DHS Tries to Get Citizen To Self-Deport. The Story Went Viral. Turns Out SHE'S MATT'S LAW PARTNER!
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🗓️ 15 April 2025
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Summary
OA1150 - Did the Department of Homeland Security really just give Massachusetts-born immigration attorney Nicole Micheroni seven days to leave the US? Matt has the inside (his law office) scoop on this viral story.
Then in today’s deep dive: what if Congress accidentally legalized some THC products seven years ago and no one noticed? We discuss how this unexpected dutchie was actually passed on the right hand side and what, if anything, Congress should do it about it.
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Nicole’s viral Bluesky post about the notice she received to leave the U.S. in seven days
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U.S. Cannabis Council’s findings on the safety of Delta-8 products
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AK FUTURES LLC v. Boyd Street Distro, LLC, 35 F. 4th 682 (9th Cir. 2022)
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“2018 Farm Bill's Impact on the Cannabis Industry,” Whitt Steineker, National Law Review (2/25/25)
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| 0:00.0 | You must never ever give out or give in. You must keep the faith and keep your eyes on the prize. |
| 0:07.6 | That is your calling. That is your mission. That is your moral obligation. That is your mandate. |
| 0:13.4 | Get out there and do it. Get in the way. Change happens because people care. |
| 0:26.6 | You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. |
| 0:36.6 | I still believe with all my heart, America can't. free and beautiful to make this life a wonderful adventure. |
| 0:44.1 | I still believe with all my heart, America can be a place where no child is left hungry, |
| 0:47.9 | no community is left behind, and no one gets told they don't belong. |
| 0:55.1 | The fight for our country is always worth it. |
| 0:59.4 | Hello and welcome to opening arguments. |
| 1:01.3 | This is episode 1150. |
| 1:02.4 | I'm Thomas Smith. |
| 1:04.6 | We've got a great episode for you today. |
| 1:08.2 | Matt is going to be on and he's got a really cool story. |
| 1:11.6 | One of his law partners got an email from the government saying she needed to just get the heck out. It was like trying to like make her self-deport. Only one to 17 problems |
| 1:17.7 | with that. She's a citizen. She's an immigration attorney. So there's been some mix up there. |
| 1:23.6 | Matt's going to tell us a little bit about that. But also you probably seen headlines about it |
| 1:27.2 | because this story went mega viral. I've seen headlines. I've seen news articles at first |
| 1:32.0 | went viral on her blue sky account, which you know, you might have seen that even too. So it's |
| 1:36.5 | so cool that, you know, Matt seems to be in ground zero just like right around all this stuff |
| 1:40.5 | happening, what with his client and now with his law partner. Maybe it's him actually. Maybe it's Matt's the problem. We'll get to the bottom of it. But that's not even the main |
| 1:46.0 | story. Our main story today is how the farm bill accidentally legalized weed. Well, legalized a |
| 1:53.2 | marijuana product that Matt's going to tell us about because he's a big old pothead, big stoner guy |
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