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Melissa del Bosque

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US-Mexico Border Journalist and Author. CoFounder of the @theborderchronicle.bsky.social

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Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hundreds of federal immigration officers responsible for vetting the applications of people seeking a legal status in the United States are being reassigned to search for potential voter fraud, the latest step in Trump's voter fraud push www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Immigration officers are being diverted to Trump’s voter-fraud effort
The reassignment is the latest step to marshal the federal government behind Trump’s unsupported claim that noncitizens vote enough to change U.S. elections.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 19/08/2026
This week's top story: Hope Ngumezi's wife died from a miscarriage in 2023, when doctors refused a potentially life-saving procedure. But an upcoming Texas report on maternal mortality plans to ignore post-'Roe' deaths like these.
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Texas Maternal Mortality Committee's Next Report Will Skip Post-'Roe' Deaths. Lawmakers Suspect Political Influence.
And one Texan says the body’s decision “retriggered” the pain of losing his wife, who counts among the preventable deaths that soon followed the state’s abortion bans.
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Carolyn Kellogg @paperhaus.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A piece by me about two indie publishers in California who started in a similar place and, via different paths, continue to flourish. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Forget New York, some of the most ambitious literature in America is happening in California
Free from the traditional New York publishing bubble, Transit Books and Unnamed Press are building creative, distinct — and flourishing — literary houses on the West Coast.
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Stateline @stateline.org · 19/08/2026
The U.S. has admitted about 10K refugees this fiscal year. Nearly all of them are white South Africans. stateline.org/2026/08/17/r...
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Refugee admissions on track to hit record low • Stateline
The number of refugees admitted to the United States during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is on pace to hit its lowest level on record, according to a new analysis. The new numbers reflect a ...
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The Appeal @theappeal.org · 19/08/2026
Well-known ICE contractors like CoreCivic and GEO Group have made headlines for allegations of mistreating immigrants. But ICE works with more than 1,000 other contractors across the country. We built a searchable database so you can explore contractors near you. theappeal.org/ice-local-bu...
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Deportation Dollars: ICE Contracts With More Than 1,000 Businesses Across the U.S.
The Appeal’s investigation found contracts in nearly every state. Find out if your local businesses are working with ICE.
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Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New from @theborderchronicle.bsky.social: Wall Watch is a community-powered mapping project to document wall construction, buoy barrier installation, and other infrastructure at the U.S.-Mexico border. Continuously verified and updated wallwatch.theborderchronicle.com
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Wall Watch — The Border Chronicle
Community-powered tracking of US/Mexico border wall construction, surveillance technology, and infrastructure.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New from 404 Media: here is the manual for ICE's electric shock gloves. ICE plans to spend tens of millions on gloves that give electric shocks to incapacitate people. But I found the user manual online, and it says the gloves can contribute to "sudden death" www.404media.co/heres-the-ma...
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Here's the Manual for ICE's Electric Shock Gloves
ICE plans to spends tens of millions of dollars on the gloves, which are supposed to incapacitate people. A manual 404 Media found says the gloves may even contribute to “sudden death.”
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Melissa del Bosque @mdelbosque.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Communities have been left in the dark by the federal govt. as $46 billion is pumped into border wall construction, and other infrastructure, so we created a border-wide interactive map called Wall Watch where residents can report what's happening on the ground. wallwatch.theborderchronicle.com
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Wall Watch — The Border Chronicle
Community-powered tracking of US/Mexico border wall construction, surveillance technology, and infrastructure.
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Government Accountability Office, the actual professionals trying to root our government waste, is out with a 52-page report cataloging methodological errors and data limitations with DOGE's "Wall of Receipts." (I bet this was fun for them to write.)
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U.S. GAO - DOGE Wall of Receipts: More Transparency Needed on How Savings Are Derived from Contract, Grant, and Lease Terminations
The President established the Department of Government Efficiency to transform federal spending. DOGE instructed agencies to review federal contracts...
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Melissa del Bosque @mdelbosque.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We have a powerful piece out today at @theborderchronicle.bsky.social by Tohono O'odham tribal member Mike Wilson and José Antonio Lucero. Welcome to Indian Country 🦂🔥 www.theborderchronicle.com/welcome-to-i...
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Welcome to Indian Country: 250 Years of Democracy and Authoritarianism in the U.S.
Worried about the future of democracy in the United States? Look to Indigenous histories; they have much to teach us about the struggle between liberty and empire.
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Melissa del Bosque @mdelbosque.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Guess how I spent my weekend? All your questions answered about Trump's $3 billion border buoy barrier fiasco over the weekend. And it's still being cleaned up. www.theborderchronicle.com/floods-expos...
