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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 20/07/2026
On July 7, ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Six days later, an officer shot Johan Sebastián Guerrero to death in his car. We cannot look away. In @time.com, NILC President @kicamatos.bsky.social calls for investigation, accountability & an end to ICE violence. time.com/article/2026...
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When ICE Kills, We Cannot Look Away
“Our collective power to hold ICE accountable starts with looking out for our neighbors,” writes Kica Matos.
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NEW YORK TIMES
NOMINEE GAVE QUIET ADVICE ON RECOUNT
By Abby Goodnough
July 21, 2005
MIAMI, July 20 - John G. Roberts advised Gov. Jeb Bush during Florida's presidential recount in 2000, even traveling to Tallahassee from Washington to help him navigate those frenzied 36 days.

But neither Governor Bush nor other Republicans involved in the recount would say on Wednesday just what advice Judge Roberts, then a lawyer at Hogan & Hartson in Washington, shared.
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kicamatos.bsky.social @kicamatos.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Early in 2025 @kicamatos.bsky.social said, "the road to authoritarianism is paved with attacks on immigrants" and it's been echoing in my head every day since.
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 02/12/2025
This #GivingTuesday, your gift to NILC helps us fight back against authoritarianism and fight for immigrant justice. Donate today: www.nilc.org/donatenow/ Watch ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ksE...
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Protect the First Domino: Stand with Immigrants
YouTube video by National Immigration Law Center
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 10/11/2025
Trump’s false claim that we’re “at war” gives him dangerous power to target immigrants and justify violence in our cities. It's a threat to our democracy. Read NILC President Kica Matos' full @time.com op-ed: bit.ly/3XrxY3r
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Moonchildjs @moonchildjs.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
From the war torn streets of Portland…
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 04/08/2025
"If our government can pour boundless resources into hurting people, there is nothing radical or unrealistic in insisting that those same resources could be used to better all of our lives." More from NILC President @kicamatos.bsky.social in @theguardian.com ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The US immigration system is being militarized. Now is the time to stand up | Kica Matos
Trump’s budget bill is turbocharging an already brutal enforcement operation. We must meet the moment
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 18/06/2025
“Our message to ICE is clear. Leave our city. We don't want you in our schools. We don't want you in our places of worship. We don't want you in our hospitals. We don't want you in our streets." - NILC President @kicamatos.bsky.social‬
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"I Need My Mother Back Home:" Hundreds Rally Downtown After ICE Raid
It was supposed to be another school drop off, one of the last before summer break.
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 12/06/2025
Make no mistake: what we are witnessing is a path toward authoritarianism. We must all come together and fight for our communities and our rights. More from NILC President @kicamatos.bsky.social ⬇️
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 21/05/2025
I just asked Marco Rubio if he really thinks that Rümeysa Öztürk’s op-ed is a foreign policy threat to the United States. He couldn’t even answer the question.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/05/2025
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 12/05/2025
Authoritarianism in three acts. 📹: @meetthepress.com
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 03/05/2025
Detaining people without trial. Silencing dissent. Tracking undocumented immigrants. Trump is targeting immigrants to test the limits of power — & it's a dangerous step toward authoritarianism. We can't stay silent. More from NILC President @kicamatos.bsky.social in her Time op-ed:
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Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants are an Attack on us All
Kica Matos warns that an assault on immigrants' rights may be the opening step toward dismantling everyone's rights.
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kicamatos.bsky.social @kicamatos.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Wake up, America! time.com/7280107/trum...
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Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants are an Attack on us All
Kica Matos warns that an assault on immigrants' rights may be the opening step toward dismantling everyone's rights.
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 14/04/2025
We’re proud to share that NILC President Kica Matos has been awarded the Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship! ✨ This honor recognizes bold leaders driving meaningful change—and Kica’s unwavering commitment to justice, democracy, and immigrants' rights exemplifies exactly that. bit.ly/4lvnxXF
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Kica Matos is the Recipient of the Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship - Type Media Center
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 23/04/2025
🎉 We just won 2 Webby Awards! Our Freedom to Thrive Podcast was honored *twice* in the “Podcasts – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging” category. Huge thanks to our community for tuning in, voting, and amplifying immigrants' stories. We couldn’t have done it without you 💛 buff.ly/xJ3kAqx
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NEW Webby Gallery + Index
DISCOVER THE BEST OF THE INTERNET. Welcome to the NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Discover the best of the Internet and uncover trends, insights and talent that define the future of Internet excellence.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
"Imagine what the Civil Rights Movement would have looked like, if MLK had looked at opinion polling and said, nevermind, let’s pack it up, people love anticommunism, let’s pivot to that."
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Ben Ross @benross.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 28/03/2025
So many of our dreams are made possible thanks to the courage and strength of the women in our lives. In their honor, let's pay it forward. #WomensHistoryMonth
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kicamatos.bsky.social @kicamatos.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
A Gutless Wonder. Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage — theonion.com/chuck-schume...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/03/2025
When the history of this time is written down, the cowardice will be remembered as much as the fascism
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
All I'm saying is, if you ran a campaign on democracy being at stake and democracy lost, isn't it time to be massively freaking out instead of doing this
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 28/02/2025
The Trump admin's proposed registry forces undocumented immigrants to register or face fines and prosecution, echoing past injustices where governments targeted communities by race or origin. Forced registries only harm our communities. apnews.com/article/ille...
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Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the US illegally
The Trump administration is creating a registry for all people who are in the U.S. illegally, and those who don’t self-report could face fines or prosecution.
