immigration

<p>New today from Francesca D&#x27;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>&#x27;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>A post-election message from Interim Editor-in-Chief <span class="h-card"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@gusbova" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gusbova</span></a></span> to our members, readers, and the rest of our extended community. </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/donate" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/donate"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.fundjournalism.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/donate</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/fundraiser/" rel="tag">#fundraiser</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/future/" rel="tag">#future</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>The Nicaraguans who keep Wisconsin’s dairy farms, restaurants and factories working are sending home their most prized possessions, bracing for potential mass deportations.</p><p>“We don’t have much, but what we do have is important.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-wisconsin-trump-mass-deportations-nicaragua?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-wisconsin-trump-mass-deportations-nicaragua?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-wisconsin-trump-mass-deportations-nicaragua?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</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&#x27;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>ICE Enforcement Official Tapped to Lead Unaccompanied Migrant Children Office, Triggering Alarms<br>—</p><p>ICE official Mellissa Harper has been tapped to lead the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Her hire has concerned experts and advocates that information about children and their families could be shared for arrests and deportations.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-children-ice-office-refugee-resettlement-mellissa-harper?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-children-ice-office-refugee-resettlement-mellissa-harper?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-children-ice-office-refugee-resettlement-mellissa-harper?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/refugees/" rel="tag">#Refugees</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/goverment/" rel="tag">#Goverment</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>The blitz of Trump&#x27;s immigration executive orders has continued, so fast and sweeping that it’s been hard to keep up, much less gauge their potential impact. </p><p>ProPublica and The Texas Tribune explain the most consequential changes he made on Day 1.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/don</span><span class="invisible">ald-trump-immigration-executive-orders?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a></p>

<p>While I&#x27;ve posted most of these over the last few weeks, I&#x27;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&#x27;d like to find a place to exhibit them.</p><p>Edit to add that I&#x27;m still adjusting the gallery in mobile view. The captions override the images too much. Looks better on a big screen. I&#x27;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>

<p>特朗普深知大规模驱逐将带来毁灭性的代价，因此他主要将精力集中在芝加哥和丹佛等由他的政治对手统治的城市 ……</p><p>美国各地的社区正在动员快速反应网络，以应对突袭并为那些成为国家暴力目标的人提供支援。全美各地的学生正在罢课；人们正在举行大规模示威游行，反抗驱逐 ……</p><p>ICE特工经常携带行政逮捕令，而不是司法逮捕令。他们希望你认为这两个东西是一样的，其实并不一样 ……</p><p>🧬《不要坐以待毙！您可以做这八件事来阻止ICE》<br><a href="https://iyouport.notion.site/ICE-19934ca2d46d806c8edfceba049299b1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="iyouport.notion.site/ICE-19934ca2d46d806c8edfceba049299b1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iyouport.notion.site/ICE-19934</span><span class="invisible">ca2d46d806c8edfceba049299b1</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/反法西斯/" rel="tag">#反法西斯</a> <a href="/tags/直接行动/" rel="tag">#直接行动</a> <a href="/tags/移民/" rel="tag">#移民</a> <a href="/tags/反驱逐/" rel="tag">#反驱逐</a> <a href="/tags/特朗普/" rel="tag">#特朗普</a> <a href="/tags/directaction/" rel="tag">#directaction</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/antideportation/" rel="tag">#antideportation</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a></p>

<p>Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters<br>---</p><p>Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear gas. Protestors trapped, struggling to breathe.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#Violence</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#Protest</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="/tags/oakland/" rel="tag">#Oakland</a> <a href="/tags/portland/" rel="tag">#Portland</a></p>

<p>Since Trump took office, immigration officials have more than quadrupled the number of 287(g) agreements with law enforcement agencies across 40 states, giving local officers authority to function as deportation agents in jails and the streets.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-deportation-police-287g-program-expansion?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-deportation-police-287g-program-expansion?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-deportation-police-287g-program-expansion?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a></p>

<p>ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.<br>---</p><p>Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-detentions-immigrant-kids-family-separations?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-detentions-immigrant-kids-family-separations?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-detentions-immigrant-kids-family-separations?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Going to start this book today. Seems timely. The eBook is free. </p><p>Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition</p><p><a href="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2213-unbuild-walls" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2213-unbuild-walls"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2</span><span class="invisible">213-unbuild-walls</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

<p>&quot;3 mos ago 325,000 Serbians took Belgrade (some estimates had many more). That’s 5% of the pop taking on Serbian Pres Vučić&#x27;s autocracy</p><p>If we show up similarly to protest our rubber-chicken <a href="/tags/fascist/" rel="tag">#fascist</a>, that&#x27;s 17MM. How about 15MM of us do this? 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍&quot;</p><p>READ/TURN OUT! <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/15-million-vs-one-wannabe-king-america" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/15-million-vs-one-wannabe-king-america"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/15-million-vs</span><span class="invisible">-one-wannabe-king-america</span></a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#protest</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#nokings</a> <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#la</a> <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#losangeles</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#california</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#germany</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

