Joe Gordon

@joegordon.bsky.social

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He/him. Lawyer. I defend against removal and help people reaching for their American dreams. Member of AILA, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania) Bar Assn, Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel. #immigrationsky

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Two boba tea cups with straws and caps, the first labeled boba tea with round bubbles, the second labeled Kiki tea with pointed, starlike shapes instead
Wikipedia entry for Kim Deal, under early life, begins with “ Deal was born in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Both her parents were from coal mining areas of West Virginia.[3][4] Her father was a laser physicist who worked at the nearby Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.”
A white mug reads “World’s # 4 dad”
A white coffee mug has the words “World’s # Dad” printed on it.
A post by Taniel on Bsky begins with the sentence “When do polls close tonight?” and because I have not scrolled yet, the rest of the post isn’t visible
"Love thy neighbor" is a precept which could transform the world if it were universally practiced. It connotes brotherhood and, to me, brotherhood of man is the noblest concept in all human relations. Loving your neighbor means being interracial, interreligious and international. - Mary McLeod Bethune
“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity” - Malcolm X.
“To speak of a “philosophy” that is solely the product of one high-culture or civilization is to be totally ignorant of human migrations and immigration down through the centuries” - Yosef ben-Jochannan
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground... Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." - Frederick Douglass
“There must always be a remedy wrong and injustice.” - Ida B. Wells The quote is chiseled into the floor in the rotunda in a federal building in NYC that contains immigration courts and EPA
A chaos muppet named Gritty wears a Flyers jersey and wields a t-shirt cannon on the ice at a hockey game. He has a black helmet in his head, his eyes are googly, his fur bright orange. His gaping smile is either friendly or unhinged.
Shrimp salad on toasty bread with a bowl of sautéed spinach
Jeremiah Johnson, former immigration judge: On Nov. 21, I heard my afternoon case. It was a family of four Indigenous Guatemalans, a mother and father and two children. They were refugees who had suffered physical abuse. The father's leg had been broken, and his brother had been killed. They were targeted for their race and ethnicity. They had a fear of persecution, based on past persecution, which the government didn't rebut. I granted them asylum. D.H.S. waived the appeal. My last words on the bench to that family were: You've been granted asylum in the United States. That decision is final. Welcome to the United States. One of the kids - I think he was in fifth grade - jumped up and clapped his hands together. Later, I went to my office and signed onto my computer and found out I'd been fired. I was escorted out without time to print the letter they sent me.
Joe poses with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA. 7) after her morning keynote at a previous AILA NDA
Jennifer’s skeet about Letting People Read appears immediately below the viral post about a Heated Rivalry table display at a bookstore
NW corner of Philly’s City Hall apron and N. Broad Street have many dozens, possibly thousands of people out for No Kings, 3-28-2026
A round plate contains a sliced Portuguese roll, pan fried in butter, one side with scrambled eggs topped with three slices of tomato, the other side with a zigzag of Gojuchang hot and sweet sauce drawn on it. There is, invisibly, shredded “cheese” under the eggs, scare quotes because non-dairy.
But changing circumstances have undercut these arguments. For one thing, if the platforms in the 1990s and 2000s were passive carriers of others' content (albeit filtered by human moderators), they are now active purveyors.
A photo of a roughly ten pounds in weight gray and white shin tzu dog stands in a car’s back seat. His pink tongue is out, eyes shine black, and he has a blue lead around his neck and coiled around and out of frame. His tail resembles a pompom.
“It took a long, long, long time, and many orders to show cause to explain and let them know that if you don’t fix it, I’m going to quit and you’re going to be dragging yourself into court.” Le said that she submitted her resignation, but ultimately chose to stay at the U.S. Attorney’s Office because no one could be found to replace her. Le also said that after pushing through an order to release a juvenile from detention, she realized that she could affect positive change from the inside. “Wait Julie, stop,” Le said. “You need to go back and get more people out. That’s why I’m still here. I’m here because I’m trying to make sure that the agency understands how important it is to comply with all the court orders.” Blackwell did not hold Le or Voss in contempt.
