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Raul A. Reyes

@raulareyes.bsky.social
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Attorney, NBC Latino contributor, CNN Opinion writer, Scripps News Immigration Analyst.

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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Getting ready for @deanobeidallah.bsky.social Dean Obeidallah Show Show SiriusXM show, 7 PM ET hr. channel 127. Tune in!
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
CNN Exclusive: ICE agents told to ramp up daily immigration arrests despite GOP unease as midterms near. ICE wants to arrest 3,000 people a day. www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/p...
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Exclusive: ICE agents told to ramp up daily immigration arrests despite GOP unease as midterms near | CNN Politics
Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership told agents nationwide on Tuesday to increase immigration arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests, accord...
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hispanic Voters Overwhelmingly Disapprove of Trump, New Poll Shows Read Free/NY Times Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
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Hispanic Voters Overwhelmingly Disapprove of Trump, New Poll Shows (Gift Article)
Latino voters, who shifted Republican in the 2024 presidential election, view the party more negatively than they have in the past decade, according to an NBC News/Telemundo poll released on Monday.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Must-Read: 500+ U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown - via @propublica.org projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now. The court also announced it would hear arguments in December on the legality of the Trump administration policy to swiftly deport immigrants to countries not their own. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now (Gift Article)
The court also announced it would hear arguments in December on the legality of the Trump administration policy to swiftly deport immigrants to countries not their own.
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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
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever. After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Unused Tents and Uneaten Food: Watchdog Finds ‘Waste’ in Immigration Crackdown. In a report Thursday, the GAO said the Trump administration squandered millions of dollars to expand detention. Read Free/NY Times Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Unused Tents and Uneaten Food: Watchdog Finds ‘Waste’ in Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)
In a report Thursday, the Government Accountability Office said the Trump administration squandered millions of dollars to expand detention.
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SiriusXM Progress @siriusxmprog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Coming up on The @deanobeidallah.bsky.social Show: @raulareyes.bsky.social @repstansbury.bsky.social "Law & Disorder" with Danny Cevallos! ☎️: 866-997-4748 🔊: siriusxm.us/Dean
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
apnews.com/article/ice-... Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
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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...
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees. Read Free/NY Times Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees (Gift Article)
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“For a group that Donald Trump did historically well with — #Latino voters back in 2024 — all of those gains basically, adios amigos, goodbye, see you later. They’re just not there. Trump is way, way underwater with Latino voters.” www.mediaite.com/media/tv/abs...
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‘Absolute Political Disaster!’ CNN Data Guru Says Latinos Are in ‘Revolt’ Against Trump
CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten ran the numbers Friday that revealed Latino voters have turned on President Donald Trump.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My L.A. Times column: "We take pride in the American experience, because it is our experience. These feelings are deep and enduring. These are feelings that no presidential proclamation can give us — and that no administration can take away." #HispanicHeritageMonth www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: Hispanic Heritage Month was a worthy but doomed idea
People rarely say, 'I’m Hispanic.' That’s just a box we check on forms. Most of us identify by our family’s country of origin.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As He Backs ICE Crackdown, #Nebraska Governor Employs Undocumented Workers. "His company, Pillen Family Farms, has taken on undocumented workers as it has grown into one of the nation’s largest hog producers." NY Times Gift Article/Read Free www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...
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As He Backs ICE Crackdown, Nebraska Governor Employs Undocumented Workers (Gift Article)
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...
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My column for The Hill: ICE’s new ‘shock gloves’ are dangerous, inhumane and totally unnecessary. @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/immi...
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ICE’s new ‘shock gloves’ are dangerous, inhumane and totally unnecessary
A rogue agency that violates human and civil rights does not deserve more weapons.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says. An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge. Read Free/NY Times Gift Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says (Gift Article)
An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
He was a farmboy, a priest, a teacher. AND he was a poet, novelist and artist. Benjamin Alire Sáenz, renowned El Paso author whose complex life and acclaimed work have been widely recognized, has passed away at 71. via@elpasomatters.bsky.social elpasomatters.org/2026/07/28/b...
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Renowned El Paso author, artist Benjamin Alire Sáenz dies at 71
“Ben was irrepressibly hopeful of the human spirit,” longtime friend Ruben Garcia said about Sáenz, an award-winning author whose “Aristotle and Dante” young adult novel was adapted into a movie in 20...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
An Associated Press investigation found more than 50 spouses and parents of active-duty U.S. service members have been detained as the Trump administration rolls back immigration protections for military families. elpasomatters.org/2026/08/05/t...
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Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents
An Associated Press investigation found more than 50 military spouses and parents detained as immigration protections for service members' families are scaled back.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Federal government allows return of U.S. citizen deported after traffic stop in Central Texas. He was born in Denver & had the documents to prove it -- yet deported anyway. www.texastribune.org/2026/08/30/t...
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Feds allow return of U.S. citizen deported after traffic stop in Central Texas
Brian José Morales García maintained he was born in Denver after the federal government accused him of having entered the country illegally.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Racist ‘Magic Deportation Bus’ isn’t the way for Trump to keep Latino voters. “There is nothing funny about the issue that warrants this type of frivolous portrayal.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Commentary: Racist 'Magic Deportation Bus' isn't the way for Trump to keep Latino voters
If the GOP wants any chance of holding on to Congress in the midterms and winning other key races, they need to get down on their hands and knees and beg Latinos for forgiveness,
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A surge in immigration arrests has swept up 1000s of people: --People married to U.S. citizens --People pursuing an lawful asylum claim, --People w/ a temporary legal status that the administration revoked.. People w/ criminal records? Less than 4 %. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted (Gift Article)
As immigration arrests hit record highs, ICE appears closer than ever to meeting its goal of 2,000 daily arrests.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Honoring the undocumented and decrying their persecutors at the height of her career, against political headwinds and with nothing to gain and everything to lose, was par for #DollyParton 's life – and a challenge for all of us to do the same. Outstanding column by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
NY Times Opinion: Keep Your Eye on ICE Read Free/Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/o...
