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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Something seems a bit off in this chart from a Pima County memo about the results of a survey about the Chuck Huckleberry Loop. content.civicplus.com/api/assets/a...

Donut chart labeled “Graphic 1. Distribution of Modes of Loop Utilization.” It shows the percentage of respondents who selected different modes of transportation. Nearly 82% responded “Cycling” and more than 58% responded “Walking”. The percentages in the chart labels add up to more than 100%.

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Earlier this week, Aala Abdullahi and I published a story about the impact of rapid transfers on people that ICE has locked away in detention facilities. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/06/01/i...

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ICE Detained Them, and Then They Vanished

Under Trump, the U.S. increasingly sends immigrants all over the nation with little warning, leaving families and attorneys unsure where they are.

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

One dimension of the active resistance around the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility is that so many of the people detained there are from the region around the facility. This table is from @austinkocher.com's analysis of data describing people detained at that facility.

Table showing the number of people detained at the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility by state and facility where they were first booked into detention. It shows that 81.5% of people detained at Delaney Hall were first booked into a facility in New Jersey, including 69.6% first booked into Delaney Hall. Another 15.2% were first booked in at New York facilities.

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Real slop not AI slop! I dropped off my compost while taking a break with my @marshallprojectguild.org co-workers in support of @propublicaguild.org's strike.

Pile of compost at the bottom of a black garbage bin.

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

"The Illinois Department of Corrections recognizes the mental-health and social benefits of Magic Gathering [sic] Cards and their positive contribution to a facility environment." idoc.illinois.gov/content/dam/...

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

After a few weeks delay, ICE just released new detention statistics. They show 70,766 people in detention as of 1/26/2026. I believe this is the first time this data source has reported a detained population over 70k.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A massive, blocks-long march protesting immigration enforcement and broader anti-immigrant policies heads away from its start at the Federal Building in Tucson, Arizona.

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 30/01/2026

The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:

The Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, the Minnesota Reformer, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Sahan Journal, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:

“We strongly condemn the arrest of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, as well as any attempt to intimidate members of the press. The First Amendment recognizes the press as holding a distinct and protected role in our democracy. In America, we do not arrest journalists for doing their jobs. The Minnesota journalism community stands united in defense of press freedom and the essential role reporting plays in holding power to account.”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps. This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US

Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

A portrait of the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio as many face the end of Temporary Protected Status. They prepare for the worst, but also find reason to celebrate their community. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/16/i...

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After Haitians Endured Campaign Lies, An Ohio Town Prepares For ICE

Falsely accused of eating pets, and worse, Haitians in Springfield have survived harassment, and now fear deportation.

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Yana Kunichoff @yanak.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

One of my biggest takeaways from reporting this story was how much media reports in the aftermath of police shootings, in particular with the police union spokesperson putting forward a narrative of an incident, were then used as key pieces of evidence for a future investigation.

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Shaping narratives when police shoot and kill someone has been a fundamental part of how police and their supporters operate. For example, see this @yanak.bsky.social @samstecklow.bsky.social story about the Chicago Police Department from 2016: chicagoreader.com/news/how-chi...

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How Chicago's 'Fraternal Order of Propaganda' shapes the story of fatal police shootings - Chicago Reader

When cops kill civilians, their union is on hand to defend them. In many cases this has come at the expense of the truth.

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Willian Giménez González, Chicago day laborer and beloved worker leader in Chicago, has been released from ICE custody. I spoke to him about his 47-day detention, and what solidarity looks like in this moment. "I owe my freedom to being organized," he says.

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“There Is a War Against Us”: Worker Leader, Released from ICE Custody, Speaks Out

Willian Giménez González is free, but he worries about thousands of others who were abducted from the Chicago area.

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

A recent ACLU letter detailing reports of abuse of people ICE has detained at Ft. Bliss includes accounts of ICE trying to force non-Mexicans to be deported to Mexico. This story describes the experience of people who have been deported to Mexico as a 3rd country. capitalandmain.com/im-lost-in-t...

capitalandmain.com

‘I’m Lost in This Country’: Non-Mexicans Living Undocumented After Deportation to Mexico

Cubans and other third-country nationals are dropped off on the streets of Villahermosa where they struggle to survive.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

two major mayoral elections in 4 days (yes it never ends): Miami, which Democrats are trying to flip. Albuquerque, which the GOP is trying to flip.

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

ICE just released new detention statistics. As of November 30, 2025, ICE was detaining 65,735 people across the United States. www.ice.gov/detain/deten...

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Detention Management

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Read @pmingram.tucsonsentinel.com's story about use of force by HSI agents at Taco Giro today. He got sprayed and managed to file a story that describes the use-of-force and provides some details about the federal operation throughout Southern Arizona today. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

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DHS agents pepper-spray Rep. Grijalva, Sentinel reporter during protest sparked by Tucson raid

An investigation into a Tucson restaurant chain turned chaotic on Wednesday morning as agents with the Department of Homeland Security used tear gas, pepper balls and smoke grenades against protestors...

