J Lu
@jlu412.bsky.social
Lover, but also fighter :: Courage is always an option, but you must be willing to choose it.
"The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt."
"The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt."
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But calling this "deportation" is insufficient. Defund ICE, abolish DHS. No rule of law can coexist with these agencies in existence. 3/3
August 31, 2026 at 10:20 AM
But calling this "deportation" is insufficient. Defund ICE, abolish DHS. No rule of law can coexist with these agencies in existence. 3/3
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There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
The situation in Haiti is terrifying. On Sunday, 150 gunmen swept down on a town to kill, rape, loot, and burn. 22 people were executed in a churchyard. 52 were taken hostage.
Stephen Miller mockingly says Haiti is safe and ICE just sent its second deportation flight this month; with kids on board.
Stephen Miller mockingly says Haiti is safe and ICE just sent its second deportation flight this month; with kids on board.
August 28, 2026 at 9:46 PM
There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
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What a despicable act to send these people back to danger
August 27, 2026 at 11:49 AM
What a despicable act to send these people back to danger
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I’ve made a deliberate attempt to stop responding to these pieces of deportation propaganda, in part because their entire point is trolling and they WANT the angry responses. But the same time, we cannot make this stuff normal. It’s deeply wrong; a perversion of good things for fascist purposes.
I’ve lost track of the number of times an immigrant has told me they had to sit on a prison bus in the back of an airport for six, 10, 20 hours with no food or water and being told to urinate in a corner or onto themselves.
August 25, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I’ve made a deliberate attempt to stop responding to these pieces of deportation propaganda, in part because their entire point is trolling and they WANT the angry responses. But the same time, we cannot make this stuff normal. It’s deeply wrong; a perversion of good things for fascist purposes.
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The new H-1B tax will be announced tomorrow.
The original $100K tax was ruled illegal in court. The White House has cooked up its successor: a $103K tax on *all* private sector H-1Bs.
Much more drastic than the original: NO EXCEPTION for people already in the US (like grads of US universities)—>
The original $100K tax was ruled illegal in court. The White House has cooked up its successor: a $103K tax on *all* private sector H-1Bs.
Much more drastic than the original: NO EXCEPTION for people already in the US (like grads of US universities)—>
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
August 24, 2026 at 1:31 PM
The new H-1B tax will be announced tomorrow.
The original $100K tax was ruled illegal in court. The White House has cooked up its successor: a $103K tax on *all* private sector H-1Bs.
Much more drastic than the original: NO EXCEPTION for people already in the US (like grads of US universities)—>
The original $100K tax was ruled illegal in court. The White House has cooked up its successor: a $103K tax on *all* private sector H-1Bs.
Much more drastic than the original: NO EXCEPTION for people already in the US (like grads of US universities)—>
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One of many critical 2028 platform planks has to be the shuttering of ICE, and candidates should be explicit in their messaging that the electorate should send them a Congress that will help make this possible, and that if it doesn’t, they will work to abolish ICE through executive avenues
August 19, 2026 at 5:26 PM
One of many critical 2028 platform planks has to be the shuttering of ICE, and candidates should be explicit in their messaging that the electorate should send them a Congress that will help make this possible, and that if it doesn’t, they will work to abolish ICE through executive avenues
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Good @gelliottmorris.com piece showing Trump's deportations are unpopular in *all* the swing states. Key point: Republicans know Trump is deeply vulnerable on the issue, even if pundits refuse to see it.
He discusses my piece on Susan Collins/Dems at length:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/even-repub...
He discusses my piece on Susan Collins/Dems at length:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/even-repub...
Even Republicans in Congress can see how unpopular Trump's immigration agenda is
Trump's deportation agenda is underwater in every swing state. Plus, Sabato moves 13 House ratings toward Democrats. Your weekly political data roundup for August 2, 2026.
www.gelliottmorris.com
August 3, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Good @gelliottmorris.com piece showing Trump's deportations are unpopular in *all* the swing states. Key point: Republicans know Trump is deeply vulnerable on the issue, even if pundits refuse to see it.
He discusses my piece on Susan Collins/Dems at length:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/even-repub...
He discusses my piece on Susan Collins/Dems at length:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/even-repub...
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A depressing reality as a journalist is that often the most valuable stories are the ones the social media algorithm/people care the least about.
One of my worst performing videos for Mother Jones is about a family of asylum seekers who had a father deported by ICE. It is likely my best work.
One of my worst performing videos for Mother Jones is about a family of asylum seekers who had a father deported by ICE. It is likely my best work.
ICE Took Him. Now His Family Lives in Fear.
YouTube video by Mother Jones
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July 17, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A depressing reality as a journalist is that often the most valuable stories are the ones the social media algorithm/people care the least about.
One of my worst performing videos for Mother Jones is about a family of asylum seekers who had a father deported by ICE. It is likely my best work.
