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Eunice Cho

@eunicehcho.bsky.social
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Immigrant rights attorney; focus on immigration detention. (Views my own; repost does not = endorsement)

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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A beautiful account of what ordinary people are doing in Leavenworth, Kansas, to stand against ICE detention and in solidarity with people held there: kansasreflector.com/2026/09/29/p...
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Profiles in resistance: Residents of this Kansas town unite in opposition to ICE and CoreCivic • Kansas Reflector
Kansas Reflector is telling the personal stories of eight Leavenworth commuity members who gather volunteers, raise money and host meetings for the sake of those in detainment. They don’t share the sa...
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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ICE is planning to turn vans into 'mobile detention facilities'
The plan would let ICE hold immigrants in vans for hours during enforcement operations, with few details on food, water or medical care.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
theintercept.com/2026/09/30/i...
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ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care
Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of ill detainees.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The DHS's Office of Inspector General just issued a scathing new report about conditions of confinement at ICE's infamous "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility. As the NYT reports, officials used metal cages as "calming areas" to hold detainees. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u... /1
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages to Confine Migrants, DHS Watchdog Report Says
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Do I know (or do you know) any abolitionist archivist/librarians? If so, please let me know! Working on a new project related to immigration detention and would love to talk through some ideas.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.wctrib.com/news/minneso...
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As west-central ICE facility moves toward opening, lawmakers and experts raise concerns
Legal experts and DFL lawmakers consider potential state actions as CoreCivic begins hiring for the 1,600-bed facility in Appleton, Minnesota.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“This case stands out as an example of the enormity of the tragedy pregnant women and families are facing because of the Trump administration,” Cho said, of Monterroso Lemus’s experience. “The bottom line is: No one deserves to be treated like this.” theintercept.com/2026/08/27/t...
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Trump Admin Said She Was Lying About Stillbirth in ICE Custody. New Evidence Points to Lack of Prenatal Care.
The Trump administration claimed Iris Dayana Monterroso Lemus received “FULL medical, prenatal care” in ICE custody.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
@pogo.org has put together an excellent report on ICE's system for inspecting detention facilities, quantifying what advocates have said for years: the inspection system is a sham to enable the continued detention of people in dangerous and abusive conditions. www.pogo.org/investigates...
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Inside ICE’s Broken System for Inspecting Detention Facilities
New data reveals a twisted ICE detention oversight system where facilities get glowing grades, even amid deadly conditions.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Here's an excellent expose of LaSalle Corrections, a privately-held private prison corporation that is expanding its reach into the ICE detention system--information that is difficult to find because LaSalle is not publicly-traded. Great job @truth.bsky.social! hntrbrk.com/investigatio...
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LaSalle Corrections: The Accountability Shell Game
ICE money is turbocharging LaSalle Corrections' private prison business
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
New investigation shows that ICE has sought court orders to force-feed at least 10 detained immigrants on hunger strike under the Trump administration. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Stark example of brutality’: Trump’s ICE used court orders in plan to force-feed at least 10 hunger strikers in detention
Exclusive: court records reviewed by the Guardian show that procedures included force-feeding, intravenous forced hydration and involuntary blood draws
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Revealed: Trump administration forced treatment on hunger striker in ICE detention
ICE report reviewed by the Guardian discloses a patient was ‘subject to force feeding, hydration or urinary catheterization’, which experts have described as torture
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Powerful visualization of horrifying conditions of confinement in ICE's holding room cells, based on testimony of brave detainees who came forward to sue ICE and challenge abuses at 26 Federal Plaza. Great reporting by @douglasmac.bsky.social as usual! wapo.st/3R6bdmr
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ICE officials warned of dangerous crowding. See how they kept packing people in.
Dozens were held for days in small rooms last year with no beds, showers or full-time medical staff, records analyzed by The Post show.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
www.union-bulletin.com/news/nationa...
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Detainees at California ICE facility win ‘landmark’ safety settlement, protections
FRESNO, Calif. — A private prison operator will pay a six-figure fine to state health and safety officials to settle a complaint that immigrants detained at California ICE detention facilities
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
www.axios.com/local/phoeni...
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ICE pauses Surprise immigration detention center
ICE agreed with Attorney General Kris Mayes to pause a planned detention center pending an environmental review.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We WON. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...
