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immigration news record keeping account plus brief explainers

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National Immigrant Justice Center @immigrantjustice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kansas City’s immigration court backlog topped 49K cases, making it a hub for fast-tracked "mega master" hearings - a trend we've seen in Chicago for months. Fortunately, neighbors are pushing back. @kansascity.com follows sisters leading volunteer court watchers to hold the system accountable.
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How two sisters became watchdogs of an under-resourced KC immigration court
The volunteers want families to know they're keeping an eye on an immigration court system that's under pressure and under-resourced.
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brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ICE cannot do what it’s doing without local law enforcement. They need their manpower and infrastructure. That means if you want to stop ICE you are going to have to confront police collaboration and police power. I’m sorry but progressive hopes of avoiding this conflict are a recipe for failure.
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
calling it the regime and gestapo sounds cringe to me at times but what else would i use to describe what's going on on a clear, succinct way
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
who gets to be here or not is being changed day by day wannsee conference playing out in public view not real people, "the others". it will come for us all
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
freedom of movement to leave and reenter the country freedom of movement to travel by air domestically these are disappearing for immigrants, legal or illegal it will not stop with "the others", it will come for you too
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction upbraiding ICE for mass arrests that have strained detention facilities and forced detainees all over the country into "overcrowded, squalid, and degrading rooms for excessive periods of time" www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul...
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AILA @aila.org · 25/09/2026
"Federal lawsuit...alleged the THP is violating state law and the U.S. Constitution by making traffic stops of motorists suspected of being noncitizens solely based on their ethnic or racial appearance." bit.ly/3TigrMX
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kerry ✨ @kschwenky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This resonates with me so much (and likely more than a few of you). The feeling of hopeless and powerlessness I felt watching ICE take a man walking through Eisenhower park after they nearly hit my car. I think about it every day and will go to my grave remembering the look on his face
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
On Saturday @jpinckney.bsky.social saw a man in his Austin neighborhood being kidnapped by ICE. Every day since then he's passed by the car, still sitting there, a horrifying lonely symbol of what is being done. www.welcometohellworld.com/his-car-is-s...
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His car is still sitting there
An ICE kidnapping in Austin
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
i use the search feature on here a lot, and i am keeping a record for myself and whoever else wants it too so lots of posts are the same words over and over
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
making a thread that should have already been made bare with me
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026
SCOOP: ICE is trying to ignore the appeals court decision striking down its third-country removal policy, using the thinnest of legal technicalities as a justification. It wants to expel a Peruvian man to the Central African Republic tomorrow. prospect.org/2026/09/23/i...
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ICE Is Trying to Ignore Court’s Decision Striking Down Third-Country Removals - The American Prospect
Immigration officials want to send a Peruvian man to the Central African Republic within hours, court filings show.
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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AILA @aila.org · 23/09/2026
"The Leavenworth facility, for years marred by an ugly history of overcrowding and understaffing, is now the Midwest hub for the mass detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants." bit.ly/3TotmN8
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How a Small Kansas City Became a Critical Hub for Trump’s Deportation Regime Against Its Will
The city of Leavenworth, Kansas, fought ICE’s reopening of a notorious CoreCivic-run prison tooth and nail. It still wasn’t enough.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mass deportations are getting increasingly personal for a lot of candidates and elected officials. Here, Paul LePage, former GOP governor of Maine and current congressional candidate, says his son's father-in-law is currently being targeted for deportation.
Paul LePage said Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is deporting a relative.

The Republican former governor who is running for Maine’s open 2nd Congressional District seat made the revelation in response to a question from a Portland Press Herald reporter during an event in Augusta, where LePage accepted an endorsement from Maine’s Fraternal Order of Police.

LePage told the reporter that his son’s father-in-law, who has a valid work permit, faces deportation because “certain people in Washington” don’t like the country he’s from, according to the Press Herald.

LePage didn’t identify the relative or say which country he is from.

He went on to say that ICE should focus its deportation efforts on gangsters and criminals.

“Would I go after everybody that’s here, that have work permits and have been here for decades? Probably not,” the Press Herald quoted LePage as saying.

