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emptywheel.bsky.social
Richard Berger is not the ONLY HSI agent to lie to frame Democrats.

So did Ricky Patel, when kidnapping Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. So did Ryan Ribner FIRST when assaulting David Huerta, then spying some more on SEIU.

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After Assaulting David Huerta and Then Lying about It, Ryan Ribner Lied So He Could Spy on SEIU - emptywheel
HSI Agent Ryan Ribner has been lying again.
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October 12, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
it really seems as though they’re about to disappear a congresswoman.
October 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
the muslim hate in this country has become policy, but you don’t get 7,000 think pieces about how that makes american muslims feel.
October 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Technically 212(k) has nothing to do with this situation at the moment, as Rep. Omar is a U.S. citizen. But if the Trump admin tried, and succeeded, to denaturalize on this specific allegation (which is highly unlikely), she'd return to having a green card and would be eligible for a 212(k) waiver.
October 12, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
One prominent case on the 212(k) waiver involves a pair of siblings who got a visa through their mother. Their mother had used a broker in South Korea who had bribed consular officials for visa.

The mother was ordered deported. Her innocent children were allowed to stay.
We consider a non-citizen's eligibility for a waiver of inadmissibility under § 212(k) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(k) (“ § 212(k) waiver” or “ § 212(k) relief”). Section 212(k) applies to “immigrants who were unaware of their ineligibility for admission and who could not have discovered the ineligibility by exercise of reasonable diligence.” Senica v. INS, 16 F.3d 1013, 1014 (9th Cir.1994). Kyong Ho Shin and Jin Hee Shin (“the Shins”), both citizens and nationals of South Korea, are siblings who unknowingly obtained lawful permanent residence through the criminal conspiracy of a former officer of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”), Leland Sustaire. In removal proceedings, the Shins sought a § 212(k) waiver of inadmissibility due to the invalid immigrant visas that were procured for them by their mother through the Sustaire scheme. The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) found the Shins ineligible for § 212(k) relief because they never possessed valid immigrant visas and were not “otherwise admissible” within the meaning of the statute. We grant the petitions for review. Section 212(k) expressly makes relief available to non-citizens, like the Shins, who are deemed inadmissible for lacking a valid immigrant visa at the time of entry and are not inadmissible for any other reason. Because the Shins are eligible to seek such relief, we remand the case to the BIA for a ruling on the merits of their petitions.
October 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
The question is what we are going to do about it. Will we try to hide and hope it doesn’t affect us? Or will we stand tall, and act? It starts with fighting in court and speaking out. Also with voting this November.
October 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
skill issue.
mollyroberts.bsky.social Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 6h
"More than being upset and furious right now, I am just beyond disappointed in the government. I have done everything humanly possible to give the government the benefit of the doubt in this case. I have done it repeatedly. I have done it for months."
October 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM