So far, 9 agencies have terminated #union contracts that covered >445k #FederalWorkers from the #EPA, US #CoastGuard, #FEMA, #GSA, the Departments of #HHS, #Agriculture & #VeteransAffairs, & parts of #ICE & #Citizenship & #Immigration Services.

“This is literally the largest act of union busting in American history,” said Mike Podhorzer, a former political director of the #AFLCIO. “There’s not another time when that many people lost their union.”

#law #labor #unions#Trump

Jose Takei, an 82-year-old man of Japanese descent who became stateless after being left in the Philippines as a child following the end of World War II, is keen to get Japanese citizenship while he is in good health. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/filipino-japanese-citizenship/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #philippines #wwii #foreignministry #shigeruishiba #citizenship #stateless

After #Kabul fell to the #Taliban in August 2021, President Joe #Biden’s admin moved to resettle #Afghans who had worked for the #US government through the Special Immigrant #Visa (#SIV) program, which grants lawful permanent resident status & a pathway to US #citizenship. As of April, about 25k Afghans had received an SIV, & another 160k had pending applications, said Adam Bates, an attorney with the International #Refugee Assistance Program who analyzed #State Dept data.

#immigration #law

After #Kabul fell to the #Taliban in August 2021, President Joe #Biden’s admin moved to resettle #Afghans who had worked for the #US government through the Special Immigrant #Visa (#SIV) program, which grants lawful permanent resident status & a pathway to US #citizenship. As of April, about 25k Afghans had received an SIV, & another 160k had pending applications, said Adam Bates, an attorney with the International #Refugee Assistance Program who analyzed #State Dept data.

#immigration #law

The states have argued #Trump’s #BirthrightCitizenship order is blatantly #unconstitutional & threatens millions of dollars for #HealthInsurance contingent on #citizenship. The issue is expected to move quickly back to SCOTUS.

#law#AbuseOfPower

AP spent a day outside a LA detention center: "On a recent day, dozens of people arrived with medication, clothing and hope of seeing their loved one, if only briefly. After hours of waiting, many were turned away with no news, not even confirmation that their relative was inside. Some relayed reports of horrific conditions inside, including inmates who are so thirsty that they have been drinking from the toilets."

https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-raids-detainee-families-los-angeles-651d8bba4752553a67eb53db084677b2

#immigrant #immigration #detention #citizenship#ICE

AP spent a day outside a LA detention center: "On a recent day, dozens of people arrived with medication, clothing and hope of seeing their loved one, if only briefly. After hours of waiting, many were turned away with no news, not even confirmation that their relative was inside. Some relayed reports of horrific conditions inside, including inmates who are so thirsty that they have been drinking from the toilets."

https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-raids-detainee-families-los-angeles-651d8bba4752553a67eb53db084677b2

#immigrant #immigration #detention #citizenship#ICE

“To see that this admin is plotting out how they're going to expand its use in ways that we have not seen before is very shocking & very concerning,”said Sameera Hafiz, policy director of the Immigration Legal Resource Center, a national advocacy org providing legal training in #immigration #law.

“It is…in a way trying to create a second class of US citizens:”where one set of #Americans is safe & those not born in the country are still at risk of losing their hard-fought #citizenship, she said.

…Acc/to this new memo, the #DOJ is also expanding its criteria of which #crimes put individuals at risk of losing their #citizenship. That includes #NationalSecurity violations & committing acts of #fraud against individuals or against the government, like Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud or Medicaid or Medicare fraud.

#law #immigration#DueProcess#Constitution#14thAmendment

#law #immigration

The move is aimed at #US #citizens not born in the country;…close to 25M #immigrants [are] #naturalized citizens.

At least one person has already been denaturalized. On June 13, a judge ordered the revocation of Elliott Duke’s #citizenship, who uses they/them pronouns. Duke is an #American #military #veteran originally from the #UK who was convicted for distributing child sexual abuse material—something they later admitted they were doing prior to becoming a US citizen.

#law #immigration#DOJ

SCOTUS to rule today on 6 major cases:

Birthright citizenship – Are American Samoans citizens by birth?

Trump immunity – Are ex-presidents immune from prosecution?

Purdue Pharma – Can Sacklers be shielded in opioid deal?

Abortion – Must ERs provide emergency abortions?

Censorship – Did feds unlawfully pressure social media?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rulings-birthright-citizenship-5-cases-final-day-rcna215246
#SupremeCourt#Trump#OpioidCrisis#AbortionRights#FreeSpeech#Citizenship#SCOTUS

SCOTUS to rule today on 6 major cases:

Birthright citizenship – Are American Samoans citizens by birth?

Trump immunity – Are ex-presidents immune from prosecution?

Purdue Pharma – Can Sacklers be shielded in opioid deal?

Abortion – Must ERs provide emergency abortions?

Censorship – Did feds unlawfully pressure social media?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rulings-birthright-citizenship-5-cases-final-day-rcna215246
#SupremeCourt#Trump#OpioidCrisis#AbortionRights#FreeSpeech#Citizenship#SCOTUS