Tom Jawetz
@tomjawetz.bsky.social
Now: CAP Senior Fellow and immigration law & policy consultant
Then: DHS Deputy General Counsel (2021-22); CAP Immigration (2015-21); House Judiciary (2009-15); ACLU National Prison Project (2005-09)
All views my own. He/Him
Then: DHS Deputy General Counsel (2021-22); CAP Immigration (2015-21); House Judiciary (2009-15); ACLU National Prison Project (2005-09)
All views my own. He/Him
What’s to stop Trump from replacing the seated sculpture of Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial with a statue of himself and then installing a golf tee at the top of the steps so he can drive balls into the Reflecting Pool?
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
What’s to stop Trump from replacing the seated sculpture of Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial with a statue of himself and then installing a golf tee at the top of the steps so he can drive balls into the Reflecting Pool?
Here’s an AI-generated image DHS just tweeted out alongside their posting for this new “Homeland Defender” position.
The white supremacist iconography mirrors the policy preferences of the administration. Years ago Trump said he preferred immigrants from countries like Denmark, Switzerland, Norway.
The white supremacist iconography mirrors the policy preferences of the administration. Years ago Trump said he preferred immigrants from countries like Denmark, Switzerland, Norway.
October 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Here’s an AI-generated image DHS just tweeted out alongside their posting for this new “Homeland Defender” position.
The white supremacist iconography mirrors the policy preferences of the administration. Years ago Trump said he preferred immigrants from countries like Denmark, Switzerland, Norway.
The white supremacist iconography mirrors the policy preferences of the administration. Years ago Trump said he preferred immigrants from countries like Denmark, Switzerland, Norway.
How can we defend our culture against the white supremacists that have infiltrated our government?
October 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
How can we defend our culture against the white supremacists that have infiltrated our government?
And yet the Department's spokesperson calls it "a successful operation." You can't make this stuff up... www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
May 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
And yet the Department's spokesperson calls it "a successful operation." You can't make this stuff up... www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Good pieces by Ezra Klein and Philip Bump on Trump’s illegal disappearance of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
But details matter. Withholding of removal wasn’t granted because fear of persecution was “credible”or “well founded.”
The judge concluded it was *more likely than not* to happen.
But details matter. Withholding of removal wasn’t granted because fear of persecution was “credible”or “well founded.”
The judge concluded it was *more likely than not* to happen.
April 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Good pieces by Ezra Klein and Philip Bump on Trump’s illegal disappearance of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
But details matter. Withholding of removal wasn’t granted because fear of persecution was “credible”or “well founded.”
The judge concluded it was *more likely than not* to happen.
But details matter. Withholding of removal wasn’t granted because fear of persecution was “credible”or “well founded.”
The judge concluded it was *more likely than not* to happen.
Also, Article II of the Constitution and the “Take Care” clause apparently mean all career Senior Executive Service officials serve at the pleasure of the president and can be fired at will.
That’s how he cleaned house in the immigration courts. /4 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...
That’s how he cleaned house in the immigration courts. /4 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...
January 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Also, Article II of the Constitution and the “Take Care” clause apparently mean all career Senior Executive Service officials serve at the pleasure of the president and can be fired at will.
That’s how he cleaned house in the immigration courts. /4 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...
That’s how he cleaned house in the immigration courts. /4 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...
The list of overreaches grows by the day.
Trump’s defense attorney now acting as DAG claims the Supremacy Clause means lawful “requests” for assistance in the president’s immigration enforcement agenda must be followed by state/local officials on penalty of prosecution. /3
Trump’s defense attorney now acting as DAG claims the Supremacy Clause means lawful “requests” for assistance in the president’s immigration enforcement agenda must be followed by state/local officials on penalty of prosecution. /3
January 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The list of overreaches grows by the day.
Trump’s defense attorney now acting as DAG claims the Supremacy Clause means lawful “requests” for assistance in the president’s immigration enforcement agenda must be followed by state/local officials on penalty of prosecution. /3
Trump’s defense attorney now acting as DAG claims the Supremacy Clause means lawful “requests” for assistance in the president’s immigration enforcement agenda must be followed by state/local officials on penalty of prosecution. /3
Given that Trump supporters erected a gallows on 1/6 to “Hang Mike Pence,” it almost sounds like Sen. Kennedy is suggesting Senate Republicans might reluctantly vote to confirm Gaetz just to avoid the threat of hanging themselves, no?
November 21, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Given that Trump supporters erected a gallows on 1/6 to “Hang Mike Pence,” it almost sounds like Sen. Kennedy is suggesting Senate Republicans might reluctantly vote to confirm Gaetz just to avoid the threat of hanging themselves, no?