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Isabel Rodríguez

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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 20h
An absolute mockery of due process that tramples over the rights of immigrant & refugee children.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 22h
No child should need a lawsuit to get out of government custody. Right now habeas petitions have helped some kids get home, and I talked with Acacia and the National Center for Youth Law about how they work. austinkocher.substack.com/p/no-chil…
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 22h
Kids are spending longer than ever in ORR custody, and attorneys have turned to habeas petitions to get them out. Jill Williams of Acacia and Becky Wolozin of the National Center for Youth Law explained the strategy to me. austinkocher.substack.com/p/no-chil…
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The torture and trafficking of immigrant kids continues apace, with plans to remove the 2,500 unaccompanied kids presently held captive. We need a relentless drumbeat: What are they doing to the children? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h
Martin Soto went out for diapers. He came home eight months later. The asylum seeker, who led a hunger strike inside a for-profit ICE facility, was released with an ankle monitor late Tuesday.
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Martin Soto went out for diapers. He came home eight months later.
The asylum seeker, who led a hunger strike inside a for-profit ICE facility, was released with an ankle monitor late Tuesday.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21h
EXCLUSIVE: A third-country national finally freed from an Eswatini prison got stuck in the international terminal of the Johannesburg airport for days due to suspicion about his emergency travel document. He’s now safe in Laos, his “home” country he’s never been to. prospect.org/2026/10/07/t...
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Third-Country National Stuck in Airport for Days After Release From African Prison - The American Prospect
Finally out of the prison Trump expelled him to, Phone Chomsavanh’s fight for freedom hit one more snag.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 21h
You know what? The international med student who performed much of my life-extending surgery a couple years ago should not have to pay $70,000 more to learn how to save American lives.
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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“‘The US government has long criticized Russia and other governments for dodging external scrutiny of their elections,’ said Philippe Bolopion, executive director of Human Rights Watch. ‘Now the Trump administration is mimicking that behavior.’”
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US: Trump Administration Rejects External Election Observers
The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcomi...
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A tree sitter has returned to the remaining cottonwood in Lochiel, which has its roots to the south of the old wall but overhangs the route of the new one
we see a large and beautiful cottonwood, hung with homemade banners decrying the border wall and with a canopy high up in the branches.
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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 05/10/2026
This morning, at least 50 armed Border Patrol agents, including BORTAC, raided the border wall resistance camp and tree sit in Lochiel, Arizona, attacking and arresting land defenders and cutting down the last “grandmother” cottonwood that stood in the path of Trump's double wall on the U.S. side.
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🚨 Border Patrol Raids Camp O:ṣhad, Cuts Down ‘Grandmother’ Tree
At least 50 federal agents, including BORTAC, raided the border wall resistance camp and tree sit in Lochiel, AZ, attacking and arresting land defenders and cutting down the “grandmother” cottonwood.
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Isabela Dias @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
ICE took Luis and his son Andrés into custody together. Then, the agency separated them transferring the boy as "unaccompanied" to ORR, which cares for migrant kids with no parent or legal guardian. Andrés ended up in foster care. The new interior family separations w/ @samanthamichaels.bsky.social:
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026
"Just come here the legal way" was always light years easier said than done; now they aren't even in the same galaxy.
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National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) @youthlaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A new @motherjones.com investigation examines the government’s ongoing separation of immigrant children from their families.
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National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) @youthlaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NCYL attorneys Melissa Adamson, Diane de Gramont & Becky Wolozin spoke about children being separated from their families, deemed “unaccompanied,” and placed in government custody. Read the full investigation: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
45 asylum seekers imprisoned in Georgia's Folkston ICE detention center went on hunger strike today. Some have been in this concentration camp for three years. They demand immediate release into the US, protection from re-detention and deportation, and reunification with loved ones.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Their open letter is heartbreaking. It quotes the Declaration of Independence and says they are not asking for special treatment, just the chance to complete their cases in freedom. "We hope someone will hear our voices." Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1TmwM...