Usage of Assure, Ensure, and Insure In the centuries that ensure, assure, and insure have been in use, each member of the trio has at times been defined as a synonym of the others. Today, however, distinctions are generally made. Assure is most often used when someone is removing, or attempting to remove, doubt. assuring us that the information was correct Ensure typically applies when something is made sure, certain, or safe. ensure that the door is locked Insure sometimes has this same meaning, but more often it is used when insurance is involved, insure the car against theft or, with the word against, when there is an effort to prevent something. trying to insure against a negative outcome Did you know? Do you ensure or insure? There is considerable confusion about whether ensure and insure are distinct words, variants of the same word, or some combination of the two. They are in fact different words, but with sufficient overlap in meaning and form as to create uncertainty as to which should be used when. We define ensure as “to make sure, certain, or safe” and one sense of insure, “to make certain especially by taking necessary measures and precautions,” is quite similar. But insure has the additional meaning “to provide or obtain insurance on or for,” which is not shared by ensure. Some usage guides recommend using insure in financial contexts (as in “she insured her book collection for a million dollars”) and ensure in the general sense “to make certain” (as in “she ensured that the book collection was packed well”). Synonyms of insure Relevance ensure assure guarantee 2 : to make certain : ENSURE insurer in-ˈshu̇r-ər noun Legal Definition insure verb in·​sure in-ˈshu̇r insured; insuring transitive verb : to assure against a loss by a contingent event on certain stipulated conditions or at a given rate of premium : give, take, or procure insurance on or for intransitive verb : to contract to give insurance : UNDERWRITE also : to procure or effect insurance
A crowded plate of, mostly, sushi proves Joe was not in fact taking it easy at the buffet. There is clam, sushi with black roe atop, shrimp, eel, seafood salad, and rolls with roe or squid or jalapeño on them. Umi premium seafood & hot pot
The Justice Department declined to comment on any pending cases but a department spokesperson said: "This Department of Justice is winning in court on behalf of the Trump Administration and the American People with 24 successful rulings at the Supreme Court emergency docket so far and multiple prominent indictments of transnational terrorists, violent criminals, and even politicians who have allegedly engaged in corruption."
The Trump administration has launched the broadest overhaul of federal law enforcement in a decade, diverting thousands of agents to focus on immigration instead. That shift has taken a toll on the government's ability to prosecute people for almost everything else. San Francisco is not alone in seeing a slowdown. The number of people charged with federal drug crimes has fallen about 10% nationwide this year to the lowest point in at least three decades as the Trump administration diverted agents and attorneys to focus on immigration, Reuters reported in September. The slowdown has been among the most pronounced in San Francisco, a city whose liberal tilt has made it a target for the conservative administration, Reuters found after examining federal court records.
Screenshot from The Forward: forward.com Mayor Eric Adams, but ultimately declined to back him. In an open letter to their followers published on Wednesday, the Satmar leadership highlighted Mamdani's gestures that specifically addressed their concerns. They noted that the Democratic nominee has said he would work to protect Hasidic yeshivas that face scrutiny for failing to meet state education standards and promised that Hasidic families would benefit from his proposals to expand affordable housing and establish universal childcare. If Mamdani wins, he would become the first Muslim mayor of New York City, home to the largest concentration of Jews in the U.S.
Black text on white reads: Always Be Yourself. Unless you can be Batman. Then always be Batman. Below is a cowl with pointy ears reminiscent of Batman’s disguise
Detained on Immigration Charges in Dallas, He’s Now Fighting for His Life Miguel Ángel García was critically injured in a shooting at a Dallas ICE facility, where Norlan Guzman-Fuentes was also killed. Early portraits of the victims are emerging.
A section of the PROBABLE CAUSE part of the document reads: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting a criminal investigation involving ANTHONY PATRICK NOTO for a violation of federal criminal law, specifically violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). 5. Beginning on or around August 20, 2025, an Instagram user by the name of @thatdaneshguy, of Los Angeles, California, unmasked a federal deportation officer with ICE Enforcement and Removal Operation (ERO) by posting two photographs of the detention officer. This malicious publication of private or identifying information on social media about a particular individual is commonly known as "doxing." The photographs were posted on Instagram which is a social media platform which allows users to share photos and short-form videos. Instagram is owned by Meta Platforms and is based in California. The post by @thatdaneshguy was viewable worldwide. The federal deportation officer lived and worked in the Northern District of Georgia.
A map showing that Reno NV is mostly north of LA, but also a smidge west.
The same critter continues to hang out on a tire of a parked car. It leers at me, as if mocking my fear of it. I can tell its political preferences are terrible.
A friendly looking …insect?… waves its legs, ok actually was absolutely motionless and somehow intimidated me nonetheless. It is tan and brown and grayish with some speckling on the forward portion. It looks sturdy.
