Madison
@madison-koenig.bsky.social
Immigration public defender, New York transplant, very sleepy
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Last year, I reported on a problematic NYPD unit led by a particularly problematic commander.
The commander once pointed a gun at a motorcyclist and threatened to kill him.
Well, that commander, Kaz Daughtry, has a new job.
He now works for Trump's DHS.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/n...
The commander once pointed a gun at a motorcyclist and threatened to kill him.
Well, that commander, Kaz Daughtry, has a new job.
He now works for Trump's DHS.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/n...
Adams Aide Who Acted as ICE Liaison Is Set to Join Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Last year, I reported on a problematic NYPD unit led by a particularly problematic commander.
The commander once pointed a gun at a motorcyclist and threatened to kill him.
Well, that commander, Kaz Daughtry, has a new job.
He now works for Trump's DHS.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/n...
The commander once pointed a gun at a motorcyclist and threatened to kill him.
Well, that commander, Kaz Daughtry, has a new job.
He now works for Trump's DHS.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/n...
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This kid and his father entered via CBP One app. It's just absurd and monumentally unfair for people who availed themselves of lawful channels when they existed by following government processes to suddenly get detained and deported to a third country.
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
January 23, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This kid and his father entered via CBP One app. It's just absurd and monumentally unfair for people who availed themselves of lawful channels when they existed by following government processes to suddenly get detained and deported to a third country.
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
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friendly neighborhood barred attorney telling you to never put your ID on your phone
iPhone driver’s licenses: Here are all the states working on support
iPhone driver’s licenses: Here are all the states working on support
At WWDC 2021, Apple announced support for adding driver’s licenses and state IDs to Apple Wallet. Since then, over a dozen states in the United States have rolled out support for the platform.
As that number continues to grow, here’s where driver’s licenses and state IDs could come next …
more…
9to5mac.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:42 PM
friendly neighborhood barred attorney telling you to never put your ID on your phone
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Oh, look. From 2014:
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers [in] 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths.”
You can’t reform that culture.
Ross was in Border Patrol in this period (2007-2015).
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers [in] 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths.”
You can’t reform that culture.
Ross was in Border Patrol in this period (2007-2015).
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...
Border Patrol's use of deadly force criticized in report
An independent review of U.S. Border Patrol shootings criticizes the agency for 'lack of diligence' in its investigations and suggests that agents' tactics sometimes create a pretext to open fire.
www.latimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Oh, look. From 2014:
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers [in] 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths.”
You can’t reform that culture.
Ross was in Border Patrol in this period (2007-2015).
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers [in] 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths.”
You can’t reform that culture.
Ross was in Border Patrol in this period (2007-2015).
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...
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Important context to "more/better training" arguments: the murder of Renée Good was a product of that training by someone who has trained others.
(I've seen same in civil rights cases; by moving where he did, he was intentionally generating a pretext to shoot her without genuine risk to himself.)
(I've seen same in civil rights cases; by moving where he did, he was intentionally generating a pretext to shoot her without genuine risk to himself.)
NEW: Jonathan Ross is former National Guard and Border Patrol and has been part of ICE's SWAT equivalent, a team leader overseeing FBI, ATF, and IRS agents, and a firearms instructor, according to testimony obtained by WIRED. This is from @hudsongiles.bsky.social and me:
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony
Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including “hundreds” of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by WIRED.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Important context to "more/better training" arguments: the murder of Renée Good was a product of that training by someone who has trained others.
(I've seen same in civil rights cases; by moving where he did, he was intentionally generating a pretext to shoot her without genuine risk to himself.)
(I've seen same in civil rights cases; by moving where he did, he was intentionally generating a pretext to shoot her without genuine risk to himself.)
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Masked ICE agents, it seems, are now killing American citizens on American streets.
Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party.
This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.
Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party.
This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.
January 7, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Masked ICE agents, it seems, are now killing American citizens on American streets.
Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party.
This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.
Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party.
This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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ICE won’t tell anyone where 6-year-old Yuanxin is. He was separated from his dad at a mandatory check-in. The cruelty is unfathomable & makes us all unsafe. We must fight for freedom from fear & tyranny. We must abolish ICE & reunite all families separated by ICE.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
December 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
ICE won’t tell anyone where 6-year-old Yuanxin is. He was separated from his dad at a mandatory check-in. The cruelty is unfathomable & makes us all unsafe. We must fight for freedom from fear & tyranny. We must abolish ICE & reunite all families separated by ICE.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
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Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
September 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
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I cannot get over how no one in mainstream politics even disputes factual claims like this. Everyone admits that Israel is starving children and murdering desperate civilians. The only ‘debate’ is about what to call it and whether the motives of people protesting it are pure enough.
"I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," a retired US special forces officer told the BBC when asked he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution centres. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Gaza: 'I witnessed war crimes,' former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC
A retired US soldier reveals why he quit working at Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid hubs.
www.bbc.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I cannot get over how no one in mainstream politics even disputes factual claims like this. Everyone admits that Israel is starving children and murdering desperate civilians. The only ‘debate’ is about what to call it and whether the motives of people protesting it are pure enough.
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A hugely underdiscussed effect of the creeping fascism of ICE is that debt collectors and landlords are filing more cases against immigrants, even when they're inflated or outright falsified, because they know immigrants are too fearful of deportation to show up to court to fight them.