At the same event, LePage also criticized the new state law limiting police cooperation with ICE agents.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 22/09/2026
A new World Relief report finds that FY2026 is likely the first year the U.S. refugee program resettled no persecuted religious minorities. On Monday, Sept. 28 at 3 pm ET, I am talking with @matthewsoerens.bsky.social about it. austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-year-t...
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The Year the U.S. Resettled No One Fleeing Religious Persecution: A Conversation with World Relief's Matthew Soerens
A new World Relief report finds FY2026 is likely the first year the U.S. refugee program resettled no one fleeing religious persecution. On Monday, September 28 at 3pm ET, I talk with Matthew Soerens.
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Mallory Carra @mallorycarra.com · 22/09/2026
Independent immigrant-serving news outlets are leaning on social media, chat and other nontraditional methods to fight disinformation, especially during ICE surges. Feautirng @lataco.bsky.social @documentedny.bsky.social & more. My latest for @us.theguardian.com:
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Leonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Anyway, make sure you vote for the people whose response to all this has been to say "That Trump! What a crazy guy, huh? What are you gonna do. Anyway if you send me $200 I'll oppress a trans person"
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Greenberg Visa Law @asgvisalaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No, we shouldn't expect a BIA precedent forged that has held for over 80 years to stand. Why do you ask?
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
i don't post much on the board of immigration appeals but suffice to say, every week there's a new ruling against immigrants
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
unlike rep McIver, mayor Ras Baraka was arrested and freed last year while trying to get into Delaney now he's on the other side of people fighting the concentration camps in his backyards no sense of self preservation, so called opposition party
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
we're going on year two of the regime not following established law where's the resistance from the so called opposition party?
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On Sep 11 in Alamo, Texas, Luis Ochoa and another teen stopped to film ICE agents during a vehicle stop near a school. Agents pulled one from their car, struck him, used pepper spray, and detained them for 8 hrs even after they proved their citizenship, one ICE agent stating, 'I don’t give a damn.'
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Mother of teen detained in viral Alamo ICE arrest video deported
The mother of a 17-year-old detained by ICE in a viral Alamo, Texas incident has been deported to Mexico, raising concerns among legal experts about potential retaliation for speaking out.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 21/09/2026
Pursued by ICE, some Haitians in the U.S. are fleeing across the northern border to seek safety in Canada, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports. He travels the secret routes through forests that some are taking to escape deportation:
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The Northern Passage
Hunted by ICE, Haitians flee across the border to hide in Canada.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22/09/2026
The deals were made at the behest of Stephen Miller. trib.al/0n1ZGfS
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Trump Sends Millions to Authoritarian Leaders in Deportation Crackdown
The deals were made at the behest of Stephen Miller.
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
official policy is to not have records of arrested people with removal orders confirmed today i get that saying the gestapo is evacuating the undesirables is grating, cringe internet speak but how the fuck do you talk about this, after 20 months of militarized goons running the streets?
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I spoke to a man who found himself on a deportation flight one dawn having no clue where he's going, after spending nearly two years in ICE detention. The purpose is to delete people. I am being quiet as to who they are and where they went because the US government targets those who speak up.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 21/09/2026
🚨 TOMORROW 3:30 PM - If you believe in accountability for ICE, don't miss this crucial public testimony from family members of people shot and killed by federal immigration agents, as well as witnesses and lawyers on the case. www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
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Livestream Tuesday: Blumenthal & Robert Garcia to Receive Public Testimony on Fatal Shootings by Federal Immigration Agents | U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut
[WASHINGTON, DC] – On Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM ET, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent...
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
more to come but seems like disappearing people into the system is now official policy on average, after detention it takes 24-48 hours to find a person on the online locator
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tru @thetrudz.photo · 18/09/2026
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Photography-themed and music-themed t-shirts. White one with film cameras on it. Black audiophile one with white text. And two white ones that mention vinyl, blue and pink text. Shirts and images of shirts by thetrudz.Vinyl collector-themed poster prints, music-themed stickers and my book, Insights: Film & Television (Reflections, Reviews & Resources) which is ten years (2013-2023) of indie writing on film, television, music and more. Includes essays and also film reviews. All work by thetrudz.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A cop in rural Texas pulls over a Latino. He demands papers; doesn’t get any. Arrests the guy, throws him in a local jail cell. Hours later, GardaWorld staff show up to put him on a bus with a dozen others. They drive him to the nearest ICE jail; a bus service for the machine of mass deportation.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 18/09/2026
The Constitution does not allow the president to choose who counts.
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Excluding Immigrants from the Census Would Hurt the Country and Break the Law