One of my worst performing videos for Mother Jones is about a family of asylum seekers who had a father deported by ICE. It is likely my best work.
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Another killing by ICE today in Maine. The third government killing of a civilian in less than a week since Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Tyrin Johnson.
July 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Another killing by ICE today in Maine. The third government killing of a civilian in less than a week since Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Tyrin Johnson.
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Notably, FOUR justices would have rewritten the Constitution by fiat. Kavanaugh only concurred because he thinks the law Congress passed in the 1950s granting birthright citizenship governs the case, but he thinks Congress could eliminate birthright citizenship along Trump's lines if they wanted.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 25–365 DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. BARBARA, ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI BEFORE JUDGMENT TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT [June 30, 2026] JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, concurring in the judgment and dissenting in part. Executive Order No. 14160 establishes new exceptions to birthright citizenship for children born to foreign citizens unlawfully or temporarily in the country. 90 Fed. Reg. 8449 (2025). The Court today holds that the Order violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. I respectfully disagree with the Court’s constitutional holding. In my view, the Executive Order does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. But the Order does contravene a federal statute, 8 U. S. C. §1401(a). Congress could—consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment—amend §1401(a) or otherwise enact new legislation establishing exceptions to birthright citizenship for children born to foreign citizens unlawfully or temporarily in the country. But Congress has not yet done so.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreihdhg5gakw2x6rtrizjkd73oapvoxcowrnwv63vwj5zkwoqv2iqv4)
June 30, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Notably, FOUR justices would have rewritten the Constitution by fiat. Kavanaugh only concurred because he thinks the law Congress passed in the 1950s granting birthright citizenship governs the case, but he thinks Congress could eliminate birthright citizenship along Trump's lines if they wanted.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court in a 6-3 vote UPHOLDS birthright citizenship, affirming the default rule that all persons born in the United States (with narrow exceptions) are U.S. citizens at birth.
A total LOSS for President Trump and the effort to rewrite the 14th Amendment.
A total LOSS for President Trump and the effort to rewrite the 14th Amendment.
June 30, 2026 at 2:35 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court in a 6-3 vote UPHOLDS birthright citizenship, affirming the default rule that all persons born in the United States (with narrow exceptions) are U.S. citizens at birth.
A total LOSS for President Trump and the effort to rewrite the 14th Amendment.
A total LOSS for President Trump and the effort to rewrite the 14th Amendment.
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June 29, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Been waiting for this story. ICE deports people to Venezuela three times a week, there are likely many more recent deportees with valid asylum claims in the rubble.
Hope that GlobalX crew loses some sleep knowing they flew a planeload of shackled men & women, plus seven children, to their deaths.
Hope that GlobalX crew loses some sleep knowing they flew a planeload of shackled men & women, plus seven children, to their deaths.
June 29, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Been waiting for this story. ICE deports people to Venezuela three times a week, there are likely many more recent deportees with valid asylum claims in the rubble.
Hope that GlobalX crew loses some sleep knowing they flew a planeload of shackled men & women, plus seven children, to their deaths.
Hope that GlobalX crew loses some sleep knowing they flew a planeload of shackled men & women, plus seven children, to their deaths.
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IMPORTANT to know that the vast majority of Haitians with TPS entered the country legally at ports of entry, not illegally. The majority have NEVER violated the law. The admin stripped their status by breaking the law, but today SCOTUS says courts can't do anything about that.
June 25, 2026 at 2:45 PM
IMPORTANT to know that the vast majority of Haitians with TPS entered the country legally at ports of entry, not illegally. The majority have NEVER violated the law. The admin stripped their status by breaking the law, but today SCOTUS says courts can't do anything about that.
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And Justice Sotomayor goes there in her Al Otro Lado dissent (where SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to nullify asylum guarantees if they stop people at/outside the border): "The current asylum system developed in response to the international moral reckoning that followed the Holocaust...."
June 25, 2026 at 2:14 PM
And Justice Sotomayor goes there in her Al Otro Lado dissent (where SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to nullify asylum guarantees if they stop people at/outside the border): "The current asylum system developed in response to the international moral reckoning that followed the Holocaust...."
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Last October, the Trump administration abruptly stopped paying third-parties for detainee medical care, significantly impacting those who are pregnant, postpartum, or nursing, and who relied on this care.
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Pregnant Women Are Being Denied Food in ICE Custody
Reports from detainees paint a troubling picture of detention conditions
thepreamble.com
June 16, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Last October, the Trump administration abruptly stopped paying third-parties for detainee medical care, significantly impacting those who are pregnant, postpartum, or nursing, and who relied on this care.
thepreamble.com/p/pregnant-w...
thepreamble.com/p/pregnant-w...
