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Melissa Stek

@melissa_stek

Comms consultant. Immigration advocate. Passionate about racial equity + social justice. Founder of MountainGem Advocacy & Comms. Lover of MI lakeside summers.

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Ilhan Omar (@ilhanmn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Horrifying. Disappearing and targeting students with legal status over peaceful political speech is unconstitutional and a clear violation of due process and free speech. Another blatant act of authoritarianism by the Trump Administration. Rumeysa must be released.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: ACLU obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols," or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.

NEW: <a href="/ACLU/">ACLU</a> obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols," or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So many people, including the world's richest man, falsely believe that having a Social Security number allows you to vote. It does not. It is entirely unrelated to citizenship. Any person who can work legally in the country gets a Social Security number so they can pay taxes!

United Farm Workers (@ufwupdates) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on all workers! Today we are marching to show our unity as we defend ALL immigrant workers and stand up to the Trump Administration. We aren't falling for billionaires attempting to divide us. Ya Basta! #ConEstasManos

Sen. Cory Booker (@senbooker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Trump administration called it an “administrative error.” But that error led to a nightmare for Maryland Resident Abrego Garcia.

Andrea R. Flores (@arosaflores) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What is happening with El Salvador is not just an immigration issue. It is about the U.S. turning into a country that suspends our Constitution, ignores a co-equal branch of government, & invokes a wartime authority to justify the disappearance of people.

Congressman Robert Garcia (@reprobertgarcia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’m in El Salvador because Trump is defying a 9-0 Supreme Court decision to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back home. The Trump Administration admitted that deporting him was a mistake, but continues to ignore the courts. We've got to keep the pressure on this and demand his

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This story from today is SHOCKING. The United States has disappeared a man. His last known whereabouts on March 15 was in the same place as others sent to El Salvador, but his name doesn't appear on the leaked list of people sent there. He is, for all intents and purposes, gone.

This story from today is SHOCKING. The United States has disappeared a man. His last known whereabouts on March 15 was in the same place as others sent to El Salvador, but his name doesn't appear on the leaked list of people sent there.

He is, for all intents and purposes, gone.
Vera Institute of Justice (@verainstitute) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#WashingtonDC: Today, we join NPNA, immigrant rights advocates, and elected officials in the nation’s capital for the reintroduction of the #FairnessToFreedomAct, urging Congress to make #DueProcess4All a reality. Our full statement:  vera.org/newsroom/congr…

Vera Institute of Justice (@verainstitute) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“The SHIELD Act is a critical step to ensuring that our legal system protects the due process of those who are most vulnerable, providing them with the legal resources they need and working toward creating a more humane and just immigration system in our country.” —Congressman

Judy Chu (@repjudychu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After ICE illegally locked me out last week, I finally got into the Adelanto ICE facility. What I saw was horrifying: LA workers held in filthy, inhumane conditions, cut off from lawyers, family, and basic necessities. Rep. Linda Sánchez, Mark Takano, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove,

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@repjayapal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

HAPPENING NOW: I’m hosting a shadow hearing on Trump’s undermining of due process. ICE is ramping up arrests at immigration courthouses, attacking the legal immigration system, and generating enormous fear in communities across America. Tune in now: youtube.com/watch?v=tqVCEr…

Vera Institute of Justice (@verainstitute) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happening Now: Rep. Pramila Jayapal, legal experts, and immigrant rights advocates sound the alarm and call for protections as President Trump ramps up enforcement actions at immigration courthouses across the #UnitedStates. This shadow hearing explores these attacks on our communities

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@repjayapal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Republicans like to claim they’re all for legal immigration and doing things “the right way.” But Trump is sending ICE after immigrants who are literally showing up to ICE check-ins and court hearings, throwing them in detention for just trying to follow the process.

Vera Institute of Justice (@verainstitute) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For six months, the Trump administration has thrown everything it has at dismantling due process. These attacks on immigrant communities are no accident—they're designed to spread chaos and instill fear in anyone fighting for immigrants’ safety and justice.

Congressman Chuy GarcĂ­a (@repchuygarcia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The horrors of mass starvation in Gaza are a policy choice—one in which the U.S. continues to be complicit as it provides Israel with military weapons and diplomatic cover. The U.S. must join the global movement to end Netanyahu’s war on Gaza, and demand both the entry of

Congressman Robert Garcia (@reprobertgarcia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I spoke with Andry Hernández Romero. He’s finally safe with family in Venezuela after Donald Trump sent him to a prison in El Salvador with no due process. What he said he experienced is horrifying, but he’s grateful to be alive. Oversight Dems will fight for accountability.