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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Story: A deported British man says in a new Human Rights Watch report that he and other detainees at a Miami detention center were shackled and forced to eat without their hands, kneeling on their knees “like dogs” reason.com/2025/07/21/r...
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Report Alleges Degrading Treatment and Medical Neglect at South Florida ICE Detention Centers
One former ICE detainee says he and a group of men were forced to kneel with their hands tied behind their backs and eat "like dogs."
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
2/3 of the people in DeSantis' concentration camp in the Everglades have no criminal background and some are in the US legally, seeking asylum. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns
Descriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story.
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
BREAKING: Judge bars Trump administration from stopping people to arrest them on the basis of race or ethnicity, speaking Spanish, presence at a particular location, or the type of work one does.
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Imagine this is you. You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Hours after ICE became the highest federal law enforcement agency in America history (and likely in world history), the Supreme Court lifts the last obstacle to ICE deporting people to any random country around the world, even in conflict zones or where migrants are enslaved.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
"The Justice Department is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship...At least one person has already been denaturalized...June 13, a judge ordered the revocation of the citizenship of Elliott Duke, who uses they/them pronouns." www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...
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DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 30/06/2025
The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens. Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important". Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary. substack.com/redirect/169...
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/06/2025
“Is there any sign of life?” “Have we heard a heartbeat?” Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
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‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and…
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying," Mukherjee said. "The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
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ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?
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Ryan Shead @ryanshead.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Way to go New York City! 🇺🇸 Zohran Mamdani has won the democratic primary for Mayor of New York, beating disgraced Andrew Cuomo. Supporting from Arizona @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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Today would be a good day for impeachment @oaklandishdude.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
If you want to know who voted here's the roll call clerk.house.gov/Votes/202517...
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Roll Call 175 Roll Call 175, Bill Number: H. Res. 537, 119th Congress, 1st Session
VOTE QUESTION: On Motion to Table, DESCRIPTION: Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors, VOTE TYPE: Yea-And-Nay, STATUS: Passed
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NPR @npr.org · 24/06/2025
Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The Committee to Protect Journalists warns his case represents an "erosion" of freedom of speech.
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Salvadoran journalist's arrest in Georgia sets 'alarming precedent'
Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The Committee to Protect Journalists warns his case represents an "erosion" of freedom of speech.
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Evo Daily @evodaily.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Ya if your town was wiped out by a hurricane you get nothing, but if you're rich and build for profit prisons to house illegally kidnapped immigrants, Trump's got cash for you. I'm so glad Jimmy Carter isn't here to watch Trump destroy 2 of his great accomplishments, The Dept of Education and FEMA
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
BREAKING: SCOTUS over liberals' dissent, blocks district court order requiring process before carrying out third country removals. SCOTUS's order allows Trump admin to carry out third country removals without the protections required—notice and opportunity to raise a challenge. No reason is given.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24A1153
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. U.
D.V.D., ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[June 23, 2025]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE JACKSON and by her referred to the Court is granted. The April 18, 2025, preliminary injunction of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 25-cv-10676, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of the Court.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
NEW: The Supreme Court's conservatives halt a preliminary injunction that had restricted the Trump administration's ability to rapidly deport migrants to "third countries" where they have never lived and where allegedly face torture. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. v.
D.V.D., ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[June 23, 2025]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE JACKSON
and by her referred to the Court is granted. The April 18,
2025, preliminary injunction of the United States District
Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 25–cv–
10676, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is
timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall
terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted,
the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of the Court.
 JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
In matters of life and death, it is best to proceed with caution. In this case, the Government took the opposite approach. It wrongfully deported one plaintiff to Guatemala,
even though an Immigration Judge found he was likely to
face torture there. Then, in clear violation of a court order,
it deported six more to South Sudan, a nation the State Department considers too unsafe for all but its most critical
personnel. An attentive District Court’s timely intervention only narrowly prevented a third set of unlawful removals to Libya.
Rather than allowing our lower court colleagues to manage this high-stakes litigation with the care and attention
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
migrantinsider.com
ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
GAO confirms ICE deported U.S. citizens due to systemic failures — and the agency still doesn’t know how many more it’s wrongly targeting
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
NYC friends: this poor dog was almost on his freedom ride out of the pound when his foster didn't show up on him. He's now in danger of being put down. Do you have space in your home and heart to adopt him? ❤️ Also, lots of animals at this NYC shelter who need a home. nycacc.app#/browse/225834
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines” ktla.com/news/local-n...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/06/2025
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/06/2025
Exactly! The “criminals” aren’t the ones who are being snatched by ICE or whoever those masked men are.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I’m urging all New Yorkers to support Immigrant Arc, the legal services organization I’ve been volunteering with. Even $10 helps provide asylum seekers with the legal resources and support that are so desperately needed. Please donate if you can. 🙏 secure.givelively.org/donate/immig...