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Floods Expose Dangers of Trump’s $3 Billion Rio Grande Buoy Barrier Plan
As floodwaters swept hundreds of one-ton border buoys downstream, international bridges closed, commerce slowed, and officials struggled to get answers from DHS about a project advancing despite local...
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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
BREAKING🚨: 120 buoys staged for Trump's Rio Grande floating barrier broke loose near Eagle Pass, closing bridges. They're drifting toward Laredo, where officials declared an emergency, expecting them at the Colombia Bridge by Sunday, threatening water supplies & trade. Read full story: 🔗🦂
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Breaking News: Laredo on Alert as Trump's Buoys Cause Chaos on the Rio Grande, Close International Bridges
Hundreds of massive orange buoys staged for a controversial DHS floating barrier project broke free near Eagle Pass and are now drifting toward Laredo, threatening bridges, commerce, drinking water su...
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Melissa del Bosque @mdelbosque.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is the D.C. reflecting pool x one million. The billions in U.S. taxpayer money wasted, the terrible idea that every border resident warned against, and zero transparency from the administration. Bienvenido al shit show. www.theborderchronicle.com/breaking-new...
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Breaking News: Laredo on Alert as Trump's Buoys Cause Chaos on the Rio Grande, Close International Bridges
Hundreds of massive orange buoys staged for a controversial DHS floating barrier project broke free near Eagle Pass and are now drifting toward Laredo, threatening bridges, commerce, drinking water su...
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This the most comprehensive video compilation so far of the horrific ICE killing, not for self-defense, but purportedly for "public safety." #mepolitics edition.cnn.com/2026/07/14/u...
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See what video shows about fatal ICE-involved shooting in Maine | CNN
A CNN review of videos and photos offers new insight into the timeline of a fatal ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, as key questions remain unanswered. CNN’s Yahya Abou-Ghazala reports
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Update that this reporting has been confirmed by CBS and Fox News; all vehicle stops are on hold, allegedly until new training and policies are put in effect.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 14/07/2026
Cities across the nation are re-evaluating whether to allow mass surveillance by Flock ALPR cameras. Want to find out whether your local police are using Flock to scan for immigrants targeted by ICE? EFF tells you how. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Are Your Local Police Using Flock Safety ALPRs to Scan for Immigrants?
When a car passes an automated license plate reader (ALPR), its plate is captured and instantly compared against a list of vehicles that police are actively looking for or that police have identified
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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Cameron County, one of the poorest US counties, just gave a $9.25B AI warship maker a 95% tax abatement worth $211M+ to build in Brownsville. Locals packed hearings asking why billion dollar companies get relief while they absorb the pollution and costs. Who really pays? Read full story🦂🔗:
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Who Pays for Brownsville's Industrial and Tech Boom?
County leaders say tax abatements attract jobs. But some residents argue the incentives enrich billion-dollar corporations while they shoulder the costs of growth, pollution, strained public resources...
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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
For @boltsmag.org, I wrote about one of the more under-the-radar ways that states are using their power to curb federal overreach: creating state laws under which people can sue federal officials for constitutional violations and get ideally around SCOTUS' narrowing of Bivens
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This Maine Lawsuit is Testing the Boundaries of Suing Federal Immigration Agents - Bolts
One morning in late January, civil engineer Juan Sebastián Carvajal-Muñoz was driving to work in Portland, Maine, when federal agents in town for the so-called Operation Catch of the Day... Read More
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"The son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the man who died, said in a statement that "my father did not deserve this," although ICE stated its officer killed Araujo in self-defense after he ignored commands and tried to run over the officer." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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Houston ICE shooting updates: Mexico's president speaks out
ICE and the FBI are investigating after a Mexican citizen was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston's Magnolia Park on Tuesday.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A total violation of international law. Eswatini is imprisoning people from multiple countries no crime, based on no violation of law in that country, and with the direct knowledge and acquiescence of the United States.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 03/07/2026
“Whether it’s climate change or something else, our reservoir system is not as dependable as we once thought.”
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Texas’ Refusal to Plan for Climate Change Created a Crisis in Corpus Christi
Stubbornly unrealistic assessments of the region’s reservoir system turned this year’s drought conditions into an emergency.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/07/2026
NEW: Geraldo Lunas Campos repeatedly raised concerns about his mental health before he died at Camp East Montana. Records paint a portrait of how the Texas facility's staff failed to adequately respond. with @texastribune.org
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“He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis.
Geraldo Lunas Campos repeatedly raised concerns about his mental health before he died at Camp East Montana. Records paint a portrait of how the Texas facility’s staff failed to adequately respond.