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Adrian Carrasquillo @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
“This is a moment of real authoritarianism. It’s a dark moment in history, and we’re going to be asked, ‘What did you do?’”
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Postcards for America @postcards4usa.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Hundreds of constituents gathered outside the joint offices of @schumer.senate.gov and Kisten Gillibrand in New York City to tell them to Stand Up & Fight Back! #StopTheCoup #VoughtNo Photos by Donna Aceto
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
An EEOC admin. judge sent a fiery all-department email this AM alleging: 1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal. 2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.
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kicamatos.bsky.social @kicamatos.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Say it Loud!
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/01/2025
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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kicamatos.bsky.social @kicamatos.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
A Public Service Announcement for the Puerto Ricans who insisted that Trump's policies would not affect them, or who said that this was all talk. In less than a week, ICE has detained Boricuas in Wisconsin and New Jersey. It will only get worse. Que desgracia. www.telemundopr.com/programas/di...
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Familia puertorriqueña habría sido llevada a centro de detención en Milwaukee
Hermana de una de las detenidas alega que los arrestaron por hablar español.
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The Wren Collective @wrencollective.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Please join Wren as we discuss the impact of Trump's new policies on the criminal legal and crimmigration space, featuring @jesspish.bsky.social, @kicamatos.bsky.social, Daniel Harawa, Miriam Gohara, and Candace Mitchell. RSVP: bit.ly/3Ed3bBh
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Tracey Meares @mearest.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
A clip from the San Antonio Times grabbed from IG. Try to explain this one away
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Dems would get much more traction finding and promoting people saying what they know and experience. What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 24/01/2025
*New English & Spanish #KYR* DHS has expanded its use of the 'expedited removal' process. Undocumented community members are now at greater risk of being put in a rapid deportation process - without the right to appear in front of an immigration judge. What changed & how people can prepare 🧵
A cover graphic with the title Know Your Rights: Expedited Removal Expansion and Conozca Sus Derechos: Ampliación de la Deportación Acelerada
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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Bishop Budde’s valued, moral, courageous act of truth-telling. religionnews.com/2025/01/22/a...
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After eyebrow-raising sermon to Trump, Bishop Budde beset with criticism and praise
(RNS) — ‘The people who are in danger are the people who fear for their lives and their livelihoods,’ Budde said in an interview. ‘That’s where the focus should be.’
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
When someone shows you who they are, believe them. #ElonMusk #TrumpInauguration #USPolitics #oligarchy #fascism
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 21/01/2025
"Donald Trump wasted no time in unleashing an assault on immigrant communities designed to inflict maximum cruelty and sow chaos across the country...We will meet this moment with the courage and ferocity necessary to resist his destructive agenda.”-Kica Matos, NILC President
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kicamatos.bsky.social @kicamatos.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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kicamatos.bsky.social @kicamatos.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A true advocate for justice. Cecile Richards, may you rest in power. "It's not hard to imagine future generations one day asking 'When there was so much at stake for our country, what did you do?' The only acceptable answer is: "Everything we could." Cecile Richards.
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kicamatos.bsky.social @kicamatos.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Chilling. “There’s going to be a big raid all across the country..." Homan said with a short laugh. “ICE is finally going to do their job. We’re going to take the handcuffs off of ICE and let them go arrest criminal aliens. That’s what’s going to happen.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 17/01/2025
We're prepared to defend our communities against Trump's anti-immigrant agenda on Day 1 of his administration. No matter what comes our way, our movement is ready for the fight ahead.
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How New Haven is Preparing to Defend Immigrants Against Trump’s Deportation Threats
Government officials, nonprofits, and activists in Connecticut are developing strategies to fight Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 13/01/2025
Join NILC's Kica Matos, @jayapal.house.gov, ICIRR's Lawrence Benito & NILC advocates for a discussion on how we can resist the harmful policies expected from a potential Trump administration and Republican Congress. 📅 January 15 ⏰ 1pm EST / 10am PST 💻 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Thank you, Canada. And we’re so sorry about him.
Screenshot of a tweet mentioning Canadians aiding Los Angeles by dropping water on the Palisades fire, paired with an image of a yellow firefighting plane releasing water near a residential area.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 10/01/2025
The service for Jimmy Carter was short, less than two hours long, but there were a few words that kept coming up, again and again: Honesty. Integrity. Faith. Love. The bipartisan praise for the former President put a scowl on Donald Trump’s face.
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King Donald and the Presidents at the National Cathedral
A report from Jimmy Carter’s—and Joe Biden’s—long goodbye.
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Adrian Carrasquillo @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Surely, this will go fine. Leaked Meta Rules: Users are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants are Trash” or “Trans People are Immoral.” theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...
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Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral”
Facebook now allows attacks on immigrants and trans people, and posts like “Mexican immigrants are trash!” and “I’m a proud racist.”
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 10/01/2025
An early look at the cover of next week’s issue, “Two’s a Crowd,” by Barry Blitt. #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/QP7gaYR
Elon Musk puts one hand on the Bible and raises his other hand as he’s sworn in next to Donald Trump.
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kicamatos.bsky.social @kicamatos.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
"Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like there, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked." Timothy Snyder www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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Meta to End Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram Ahead of Trump Term: Live Updates
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump a...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 05/01/2025
Donald Trump’s recent assertion that he would use executive action to abolish birthright citizenship has a historical link to the Chinese American experience.
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History’s Lessons on Anti-Immigrant Extremism
Even Donald Trump’s recent assertion that he would use executive action to abolish birthright citizenship has a historical link to the Chinese American experience.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
I didn’t know it came in medical grade!
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