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Keith Olbermann's Dogs @tomjumbogrumbo.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Meet Blanca #A5704883, a sweet little 5 month old husky mix, surrendered alongside her two siblings. She arrived just June 5 and is quickly running out of time. Located in Palmdale CA, we have to help her. Please repost/share and pledge if you're able...
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Holy crap. The VA has removed language from its guidelines that forbid VA doctors to provide treatment base on, among other things, party identification. (VA as a whole has to provide, but individuals don’t. Now imagine a rural VA hospital…) Again, how is this different than a civil war?
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2025
NEW: A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.
propublica.org
Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs
A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Hey wait a second. That's illegal.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
As I just flagged, this has been replaced with something which is arguably worse; requiring that basically every plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction against the federal government pay millions or billions of dollars in "security" to pay for "costs" to the federal government if they later win.
SEC. 203. RESTRICTION ON ENFORCEMENT.
No court of the United States may issue a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order against the Federal Government (other than a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order issued in a case proceeding under title 11, United States Code) if no security is given, in an amount proper to pay the costs and damages sustained by the Federal Government, when the injunction or order is issued pursuant to rule 65(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure after the date of enactment of this Act. No court may consider any factor other than the value of the costs and damages sustained when making
its determination of the proper value of such security, and that determination shall be appealable upon issuance of the preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order under an abuse of discretion standard.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/06/2025
The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20. (Via Christopher Hale)
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WIRED @wired.com · 12/06/2025
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
wired.com
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/06/2025
“ICE” as snatching people from churches now. Never forget they said this👇🏾 MAN AT CHURCH: “We don’t want this in our property.” ICE: “The whole country is our property.” No IDs shown, non-government out of state plates, basic tactical vests that just say police. Who are these men?
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Statement from Sen. Alex Padilla's office:
“Senator Padilla is currently in Los Angeles exercising his duty to perform Congressional oversight of the federal government’s operations in Los Angeles and across California. He was in the federal building to receive a briefing with General Guillot and was listening to Secretary Noem’s press conference. He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed. He is not currently detained, and we are working to get additional information.”
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Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
When elected officials are not safe, no citizen can be safe anymore.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/06/2025
Update on this powerful story: Listen to Julie Ear share what it’s like to say goodbye to her mom—who just self-deported to Mexico. Her mom worked harder than most American citizens. We should be honored to know families like theirs.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12/06/2025
House Republicans had another opportunity to remove the Medicaid and SNAP cuts from Trump’s Tax Scam. And once again, they didn’t. The GOP is making changes to the bill to ensure it will pass and they get to take away more Americans’ healthcare — because the cruelty is the point.
A screengrab from Congress.gov: “H.Res.492 - Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the engrossment of H.R. 1.”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Florida child welfare officers found a 17-year-old living in a shed with no food or water. They sent him to a foster home... and then reported him to ICE, whereupon he was handcuffed and shackled and marched to detention. Not only is that victimizing him again, it violates Florida's own rules.
The decision to alert immigration authorities to Henry’s status as an undocumented migrant is at odds with decades of child welfare practice in Florida – and it appears to violate a 30-year-old state Department of Children and Families rule that prohibits workers from acting upon a child’s status. Fran Allegra, a children’s attorney who ran Miami-Dade’s private foster care agency from 2004 until 2014, said if DCF’s action in Henry’s case represents a formal change in policy, it “puts Florida children at risk, and introduces a new chilling effect on reports to the [state’s] child abuse hotline. Reports about undocumented families are already low. This shift makes the chance for reporting, and, therefore, rescuing kids, less likely.”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A woman walking home alone was shot point-blank with “non-lethal” rounds fired by officers in Los Angeles. A neighbor filmed the assault and rushed to help only to be fired on and ordered back.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/06/2025
An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house." The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
motherjones.com
An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house"
The practice, an expert warns, could lead to "reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.”
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eric anders @ericanders.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Insane scenes in Downtown Los Angeles as the cops open fire indiscriminately on people milling about. The cops shattered a business’s windows while firing on a live-streaming journalist. Keep this in mind when people talk about the protesters causing property destruction. 🎥 : AXN News on YouTube
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Philly local tv station reporting that a man allegedly posed as an ICE agent in order to rob a car repair business office. How many other criminals might be getting this idea right now, given that actual ICE agents are refusing to show IDs, warrants, badges?
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
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mensrea @mensie.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
LAPD when they think nobody is watching
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