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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
New podcast episode: Todd & Melissa on how border tactics such as surveillance, chases, warrantless searches, are moving inland. Plus buoy barriers, walls through sacred sites, and Todd's book on the Rio Grande. We run on subscribers, not ads. Subscribe NOW. Our work depends on YOU. Listen Now🔗🦂:
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The Everywhere Border: A podcast with Border Chronicle founders, Todd and Melissa
Border Chronicle founders, Todd and Melissa, talk about how law enforcement surveillance, high-speed chases instigated by Border Patrol, unwarranted searches and seizures, and other heavy-handed polic...
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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
DHS handed Fisher Sand & Gravel $2.6B to cut a border barrier through Texas's Lower Pecos Canyonlands, home to 300+ rock art sites, some 5,000+ years old, and North America's oldest buffalo jump. Cultural laws were waived under the REAL ID Act. Archaeologists are sounding alarms. Full story🔗🦂:
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Trump’s Border Wall Is Coming for Some of the Oldest Murals in North America
A $2.6 billion border barrier through Texas' Lower Pecos Canyonlands has archaeologists warning that irreplaceable indigenous rock art and sacred sites could be destroyed.
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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
As mines, housing, and border wall construction chew through the Sonoran Desert, volunteers with the Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society rescue saguaros and ocotillos by hand before bulldozers move in. ~165,000 plants saved so far. 🌵 📷Photos by Eliseu Cavalcante. Read full story🔗🦂:
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The Manual Labor of Conservation
As housing projects, mines, and border wall construction accelerate habitat loss, photographer Eliseu Cavalcante documents the Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society’s efforts to preserve the desert’s ic...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The Trump administration’s efforts to use the criminal grand jury process to retaliate against Minnesota and Minneapolis has floundered badly. It’s a sign of how they are willing to toss aside basic rules to get at their enemies; and how the courts have largely smacked them down when they tried.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
After killing one person without warning or trial, the US government let two other survivors die a horrible death by drowning after clinging to wreckage. Despite knowing this was a possible outcome, the US government appears to have deliberately chosen not to stage search and rescue ahead of time.
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Melissa del Bosque @mdelbosque.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
With interior Border Patrol checkpoints to the north, and the border to the south, DACA recipients in border communities feel under threat by multiple layers of law enforcement, from ICE to local police. Especially in Texas where Latinos say it feels like they have a target on their backs.
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A Traffic Stop, Three Months in ICE Detention, and a Deportation Order: How Texas’s Immigration Crackdown Is Sweeping Up DACA Recipients
With interior Border Patrol checkpoints to the north, and the border to the south, DACA recipients in border communities feel under threat by multiple layers of law enforcement, from ICE to local poli...
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 12/06/2026
In this week's WOLA Border Update: Congress approved, on a party-line vote, another $69.5 million in funding for ICE and CBP. Alarms about detention conditions intensify, as do concerns about border wall construction in the Big Bend and elsewhere. Also, updates on impacts throughout the Americas.
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Billions more for ICE and CBP, detention, border wall construction, impacts in the Americas - WOLA
Congress approved, on a party-line vote, another $69.5 million in funding for ICE and CBP. Alarms about detention conditions intensify, as do concerns about the environmental impact of border wall con...
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I talked with Rogelio Bolufé, organizer of the Union of People Kidnapped by ICE. The US government deported him to Ecuador earlier this month, even though he's from Cuba, and left him there with nothing.
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Feds Deport ICE Detainee Organizer to Ecuador  - The American Prospect
Rogelio Bolufé is a Cuban national who faced ongoing retaliation for organizing against inhumane conditions inside detention camps.
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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Elsa Hull was arrested while protesting a 30-foot border wall being bulldozed on her neighbor's land — land he never gave permission to enter. "They don't care about any law." Read the full Q&A🔗🦂: www.theborderchronicle.com/they-dont-ca...
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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
What if "border security" is a lie hiding in plain sight? Todd Miller & Yes Men activist Jacques Servin go deep on language, power & the borderlands. Don't skip to the end, but definitely make it there. Listen to full episode🔗🦂:
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The Term “Border Security” Is Completely Inaccurate: A Podcast with Jacques Servin
This conversation, hosted by Todd Miller, about a great borderlands adobe brick building project is going great, until Jacques Servin—of the political performance artist trickster and activist troupe ...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It’s a really good piece and if you’re interested in the ways local governments are working with ICE, go read it.
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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The border is everywhere, in your data, your police force, your healthcare records. Our new Everywhere Border Project series launches today. Going back to normal was never enough. Read below why🦂🔗:
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Tech, War, and the Everywhere Border
Going “back to normal” won’t end structural violence in the U.S. or anywhere else.
