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Mary Turck

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Writer, blogging at maryturck.com and maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com; St. Paul, lifelong activist

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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 13h
In immigration news: • First Monday in October: Two Big Immigration Cases Before Supreme Court • ICE's New Children's Jail • Nun, Imam, Churches versus Trump and ICE • One More Death in ICE Custody in Deadliest Year Ever • Price of Resistance: Foster Care and Photographs • And More …
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Immigration News: October 5, 2026
Photo by Phil Roeder, published under Creative Commons license In immigration news: First Monday in October: Two Big Immigration Cases Before Supreme Court ICE’s New Children’s Jail Nun…
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lawyers “representing Good’s family said the second suit is based on the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. Romanucci said the act was ‘put in force to stop the exact thing that we are saying happened here: masked, unidentifiable men, women, denying equal protection and rights against ordinary citizens.’”
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In Minnesota immigration news: • "We Had Whistles, They Had Guns": Amnesty International Report and Minnesota • Renee Good Family Sues Trump Administration • ICE: "Hopefully we don't have to kill you, too" • Trump DOJ Goes After Minnesota Federal Judges • And More …
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Minnesota Immigration News: October 2, 2026
In Minnesota immigration news: “We Had Whistles, They Had Guns”: Amnesty International Report and Minnesota Renee Good Family Sues Trump Administration ICE: “Hopefully we don&#821…
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
October 1 In immigration news: • ICE's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad hiring push • Children in Peril • Trump's Under-the-Radar Muslim Ban • And more … maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/i...
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Immigration News: October 1, 2026
In immigration news: ICE’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad hiring push Children in Peril Trump’s Under-the-Radar Muslim Ban And more …
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 30/09/2026
It’s too late, but I appreciate Laura Yuen naming the media’s complicity about Omar Jamal. As I’ve long said, the biggest journalism corruption is source corruption (amplifying voices who voices spoon-feed you instead of using independent judgment) www.startribune.com/omar-jamal-m... (gift link)
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Yuen: Omar Jamal fooled the media for years. We helped him do it.
Journalists have long treated Jamal as a trusted spokesman for Somali Minnesotans despite his reckless relationship with the truth.
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In immigration news: • Supreme Court Allows Third Country Deportation Without Due Process • Disappearing U.S. Asylum Protection • Denial of Due Process • Broadview Six Prosecutor Resigns "Under Protest" • And more … maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/i...
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Immigration News: September 30, 2026
In immigration news:  Supreme Court Allows Third Country Deportation Without Due Process Disappearing U.S. Asylum Protection Denial of Due Process Broadview Six Prosecutor Resigns “Under…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar eviscerates Schmitt: "For a U.S. Senator to have false information and imply based on a confusion … and imply you're in another city that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia and then call you a dirt bag is something that deserves an apology."
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/09/2026
In Denmark, 96% of private individual vehicle sales are electric these days. 86% of total (fleets are slightly slower).
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In immigration news: • Amnesty International's Damning Report • Austin Kocher Takes a Busman's Holiday • Detention Centers: Wasteful, Mobile, and More • Accidental Truth-Telling from DHS • And more … maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/i...
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Immigration News: September 29, 2026
In immigration news: Amnesty International’s Damning Report Austin Kocher Takes a Busman’s Holiday Detention Centers: Wasteful, Mobile, and More Accidental Truth-Telling from DHS And mo…
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Before reading the news …
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In immigration news: • The Shadow Surge • ICE Sweeps Into Kansas • Haitian Pastor Deported • Kentucky State Basketball Star Imprisoned by ICE • And more … maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/i...
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Immigration News: September 28, 2026
from New York Times, “A Quiet Ice Surge” In immigration news: The Shadow Surge ICE Sweeps Into Kansas Haitian Pastor Deported Kentucky State Basketball Star Imprisoned by ICE And more ……
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Dammit Doug Smith @dammitdougsmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 27/09/2026
Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593 (2024).
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Cindy 📎🇨🇦⚢🏳️‍🌈 @bilbow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We shouldn't become desensitized to the the fact that the President of the United States has continually threatened to commit genocide. At this week's UN meeting, Trump said: "...do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly...?" #Pinks www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Trump warns in UN speech he could 'annihilate' Iran without peace deal
US President Donald Trump used his UN General Assembly speech on Tuesday to ​make the case for his war on Iran, arguing he has prevented Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and warning that he coul...
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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The tech oligarchs are rallying around Elon Musk to block a filmmaker from advertising a deeply reported documentary that lays bare what a slimy -- and dangerous -- person Musk is. www.hollywoodreporte... (Meanwhile, Corporate Journalism continues to support him. Of course.)
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Joe Gordon @joegordon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This type of blithely indifferent “reasoning” by the majority - partisan, unfair, biased, indefensible - renders its decisions illegitimate. We will not treat this Court as exercising lawful authority lawfully. It isn’t. We must bring it to heel or democracy will die.
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In Minnesota immigration news: • The Shadow Surge • Minnesotans Testify About Shootings • ICE Agent in Court on Shooting, Lying Charges • Minnesota Somali Immigrants Sent to Guantanamo maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com/2026/09/25/m...
