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Edgar Aranda Yanoc

@edgaryanoc.bsky.social
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I am racial and economic justice advocate with a long history of working on immigrant rights. Currently working in the field of Philanthropy. All opinions are my own and do not represent the institution that I work.

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Legal Aid Justice Center @legalaidjustice.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Late yesterday, sadly, the court halted the new law limiting how local law enforcement can cooperate with ICE. Read our full statement on the decision enjoining the General Assembly’s regulation of existing 287(g) agreements in Virginia here: www.justice4all.org/news/287ggdc831…
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Senator Jennifer B. Boysko @jenniferboysko.com · 03/06/2026
Receiving the award from Dreamer Mothers in Action! @legalaidjustice.bsky.social
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Legal Aid Justice Center @legalaidjustice.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Informarse sobre las nuevas leyes de derechos de migrantes que entrarán en vigor el 1 de julio de 2026 / Learn about new immigrant rights laws going into effect on July 1, 2026: www.justice4all.org/what-we-do/immi…
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 17/05/2026
FYI
Neil Stone @ @DrNeilStone • 2h
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has one of the few labs in the world which can study
Ebola virus.
In March 2025 RFK Jr had it shut down.
We now have a huge Ebola outbreak on our hands.
What a foolish move
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The actual effect of this victory is that the limitations that Rs will need to impose will make it so Trump can’t (legally) use this money for any construction of the ballroom. I think, as originally written, there was enough flexibility for a sympathetic judge. No way under new limitations.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 17/05/2026
Under the weather so not posting much, but I’ll take this opportunity to beg everyone to reach out to any friends you might have in Georgia and remind them to vote for Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin on Tuesday. I actually convinced a GA friend yesterday to vote. We need every last ballot.
Image of Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin
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Edgar Aranda Yanoc @edgaryanoc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
3,103,669 Virginian voters voted and decided in the referendum, and now we have a State Supreme Court that, instead of administering justice, plays a role in partisan politics. This is wrong.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/03/2026
after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/03/2026
wow -- Tillis goes ballistic on Noem, telling her "what we've seen is a disaster under your leadership"
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Edgar Aranda Yanoc @edgaryanoc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
"...The amended bill will prohibit law enforcement officers from assisting, operating, or authorizing resources to federal authorities to enforce immigration laws, unless presented with an official judicial warrant..." tinyurl.com/ybttn2et
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Proposed laws would restrict some ICE operations in Virginia
Virginia lawmakers introduced dozens of bills this session that tackle immigration policy; several aligned with a recent executive directive to end local law enforcement cooperation with the U.S. Immi...
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Edgar Aranda Yanoc @edgaryanoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
"...the overwhelming majority of ICE detainees in Central Virginia are not convicted criminals, per ICE’s own data. This has been a consistent trend over the past year..." tinyurl.com/4j2wvj2h
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.
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Pope Leo Will Spend July 4 Visiting Migrant Crossing Island
Pope Leo has spoken out against the treatment of migrants in the United States several times over the last year.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The Ash Wednesday procession through the Chicago suburb of Melrose Park from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church - honoring immigrants, immigration detainees and those killed by ICE & Border Patrol - has begun. Chicago Archbishop and Cardinal Blase Cupich is near the head of the march.
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hrlatinam.bsky.social @hrlatinam.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
white dudes in Callaway hats doing this are a five alarm fire for the GOP
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 09/02/2026
Unidos somos América.
Bad Bunny holds a football that says Together, we are America.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/02/2026
Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” “Together, we are America”
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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 06/02/2026
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer. (I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“Governor Spanberger’s decision to end cooperation agreements is a powerful step toward restoring basic constitutional protections and rebuilding trust between immigrant communities and law enforcement across Virginia" bluevirginia.us/2026/02/gov-...
Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights Applauds Governor Spanberger for Ending Agreements Between ICE and Virginia Law Enforcement

Richmond, VA—In a move celebrated by immigrant communities and advocacy groups across the Commonwealth, Governor Abigail Spanberger has ended agreements between ICE and the four Virginia state law enforcement agencies, the Virginia State Police, Virginia Department of Corrections, Virginia Conservation Police, and Virginia Marine Police. This means that state law enforcement will no longer be forcibly deputized into conducting immigration enforcement for the federal government, and can again prioritize public safety and community trust.

“Governor Spanberger’s decision to end cooperation agreements is a powerful step toward restoring basic constitutional protections and rebuilding trust between immigrant communities and law enforcement across Virginia,” said Monica Sarmiento, Executive Director of the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights (VACIR). “These agreements have deputized state agencies into carrying out a federal detention and deportation agenda that relies on fear, racial profiling, and warrantless enforcement, undermining public safety for everyone. By ending statewide cooperation with ICE, the Governor is affirming that our state resources should be used to keep communities safe, not to tear families apart and funnel people into a system that has repeatedly violated civil and human rights. Immigrants are essential to Virginia’s economy and civic life, and today’s action sends a clear message that our communities deserve dignity, safety, and equal protection under the law.”
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Video from @RTDNEWS: "Gov. Abigail Spanberger speaks about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement" bluevirginia.us/2026/02/gov-...
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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
For those commenting on the agents' surnames.
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Bordering on Indifference
How a largely Latino/a workforce of immigration agents reconciles the moral ambiguities of its work
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Liam goes home… www.instagram.com/reel/DUOW4_E...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/01/2026
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan. Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
It was an extrajudicial execution. Anyone who defends this is defending a police state.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/01/2026
Gov. Tim Walz posted to social media that he spoke to the White House after the shooting, and that “Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Breaking: Video shows another shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis
Agents shot the man several times after wrestling him to the ground.
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
This is how it’s done! @abigailspanberger.com’s first act as Governor of Virginia is to repeal Glenn Youngkin’s executive order that mandated state and local law enforcement cooperate with ICE. More of this please! #LetFreedomRing
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
How much more in your face can it be? "Why are you asking me for my paperwork?" "Because of your accent." "You have an accent too." "Where were you born sir?" "Where were you born at?" "Put your hands behind your back."
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This is America⁉️ 🗣️FUCK #ICE
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
“Noem: U.S. Citizens Should Be Prepared To Show Proof.” Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?
Screenshot of Fox News from Jan. 15, 2026 with picture of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and chyron: "Breaking News: Noem: U.S. Citizens Should be Prepared To Show Proof."
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
ICE and CBP deployed tear gas and pepper balls against peaceful protesters who were attending a memorial for Renee Good outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis. (1/11/26)
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Charm City Indivisible ❌👑 @charmcityindvsbl.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
One more from Columbia, Md., today. #IceOutForGood
Woman holding sign that reads: “My Grandpa fought Nazis and I will too!”
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
"This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation...Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/01/2026
This is f*cked up! There isn’t any law in this country that requires you to provide proof of citizenship on the interior, but unfortunately ICE is racially profiling. And they don’t care if you say you’re a US citizen. So where does this leave everyone? If you don’t look white, you’re in danger.
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 11/01/2026
If he needs a tooled-up paramilitary force to stand outside the loo for him, just who is he scared of?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/01/2026
BREAKING: ICE agents pepper-spray peaceful demonstrators and journalists and deploy chemical irritants in Minneapolis. Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
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Edgar Aranda Yanoc @edgaryanoc.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings!!!
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/10/2025
Pope Leo XIV: “Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life”
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
How to record ICE: 1) Record from a safe distance. DO NOT INTERVENE. 2) Put the DATE, TIME, & LOCATION on the video. 3) Ask for NAMES & BIRTHDAYS 4) CONTEXT, how many people were taken? What happened? How? 5) If possible, document vehicles used and agents, even if masked. @eltragon.bsky.social
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Congresswoman Nanette Barragán @repbarragan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I DISSENT. We live in a country where 6 members of the highest court of the land decided it’s ok to profile immigrants based on the color of their skin or the language they speak. I DISSENT. #IDISSENT
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
What happened at SCOTUS today is alarming: The right-wing majority allowed the Trump admin, as part of its sweeping immigration raids, to racially profile Spanish-speaking people who look Latino at certain low-wage job sites in the Los Angeles area while litigation challenging the raids is ongoing.
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SCOTUS conservatives OK Trump admin's racial profiling of Latinos in low-wage jobs
Five of the six Republican appointees to the Supreme Court wrote nothing Monday. But their actions, and Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence, paint an alarming picture.
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Stephanie Chang @stephanielilychang.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Today, our Supreme Court allowed a continued attack on basic rights & freedoms. “We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job.” -Justice Sonia Sotomayor #momsky www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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Supreme Court lifts restrictions on ‘roving’ ICE raids in Los Angeles
The ruling blocks a lower court’s order that found the enforcement operations were based on impermissible factors.
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hrlatinam.bsky.social @hrlatinam.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🎁 - link “They’re trying to do this quietly, they’re trying to do this when nobody is watching” ― and the rapid-response team aims to ensure that doesn’t happen, said Stephanie Vincent, an organizer...“The citizens are front line right now.” share.inquirer.com/FUqujq
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Chasing ICE: ‘Rapid-response’ activists follow agents, then stand up for immigrants during arrests
“They’re trying to do this quietly, they’re trying to do this when nobody is watching,” one immigrant-advocate said.
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hrlatinam.bsky.social @hrlatinam.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🎁link below
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/09/2025
Thousands of people took to the streets of Washington, DC, on Saturday to voice opposition to Donald Trump’s armed federal intervention in the city. This is what democracy looks like.
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Washington turns out to protest Trump’s occupation
Thousands demand the "immediate withdrawal" of federal troops from the District of Columbia.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/09/2025
President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than 1 million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.
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How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time
President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than 1 million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.
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Edgar Aranda Yanoc @edgaryanoc.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
A decline in the foreign-born labor force has not improved the fortunes of U.S.-born workers, contrary to the promises of Trump officials. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has praised the 1924 Immigration Act, which prevented Jews and many other Europeans from ... shorturl.at/HPqX4
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Immigration Has Declined, But No Evidence U.S. Workers Are Better Off
A decline in the foreign-born labor force has not improved the fortunes of U.S.-born workers, despite assurances by Trump officials.
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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
They will keep lowering the bar for those white nationalists to join.
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