| ▶ | The Trump Administration has deported hundreds of people without them being charged or seeing a Judge. |
| ▶ | The hundreds of Venezuelans were deported to El Salvador, where the US is paying for them to be jailed without any charges. |
| ▶ | Venezuelans in the US who’s family members are currently missing are scared their loved ones were swept up in these mass deportations but the Government is not releasing any information. |
| ▶ | People are disputing the claims that the hundreds who were deported were all “criminal gang members” or that the government could have accurately identified all these men as being gang members. |
The Trump administration has rounded up hundreds of men that they allege to be gang members and put them on a plane to El Salvador to be imprisoned in the worst place on a earth. These men are not from El Salvador. The United States is paying El Salvador to take these men and …hold them indefinitely? No one knows what is happening to them.
This is absolute madness. These people are not being charged or being found deportable by an Immigration Judge. When asked about how the administration was able to identify these men as being “savage gang members” the press secretary scolded the reporter who asked saying that the people should trust them to do their job. People should NOT trust them when they make these claims because this administration seems to be built on a foundation of lies. The President has been telling multiple outrageous lies every day.
We should not trust that they managed to accurately identify hundreds of gang members in a 24-48 hour period. We should not be comfortable with a federal government that can grab hundreds of people off of the streets and put them on a plane to a prison in El Salvador without any oversight or due process.
What is really crazy is that this is not the craziest news about US immigration today and it is not the only court order that the Department of Homeland Security violated today.
READ THE FULL STORIES:
▷ Rubio says all deportees had been identified as gang members
▷ A Woman says she spotted her brother in El Salvador prison garb in online images
▷ Other relatives are claiming their innocent family members were deported as gang members
▷ All of this was done in direct defiance of a court order that blocked the deportations for 48 hours
VICE PRESIDENT VANCE SAYS PERMANENT RESIDENTS CAN’T PERMANENTLY REMAIN IN THE US
Vice President, JD Vance, is in the news today for his statement, “”a green card holder doesn’t have an indefinite right to be in the United States.” He added that, ““if the secretary of state and the president decide this person shouldn’t be in America, and they have no legal right to stay here, it’s as simple as that.”
The VP has come out and said that the President can “decide this person shouldn’t be in America” and deport them without having any sort of legal grounds for doing so. “They have no legal right to stay here. It is as simple as that” according to Vance. The New Indian Express and Business Standard reported on this today just hours after the statements were made and many other media outlets have since covered the story.
Of course, this is not accurate. Legal permanent residents have permanent legal status in the US as the name implies. A legal permanent resident cannot have their permanent residency taken away unless an Immigration Judge makes that determination. An Immigration Judge can strip an LPR of their status if they obtained that status through fraud or if they are “a deportable alien” as described at 8 USC §1227.
Section 1227 of Title 8 of the US Code lays out the grounds as (I am summarizing–see full statute here):
(1) the LPR was not eligible for permanent residency at the time it was granted to them or the Government learns of a prior violation of US immigration law;
(2) they have since been convicted of certain serious crimes;
(3) they illegally voted in an election or made a false claim to US citizenship;
(4) they became a “public charge” by becoming financially dependent on the Government; or
(5) they are a “drug abuser” or “drug addict” (learn more about the drug abuser or addict grounds of inadmissibility under INA 212(a)(1)(A)(iv)).
The Trump administration has been vocal about the intent to attempt to deport legal permanent residents who participate in political activism that is critical of Israel. This sort of activity would undoubtedly be Constitutionally protected free speech under the First Amendment, but they do not care. Marco Rubio’s State Department has been targeting middle eastern students that are participating in political demonstrations in connection to Israel’s occupation of Palestine and the ongoing genocide being carried out there. Beyond arrests they have also been revoking visas.
Trump’s administration has added text to Government websites threatening immigrants with arrest and telling them to “self-deport” because “you will be found.” Another reported on by Business Today reads, “GO HOME…or go to jail.” One truly ominous headline on the USCIS website seems to make an underhanded threat telling undocumented immigrants in the US that “self deporting now is the safest option” which seems to imply that they will not be safe if they remain in the US.
USCIS Published New Fee Schedule March 6, 2025
NOTICE: As a result of the January 20, 2025, Executive Order by President Trump, US Citizenship & Immigration Services has updated the USCIS Fee Schedule (Edition Date: 03/05/2025), adding the Form G-325R, Biographical Information (Registration) and removing Form I-134A,
UPDATE: On March 6, 2025 US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new Form G-1055, Fee Schedule. This new fee schedule is denoted by the “edition date” of 03/05/2025.
