Reposted by CharlesAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/10/2026While we don’t have a smoking gun yet, there is reason to believe that earlier this year the Trump admin ordered USCIS to arbitrarily cap the number of immigrants who can become citizens each month. Backlogs in the naturalization process are now skyrocketing. 19449222 0
Reposted by CharlesGothamist @gothamist.com · 08/10/2026Person shot during encounter with federal agents in NYC's Marble Hill, NYPD says gothamist.com/news/person-...gothamist.comPerson shot during encounter with federal agents in NYC's Marble Hill, NYPD saysPolice say the person is conscious and receiving treatment at a hospital. The NYPD says its officers were not involved. 168337 0
Reposted by CharlesSam @samd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026holy shit, the Kansas senate race is tied if you want dems to take the senate, donating to @Hamilton4Kansas is probably the best bang for your buck given how little money has been put in the race to date vs. the other battlegrounds secure.actblue.com/donate/ksvf-websecure.actblue.comDonate to Elect Adam Hamilton!Show your support with a contribution >> 620834 0
Reposted by CharlesRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives. 14584462882 0
Reposted by CharlesAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras. 36099363823 0
Reposted by CharlesAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The Trump admin's latest strategy to mass generate removal orders is diabolical: - Take a huge group of people with hearings scheduled in late 2026, 2027, or 2028. - Send them a physical letter rescheduling all of their cases to next week. - Those who inevitably miss court get ordered deported.thecityreporter.nycDeportation Orders Soar in NYC as Trump 'Mega Master' Hearings AccelerateA new report finds removal orders for people who missed hearings more than doubled in New York City in June, as a new tactic of hastily scheduled court dates rolled out. 5519281221 0
Reposted by CharlesMadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 14/07/2026He was just 26 years old. He leaves behind a wife and a toddler. You did not deserved this, Joan Sebastian Guerrero. Your life was cut short, by a bullet, shot by a U.S. federal agent, for no good reason. They were not even looking for you. You didn't do anything wrong. May you rest in peace. 43597278 0
Reposted by CharlesWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026ICE desperately wants you not to care about this story But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...inquirer.comICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. | Will BunchSalgado came from Mexico, built the American Dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE. 5040361962 0
Reposted by CharlesTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...syracuse.comFederal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICEShe believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. 1053149967736 0
Reposted by CharlesRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026gillianbrockell.com/video-proves...gillianbrockell.comVideo proves Delta flew Liam Ramos and his dad to ICE detention centerThree plainclothes federal agents can be seen boarding a Delta flight while guarding the 5-year-old boy and his father, right under unsuspecting passengers’ noses. 17834861507 0
Reposted by CharlesRep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos @handle.invalid · 10/02/2026We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege 10054302878 0
Reposted by CharlesBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it. 230152545814 0
Reposted by CharlesMatt Privratsky @mattprivratsky.bsky.social · 05/02/2026My friend lives in this building and said it was truly terrifying. The whole building woke up to their building being broken into by federal agents all to grab some guy who’s posted about being anti facist. 11939882000 0
Reposted by CharlesAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/02/2026🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case. 9729791765 0
Reposted by CharlesOmg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue 5783269814047 0
Reposted by CharlesAlvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Hakeem Jeffries went from “no masks” to “no masks in an arbitrary and capricious fashion.” Schumer has adopted a similar position. At some point, you have to take a stand on something. Not allowing armed men in masks to roam our streets seems like an easy one. Apparently not. 66823 0
Reposted by CharlesMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/01/2026We’re just not a free country. Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is. 12956282362 0
Reposted by CharlesWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Do not fall for this garbage. DHS came into my city with an offensive posture, conducted itself as an invader, often attacked residents without any plausible connection to immigration enforcement, violently seized people off the streets. Now it’s our fault people died? 27946441216 0
Reposted by CharlesRepresentative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/01/2026Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record. 6702440910968 0
Reposted by CharlesBellingcat @bellingcat.com · 24/01/2026A DHS statement claimed “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers” with “a handgun” in the Alex Pretti shooting incident. A Bellingcat analysis of the footage appears to show that a gun was taken away from where Pretti was situated by an agent just before the first shot was fired. 391377582 0
Reposted by CharlesMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 23/01/2026Agents detain and send 2-year-old girl and her father to Texas despite court order to release toddler bit.ly/3LKWxGC 20801287 0
Reposted by CharlesAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Another day, another outrage; ICE under Trump is going to deport dozens of people to Iran, including two gay men previously arrested by the regime who face the death penalty for their orientation, and despite the ongoing crackdowns which have killed thousands. An administration of total inhumanity. 4722561081 0
