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fighting mass deportation & ICE detention 🦋🌈🇵🇭🔦 executive loudmouth for @NJAIJ.bsky.social views mine only #FreeThemAll huwag matakot

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.
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The former private prison exec behind ICE’s immigrant detention surge
David Venturella, a veteran of private prison firm Geo Group, joined the Trump administration to help oversee an expansion of the immigrant detention system that’s benefiting his former employer.
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
每条大街小巷,每个人的嘴里,见面第一句话,就是:Abolish ICE 🐴✨️🏮🍊🧧♥️
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Update: The admin is moving to quickly deport witnesses who saw ICE detainee die. They say the man was just trying to get his meds. ICE guards shackled him Then they choked him. The admin moved to deport the witnesses — right after they spoke to WaPo. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
You aren't safe until all of us are safe
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New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice @njaij.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
📍WE ARE IN TRENTON FOR THE FINAL VOTE ON THE IMMIGRANT PROTECTIONS PACKAGE! 💥Our powerful coalition has PACKED the Senate + Assembly chambers to show legislators that we are HERE. New Jerseyans need protections now! Our data, communities and trust depend on it. #njforall
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New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice @njaij.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
📍 POV: you’re part of a powerful coalition of advocates PACKING TRENTON to pass crucial protections for New Jersey’s most vulnerable communities. That’s right — we’re back, and we won’t quit until bills A6308/S5036, A6309/S5037, and A6310/S5038 are LAW 💥
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Mets please 2025 has been hard enough
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
After tonight’s Governor’s debacle— I mean debate—I’ll kick off @wnyc.org’s “30 Issues in 30 Days” tomorrow. Sanctuary policies are the first issue up for debate. Yes, including the Immigrant Trust Directive! Call in and say hi 🌞 📞212-433-9692 ⏰ 10 AM 📻 WNYC.org / 93.9 FM
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
As someone who has received violently threatening phone calls and targeted for immigration work, it is incredibly out of touch for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social to suggest political violence only happens to politicians like her. @njaij.bsky.social closed our office last week due to credible threats.
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
The internet kinda sux
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
@hankjohnson.house.gov took a moment during today’s House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight hearing to demonstrate the strong support for @replamonica.bsky.social Great to see @njaij.bsky.social @maketheroadnj.bsky.social + other orgs and advocates 👏 #IStandWithMcIver
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New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice @njaij.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
We ask ALL Members of Congress to stand with @replamonica.bsky.social and against the posturing of the DOJ. We all have rights. And Congress has a right and authority to conduct oversight. 📝Write your rep NOW 🗽From NJ to beyond, we are calling for all #EyesOnICE 🔗 njaij.org/eyesonice
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Tell Congress: We Need All Eyes On ICE
Stand up to the Trump Administration. Stand with Rep. McIver and the New Jersey Four.
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Work is hard but Weakerthans on the Amtrak isn’t bad. open.spotify.com/track/3EREpX...
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The Reasons
The Weakerthans · Reconstruction Site · Song · 2003
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New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice @njaij.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
📣 EXPLAINING DELANEY HALL: One week ago today, @rasjbaraka.bsky.social was arrested by ICE outside of Delaney Hall — a newly reopened immigrant detention center operated by multibillion-dollar private prison company GEO Group. 🧵 Learn more about Delaney Hall, GEO, and why this matters:
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New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice @njaij.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Today’s citation was issued by the city’s business administrator and health inspectors. Immediately behind the gates? Heavily armed guards who yesterday, took pictures of protestors and their cars. #ICEOUTOFNJ
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
BREAKING: Supreme Court blocks some Alien Enemies Act removals in Texas-based case. The late-night order from the Supreme Court came amidst fears the Trump administration was preparing for more flights to El Salvador as soon as Saturday. New, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...
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Breaking: Supreme Court blocks some Alien Enemies Act removals in Texas-based case
The late-night order from the Supreme Court came amidst fears the Trump administration was preparing for more flights to El Salvador as soon as Saturday.