<p>🚨 Want to resist ICE agents? </p><p>EDIT: This is a general training session about organizing resistance to the Trump agenda, not just against ICE</p><p>There&#x27;s a virtual training session on Wed, March 19, 8 PM Eastern/ 5 PM Pacific</p><p>&quot;Do Not Comply: a training to organize resistance in your community&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/surj/event/759508/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mobilize.us/surj/event/759508/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mobilize.us/surj/event/759</span><span class="invisible">508/</span></a></p><p>Note: &quot;Can’t make the call? Register and we’ll send you a recording in a few days.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a> <a href="/tags/donotcomply/" rel="tag">#DoNotComply</a></p>

<p>Migrants detained in Panama expressed fear of returning to their countries.</p><p>“They will execute me without hesitation,” one texted.</p><p>“I am LGBT. My country harass these people. I cannot live a normal life in my country,” said another.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-panama-asylum-aid-groups?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-panama-asylum-aid-groups?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-deportations-panama-asylum-aid-groups?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/panama/" rel="tag">#Panama</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/asylum/" rel="tag">#Asylum</a> <a href="/tags/aid/" rel="tag">#Aid</a></p>

<p>Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.<br>—</p><p>Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in raids and sweeps.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/more-americans-will-be-caught-up-trump-immigration-raids?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/more-americans-will-be-caught-up-trump-immigration-raids?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mor</span><span class="invisible">e-americans-will-be-caught-up-trump-immigration-raids?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/detention/" rel="tag">#Detention</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span> is really doing the work with this. Incredible journalism. And harrowing stories. <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-immigrants-trump-deported-cecot/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-immigrants-trump-deported-cecot/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/venezu</span><span class="invisible">elan-immigrants-trump-deported-cecot/</span></a> <a href="/tags/cecot/" rel="tag">#cecot</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a></p>

<p>I used to think (in my naivety) that a judge on the Supreme Court was the smartest in the Judiciary — cream of the crop, top of the line…</p><p>But damn I can see that’s not true because this is some A-class manipulation and gaslighting by Trump Administration lawyers—</p><p>And it makes sense that the people directing <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> during his first term would put judges in <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> who would roll over for him. </p><p>/1<br><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/birthrightcitizenship/" rel="tag">#birthrightcitizenship</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nbcnews.com/politics/supre</span><span class="invisible">me-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742</span></a></p>

<p>An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work<br>—</p><p>GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/geo-group-ice-detainees-wage?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/geo-group-ice-detainees-wage?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">-group-ice-detainees-wage?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<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>In Chicago, a sanctuary city, immigration rights advocates say ICE has unlawfully picked up at least 22 migrants, creating warrants after some had already been detained.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-warrantless-arrests-chicago-law?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-warrantless-arrests-chicago-law?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-warrantless-arrests-chicago-law?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a></p>

<p>Holy shit</p><p><a href="/tags/desantis/" rel="tag">#DeSantis</a> admits that the <a href="/tags/workershortages/" rel="tag">#WorkerShortages</a> created by anti-<a href="/tags/immigrant/" rel="tag">#immigrant</a> laws need to be eased by putting teenagers to work by relaxing <a href="/tags/childlabor/" rel="tag">#ChildLabor</a> protection standards.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article302704319.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article302704319.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.miamiherald.com/news/local</span><span class="invisible">/immigration/article302704319.html</span></a></p>

<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin is trying to deport *another* student, 21-yr-old <a href="/tags/yunseochung/" rel="tag">#YunseoChung</a>, a legal permanent resident, under the statute authorizing Secy of State <a href="/tags/marcorubio/" rel="tag">#MarcoRubio</a> to remove people deemed threat. She&#x27;s lived here since childhood.</p><p>Chung wasn’t a leader or heavily involved in the protest movement, she only attended a few.</p><p>The <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> is seeking to deport a person w/a <a href="/tags/greencard/" rel="tag">#GreenCard</a> since she was a child because she went to a <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#protest</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofassembly/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a></p>

<p>Cynthia Olivera is a Canadian who’s been living in the US since she was 10 years old. </p><p>She’s now in ICE custody, after being grabbed at her green card interview.</p><p>The 45 year old wife and mother of 3 has been moved between detention facilities while her husband begs ICE to let her get on a plane to Canada. </p><p>They’re willing to pay. She’s willing to leave. But she can’t escape. </p><p>This is why we call them concentration camps. </p><p>There’s no due process. Some people go in and never come out. </p><p>Also worth noting her husband voted for Trump because he supported his mass deportation plans. </p><p>He didn’t think it would impact people “like them”. Only “others”. </p><p>This is why we fight for the rights of everyone. </p><p>We aren’t safe until everyone is safe. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/06/trump-voting-family-canadian-mother-detained-immigration-status" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/06/trump-voting-family-canadian-mother-detained-immigration-status"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/06/trump-voting-family-canadian-mother-detained-immigration-status</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/abolishice/" rel="tag">#abolishice</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a></p>

<p>“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility<br>---</p><p>ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We&#x27;ll let their words speak for themselves.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-dilley-children-letters?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>