Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Stop talking about reforming ICE. Stop mealy-mouthed performative “concern.” These people need to go to jail for their litany of crimes and human rights abuses and that should be the moderate position. 11417142 417
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 11/08/2026What we heard from families inside the Dilley ICE prison was harrowing & horrific. Congress must abolish ICE, close Dilley, and put an end to family detention. And we must end the for-profit prison system that is driving the crises of mass incarceration & immigrant detention. 313751 137
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialLomi Kriel @lomikriel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The @texastribune.org is investigating this ICE shooting, along with that of Ruben Martinez last year in South Padre Island. We are seeking any cell phone footage of either events and you can share anonymously to me at 832-729-3421 or on Signal or WhatsApp. 2828435 828
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/04/2026The Buffalo Medical Examiner rules that the death of a legally blind elderly Burmese refugee dropped off by Border Patrol at a closed shop late at night in winter was a homicide. He died of a burst ulcer caused by severe stress brought on by dehydration and hypothermia. 10525011057 2.5K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 26/02/2026We obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs. Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.propublica.orgThe Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention CenterProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of... 4318691090 1.9K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialSan Antonio Current @sacurrent.bsky.social · 16/02/2026‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.sacurrent.comTwo-month-old baby 'choking on his own vomit' while detained in Dilley'His life is in danger,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility... 411105607 1.1K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 15/02/2026"Detention center expansion". These are concentration camps and you know it, America. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centersICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states. 37730 77
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialCooper River Indivisible @crindivisible.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social 597235408215 23.5K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialElizabeth Shockman @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Seven children from this MN school district have been detained by ICE. 2 of them are still in ICE custody in TX. The district has lost track of how many parents have been taken. At just one elementary 26 parents have been detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...mprnews.org‘Time to speak up’: In Columbia Heights, school leaders stepped in to protect families as ICE surgedAs federal immigration agents descended on Columbia Heights families, the school superintendent expected to stay silent. Then federal agents came for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, and s... 4279159 279
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/20261/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵 203115177368 11.5K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialEoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Concentration camps: “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."lataco.comExclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors... 8463003474 6.3K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialMPR News @mprnews.org · 06/02/2026A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.mprnews.orgTransplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative saysState Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S... 11527841672 2.8K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 29/01/2026I am deeply concerned about Liam and every child at the Dilley Detention Center. No parent should have to worry about whether their child is eating, getting medical care, or deteriorating in detention. What I saw was alarming — and unacceptable. Liam must be released immediately. 33171432299 7.1K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 01/09/2025This should be the lead story in all major national news outlets. Public health people prefer to stay out of the limelight unless there is no other choice. I can’t overstate how bad things have to be for 9 former CDC directors to band together and pen an op-ed in the NYT warning the entire country. 225981086 2.6K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2025New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.koat.comState steps in to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccinePublic health order counters potential limitations set by the USFDA 317156484834 15.6K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/08/2025The maddening thing is that we know EXACTLY how to prevent this. Yes, kids should get vaccinated, test, stay home when sick, mask as much as possible. But even without any of that: Better ventilation and filtration in schools can MASSIVELY reduce viral spread, for all sorts of respiratory diseases. 7545641383 4.6K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 22/08/2025A U.N.-backed food security group has issued a dire warning: famine has officially now taken hold in northern Gaza and is expected to spread in the coming months.n.prU.N.-backed agency says famine exists in northern GazaA U.N.-backed food security group has issued a dire warning: famine has officially now taken hold in northern Gaza and is expected to spread in the coming months. 27315153 315
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/08/2025BBC: “Al Jazeera’s entire team in Gaza city has been killed.” 19222491286 2.2K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialLindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 20/06/2025The team at @immdef.bsky.social is currently working on dozens of cases of people picked up in the last 24 hours in LA. Among them is Javier, who has cancer & will miss his chemo tomorrow if ICE continues to detain him. He has lived in LA for more than 20 years and has no criminal history. 321215536 1.2K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 10/03/2025A recent report showed that the destruction of just one USAID program, the anti-AIDS PEPFAR initiative, would lead to the deaths of one million people *every year* www.vox.com/future-perfe... 12241341900 4.1K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Again, the Secretary of State has no authority to “revoke” green cards. 167103862783 10.4K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialJon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Today I called my reps about the horrifying cuts to USAID that are endangering lives. Keep calling! @5calls.org 1535077 350
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 06/02/2025This is evil. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...nytimes.comDozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID OrderThe stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care. 39890802259 9.1K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025They have trashed valuable products your tax money paid for. 9936671498 3.7K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/02/2025The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...snyder.substack.comThe Logic of DestructionAnd how to resist it 337108925188 10.9K
Reposted by @jmleahy.bsky.socialAaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 03/02/2025More members are joining us from both chambers, we'll be there on the west side (14th St NW) at 1:00 1413920999 3.9K
