{"id":40813,"date":"2025-04-20T11:58:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T18:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=40813"},"modified":"2025-04-20T11:58:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T18:58:54","slug":"alice-statement-on-extraordinary-rendition-and-the-rule-of-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/20\/alice-statement-on-extraordinary-rendition-and-the-rule-of-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Statement on Extraordinary Rendition and the Rule of Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>April 19, 2025 (alicebtoklas.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-8-1024x275.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40814\" srcset=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-8-1024x275.png 1024w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-8-300x81.png 300w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-8-150x40.png 150w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-8-768x206.png 768w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-8-250x67.png 250w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-8.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Donald Trump has sent America a clear message: no one is safe.<\/strong><br><br>A gay makeup artist. A Maryland father. A professional soccer player\u2014all lawfully present with no criminal record, disappeared to one of the most notorious prisons on earth without due process or trial.<br><br>No challenge is more urgent than ending the Trump administration\u2019s extraordinary rendition of individuals to foreign jails under the control of authoritarian governments out of reach of American courts.<br><br><strong>Alice calls on our elected leaders to act with urgency to address this national crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>We must restore due process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Return all deportees unlawfully trafficked outside US jurisdiction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>End ICE\u2019s campaign of intimidation, detention, and deportation of visa-holders and lawful permanent residents based on freedom of expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And restore the rule of law in the face of the administration\u2019s flagrant disregard for a unanimous Supreme Court.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Across America, Democratic leaders are rising to this challenge.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) traveled to El Salvador himself toward securing the release of his constituent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY) has introduced the RESCUE Act to compel the return of wrongfully deported individuals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) delivered the longest floor speech in Senate history, capturing national attention by speaking for twenty-five hours on the Trump administration\u2019s depravity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We call on our leaders to draw on these acts of courage and to meet the moment\u2014one that may be among the most important in American history.<br><br>Alice will never stop fighting for the rights of LGBTQ Americans. Even rights that date back to the Magna Carta.<br><br>Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 19, 2025 (alicebtoklas.org) Donald Trump has sent America a clear message: no one is safe. A gay makeup artist. A Maryland father. A professional soccer player\u2014all lawfully present with no criminal record, disappeared to one of the most notorious prisons on earth without due process or trial. No challenge&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/20\/alice-statement-on-extraordinary-rendition-and-the-rule-of-law\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40813"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40815,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40813\/revisions\/40815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}