First lawsuit filed challenging Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee
First lawsuit filed challenging Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee
The lawsuit claims Trump does not have the authority to override the law that created the H-1B visa programme.Al Jazeera
Arkansas man seeks to have visa status restored after being arrested for ‘Opium’ perfume bottle
Arkansas man seeks to have visa status restored after being arrested for ‘Opium’ perfume bottle
Police thought bottle contained drugs and arrested Kapil Raghu, who was then taken into custody by IceCoral Murphy Marcos (The Guardian)
Hegseth Says Four ‘Narco-Terrorists’ Killed in Latest US Attack on Venezuela Boat
The US has attacked multiple Venezuelan boats in recent weeks, with US officials saying the goal of the strikes is regime change in Venezuela as opposed to the war on drugs. Along with the airstrikes of boats, a US destroyer boarded and seized a Venezuelan boat in mid-September, which the Venezuelan government insists was a tuna fishing vessel.
Hegseth Says Four ‘Narco-Terrorists’ Killed in Latest US Attack on Venezuela Boat - News From Antiwar.com
A day after President Trump informed Congress that the US is in a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels, the US carried out yet another strike on a Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean Sea, alleging it was loaded with drugs.News From Antiwar.com
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Donald Trump orders Israel to ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37048680
William Christou in Jerusalem
Fri 3 Oct 2025 19.37 EDT
Donald Trump ordered Israel to “immediately” stop bombing Gaza as he welcomed Hamas’s partial acceptance of his ultimatum to end the nearly two-year war.Hamas has agreed to release all hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, as well as surrender governing power in the Gaza Strip, in accordance with Trump’s plan.
In a statement on Friday evening, the Palestinian militant group asked for further negotiations on other parts of the plan, and did not say whether it would lay down its arms – a key part of Trump’s proposal unveiled on Monday.
Despite the qualified response by Hamas, Trump said in a post on Truth Social: “Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE."
Donald Trump orders Israel to ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37048680
William Christou in Jerusalem
Fri 3 Oct 2025 19.37 EDT
Donald Trump ordered Israel to “immediately” stop bombing Gaza as he welcomed Hamas’s partial acceptance of his ultimatum to end the nearly two-year war.Hamas has agreed to release all hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, as well as surrender governing power in the Gaza Strip, in accordance with Trump’s plan.
In a statement on Friday evening, the Palestinian militant group asked for further negotiations on other parts of the plan, and did not say whether it would lay down its arms – a key part of Trump’s proposal unveiled on Monday.
Despite the qualified response by Hamas, Trump said in a post on Truth Social: “Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE."
Hamas has prisoners, it’s the propaganda that calls them hostages. If you want to call them hostages, you should call the prisoners that Israel has hostages as well.
Actually, propaganda is what you are doing.
A hostage is someone :
1. That isn't sentenced for anything.
2. That can not be precisely located anywhere.
3. That doesn't know if he will be released or killed by his captors.
For instance, Nelson Mandela wasn't a hostage. He was a political prisoner.
(A political prisoner is still a prisoner)
Donald Trump orders Israel to ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37048680
William Christou in Jerusalem
Fri 3 Oct 2025 19.37 EDT
Donald Trump ordered Israel to “immediately” stop bombing Gaza as he welcomed Hamas’s partial acceptance of his ultimatum to end the nearly two-year war.Hamas has agreed to release all hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, as well as surrender governing power in the Gaza Strip, in accordance with Trump’s plan.
In a statement on Friday evening, the Palestinian militant group asked for further negotiations on other parts of the plan, and did not say whether it would lay down its arms – a key part of Trump’s proposal unveiled on Monday.
Despite the qualified response by Hamas, Trump said in a post on Truth Social: “Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE."
“Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the Hostages out safely and quickly! Right now, it’s far too dangerous to do that.
Meaning that as soon as the hostages are out the bombing can continue?
