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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

24 days

New USCIS fee schedule. Time to file all those fee exempt things. 😁😁

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

5 years

I never want to hear about English-only in a country where the attorney general doesn’t understand the meaning of the word “suggest.”

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Kamala Harris asks Barr whether anyone at the White House asked or suggested that he open an investigation into anyone Barr doesn’t answer Barr: “I’m trying to grapple with the word ‘suggest.’”

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Prerna Lal

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3 years

How many euphemisms we going to hear from POTUS and his team before they admit they are putting kids in prison?

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Prerna Lal

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4 years

Still time to vote for the non-creepy, non-harassing Presidential candidate. #TimesUpBiden

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

The 1997 Flores Agreement that the Trump Administration is now attacking does not call for separating families. Flores was a hard fought victory to prevent child abuse and detention. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise #ProtectFlores , a thread

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

I got my green card on this day four years ago. It stopped my deportation and changed my life. It happened with just click of a cursor. The USCIS officer went on her computer and changed my status from undocumented to lawful resident. I want the same for everyone else.

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Prerna Lal

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7 years

The stay is temporary but it means that Trump's EO cannot be implemented and people detained at airports need to be released.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

I’ve been an attorney for Berkeley’s undocumented student program for 2+ years now. I still don’t have an office on campus. I still get locked out of buildings. I still don’t have rooms to use for meetings with students. Berkeley doesn’t care about us.

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There’s a loud silence coming from @UCBerkeley , the birth of free speech movement, as it pertains to the detention of their student Luis Mora. #FreeLuisNow #FreeLuis

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Prerna Lal

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5 years

White people, why is my poor rescue dog better behaved than your children?! 😂

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2 years

Emily to Sue: "I tore open your letter and licked the envelope's seal for any lingering trace of you" Historians: "They are just gal pals."

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Prerna Lal

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4 years

I cannot believe that the Supreme Court has halted hearings, federal courts have ordered closures, NDCA has ordered courts to shut down till May 1, and somehow immigration courts are still open.

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Prerna Lal

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1 year

@NRA @GavinNewsom Maybe he didn't want your people to try to kidnap him like they did w/ the Governor of Michigan.

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Prerna Lal

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3 years

An anon donor gave us $8000 to spent on initial DACAs for #LGBT youth. DM/message if you qualify.

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Prerna Lal

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7 years

Raised $10k for #DACA renewals, filed 10 DACA renewals, reimbursed 5 people who had already filed, 200k views on the FAQs . . #WinningFridays

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Recreational marijuana is now legal in California but if you're a non-citizen, you absolutely cannot be caught by feds in possession of marijuana or admit to using it. No, not even for health problems.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Happy birthday @iamsrk ! ❤️❤️❤️

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

With #MAGABomber and #MAGAshooter , it's painfully obvious that the biggest threat to Americans is not refugees at the border, but its own home-bred terrorists.

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

6 years

Nothing in U.S. immigration law or the Flores agreement requires the U.S. government to detain asylum seekers, separate parents from their children, or criminalize asylum seekers.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

@chrislhayes I think we just have to keep being vigilant. I'd love for @aclu et al to file a lawsuit to stop the government from criminally prosecuting those with asylum claims.

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Prerna Lal

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4 years

#DACA recipients - You know if you lose your job, but you are work authorized, you should be able to collect unemployment, right? Check your state EDD for more details.

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Prerna Lal

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2 years

Happy 420 to citizens. Immigrants/non-immigrants can still get deported/denied admission and adjustment for use/possession of marijuana even in states where it is legal. Thank you @POTUS

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Prerna Lal

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4 years

I cannot believe it is November. Also Happy International SRK day.

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Prerna Lal

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5 years

People taking credit for #DACA : 1. Janet Napolitano 🤣 2. Barack Obama 🤭 3. Cecilia Munoz 😆 4. Beltway organizations 🙄 People who actually deserve credit: undocumented youth

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

ICE has now released a flyer for parents separated from their children at the border. A flyer. And it's in English.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

The Trump Administration, by blaming the Flores settlement agreement for their despicable policies, is literally trying to open the door to prolonged abuse and detention of children. Do not let them come after Flores.

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Prerna Lal

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3 years

Hi Ale! I remember you were in charge of USCIS when your agency issued an NTA to remove me from the United States. Now that I’m a US citizen and lawyer, I hope our second go-around is a little less contentious.