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FIPC Open Letter - English version
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They also published videos describing how long they've been in the camps. "All we want is peaceful, free life."
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Shut Down Folkston ICE Processing Center on Instagram: "Hear directly from 38 people inside Folkston D. Ray James ICE Processing Center reporting months and YEARS of detention, with no end in sight. ...
29 likes, 1 comments - shutdownfipc on October 5, 2026: "Hear directly from 38 people inside Folkston D. Ray James ICE Processing Center reporting months and YEARS of detention, with no end in sight. ...
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Most of us are asylum seekers, those who came to the United States seeking protection from political persecution and violence in their home countries. Many fled out of fear of becoming political prisoners in those countries ...
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In NJ, they did something similar with an lead organizer during the Delaney Hall uprising. Dumped him in the middle of the Meadowlands (an old mafia dumping ground, for those who don't know) with no phone in the middle of the night.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks to Russ Vought for exposing this woke research
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Congrats to UW Madison on the Nobel in Physics! He is an immigrant to the US. Immigrants make up 40% of US wins in science chemistry, medicine, and physics in this century.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
2/ Federal agents have detained at least 70 children and teens who are American citizens. Some were handcuffed or zip-tied. In one instance, a 15-year-old with disabilities was handcuffed outside a school in Los Angeles when agents mistook him for an alleged gang member.
At least 70 U.S. citizen children detained, some of whom were handcuffed
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
3/ 100+ Americans have been held after agents questioned their citizenship. Nearly all of them were people of color. They say they were profiled — detained because of their skin color, accents or jobs. “ICE isn’t looking for criminals. They’re looking for Latinos,” one said.
100+ U.S. citizens held after agents questioned their citizenship
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
5/ Hundreds of Americans were also held while they were engaging in their First Amendment rights. 60+ were held while they were filming.
60+ U.S. citizens detained while recording
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
6/ Others were arrested while trying to protect colleagues. Quentin Williams, a staffer at Minneapolis' Roosevelt High, was trying to help a teacher when he was shoved by Greg Bovino and tackled by agents. He was charged with assault, but like others, his case was dismissed.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
7/ Among the most jarring trends we found: 36 U.S. citizens were not allowed to contact their family or a lawyer.
36 U.S. citizens held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their family.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
8/ Amanda Trebach, a nurse and member of an immigrant advocacy group, was detained in California while filming and protesting immigration enforcement operations. Trebach says she was held for almost 36 hours without access to a phone call or a lawyer.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
9/ DHS said Trebach jumped in front of moving vehicles and hit a car with her signs and fists, which she disputes. No related federal charges were brought against Trebach, as far as ProPublica could find.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
10/ We shared our findings and information on each case with the Department of Homeland Security. The department defended agents’ conduct. “DHS enforcement operations are highly targeted. We do our due diligence,” the agency said in a statement.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
11/ DHS also told us that racial profiling allegations were “disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE” and “ICE does not zip tie or restrain children.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
12/ We spent months compiling every case we could find of immigration agents detaining Americans. We did it because the government hasn't. And now, we're sharing every one of those cases with you. Explore our database: propub.li/4egbSK2
Screenshot of database titled "Explore All Incidents Where Citizens Were Detained." Text below explains that this is every incident ProPublica could find in which one or more citizens were reportedly detained between January 2025 and September 2026. There are 506 citizens' cases in the database, and users can sort by what the incidents involve, where the incident is located, and the recency of the case.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
13/ Collectively, these cases show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, federal agents have run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens too. Read our investigation:
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
14/ We sifted through social media, DHS statements, court records and local reports to find cases where citizens were held against their will for any amount of time. The courts consider someone detained if they aren’t free to leave. Full methodology: propub.li/4yoIKb7
How We Counted Incidents
We found and vetted cases from a number of sources, including English- and Spanish-language social media, DHS statements, court records and local news reports, in addition to our own reporting. We included an incident in our dataset only if we could find at least two sources for it. For additional details about the incident, like whether crowd control weapons were used, we accepted one source in some cases.