July 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A hugely underdiscussed effect of the creeping fascism of ICE is that debt collectors and landlords are filing more cases against immigrants, even when they're inflated or outright falsified, because they know immigrants are too fearful of deportation to show up to court to fight them.
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Union rallied today as shops go on strike + largest legal services provider in NYC @lasattysunited.bsky.social to walk soon if the city + management don’t put their $ on the table-no due process without us!
honored @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social + @newyorkstateag.bsky.social came to support!
honored @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social + @newyorkstateag.bsky.social came to support!
July 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Union rallied today as shops go on strike + largest legal services provider in NYC @lasattysunited.bsky.social to walk soon if the city + management don’t put their $ on the table-no due process without us!
honored @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social + @newyorkstateag.bsky.social came to support!
honored @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social + @newyorkstateag.bsky.social came to support!
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🔔 ESCALATION ALERT 🚨 The LAS Attorneys United Executive Board and Bargaining Committee met jointly last night to discuss the formal termination of our contract. 🧵1/3
July 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🔔 ESCALATION ALERT 🚨 The LAS Attorneys United Executive Board and Bargaining Committee met jointly last night to discuss the formal termination of our contract. 🧵1/3
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My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
July 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
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Today our Board voted unanimously to ask members to authorize a strike at The Legal Aid Society for the first time in over 30 years. On Monday, members will begin voting. Rudy Giuliani thought he could break us in 1994, but @uaw.org members will never be divided. Solidarity Forever.
June 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Today our Board voted unanimously to ask members to authorize a strike at The Legal Aid Society for the first time in over 30 years. On Monday, members will begin voting. Rudy Giuliani thought he could break us in 1994, but @uaw.org members will never be divided. Solidarity Forever.
How do I get barred at Gitmo? www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Trump team plans to send thousands of migrants to Guantanamo starting as soon as this week
The use of the facility would send another signal of deterrence amid immigration crackdown.
www.politico.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
How do I get barred at Gitmo? www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
We’re seeing more and more of these relocation tactics both in New York and throughout the country.
A Bronx high school student was abducted by ICE at his immigration court date and has since been disappeared across four states in five days in order to evade contact with his lawyer.
The US is now undeniably a rogue state.
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
The US is now undeniably a rogue state.
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
May 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
We’re seeing more and more of these relocation tactics both in New York and throughout the country.
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🚨Reports around the country today that some people who showed up for their immigration court hearings were told that ICE prosecutors had dismissed their cases — and then were arrested moments later by ICE officers and taken to detention centers for unknown reasons. Happening in multiple cities.
Immigration court has always been the one place I could tell people they could feel safe from ICE enforcement... until today.
I have one trusted report of FIFTY ICE officers swarming a CA immigration court. This hasn't hit media yet but advocates have been hearing reports from around the country.
I have one trusted report of FIFTY ICE officers swarming a CA immigration court. This hasn't hit media yet but advocates have been hearing reports from around the country.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL: Plainclothes ICE agents are inside the Immigration court buildings at 26 Federal, 290 Broadway & 201 Varick St, harassing people for their paperwork & detaining them. ALL OUT TO VARICK STREET DETENTION CENTER NOW 2 PM TILL LATE: meet at the garage on the West Houston Street Side
May 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🚨Reports around the country today that some people who showed up for their immigration court hearings were told that ICE prosecutors had dismissed their cases — and then were arrested moments later by ICE officers and taken to detention centers for unknown reasons. Happening in multiple cities.
PSA that plainclothes ICE officers have been spotted at all three New York City immigration courts today, looking to arrest folks
May 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
PSA that plainclothes ICE officers have been spotted at all three New York City immigration courts today, looking to arrest folks
Listen ICE opened Delaney Hall without permits, without inspection, and without permission from New Jersey. If anyone’s trespassing it’s ICE
BREAKING: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been arrested at an ICE detention facility for allegedly trespassing, the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey says.
Newark mayor arrested at ICE detention facility in New Jersey for alleged trespassing
Ras Baraka is one of six major Democratic candidates competing in the gubernatorial primary on June 10.
nbcnews.to
May 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Listen ICE opened Delaney Hall without permits, without inspection, and without permission from New Jersey. If anyone’s trespassing it’s ICE
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a small Texas county found a way to make money off migrants: arrest them for trespassing, make them post bail to get out of jail, turn them over to ICE, collect forfeited bail money. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
May 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
a small Texas county found a way to make money off migrants: arrest them for trespassing, make them post bail to get out of jail, turn them over to ICE, collect forfeited bail money. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
Starting off the Trump administration by winning an ICE bond hearing! My client is going to go home to his family after nine long months in detention
January 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Starting off the Trump administration by winning an ICE bond hearing! My client is going to go home to his family after nine long months in detention
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Both immigration bills will lead to many more people being detained without access to bond and will have a disproportionate impact on Black and brown communities as well as survivors of domestic violence.
🚨Take action: contact your representatives regarding H.R.30: www.tahirih.org/action_alert...
🚨Take action: contact your representatives regarding H.R.30: www.tahirih.org/action_alert...
Urge your Representative in Congress to Oppose H.R. 30 & Protect Immigrant Survivors! - Tahirih Justice Center
www.tahirih.org
January 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Both immigration bills will lead to many more people being detained without access to bond and will have a disproportionate impact on Black and brown communities as well as survivors of domestic violence.
🚨Take action: contact your representatives regarding H.R.30: www.tahirih.org/action_alert...
🚨Take action: contact your representatives regarding H.R.30: www.tahirih.org/action_alert...