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Hupa NDN #freepalestine #fuckICE A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved—KV

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Natasha Myhal, PhD @tashkwe.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Please consider amplifying this CFP, which will be published by American Indian Culture and Research Journal! @drbro.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue tentatively titled “Attending to Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences in Place.”
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Martha Lincoln @heavyredaction.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The California State University system spent $16.9 million last year giving ChatGPT to all students, faculty, and staff. We are asking the CSU chancellor not to renew the contract with OpenAI when it expires. Anyone can sign the petition — link below!
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks. They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Maher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael. On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition. ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.
people.com
ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says
Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complications related to Pompe disease.
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People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The Feds never left Los Angeles. Don’t forget us. Solidarity with Minneapolis and all communities under siege by federal pigs. Keep fighting. Hold the line.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 25/01/2026
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Oregon Rep. Ricki Ruiz said 3 people in his district were taken by ICE agents who posed as utility workers. NW Natural, PGE have had to issue guidance in 7 languages on how to identify a legitimate employee, @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/01/08/i...
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ICE posing as utility workers to detain immigrants, Gresham lawmaker warns • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Rep. Ricki Ruiz, D-Gresham, in December received reports of his constituents getting detained by people posing as utility workers.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve. Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body. This is not new but it is expanding.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The sheer number of videos of the shooting is horrific, but in the vein of what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying, it proves how many people cared enough to show up where ICE was and record them. It wasn't just one or two legal observers, and when Good was shot, they didn't abandon her.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
More speakers deliver remarks: one tells the crowd we are living through "fascist times," another notes Nicole Good showed up to observe ICE despite being a queer person, another reminds the crowd of Silverio Villegas González, whom ICE also killed. The crowd has grown substantially meanwhile.
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William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
ICE is a relatively newer agency that has always terrorized communities and attracted white supremacists to their ranks. Do people want to “train” them to be better at that? Any mention of training reveals someone who doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 03/01/2026
“I don’t support irans government but” “I condem Hamas but” “I don’t support Venezuela or Cuba but” Do you know you are an imperialist running dog
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 25/12/2025
Seems like a good time to note that many nonfiction publishers do not fact check, or do so only very superficially, and authors who want their work fact checked need to pay for it. This is bad in general but especially when editors are acquiring ‘eye-opening books’ that are just reactionary lies.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/12/2025
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Am I the only one who gets a real kick out of citation chains? Reading people's writing and footnotes, and making assessments and notes, finding the sources in the footnotes and reading them yourself, and making more notes? I...love it?
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
rollingstone.com
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
“We are losing so much water that groundwater loss is driving up sea level rise and it is doing more damage than glaciers are in terms of sea level rise. So that’s a new one.” A great conversation with @jayfamiglietti.bsky.social on Water Talk out today www.watertalkpodcast.com/episodes/epi...
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Episode 81: Groundwater depletion, sea level rise, and satellites — Water Talk
A conversation with Jay Famiglietti (Global Futures Professor at Arizona State University and Director of the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative) about groundwater depletion, sea level rise, mega-dry...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 30/11/2025
One hard part of the literacy problem in the United States is there are a lot of people -- some of them with college degrees and beyond -- who don't realize that they are bad at reading I don't know how to reach those people
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
The most embarrassing thing about me is I love academia despite its toxicity. For years I’ve been unable to recommend it as a career path. But today as more institutions are relinquishing what ever made these institutions worthwhile I am not sure the enterprise as a whole will last much longer.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
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Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
the Iranian drought story is insanely undercovered. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/07/i...
foreignpolicy.com
Iran’s Taps Are Nearly Empty
After five straight years of drought, the country is running dry.
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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
UC faculty have “changed what they teach (or) changed what they research bc they are afraid it is too left and they don’t want to trigger more funding cuts,” Judge Lin said. It's “a classic, predictable First Amendment injury, exactly what the administration intends.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Trump Pressure Risks Free Speech at University of California, Judge Warns
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models. OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so. A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
BDS calls on supporters worldwide to join a global day of action on 22 November, targeting @Chevron for its role in Israel’s genocide and apartheid, in addition to its role in climate destruction globally. Disrupt business as usual, throw sand in the gears of Israel's genocide. loom.ly/QYV9BUs
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Boycott Chevron Day of Action 22 November
Disrupt business as usual, throw sand in the gears of Israel's genocide.
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
“defund the police was a bad slogan”
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
not sure if it’s obvious by now but i’ve got orders to monitor ICE activity and, as usual, i’d appreciate any help bsky has to offer. if you gotta tip, my signal account is in my bio. i’m very mechanical. i can track things. data. paperwork. but i could always use help w/ people.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style. Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
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@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. 