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Gov. DeSantis confirms Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" shutting down operations, all detainees relocated
Conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz" were criticized by lawyers, families and human rights groups who claimed detainees were mistreated.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
SCOOP: ICE is planning to offload seven warehouses purchased for more than $700 million by either giving them to other federal agencies or selling them outright, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
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ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses. Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Let’s be sure to show up for Minneapolis today and every day like they have been showing the way & showing up for us across the country. We’re with you Twin Cities!❤️‍🔥
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/06/2026
Daphy Michel, a Haitian asylum seeker with untreated mental health issues, died of hypothermia after being released by ICE. Security footage shows Michel sitting on a bus stop bench for days in cold temperatures. Her death has been ruled a homicide.
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Death of woman released by ICE on a winter day is now ruled a homicide
Security footage shows Daphy Michel, a 31-year-old asylum seeker from Haiti, sitting on a bus stop bench for days in cold temperatures.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Great reporting by @douglasmac.bsky.social. GEO's push to change ICE standards is a direct response to successful lawsuits brought by immigrant detainees finding minimum wage violations and unjust enrichment for their $1/day "voluntary" work program. The swamp just got deeper. wapo.st/4giIJjm
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ICE removed detainee protections after private outreach from top contractor
In new federal standards released Monday, the agency appeared to make changes that could benefit Geo Group’s legal defense.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
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She reported a sexual assault at North Lake. ICE deported her before the investigation was over.
A former detainee says she was repeatedly sexually assaulted at the North Lake Processing Center and that her attempts to alert administrators initially went unheeded.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
For many years, there were allegations that ICE would “release” critically ill people in hospitals so that their deaths wouldn’t be recorded as in ICE custody. To fix this, in 2021 the Biden admin required ICE to report deaths occurring up to 30 days after release. Now that rule has been dropped.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
apnews.com/article/ice-...
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From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across the US describe medical neglect
Immigrant detainees across at least 33 states allege in court documents that the government is failing to provide them with adequate medical care.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
they’re shooting crowd control munitions at crowds that include multiple members of congress, the governor, and a sitting united states senator. they fired pepper balls at the senator. they cannot and will not be reigned in by democracy, whatever’s left of it.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 20/05/2026
NEW: A review of DHS forecasting records shows a quick heads-up to vendors for a $10M–$20M contract to keep mothballed ICE warehouses "in serviceable condition pending reactivation" at unspecified locations, on a compressed timeline, and with no public solicitation in sight.
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ICE Moves to Pay Contractor to Maintain Mothballed Warehouses
The procurement notice surfaces as the agency's plan to convert warehouses into detention centers has stalled in court — and as it pivots toward buying existing facilities from private operators.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
www.gpb.org/news/2026/05...
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A Georgia city, slated for a massive immigration warehouse, sues ICE
Social Circle, a city of 5,000 east of Atlanta, has sued ICE in Georgia's middle district federal court.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-mar...
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DHS chief Mullin says agency has no plan to shut down "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the department has no plan to shut down Alligator Alcatraz, following reports that companies hired by Florida to operate the detention center were told it would clo...
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Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @frost.house.gov · 13/05/2026
BREAKING: "Alligator Alcatraz," the internment camp in the Everglades, is closing. Here's what you need to know:
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ IS CLOSING!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...
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Florida Plans to Close ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Vendors Are Reportedly Told
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Yes. Shut it down. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/u...
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Federal and State Officials Discuss Closing Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This is a fascinating development. One thing to note: even where ICE has purchased detention facilities in the past, it has relied heavily on private prison corporations to actually *operate* facilities themselves.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Excellent reporting on the skyrocketing numbers of use of force in ICE detention: wapo.st/4tdgBRA
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Internal ICE records reveal widespread use of force in detention centers
The reports detail how guards have increasingly used chemical agents and physical tactics on detainees, including groups demanding adequate water, food and medical care.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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Pregnant minors detained by ICE: Oregon congresswoman to investigate Texas center
U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter will visit a facility in Texas to check the conditions of pregnant teens in ICE custody and will also return to the Dilley facility for an oversight stop.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 03/04/2026
It’s not just Ms. Rachel. The biggest names in children’s educational programming are coming out in force to call for kids to be freed from ICE detention. Here’s “Reading Rainbow” host @mychal3ts.bsky.social outside the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.