Form G-1055, Fee Schedule
Edition 03/05/2025
What’s New on the March 5, 2025 Edition of the Fee Schedule?
The new fee schedule includes several changes such as the addition of the new Form G-325R, Biographical Information (Registration), which is the result of the Alien Registration Requirement that has been imposed as part of President Trump’s January 20, 2025 executive actions on immigration. Also as a result of President Trump’s executive action, the Form I-134A, Online Request to be a Supporter and Declaration of Financial Support has been removed since Trump has put an end to that parole program.
Other more minor changes include the removal of forms that had their filing fees combined with another form’s such as the Form I-131 and Form I-765. It also seeks to clarify the filing fee information for the Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker, R-1 category.
There is an “ALERT” at the bottom of the USCIS website stating that the new filing fees will be effective for filings postmarked April 1, 2024, or later. It is not clear why this alert was added to a fee schedule published March 7, 2025.
Source: https://www.uscis.gov/g-1055
Jan. 31, 2024, Final Rule Adjusting 8 CFR Parts 103, 106, 204, 212, 214, 240, 244, 245, 245a, s64, s74a [CIS No. 2687-21; DHS Docket No. USCIS 2021-0010]
Complaint Filed Against ICE Attorney Exposed as the Operator of Racist Twitter Account
An ICE Prosecutor was exposed as the operator of a white supremacist Twitter account a couple of weeks ago. The Texas Observer broke the story on February 19, 2025, and it was their investigation that brought this information to light. I strongly recommend you read it for all the details.
A complaint has now been filed with the OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL in the District of Columbia, where the attorney, James Rodden, is barred. The complaint was filed by Whitfield Larrabee, who described himself only as a “Trial and Appellate Lawyer” in the signature block on the complaint. Larrabee is an attorney barred in Massachusetts but it is not clear what his relationship is to James Rodden or how he is involved with this matter. It seems possible that he has filed this as an immigration lawyer who has a general interest in there not being xenophobic racists representing the government in removal proceedings. The Texas Observer reported that Larrabee also sent a copy of the complaint to ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
Members of Congress are also demanding an investigation. In a February 24 letter to ICE Acting Deputy Director Kenneth Genalo, Congressional Representative Marc Veasey (representing the Houston area) cited the Texas Observer story and demanded an accounting of the agency’s investigation into Rodden and information about related policies. He tweeted a copy of the letter and a statement about the need for an investigation into the matter.
The story has since been picked up by media outlets throughout the US and even internationally. ICE has yet to comment on the matter but confirmed they are investigating the matter. Hopefully this is being investigated and ICE will make a public statement soon. They cannot keep this under wraps for long because people are extremely upset to learn that an ICE attorney is advocating for violence against immigrants and stating that he believes that the system should ‘favor whites’ while he is working for the US Government.
I’ve sent a letter demanding a full investigation into James Rodden’s actions. The American people deserve transparency and accountability, and we will not rest until answers are provided. White supremacy has no place in our nation, especially in a gov’t agency.
Representative Marc Veasey’s Post on X
It seems like it is only a matter of time until Mr. Rodden is out of a job. There is no place for this sort of hate and stupidity in our legal system. An attorney tasked with the responsibility of enforcing US immigration laws cannot harbor hate for the people who pleading their case to him. ICE attorneys have a lot of discretion from the ability to join in motions (or simply not oppose them) all the way to the ability to dismiss proceedings against them. They make decisions that change people’s lives and they should be making those decisions based on the facts, the law, and ICE policy not the belief that they are genetically superior.
Tweeting under his handle @GlomarResponder Rodden had claimed to be under consideration for a federal appointment that would require Senate confirmation, according to the Texas Observer. It seems unlikely that this guy was actually being considered for an appointment requiring Senate confirmation. He is forty-four and working as an assistant chief counsel. It seems he was prone to exaggerations and outright lies since he also tweeted about waiting on warrants for massive raids and claimed to be traveling around the country implying he was personally orchestrating these ICE initiatives saying he might start a pool for people to guess what city he was in based on the news that day.
