Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3mkq2mxa4rk2yDepressing to see that jump on "deportations," a sign that the more the Trump admin keeps immigration out of the news, the better for him. When it's highly visible, the American public hates it. When it's people being grabbed quietly without the spectacle, they forget about it and move on. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq2mxa4rk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3mkpqfqlvzc2cAs every day goes by, a clear strategic victory for Iran in this war seems more and more likely. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpqfqlvzc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3mkoj3rs45c27This is from the same administration where the DHS Secretary went on TV and claimed 20 million migrants entered under Biden, a number that Trump pulled from thin air at a campaign rally in 2024. They have hordes of experts at their fingertips yet prefer to share internet conspiracy theories. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoj3rs45c27https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3mko64iwwb22cGreat new resource from @immcouncil.org tracking the growing backlogs in our legal immigration system. Check it out! https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/uscis-backlogs-processing-trends-dashboard/29 Apr 2026 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko64iwwb22chttps://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3mknwfixy5k2yJust to make a note about this, but the Supreme Court seems likely to AGAIN rule that Trump's extremely obviously racism against non-white immigrants is not enough to invalidate a policy of his. Only Jackson and Sotomayor seemed to broadly press the point. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknwfixy5k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3mknctk75is2rPresume Kagan and others are reading dissents from the bench because the TPS case has still not started.29 Apr 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknctk75is2r