Sign in

Mari Ullmann

@marienid.bsky.social
108 followers 187 following 111 posts

wide awake in Brooklyn NUEVAYoL

PostsRepliesMedia
Mari Ullmann @marienid.bsky.social · 23h
Great point!! 👏🏼 Doña Fela was the 1st female mayor of a capital city in the Americas who established Las Escuelas Maternales in San Juan. These preK / childcare centers became the model for the US Head Start program, which has since been replicated worldwide. www.americanprogress.org/article/5-th...
americanprogress.org
5 Things To Know About Head Start
Head Start provides educational, health, nutritional, and social services to hundreds of thousands of young children and their families every year, playing a critical role in the U.S. early care and l...
021 0
Mari Ullmann @marienid.bsky.social · 23h
Education in a child’s mother tongue is a key factor for inclusion & quality learning. It improves learning outcomes and academic performance, says UNESCO. So another policy to harm kids… apnews.com/article/head... #headstart
apnews.com
Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico balks at Trump's proposal to require English at Head Start centers
The U.S. government is proposing that all Head Start programs conduct instruction exclusively in English, and some of the strongest outcry is coming from Puerto Rico.
111 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026
Who is the government holding in its shelters for “unaccompanied” immigrant children? Turns out, a growing number of these kids were taken away from loving parents and other relatives.
motherjones.com
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
17254138 0
Mari Ullmann @marienid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
enforced disappearances buckscountybeacon.com/2026/10/huma...
buckscountybeacon.com
Human Rights Groups Ask UN Panel to Help End ICE's 'Enforced Disappearances' of Noncitizens - Bucks County Beacon
The practice involves withholding the whereabouts of thousands of detainees facing deportation from families and lawyers.
010 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Rosa DeLauro @delauro.house.gov · 30/09/2026
The Trump Administration is harming children again. The Office of Refugee Resettlement gutted independent legal services for these children. Without independent lawyers, children will face judges scared & alone. Many of these children fled trauma.The Trump Administration is traumatizing them again.
1217 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ICYMI, yesterday I was on CNN's Amanpour. In a lengthy discussion, we covered rising ICE enforcement nationwide, debunking Vance's claim that ICE was "prioritizing violent criminals," the stripping of legal services for migrant children, and even myths about noncitizen voting. Check it out!
edition.cnn.com
‘ICE is not prioritizing people with violent offenses’: Immigration expert on ICE arrests surge | CNN
As ICE arrest numbers surge quietly across the US, Bianna Golodryge speaks to Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council Aaron Reichlin-Melnick about what is driving the policy and the legality...
215342 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
CNN @cnn.com · 29/09/2026
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. cnn.it/4huSk5M
69460277 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the first Trump presidency. (Published July)
propublica.org
These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.
A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the firs...
24592356 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 24/09/2026
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down. trib.al/zW2vNhK
trib.al
Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
1614774 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In news that will surprise no one, Stephen Miller is the driving force behind unprecedented mass detentions & deportations of immigrant children. This administration operates without any regard for the rule of law or the humanity of these kids.
theguardian.com
Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist
28503157 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.
forbiddenstories.org
The Deportation Project Map
Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...
3822411169 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TIME Magazine names Ronaldo and Lorenzo Salgado Jr., the sons of slain Texas dad Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, to its 2026 Latino Leaders list: time.com/collection/l...
time.com
These Two Brothers Are Fighting to Protect Immigrant Families After a Tragedy
