Immigration lawyer, co-founder & President/CEO of @immdef.bsky.social, mom fighting for a better world for my kids. Based in beautiful Los Angeles. #Resist #DueProcess4all #SaveAsylum #TeamImmDef #WelcomeWithDignityhttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lubr6wvtek2eWe 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: https://www.immdef.org/blog/andryreleased7182519 Jul 2025 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lubr6wvtek2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lu26hbhlqk2cIt has been 122 days since Andry was disappeared & forced to El Salvador. 4+ months of being held incommunicado in a torture prison. 4+ months of his family & legal team wondering if he will survive. Thank you congressman @robertgarcia.bsky.social for continuing to speak his name. ❤️ #FreeAndry [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2025 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu26hbhlqk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lt35w4djis23Today is day 110 since Andry Hernandez Romero was disappeared to CECOT in El Salvador. Kilmar has now confirmed what we have feared since 3/15 — Andry has almost certainly endured 110 days of torture. We need proof of life. He needs to be brought back now. #FreeAndry @immdef.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jul 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt35w4djis23https://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lsbyze2tlk2vIt is day 100 since Andry was disappeared by Trump admin to a gulag in El Salvador. 100 days since this photo was snapped while he begged for his mom. 100 days of wondering if he is still alive. We’re still waiting for the devastatingly slow wheels of justice to turn. #FreeAndry23 Jun 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbyze2tlk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3ls34j7mpwc2mAfter more than 15 hours of attorneys advocating at the federal building since yesterday, @immdef.bsky.social client Javier is finally free. He is now on his way to his chemo appointment with his nephew. He let us know he is so grateful to everyone who fought for his release. ❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jun 2025 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls34j7mpwc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lryp67crr22xThe team at @immdef.bsky.social is currently working on dozens of cases of people picked up in the last 24 hours in LA. Among them is Javier, who has cancer & will miss his chemo tomorrow if ICE continues to detain him. He has lived in LA for more than 20 years and has no criminal history.19 Jun 2025 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lryp67crr22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lr5eukvcos2yYou know when Los Angeles had order? Last weekend before Trump and his thugs pulled this stunt to provoke chaos in our city. Meanwhile, while all eyes are on the protest downtown, ICE is out around the city raiding carwashes and terrorizing residential neighborhoods.09 Jun 2025 02:55 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr5eukvcos2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lr5eq4rv4c2yWe have not lost our sense of humor ❤️09 Jun 2025 02:52 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr5eq4rv4c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lr457fueis2eYou can donate at ClueJustice.org/bond. @ImmDef has a team at the main detention facility holding people rounded up in the ICE raids this week to provide legal consults and assess eligibility for bond. No immigrant stands alone. #LAstandstogether #TeamImmDef08 Jun 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr457fueis2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lofozxryq22aToday is day 50 since Andry disappeared, & we have no proof of life since the horrific photos taken as he arrived at CECOT. @immdef.bsky.social is so grateful to @lastweektonight.com for featuring his plight on tonight’s episode. We’re still fighting for his return, we’re holding on to hope 👑05 May 2025 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lofozxryq22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lnjxyrnoss26Went to court today for 3rd time since Andry’s rendition. Pic is @immdef.bsky.social legal team outside Otay Mesa detention ctr after his asylum hearing. 39 days since Andry was disappeared, govt moved to dismiss case, latest in effort to erase fact that he was here, seeking protection.🧵24 Apr 2025 05:28 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnjxyrnoss26https://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lmn6n35vbk2iSo grateful for the opportunity to speak with @aliciamenendez.bsky.social @symonedsanders.bsky.social and @michaelsteele.bsky.social on @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social this morning about our @immdef.bsky.social client Andry’s disappearance and our ongoing fight to save his life. #FreeAndry [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Apr 2025 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmn6n35vbk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lm6tzvkhoc2bHorrified to see this image, of our @ImmDef client Andry, being brutalized and terrorized at the CECOT in El Salvador by men with chains & masks & AK47s. The @TIME photographer described him being slapped as he pleaded with them. We now know it was Andry crying out for his mom.07 Apr 2025 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm6tzvkhoc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lm6fnqoebs2aPlease tune in to @60minutes.bsky.social tonight 7pm on @cbsnews.com to hear my interview about our @immdef.bsky.social client Andry, the makeup artist who was disappeared to El Salvador because of tattoos. We are not giving up on him. #FreeAndry #JusticeForAndry https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-prisoners-sunday-on-60-minutes/06 Apr 2025 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm6fnqoebs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3lm4a2h5bnk2hOur @immdef.bsky.social client Andry’s case will be featured tomorrow on @60minutes.bsky.social. Please tune in 7pm Sunday on CBS as we shine a light on his story of being disappeared with no due process to El Salvador in the middle of his asylum case & our fight to get him out of Bukele’s prison.06 Apr 2025 00:50 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm4a2h5bnk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/l-toczylowski.bsky.social/post/3llzajqwips2vThis is positive but need to wait & see whether govt will comply. We should also all be loudly demanding that when/if they retrieve Kilmar, the other men they disappeared to El Salvador with no due process — including our @immdef client Andry Hernandez — are on that plane too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2025 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:bhn2fflxt5gmo7flmrzbr7zu/app.bsky.feed.post/3llzajqwips2v