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Bytes Europe<p>Republican infighting fuels concern about Trump tax bill’s chances <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1086284/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1086284/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Branch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Branch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/donald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donald</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow 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href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.HouseOfRepresentatives <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.s.Senate</p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2124309/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2124309/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> How Trump’s tax bill could affect your gym membership, savings and guns <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Artificial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artificial</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Branch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Branch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democratic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Donald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donald</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Executive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Executive</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveBranch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>residence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S. <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.Congress <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.Senate <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/White" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>White</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention 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Nonilex<p>Judge Illston listed services that could disappear if the offices that administer them were wiped out, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DisasterRelief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterRelief</span></a> funds for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a> after a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flood</span></a>, in-person appointments for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> recipients to discuss their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workplace</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> inspections in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mines</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> that support <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kindergarten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindergarten</span></a> programs.</p><p>Judge Illston’s order:<br><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.448664/gov.uscourts.cand.448664.85.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.cand.448664/gov.uscourts.cand.448664.85.0.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge Illston noted that process requires consultation with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> on any plan to abolish or transfer part of an agency.</p><p>“It is the prerogative of presidents to pursue new policy priorities &amp; to imprint their stamp on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a>,” she wrote in a 42-page order. “But to make large-scale overhauls of federal agencies, any president must enlist the help of his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoequalBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoequalBranch</span></a> &amp; partner, the Congress.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Ruling after an emergency hearing on Fri, Judge Susan Illston of the Federal Dist Court for Northern California said the govt’s effort to lay off workers &amp; shut down offices &amp; programs created an urgent threat to scores of critical services.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> set up a specific process for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> to reorganize itself. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> &amp; organizations behind the lawsuit have argued that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> does not have the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a> to make those decisions without the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Of all the lawsuits challenging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s vision to dramatically scale back the form &amp; function of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a>, this one is poised to have the broadest effect. Most of the agencies have yet to announce their downsizing plans, but employees across the govt have been anxiously waiting for announcements that have been expected for weeks.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Federal Judge Susan Illston on Friday called for a two-week pause in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s plans for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassLayoffs</span></a> &amp; program closures, barring 2 dozen agencies from moving forward w/the largest phase of Trump’s *downsizing* efforts, which the judge said was <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> without congressional authorization.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/politics/federal-layoffs-trump-ruling.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/federal-layoffs-trump-ruling.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> mandated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> to report reliable &amp; authoritative news, not to outsource its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> to outlets aligned w/the president’s agenda,” they wrote in a stmnt. “VOA already has talented &amp; professional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> ready to tell America’s story in line w/the VOA Charter, but we are blocked from our own newsroom. That is why we will continue fighting for our rights in court.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> WH bureau chief Patsy Widakuswara &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> editor Jessica Jerreat, plaintiffs in one of the lawsuits against the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin over the EO, said this agreement violates the congressional mandate of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It was a rare instance of bipartisan pushback from members of both the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> against the WH for its actions as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin is mounting an aggressive challenge to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> prerogatives.<br>Cole’s signature was particularly significant since he had not joined in a previous bipartisan congressional letter taking Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> office to task on spending. In a brief interview on Mon, he said he believed the website should be restored, a view shared by Collins.</p>
Nonilex<p>More increases in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/enforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enforcement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>:</p><p>- $14.4B for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> Transportation &amp; Removal (current budget $721M)</p><p>$1.25B for immigration courts</p><p>$1.32B for ICE prosecutors<br>+ $600M for the prosecutions</p><p>$787M for state/local assistance<br>+$650M specifically for memos of agreement between ICE &amp; state/local law enforcement agencies allowing those agencies to perform immigration enforcement duties, including detention &amp; removal.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialBranch</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Other new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> “fees”:</p><p>- $250 bond for ALL nonimmigrant <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> applicants</p><p>- $550 for “parole” work permits</p><p>- $1,500 fee for applying to adjust status to get a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a> before a judge.</p><p>The bill would also dramatically increase immigration <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/enforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enforcement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>.</p><p>$45B for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a>, assuming $4.5B/year, that would be nearly a 250% annual increase to the current $3.4 detention budget.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The prohibitive fees continue: </p><p>2 "fees" are actually penalties:</p><p>- $5,000 "fee" for being ordered deported for missing a court hearing.</p><p>- $5,000 "fee" for being an inadmissible *alien* apprehended between ports of entry.</p><p>This new fee is grotesque:</p><p>- $500 for any Special Immigrant Juvenile [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SIJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIJ</span></a>] Status application — these are abused, abandoned or neglected kids, ya think they have $500?</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialBranch</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>More prohibitive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>“fees” — these are just for trying to defend your status in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a>:</p><p>- $100 fee for ANY continuance (except in "exceptional” circumstances)</p><p>- $1,050 fee for ANY waiver application</p><p>- $900 fee for all appeals except bond (currently $100)</p><p>- $1,500 fee for non-Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) cancellation (currently $100)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JimJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimJordan</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Crazy</p><p>At the end of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> reconciliation bill, there are 2 major restrictions on the judiciary &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a>:</p><p>First, as noted above, it bans judges from enforcing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contempt</span></a> unless there was an FRCP 65(c) bond (rare in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> suits). Obviously aimed to stop Judges like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boasberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boasberg</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Xinis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xinis</span></a>, among others.</p><p>Second, they would bar money damages in settlements. [see pic]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It also declares—not coincidentally as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is facing dozens of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TROs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TROs</span></a> &amp; injunctions:</p><p>"No <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a> of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contempt</span></a> citation for failure to comply with an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/injunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injunction</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TemporaryRestrainingOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TemporaryRestrainingOrder</span></a>”</p><p><a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/judiciary_recon_ans_xml.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-</span><span class="invisible">subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/judiciary_recon_ans_xml.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JimJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimJordan</span></a> led <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> Cmt has now released their reconciliation bill.</p><p>In addition to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> measures, it transfers ALL <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> actions to the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AttorneyGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AttorneyGeneral</span></a> [currently <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a>], among other antitrust provisions.</p><p><a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/judiciary_recon_ans_xml.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-</span><span class="invisible">subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/judiciary_recon_ans_xml.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Durbin</span></a> was an early critic of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iraq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iraq</span></a>, voting against the 2002 authorization for military force. He criticized the mistreatment of detainees at the US military prison in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Guant%C3%A1namoBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuantánamoBay</span></a>, Cuba, as comparable to the acts of “Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings” &amp; later apologized for a “poor choice of words.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In celebrating the sixth anniversary of that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstStepAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstStepAct</span></a>, in December, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Durbin</span></a> noted that less than 10% of the 40k prisoners released under the law, many of them drug offenders, had been rearrested or jailed, far less than the typical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recidivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recidivism</span></a> rate.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Durbin</span></a> …has also forged close relationships w/some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>, including Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChuckGrassley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChuckGrassley</span></a> of Iowa, who has been chairman of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> Cmte in periods when Durbin was the top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a>.</p><p>The two pushed a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> overhaul that overcame Republican resistance to be signed into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> during his first term, leading to the early release of thousands of prisoners who had their sentences recalculated.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>