When DHS provided a response specific to an incident — including about whether it happened or the circumstances under which it happened — we noted that response in cases for which we offered detail beyond a simple count of detained citizens. DHS responses that generically denied ever detaining citizens or that are proven inaccurate by our reporting were not included.As with our count a year ago, most of the detained Americans on our list fell into two broad categories. The first is Americans who were held because agents questioned their citizenship. This time, we found more than a hundred such cases. The second category is Americans arrested by immigration agents after being accused of assaulting or impeding officers at protests or during immigration arrests of others. In that category, we tallied roughly 300 Americans. In many of these cases, the government accused but never charged these individuals with assault. Sometimes agents detained people because of questions about their citizenship but later accused them of crimes. While public attention often focuses on ICE, the immigration dragnet often relied on officers from agencies across the government.

Since the government itself does not track these cases, our list is almost certainly an undercount...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"If the person is a US citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter. "Only if the person is illegally in the United States may the stop lead to further immigration proceedings." -- Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, 9/8/2025
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026
Last time we reported the 170 number, Kristi Noem denied the administration had detained any citizens. This time, we’re releasing the full list — and a host of video evidence — along with our story.
A screenshot of a ProPublica database showing incidents of citizens being detained A screenshot of videos showing US citizens being detained with a large number 506 at the bottom
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We can’t just move past what SCOTUS has permitted this Administration to do to people who have lived and worked in the U.S. for years and even decades.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity." "ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Nicole Micheroni @nicolemicheroni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2 years later, here’s what the Trump campaign’s promise of mass deportation looks like on the ground: prioritizing young people who filed for asylum as children 10 years ago who now speak perfect English and are at the forefront of American cancer research. Ask me how I know
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JD Vance says mass deportations should 'start with 1 million,' defends 'thought experiment' giving parents extra votes
GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance spoke with ABC News' Jonathan Karl about a wide variety of topics including immigration and his views on childless Americans.
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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The American Association of University Professors has racked up plenty of confirmed Trump policy kills this term--hoping this is another! I was expecting this suit months ago, but the infamous "adjustment memo" I wrote about back in May is a nebulous beast deportnation.substack.com/p/did-dhs-ju...
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DID DHS JUST STOP PROCESSING GREENCARDS? A CLOSER LOOK
An attorney who has been helping people through the immigration system for 20 years answers your questions about USCIS's stunning new policy announcement
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 05/10/2026
Habeas petitions for unaccompanied children in ORR custody rose 3,500% over 2021-2024, and 98% of cases with a known outcome ended in release, Acacia Center for Justice finds. acaciajustice.org/research-dat...
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Freeing Children, Reuniting Families: The Power of Habeas Advocacy - Acacia Center for Justice
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 04/10/2026
Julian Curo-Churata, 47, from Peru, died in ICE custody in Louisiana on September 29, the 37th death in ICE detention in fiscal 2026, the deadliest year on record. The records show more than the coverage so far. austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 05/10/2026
ICYMI: the court records show more than ICE's announcement did. Before ICE arrested Julian Curo-Churata in Maryland, he had an asylum case in court and had gone to his June hearing. austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur... @immigrantjustice.bsky.social
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Julian Curo-Churata Is the 37th Person to Die in ICE Custody This Fiscal Year, Capping Off the Agency’s Deadliest Year on Record
According to ICE, 47-year-old Peruvian national Julian Curo-Churata died in Louisiana on Tuesday, September 29.
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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This piece is worth your time - it is a reminder of the dark moment that our immigrant & refugee neighbors are living through, and it situates the importance of gathering & making known relevant data at a time when our government has given up that pretense. Looking forward to more in the future.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As the Trump admin is calling in thousands of people here for years who are protected from persecution in their home country, Tom Homan is on TV saying people who want to avoid being sent to Africa can just "self-deport." So it's accept persecution or be deported to a third country.

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Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, said people in the U.S. illegally can avoid being sent to “third countries” in Africa and other places around the world by self-deporting to their home countries.

“There’s your quick answer. If you self-deport … you're 100% likely to go to your home country,” Homan told CBS News’ 
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This past week, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to continue its third-country deportation effort.

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
lol I just got a notice from USCIS informing me that I along with every other applicant have been enrolled in the Continuous Immigration Vetting program so that the FBI can use my biometric information for real-time persistent monitoring, I love 2 live in modernity
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Judge Stadtmueller, a Reagan appointee in Wisconsin, orders the release of an ICE detainee in part because of the "systemic rigging of bond hearings against detainees." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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