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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20h
Buried away and completely hidden out of sight in a dense forest, more than 1,600 immigrants are imprisoned here on any given day in what is the largest immigration detention center in the Northeast.
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Trump’s mass detention machine in Pennsylvania
"ICE is just churning bodies into the detention system."
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Quentin Young @quentinyoung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The ICE detention center in Aurora will remain a stain on the state for a very long time. That's why last year I called it the Bastille of Colorado. It's "an intolerable trespass on the people’s conscience." coloradonewsline.com/2025/04/24/i...
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 28/09/2026
Ohio ICE detentions of Haitians have more than doubled after Trump ended protected status ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/22/i...
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Ohio ICE detentions of Haitians have more than doubled after Trump ended protected status • Ohio Capital Journal
Nearly 75 Haitians living in Ohio have been detained at one of four Ohio detention facilities that contract with ICE since President Trump took away their protected status on July 27 —  a 142.3%…
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 26/09/2026
ICE went on a hiring spree. Then workers left in record numbers.
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ICE went on a hiring spree. Then workers left in record numbers
In the first half of 2026, more ICE workers quit than in any other full calendar year since 2012, according to Office of Personnel Management data.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 26/09/2026
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the federal government to deploy its own immigration database to check voters’ citizenship. Here’s what else to expect as the Trump administration pushes to expand its role in elections. on.wsj.com/4xIiBn1
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The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the federal government to deploy its own immigration database to check voters’ citizenship. Here’s what else to expect as the Trump administration pushes to expand its role in elections.
A Supreme Court decision allowed the use of an immigration database to check voter eligibility, but the federal strategy spans multiple fronts.
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 26/09/2026
ICYMI: Clearfield County votes to extend its ICE contract despite public backlash.
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The Pennsylvania Capital-Star’s Week in Focus: September 25, 2026 • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Clearfield County votes to extend its ICE contract despite public backlash.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress
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Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress
President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and ...
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North Dakota Monitor @northdakotamonitor.com · 25/09/2026
International human rights organization Amnesty International has called for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a new report alleging human rights abuses in the Trump administration’s immigration operations. Via @minnesotareformer.com buff.ly/MjKniJL
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Amnesty International calls for abolition of ICE for the first time in new report • North Dakota Monitor
International human rights organization Amnesty International has called for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a new report alleging human rights abuses in the Trump…
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Ariana Figueroa @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Venezuelan men shipped to brutal prison under Alien Enemies Act ask court for due process www.newsfromthestates.com/article/vene...
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Venezuelan men shipped to brutal prison under Alien Enemies Act ask court for due process
WASHINGTON — An appeals panel Friday seemed inclined to agree that more than 100 Venezuelan men the Trump administration sent to a brutal prison in El Salvador are entitled to due process hearings to ...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Me and @bjmcgee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today in Bizaro World...
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 25/09/2026
The Trump administration gave ICE an unprecedented budget in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and waste is running rampant. The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found that at least $20M was wasted because DHS began expanding detention operations without plans for how to use them.
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Millions of dollars of waste found in Trump administration push for immigration detention • Minnesota Reformer
Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million in federal funding in its rapid expansion of immigration detention, including warehouse purchases strongly opposed in numerous U.S. communi...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/09/2026
‘They uprooted it all’: Israel bulldozes Palestinian-owned olive groves aje.news/q3a3xt
‘They uprooted it all’: Israel bulldozes Palestinian-owned olive groves
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
Thousands of detained immigrants with “Final Orders of Removal” have had their records hidden or deleted from ICE’s tracking system, leaving families and lawyers unable to locate them.
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ICE wiped thousands of people from its database. Families are paying the price.
Lawyers and loved ones are scrambling to find people suddenly culled from DHS rolls.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026
Citizens showed up to the city council meeting with plans to let city leaders know how they felt about the city’s use of Flock. But Springfield mayor Jeff Schrag moved to prevent public comment on Flock. Then, arrests happened, @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Story: www.404media.co/woman-arrest...
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Anita Wadhwani @anitawadhwani.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tennessee Highway Patrol “is using its traffic stop powers to help ICE do something the Supreme Court has forbidden: to conduct ‘roving patrols' in which officers stop motorists on roads in the interior U.S. to check immigration status" tennesseelookout.com/2026/09/23/i... @tennesseelookout.com
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Immigrant advocates seek immediate halt to THP traffic stops conducted in tandem with ICE • Tennessee Lookout
Immigrant advocates went to federal court Tuesday for an order blocking the Tennessee Highway Patrol from conducting traffic stops with ICE.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
To truly understand the scope and origins of the disaster that the Roberts court has unleashed by destroying the Voting Rights Act, you have to return to one of the darkest periods of our history.
