Over the last decade, Americans have been slandered, fired, charged, and even jailed for simply voicing their opinions.
That ends today.
I am announcing the closure of the @StateDept's Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, formerly the Global Engagement Center (GEC), which cost taxpayers more than $50 million per year and actively silenced and censored the voices of Americans they were supposed to be serving.
Over the last decade, Americans have been slandered, fired, charged, and even jailed for simply voicing their opinions.
That ends today.
I am announcing the closure of the @StateDept's Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, formerly the Global Engagement Center (GEC), which cost taxpayers more than $50 million per year and actively silenced and censored the voices of Americans they were supposed to be serving.
Never forget that they sent a guy to Guantanamo Bay whose only criminal arrest in his life was for riding a bicycle on the wrong side of the road.
They said everyone sent there was “the worst of the worst.”
Some of the immigration judges in Chicago immigration court have resigned 😭 It is a huge loss for EOIR because they are losing people like IJ Cole, who has spent years as immigration judge and has a vast knowledge of immigration laws and procedures.
The Senate has approved $350 billion to implement a mass detention and deportation system like we’ve never seen before. This funding - with zero checks to ensure due process - will create chaos in our legal system, harm our communities, & tank the economy. https://t.co/2sMZ5gYFz3
Go get an #ID, this is a program for a community ID especially helpful if you can’t get or do not have any government issued ID.
https://t.co/sdRuoAIDtt
The EOIR will open a new immigration court in Indianapolis on 1/27/25 to address the growing needs of Indiana stakeholders. The court, located at the Minton-Capehart Federal Building, will be staffed by seven immigration judges.
The introduction of the “Strengthening Immigration Procedures Act of 2024” by @ChrisMurphyCT is an important step forward to remove barriers to justice and #dueprocess in #immigration court.
Learn more about the bill and this issue here: https://t.co/GwgG2Ma12V
AILA issued a statement for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, "Legacy of Harm: Eliminating the Abuse of Solitary Confinement," stating that #immigration detention is exceptionally costly and Congress should instead fund effective alternatives: https://t.co/PmCBfn9Igy