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Minnesota Immigration News: September 25, 2026
In Minnesota immigration news: The Shadow Surge Minnesotans Testify About Shootings ICE Agent in Court on Shooting, Lying Charges Minnesota Somali Immigrants Sent to Guantanamo
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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Politico: Trump is airing a pro-Trump midterms ad on TV that -includes “paid for by the U.S. government” disclaimer text -features a song by an artist who says they didn’t approve it’s use and are now looking for a lawyer
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Trump administration launches pro-Trump TV ad ahead of midterms
The 30-second ad, apparently paid for by U.S. tax dollars, features photos and videos of Trump, the American flag and military aircraft.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In immigration news: • In Haiti, Deportees in Danger • Arresting Everyone: Five Stories From Texas • Courts, Warrantless Stops, Beating U.S. Citizen • Third Country Deportations to Costa Rica • No Asylum for Persecuted Christians Under Trump • And more …
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Immigration News: September 24, 2026
In immigration news: In Haiti, Deportees in Danger Arresting Everyone: Five Stories From Texas Courts, Warrantless Stops, Beating U.S. Citizen Third Country Deportations to Costa Rica No Asylum for…
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In immigration news: • Arresting Everyone: Russians, Haitians, Colombians; people with pending applications for asylum or as spouse of citizen; immigrants in big cities and small towns across the country • Wilber Rafael Garces Pérez: One Among Thousands • In Haiti, Deportees in Danger • And more …
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In immigration news: Arresting Everyone: Russians, Haitians, Colombians; people with pending applications as parents of U.S. citizen or asylum seekers; immigrants in big cities and small towns acro…
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A teacher earning $60,000 pays Social Security taxes on every dollar she earns. A worker earning $184,500 does too. But someone earning $10 million pays tax on just the first $184,500. That doesn’t make sense. We can protect Social Security if everyone paid their fair share.
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
September 22 In immigration news: • This Weekend's ICE Rampage: Shooting, Beating • Illegal Third Country Deportations • Death in Detention, Whistleblower Report • ICE Policy: Disappear Detained Immigrants • And More … maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com/2026/09/22/i...
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Immigration News: September 22, 2026
In immigration news: This Weekend’s ICE Rampage: Shooting, Beating  Illegal Third Country Deportations Death in Detention, Whistleblower Report ICE Policy: Disappear Detained Immigrants And M…
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Note: ICE is limited "as part of litigation over their detention practices"
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Joe Gordon @joegordon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A couple solutions come to mind. A federal judge should order the director of the local field office detained at Miramar under the same conditions as the worst-off person is suffering. See if that fixes the understaffing or the inhumane conditions or the priority to detain w/o limit
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ICE is erasing immigrants with final deportation orders from a searchable online database, leaving families and attorneys in the dark as they try to find out where someone has been taken. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Immigrants with final deportation orders disappear from ICE detainee locator
The change will make it harder for many families and attorneys to determine where an immigrant is being held after being taken into ICE custody.
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In immigration news: • Targeting Children for Deportation • Deporting to Prison, Torture • In the Courts • Worst of the Worst: Immigration Agents • And More … maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com/2026/09/21/i...
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Immigration News: September 21, 2026
Various human rights activists and partner allies stand in front of the Homestead detention center to show support to the migrant children locked up in the camp. June 2019, Homestead, Florida. Phot…
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We don’t need our journalistic watchdogs to have “access” to Trump Everyone in the press room should walk out in protest … and source up.
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In Minnesota immigration news: • Christian Castro Arrested in Minneapolis • Operation Metro Surge: documenting the legal, human, and economic costs • Minnesota Sues to Stop Future Surge • ICE and Green Beanies • Immigration Court Judges Quit maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/m...
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Minnesota Immigration News: September 18, 2026
In Minnesota immigration news: Christian Castro Arrested in Minneapolis Operation Metro Surge: documenting the legal, human, and economic costs Minnesota Sues to Stop Future Surge ICE and Green Bea…
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#HispanicHeritageMonth: Dolores Huerta, beloved labor icon and United Farm Workers cofounder ✨ “Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.”
Black and white photo of Ms Huerta on a megaphone Black and white photo of Ms Huerta holding a HUELGA signMs Huerta proudly holding up her fist
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Retelling a story of deportation to Haiti with details corrected. On Aug 14, Canadian officials turned back a Haitian family (pursuant to "safe third country" agreement with US). ICE deported the family to Haiti on Aug 27. Canada must stop this-US IS NOT A SAFE COUNTRY FOR PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In immigration news: • Horror Stories Continue: arrests outside schools, racial profiling, family separations • Medical Care Denied • There Is No Line • And more … maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/i...
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Immigration News: September 17, 2026
In immigration news: Horror Stories Continue: arrests outside schools, racial profiling, family separations Medical Care Denied: children, families, pregnant immigrants There Is No Line And more ……
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In Alligator Alcatraz, detainees were forced into small outdoor cages for hours at a time. In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care. In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up. Unimaginable cruelty.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One item in my Heads Up News newsletter is about a Washington Post article that contained alarming news but was written like a fluffy feature. www.headsupnews.org/i/216040109/...
In Washington, Federal Agents Are Arresting Black Men for Minor Offenses