Reposted by CharlesTina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 23/01/2026What made the child a threat JD? Was it the floppy ears or the Spider Man backpack? 37576143 0
Reposted by CharlesDisco @discosaurus.bsky.social · 21/01/2026This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK. 39161791907 0
Reposted by CharlesAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation. 11292690315893 0
Reposted by CharlesThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/01/2026ST. PAUL MAYOR: “We’ve received reports of ICE officers going door to door asking where the Asian people live… I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may target me based on what I look like.” 432109655099 0
Reposted by CharlesDavid J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 14/01/2026This isn’t even an immigration arrest! It has nothing to do with immigration. It’s a crackdown on dissent 211834 0
Reposted by CharlesRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/01/2026According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation). Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police. 26063332895 0
Reposted by CharlesEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...mprnews.orgMinneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at RooseveltMinneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School. 12123721313 0
Reposted by CharlesRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/01/2026An official from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis told MPR News that armed U.S. Border Patrol goons came onto school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people; they handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders. 16322641475 0
Reposted by CharlesChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/11/2025This is bullshit! What are the charges? 📌 Border Patrol arrested two women for allegedly honking their car horn to alert others of the agents’ presence 1460114856408 0
Reposted by CharlesAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/09/2025The Trump admin has a new propaganda video claiming that DHS is "safeguarding our culture and shared values." Micah Bock, the Trump appointee in the video, was accused in college of rubbing his erection against a sleeping woman and claiming she was "asking for it." h/t @jasonpaladino.bsky.social. 22524451106 0
Reposted by CharlesErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 26/08/20251. The situation in Florida is growing more tense with the erasure of Pride crosswalks. After state officials painted over the Pulse Memorial sidewalk in Orlando, Florida Citizens painted them back. Now the state has sent 7 squad cars to stare at the crosswalk. Subscribe to support our journalismerininthemorning.comFlorida Deploys Police To Stare At Crosswalks, Stop Them From Being Painted Rainbow ColorsThe move comes after citizens repainted the Pulse memorial sidewalk in Pride colors. 1181629583 0
Reposted by CharlesRobert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 30/07/2025I spoke with Andry Romero. 2129478 0
Reposted by CharlesAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, Kirsti Noem, Joseph Mazzara, Emil Bove, Drew Sargent, and everyone else involved in planning, executing, and obstructing justice around the CECOT imprisonments are responsible for Andry's torture and rape. Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it. 25983453343 0
Reposted by CharlesRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/07/2025ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days. They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention. Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...apnews.comArmy veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyoneA U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work. 898184728505 0
Reposted by CharlesAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/07/2025From two weeks ago. 231143281 0
Reposted by CharlesMichael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 120 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador. 5514140 0
Reposted by CharlesThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/07/2025MAYOR BASS: “They need to leave right now. This is UNACCEPTABLE.” The mayor showed up as Trump’s Gestapo/ICE marched through MacArthur Park like an invading army. Ridiculous. They left. (h/t FOX LA) 25957231791 0
Reposted by CharlesMichael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 111 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador. 213121973615 0
Reposted by CharlesAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing. 43709648137470 0
Reposted by CharlesZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 01/07/2025My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability. 813314069179 0
Reposted by CharlesAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/07/2025🚨Want to know where all the immigration enforcement money is going to? We've got you covered! - $51.6 billion for border wall ($46.6 billion for wall, $5 billion for CBP checkpoints and facilities). - $45 billion for ICE detention - $29.9 billion for ICE enforcement Grand total: $170.7 billion. 1081530882 0
Reposted by CharlesJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 30/06/2025www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...miamiherald.comCuban man who lived in the U.S for 60 years dies in ICE detention in MiamiIsidro Perez is the fifth person to die in ICE custody in Florida since January 1201745906 0
Charles @charliebrowniest.bsky.social · 30/06/2025This bill will transfer money from Medicaid to immigration prisons and inflated ICE budgets. Urge your senator to vote NO!! 000 0
Reposted by CharlesMichael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 106 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador. 10809221 0