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IDEA: Instead of retweeting, commenting, or otherwise spreading Trump’s anti-immigration screed today, share the #WeHaveRights immigrant empowerment series in this thread. How to safely defend against & document abuses by ICE. More: WeHaveRights.Us
If ICE is outside your door, don’t panic, and remember: YOU HAVE RIGHTS. Even if you do everything right, they still may enter. View the #WeHaveRights series from @ACLU + @BklynDefender & be prepared. WeHaveRights.Us
If ICE forcefully makes their way inside of your home, remember: YOU HAVE RIGHTS. View the #WeHaveRights series that @ACLU + @BklynDefender partnered on & be prepared. 4 scenarios. 7 languages. WeHaveRights.Us
If ICE approaches you in the street, your community, at work, or in court, remember: YOU HAVE RIGHTS. View the #WeHaveRights series that @ACLU + @BklynDefender partnered on & be prepared. 4 scenarios. 7 languages. WeHaveRights.Us
If you or your loved one is *arrested by ICE, know this: YOU HAVE RIGHTS. View the #WeHaveRights series that @ACLU + @BklynDefender partnered on & be prepared. 4 scenarios. 7 languages. WeHaveRights.Us

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Oct 6, 2018
WATCH @chrislhayes speak truth to the Kavanaugh hypocrisy. “Every day 1000s are run thru American criminal courts. Disproportionately poor & non-white. The presumption of their guilt is the basic operating principle that keeps the whole system running.”
Just yesterday, like every day as a public defender, I saw this hypocrisy. Privileged white men are literally the least likely group to be presumed guilty.
Just 3 weeks ago, I wrote about this hypocrisy in the @nytopinion: “The cases that have pushed Mr. Trump to criticize American justice only underscore our 2-tiered system. These exceptional cases illustrate how the system could do far better for the rest.”
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Sep 15, 2018
Happy Saturday everyone! Preparing for a day in court. 9-5 arraignment shift. Meeting everyone arrested in Brooklyn within the last 24-48 hours. Why? Because mass incarceration doesn’t get a day of rest in the fourth largest city in America. Follow along for observations.
Necessary ammunition:

1. Coffee
2. To-go coffee
3. Water
4. Ibuprofen just in case
5. Phone charger
6. Court ID
7. Pens
8. Biz cards
9. Memobook
10. Legal pad
11. Blank notices (more on that below)
12. Calendar (google printouts bc I lost my calendar this week)
These are my blank “notices of appearance.” They represent the unknown humans who I’ll soon meet & the stories that they’ll soon share. New York AGAINST ___________. They’ll just be a docket number to the court. Just a charge & record to prosecution. My job is to individualize.
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Aug 28, 2018
Today I’m working the dreaded “double.” I will be in arraignments from now through 1am. Meeting people arrested within last 24-48 hours, arguing for release, working to advise traumatized families on what’s next, individualizing my clients beyond the accusation & criminal record.
2 for 2. When I met with both of my first clients & the conversation turned to bail, the question was rhetorical: “If bail is set, do you or any family have any money?” Their answers, as usual, is inevitable: “I don’t have no money. Not even a dollar.”
About to appear on case where prosecution is asking for $75,000 bail on a case where I believe-strongly-my client is innocent. A serious allegation but transparently false. Allegations of punch to face & strangulation w/ zero injury. Heart beating fast. Don’t want Rikers for him.
Read 32 tweets
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Aug 5, 2018
Don’t let him distract you. *This is what he doesn’t want you to watch. His deportation force violently stealing away a man who has lived in this country for 25 years & then strangling the woman who had the courage to film it.
If ICE is outside your door, don’t panic, and remember: YOU HAVE RIGHTS. Even if you do everything right, they still may enter. View #WeHaveRights series from @ACLU + @BklynDefender & be prepared. WeHaveRights.Us
If ICE forcefully makes their way inside of your home, remember: YOU HAVE RIGHTS. View the #WeHaveRights series that @ACLU + @BklynDefender partnered on & be prepared. 4 scenarios. 7 languages. WeHaveRights.Us
Read 5 tweets
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Jul 22, 2018
Raymond Dearie. 1 of 4 FISA judges approving Carter Page surveillance. I spent everyday for a year w/ him as his law clerk. I care deeply about civil liberties & protection against govt intrusion. When Justice Roberts appointed him, I felt immense relief. He’s no rubber stamp.
Yes, he was appointed by Reagan. But he’s no partisan. Yes, he was the former US Attorney (top federal prosecutor) in New York. But as this public defender can tell you, he was uniquely protective of defendant’s rights. Every one got a fair shake. He was *careful. To a fault.
If you look him up on judge rating websites, the consensus is in line w/ reality: An incredibly good man. A fair jurist. Smart & knowledgeable about the law. One “flaw” - takes too long to render decisions. I saw why firsthand. He always wanted to make sure he got the law right.
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Jun 21, 2018
**ALERT** ICE is outside/inside of Brooklyn Supreme Court NOW. 320 Jay. Some agents are in blue windbreakers. Attorneys: contact your clients. If your client is apprehended, remind about his/her right to silence, advise agents that they’re represented. Clients: Contact attorneys.
BYSTANDERS: If you witness an ICE encounter *You have a right to take video and pictures as long as you do not interfere with the arrest.*
If ICE approaches you or your loved one, remember: YOU HAVE RIGHTS. Watch this now. All languages at WeHaveRights.Us.
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