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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Me and @bjmcgee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 22/09/2026
Nearly 75 Haitians living in Ohio have been detained at one of four Ohio detention facilities that contract with ICE since President Trump took away their legal protected status on July 27 — a 142.3% increase, according to a new report. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/22/i...
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Ohio ICE detentions of Haitians have more than doubled after Trump ended protected status • Ohio Capital Journal
Nearly 75 Haitians living in Ohio have been detained at one of four Ohio detention facilities that contract with ICE since President Trump took away their protected status on July 27 —  a 142.3%…
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10/11 News @1011now.com · 22/09/2026
Man shot by ICE, detained with a bullet still in his back is back in the hospital, attorney says
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Man shot by ICE, detained with a bullet still in his back is back in the hospital, attorney says
The man was making a DoorDash delivery when immigration officers in an unmarked vehicle sideswiped his car and forced it to stop, his attorney says.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Can you give my dad back? I miss him.” 💔 ICE kidnapped her father Luis at a DOT inspection. Her mother says he is legal and did everything the right way. #AbolishICE
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wilber’s attorney: “Wilber has a bullet lodged near his spine and is losing feeling on the left side of his body.” #AbolishICE @DoorDash
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22/09/2026
The deals were made at the behest of Stephen Miller. trib.al/0n1ZGfS
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Trump Sends Millions to Authoritarian Leaders in Deportation Crackdown
The deals were made at the behest of Stephen Miller.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Big news from @ij.org: A federal judge in Alabama has just ordered ICE and CBP to stop warrantless raids of construction sites, to stop detaining people without individualized suspicion, and to stop detaining people who present valid ID. More to come shortly.
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 21/09/2026
Missed the last episode of Stories From The States? Listen now wherever you listen to podcasts. www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/ice-...
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ICE is using migrant kids as ‘bait,’ a Texas lawyer says | News From The States
ICE is using migrant kids as ‘bait,’ a Texas lawyer says
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21/09/2026
Israeli attacks on Palestinians continue in Gaza despite a 'ceasefire' signed in October.
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Israeli attacks on Gaza kill three, including a child
Israeli attacks on Palestinians continue in Gaza despite a 'ceasefire' signed in October.
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He was driving for DoorDash! People are being hunted literally!He was working!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was making a door dash delivery. Every time they get away with this it guarantees it will happen again. #AbolishICE
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
Anti-ICE protests break out in push for transparency as unnamed man is in serious but stable condition at hospital
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ICE agent shoots and wounds man at traffic stop in Austin, Texas, officials say
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 20/09/2026
A federal immigration official shot and injured a man in Austin on Sunday afternoon, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The man was transported to a hospital. His identity and condition are currently unknown. It’s not immediately clear what led up to the shooting. bit.ly/4cV0CSU
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The reported shooting in Austin came more than two months after an ICE officer fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 20/09/2026
ICYMI: Immigration rights advocates sound alarm that the federal government may buy the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County.
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Advocates call on Clearfield County commissioners to vote 'no' on ICE contract extension • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Immigration rights advocates sound alarm that the federal government may buy the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 20/09/2026
Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa in latest targeting of East Jerusalem sites aje.news/25xn6o
Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa in latest targeting of East Jerusalem sites
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Me and @bjmcgee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I think we can all agree that its time to shit the government down..
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 20/09/2026
The Department of Homeland Security's focus on mass deportations resulted in a dramatic drop in investigations into illicit fentanyl, according to a federal watchdog report. to.pbs.org/3URZ71L
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Trump's mass deportations led to a big drop in fentanyl investigations, report finds. Here's what to know
The Department of Homeland Security’s focus on mass deportations resulted in a dramatic drop in investigations into illicit fentanyl, according to a federal watchdog report.
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404 Media @404media.co · 20/09/2026
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. www.404media.co/a-secretive-...
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A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026
More US military personnel have reportedly died during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has shared publicly, the latest and most serious evidence of the Trump administration’s ongoing cover-up around disastrous military failures in that conflict.
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What else is the Pentagon hiding from us?