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year. I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. 

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. 

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. 

Official statement to 
@FoxNews
 via 
@TriciaOhio
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"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.
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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Here it is: the Trump Administration "draft proposal" to the University of California. Published bc faculty sued for its disclosure. Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities. EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni. ucop.edu/communicatio...
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
It's hard to overstate how fully engaged Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are in this ICE madness. There are neighborhood watch alerts, spontaneous crowds gathering outside schools at pick up & drop off plus madly blowing whistles and honking car horns, this city is fighting back and hard.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 24/10/2025
Damn Bernie are you sure YOU'RE not the one with a weird skull tattoo? Because uh yikes
So, has historically the United States done well under Democrats and Republicans protecting the border? The answer is no. Trump did a better job,” Sanders said on the podcast. “I don’t like Trump, you know, but we should have a secure border. And it ain’t that hard to do. Biden didn’t do it. Those before him did not do it. We should have a secure border period. I think most people in the Congress agree with that.”
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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
UPDATE: Following court order, UC has posted the UCLA settlement proposal on its website: ucop.edu/communicatio...
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Holly Guise ❄️ @hollyguise.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
“An informal Facebook poll in March about NANA's ICE contracts drew responses from around 100 shareholders, the majority of whom disapproved of the work.” Many Alaska Natives oppose ICE contracts conflicting with what the Alaska Native Corporations are doing alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
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Lucrative ICE detention centers bring money — and anger — to an Alaska Native community — Alaska Public Media
NANA Regional Corp. is supposed to uphold Iñupiat values. Some shareholders say its role in Trump’s deportation machinery makes a mockery of that.
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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
“At a point when faculty are being fired, when faculty are losing their funding, when universities are under attack, the last thing we should be saying is, ‘Just shut your mouth, and it’s all going to go away,’” Jones said. @minnpost.bsky.social @umn-tc-aaup.bsky.social @aaup.org
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U of M sits tight on speech code amid censorship concerns
In March the Board of Regents approved a directive on institutional speech amid campus turmoil around Gaza. It remains controversial.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 10/10/2025
Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.
An easel sign reads, “UCLA
ATTENTION
No events are permitted in this area today. Per Policy 852, this location is NOT designated for public expression activities.
Individuals participating in an event or a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest.
Scan for policy information.”
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Charmaine Chua @charmainechua.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
But we also have to look inward at the UC itself. it is not beyond possibility that files containing complaints made against faculty about the content taught in classrooms can be used against faculty if the UC chooses to go against principles of academic freedom to dismiss university workers.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Am I reading this correctly? A grad student ... in Computer Science ... enrolled in an undergraduate seminar ... in the American Indian and Indigenous Studies program ... where he ignored the readings and hijacked discussions to talk about Israel and defend its actions in Gaza? What the hell?
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 28/09/2025
Damn I sure hope folks aren't coming to ChatGPT with their liberation questions & their activism. Having a convo with the po po right on the other end.
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Dr. BRO @drbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Using AI for anything is dumb but for ”revolutionary“ practices is just dangerous and wrong.
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 24/09/2025
The Global Sumud Flotilla—a fleet of 50 civilian boats with life-saving aid for Gaza—was attacked by Israeli drones off Crete, damaging 10 vessels. This happened soon after Israel openly threatened the flotilla and smeared its participants as "Hamas supporters."
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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Bookmarking: Tuesdays at 6:30-8:30pm (ET): A Short Course on Palestine with Rashid Khalidi - The People's Forum. Runs Sept 30-Oct 28 Will be livestreamed on YT for all who cannot attend in person. peoplesforum.org/events/guest...
peoplesforum.org
GUEST COURSE: A Short Course on Palestine with Rashid Khalidi
This is a guest course with Prof. Rashid Khalidi, from September 28 to October 28, which examines the history of Palestine since 1917, not as a “conflict” between equals but as a century-long proc
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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 19/09/2025
Yesterday, dozens of Israeli tanks, bulldozers, and armoured vehicles moved into Sheikh Radwan, one of the city’s most densely populated neighborhoods before the war.
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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Oh Gavin
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Hundreds of people detained at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration processing center west of Miami, Florida, appear to have vanished. They have disappeared from the ICE online database, and their lawyers and families have been unable to locate them. english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-...
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The mysterious disappearance of hundreds of immigrants detained at Alligator Alcatraz
Lawyers and family members report that they have been unable to locate the inmates at the infamous Florida prison after they disappeared from the ICE database
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