Meredith Hoffman

ImmigrationAttorney, @RAICESTEXAS.
Former Immigration Reporter with articles in @VICE, @Politico, @NYTimes, @AP

[Meredith Hoffman @merhoffman]

I'm thrilled to announce that I begin this week with @RAICESTEXAS as a staff attorney-fellow representing unaccompanied minors in the Austin, Texas area.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

NEW: The Trump administration just reinstated the use of "Expedited Removal" to its full nationwide extent.

Under this authority, ICE can rapidly deport any undocumented immigrant arrested inside the US who can't prove they have been here for more than 2 years.

[Hamed Aleaziz @Haleaziz]

NEW: The acting head of the U.S. immigration court system, along with three other key leaders, were fired soon after the Trump administration took office on Monday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

[Meredith Hoffman @merhoffman]

https://t.co/GLBaVqSIPC

[Kathleen Bush-Joseph @KathleenBushJo2]

Litigation of Trump's immigration policies has already begun--the @ACLU just filed a request based on today's cancellation of CBP One appointments

Are asking for a status conference TODAY

[Andrea R. Flores @Arosaflores]

The people losing CBP One appointments were patiently waiting in Mexico & complying with a smart process that could modernize asylum. Eliminating CBPOne is not only deeply unfair to the human beings who were following the rules, but this move will destabilize the border.

[Brennan Center @BrennanCenter]

Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants. #Debates2024 https://t.co/ofXCHEEMIf

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

In December, nationals of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua constituted 38.0% of all Border Patrol apprehensions, compared to 29.4% for Mexican, Guatemalan, Honduran, and Salvadoran nationals.

In all three countries, political crackdowns have increased a lot.

[𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚊. @palabranahj]

In the middle of #Virginia, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a privately-run #immigration detention center designed to confine 700+ people per day, now has at most 11 detainees at a cost of about $2 million/month to the federal government.

#thelastword #fightingdetention

[Meredith Hoffman @merhoffman]

@mollymotoole @CrownPublishing @penguinrandom @kevindoughten @latimes Can’t wait to read it so glad it’s happening!!

[CGRS @CGRS_Asylum]

📄Today CGRS, with @immcouncil @humanrights1st @splcenter and other partners, filed a brief urging #SCOTUS to block a Texas court ruling that would force the Biden admin to revive the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) - a dangerous, illegal Trump policy.
https://t.co/opasANZVkn

[HaitianBridge @HaitianBridge]

This week, 2 deportation flights went to Haiti. It’s quite confusing why people are being sent to a country that the Administration acknowledges is unsafe and satisfies at least one condition to be granted TPS. @POTUS, any and all deportation flights to Haiti must be stopped!

[Ira J. Kurzban @IraKurzban]

Afghan and Haitian Parole Programs Now! Parole has been used for 70 yrs to bring refugees into the country. We did it for Hungarian, Vietnamese Cuban and other refugees! Do it for Afghan and Haitian refugees now.

[Cyrus Mehta @cyrusmehta]

The U.S. has an obligation to take in as many refugees as it can and also has authority under INA 212(d)(5) to parole as many people as it can into the US who are in danger in Afghanistan. This is how the US can redeem itself from this debacle by taking in the most refugees.

[Ira J. Kurzban @IraKurzban]

Particular Social Group. AG about to make a BIG MISTAKE and issue regs that include “particularity” and “social distinction” as part of PSG. Both concepts are wrong, contrary to international and domestic law and hurt applicants. Use Matter of Acosta—a more generous standard.

[Julia Neusner @JuliaNeusner]

Today in a Juárez shelter I met a Honduran woman who was kidnapped and beaten for 2 months with her young son immediately after the US expelled her under title 42. Last week she injured her leg when they barely escaped. They’re still trapped in danger in Mexico. @humanrights1st

[Bridget Cambria @BridgetCambria8]

When immigrant children were taken from their parents by the United States, the majority of those children were Guatemalan. It deterred nothing.

These families are one generation removed from a genocide - looking to survive.

“Do not come” offers no answers, no thoughtfulness.

[Meredith Hoffman @merhoffman]

Devastating impact of this dangerous unjust policy

[Hamed Aleaziz @Haleaziz]

NEW: A Cuban asylum-seeker who was forced to wait in Mexico under a Trump-era policy was fatally shot Monday night in Ciudad Juarez a few days before he was to be allowed into the US, according to United Nations officials.

Story w/ @aflores

https://t.co/xftbSdrbxr

[Human Rights First @humanrights1st]

"Building back better is not a slogan, it is a mandate," says @SecMayorkas before the Senate.

We agree.

That's why we have not stopped urging the Biden admin to end policies - like Title 42 - that expel #refugees to danger and separate families.