Alejandro Mayorkas

@AliMayorkas

3 years

It is an honor to be nominated and entrusted by the President-elect to serve. It is no small task to lead the Department of Homeland Security, but I will work to restore faith in our institutions, and protect our security here at home.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

There are better ways to abide by Flores than separating parents from their children or trying to overturn a great settlement agreement. Some ideas: 1) Parole the parents along with the children 2) Release the asylum seekers on an order of recognizance 3) Abolish detention

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

I stopped a deportation today. I get to go home early.

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Prerna Lal

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4 years

@ApVeng @EgSophie That’s called socialism here and they would rather have the grandparents sacrifice themselves I hear

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

This is the real face of the United States.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Kids in cages not new. Deportations aren’t new. Prosecutions for unlawful (re)entry not new. Ankle bracelets on migrants not new. Targeting political activists isn’t new. Turning away people trying to claim asylum isn’t new. But all of these have increased under Trump. 🤓

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Flores did three things: 1. Require govt. to release children from detention without delay 2. If sponsor isn't found, govt. is required to place children in least restrictive setting 3. Require govt. to set standards for care in detention for children

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Prerna Lal

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4 years

USCIS officer to my Canadian client: "Did you intend to stay in the US indefinitely when you last entered the country?" Canadian: "Are you crazy?" 😂 #HappyMonday

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Luis Mora, a pre-law junior at @UCBerkeley , has been detained at CBP since Saturday night after he made a wrong turn on a highway and drove to a port of entry. He would be eligible for many iterations of the #DREAMAct , currently pending before Congress. Help us secure his release

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

4 years

Same day voter registration in #California is a thing. Go register to vote and vote if you have not already. #SuperTuesday

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Neutrality is just a front. If you're neutral in these times, you're promoting status quo, and hence, injustice.

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Prerna Lal

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8 years

In no way, shape or form is Hillary comparable to our badass grandmothers who have faced down unimaginable horrors an survived. #NotMiAbuela

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Meet #FreeLuis . Just 36,000+ more detainees to go. Don’t forget about them.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

In 2015, a federal judge ruled that even the Obama administration violated Flores by holding children in prison-like faciltiies with their parents

Detaining immigrant families is cruel and inhumane. So why is Obama still doing it?

It's been over a year since the administration started detaining hundreds of families crossing into Texas from Central America. And that year has been marked by failure after failure. The original...

www.vox.com

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

6 years

Well, I passed the U.S. citizenship exam. 💯

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

6 years

ATTN: Media, here’s your privacy waiver you can use to call ICE/DHS and get information about Luis Mora. Luis wanted you to have this. #FreeLuis

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Prerna Lal

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2 years

USCIS EAD issuances are taking 12-14 months with a backlog of 1.5 million applications. People are losing their jobs and livelihoods. Please at least issue one year (instead of 6 month) auto extensions, if you’ve no plans to address this! @USCISDirector @AliMayorkas

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

4 years

Did you know USCIS will reject your asylum application if you don't write your name on the back of your passport photo with a pencil instead of a pen? They want perfection from us and yet they are literally the most incompetent agency. 🙃

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

3 years

Unauthorized employment has consequences 😉

NBC News

@NBCNews

3 years

BREAKING: U.S. federal judge rules that acting DHS head Chad Wolf unlawfully appointed, invalidates DACA suspension.

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Prerna Lal

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3 years

It's unacceptable to be taking 12-14 months to produce an EAD. We used to have regulations requiring production of EADS within 90 days of filing AOS but our good friend Obama got rid of that on his way out of office and here we are.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Just won a major immigration court case for a UC Berkeley parent and student in an 18-page single-spaced decision by the IJ. They called my cellphone, cried and asked me when I’m coming back to work because this wouldn’t have happened without me. My heart just broke.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Law and justice prevailed today. Luis Mora has been granted the absolute minimum bond and we’re heading to ICE to pay it now so he is released today. #FreeLuis

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Being an #immigration lawyer is one of the most overwhelming jobs right now, and especially as an immigrant. People email from all over the country, often expecting a miracle. It’s tough to carry the hopes and dreams of so many in a system that has no space for it.

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

5 years

Google me. I faced so much hatred and stalking and even deportation from Democrats for standing up to deportations. #Bye

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5 years

All the people outraged at #ICEraid today were completely silent when Obama increased enforcement of immigration laws... Why is that? 🤔

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

@realDonaldTrump Claiming asylum at a port of entry is the law.