@GlomarResponder, ““America is a White nation, founded by Whites. … Our country should favor us [whites]”
It should be noted that James Rodden is a overweight, bald man who resembles a human thumb, which makes the belief in his genetic superiority all the more absurd. Apparently superior genetics include diabetes, male pattern baldness, and nearsightedness.
Alien Registration Requirement
Alien Registration Requirement
On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump issued the Protecting the American People Against Invasion executive order which directed the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that aliens comply with their duty to register with the government under section 262 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1302), and ensure that failure to comply is treated as a civil and criminal enforcement priority.
The INA requires that, with limited exceptions, all immigrants 14 years of age or older who were not fingerprinted or registered when applying for a U.S. visa and who remain in the United States for 30 days or longer, must apply for registration and fingerprinting. Similarly, parents and guardians must ensure that their children below the age of 14 are registered. Within 30 days of reaching his or her 14th birthday, the previously registered alien child must apply for re-registration and to be fingerprinted.
Once an immigrant has registered and appeared for fingerprinting (unless waived), DHS will issue evidence of registration, which aliens over the age of 18 must carry and keep in their possession at all times.
Failure to comply will result in criminal and civil penalties, up to and including misdemeanor prosecution and the payment of fines. Registration is not an immigration status, and registration documentation does not establish employment authorization or any other right or benefit under the INA or any other U.S. law.
When does this take effect?
All immigrants in the US are expected to comply by February 25, 2025. However, USCIS has not yet created a form for registration and at the moment the site with the most up-to-date information instructs immigrants to make a USCIS account in anticipation of a registration form.
Who must apply for registration
- All immigrants 14 years of age or older who were not registered and fingerprinted (if required) when applying for a visa to enter the United States and who remain in the United States for 30 days or longer. They must apply before the expiration of those 30 days.
- The parents and legal guardians of immigrants less than 14 years of age who have not been registered and remain in the United States for 30 days or longer, prior to the expiration of those 30 days.
- Any immigrant, whether previously registered or not, who turns 14 years old in the United States, within 30 days after their 14th birthday.
Who has already registered?
Many immigrants in the US have already registered. Anyone who has been issued one of the documents designated as evidence of registration under 8 CFR 264.1(b) has registered. Also, anyone who submitted one of the forms designated at 8 CFR 264.1(a) and provided fingerprints (unless waived) and was not issued one of the pieces of evidence designated at 8 CFR 264.1(b), complied with the registration requirement of INA 262. Immigrants who have already registered include:
- Lawful permanent residents;
- Immigrants paroled into the United States under INA 212(d)(5), even if the period of parole has expired;
- Immigrants admitted to the United States as nonimmigrants who were issued Form I-94 or I-94W (paper or electronic), even if the period of admission has expired;
- All aliens present in the United States who were issued immigrant or nonimmigrant visas prior to arrival;
- Immigrants whom DHS has placed into removal proceedings;
- Immigrants issued an employment authorization document;
- Immigrants who have applied for lawful permanent residence using Forms I-485, I-687, I-691, I-698, I-700, even if the applications were denied; and,
- Immigrants issued Border Crossing Cards.
Who is not registered?
Anyone who has not been issued one of the documents designated as evidence of registration under 8 CFR 264.1(b) and has not submitted one of the forms designated at 8 CFR 264.1(a) and provided fingerprints (unless waived) is not registered. Aliens who have not registered include:
- This includes:
- Immigrants who are present in the United States without inspection and admission or inspection and parole;
- Canadian visitors who entered the United States at land ports of entry and were not issued evidence of registration; and,
- Immigrants who submitted one or more benefit requests to USCIS not listed in 8 CFR 264.1(a), including applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or Temporary Protected Status, who were not issued evidence of registration.
How to register
DHS will soon announce a form and process for aliens to complete the registration requirement. Beginning February 25, 2025, immigrants in the US who are required to register should create a USCIS online account in preparation for the registration process.
See our How to Create a USCIS Online Account page for more information. Once the registration process is implemented, immigrants will submit their registration through their USCIS online account.
We will provide details on how to register once they becomes available.
Why is this rule being enforced now
This is what is so troubling for many, it seems the new administration wants to enforce this rule by having local police working with ICE to apprehend immigrants who are in the US unlawfully by requiring them to identify and produce proof of their registration when asked. It is difficult to imagine what this will look like in the United States in 2025 but historically any time a country began requiring similar identity documents it was the start of horrendous human rights violations.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit the USCIS website, they have a page with the latest information regarding the alien registration requirement.
