Andrea R. Flores
@Arosaflores
☀️NM native, reimagining the future of immigration, VP, @fwd.us 🇺🇸Formerly at Senate & White House. ✨NYT Bestseller ✒️ Inquiries: [email protected]. Views my own.
It’s finally here! For policymakers and/or anyone interested in making progress on border security, check out my new white paper that looks at the past ten years of border policies & explains why repeating past policies will never secure the border. fwd.us/news/a-better-…
This is what happens when a state government tries to rapidly replicate the federal detention system with absolutely no safeguards. This is ramping up to be an extremely dangerous situation that no state should sign on to replicate.
People detained at Alligator Alcatraz aren’t showing up in a government locator. Families and attorneys are struggling to find them. We obtained a list of 750+ names, and are publishing it here: miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
This is a must-read article on Border Patrol’s role in mass deportations. While ICE receives the most attention, CBP brings significant personnel & enforcement infrastructure that will escalate tensions in communities, increase racial profiling, & reduce public safety.
Under Trump, Border Patrol arrests immigrants far from U.S.-Mexico border, w/ @d_hawk washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…
This is a terrifying case. DHS did not recognize DACA as a protective status, & proceeded to arrest & detain Diaz. With the massive increase in enforcement that is about to start, are DACA recipients also enforcement targets? latimes.com/california/sto…
*Update on Ysqueibel 7/20. The family is still waiting for him to go home. Another @ImmDef client’s mom told me that only some families were able to see their loved one when the planes arrived as they were near the reception site. Some families have received calls from their…
As we learn more about the prisoner exchange, follow @ImmDef, @CargioliM & @L_Toczylowski for accurate updates. They have been tireless in fighting for their clients in CECOT, and without them, we wouldn’t know the truth of the fathers, sons, & brothers who were disappeared.
Ysqueibel is only 25 years old. No criminal record. He entered the U.S. with a CBP One appt. He has benign tattoos, including a rosary. He spent over 4 months at CECOT. He is so brave and his family fought so hard to free him. His mother would tell me how she longed to be with…
Take the time to read this statement from @L_Toczylowski and if you can help out the amazing folks at @ImmDef you can contribute on the link below…
We were able to identify Andry exiting the plane in Venezuela. After 125 days in a torture prison in El Salvador, he has been released & sent back to the country he initially fled. We will keep fighting for justice for Andry. @ImmDef statement: immdef.org/blog/andryrele…
We don’t know what could happen to those who applied for asylum in the United States and have now been wrongfully returned to the country they are fleeing. They may be free from CECOT, but more details are needed.
Andry Hernández Romero, the innocent make-up artist imprisoned without trial for 4 months in El Salvador by the Trump admin, is FREE. He was wrongfully accused of being a gang member because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, and illegally sent to El Salvador without due process.
Given the terms of the deal, lawmakers should call for the return of the fathers, sons, and brothers who still have pending asylum claims. It may not be safe for them to stay in Venezuela at this point.
We are working to confirm Andry's status. He deserves due process here in the United States.
The U.S. effectively did exactly what Russia did to Britney Griner: kidnap random civilians, wrongfully detain them (in this case, outsourcing the dirty work to Bukele), and then use them for a prisoner exchange.
🚨 NEW: Both @bloomberg and @reuters are reporting that the Trump admin is doing a prisoner swap, deporting all or potentially nearly all of the Venezuelans imprisoned in CECOT to Venezuela in exchange for American political prisoners. The admin lied about custody from day one.
As reports of a prisoner exchange emerge, it should shame anyone who cares about America’s place in the world that we have spent months paying another country to torture immigrants who came to this country, complied with our laws, & were disappeared under an illegal act.
Today we published our 2nd story investigating the backgrounds of 230+ Venezuelan men Trump deported to Salvadoran. We did a first ever case-by-case analysis and found half were in the middle of their immigration cases, including dozens seeking asylum propublica.org/article/venezu…
Amazing work from @ackocher-- even with a slight DECLINE in ICE detainees, the # of detained immigrants w/out criminal records STILL GREW. The focus on criminals was always a lie. During Trump 1, the noncriminal share of ICE arrests MORE THAN DOUBLED. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-detentio…
Congress needs to step in now to provide oversight on foreign aid being used to expand third country removals.
The Administration disappeared 200+ people to El Salvador with no due process. Their new approach to third-country removals now signals this could happen again and it may impact immigrants and U.S. citizens alike. @Arosaflores joined @cnni to explain:
Thank you @RepRobertGarcia for continuing to fight for Andry.
Andry Romero has been wrongfully imprisoned in El Salvador for months after being deported with no due process. Free Andry Now.
Many thanks to @RepEscobar for continuing to lead with solutions. The re-introduction of the Dignity Act shows that there are Republicans who are willing to work with Dems to support a fair alternative to mass deportations.
Our immigration system is broken and hasn’t been meaningfully updated in decades. That’s why today I introduced a comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform bill known as the Dignity Act. 🧵 escobar.house.gov/news/documents…
This news shouldn’t be a surprise. Under this admin, ICE & CBP have never prioritized people with criminal convictions because their policy since day one has been to treat civil immigration offenses as enforcement priorities.
Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges or convictions, records show miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
I joined @weeknightmsnbc to discuss what Americans should expect now that Congress has given the admin resources to carry out mass deportations.
The unfortunate reality is that ICE is about to receive a level of enforcement resources that have not been seen in modern history — this will enable them to carry out a violent + disruptive mass deportation agenda that will certainly destroy the economy. @Arosaflores earlier:
This poll is a good reminder that immigration policy is not just about the border, & that voters can disapprove of immigration policies even when the border is “quiet.” Dems have a real opening to start talking about alternatives to mass deportations.
Wow — New Gallup poll: —Trump approval on immigration: 35-62 —Record high approval of immigration (79-17 overall) —78% of people support a pathway to citizenship (+8 from 2024); only 38% support mass deportation (-9 from 2024) —30% want decrease in immigration (-25 from 2024)