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Pooja Bhatia

@bhatiap.bsky.social
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Haiti, immigration, human rights. Tout moun se moun.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/09/2026
Jeez. The court may have stopped some third-country removals at the last second yesterday, but ICE recalibrated quickly. Sept. 24 saw the most ICE flights+removals in the months I've been keeping a daily log. --at least 90 flights --at least 18 removals, including Haiti --plus a stop at Gitmo
A map of North and Central America showing dozens of flights emanating out ICE Air's hub of Alexandria, LA
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence. Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
JUST IN: The Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit has rejected ICE's unprecedented expansion of mandatory detention — the eighth straight appeals court to reject the Trump administration's approach as the issue hurtles toward SCOTUS. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In 2018, President Trump stood in the Oval Office and said that people seeking asylum should “do it the legal way” by coming here without crossing a border illegally. Now his admin is set to punish people who did exactly that; came on a visa and then applied for asylum.
Unless challenged or revised, the State Department is expected to announce in the coming weeks the revocation of so-called B1 and B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026 whose holders have sought asylum or are now seeking asylum, according to State Department documents obtained by The Associated Press and two U.S. officials. The action will be taken in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security.
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Pooja Bhatia @bhatiap.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights warns that terminating TPS for Haitians risks running afoul of core human rights obligations, including due process, protection of family and the principle of nonrefoulement. www.oas.org/en/IACHR/jsF...
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United States: IACHR expresses concern over the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals
Washington, DC—The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses concern over the risks faced by Haitian nationals following the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the United States, particularly in light of the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crises in Haiti.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Seems fairly clear that ICE and private contractors are trying to coerce migrants of giving up procedural rights, compelling them to self-deport through coercion and intimidation, including inhumane living conditions, threat and lack of access to health care. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Inside ICE’s Largest Detention Center
On a military base in West Texas, where the government has built a sprawling tent complex to hold thousands of immigrants, deprivation and dire conditions are part of the design.
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Pooja Bhatia @bhatiap.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“Anyone can be picked up randomly and people know about that; it doesn’t matter if you have an asylum pending case or if you don’t — anyone can be picked up,” Dorsainvil said. “I think this created more fear for folks to go on the road.” www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/anyone...
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‘Anyone can be picked up’: Reports of ICE activity heighten anxiety in Springfield's Haitian community
As ICE patrols activity mounts in Springfield, a wave of fear is keeping local Haitian immigrants behind closed doors — and forcing families to weigh basic daily tasks against the
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 10/08/2026
‘The ankle monitors are bulky and are made by BI, which started off making cattle-tracking devices. Officials claim these “alternatives to detention” are not meant to punish, but their resemblance to shackles is obvious.’ @bhatiap.bsky.social on ICE’s new tactics: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...
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Pooja Bhatia | In Springfield
It has never been easy to get asylum in the US, but during the last two years it has become almost impossible. The Trump...
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 09/08/2026
‘Some people in Springfield suspect that the letter-and-monitor strategy is an attempt to make ICE’s actions less visible. Street kidnappings and raids draw attention, and the midterms are approaching.’ @bhatiap.bsky.social on ICE in Ohio: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...
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Pooja Bhatia | In Springfield
It has never been easy to get asylum in the US, but during the last two years it has become almost impossible. The Trump...
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 08/08/2026
‘Over the past two weeks, scores of Haitian immigrants in Springfield have received “call-in” letters summoning them to ICE offices. On arrival, some people have been detained, while others have been fitted with a GPS ankle monitor.’ @bhatiap.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...
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Pooja Bhatia | In Springfield
It has never been easy to get asylum in the US, but during the last two years it has become almost impossible. The Trump...
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Pooja Bhatia @bhatiap.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Stripping TPS from 350,000 Haitians is one of the (if not the) largest mass de-legalizations the US has ever seen. We are shackling and deporting people who came here legally for protection, ripping apart families and inflicting suffering on hundreds of thousands of innocent people.
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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The U.S. media misses a big angle of the #Haiti story. Our State Department, under both parties, contributed to the crisis there -- which raises our moral obligation to stop deporting #Haitians to terrible danger. My report @newrepublic.com. @garrettepps.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2138...
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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
#GiftArticle Haitians came legally, to escape conditions created in large part by our foreign policies… & with our blessing. And overnight they have become vulnerable to deportation… www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/08/01/h...