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Donald Trump orders Israel to ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages
William Christou in Jerusalem
Fri 3 Oct 2025 19.37 EDT
Donald Trump ordered Israel to “immediately” stop bombing Gaza as he welcomed Hamas’s partial acceptance of his ultimatum to end the nearly two-year war.Hamas has agreed to release all hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, as well as surrender governing power in the Gaza Strip, in accordance with Trump’s plan.
In a statement on Friday evening, the Palestinian militant group asked for further negotiations on other parts of the plan, and did not say whether it would lay down its arms – a key part of Trump’s proposal unveiled on Monday.
Despite the qualified response by Hamas, Trump said in a post on Truth Social: “Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE."
Donald Trump orders Israel to ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages
Palestinian militant group accepts part of US president’s plan but seeks further negotiations on many termsWilliam Christou (The Guardian)
‘No, You Cannot!’ Kristi Noem Denied Bathroom Access at Illinois Government Building
‘No, You Cannot!’ Kristi Noem Denied Bathroom Access at Illinois Government Building
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was barred from entering the Village of Broadview Municipal Building in Illinois to use the bathroom on Friday.Kathryn Wilkens (Mediaite)
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California resident who tried to kill Brett Kavanaugh jailed for eight years
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California resident who tried to kill Brett Kavanaugh jailed for eight years
Sophie Roske pleaded guilty in April to attempted assassination and faced potential sentence of life in prisonGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Is this the most embarrassing error in the DOE Climate Working Group Report? mistaking detection for emergence
Is this the most embarrassing error in the DOE Climate Working Group Report?
mistaking detection for emergenceAndrew Dessler (The Climate Brink)
This seems to be as close as they get:
This serves as a litmus test for the report’s scientific credibility. A commitment to scientific integrity requires the authors to produce a point-by-point response to the expert comments, overseen by an independent review editor.A refusal to do so would suggest that the report should be viewed as an advocacy piece rather than a scientific document, and its conclusions should be treated with caution.
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And if you want one with Mrs. McCarthy:
I feel bad for him, it's hard not for the comments to be political - he didn't choose this life for himself.
Gaming USA
Hello! I’m Evan Asher, and welcome to my official YouTube channel! Step into the thrilling world of Gaming USA, where you’ll join me and my friends in creating original live-action adventures and movies.YouTube
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My parents suck! I can't wait for them to die! I pray for it.
I can't imagine what having Mrs. McCarthy as a Mom is like. It has to be a nightmare.
I'm happy he's gaming and is YouTubing. His YTs need to join the Fediverse!
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Are EBIL CHINESE Solar panels to blame for Pakistan's water crisis? The answer will shock you! (tl;dr: NO)
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Kansas special session on trans law would be 'more important than redistricting'
Top Kansas Republicans want the Legislature to hold a special session to amend a state law related to transgender people, which they say is "even more important than redistricting."The move comes after the Kansas Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Attorney General Kris Kobach related to Senate Bill 180. That 2023 law is the subject of a legal dispute over whether it blocks trans people from changing their gender marker on their driver's license.
It also comes at a time when Republicans are moving toward calling a special session on redistricting with a goal of gerrymandering the congressional district maps.
Kansas special session on trans law would be 'more important than redistricting'
Top Kansas Republicans want a special session on SB 180, a law affecting transgender people, they say is "even more important than redistricting.", The Topeka Capital-Journal (The Topeka Capital-Journal)
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As Israeli Forces Seize Final Sumud Boat, Another Flotilla Sails Toward Gaza
As Israeli Forces Seize Final Sumud Boat, Another Flotilla Sails Toward Gaza
"As journalists and medical professionals, we carry the responsibility to speak truth and preserve life," said an Italian surgeon.jessica-corbett (Common Dreams)
Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages both living and dead
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MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.Jacqueline Sweet (Slate)
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Breaking down the justification behind Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s ‘pipeline to nowhere’
Breaking down the justification behind Danielle Smith’s ‘pipeline to nowhere’
Oil production in Canada hit record highs last year, the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline is in operation, and more fossil fuel infrastructure keeps getting built, yet in Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's new pipeline pitch, the oil industry is nothi…Canada's National Observer
Small Hiking Camera
I'm wondering if there is a recommendation for a small camera to take hiking, or just for general convenience. I like to turn my phone off when I'm out so I can properly disconnect, plus I'm winding down my phone dependency in general.
Something to point and shoot would be nice, but I'm potentially interested in learning a bit about using some actual camera techniques.
Military Social Media Feels So Surreal Right Now
The Military Has No Idea What Its Place Is Right Now. You Can See That Online.
On Instagram, there’s a profound identity crisis unfolding.Syrus Solo Jin (Slate)
casini palestrinesi e la rogna del popolo quando puzza di niente o di tutto
La giornata d’oggi è andata tutto ok, per me, senza incidenti costosi… motivo per cui è proprio il momento perfetto per fare la democristiana — come al solito, ma pericolosamente più del solito; si prega di godere a riguardo — parlando circa la più attuale attualità che ha visto il più sventurato resto del nostro […]
Privacy-focused code editors for beginners
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Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness
Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector
The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Treasury who spoke with Defector, and as first repor…defector.com
Quantum Breakthrough Lets Individual Atoms Chat Like Never Before
Scientists at UNSW have achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing by entangling nuclear spins across distances of up to 20 nanometers in a silicon chip - the same scale as modern computer transistors[^1].The team demonstrated a two-qubit controlled-Z logic operation between the nuclear spins of two phosphorus atoms, with each atom binding separate electrons that mediate the interaction through exchange coupling[^1]. They proved genuine quantum entanglement by preparing and measuring Bell states with 76% fidelity[^1].
"The spin of an atomic nucleus is the cleanest, most isolated quantum object one can find in the solid state," said Professor Andrea Morello from UNSW[^2]. Previous methods required nuclei to be very close together and share a common electron, limiting scalability. This new approach uses separate electrons as "telephones" to let distant nuclei communicate[^2].
Lead author Dr. Holly Stemp explains the significance: "You have billions of silicon transistors in your pocket or in your bag right now, each one about 20 nanometers in size. This is our real technological breakthrough: getting our cleanest and most isolated quantum objects talking to each other at the same scale as existing electronic devices."[^2]
The method remains compatible with current semiconductor manufacturing, using phosphorus atoms implanted in ultra-pure silicon. Professor Morello notes: "Our method is remarkably robust and scalable. Here we just used two electrons, but in the future we can even add more electrons, and force them in an elongated shape, to spread out the nuclei even further."[^2]
[^1]: Science - Scalable entanglement of nuclear spins mediated by electron exchange
[^2]: SciTechDaily - "Like Talking on the Telephone" – Quantum Breakthrough Lets Individual Atoms Chat Like Never Before
“Like Talking on the Telephone” – Quantum Breakthrough Lets Individual Atoms Chat Like Never Before
Scientists have linked nuclear spins inside silicon chips, marking a leap toward scalable quantum computers. Engineers at UNSW have achieved a major breakthrough in quantum computing by creating what are known as “quantum entangled states.Colin Collins (SciTechDaily)
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Epstein Island’ children’s toys ad made using Sora 2 takes off online
The clip, styled like a 1990s commercial, features palm trees, waterfalls, hidden rooms, and an “Orange Man” action figure resembling president Donald Trump that repeats the phrase, “don’t release the files.”
It also includes references to secret surveillance cameras and a massage room, directly invoking allegations of sex trafficking and abuse tied to Epstein’s island.
Epstein, a financier with ties to powerful figures, died in jail in 2019 while facing federal charges. Trump has maintained that he had no involvement in Epstein's crimes.
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Bondi’s firing of federal prosecutor in Miami might upend big Medicare fraud trial
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a federal prosecutor in Miami last week because he had posted critical blog commentary about Donald Trump during his first term as president — a poltically fraught decision that is threatening an upcoming trial.
Prosecutors, who are alleging millions of dollars in false insurance billing for medical equipment, telemedicine and other services, are expected to present more than 40
The White House is withholding billions of dollars of funding for mass transit projects in Chicago as part of Trump’s government shutdown revenge campaign against Democrats.
Trump’s Grim Reaper Yanks Billions From Blue City in New MAGA Plot
The White House is using the government shutdown as an excuse to halt infrastructure projects that have already been funded.Janna Brancolini (The Daily Beast)
Energy Department canceling over $7 billion in funding for clean energy projects
Conveniently, all canceled projects happen to be in states that voted for Harris.
This is pretty much textbook "the beatings will continue until morale improves."
White House budget director Russ Vought wrote on social media that the state, along with 15 others that backed former Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential bid last year, would see project funding cut. Harris beat Trump in the 2024 election here by more than four percentage points.U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said 223 projects were reviewed and, quote, "did not adequately advance the nation's energy needs, were not economically viable and would not provide a positive return on investment of taxpayer dollars," unquote.
"Riiiiiiiiiight." -- Dr. Evil
Megachurch pastor and ex-Trump adviser pleads guilty to child sexual abuse
Cindy Clemishire, 55, the woman who publicly identified herself as the victim of Morris’s sexual abuse, was present in the courtroom as he pleaded guilty. In a prepared statement she told him: “There is no such thing as consent from a 12-year-old child. We were never in an ‘inappropriate relationship.’ I was not a ‘young lady’ but a child. You committed a crime against me.”
A leaked transcript of a phone call revealed that in 2005 Morris tried to bribe Clemishire into silence, telling her to “put a price on it”.
He also became a spiritual adviser to Donald Trump. He joined the White House spiritual advisory committee during the first Trump presidency and was part of a campaign to mobilize evangelical voters for him in last year’s presidential campaign.
Trump also visited Gateway church in 2020 where he praised Morris and his senior team as “great people with a great reputation”.
Megachurch pastor and ex-Trump adviser pleads guilty to child sexual abuse
Robert Morris to serve only six months in county jail after charged with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with childEd Pilkington (The Guardian)
Fratelli di Crozza, stasera (3 ottobre 2025) debutta l’inedito “Giansalma Sminuzzi”: anticipazioni, personaggi e dove vederlo
Il venerdì sera del Nove si riaccende con Fratelli di Crozza, lo one-man show di Maurizio Crozza in prima serata e in streaming su Discovery+. La nuova stagione mette al centro l’attualità italiana e internazionale con l’inconfondibile satira politica e sociale del comico ligure, pronta a introdurre nuove maschere accanto ai cavalli di battaglia.
ANTICIPAZIONI E NUOVI PERSONAGGI: Fratelli di Crozza, stasera (3 ottobre 2025) debutta l’inedito “Giansalma Sminuzzi”: anticipazioni, personaggi e dove vederlo
Fratelli di Crozza anticipazioni 3 ottobre 2025: debutta Giansalma Sminuzzi
Fratelli di Crozza torna sul Nove: debutta l’inedito “Giansalma Sminuzzi” con il segmento Grado Zero. Anticipazioni e nuovi personaggi.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
Manifestazioni pro Gaza oggi in tutta Italia: i cortei e i blocchi
Proseguono oggi le manifestazioni pro Gaza in tutta Italia, in concomitanza con lo sciopero generale indetto da Usb, Cgil, Cub e Sgb e che coinvolge settori pubblici e privati. In numerose città si registrano cortei, blocchi stradali legati alla protesta contro il blocco di Israele alla missione della Global Sumud Flotilla.
LEGGI L'ARTICOLO: Manifestazioni pro Gaza oggi in tutta Italia: i cortei e i blocchi
Manifestazioni pro Gaza oggi: cortei e blocchi in tutta Italia
Sciopero generale e cortei pro Gaza oggi. Piazze piene a Milano, Bologna, Pisa, Messina, Livorno, Roma, Firenze, Napoli.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
Caserta
Caserta. Libri: "La soluzione" di Pucci Romano
È un evento degno di nota e fortemente voluto dalla Dirigente del Liceo Manzoni e presidente CTS Caserta, dott.ssa Adele Vairo, quello che...Redazione Caserta24ore (Blogger)
Re: Caserta
Ciao, ho creato ora una nuova categoria dedicata a Caserta. In futuro puoi pubblicare direttamente lì i post che riguardano Caserta e provincia
Andiamo a trovare un albero
La fuori il mondo sta diventando di cemento.
La fuori chi corre corre su asfalto.
La fuori ci sono ancora Alberi che resistono.
Quando corriamo lo facciamo all'aperto, i più fortunati possono correre in un bosco o in montagna, altri lo fanno in un parco cittadino.
Quello che accomuna i vari ambienti sono gli alberi gli alberi sono esseri viventi magnifici che ci aiutano in molti aspetti della vita.
Indipendemente dal nostro livello di esperienza nella corsa quando siamo demotivati nell'uscire per un motivo o per l'altro pensiamo ad una cosa assurda: ora esco e vado a trovare gli alberi.
Loro sono sempre li che ci aspettano e allugnare un po' per conoscere nuovi alberi ci rafforza ci motiva, ci rilassa.
Forse è da matti pensare di uscire per andare a trovare gli alberi ma in fondo corriamo per noi la normalità è la nostra normalità quella di chi non corre non ci importa!
Buone corse
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Vance accuses Democrats of shutting down America to protect AOC’s political power | Newsinterpretation
Vance accuses Democrats of shutting down America to protect AOC’s political power | Newsinterpretation
Vice President JD Vance addressed reporters at the White House and pointed directly at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Vance said Schumer listened toPearl Croft (News Interpretation)
Israel declares 600,000 in Gaza City 'military targets,' cuts off lifeline from south
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At least 600,000 Palestinians are currently under siege in Gaza City amid the Israeli army's ongoing bombardment, encirclement, and expulsion campaign, the New Arab reported on 2 October.On Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that all Palestinians remaining in the city must abandon their homes, pass Israeli checkpoints, and move to tent encampments in the south, stressing that anyone who stays will be considered a “terrorist” or “terrorist supporter” and targeted by invading Israeli forces.
Now is the “last opportunity for Gaza residents” to move south, Katz said.
Israeli forces have currently blocked all travel northward on the Rashid coastal road, cutting off the city's last surviving lifeline for humanitarian aid and preventing Palestinians who had moved south temporarily in search of food and shelter from returning.
“The only safe road for bringing in food and medicine has been cut. Announcements and speeches mean nothing if aid cannot reach civilians,” stated Mahmoud Basal, the spokesperson of the Gaza civil defense, in a press statement.
While the Israeli military expected a mass exodus to the south, between 600,000 and 700,000 Palestinians remain in Gaza City, the UN estimated
Israel declares 600,000 in Gaza City 'military targets,' cuts off lifeline from south
Israeli tanks cut northward travel on the Rashid Road, tightening the siege on Gaza City and intensifying pressure for Palestinians to leave their homesthecradle.co
Banking industry’s net zero alliance shuts down amid faltering climate commitments
Banking industry’s net zero alliance shuts down amid faltering climate commitments
NZBA had nearly 150 members but banks began leaving when Trump was re-elected on promise to ‘drill, baby, drill’Damien Gayle (The Guardian)
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She Sent Money to Family in Gaza. ICE Claimed It’s Evidence She Supports Hamas.
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cross-posted from: ibbit.at/post/70371
Since coming to the U.S. from the West Bank in 2016, Leqaa Kordia has sent thousands of dollars to family living in Palestine. Some was money she earned working as a waitress; some was from her mother and neighbors in Paterson, New Jersey, who would “pool it together to send to help out our family,” Kordia explained in a recent court affidavit.Remittances like these are a typical part of the financial lives of immigrant families. But since Kordia, 32, was arrested in March by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Trump administration has pointed to these wire transfers as evidence that she potentially supports Hamas, in a bid to keep her at an ICE detention center in Texas.
“It was quite upsetting to hear the government claim that any transfer of money to Palestine and/or Palestinians was inherently suspicious,” Kordia’s mother, a naturalized U.S. citizen, wrote in another affidavit.
Kordia’s arrest came days after immigration agents grabbed Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil in New York City. In error-riddled statements and social media blasts, the Department of Homeland Security emphasized Kordia’s participation in a pro-Palestine protest a year earlier, near Columbia.
Unlike Khalil and other high-profile activists targeted for deportation, however, Kordia remains in custody despite findings from two different judges — one in immigration court, one in federal district court — that she should be released. She’s lost significant weight while in the Prairieland Detention Facility, near Dallas–Fort Worth, which has roaches, broken showers, and barely any halal food suitable for a practicing Muslim, Kordia alleged in a habeas petition.
To keep her at Prairieland, government attorneys tried to paint Kordia as a potential Hamas supporter and thus a danger if released on bond. In immigration court, they pointed to wire transfers Kordia sent to Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East over the years, without any evidence that these funds were for anything other than fuel, water, or medical expenses for her family members.
“She didn’t always have a lot of money to send, but she sent whatever she could,” wrote one of Kordia’s cousins, who lives in Florida, in another affidavit.
It took weeks for Kordia’s legal team to track down family members who received remittances as far back as 2017. Some were still in Gaza and the West Bank, while others had evacuated to Egypt and Dubai.
“In 2022, during one of the aggressions in Gaza, my building was destroyed and we needed money to rebuild,” wrote Kordia’s aunt, who ran a hair salon out of her home in Gaza before fleeing to Cairo. “My sister was in great need after that incident, so I asked Leqaa for her assistance in sending money,” Kordia’s mother explained.
After Kordia’s attorneys submitted these sworn statements, ICE attorneys switched arguments, and they barely addressed her wire transfers at a hearing in late August, according to Sarah Sherman-Stokes, one of Kordia’s attorneys.
“In the blink of an eye, it became a non-issue,” Sherman-Stokes, a professor at Boston University’s immigrants’ rights clinic, told The Intercept. “Because it was such a charade from the beginning.”
From the start, the Trump administration’s case against Kordia has been slippery and ever-changing.
“What we’re seeing is that the Department [of Homeland Security] is throwing whatever they can at the wall and seeing what sticks,” Sherman-Stokes said.
The sole formal claim against Kordia in immigration court is that she overstayed her student visa, which she let expire in 2022 on the mistaken belief that her mother’s family visa petition gave Kordia lawful status. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services approved this petition in May 2021, according to court filings, which Kordia thought meant she was close to getting a green card.
But soon after President Donald Trump returned to the White House, Homeland Security Investigations, the intelligence division of ICE, devoted considerable resources to investigating Kordia for purported “national security violations,” according to court records.
Starting in early March, agents from HSI’s Newark office put a trace on Kordia’s WhatsApp account, interviewed her family and friends in Paterson, and even got a four-page report from the New York City Police Department about her arrest at a protest in April 2024, along with dozens of other people.
Since the charges were quickly dropped, Kordia’s arrest report was supposed to be sealed, and New York laws prohibit NYPD from assisting federal agencies with civil immigration enforcement. The city’s Department of Investigation told The Intercept that its inquiry about NYPD’s sharing of records with HSI is ongoing, and a public report should be issued by the end of the year.
HSI also subpoenaed Kordia’s records from Western Union and MoneyGram, which showed Kordia sent money abroad as recently as February 2025.
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Once in ICE custody, it was Kordia’s legal burden to prove to an immigration judge that she should be released on bond. At a hearing in April, ICE attorneys pointed to her protest arrest and remittances to argue that she was a danger to the community and potentially a Hamas supporter.“They first tried to argue that exercising her free speech rights by attending a protest somehow made her a danger to U.S. security,” Sherman-Stokes explained, and when that didn’t work, “they moved on to suggesting that she was sending nefarious money transactions to people in the Middle East.”
From the start, the immigration judge didn’t buy it.
“In the absence of evidence of any connection to terrorist organizations, the Court cannot find that [Kordia] is supporting a terrorist organization by sending money to a family member in Palestine,” wrote Immigration Judge Tara Naselow-Nahas in an April ruling that ordered Kordia released on a $20,000 bond.
ICE attorneys appealed that order to the Board of Immigration Appeals, which, like immigration courts, sits within the Department of Justice rather than the federal judiciary, and Kordia remained at Prairieland.
While the BIA deliberated, a magistrate judge in federal court found in late June that Kordia’s due process rights were likely violated by her ongoing detention and recommended that she be released. But a district court judge ordered the magistrate judge to hear additional argument from the government.
In early August, the BIA remanded the bond order back to the immigration judge for “more complete findings of fact” about Kordia’s money transfers.
“It is a testament to the entrenched nature of anti-Palestinian sentiment that the mere fact of sending remittances to family abroad was enough for DHS and the immigration appeals body to aver that Leqaa was supposedly a threat,” said Naz Ahmad, co-director of the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility project at CUNY law school, which also represents Kordia.
The BIA’s remand order set off the quest to track down Kordia’s family members for affidavits swearing they had not used any of her money to support Hamas.
“Not only do we have to contact them to prove they are who say they are, and that they received money for a medical procedure or because their house was bombed during the Israeli military campaign,” said Sherman-Stokes. They also had to ask each one a “horrible question,” she said: “Can you prove to me that you’re not a terrorist?”
Kordia’s brother, a tailor in Ramallah in the West Bank, wrote in an affidavit that the money she sent helped him open his shop in 2021, where he sells curtains. Other transfers helped cover rent, gas, electricity, and hospital bills for Kordia’s niece.
A cousin, who now lives in Dubai, wrote that a February 2025 transfer helped pay for a medical procedure. Three other cousins in Gaza and Cairo attested that Kordia’s transfers helped cover living expenses and medical bills.
“To further insist that Leqaa justify every single penny sent to a family member overseas, at a time when some of the same are living through a genocide, only underscored the pernicious nature of the government’s empty allegations,” said Ahmad.
In her own affidavit, Kordia wrote that, since 2023, she’s lost “nearly 175 family members — almost an entire generation — to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”
In late August, the immigration judge again found that Kordia’s remittances were not grounds to keep her at Prairieland.
“The evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that the money was sent to [Kordia’s] extended family members who were in desperate need of financial assistance,” wrote Naselow-Nahas.
Again, Naselow-Nahas ordered Kordia’s release on a $20,000 bond, and again, the Trump administration appealed to the BIA. Now, ICE attorneys argue she’s a flight risk because she consulted with an attorney before surrendering in March.
“Adding insult to injury, the government abandoned its ‘dangerousness’ claim based on the remittances and swiftly pivoted to a flimsy ‘flight risk’ argument to prolong Leqaa’s confinement punitively,” said Sadaf Hasan, an attorney at Muslim Advocates, another legal nonprofit that represents her. “These tactics reflect the dehumanizing and racist imperatives of the administration to weaponize immigration laws to punish Palestinian identity and the growing movement for Palestinian advocacy.”
“They have so little evidence, yet they continue to appeal and appeal and appeal.”Sherman-Stokes said that, based on more than a decade working in deportation defense, it’s not unusual for the government to make spurious arguments or offer little evidence.
“What’s uncommon here is the government’s unwillingness to admit defeat,” she said. “They have so little evidence, yet they continue to appeal and appeal and appeal in the face of an immigration judge finding not once but twice that she should be released,” Sherman-Stokes said.
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The government’s targeting of Palestinian people or Muslim immigrants is also hardly new. From the post-9/11 “Muslim registry” to the first Trump administration’s “Muslim ban,” Middle Eastern immigrants have faced additional scrutiny for decades.“But it certainly seems to have escalated,” said Sherman-Stokes, who called the government’s arguments about Kordia’s money transfers “vague and spurious claims that are really grounded in racism and xenophobia.”
Sherman-Stokes said it was also unusual for Kordia to be held in detention indefinitely based just on her overstayed visa, without any criminal conviction.
“She exercised her First Amendment rights along with thousands of other people,” Sherman-Stokes said. “This is someone we should welcome into the country, not demonize.”
“This is someone we should welcome into the country, not demonize.”Kordia’s habeas petition for release is currently pending in federal court, and on Tuesday she filed a brief urging her immediate release despite the government’s “procedural gamesmanship.” Briefs are due to the BIA next week, and Kordia’s next hearing in immigration court is scheduled for October 23.
After more than six months in Prairieland, Kordia is eager to be back with her family in New Jersey. Before moving to the U.S., she and her mother were apart for nearly two decades, since Kordia stayed with her father in the West Bank after her parents divorced. On top of working multiple jobs and collecting money for family abroad, Kordia helped look after her half-brother, Omar, who has autism, and helped her mother, who has limited mobility and other health issues, with errands and cleaning.
“Against my will, I was separated from my mother for nearly twenty years,” Kordia wrote. “Being separated from her again is unbearable.”
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Judge Finds Rubio and Noem Intentionally Targeted Pro-Palestine Activists to Chill Speech
The unusual ruling considered the Trump administration’s targeting of students a clear violation of the First Amendment.Shawn Musgrave (The Intercept)
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Global Sumud Flotilla vows to keep sailing ‘until Gaza is free’ following Israel’s interception of over 40 of its vessels
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Following Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, organizers have vowed that they will continue “to sail until Gaza is free.” They’ve already announced that the next mission will send a thousand ships to Gaza.Qassam Muaddi (Mondoweiss)
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Calls for ‘New Blood’ Grow at Congressional Black Caucus Gathering
The increasing age of Black members of Congress was on the minds of attendees at the conference, a multiday event that started on Sept. 24. Many said that they felt that fresh blood is needed, but it’s unclear how that would happen without veteran lawmakers stepping aside.Younger voters are thought to be the keys to future electoral success, and some members of the Democratic Party have argued that attracting them will require electing younger members. They feel that seasoned lawmakers are out of touch, and don’t have what it takes to lead some of the most pressing civil rights battles of today.
This tension came to a head this month. Robert White, a third-term member of the D.C. Council, announced that he would challenge his former boss, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, the district’s longtime nonvoting representative, for her seat in the Democratic primary next year. Norton’s campaign team didn’t respond to Capital B’s request for comment.
Norton has served since 1991, and at 88 years old, she’s the oldest member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Lauren Ishmael, 67, said that veteran lawmakers are “very smart, very well-informed, and very well-connected.” But she also believes that they need to make room for the perspectives and contributions of younger generations.“We need some younger voices, younger faces, younger experiences,” Ishmael, a first-time attendee, told Capital B, clad in a crimson and cream Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. jacket. “We need young blood.”
Jumping in, Ishmael’s friend and sorority sister Sandra Caldwell, 77, elaborated a bit further and said that younger people “just think differently.”
Calls for ‘New Blood’ Grow at Congressional Black Caucus Gathering
Veteran Black lawmakers, some say, are increasingly out of touch and don’t have what it takes to lead the most important civil rights battles of today.Brandon Tensley (Capital B News)
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It feels similar to what happened in the first Trump administration against Iran.
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