A title page in color of the Herriman comic Krazy Kat featuring a mouse, Ignatz, hurling a brick at a cat’s head from behind while officer Pupp looks on
A diagram shows as from overhead the displays and special purpose rooms at the Upoer Dublin library in PA. Concentric rings and radiating lines are notable in the arrangement.
The Fisherman contains whitefish salad, lox, avocado, sacallion smear, tomato and red onion. On a yellow egg bagel, cut in half. It looks squashed and messy and tasty
Neatly handwritten page in a card says, “Dear father. Thank you for being there for me for 11 years!” with a small drawing of a heart
Epic Handshake Meme: ScanReg.exe and Immigration Reformers come together, both in favor of Easy Registry Fix
A dog, name of Oreo, hangs out in a bandana. He is freshly groomed. He thinks he’s fetching.
Immigration court hearings are open to the public, with limited exceptions, as specified in law. Immigration court hearings are closed when: The case involves information subject to a protective order; The case involves an abused spouse or child, and in the case of an abused spouse, a hearing may be opened to the public with the abused respondent’s consent; The case involves a respondent who, based on provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), is a beneficiary of an application for relief under specific sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act, among other federal statutes (VAWA is a law that seeks to protect human trafficking victims, abused spouses, abused children, and certain other victims of violence); The immigration judge grants an oral or written motion a party files to close a hearing; The immigration judge makes a determination to close a hearing to protect witnesses, parties to the case, or the public interest; The immigration judge makes a determination to close a hearing, or limit the number in attendance, based on consideration of the physical facilities and space available for the hearing; or
Zero candidates support scaling back the (HUGE! and wildly expensive) police force and focus on providing access to public goods instead, my preferred option.
A strawberry cheesecake from Kresha’s Kreations, Jenkintown
Fig. 1 same dog but with tongue concealed. He is sitting, being a good boy.
Oreo, freshly groomed, licks his own nose. The tongue is pink. The dog is white with gray, and shih tzu. His leash is blue. His mustache is excellent.
Commenters on the sheriff’s department Facebook page said Harran was behaving like “a Nazi” and making his department part of “the modern-day Gestapo.” Ugly language on Facebook “You sound like a Nazi sympathizer, or collaborator, and you know what happened to them once the forces of good overpowered the forces of evil,” one woman wrote. At a hearing last week on student online safety in Northampton Township, a woman asked Harran if he planned to “round up immigrants,” called him a Nazi, and warned him to stay out of the community, reported NewtownPAnow.com.
The top 3 stories are about the deported U.S. child with brain cancer, that dozens of Dominicans were arrested in a raid at a construction site in Puerto Rico, and S Miller’s floating of suspending habeas to deport people.
Official photo of Tim Walz
Philadelphia’s city hall with a crowd in front of it
The backlog, says Lora Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at the conservative Heritage Foundation, is partly due to the numerous hearings and extensions associated with immigration cases that can drag on for years. The administration is right to fast-track them, she said. “The amount of due process that deportable aliens get is, what I would say, excessive,” she said.
A wide rectangular plate with two rows of Japanese sushi rolls, maki. It has yellowtail rolls in front and behind, something called a Friday special roll with shrimp tempura, avocado, salmon, tuna and spicy mayo.
A bowl of raw sushi grade fish, raw veggies, and gojuchang, the spicy red pepper paste sauce.
Seorabol restaurant’s small side dishes served before the entree. And a cup of hot barley tea.
Falafel in a pita and grape leaves and cabbage leaves and a pasta dish with fried onions in it
From the wiki article on Erie PA: Erie is in what was the disputed Erie Triangle, a tract of land comprising 202,187 acres in the northwest corner of Pennsylvania fronting Lake Erie that was claimed after the American Revolutionary War by the newly formed states of New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, as part of its Western Reserve, and Massachusetts.
A map of lower Manhattan, oriented North, with Canal Street highlighted shows a swooping line not exactly straight or horizontal.
@ earache my eye posted: Ok, but most assylum claims are denied, so it is abusing the system. The solution is to hire a ton of immigration judges to process the backlog and keep up with the new claims.
A screenshot of bags of onions for varying notices, including $40, 60, 75.
Steamers made of bamboo sit on a table. One has two lotus leaf wrapped packages of sticky rice. The other, four Shu Mai dumplings with yellow wrappers and brightly colored shrimp inside.
Letter notes that 18F was working on “important projects, including improving access to weather data with NOAA, making it easier and faster to get a passport with the Department of State, supporting free tax filing with the IRS” among others