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‘No one wants to be exposed’: Haitians in San Diego dread what might happen after Trump ends immigration protection
‘I had no choice but to leave Haiti,’ says one man who works in City Heights. He just lost his temporary protected status, or TPS, protection along with hundreds of thousands of others nationwide.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 30/07/2026
When I heard about this it was hard to believe, but now it's public. The US Administration is planning the full destruction of Optional Practical Training, the US's largest single source of global talent. I wrote about the effects of eviscerating OPT earlier this week: www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
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Exclusive | U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation
The proposed policy would particularly affect Silicon Valley, Wall Street and universities.
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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 28/07/2026
TPS is set to end for hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants living in the United States. ICE is gearing up for deportations. Last year, Pooja Bhatia described the economic and spiritual effects of mass deportation in one Ohio community. thebaffler.com/salvos/home-...
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Home City, USA | Pooja Bhatia
The residents of Springfield, Ohio, have been terrorized by Donald Trump—and many now face the prospect of state-sponsored violence.
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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS & we can still stop it. Please call your Senator NOW & ask that they sign onto S.4814 & extend TPS for Haitians for 3 years. This will be a catastrophe for our neighbors who have been here legally!! Here's the call script! drive.google.com/file/d/1XXEs...
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S. 4814 Script .PNG
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Pooja Bhatia @bhatiap.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
How (cal)low can they go. Disgusting.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Every day that this order doesn’t come down is a day that 350,000 people aren’t suddenly subject to deportation.
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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
You have to wait until the 12th paragraph of this article to also learn that the U.S. attacks have killed "at least 50 people" in #Iran, according to that country's health ministry. #IranWar‌
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.
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Pooja Bhatia @bhatiap.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump's reflecting pool swamp, now the killer buoys swept into the Rio Grande bc of torrential rains. With this administration, as ever, the ironies are too on the nose. www.theborderchronicle.com/breaking-new...
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Breaking News: Laredo on Alert as Trump's Buoys Cause Chaos on the Rio Grande, Close International Bridges
Hundreds of massive orange buoys staged for a controversial DHS floating barrier project broke free near Eagle Pass and are now drifting toward Laredo, threatening bridges, commerce, drinking water su...
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Pooja Bhatia @bhatiap.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
AI policies written by AI... smh
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Stephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
YAY!!!!! 🇭🇹
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 21/06/2026
A Brookings analysis estimates more than 200,000 children, including 145,000 US citizens, have likely had at least one parent detained since January. About a third are under age 6.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 02/06/2026
A rigorous & important new study from @marcelaescobari.bsky.social at @brookings.edu tracks what has happened to US cities' economies as federal troops surged in. Negative shock to economic activity, approximately 100–200K jobs lost *for US natives*. Full paper—> www.brookings.edu/articles/ice...
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
As horrifying as this campaign of premeditated murder is, what might be even more disturbing is the utter indifference of Congress, the public and our allies to such a shocking and unapologetic obliteration of the many laws and norms against targeting civilians. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/w...
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The U.S. Boat Strike Campaign Has Now Killed Over 200 People
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Pooja Bhatia @bhatiap.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
How about a constitutional amendment prohibiting the president + cabinet from golfing during war.
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Pooja Bhatia @bhatiap.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
If you refuse to read AI slop, maybe you should also refuse to read *about* AI slop? It all feels like a waste of time and brainspace.
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Pooja Bhatia @bhatiap.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Linda Greenhouse predicts that SCOTUS will block Trump's attempt to strip Haitians and Syrians of TPS. From your lips, Linda! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/o...
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 17/04/2026
BREAKING: 150+ journalists including @maddow.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social @jamestgriffiths.com @doctorow.pluralistic.net @taylorlorenz.bsky.social @kattenbarge.bsky.social are thanking @archive.org for services to journalism. ✍🏻Journalists can still sign at www.savethearchive.com/journalists/
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Journalists Applaud the Internet Archive’s Role In Preserving the Public Record
Journalists are thanking the Internet Archive for their respectful preservation of news and history and for being an important resource for journalists. This letter is coming at a time where many majo...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/04/2026
“The president is clearly enraged at somebody, but the clip provides far too little context to know who exactly is meant to be targeted,” said political analyst Allen Mueller
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Trump Escalates Feud With Unclear Adversary By Posting AI Video Of Self Fucking Basketball
WASHINGTON—Shocking Truth Social followers with a graphic insult to a nebulous opponent, President Donald Trump escalated a feud with an unclear adversary Monday by posting an AI video of himself fuck...
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 03/04/2026
The White House has now ordered a ban on all immigration from 75 countries. Our Congress, which created our immigration system, wills itself into nonexistence as that system is shattered by those with the duty to administer it. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 01/04/2026
"I can’t explain it, but it’s the weirdest, creepiest number I’ve seen in a long time. You rarely see things like this in immigration data, but it could not be more predictable right now: one immigrant dies in custody every six days."