Ronaldo Salgado and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Jr. are turning personal grief into a call to action
5955401709 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 22/09/2026
UN says "US' strikes on alleged drug boats are crimes against humanity".
59977261 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
18745982952 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Kids in Need of Defense @supportkind.org · 21/09/2026
U.S. federal agencies are increasingly coordinating policies that make it harder for unaccompanied children to reunify with family, access legal representation, seek protection, and avoid prolonged detention. When protections are weakened at every stage, children face the consequences.
theguardian.com
Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist
012 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#HispanicHeritageMonth: Sylvia Mendez, retired nurse and civil rights pioneer. When she was eight, she was barred from a “whites” only school and ordered to a “Mexican school” next to a cow pasture. Her parents sued. That lawsuit helped bring about the end of school segregation in California.
Black and white photo of Ms Mendez as a child Photo of Ms Mendez sitting in a chair
119557 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Kids in Need of Defense @supportkind.org · 17/09/2026
An 11-year-old waited nine hours for his U.S. immigration court case to be called. He was one of 25 children in a mass virtual hearing. About half had lawyers. He did not. Children should not be expected to navigate the immigration system alone. Access to legal counsel is critical to due process.
english.elpais.com
Nine hours in front of a computer: An 11-year-old waits his turn in a mass hearing for migrant minors
An activist recounts accompanying the boy through the long wait for his appearance before an immigration judge after the federal government cut funding for organizations that provide legal representat...
001 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Maanvi Singh @maanvisingh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW: ICE is arresting and detaining a record number of pregnant women and teens. At the same time, it has lost count of how many had miscarriages, according to a Guardian review of internal ICE documents. w/ @amyqin.bsky.social, @wcraft.bsky.social and Flávio Pessoa
theguardian.com
Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving b...
28713448 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
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...
npr.org
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.
7150642184 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Interactive Journalism @interactives.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New on The Guardian : “While Puerto Ricans protest for reliable access to water, the governor washes her hands”
theguardian.com
While Puerto Ricans protest for reliable access to water, the governor washes her hands
001 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As he backs Trump and Stephen Miller’s anti-immigrant purge, Republican Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen’s hog business employs undocumented workers. This is one of America’s worst-kept secrets. US businesses—including the Trump Organization—have depended on undocumented labor.
nytimes.com
As He Backs ICE Crackdown, Nebraska Governor Employs Undocumented Workers
Gov. Jim Pillen’s family business is one of the nation’s largest pork producers. As he seeks re-election, he has aligned himself with President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda even though his farms have...
03720 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
These are accounts from deportees of ICE and the State Department conducting, facilitating, and then dismissing torture and abuse against deportees and detainees, in clear violation of the US’s domestic and international obligations
nytimes.com
Deportees Recount Harrowing Journeys to Africa: Shackles, a ‘Freezer’ and Blows (Gift Article)
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
2247 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“You cannot teach children who are terrified.” Across the country, children are missing school as families continue to live in fear. From detention centers to classrooms, the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda is traumatizing children. americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
5-year-old detained by ICE with his dad has been deported to Mexico, attorney says