The Constitution, federal law, and centuries of history make clear that the census is meant to count everyone, regardless of citizenship.
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Arturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The anxiety caused by brutal immigration enforcement and its surveillance state is reaching a breaking point across the country. extremearturo.substack.com/p/anxiety-fr...
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AILA @aila.org · 18/09/2026
"The Trump administration has started sending a majority of undocumented children who came to the US alone and have new immigration court cases to Texas, where government facilities for them are unlicensed, their chances of getting a lawyer are low." bit.ly/4xwST4U
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Trump officials sending undocumented children to Texas sparks fears of mass deportation
Exclusive: Nearly 90% of children in federal custody being directed to GOP-controlled state that has unlicensed facilities and low legal representation rates
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AILA @aila.org · 18/09/2026
"The Department of Homeland Security’s own estimate found that the policy could result in about 950,000 people choosing to unenroll from, or forgo enrollment in, public assistance programs." nyti.ms/3UOwNgN
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The Public Charge Rule: How Trump’s Green Card Policy Could Affect Immigrant Families (Gift Article)
The policy, set to take effect Friday, would give immigration officers broader authority to deny permanent residency to people using public benefits.
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The unending mission to describe the US migration enforcement regime to less-engaged friends and family... a) without sounding like a crank; b) while not overwhelming anyone to the point where they feel paralyzed.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The last time ICE had a Senate-confirmed Director was January 2017. It seems we’re likely to reach a decade of Acting officials now.
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A catboy among men @miqomuscles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Look folks, there basically is no ICE rapid response group in the country that is not running at capacity all the time. I'm asking everyone to find their group, we're tired and we need more help
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 17/09/2026
Why do we have to use habeas corpus lawsuits for immigrant CHILDREN? Find out Friday at 1:00 PM during my convo with Acacia and partners. 🚨 only -> 8 <- seats left! Registration is free but required. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PurSNBjAQ7urELkIBSNwVw
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
this a quote chain that i dont really know how to add to it anymore they are building tent camps and demanding papers from citizens they are going after birthright and naturalization citizenships it's beyond any normal rule of law
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred DHS from threatening to prosecute a man who harshly criticized ICE’s acting director following the fatal shootings in Minnesota. It violates his free speech, Judge Contreras ruled. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
May 2025 was the worst of the overcrowding at Krome. It looked bad. And I think the OIG didn’t even cover the worst stuff happening there around illness and lack of medical care (they claimed it met standards, ha!).
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
from the article i could find: "The Ortega-Murillo regime stripped Galeano of his citizenship in 2023, leaving him stateless. Advocates warn deporting Galeano would endanger his life while his 2019 US asylum application remains pending."
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ICE detains exiled Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano
Exiled Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
by international standards, you can take another MMR every ten years when exposure to outbreaks is an issue also works for Tdap. a titer test will cost time and money you could just get the vaccine and keep a record
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Aaron Hall @immlawachall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If anyone ever does an accounting of total the cost of unlawful detention, the cost of DHS lawyers and immigration judges handling their cases, the cost of US Atty’s and district court judges on the habeas cases, and the cost of judges’ orders that the gov’t pay the noncitizen attorney’s fees… whew
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 14/09/2026
Unaccompanied kids now spend over six months in ORR custody. Advocates found something that works: habeas petitions. Friday 9/18, 1pm ET, with Jill Williams, @acaciajustice.org, and Becky Wolozin, National Center for Youth Law. austinkocher.substack.com/p/habeas-for...
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Habeas for Children: Learn About an Effective New Strategy to Free Kids from Prolonged Detention
EVENT: Join me Friday, Sept 18 at 1:00 PM Eastern for a live conversation with Jill Williams (Acacia Center for Justice) & Becky Wolozin (National Center for Youth Law) about habeas for children.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Immigration attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, who represents wrongfully deported Maryland dad Kilmar Ábrego García, “said before 2025, he had handled around three illegal deportation cases in a 17-year career. Now, his firm takes on about three per month.” #AbuseofPowerWatch
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's repetition and TIME. People do not stick to issues. You have to stay committed to pushing your issues. This is why I always insist that people find their lane (one lane) and fight like hell there.
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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@solomonrmissouri.com gotta bring the thread to bsky, look at these men wanting to be out here!
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thousands of immigrants did the hard, dirty work of clearing rubble and toxic dust and debris from Ground Zero. Many were undocumented laborers sent to work every day with no special PPE, and got cancer as a result. Now some of those same people are living in fear of ICE. www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...
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They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
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