Judge Brinkema, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, found the evidence in the case sorely lacking, acc/to a lawyer for the couple, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg. “She said if [ofcls] had come to her chambers seeking an arrest warrant she would have thrown them out,” he said. The judge ordered the couple immediately released so they could walk out of the courtroom, attys said.

#Immigration ofcls also detained #Palestinian activist & #Columbia graduate #MahmoudKhalil – a #GreenCard holder – earlier this month in front of his pregnant wife, Noor, a US citizen. Other students detained by immigration ofcls include #BadarSuri, an Indian postdoctoral fellow at #Georgetown University, after #DHS accused him of having ties to Hamas.

Also earlier this month, #Canada citizen #JasmineMooney was detained by US authorities & was held by #ICE for 2 weeks before being released. In another case, a tourist from #Germany, 29-yr-old tattoo artist #JessicaBrösche, spent 6 weeks in #detention including 8 days in #solitary confinement after she was arrested at the Mexican border on 18 Feb.

…A GoFundMe page set up by Anderson for #KseniyaPetrova said that the researcher was hired to work for #Harvard Medical School & had entered the US on a #WorkVisa. Anderson did not specify which work #visa category Petrova was under.
…Reports of Petrova’s detention come just weeks after a French #scientist was denied entry in the US this month after US #immigration officers searched his phone & found messages critical of #Trump.
#immigration #law #Constitution #DueProcess #CivilRights #DualState

We had no idea initially what had happened to her since she was unable to send any messages or make any calls upon detention. She was moved to a facility in Vermont at first & then #Louisiana where she is now. Where she is now is a #jail that has space rented by #ICE & is kept in a room with over 80 other female detainees,” Anderson posted.

But #RumeysaOzturk [was]…transferred to the Central Louisiana #ICE Processing Center in Basile, a #DHS spox said Wed.

It’s only been 8 weeks.

I cannot imagine what this country will look like in a year.

After she was detained on Tues, #RumeysaOzturk’s atty filed a petition in federal district court in Boston challenging the legality of her #detention & asking she not be moved out of Massachusetts.

“(Ozturk) shall not be moved outside the District of Massachusetts without first providing advance notice of the intended move,” District Judge Indira Talwani…wrote Tues in an order. Talwani ordered the govt to respond to Ozturk’s petition by Fri.

The point is to create a climate in which agents of the state routinely wear masks to conceal their identities & street #abductions are not out of the ordinary.

As a fellow on BlueSky said, “If you’re a #police officer in America & you think you need to wear a mask to do your job, you shouldn’t be a police officer in America.”

That was true enough in the old #America.

…Why was she handcuffed & pulled off the street? She had not committed a #crime; she did not present a danger. She could have been notified of the change in her #visa status by mail, given instructions to leave the country promptly, & given a deadline with which to comply.

But merely pulling #RumeysaOzturk’s visa wasn’t the point. Even having Ozturk leave the country wasn’t the point. The point was to arrest her.

…#Hegseth & other snr officials have argued that the information he shared was not #classified, & that it was ultimately up to his dept to decide what of its info should be considered classified.

#NationalSecurity experts said that argument fails a test of basic common sense about the danger of letting #military plans leak before an operation, & that it goes against longtime practice among military & #intelligence agencies.

Dating back to at least the Reagan admin, the govt has considered the details of “#military plans, weapons, or operations” to be #classified.

…Under federal #law, it is possible for people to be charged with crimes for mishandling national #defense information that is not classified, but such prosecutions are very rare.

The #DOJ opened investigations into Clinton & Biden in those instances, but neither ultimately faced criminal charges. She did not mention the prosecution of #Trump over his mishandling of #ClassifiedDocuments after his first term — a case which was ultimately abandoned when he won a second term.

In this case, #PamBondi seemed to be ruling out any similar investigation to determine all the facts.

“What we should be talking about is, it was a very successful mission,” she said, before quickly accusing Democrats from previous administrations of mishandling #classified info [who faced investigations].

“If you want to talk about classified information, talk about what was in Hillary Clinton’s home,” she said. “Talk about the classified documents in Joe Biden’s garage, that Hunter Biden had access to.”

Woo hoo!!!!

NEW: The US Court of Appeals for DC just DENIED #Trump's request to stay Judge #Boasberg's halt on the use of the #AlienEnemiesAct.

The decision is 2-1, w/ Trump appointee Judge Walker dissenting [shocker] on jurisdictional [technical, not merits] grounds, arguing the lawsuit should have been brought in Texas.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41844/gov.uscourts.cadc.41844.01208724047.0_3.pdf

via Chris Newman:

Judge Chen asked attorneys for #Trump admin whether there is any evidence in the administrative record to support its claim that the #Venezuelans are members of so-called “Tren de Agua” gang.

Their response: “We don’t have any specific answer to that…”
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