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NPR @npr.org · 03/04/2026
ICE inspectors in February found 49 violations to detention standards at Camp East Montana, including failure from staff to"accurately document required checks to prevent significant self-harm and suicide." n.pr/4sa0F1S
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ICE detention deaths are on a record pace. One Texas facility bears the brunt
ICE inspectors in February found 49 violations to detention standards at Camp East Montana, including failure from staff to"accurately document required checks to prevent significant self-harm and suicide."
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 01/04/2026
"'If it weren't for Miller pushing, this would be dead by now,' the source told me. A new DHS secretary may not be the obstacle many wish it were." Read more to learn why now is the time to be making noise.
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DHS Pauses Warehouse Purchases as Internal Revolt, Legal Challenges, and Political Infighting Cloud the Program's Future
Career officials call it unworkable. Communities are suing to stop it. Congress is investigating. And Stephen Miller is still pushing.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 01/04/2026
Via AP: Warehouse purchases on pause while DHS reviews Noem-era contracts, policies, and proposals.
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DHS pauses new immigrant warehouse purchases amid review of Noem-era contracts
Homeland Security is pausing plans to buy new warehouses for immigrant detention as it reviews contracts signed under former secretary Kristi Noem.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
ANOTHER death in ICE custody. That makes 14 in 2026, and we’re not even done with March yet. This is on track to be the deadliest year for immigration detention in the U.S. ever. Period.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/03/2026
BREAKING: A federal court ruled ICE must provide access to legal counsel for people detained at the Florida detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The Trump administration cannot deny people their right to an attorney.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
So proud to announce that detainees held at Alligator Alcatraz won their preliminary injunction and motion for class certification in challenging lack of access to counsel. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71155... /1
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Order on Motion for Leave to File Document AND Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion to Certify Class – #243 in C.M. v. Noem (M.D. Fla., 2:25-cv-00747) – CourtListener.com
Order on Motion for Leave to File Document AND Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion to Certify Class
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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
👏🏼The Choctaw Nation has purchased a warehouse in Oklahoma that ICE was trying to buy and use as a detention center. www.projectsaltbox.com/p/choctaw-na...
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Choctaw Nation Buys Former Big Lots Warehouse, Closing Off Oklahoma ICE Detention Site
The sale is the second time in months that a large Oklahoma warehouse pursued by ICE for detention use has instead gone to another buyer.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Jaw-dropping admission by DOJ to court. DOJ admits to having repeatedly made "material mistaken" representations to judge - ICE never had authority (under 2025 Guidance) to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses! DOJ admits court "relied on...prior misrepresentations." DOJ blames ICE (page 2)
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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
NEW: More than 11,000. That’s how many US citizen children have a parent who has been detained under Trump, our new data analysis shows. When Doris Flores was separated from her four-month-old who was still breastfeeding, she turned to her pastor for help. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids
A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
ICE considered 3 sites in Dauphin County, PA for detention centers www.pennlive.com/news/2026/03...
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Thanks to @nytimes.com for this in-depth coverage of abuse faced by pregnant folks in ICE detention. “It is alarming to hear how these women are being treated,” said Eunice Cho. “When people inform agents that they are pregnant, it’s not really being taken into consideration.” tinyurl.com/5bamt7ew
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Pregnant in ICE Detention: Handcuffs and Pleas for Medical Care
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This is fascinating. Yes, we should investigate corruption and glad handing. But at the end of the day, we should ask why we are spending billions for anyone to profit from the detention of immigrants in the first place.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 19/03/2026
Breaking: A federal judge has extended a construction halt on a Maryland warehouse the Trump administration is converting into a $215 million immigration detention facility — keeping work stopped through at least mid-April and setting an April hearing that could freeze the project for months more.
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Breaking: Judge Extends Block on Maryland ICE Detention Facility, Setting Stage for April Showdown
With construction frozen through mid-April and a hearing set, the fight over a $215 million federal detention facility in rural Maryland is heading toward its most consequential moment yet.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
ICE has been deporting pregnant and postpartum immigrants. Now we know how many. 19thnews.org/2026/03/ice-... via @19thnews.org
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This is really extraordinary. I've never seen anything like this from a government official.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/w...
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No water for ICE: Utilities to planned Georgia detention center cut off
Officials said water would remain off until ICE answers the city's requests.
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