CITY COUNCIL NEWS: Councilman Bruce Kraus will not run for re-election and his chief of staff, Bob Charland, will run for the third district seat, according to a press release.
I’m proud to announce that I will be running for Pittsburgh City Council, District 3. Our community needs someone ready to do this job on day one, and I have the experience needed to serve our neighbors and build a stronger future together.
“[O]ne result of today’s decision is certain: the curtailment of women’s rights, and of their starts as free and equal citizens.”
Enraged and devastated.
NEW: The Los Angeles Times obtained photos of a coin that says “Haitian Invasion” w/ crossed swords and the words “U.S. Border Patrol."
On the other side it says: “Whipping ass since 1924" w/ an image of a Haitian migrant fleeing BP.
CBP investigating.
https://t.co/pV0h94QEAy
BREAKING — CDC Director Rochelle Walensky issues a new order terminating the Title 42 order that has allowed U.S. border officials to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants, saying the policy is no longer needed to protect public health.
https://t.co/RcwkjC1msE
JUST IN — U.S. Judge Mark Pittman rules against the Biden administration’s decision to exempt unaccompanied children from the Trump-era Title 42 border expulsions, barring officials from continuing the policy exemption. Ruling will take effect in 7 days.
Breaking News: The CDC will release new guidelines on Friday for determining when and where people should wear masks, socially distance and avoid indoor spaces — a framework intended to move the country to a long-term strategy for living with the virus. https://t.co/mG5h3pCNOx
BREAK: 5th US Circuit will not block order barring enforcement of Biden federal employee vaccine rules, @davidshepardson reports. Court punts on deciding Biden DOJ stay. Dissent:
Take a listen as @GuerlineMJozef talks about how critical it is to recognize immigration as a Black issue and why @HaitianBridge, @jactioncenter, and @ThinkLawLab have sued the Biden Administration for the abuses in Del Rio 👇🏻
LISTEN 🎧: @HaitianBridge and Black migrants are suing @POTUS.
It's co-founder and Executive Director, @GuerlineMJozef joined us after returning from the U.S.-Mexico border.
Immigration is a Black issue.
#BlackHistoryMonth
https://t.co/RI3uxSovN3
This is at least the 14th lawsuit that Paxton (to say nothing of other TX officials) has filed against the Biden Administration in 373 days.
And like 12 of the first 13, it was filed in a single-judge division so that they could literally hand-pick a Trump appointee to hear it.
THREAD
Hear from "Esther" + "Jacques," 2 plaintiffs in @HaitianBridge’s federal class action lawsuit challenging the atrocious actions taken against Haitian asylum seekers under the Biden Admin.
Listen here: https://t.co/PDhMTVbTel
#DefendBlackMigrants#EndTitle42
Texas has sued the Biden Administration in federal district court in Texas at least a *dozen* times in one year. None of the 12 were filed in Austin; 11 were filed in divisions in which 1 judge hears > 80% of cases; and all 12 were assigned to judges appointed by President Trump.
Increasingly clear that Congress should
1) Not allow district courts to have a *single judge* hear all cases in a division;
2) Require suits seeking nationwide relief to be filed either in DC or before 3-judge district courts; &
3) Rethink nationwide venue vs. fed. government.
🗞️ Excellent piece in @NewYorker on how the US has normalized violence at the border, its history as a tool of white supremacy + how migrant communities are organizing in resistance.
All the more reason to #EndTitle42 + #WelcomeWithDignity‼️
https://t.co/lXZC1RSNy5