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Now in my adult years, I have lived in NJ for a smidge longer than I lived in west TX where I was born and raised. One constant reminder of this is that my phone now autocorrects “honky tonk” to “honky TONY” — arguably one of the most Texan words subbed for the most Jersey word.
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
After a powerful conference with advocates and the incredible @sifill.bsky.social, I’m at the NJPAC @dosocialjustice.bsky.social @fundfornj.bsky.social candidate forum. The 1k+ theater is packed with attendees. Today is the last day to change your party affiliation in NJ. Let’s live post!
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I’m really stressed and on top of it, the rain won’t stop? I don’t need to be clammy, cold, and stressed. My spirit is strong but the body can only take so much.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 10/04/2025
“The House has just passed one of the worst pieces of voting legislation in American history. The Senate must stop it. The SAVE Act would put voting out of reach for millions of American citizens.” — @mawaldman.bsky.social
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House Passes SAVE Act; Brennan Center Reacts
The Senate must reject this disastrous bill, which would prevent millions of American citizens from voting.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
ICYMI: SCOTUS restored the President’s authority to enact the Alien Enemies Act for now. Check out the @njaij.bsky.social explainer for a crash course on this racist, dangerous law and its historic peacetime invocation under Trump.
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Half of a trillion dollars. Trillion.
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Extremely relatable.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"As I have stated in the past, without compliance with requirements, Delaney Hall cannot lawfully open,” said Mayor @rasjbaraka.bsky.social “We will not tolerate federal attempts to ignore or evade our laws and statutes, which apply to everyone." www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...
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New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice @njaij.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
🚨 BREAKING: Newark Mayor @rasjbaraka.bsky.social announces complaint about Delaney Hall reopening. ICE thought they could make New Jersey's largest, most diverse city the site of the first new detention center of the Trump Administration. Little did they know... 💥💥💥 NEWARK FIGHTS BACK 💥💥💥
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I’m really sad about Myanmar where it’s been one tragedy or atrocity after another for more than a decade. This was one of the more challenging places for me to travel (all cash strapped to my belly 24/7), but also the most humbling and rewarding. Hard to know what’s next after this.
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Dante Apaéstegui @dantealberto.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The incarceration of Mahmoud Khalil is the result of a violent immigration system fueled by white supremacy, profit, and fear—one that funds ICE and CBP while defunding our communities. But we’re not here just to name the problem. We’re here to say: enough. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/n...
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
“This isn’t deep south Florida. This is New Jersey, and I feel like that is not something that is reflective of our values of the state,” @amytorres.bsky.social said. “I hope it’s not something that’s reflective of the values of Union County, but I guess maybe it is.”
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Something sinister is happening in Union County, where the county commission is opening the door for 📍Elizabeth NJ to become ICE Jails Capital, USA. A Republican hasn’t won in Union County since 1996. Every Commissioner here is a democrat.
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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
On a closer read, I realized the significance of the strikes on civilian life are missing. I wanna post memes and jokes here too but get somber when I remember children were bombed, too. They suffered physical death then and, in the absence of their mention, social death now.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I’ve been seeing some “they were here for 30 years, why didn’t they get citizenship” responses, here’s our @americasvoice.bsky.social explainer from 2017. “If there were a way to ‘get right with the law,’ they would have done it. There isn’t.” americasvoice.org/blog/immigra...
Immigration 101 graphic
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Trump and his allies used to argue that it was un-American for colleges to punish free speech. But now that they are in charge, they are cracking down on political expression on campus they dislike. Jeremy Peters www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
nytimes.com
How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It
President Trump and state politicians are pushing new laws and policies that crack down on curriculum, protests and speakers.
