Battling government nonsense @IJ Miami. YLS, PennGSE, Amherst, & clerking alumna. From Cuban "worm" to constitutional warrior. Opinions (& eye-rolls) my own.
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Federal agents swarmed Mario’s small business and took everything, including hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and checks. Before they left, the agents promised the business would hear from them within 30 days.
That was more than 600 days ago. Mario is still waiting. 1/
Excellent coverage of our lawsuit challenging this now nearly 20 month seizure—a pithy explanation for those that'd prefer not to read the full 3-page motion and 16-page memo...
IRS and DHS agents took $460,000 from an Arizona convenience store owner 20 months ago and still have not explained why. reason.com/2026/10/21/the-fe…
But if anyone wants to read the whole thing, here it is: ij.org/wp-content/uploads/20…
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The IRS showed up and took cash, computers, and phones from a Phoenix area small business. 18 months later: no criminal charges, no forfeiture notice, and no word on when the property might be returned. The government can't take your stuff indefinitely: azfamily.com/2026/10/21/glen…
Some great local reporting on this case: azfamily.com/2026/10/21/glen…
This case is part of a pattern in which law enforcement seems to presume that cash is inherently criminal — it’s not. Cash is just at the core of how many small businesses operate. 4/
@IJ continues to fight back against this pattern of abuse — and keeps winning.
See, e.g., xitter.cf/KatrinMarquez/status/2… 5/5
In other words, try again after even more innocent innocent people’s homes get destroyed for free.
Today, SCOTUS denied cert. in @IJ's SWAT-takings cases.
Justices Sotomayor and Gorsuch wrote respecting denial in the related case of O'Donnell v. Chicago.
As in IJ's previous petition in Baker v. McKinney, the Justices said the issue would benefit from even more percolation.
This is unsurprising to anyone that has been following developments in this industry. Aggressive immigration enforcement has meant citizens and others with status have been inappropriately detained, like @IJ client Leo, who was detained twice at work (and once at home). 1/3
"The Immigration Crackdown Is Making It Much Harder to Build Houses" wsj.com/us-news/the-immigrat…
"The arrests have also spooked foreign-born workers with legal status, some of whom have been caught up in raids and repeatedly detained"
Leo is a U.S. citizen born in Florida. And he is justifiably concerned.
From one of Leo's declarations in our case: 2/3
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Again, Flock logins were found for sale on Russian darkweb sites.
We're citizens, not suspects. Stop mass surveillance.
GA: Savannah police officer fired for sharing Flock login with husband, who works for ICE
Story by @TiaMaggioTV
wjhg.com/2026/10/16/police-o…
The idea that judicial notice would be appropriate for a press release is absurd. A press release is, by definition, subject to reasonable dispute — especially one from an agency with DHS’s documented record of lying about these exact operations.
In one of @IJ's cases, the federal government is moving to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6), and it argues that it can rely on the contents of its own press releases to step outside the four walls of our complaint.
I've never seen that before.
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Meanwhile, DOJ argues that federal employees can’t be named as defendants in lawsuits, as my @IJ colleague @jaredmcclain noted on the other site.
JUST IN: DOJ defends posting mugshots of defendants in MN church protest case. 'Not improper' or unduly prejudicial, say prosecutors, who are considering asking trial to be moved out of Twin Cities & claim defendants responsible for most publicity. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/…
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Nice work, @jason_koebler! This video is eerily similar to the video from another criminal interdiction stop our client experienced a few years ago in Bexar County, Texas. A federal jury just found that the stop violated our client’s Fourth Amendment rights in three ways. Links to the press release and some videos below!