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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This week's Border Chronicle: the team meets legendary journalist Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, plus a deep dive into big tech and the everywhere border, a podcast on Latin American art and the borderlands, and news from screwworms in Texas to family separations. 🦂📰 Full Weekly Roundup🔗:
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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: June 5
The Border Chronicle hangs out with legendary journalist Amy Goodman, plus big tech and the "everywhere border" and a podcast about Latin American art and the borderlands and more!
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NPR @npr.org · 04/06/2026
A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks. n.pr/3PWDxqK
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National Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study finds
A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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The Jan. 6 Pardons: How Many Clemency Recipients Have Faced Other Charges?
The real count is much higher than the public knew.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Really fascinating new tool that may be a lifeline for attorneys working to file habeas lawsuits to protect their clients' right to bond!
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 29/05/2026
The ICE agent charged with shooting a Venezuelan immigrant in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge and lying about the circumstances has been arrested in Texas after Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents tracked him there.
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ICE agent charged in shooting of Venezuelan immigrant during Operation Metro Surge arrested in Texas
Christian Castro’s arrest could lead to extradition proceedings between Minnesota and Texas.
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Melissa del Bosque @mdelbosque.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We loved working on this with Susan for The Border Chronicle. Some positive news among the nonstop depressing news cycle. And proof that border communities rule. 🦂🛼
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May Bulman @maybulman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Most European citizens will likely never have heard of VFS Global. But across much of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, the visa giant has become notorious An investigation coordinated by @lighthousereports.com has found that VFS has made huge profits by subjecting people to exploitative practices
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The Visa Empire: Borders as a Business
Outsourcing giant VFS Global has made huge profits by exploiting people around the world whose ‘weak’ passports require them to apply for visas to travel
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
New: Regretful cities are literally covering their Flock cameras with black trash bags because they cannot figure out how to immediately exit their surveillance contracts or get the cameras taken down: www.404media.co/cities-are-c...
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Cities Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bags
Regretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
For nearly a decade, the Pentagon was warned—by its own contractors, analysts, and intelligence agencies—that anyone with a credit card could buy a map of where American troops sleep, work, and store nuclear weapons. Now the bill has come due in a war zone. My latest at @wired.com
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The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are
The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops. It adopted almost none—and now says adversaries are using the data to target soldiers during a war.
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Melissa del Bosque @mdelbosque.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Looking forward to seeing folks today in Douglas, AZ. If you're in Douglas or thereabouts, come by and say hi!
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 27/05/2026
Our team spent months tracking hundreds of street arrests by ICE across the New York region through federal court records. Here’s what we found: 🧵 projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...
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We Found 430 ICE Street Arrests in the NYC Area. More Than 93% Targeted Latinos.
An investigation by THE CITY, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented populat...
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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
In Tucson, the Ishkashitaa Refugee Network harvests citrus, builds community, and serves 1,000 people through food, art & connection. But refugee families now face SNAP cuts & stalled green card processes. Read the full Q&A🦂🔗:
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Harvesting Hope in Tucson: A Q&A with Amelia Natoli of the Ishkashitaa Refugee Network
Development Director Amelia Natoli discusses building community with recently arrived refugees and Tucson volunteers through harvesting food, making art, and fostering connection.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Pleased to speak with @theguardian.com about the US boat strikes and this important investigation into the identities of the victims. “I think this was in part a military spectacle to give the illusion of the administration doing something ‘macho’ about drugs.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: ‘These were flesh-and-blood people’
All victims of US strikes in eastern Pacific and the Caribbean identified so far came from extremely poor communities
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
BREAKING: SB 2471 has been signed into law! It’s the first of its kind in the nation and renders the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision irrelevant in Hawaii. This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.
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New Hawaii law targets corporate influence in politics after Citizens United ruling
Hawaii's Democratic governor has signed a bill to curb corporate and "dark money" influence in politics. This move comes after the 2010 U.S.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Worth emphasizing that this was in reference to the Voluntary Work Program (a program which is often involuntary in many private prisons), which is not typical prison labor; it's basically cost-cutting for the private companies, letting them offload housekeeping/maintenance cost to detainee labor.
The Work Program
The Volunteer Work Program is a standard feature of established detention facilities, where detained immigrants may perform jobs — kitchen work, laundry, sanitation, facility maintenance — in exchange for wages that amount to as little as a dollar a day. Under ICE’s own detention standards, last codified in 2011, participation is voluntary except for basic housekeeping duties, and detainees must be paid at least one dollar per day — a rate far below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour that applies to most workers in the United States.
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