Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Thank you Mayor Mamdani for speaking out about the attacks American Muslims get for just existing. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/n...nytimes.comInsulting the Mayor Is Nothing New. But This Was Shocking. 020
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Maybe there needs to be a Constitution 101 class for all members on Congress? 010
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 28/02/2026$102 million. All I think about is the hunger and homelessness that this could have prevented instead of building a concentration camp. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...pbs.orgICE spending billions to turn warehouses into migrant detention facilitiesFor months, ICE has been quietly buying industrial warehouses around the country, reportedly with plans to turn them into a network of immigration detention and processing centers to hold tens of thou... 010
Reposted by Mehreen ButtRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/02/2026“On the merits, its detentions are illegal,” the judge wrote. “[The government] knows this.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...nytimes.comJudge Says U.S. Is Intentionally Violating the Law on Immigration 372114194364
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Racist. Islamophobic racist. We’ll remember all those who don’t call out his racism. Do not ask for our votes in November if you can’t condemn this hate speech today. 000
Reposted by Mehreen ButtJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 09/02/2026NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/... 1348041201
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Every single member of Congress should visit a detention facility this week. 012
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 23/01/20269th year attending @mma.org annual conference. #connect351 010
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Horrific. Immoral. Criminal. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...huffpost.comICE Detains 4 Students In A Minnesota School District – Including A Preschooler 010
Reposted by Mehreen ButtMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/01/2026My story:thehandbasket.coBehind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his homeDHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao. 161185390
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Reminder everyday and especially on #MLKDay 2026. 000
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026They are using tear gas grenades and a battering ram on a U.S. city against Americans. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...theatlantic.comPhotos: Minneapolis Neighborhoods vs. ICEIn recent days, federal immigration agents continued enforcement actions in Minneapolis and St. Paul, while state officials fight the Trump administration in court and local residents confront the mas... 000
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 14/01/2026This was not a rookie mistake. Shameful. Evil. www.boston.com/news/local-n...boston.comFederal prosecutor apologizes for Babson student's deportation in violation of court orderThe 19-year-old was attempting to fly to Texas to surprise family for Thanksgiving. She was swiftly deported instead. 000
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Check out this amicus brief @nusl.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Mehreen ButtIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Here is what Trump and his enablers fail to understand: Immigrants love this country deeply. We love democracy. We cherish the rule of law, the promise of due process and the idea that our diversity is a strength, not a threat. My op-ed:ms.nowOpinion | Rep. Ilhan Omar: Trump's slurs seek to cast suspicion on anyone who isn't whiteThe president's attacks and ICE activity in Minnesota are weaponizing fear against me and other immigrants. 19791176
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 14/12/2025A completely American problem with leaders who don’t want to solve the problem. 010
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Facts matter: Federal authorities say they will target Somali immigrants in Minneapolis–St. Paul in an upcoming sweep, although Jaylani Hussain, ED of the Minnesota chapter of the CAIR, says about 95% of the Somalis in Minnesota are already U.S. citizens and that about 50% were born in the U.S. 011
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Week #32 with the Bearing Witness group at the ICE center in Burlington, MA. 010
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 25/11/2025I left the other site for its racist and sexist toxicity. I am loving all the MAGA accounts being exposed for being not American.media.tenor.coma black and white drawing of a circle with the word karma on itALT: a black and white drawing of a circle with the word karma on it 010
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Buddy - they all had valid work visas. Your racism is showing. dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...dailyfreepress.comBU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car WashThe president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w... 000
Reposted by Mehreen ButtAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/11/2025Never forget who sold us out: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen 24662646110655
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 08/11/2025The cruelty is the point against 42 million Americans. 000
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Electeds in Mass - Be courageous. Be bold. Stand up for your neighbors. This is unacceptable. This is illegal. www.boston.com/news/local-n...boston.com‘This is kidnapping — plain and simple’: ICE arrests 9 employees at Allston car washThe employees were detained Tuesday morning before they could present their documents, according to the car wash’s manager. 010
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Oh to read the Usha siblings & cousins What’s App/Signal group texts right now… 000
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025SNAP benefits will be frozen on Nov. 1. Check the Massachusetts SNAP Resource Hub. On the tool, saw that over 1500 of my neighbors in Wakefield depend on SNAP. www.mass.gov/president-tr... 010
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 29/10/2025On @mbta.com - orange line. They keep saying we will move momentarily. I don’t think they know what that word means. It’s been 25 minutes. But grateful for some communications. 000
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Filled a little food pantry in town this weekend. We can save ourselves…until Congress figures out how to do their jobs. 010
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Members of Mass Delegation - what are you doing? What is the plan to stop this??? www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...cnn.comPentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN PoliticsThe Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep... 010
Reposted by Mehreen ButtZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Just disgusting. 598144402167
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 12/10/2025A huge failure of the party in control of the House, Senate and Presidency. 010
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025He concluded with “I fear President Trump believes the American people are so divided that today they will not stand up, fight for, and defend our most precious constitutional values so long as they are lulled into thinking their own personal interests are not affected. Is he correct?” 011
Reposted by Mehreen ButtMarc Murphy @murphycartoons.bsky.social · 24/09/2025TFW you wish your congressperson was as brave as basically any scientist or elementary school teacher. 16711
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Leaders in Massachusetts - this is not okay. Elected, religious, academic, business, local and state…please do something to stop this. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/i...nbcboston.comICE agents held 5-year-old girl outside Leominster home to get father to surrender, family saysVideo appears to show federal immigration agents trying to coax the man out of his Massachusetts home while asking, "Is that your daughter?" 000
Reposted by Mehreen ButtAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/09/2025A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts /AP 602138694701
Reposted by Mehreen ButtProgressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 08/09/2025ICE is increasing its presence in Massachusetts. Here's a great resource to help keep communities safe: www.lucemass.orglucemass.orgLUCE Immigrant Justice Network of MA 01010
Reposted by Mehreen ButtChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/08/2025I hope your community is never occupied like LA or DC. But if it is, you’ll quickly find that people don’t take kindly to having their city under federal control. And folks are just getting started. 📌 Protesters gathered near a checkpoint in the U Street corridor in Northwest Washington. 611169185507
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Having lived in DC for 6 years, this is up there as upsetting as the January 6 video. 010
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Terry Francona for the win - www.huffpost.com/entry/terry-...huffpost.comEx-Cleveland Manager Has Message For Fans ‘Like Trump’ Who Prefer Racist NameTerry Francona was the skipper when the name change to Guardians took place, and he had a lot to say about that moment. 000
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Check out the pure joy and excitement from all the aunties and uncles from all different religions and ethnicities over @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social . It’s truly what a campaign should strike to create. 000
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Is this finally when the opposition party starts to oppose? 000
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Every day. More should show up. Shine the light on the inhumanity. 000
Mehreen Butt @councilormehreen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Really need members of Congress to do something instead of just posting their outrage about their colleague’s Islamophobia and racism. Faux outrage doesn’t change anything. Do something. Disrupt. Do not normalize the hate. 031