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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Today is the 128th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship in U.S. v. Wong Ark Kim.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)
Documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY exposing how ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. Documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY exposing how ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
ngl I like this pope
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Pope Leo says aerial bombing should be banned in fresh condemnation of war
Pontiff tells Italian airline staff planes ‘should always be carriers of peace, never of war’
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Average immigration detention deaths per month from FY 2010 to FY 2024: 0.69 Average immigration detention deaths per month in FY 2025: 1.75 Average immigration detention deaths per month so far in FY 2026: 4.6 www.npr.org/2026/03/10/g...
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Immigration detention on track for deadliest fiscal year since 2004
Twenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 23/03/2026
The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 23/03/2026
Here's another photo of the year candidate from Getty contributor Megan Varner:
A couple with a tote bag and tattoos kiss in the foreground of the arrivals lobby of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, while unmasked ICE agents stare around near a Truist bank branch in the background
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
So, the easiest way to achieve the main goal of the war would have been not to start the war
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 16/03/2026
When I first saw the only public document justifying the US Administration's $100,000 tax on H-1B visas, I couldn't believe it. The analysis was full of mistakes. Big ones. Basic ones. So I got the same data and reanalyzed it correctly. This is the result.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Drone strikes in Haiti. Drone strikes. In Haiti. By private contractors. They’re killing Haitians for private profit & the world barely pays attention. The story of Haiti is the story America likes to tell about itself. Except there, it’s true. And the west has never stopped punishing Haiti for it
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 09/03/2026
- 158 people killed in 188 days. Guilt for a non-capital crime unknown. - 42 separate attacks. - 27 in the Eastern Pacific. 13 in the Caribbean. 2 unspecified. - 17 listed as at Donald Trump's orders. 16 at Pete Hegseth's orders. The last 9 at the orders of Southcom's Gen. Francis Donovan.
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@Southcom on Twitter
On March 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Six male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. 
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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Hey @aclu.org we need your help in standing up & reining in impunity! The court observers detained and cited yesterday in San Diego need you to bring a case & nip this in the bud before this happens everywhere!! 🙏 www.daylightsandiego.org/officials-de...
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Officials detain and cite volunteers documenting ICE arrests at San Diego federal building
The change seems to target volunteers who have conducted legal observation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers’ behavior in immigration court hallways and the corridor outside ICE offices ...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 04/02/2026
These are the last words in the last column I wrote for The Washington Post, titled "When institutions crumble, strongmen step in". www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
This is nonetheless more favorable terrain for Trump than for the American system. As New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan once wrote (here in The Post), “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.”

Trump has for years stoked the idea that actually, having your own facts is fine. And even as his base chooses facts that he finds inconvenient in the moment, he’s still pushing toward the next phase: Everyone is entitled to the facts that Trump presents.

What institutions of power will be left to disagree?
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Pooja Bhatia @bhatiap.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This opinion SLAPS! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Memorandum & Opinion – #124 in LESLY MIOT v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-02471) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION regarding Plaintiffs' 81 Renewed Motion for a Stay. See document for details. Signed by Judge Ana C. Reyes on 2/2/2026. (lcacr2) (Entered: 02/02/2026)
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Pooja Bhatia @bhatiap.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Gras a dye www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
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US judge halts Trump plan to end protections for 350,000 Haitians
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from revoking legal protections for more than 350,000 Haitians, preventing their potential deportation to a country that has been ravaged by ...
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Pooja Bhatia @bhatiap.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Inspired and fortified by the solidarity work in Springfield, Ohio, where an event for supporting Haitians was over capacity, "packed with an estimated 1,200 people. Hundreds were asked to leave and watch a livestream per the fire marshal’s instructions." www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/hundred...
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Hundreds show support for Springfield Haitians at faith event on eve of TPS ending
St. John Missionary Baptist Church was over capacity as hundreds supported Springfield’s Haitian community while advocating for the extension of Temporary Protected Status Monday morning.
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Pooja Bhatia @bhatiap.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
re: efforts to protect Haitians in Springfield as ICE threats worsen: “The demographic ...is changing, more and more everyday people that wouldn’t normally be involved in this type of stuff are concerned and feel morally obligated to do something.” ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/30/f...
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Fear, faith and preparation as ICE closes in on an Ohio community • Ohio Capital Journal
Church-supervised hubs to house and care for children separated from their parents. Volunteers to deliver food to hungry neighbors. Training on what to do if ICE agents breach churches. These are just...
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