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Prerna Lal

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3 years

I had a USCIS officer email me, fax me and call me today from Vermont in response to a letter I had sent them in October 2020. Hell froze over.

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

4 years

(Neo)Liberals only tweet #believeher when it doesn't involve their own alleged rapists. The rest are demonized. I remember the 90s well. #MeTooUnlessItsBiden #MeToo

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

7 years

You know something is very wrong when John McCain starts sounding reasonable to you.

Raw Story

@RawStory

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John McCain torches Trump and Bannon’s ‘half-baked nationalism’ during Liberty Medal acceptance speech

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Prerna Lal

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2 years

I have no words. How about you actually PROCESS the backlogged cases rather than hold a webinar about how you're going to redesign the page so that no one can understand it! @USCIS

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

3 years

@AOC Yep, @HawleyMO is a terrorist and Section 3 of 14th Amendment clearly demands his immediate removal from office for inciting a rebellion against his own government and colleagues.

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Prerna Lal

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3 years

You know it’s hugely embarrassing the #DACA program survived Trump only to be killed under Biden … 😒

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

7 years

Federal judge in Seattle puts nationwide halt to Trump’s immigration order via @seattletimes

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Thank you @SenKamalaHarris @SenFeinstein @RepBarbaraLee @JesseArreguin and community members for your support. We freed Luis.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

All we are asking for is basic due process! It is against our laws and international law and norms to treat asylum seekers and children in this manner.

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

6 years

@chrislhayes CBP statement this morning

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

7 years

#SFFILMFestival Waiting for the King from our awesome balcony seats!

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

6 years

Be very careful and vigilant about this so-called executive order that Donald Trump is about to sign to #endfamilyseperation . Likely keeps families together and flouts Flores settlement agreement. Would love to see an advance text from media

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

2 years

Okay, @uscis but it is still taking 14 months to process an EAD so maybe spend more time on that than empty platitudes.

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Prerna Lal

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7 years

Oh how I know this.

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Prerna Lal

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3 years

I'm pretty much over the racist abuse of American citizens by the State Department. My client, who is an esteemed educator and administrator, was denied renewal of his US passport in 2016 because his birth was registered a few years late. (1)

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

If any of my clients testified like Kavanaugh, they would be deported.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Just got admitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. It's about to rain lawsuits.

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

4 years

Just devastated to learn that one of my first clients passed away shortly after we got him a hard fought green card. Some ten years in removal proceedings. Still waiting on that physical card to arrive. What a sham.

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

6 years

FACT: Coming to the US border or any port of entry is the PROPER way of asking for asylum. The only other way to do so is if you’re already here. This is how asylum works. People cannot apply for asylum from abroad.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Over 2,000 children have been separated from their parents but ending Flores is not the answer. We must treat refugees and asylum seekers better and end the practice of detaining, criminalizing and deporting them. #abolishice #enddetention

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Prerna Lal

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3 years

Literally you’ve to be vaccinated to immigrate to the US and also to gain permanent residence. Laws should be the same for everyone, no?

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3 years

#Vaccinepassports have been around for decades. Stop acting like everything you never knew about is brand new. And get your shot or stay home.

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

6 years

Right now, the Trump Administration is attacking asylum seekers on many fronts: 1. Seeking criminal prosecutions against them 2. Separating them from their children so they give up and leave 3. Trying to (illegally) narrow asylum laws to exclude domestic violence survivors

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

6 years

For a reading on Flores, see @abogadatejana , one of the counsels in the settlement agreement.

Prof. Cooper

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A nice background reading on the Flores Settlement Agreement.

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

4 years

President said he wanted people to watch the polls so I signed up to be a poll worker. 🤡

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Prerna Lal

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5 years

Pup pups doesn’t care about haters and neither does their parent.

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Prerna Lal

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4 years

The virus is already here, and MAGAheads are the ones saying to open up everything by protesting about stay at home orders so how does this proposed #immigration ban make any logical sense?

The Guardian

@guardian

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Trump says he will impose immigration ban in bid to tackle coronavirus

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

4 years

Great decision on #DACA today - Supreme Court holds that it was arbitrary and capricious lawmaking to rescind it. Straight up administrative law.

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

4 years

. @curtisatlaw and I sued USCIS on July 15th after they denied citizenship to a Vietnam War veteran claiming he committed fraud upon entry in 1985; the government reversed course two weeks later and is now scheduling him for an oath ceremony. Happy Sunday.