The Washington Post profiled Robert Meyers, a member of a watch group in Washington, D.C., that goes around town monitoring what federal agents taking part in Trump’s “D.C. Safe & Beautiful Task Force” are really up to.

It’s a feature article, with a soft-focus headline – “He worked at NASA. Now he tails federal law enforcement on D.C. streets” – but the story Meyers tells makes for disturbing news.

What his group has seen is that the initial flood of ICE and CBP agents last year has made way for FBI and DEA officers, among others. And most of the people the group sees arrested these days are Black men.

Indeed, the Post analyzed arrests during the first year of the federal takeover and found that more than 90 percent were of Black people.

“Meyers and other rapid responders say that the vast majority of those they have witnessed are for low-level misdemeanors, such as driving with expired tags, improperly turning right at a red light or smoking a joint in public,” the Post reported.

“HSI is supposed to be doing child sex trafficking cases, right?” one group member asked the reporters. If they are arresting people for open containers, she said, “the priorities are not straight.”

Another interesting aspect of this is that unlike the National Guard members who have been deployed onto Washington streets, federal agents can make arrests. The media has almost exclusively been paying attention to the National Guard, which does basically nothing. It’s these guys who are on the hunt.

Some news organization has a solid follow-up or two in their future.
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In immigration news: • Children Continue to Suffer Detention, Threats of Deportation • "Shadow Surge" Continues: lower profile, ramped-up arrests • Illegal Deportations Rising • And more … maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com/2026/09/16/i...
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Immigration News: September 16, 2026
In immigration news: Children Continue to Suffer Detention, Threats of Deportation  “Shadow Surge” Continues: lower profile, ramped-up arrests Illegal Deportations Rising And more …
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In today's immigration news: • Torture Watch: Cages at Alligator Alcatraz • Economic Impact of ICE Surges • Census Changes Would Exclude Immigrants • Lawsuits and Whistleblowers: public charge rule, withholding immigration documents maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com/2026/09/15/i...
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Immigration News: September 15, 2026
These are the “good” dorms at Alligator Alcatraz–not the outdoor cages. In today’s immigration news: Torture Watch: Cages at Alligator Alcatraz Economic Impact of ICE Surges…
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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"my client didn't show up to his final immigration court hearing this morning" would usually be imm lawyer nightmare fuel, but my guy was in ICE custody. They were supposed to put him on video and they just... didn't. Because no one could find him. He's still in there. Just, you know, missing.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
if donald trump stole the constitution from the national archives and torched it on the white house lawn those two would say that clearly the president has the authority to do so
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
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Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/09/2026
The fact that "Alligator Alcatraz" ever existed is a travesty. We challenged it in court and celebrated its closure. But systemic patterns of abuse are rampant at ICE facilities nationwide, and too often deadly. We'll keep fighting against this inhumane and illegal treatment of people.
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages to Confine Migrants, DHS Watchdog Report Says
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
EPA no longer tracking pollution but will track....checks notes..."America's drinking water for abortion medication & birth control"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In today's immigration news: • No Immigrants Wanted: Trump rules target all immigrants, not just undocumented • What's Up With Salvadoran TPS? • Phony Voter Fraud Charges -- again, and again, and again • In the Courts – federal and immigration courts • And more …
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Immigration News: September 14, 2026
In today’s immigration news: No Immigrants Wanted: Trump rules target all immigrants, not just undocumented What’s Up With Salvadoran TPS?   Phony Voter Fraud Charges — again, and…
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/09/2026
Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party. Seems like it should be a story?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/09/2026
Q: What do you say to people in Ireland who say the US is facilitating genocide in Gaza? TRUMP: When you say Gaza, we put out the fire. There's very little happening right now in Gaza. That's not the place that people are talking about now. We facilitated a peace of a kind.
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Rob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Damn they're sensitive about Epstein. 👀
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