ICE sends second deportation flight to Haiti in a week. There are kids aboard

Trump Administration Routinely Violating Immigrant Children’s Rights

The Trump Administration Is Knowingly Deporting Children To Danger

Read our full blog: americasvoicecnn.substack.com
12916 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 02/09/2026
In a new documentary, the investigative team at Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines traveled to St. Lucia and Colombia to speak with two families who believe their loved ones, both fishermen, were killed at sea by U.S. airstrikes.
democracynow.org
“Went to Sea and Never Came Back”: Families of Fishermen Seek Answers After Deadly U.S. Boat Strikes
A year ago today, the United States bombed a small boat in the Caribbean, killing nine people on board. Two survivors clung to the wreckage for 45 minutes, reportedly waving for help, before a second ...
313367 0
Mari Ullmann @marienid.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“Healthcare workers told Stateline that in addition to the physical healthcare fallout, they’ve also seen a significant increase in depression, anxiety and PTSD symptoms among their pediatric patients.” www.newsfromthestates.com/article/immi...
newsfromthestates.com
Immigration activity is taking a toll on children’s health, doctors say
In Minnesota, an elementary schooler has gone without surgery to treat a rare, life-threatening neck infection that isn’t responding to antibiotics.Another young child can’t use their hearing aids bec...
000 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/09/2026
The Department of Homeland Security is using underage-sex-trafficking conspiracy theories to bolster its mass deportation machine. trib.al/lVnOIuj
trib.al
The Trump Administration’s Depraved Exploitation of Immigrant Children
The Department of Homeland Security is using underage-sex-trafficking conspiracy theories to bolster its mass deportation machine.
53122 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
BREAKING: Devastating new report from @humanrightswatch documents the dismantling of civil rights enforcement in the year and a half since Trump took office. “This report documents what was lost and what it is costing the victims of discrimination.” www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
hrw.org
Remedies Abandoned
The 112-page report, “Remedies Abandoned: US Civil Rights Enforcement Under the Trump Administration,” documents the administration’s efforts to unravel the work of four key agencies between January 2...
161296730 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🇵🇷 Puerto Ricans are deeply concerned about displacement, rising housing costs and the future of land ownership across the archipelago, according to a new report out of CPS's Puerto Rican Public Opinion Lab. @maraceci.bsky.social news.umich.edu/who-holds-th... @umichnews.bsky.social
news.umich.edu
Who holds the keys to paradise? Residents of Puerto Rico fear being displaced from their home
Puerto Ricans are deeply concerned about displacement, rising housing costs and the future of land ownership across the archipelago, according to a new report from the University of Michigan's Institu...
113 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 01/09/2026
I just received notification of another death in ICE custody. This marks the 56th death under Trump’s second term. We cannot ignore what is happening. Our private, for-profit detention system must be overhauled and ICE must be dismantled.
719990 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I found this report from WOLA very helpful.
wola.org
Killing Spree: Extrajudicial executions in the U.S. boat strikes campaign - WOLA
WOLA's new report, "Killing Spree," examines the U.S. military's extrajudicial boat strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, which have killed 221 people since Sept. 2025.
01611 0
Mari Ullmann @marienid.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
How’s it going for Puerto Rico? inthesetimes.com/article/puer...
inthesetimes.com
Congress Has a Responsibility to Reverse the Water Crisis It Caused in Puerto Rico
Federal neglect—and restrictive aid conditions—have broken the infrastructure meant to sustain human life in the Caribbean U.S. colony.
010 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
The Latino Newsletter @thelatinonewsletter.org · 20/08/2026
NEW EPISODE of #AmericanColony NUEVO EPISODIO de #AmericanColony Episode 8: What Are You Gonna Do About It? Episode 7 of American Colony closed with a question from artist Pablo Delano about Puerto Rico’s colonial situation: What are you gonna do about it?
121 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In Connecticut, “activists say they are facing the nightmare scenario they hoped would never come: massive raids that have resulted in parents detained in front of their children at school bus stops and dozens of people arrested in Danbury in just a few days.” ctmirror.org/2026/08/26/d...
ctmirror.org
Danbury residents express fear, anger as ICE arrests escalate
Activists in Danbury shouted at CT officials Wednesday as emotions ran high over dozens of arrests by ICE in the city each day this week.
01613 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Crooked Media @crooked.com · 25/08/2026
The Paul brothers have become their own island curse in Puerto Rico.
01211 0
Mari Ullmann @marienid.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
😂
020 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Vman29397 @vman29397.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I will definitely talk about this when I appear on the leftist mafia tomorrow 8:30pm
011 0
Mari Ullmann @marienid.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Not a word of pride, solidarity or empathy. Nah, instead she throws up a smokescreen of big numbers to dazzle the Epstein class — but will any of those dollars go to help Boricuas? Don’t hold your breath. Tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of this govt 🇵🇷 #freePR #esencianova