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The Office of the Inspector General at DHS conducted an unannounced inspection of Eloy in early December 2024. "Facility and ICE Staff Did Not Comply with All Staff-Detainee Communication Standards" "Eloy Did Not Adequately Maintain Bathing Facilities" www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/defaul...

Table 1. Summary of Areas of Non-Compliance

Standard Non-Compliance
Use of Force
Facility Staff Did Not Always Preserve Audiovisual Recordings of Use of Force
Incidents
• Facility staff did not preserve closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage for
four of five use of force incidents reviewed.
• Facility staff did not fully record staff member introductions for one
calculated use of force incident reviewed.
Staff-Detainee
Communication
Facility and ICE Staff Did Not Comply with All Staff-Detainee Communication
Standards
• Facility and ICE staff did not always respond to detainee requests in a
language they could understand.
Law Library and Legal
Materials
Facility Staff Did Not Provide All Detainees Adequate Access to Legal Materials
• The facility did not install word processing or legal research software on
all computers.
• The facility’s computers were not accessible to wheelchair users.
Segregation
ICE Staff Did Not Comply with All Segregation Standard Requirements
• ICE did not always provide detainees with their segregation orders in a
language they could understand.
Grievance System
Facility Staff Did Not Comply with All Grievance Standards
• Facility staff did not always place a copy of grievances in detainee files.
• Facility staff did not always reply to detainee grievances within the
required timeframe.
Personal Hygiene
Eloy Did Not Adequately Maintain Bathing Facilities
• Shower stalls were not always clean or well maintained.
Recreation
Detainees in SMU Did Not Have Meaningful Access to Physical Exercise in an
Appropriately Equipped Area
• The recreation space for those in SMU consisted of a small, fenced-in
area with no exercise equipment.

Source: Department of Homeland Security OIG analysis of key findings related to areas of non-compliance

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Deportationdata.org published ICE data yesterday, including detention data through Oct. 15, 2025. This chart shows detentions using: - Case records from Deportation Data Project (green line) - Interval ADP from DetentionReports.com (purple dotted line) - Reported ADP from ICE (orange dotted line).

A chart comparing aggregated overall detainee counts:
FOIA Records, Interval Average, and the Facility Average Reported by ICE. Three lines show increasing detention. The line represented by ICE's own reporting average shows a discrepancy for much of 2025 bc of their averaging method.

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Broadview provides an example of how ICE custody does not equal ICE detention. People held by ICE in hold rooms, hospitals, or hotels are not counted as officially "detained" when it comes to the stats reporting.

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

ICE just published its detention statistics spreadsheet. The first of the 2026 fiscal year and the first since mid-September, before the shutdown. The data shows 65,135 people in detention, the highest I've seen in this particular data.

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Today, Tucson City Council is discussing a proposed ordinance that would create a new offense of "drug-related loitering". Indications that could trigger an arrest for this include officer knowledge of a prior drug conviction, or the so-called "fent fold." tucsonaz.hylandcloud.com/221agendaonl...

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Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Phoenix PD is the latest police agency to decide it will release *ALL* body cam videos *ENTIRELY* blurred out. Oh, but if you "determine that a specific segment requires clearer visibility," then you can file *ANOTHER* request for *JUST THAT PORTION OF VIDEO* actually visible. What BS.

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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 30/07/2025

🚨NEW: Local jails & police departments are playing a key role in Trump’s mass arrest & deportation agenda The actual scope of this collaboration – and the true scale of immigrant arrests and detentions – has not been publicly available, until now 🧵

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Hiding in Plain Sight: How local jails obscure and facilitate mass deportation under Trump

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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

America’s gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people, while gaining residents of every other race, a study finds. capitalbnews.org/black-displa...

capitalbnews.org

From Watts to D.C.: How 500 Black Neighborhoods Vanished in 45 Years

America’s gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people, while gaining residents of every other race, a study finds.

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 23/06/2025

Missouri adopted a law that ends St. Louis’ ability to run its own police, transferring control to the GOP-run state government. The law also requires St. Louis to commit 25% of its budget to policing. boltsmag.org/missour...

boltsmag.org

Missouri Officials Seize Control of St. Louis Police, in Latest Bid to Shutter Local Reforms

The takeover returns St. Louis to a Civil War-era arrangement of state control. A local official calls the move "a clear gesture of white men wanting to control urban areas."

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Mayor Brandon Johnson makes it official: He has vetoed to an ordinance that would allow Chicago Police Department officials to preemptively impose a curfew anywhere in the city and begin enforcing it with just 30 minutes notice. The text of the first mayoral veto in 19 years: @wttw.bsky.social

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s veto of the snap curfew law

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

If you use @quantumfiber.bsky.social and your connectivity is down, try manually setting your DNS server to something like Cloudflare's (1.1.1.1). That restored my ability to use my Quantum Fiber internet connection.

