@HellmerMitzi

DC based Immigration Attorney. Mother. Catholic.

 Falls Church, VA
Joined January 2020
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Chris Hayes
@chrislhayesMar 20
Almost two years later, this holds up.
Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes17 Jun 2024
People should take a moment to imagine the amount of terror, violence, expense and destruction that is going to be necessary to deport TWENTY MILLION people. And also, think the won't just mess up and grab a whole bunch of American citizens while they're at it?
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Miles Taylor
@MilesTaylorUSAMar 19
I feel like someone needs to send an email to all Justice Department employees to remind them: investigating private citizens to exact political revenge is, itself, a federal crime.
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Pablo Manríquez
@PabloReportsMar 19
FETTERMAN can now legitimately be blamed for everything ICE does under Secretary Mullin.
The Daily Beast
@thedailybeastMar 19
Trump’s pick to serve as the next homeland security secretary passed a key hurdle despite a rocky confirmation hearing—thanks to a Democrat swapping sides. thedailybeast.com/trumps-ice…

Trump’s ICE Cowboy Clears Key Hurdle Thanks to Democrat Vote

Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s nomination passed out of committee despite a hostile confirmation hearing.

thedailybeast.com
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This is HORRIFYING and should scare all of us. ICE is holding people at secret locations for days. We’re demanding immediate answers and a top-to-bottom overhaul of ICE.
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Austin Kocher, PhD@ackocherMar 20
The U.S. asylum system isn't broken by accident. A new AILA policy brief documents how the Trump administration has systematically dismantled nearly every pathway to protection. Here's what's happening and what a real fix looks like. 🧵
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Mica Rosenberg@micarosenbergMar 20
NEW: The number of families booked into the country’s only immigrant family detention center in Dilley, Texas, plummeted in February by more than 75% compared with a month earlier, according to ICE data obtained by ProPublica. propublica.org/article/famil…

The Number of Families Being Held at Dilley Detention Center Has Plummeted

This week, the average daily population at Dilley dropped to 100 people, compared with over 900 in January. The shift follows weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread...

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Charles Booker
@Booker4KYMar 19
I strongly believe ICE must be abolished.
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Carrie Coon@carriecoonMar 19
Close the camps. These are human rights violations.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@ReichlinMelnickMar 19
A 19-year-old in ICE custody killed himself inside the Glades County detention center on Monday. That's 13 deaths in ICE detention in 2026 — average 1 every 4 days. The Biden admin canceled ICE's contract with Glades in 2022, citing egregious violations. Trump restarted it.
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NEW: Public hearing scheduled for Tuesday for here in DC led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) & Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) featuring "young Americans will offer testimony about their personal experiences being assaulted or separated from their families by DHS agents"
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Norman Ornstein
@NormOrnsteinMar 20
Utterly illegal and absolutely frightening
PatriotTakes 🇺🇸
@patriottakesMar 19
NPR: ICE officers are taking DNA samples from protesters they've arrested npr.org/2026/03/18/nx-s1-573…

ICE officers are taking DNA samples from protesters they've arrested

People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.

npr.org
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Jesus Christ these people…
Erik Sperling
@ErikSperlingMar 19
As US starves Cuba of energy & food, neocon Cotton wants DOD to be ready for a "humanitarian crisis," "flow of refugees," or "civil disorder" in Cuba Southcom is "prepared to support DHS in a mass migration event" including a "camp to deal with those migrants" at Gitmo, he says
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Curtis Morrison
@curtismorrisonMar 20
Republicans are so close to figuring out who is responsible for causing mass migration. 👀
Erik Sperling
@ErikSperlingMar 19
As US starves Cuba of energy & food, neocon Cotton wants DOD to be ready for a "humanitarian crisis," "flow of refugees," or "civil disorder" in Cuba Southcom is "prepared to support DHS in a mass migration event" including a "camp to deal with those migrants" at Gitmo, he says
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Litigation matters. ICE was carrying out arrests so fast they couldn't even provide enough food, water, beds, and showers for people held at processing centers.
Maddi O'Neill@MaddiONeillMar 20
New: ICE says it temporarily shut down its Baltimore holding cells to comply with a court order and has since reopened them. The acknowledgement comes a week after we reported the cells were emptied a day before a congressional oversight visit. Story: thebanner.com/politics-power…

Feds: ICE temporarily shut down Baltimore holding facility to comply with court order

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement temporarily closed its Baltimore holding cells after a federal judge ordered the agency to reduce overcrowding and ensure people detained there had their...

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Max Fisher
@Max_FisherMar 20
ICE is straightforwardly a gestapo secret police now, disappearing people at the president’s personal direction for simply crossing one of his cronies
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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasanMar 19
Just pure evil. White supremacist evil.
Jonathan Blitzer@JonathanBlitzerMar 19
DHS has been conducting new interviews with refugees who were already vetted & admitted into the US. According to a former USCIS source with knowledge, Stephen Miller handpicked lawyers to review the re-interviews because "too many people were being reaffirmed as refugees."
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13 people have died in ICE detention this year. 30+ people died in ICE detention last year. This is a crisis.
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What a profoundly evil man.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@ReichlinMelnickMar 19
OMG. Steven Miller is personally picking adjudicators who he thinks will move to strip refugees of their status?! That is an unprecedented level of interference from the White House, and a chilling way in which government can be weaponized.
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It is despicable that after the pain and trauma that DHS caused to Liam and his family an immigration judge ruled to deny their asylum. But the fight isn’t over. The ruling is being appealed and we will continue to fight for Liam and for families like his. One thing remains true: We must abolish ICE and dismantle DHS. We must pass my Melt ICE Act.
CBS News
@CBSNewsMar 19
A federal judge has denied the asylum claim for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old Minnesota boy whose arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in January gained national attention. According to a statement from Columbia Heights Public School District, where Ramos attends school, an immigration judge "ended the asylum claims of the family of Liam Conejo Ramos," describing it as a "heartbreaking" development.
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Norman Ornstein
@NormOrnsteinMar 20
Torture. Illegal, unconstitutional, inhuman. Three words that encapsulate the Trump administration.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@ReichlinMelnickMar 19
During each transfer like this, people held in immigration detention are shackled, often at the hands and feet. They are sometimes kept in shackles for hours at a time or overnight. This can be utterly humiliating and painful, especially as many have never been in jail before.
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OMG. Steven Miller is personally picking adjudicators who he thinks will move to strip refugees of their status?! That is an unprecedented level of interference from the White House, and a chilling way in which government can be weaponized.
Jonathan Blitzer@JonathanBlitzerMar 19
DHS has been conducting new interviews with refugees who were already vetted & admitted into the US. According to a former USCIS source with knowledge, Stephen Miller handpicked lawyers to review the re-interviews because "too many people were being reaffirmed as refugees."
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