Ukrainian National Died in ICE Custody February 20th
A 44-year-old citizen of Ukraine in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was pronounced dead by doctors at HCA Kendall Hospital in Miami, Florida, on February 20, 2025, according to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”). A hospital physician reported the preliminary cause of death as bleeding from the brain.
The man entered the United States on August 24, 2024, in Miami as a Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolee with authorization to stay in the U.S. through August 23, 2026. He was in the US in lawful immigration status at the time these events took place.
ICE encountered him January 26, 2025, at the Broward County Jail in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, following his arrest for battery and they lodged an immigration detainer, which is a notice asking the local law enforcement agency to hold an individual in jail so they can come take them into federal custody later. Broward County Jail released the man into the custody of ICE on February 2, 2025, and he was transported to the Krome Service and Processing Center. Miami Dade Fire Rescue transported the man to the HCA Kendall Hospital due to vomiting and seizure activity on February 18, 2025. Hospital medical staff found him in an unresponsive state and conducted a CT scan of the brain which revealed bleeding. He died two days later.
they were trapped in a punitive system indefinitely, with no accountability for the officials running it.
No further explanation is provided as to how the Ukrainian national developed a brain bleed during the 16 days he spent in ICE custody. There is no mention of him being injured while in State custody or at any point prior to his being brought to the hospital on February 18th.
2024 saw a troubling rise in deaths of people in ICE custody with it more than doubling from the year prior according to ICE data. NBC News wrote a story covering this early in January of 2024, noting that there were more deaths in ICE custody in the first quarter of that fiscal year than during the height of the COVID pandemic.
This is certainly something people should be paying attention to now that Trump has started his mass deportations and opened Guantanamo Bay as a black-ops terrorist torture facility where the most dangerous enemies of the state are disappeared an immigration detention facility. The nonprofit International Refugee Assistance Project said in a report last year that people are held in “prison-like” conditions. It said they were “trapped in a punitive system” indefinitely, with no accountability for the officials running it.
During Trump’s first term deaths in ICE custody soured with 24 immigrants having died in ICE custody by 2019. At least four other immigrants died within days of being released from ICE custody. Those numbers do not include all the immigrants who died in the custody of other federal agencies enforcing immigration laws like those by the border. That year five immigrant children died while in the custody of another federal agency.
A 54-year-old immigrant from Mexico died after being locked in a solitary confinement cell for days. A 21-year-old man from India hanged himself in an Arizona jail cell. A 25-year-old asylum seeker died in a hospital days after being brought there after taking ill.
For the first time ever, immigrants are being shipped to Guantanamo from the United States and denied access to lawyers. This unprecedented move is shocking and should worry everyone who thinks of the United States as a country guided by the rule of law.”
That year an ICE supervisor warned that the ICE Health Service Corps, was “severely dysfunctional” and that “preventable harm and death to detainees has occurred,” according to an internal memo reported on by Young Turks.
It seems unlikely things will be better under the mess created by Trump this time around. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department are racing to set up tents at Guantanamo Bay, to house thousands of migrants, but those involved say that it is chaos. CNN reported a quote from someone with knowledge of the efforts, “Nobody really knows what’s going on, between DOD, ICE, and CBP. We’ve got everybody pointing fingers, saying, ‘They’re in charge,’ ‘They’re paying for this,’ ‘They’re providing security.’ No one actually knows.”
They added, “No one’s really too concerned or worried about it now, because it’s gang members from Venezuela going to Guantanamo, and the average American is probably fine with that. But once we start blurring that line, it just gets dangerous.”
ICE officials consistently claim that deaths in their custody are “exceedingly rare” but you can see the deaths for yourself on their website. The website, of course, only lists the deaths ICE reports and is only updated when they get around to it. The death of the Ukrainian man on February 20, 2025, still hasn’t been added to the list of deaths in ICE custody for 2025, which currently only shows four other deaths. What we do know for sure is that there were at least three deaths in ICE custody so far since Trump started his second term.
A 45-year-old man with no criminal record was taken into ICE custody with a clean bill of health and died six months later. A 29-year-old young man who spent a year and a half in ICE custody died of a heart attack after suddenly taking ill.
ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt was quoted saying, “For the first time ever, immigrants are being shipped to Guantanamo from the United States and denied access to lawyers. This unprecedented move is shocking and should worry everyone who thinks of the United States as a country guided by the rule of law.”