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there is no progressive way to say 'blood & soil'—we have to just reject the idea that belonging is a birthright. full stop
“The people who made New York what it is are people like the ones who live in the large Chinese immigrant community near my neighborhood. Or people who moved here from Puerto Rico, as Lopez’s parents did. Or people who moved here from Mexico, or from Italy. Orfrom Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin”
A City, Just Like a Country, is Made By Those Who Live In It
Reject the petty politics of blood and soil.
www.liberalcurrents.com
June 7, 2026 at 10:25 AM
there is no progressive way to say 'blood & soil'—we have to just reject the idea that belonging is a birthright. full stop
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After ICE deported Wendy Hernandez Reyes, it turned her 3-year-old son Orlin over to her sister’s estranged partner, who tortured Orlin and beat him to death. I can’t say what I think should happen to those responsible without violating this website’s TOS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
June 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
After ICE deported Wendy Hernandez Reyes, it turned her 3-year-old son Orlin over to her sister’s estranged partner, who tortured Orlin and beat him to death. I can’t say what I think should happen to those responsible without violating this website’s TOS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Update: he came back and is staying
May 22, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Update: he came back and is staying
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We are going to savor this one. Our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is freed of these outrageous, vindictive charges. It’s a good day.
BREAKING: Judge Waverly Crenshaw dismisses indictment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia based on selective and vindictive prosecution.
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May 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
We are going to savor this one. Our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is freed of these outrageous, vindictive charges. It’s a good day.
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Hundreds of thousands of TPS holders are helping drive our country’s economy:
🔹$29B in annual contributions
🔹$7.8B in annual taxes paid
🔹$20B to social security over 25 years
🔹$29B in annual contributions
🔹$7.8B in annual taxes paid
🔹$20B to social security over 25 years
April 27, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Hundreds of thousands of TPS holders are helping drive our country’s economy:
🔹$29B in annual contributions
🔹$7.8B in annual taxes paid
🔹$20B to social security over 25 years
🔹$29B in annual contributions
🔹$7.8B in annual taxes paid
🔹$20B to social security over 25 years
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The executive director of World Press Photo said this image shows the inconsolable grief of children losing their father in a place built for justice. It is a stark and necessary record of family separation following the U.S. reform policies. n.pr/4d0E5EA
World Press Photo announces Photo of the Year 2026
The executive director of World Press Photo said this image shows the inconsolable grief of children losing their father in a place built for justice. It is a stark and necessary record of family separation following the U.S. reform policies.
n.pr
April 23, 2026 at 10:02 AM
The executive director of World Press Photo said this image shows the inconsolable grief of children losing their father in a place built for justice. It is a stark and necessary record of family separation following the U.S. reform policies. n.pr/4d0E5EA
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one of my strongest and clearest takeaways from spending all of Lent knee-deep in ICE death reporting is that Camp East Montana should be razed to the ground and every single person who built it, worked there or approved their decisions deserves criminal charges. it is beyond what I imagined.
ICE inspectors in February found 49 violations to detention standards at Camp East Montana, including failure from staff to"accurately document required checks to prevent significant self-harm and suicide." n.pr/4sa0F1S
ICE detention deaths are on a record pace. One Texas facility bears the brunt
ICE inspectors in February found 49 violations to detention standards at Camp East Montana, including failure from staff to"accurately document required checks to prevent significant self-harm and suicide."
n.pr
April 3, 2026 at 4:25 AM
one of my strongest and clearest takeaways from spending all of Lent knee-deep in ICE death reporting is that Camp East Montana should be razed to the ground and every single person who built it, worked there or approved their decisions deserves criminal charges. it is beyond what I imagined.
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"I can’t explain it, but it’s the weirdest, creepiest number I’ve seen in a long time. You rarely see things like this in immigration data, but it could not be more predictable right now: one immigrant dies in custody every six days."
Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano died in ICE custody on March 25 at Adelanto, CA. He is the 14th person to die in ICE detention in 2026. That's one death every 6 days holding with what I can only call morbid precision.
April 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
"I can’t explain it, but it’s the weirdest, creepiest number I’ve seen in a long time. You rarely see things like this in immigration data, but it could not be more predictable right now: one immigrant dies in custody every six days."
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I have a new piece on why the US is so much better at immigration than Europe. As someone who's lived in and studied both, I've been thinking about it a lot.
Anyone who opines on immigration on either side would benefit from acknowledging the complete and total US superiority on the issue.
Anyone who opines on immigration on either side would benefit from acknowledging the complete and total US superiority on the issue.
March 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I have a new piece on why the US is so much better at immigration than Europe. As someone who's lived in and studied both, I've been thinking about it a lot.
Anyone who opines on immigration on either side would benefit from acknowledging the complete and total US superiority on the issue.
Anyone who opines on immigration on either side would benefit from acknowledging the complete and total US superiority on the issue.