the social-media era resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale.
The Machine Stops
The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.
www.newyorker.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The so-called “adverse foreign policy charge is patently unconstitutional and the administration cannot attempt to remove him on that ground, plain and simple,” Baher Azmy said. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ex-Columbia Student Wins Ruling Blocking Deportation, for Now
A federal judge said the US can’t immediately deport Mahmoud Khalil, blocking the Trump administration’s attempts to get another court to give it permission to ship the former Columbia University grad...
www.bloomberg.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
@butchware.bsky.social for CA governorship.
We need to start talking about the fact that Gavin Newsom is unelectable.
July 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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I'm a US citizen and a veteran. But it doesn't matter. No one deserves to be treated this way. It's inhumane and it's wrong. I hope no one goes through what I did. I want to do as much as I can so this doesn't happen to anyone.
-George Retes, Unjustly detained on July 10th by ICE
July 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Attorneys with three publicly funded legal services providers for low-income New Yorkers went on strike Friday morning after failing to reach an agreement with management on raises.
Bronx Defenders Join Growing Legal Services Worker Strike
Attorneys and legal staff at three groups walked out of negotiations on Thursday, marking the first time since 1994 that criminal defense lawyers for the poor have halted work.
buff.ly
July 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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📞 Calling all volunteers, organizers, and freedom fighters!

Want to support the fight to abolish immigration detention? Become a hotline volunteer!

Hotline volunteers further our mission of creating a world without cages by providing critical support & solidarity to people inside ICE detention.
July 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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It’s important to remember the expansion of detention is not a done deal, we have fought it before and we can do it again. Detention facilities deportation, stopping expansion will prevent them from carrying this out. For more follow @detentionwatchnetwork.org
July 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
[1/2] Trump firing immigration judges is an attempt to convert our immigration system into a deportation pipeline. The pretense of “justice” was always thin in immigration courts, but now? The U.S. government wants only cages, not judges, counsel, nor fairness. But the system isn’t yet fully built…
July 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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thinking about the dems who said we can't abolish ICE as the Department of Education gets wiped off the map
July 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM