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I cannot stress enough how bad the situation is for the people ICE expelled to Equatorial Guinea right now. Grateful to Ahmed Soliman for talking with me despite the retaliation against him every time he goes on the record. prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...

While many of the people sent to EG have no convictions, Ahmed Soliman has a felony conviction, which he has been open about and which I say in the story. Please allow into your minds that “felons” still deserve due process and human rights that is worth getting on the barricades to uphold.

If we get to the justice and reparations phase and I hand over all my data and y’all decide we’re only gonna bring the people with no convictions back, I’m gonna be so fucking pissed, I cannot even tell you. If you respect my work, respect my view that we need to invite EVERYONE back.

a crime against a 'criminal' is still a crime

Ding ding ding!

It has become far easier in recent years to become a felon. Just thinking about the protesters in TX that are going away for life on very flimsy evidence and vibes.

Right. I did something really stupid when I was younger but it's long since been expunged. Whereas, a friend of mine who is married to a US citizen had his appeal thrown out and has been in detention for over a year, and DHS cites a "tinted window" ticket as evidence of him being a criminal...

Even if someone is convicted of a felony as an adult - if they served their time, they've been punished enough. The average American desire to keep punishing people for the rest of their lives endangers us all.

As far as recidivism and culpability goes, 18 is a totally arbitrary age that has nothing to do brain development or international human rights standards.