Patrick Taurel

He/him. Immigration lawyer, dad, husband, pizza enthusiast

[Patrick Taurel @PatrickTaurel]

… with our own eyes which is that principles of proportionality and prohibitions on targeting civilians have gone completely out the window.

[Patrick Taurel @PatrickTaurel]

‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza

The IDF’s Geneva Conventions violations revealed in this article (authored by an Israeli journalist and citing sources in the Israeli government) confirm what we’ve seen … https://t.co/XuXzG4aaPJ

[Patrick Taurel @PatrickTaurel]

@harryhew We sometimes sing sisters of mercy to our kids before bed. LC’s right

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

No. A million people in northern Gaza are not guilty. They have no where else to go. This is not what fighting Hamas looks like. This is revenge. And innocent people are being hurt.

[Matthew Segal @segalmr]

personally I think it would be rational for a prosecutor to try to bring a case to trial relatively quickly if it was a bank robbery case and the alleged bank robber announced he was going to visit a lot of banks in 2024

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Wow. Judge Cassidy just retired from the BIA and they’re hiring a replacement. Experienced practitioners, this is a very unusual opportunity!

[Dylan Williams @dylanotes]

Israeli settlers carried out a deadly pogrom in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank that is home to many US citizens, while Israeli security forces looked on and in some cases even fired on those trying to protect their homes and families. 1/3

https://t.co/e4jLEOuSfH

[Matthew Segal @segalmr]

looking forward to lectures about prosecutorial overreach from people who thought parents charged with misdemeanor illegal entry should have their children stolen

[Ben White @benabyad]

A child shot dead riding his bike. Unarmed men extrajudicially executed in a busy street.

An investigative report by Washington Post goes deep into the 16 March raid by Israeli forces in Jenin, & finds a microcosm of an occupier's unaccountable violence.

https://t.co/eb7VAcMXe3

[Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck]

The story here isn’t that the Court dumped the Title 42 case; it’s that, with no explanation last December, five Justices kept Title 42 in place for 4.5 months based upon a borderline frivolous emergency application from states that weren’t even a party to the underlying lawsuit.

[HarryHew @harryhew]

Bob Dylan made his official recording debut on Harry Belafonte's 1962 album THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL. A 20-year-old Dylan played harmonica on the title track.

How'd that come about? Here's Harry Belafonte telling the story

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

.@POTUS believes that DACA recipients strengthen our economy and enrich our workplaces, our schools and communities, and our country as a whole.

Last week, @POTUS announced a plan to expand health coverage for DACA recipients, building on his commitment to fight for Dreamers.

[Ted Hesson @tedhesson]

Nearly 1,000 migrant children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border by the Trump administration have yet to be reunited with their parents despite a two-year effort by President Biden https://t.co/Fjocia6Y9V

[ACLU @ACLU]

The court’s order in this case sends a strong message to prison systems: Providing humane treatment to incarcerated people is not optional.
https://t.co/FNKP1EiB9R

[DA Larry Krasner @DA_LarryKrasner]

Speaking of anti-American tyrants, Governor DeSantis yesterday unlawfully attacked democracy by removing the twice-elected chief prosecutor Warren, in an effort to erase the votes of Tampa’s voters:
https://t.co/4bm74qZdHx

[Heidi Altman @heidiraltman]

& the report finds finds solitary confinement prevalent, including use of a COVID quarantine unit for segregation. Despite deaths & outcry, the Biden admin has taken no steps to stop or limit solitary confinement in ICE jails. Tantamount to torture. 5/ https://t.co/AH1myGy3NY

[Heidi Altman @heidiraltman]

New: DHS's inspector general (IG) reports that conditions at the Folkston ICE jail in GA compromise the “health, safety & rights” of people detained there. Reports like this drop regularly; abuses and impunity are baked into ICE's detention system. 1/🧵https://t.co/wqoIyXCNqJ

[Jimmy Jenkins @JimmyJenkins]

BREAKING: U.S. District Court Judge rules in landmark prison health care case finding Arizona "failed to provide . . . a constitutionally adequate medical care and mental health care system for all prisoners." Judge Silver orders injunctive relief to be determined by court expert