<p>Days after issuing a $3.8B contract to build an immigrant tent detention camp in Fort Bliss, ICE canceled it.</p><p>The awarding and cancellation of such a large contract in such a short time is highly unusual in recent years, a ProPublica review found.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-cancels-contract-immigrant-detention-camp-fort-bliss?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-cancels-contract-immigrant-detention-camp-fort-bliss?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-cancels-contract-immigrant-detention-camp-fort-bliss?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a></p>
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<p>“We Will Fight Back”: Aid Workers Fear Closing a Camp on the Arizona Border Will Endanger Migrants<br>—</p><p>For the past two years, religious and humanitarian organizations have provided food and aid to migrants at a camp near Sasabe, Arizona. Just before Donald Trump took office, volunteers were told to clear off federal land. </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/aid-workers-migrant-camp-arizona-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/aid-workers-migrant-camp-arizona-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/aid</span><span class="invisible">-workers-migrant-camp-arizona-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/aid/" rel="tag">#Aid</a> <a href="/tags/migration/" rel="tag">#Migration</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>REVEALED by Correspondent <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@stevanzetti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevanzetti</span></a></span>: We identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/ice-pros</span><span class="invisible">ecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>The March/April 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine is coming soon for our members, featuring some of our best reporting, a sneak preview of Lise Olsen's new book, Justin Miller's vital political analysis, and more.</p><p>Become a member: <a href="https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.fundjournalism.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/join/</span></a> </p><p>(📸 Cover photo by Shelby Tauber) </p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/txlege/" rel="tag">#TXlege</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a></p>
<p>The January/February 2025 issue is coming soon for members of the Texas Observer.</p><p>Want to be among the first to read the great reporting in every issue? Join us today: <a href="https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.fundjournalism.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/join/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a></p>
<p>New today from Francesca D'Annunzio: “This moment calls for compassion and meaningful immigration reform that prioritizes saving lives. The future of humanity depends on our response.” </p><p>Texans will be forced to defend their communities from <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s attacks ... <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-front-lines-mass-deportations/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/texas-front-lines-mass-deportations/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/texas-fr</span><span class="invisible">ont-lines-mass-deportations/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#election2024</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a></p>
<p>Photographer Justin Hamel joined Battalion Search and Rescue in their attempt to rescue lost migrants ... or discover the remains of those who hadn't made it through the El Paso desert.</p><p>Find his photo essay in our magazine, or on our website: <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/death-in-the-desert/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/death-in-the-desert/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/death-in</span><span class="invisible">-the-desert/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/southtexas/" rel="tag">#SouthTexas</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/mexico/" rel="tag">#Mexico</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>While I've posted most of these over the last few weeks, I've started a gallery on my site for the Muro Loco / Wall Crazy series.<br><a href="https://mikaljakubal.com/galleries/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mikaljakubal.com/galleries/</a></p><p>Still a work in progress. I need to add more shots, caption all of them, write an intro. I'd like to find a place to exhibit them.</p><p>Edit to add that I'm still adjusting the gallery in mobile view. The captions override the images too much. Looks better on a big screen. I'm working on it.</p><p><a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/borderwall/" rel="tag">#BorderWall</a> <a href="/tags/asylumseekers/" rel="tag">#AsylumSeekers</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/landscapephotography/" rel="tag">#LandscapePhotography</a></p>
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<p>New today: Despite warnings from advocates like me about the dire consequences, Congressional <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> have sought to dismantle core legal protections for detained immigrant <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> fund strip searches of children as young as 12 years old by law enforcement officers, allow indefinite detention, and impose new barriers to children’s release. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/republicans-immigrant-children-budget-court/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/republicans-immigrant-children-budget-court/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/republic</span><span class="invisible">ans-immigrant-children-budget-court/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a> <a href="/tags/refugees/" rel="tag">#refugees</a></p>
<p>New from Francesca D'Annunzio: Under Governor Greg Abbott's multi-billion dollar border security bonanza, Operation Lone Star, the Rio Grande no longer holds back law enforcement efforts. Today's digital border reaches across Texas and beyond. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/texas-dp</span><span class="invisible">s-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/</span></a> </p><p>This story is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. </p><p><a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/gregabbott/" rel="tag">#GregAbbott</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
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<p>虽然有些人保持低调，祈祷着事态好转，但这是一个可怕的错误。<br>这场噩梦能走多远，将取决于人们现在如何开展抵抗运动。<br>时间过得越久，特朗普对体制的控制就越牢固，他就越有能力扩大和加强镇压。<br>即使仅凭特朗普草率鲁莽的政策就足以让大多数人反对他，但仅此并无法回答如何将他赶下台的问题 —— 他已经表明自己不会心甘情愿地离职。并且也无法确保他下台之后的情况能有多好 …… </p><p>这是没有办法的办法：我们必须建立强大的基层运动，通过这些运动来保护彼此，并普及对我们所面临问题的激进分析。</p><p>🧬五一动员面向华裔《五一节意味着抵抗》<br><a href="https://iyouport.notion.site/1d034ca2d46d80bdb195c8d5c1dd8027" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="iyouport.notion.site/1d034ca2d46d80bdb195c8d5c1dd8027"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iyouport.notion.site/1d034ca2d</span><span class="invisible">46d80bdb195c8d5c1dd8027</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mayday2025/" rel="tag">#MayDay2025</a> <a href="/tags/关税/" rel="tag">#关税</a> <a href="/tags/边界/" rel="tag">#边界</a> <a href="/tags/反法西斯/" rel="tag">#反法西斯</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a></p>
<p>From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans<br>—</p><p>The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it's cashing in again on Trump’s plan to hold immigrants before deportation.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-deployed-resources-tent-company?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-deployed-resources-tent-company?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-deportations-deployed-resources-tent-company?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a></p>
<p>“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights<br>—</p><p>The closure of the 150-person office, which protected the civil rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens, strips Homeland Security of its internal guardrails as the Trump administration turns DHS into a mass-deportation machine, analysts say.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hom</span><span class="invisible">eland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a></p>
<p>The shuttered DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties “was one of the very few tools we had to check ICE, to hold ICE accountable,” immigration lawyer Sophia Genovese said. “Now you see them speeding to complete authoritarianism.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hom</span><span class="invisible">eland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a></p>
<p>Trump has reportedly urged Congress to authorize $175 billion for border security, more than 10 times what was spent during his first term.</p><p>Meanwhile, border residents in Texas and Arizona say their basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital access — aren’t being met.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-border-security-spending-texas-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-border-security-spending-texas-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-border-security-spending-texas-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a></p>
<p>The federal government is charging a skyrocketing number of migrants with trespassing in military zones.</p><p>But the boundaries can be hard to pinpoint — even for investigative reporters.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/military-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/military-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mil</span><span class="invisible">itary-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#Military</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>