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

2 years

Are people just not working at @USCIS Nebraska Service Center? 16 months to produce a work permit that really takes only 7 minutes to process by their own admission. Maybe they should let immigrants in to do the jobs Americans won't do?

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

4 years

I keep saying this is why Latinx and Asian Americans can’t really get behind this guy with enthusiasm. I remember my deportation proceedings like it was yesterday. First they tried to separate me from my parents, and then from my wife over the course of four years.

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4 years

I am a Dreamer and I don't trust you @JoeBiden . At all. Your administration (the Obama administration) raided my home and deported many people I love. That's why our Latinx community is not supporting you so far. No thank you. #ByeByeBiden

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Prerna Lal

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4 years

I really get tired of the "is this legal" question. We live in a country that relies on a ton of legal fiction to maintain law and order (and w*ite supremacy) so does it matter if something is legal or not if it is not right?

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

I'm so anti tone policing. It's primarily directed at people of color. No one is helping to #FreeLuis more than the undocumented youth at Berkeley. No one is as effective, as intelligent and as capable as them. They will bring Luis home. Stop tone-policing them.

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Prerna Lal

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7 years

San Francisco shows up against the #MuslimBan #NoBanNoWall

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

Don't be an ally. Be an accomplice. But also, don't be a shit accomplice. Signing out. PL

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Prerna Lal

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2 years

I got a VAWA approval today and cried a bit. It’s taken her 22 years to escape a horrifically abusive situation and if it was to people like Susan Rice, my client would have been deported.

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

3 years

The terrible USCIS NTA memo has been rescinded along with other terrible memos. Goodbye 🗑

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3 years

Pres. Obama's revisionist history from above for the #DREAMAct is a lesson and reminder to not trust Democrats w/ anything. Not even going to get started on Cecilia and Claire.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

UC Berkeley doesn't make it easy for students to access me. I borrow office space on campus once a week to meet them. That needs to change so that the same thing that happened to Luis doesn't happen to other students on campus #FreeLuis

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3 years

We won! Shut down the courts though.

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5 years

If most asylum claims are not legitimate, why do I keep winning them all? 🤔

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

6 years

There’s no need for an executive order on this issue because there is no law that requires the separation of parents from children. In fact, it is very much against the law to do such a thing, which is why this EO very likely a ploy.

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

5 years

Nothing like coming back to work and opening up an asylum approval notice for a queer kid from Mexico. 🇲🇽 This is going to change his life. 😭

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Prerna Lal

@prernaplal

6 years

My first #ImmigrantHeritageMonth as a U.S. citizen. Got keys to my brand new office today, and working on grand opening party soon. Super stoked and excited. Happy weekend everyone!

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6 years

I got a Berkeley student out of detention. I won asylum for a UC Berkeley parent and student. I’ve never received a single word of thanks from @UCBerkeley ’s administration. Instead, they are retaliating. It’s almost like they are working with ICE to make their students disposable

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Prerna Lal

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4 years

The planet is dying, we don’t have good healthcare, Nazis want to kill us and/or deport us, and if your biggest worry is someone’s tone online, I don’t know what to tell you but just do what I do - auto-mute people you don’t follow. 💀

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7 years

So I worked on the #DreamAct 2007-2010, #DACA , #TPS for Nepal, and the #parole program for Filipino war vets. Here's what I know. (Thread)

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6 years

#FreedLuis - Luis Mora is back in the Bay Area and ready to resume his studies. This captures his arrival at Oakland Airport today

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@prernaplal

6 years

This is completely unacceptable. If you live in the Bay Area, low-income and have had this happen to you, please contact our offices. 510-548-4040

Tina Vasquez

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6 years

Hi, hello. THE DOJ IS REVOKING PEOPLE'S CITIZENSHIP:

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6 years

If you support #metoo you should be paying close attention to how the Trump Administration is trying to make primarily immigrant women vulnerable to abuse, deportation, and treating them as second-class by terminating #H4EAD #SaveH4EAD

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5 years

Damn, this year started with an intense deportation defense case for someone who is now on his path to citizenship. I got my US citizenship. I started my own law firm. I got my driver's license. And I'm starting to live my 20-gay-teen years in my mid-30s. Life's great.

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Prerna Lal

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6 years

#AbolishICE is becoming popular now, and part of several political platforms, but my friends and I have been talking about it for quite some time. See @CIYJA 's manifesto today on what it means.

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