Clean water is a human right
030 0
Mari Ullmann @marienid.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Watch how this soulless Trumpista is in such a hurry to sell off our homeland to wealthy outsiders, while showing absolutely no concern for the Puerto Rican ppl in crisis. She offers not a word on how they are coping or how will she help our hermana who’s lacked water for 14 mos? Nadita #freePR
ms.now
Puerto Rico governor acknowledges she may ask for federal emergency declaration in water crisis
Severe drought and years-long infrastructure problems are fueling a water crisis for tens of thousands of people in Puerto Rico. Governor of Puerto Rico Jenniffer González-Colón joins Alicia Menendez ...
265 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Luis Ferré-Sadurní @luisferre7.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NEW: In New Jersey, ICE arrests more than doubled to 2,100+ in July, the highest since Trump returned to power. A look at one of the biggest raids, in Lakewood, where ICE arrested 18 people on a parking lot and inside a Mexican supermarket. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/n...
nytimes.com
‘They Opened the Door and Pulled Us Out’: How ICE Descended on a Town (Gift Article)
One summer morning, immigration agents swooped in and detained 18 immigrants at a store in Lakewood, N.J., plunging the town into fear.
35028 0
Mari Ullmann @marienid.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“Our immigration system is breaking children”
010 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 23/08/2026
Puerto Rico is running out of water, and half of the water it does produce is lost to leaky pipes. Outages have plagued some communities for years. And many residents don’t trust the water even when it does flow. theconversation.com/puerto-rico-...
theconversation.com
Puerto Rico is rationing water, but many residents stopped trusting the tap long before the drought
Drought and a ruptured pipeline have forced Puerto Rico into revolving water shut-offs. For many people, the disruption started years earlier, as did loss of faith in the utility.
25445 0
Mari Ullmann @marienid.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
More than just a drought… it’s a daily struggle to survive in Puerto Rico due to decades of corruption and neglect of this US colony. Meanwhile, billionaires are approved to build luxury resorts that further strain the water system #esencianova Rosa Flores reports for MSNow 🚨 youtu.be/kDbEW4CHZRo
youtu.be
The reality of Puerto Rico's MASSIVE water crisis
YouTube video by MS NOW
075 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
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...
pogo.org
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.
043 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
New from (icymi): A federal judge has appointed an independent monitor after finding immigration detention centers in Texas and California had likely housed children and other detainees at unsafe temperatures and had denied them soap and adequate sleeping conditions. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
nytimes.com
Judge Orders New Oversight of Immigrant Children’s Detention
After reviewing claims of persistent safety and sanitary failures, the court named two experts to monitor detention conditions across several facilities.
36321 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Esencia, a proposed tourism and residential complex, promises “environmental stewardship”—but will require an estimated 1.25 million gallons of potable water daily in a municipality already facing a water crisis. Yarimar Bonilla on the politics behind Puerto Rico’s water shortages:
bostonreview.net
Carrying Water
As enormous sums flow to creditors and investors in Puerto Rico, the state continues to recede.
174 0
Mari Ullmann @marienid.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Every day ICE commits violations against children’s rights www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/08/13/l...
sun-sentinel.com
‘Leaving us all alone’: Border Patrol arrests parents in front of U.S.-born children in Palm Beach County
An 18-year-old in Lake Worth Beach has been left to care for four siblings, ranging from 16 to 3 years old, after their parents were detained by immigration authorities in Palm Beach County.
011 0
Mari Ullmann @marienid.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The harms of being a US colony never seem to end… “Viewing Puerto Rico as a debtor to be disciplined rather than an American territory requiring urgent humanitarian support is a betrayal of the nation's core duties.” inthesetimes.com/article/puer...
inthesetimes.com
Congress Has a Responsibility to Reverse the Water Crisis It Caused in Puerto Rico
Federal neglect—and restrictive aid conditions—have broken the infrastructure meant to sustain human life in the Caribbean U.S. colony.
011 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Rep. Jose Giral @repgiral.com · 13/08/2026
Puerto Rico is in crisis as more than 180,000 households on the island are now subject to mandatory 48-hour water rationing. Extreme weather and aging infrastructure only add to the problem. There's a rally and news conference today at City Hall to call attention to this issue and to seek help.
001 0
Reposted by Mari Ullmann
Dr.Jeanius @drjeanlus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
OBGYN Tip of the Day 💡 the birth control pill was tested on women in Puerto Rico in the 1950s who were not told they were part of a trial. Some died. This is why informed consent exists.
111 0
Mari Ullmann @marienid.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🙏🏼
010 0