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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I spoke to some experts about related issues for a Teen Vogue column & a point I keep thinking about is that the wages many young people have are so low, it’s impossible to pay bills, buy a car, etc. Throw in “5 years of experience for an entry-level job” and it feels impossible to make headway.

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

This is an incredibly sad story about ICE taking a child who had already endured so much in handcuffs and shackles. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

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Florida child welfare agency calls ICE on teen migrant in foster care, sparking criticism

‘If this is a policy decision, it is a huge deal.’

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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

NEW — Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention center goes on hunger strike: "I will not eat until my voice is heard and I am free." www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

azcentral.com

Iranian asylum seeker detained by ICE in Phoenix goes on hunger strike

Mehrad Asadi Eidivand, an Iranian asylum seeker who was recently detained by ICE while living on a work permit in Phoenix, wants to see a judge.

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Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Of course, CPD has plentiful rules and regulations but it’s worth understanding that the Chicago FOP — representing the very wide majority of cops you see at protests — is vociferously in favor of the Trump administration’s actions against immigrants. www.chicagofop.org/images/Feb.pdf

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Phoenix New Times @phoenixnewtimes.com · 10/06/2025

Phoenix New Times spotted ICE and Homeland Security Investigations at at least three spots on the west side of the Valley. Eventually, a scuffle broke out between a few protesters and Peoria police, and one protester was subdued with a Taser . MORE: bit.ly/3Zpi4Iz

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

New from 404 Media: DHS flew Predator drones over the LA anti-ICE protests. As well as flight data this is further corroborated with air traffic control audio. The audio mentions "TROY" (callsign used by DHS) and "Q-9" (shorthand for MQ-9, the Predator B drones) www.404media.co/dhs-flew-pre...

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DHS Flew Predator Drones Over LA Protests, Audio Shows

Air traffic control (ATC) audio unearthed by an aviation tracking enthusiast then reviewed by 404 Media shows two Predator drones leaving, and heading towards, Los Angeles.

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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Sheriffs are hugely important to Trump’s mass deportation plan. They’ve lately been rushing to partner with ICE. So we really should talk about ways in which Democrats are *not* fighting back against growing sheriff-ICE cooperation. I have a story out today on this: boltsmag.org/sheriff-elec...

boltsmag.org

“It Blows My Mind That There’s No Opposition”: When ICE Allies Run Unchallenged - Bolts

In a populous city in southeast Virginia, a Republican sheriff who calls himself “Detain ’Em Dave” faces a race to the right against a GOP challenger who wants more immigration enforcement. No Democra...

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

"The drones are a part of Sacramento County Probation’s equity and inclusion mission, which includes “removing access barriers and serving hard-to-reach communities,” Wherry added. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

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Sacramento County will now use drones to find homeless encampments

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors reviewed the request of drones and other military equipment from several public safety agencies.

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 04/06/2025

Unión del Barrio first started its community patrol program more than thirty years ago in response to police harassment of Latinos. The group reactivated its community patrols recently in response to increased federal immigration enforcement in San Diego. boltsmag.org/how-vol...

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How Volunteer Patrols Are Working to Protect San Diego Immigrant Communities From ICE

In response to mass deportation threats and mixed messages from county leaders on federal cooperation, San Diego organizers are taking action to inform residents of ICE activity.

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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Seems notable that sheriff's deputies had to escort the ICE van through the crowd--another example of federal immigration arrests made possible by local law enforcement cooperation

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Trump Time Limits Could Displace 300k NYC Residents "NYCHA calculated that 316,000...residents residing in public housing and in Section 8 private landlord properties ...are under the age of 62 and do not report a disability...accounts for 61% of the tenants receiving rental assistance via NYCHA."

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Trump Public Housing Time Limits Could Displace 300,000 NYC Residents, Internal Analysis Finds

An assessment by the New York City Housing Authority projects dire consequences of the president’s proposal to allow just two years of rental assistance to "able bodied" adults.

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tori gantz (they/she) @torigantz.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Proposals that aim to counter affirming LGBTQ+ students are becoming common in public school districts across Arizona where far-right conservatives have secured board seats. This shift is partly driven by the efforts of a little-known statewide group. Dig into www.lookoutnews.org/the-quiet-co...

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The Quiet Coalition Behind Arizona’s Anti-LGBTQ+ School Board Proposals

Arizona’s crusade against queer people in schools isn’t spontaneous, it’s being orchestrated with the help of a little-known organization with ties to other far-right groups.

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

“Hey Ruben, if you can’t stand up for trans kids, maybe Congress isn’t the right place for you—and let’s find another activity for you to make fair competition,” DuMont said. www.lookoutnews.org/arizona-yout...

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Arizona Youth Confront Lawmakers Over Anti-LGBTQ+ Moves — Including From Democrats

Dozens of parents and queer youth stood beside lawmakers to challenge the continued rise of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and show force in community.

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