Four more troops have died than Pete Hegseth's DOD has admitted, new reporting reveals.
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New Hampshire Bulletin @newhampshirebulletin.com · 19/09/2026
"These assaults on immigrants, voting rights, and education are not disparate endeavors. They are a unified mechanism to assure that one narrow worldview holds sway and power, indefinitely." Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social #NHPolitics
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From immigration to voting to education, the pointed politics of the deep freeze • New Hampshire Bulletin
There is nothing accidental or incidental about the freezing out of immigrant populations. In fact, across policy areas the “freezing” of populations is not only a prong but the point.
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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 18/09/2026
FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Them
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FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Them
ICE officers on dating apps should be wary of tradwives, an FBI memo suggested, as well as any woman whose profile would "appeal" to them.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 19/09/2026
Less than a year ago, aggressive immigration raids were drawing headlines and sparking protests. But recently, the Trump administration has shifted its approach. to.pbs.org/4yOVSXB
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'Shadow surge' pushes immigration arrests to highs as Trump administration shifts tactics
Less than a year ago, aggressive immigration raids were drawing headlines and sparking protests. But recently, the Trump administration has shifted its approach. Instead of relying as heavily on high-...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
WATCH: Trump’s DHS stooge Markwayne Mullin justifies racist ICE goons beating the shit out of American teenagers on their way to enlist in the Marines. #AbolishICE
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Whitney Downard @wdownard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A press release about the largest workplace ICE raid in Pennsylvania left my colleague with more questions than answers, so he decided to dig in deeper. Turns out, it's exceedingly difficult to get any information about these activities, even basic details.
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 18/09/2026
ICYMI: Altogether, the incident paints a picture of how difficult it can be to get timely and accurate information on ICE activity at this phase of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, which has gained steam since it began last year.
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What happened at Geisinger? Arrests near Danville hospital show difficulty tracking ICE activity. • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Altogether, the incident paints a picture of how difficult it can be to get timely and accurate information on ICE activity at this phase of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, which has gained steam since it began last year.
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Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 17/09/2026
The White House Thursday withdrew the nomination of Richard “Lance” Schroyer to lead the agency the president tasked with carrying out his mass deportation campaign, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. buff.ly/huNlFyx
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White House yanks nominee to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement • Oregon Capital Chronicle
WASHINGTON — The White House Thursday withdrew the nomination of Richard “Lance” Schroyer to lead the agency the president tasked with carrying out his mass deportation campaign, U.S. Immigration and…
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Stateline @stateline.org · 17/09/2026
Some Democratic-led states are fighting to enforce their own health and safety standards at ICE detention centers, @chatlanis.bsky.social reports. stateline.org/2026/09/17/s...
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States fight to inspect federal immigrant detention facilities • Stateline
Concerned about conditions in federal immigrant detention facilities but often barred from entering them, some Democratic-led states are fighting to enforce their own health and safety standards at th...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/09/2026
Last month, ICE told 12 Somali men they were being deported to Somalia. Instead, they sent the men to Guantanamo Bay.
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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is freaking crazy. I know we are all numb to the ICE BS, but that's exactly what they want. If this one doesn't get you, I don't know what will.
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Archibald: After tragedy, family of Alabama soccer star ripped apart by ICE
“What if, God forbid, they don’t allow them to stay and they send them back? How am I gonna be able to provide for my younger brothers?"
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh really? The data is simply... no longer available?
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New York Focus @nysfocus.com · 16/09/2026
Police in Port Chester, a heavily immigrant community, appear to have turned over dozens of people to ICE, including some with no criminal charges.
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In Westchester Village, Police Helped ICE Arrest Dozens
Police in Port Chester appear to have detained people for ICE far more often than other police departments in New York, our analysis shows.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
MEMPHIS: “I’m sad because ICE took my mom. I hope my mom is ok.”😳 💔 @GovBillLee @mayorpaulyoung #UNSAFETaskForce #AbolishICE
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New Jersey Monitor @newjerseymonitor.com · 16/09/2026
Feds ask judge to reject NJ law restricting ICE agents from wearing masks newjerseymonitor.com/2026/09/16/n...
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Feds ask judge to reject NJ law restricting ICE agents from wearing masks • New Jersey Monitor
New Jersey law bars ICE agents from wearing masks in many cases. The U.S. Department of Justice says the law is unconstitutional.
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