NEW: Here's Harvard's emergency motion for a temporary restraining order against the Trump admin, asking the court to block the govt from revoking its ability to enroll international students. [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreichjkc3cgltflbkfm5fdcjrha7wdswwnhdcwau2zjz57wozqqiuaa
A HAPPY UPDATE! Mahmoud Khalil was allowed a "contact" visit—without plexiglass divider—with his wife and newborn son this morning before his immigration hearing, ACLU tells me, so I think we can safely assume that he was finally able to hold his child for the first time. RE:
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NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys urgently ask Judge Farbiarz to order ICE to permit Khalil to hold his newborn son today "for the most elementary hu...
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NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys urgently ask Judge Farbiarz to order ICE to permit Khalil to hold his newborn son today "for the most elementary human reasons." ICE has so far denied the request, despite his wife and child having made the 1,500-mile trip. [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreidcyfx5wxslaqhlqrmttxhf2uqtlelcvy7mpwzeq6ytuoyrl37gqe https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreie3gwdibrzwo6gvg6dqgk6k4kpgzxnmcb7qc6ygvw7w5k4ib4d56y
Did Jake Tapper’s book publicist write this RE:
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For the most part, leading Democrats are ducking what is fast becoming the first real litmus test of the 2028 campaign: former President Biden's me...
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Sessions hears arguments on whether ICE gets to impose extra conditions of release on Rümeysa Öztürk, who is already out on bail. Also status conf. (Sessions declined to attach ICE conditions at the time of release, but he said he'd consider a written proposal later). 🧵 RE:
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NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk's attorneys ask Judge Sessions to reject all of ICE's proposed additional conditions of release, calling them unjustified an...
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NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk's attorneys ask Judge Sessions to reject all of ICE's proposed additional conditions of release, calling them unjustified and unjustifiable. [www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...](
Ozturk ECF 138 Petitioner
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NEW: The govt wants Rümeysa Öztürk to notify ICE about any overnight travel outside MA/VT, get ICE's written permission to move, follow all doct...
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Mahmoud Khalil's legal team keeps sending Judge Farbiarz order after order from judges finding in favor of other international students targeted for deportation by the Trump admin. Maybe one day he'll issue his own! [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiftdw4ylbblv3oxchlytpdfromahmnguthalx6md252hutzne5lxi
NEW: The govt wants Rümeysa Öztürk to notify ICE about any overnight travel outside MA/VT, get ICE's written permission to move, follow all doctors' instructions, and "surrender for removal from the United States if so ordered." (The judge may veto conditions.) [www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...](
Ozturk ECF 133 Govt request for conditions of release
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NEW: Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia ask Judge Xinis to reject the govt's privilege assertions: "Even as the Government speaks freely about Abrego Garcia in public, in this litigation it insists on secrecy." [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiegwemqtuwrgkxc2sa47kitumn6ze3r47l2fgxxobclg5gu5eczma
Rümeysa Öztürk has been freed!! [Tufts student detained by ICE ...](
Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk is released from ICE custody – NBC Boston
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