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Yes he does and, for the love of god, can we move past the, “Immigrants are good because the economy! Assets!” frame? Immigrants are humans, actually. Deserving of liberty, justice, and none of the reductive “but the faceless hoard may help *us*” BS.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 18/03/2025
The arrest and detention of Jeanette Vizguerra are being criticized as retaliation for her demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Denver mayor tags arrest of leading immigration advocate as 'Putin-style political persecution'
The arrest and detention of Jeanette Vizguerra are being criticized as retaliation for her demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family & even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly 2 weeks. Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
“ICE was created in a post-9/11 nationalist fervor. Every directive has some kind of political motivation. Every person detained is a political prisoner.” I sat down with @filtermag.bsky.social to discuss the dangerous new developments in ICE's reign of terror ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Will you fight back or will you wait until it’s you?
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 16/03/2025
Every person on Bluesky should know: * Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever * Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies * Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured * Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic www.404media.co/the-200-site...
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The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it an...
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Remy Green (they/them) @remygreen.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Okay. Picking up from where we left off. Taking the chance to do a little set up this time. At the last conference 38 some odd minutes ago, Judge Boasberg asked DOJ to go get information about what was going to happen in the next 48 hours.
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
ICYMI: NJ becomes the epicenter of Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
“We couldn’t ask for better people to be in our community, better people to have a business in our community. And it truly is a tragedy,” said Haddon Township Mayor Teague. Elected officials & community members said that Celal and Emine Emanet are caring, hospitable people whyy.org/articles/had...
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Haddon Township community stands beside beloved restaurant owners arrested by ICE
Celal and Emine Emanet were taken into custody because of their immigration status, which has been in limbo for years.
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Don’t talk to ICE @amytorres.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
ICYMI: NJ becomes the epicenter of Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/02/2025
An immigrant detention facility near New York City that could hold as many as 1,000 migrants will be reopened, the Trump administration announced, as federal officials seek to ramp up arrests and deportations.
nytimes.com
Trump to Reopen 1,000-Bed Detention Center for Migrants in New Jersey
The center in Newark, just miles from Manhattan, is close to an international airport and is expected to have space for as many as 1,000 migrants.
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New Jersey Monitor @newjerseymonitor.com · 27/02/2025
ICE plans massive new immigrant detention center in Newark newjerseymonitor.com/2025/02/27/i... via @snietomunoz.bsky.social
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ICE plans massive new immigrant detention center in Newark • New Jersey Monitor
ICE announced that it intends to contract with a private prison firm to house as many as 1,000 immigrant detainees at Delaney Hall in Newark.
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New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice @njaij.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
📰ICYMI🚨: Trump's 1st ICE jail finds its home in Newark, valued at $1 billion. www.njimmigrantjustice.org/delaneyhallc...
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TRUMP’S FIRST ICE DETENTION FACILITY FINDS ITS HOME IN NEWARK, VALUED AT $1 BILLION
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Udi Ofer @uofer.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Trump is opening a 1,000-bed immigration prison in NJ & there's little that we hear from state lawmakers, particularly in legislature. “It’s almost entirely with their consent,” said @amytorres.bsky.social. “What have they done to buffer any of this?” Time for action. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/n...
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Trump to Reopen 1,000-Bed Detention Center for Migrants in New Jersey
The center in Newark, just miles from Manhattan, is close to an international airport and is expected to have space for as many as 1,000 migrants.
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New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice @njaij.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
🚨While @stateofnewjersey.bsky.social gears up for @govmurphy.bsky.social's final Budget Address, ICE descends on a local supermarket just over a mile away🚨 ICE is ready to act. Will our lawmakers step up and fight back? www.njimmigrantjustice.org/ice_trenton_...
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ICE OFFICERS INFILTRATE TRENTON AS GOVERNOR MURPHY PREPARES FOR FINAL BUDGET ADDRESS
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Politico reports this morning that Erik Prince, the war profiteer behind Blackwater, the PMC which engaged in extensive human rights violations in Iraq, is part of a group of military contractors that is asking the Trump White House to get in on the deportation game. The blood chills at the thought.
Immigration

Trump allies circulate mass deportation plan calling for ‘processing camps’ and a private citizen ‘army’
The group, led by Blackwater veteran Erik Prince, has close Trump ties.
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