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Opinion | Keep Your Eye on ICE (Gift Article)
Trump’s deportation machine has only ramped up.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
US halts all immigrant visa applications amid tightening restrictions. Move by state department to limit access is part of Trump’s crackdown on both lawful and undocumented immigration. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US halts all immigrant visa applications amid tightening restrictions
Move by state department to limit access is part of Trump’s crackdown on both lawful and undocumented immigration
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 24/08/2026
We looked at the reviews for the electric shock gloves ICE is spending $20 million on. What we found should alarm everyone 🧵⤵️
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
L.A. Times: U.S. has sent deportees to many African countries, the latest one being Liberia. Here’s why: www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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U.S. has sent deportees to many African countries, the latest one being Liberia. Here’s why
Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported thousands of people to two dozen countries that aren't their own, as it pushes ahead with its immigration crackdown, ad...
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Prominent Latino group @lulacorg.bsky.social blasts proposed Paramount-Warner merger. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Prominent Latino group blasts proposed Paramount-Warner merger
The group urged California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta to continue his fight to block David Ellison's $111-billion deal, saying it would have a "devastating and unacceptable impact on Latinos."
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
One-year-old appears in immigration court alone, with no lawyer, and is told to file an asylum claim. www.notus.org/immigration/...
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Judge to Baby: File an Asylum Application
The 1-year-old is one of the migrant children who advocates say appeared in immigration court without legal representation.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My column for @latimes.com L.A. Times: "ICE arrests at airports are a disaster waiting to happen." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: At airports, ICE snatches people who are following the rules
Many of the targets have visa renewals pending somewhere in the government's backlog of 3.1 million cases.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
AP: Minnesota attorney general sues Texas governor to compel extradition of ICE agent for trial. apnews.com/article/minn...
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Minnesota attorney general sues Texas governor to compel extradition of ICE agent for trial
Minnesota's attorney general is suing the governor of Texas, asking a federal judge to compel the extradition of a federal immigration agent charged with wounding a man and then lying about it during ...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/08/2026
A 19-year-old in Texas has spent nearly a year raising her 13-year-old sister after their parents were detained by ICE and deported to Honduras. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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U.S. citizen teens left behind when ICE deported their parents
After their mom and dad were deported, two Fort Worth teens went nearly a year before seeing their parents.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
‘Adios, Amigos!’ CNN Data Guru Breaks Down ‘Bonkers’ Drop in Trump’s Support Among Hispanic Men. www.mediaite.com/media/tv/adi...
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‘Adios, Amigos!’ CNN Data Guru Breaks Down ‘Bonkers’ Drop in Trump’s Support Among Hispanic Men
CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten detailed Monday how President Donald Trump has lost a significant amount of support from Hispanic men.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport. "The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history." Read Free/NY Times Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
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Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport. (Gift Article)
The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 13/08/2026
In San Antonio’s immigrant community, the fear of ICE weighs on every move. Everyday tasks like buying groceries or taking kids to the park now bring life-changing risks. “We couldn’t go out because they were hunting us,” a Honduran mother said. bit.ly/4clShqZ
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Fear of ICE alters lives in San Antonio immigrant community
Everyday tasks like buying groceries or taking kids to the park now bring life-changing risks. “We couldn’t go out because they were hunting us,” a Honduran mother said.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Department of Homeland Security rushed headlong to spend nearly half a billion dollars on jets -- only to end up with planes it did not fly." Read Free/NY Times Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...
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Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them. (Gift Article)
The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"The deportations raise serious legal questions that have been the subject of multiple federal lawsuits. The removals often happen before deportees can argue their cases before a judge." Read Free/NY Times Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/m...
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He Was Deported to Eswatini in Southern Africa. He May Never Go Free. (Gift Article)
As the Trump administration sends a growing number of immigrants to countries they have no connection to, some find themselves imprisoned with no way out.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
‘We’ve never seen anything like this’: ICE’s detention crackdown swamps the courts. --via @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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‘We’ve never seen anything like this’: ICE’s detention crackdown swamps the courts
Families, lawyers and judges describe a year of frantic emergency cases after ICE began detaining people who have lived in the U.S. for years.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“They’ve been arresting people left and right, some people in the middle of the streets … We have people who went to the grocery store and didn’t return home.” CNN: Ankle monitors, arrests & lost jobs: The new realities many #Haitians in the US are facing. www.cnn.com/2026/08/09/u...
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What communities across the US are seeing as more than 300,000 people lose deportation protections | CNN
A new reality has started to come into focus in Haitian communities that had been holding out hope for a last-minute reprieve.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Another death in ICE custody, this time at Delaney Hall in New Jersey. This makes 54 deaths since Trump took office; 1 every 8 days in 2026. Read Free/NY Times Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...
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Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say (Gift Article)
The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My column for The Hill: Immigration detention should not be a death sentence. @TheHillOpinion. thehill.com/opinion/immi...
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Immigrant detention should not be a death sentence
Our immigration facilities must respect the rule of law, accountability and human lives.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Gracias!
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
CNN Poll: --Following 2 recent deadly ICE shootings, Americans say by a 20-point margin that the agency is making cities less, not more, safe. --Trump is underwater on immigration 39% approve 61% disapprove. www.cnn.com/2026/07/29/p...
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CNN Poll: Americans doubt Trump is paying enough attention to the country’s most important problems | CNN Politics
A record-high 73% of US adults say that President Donald Trump hasn’t paid enough attention to the country’s most important problems, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with just 27% saying he’s ...
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
“It’s not people with criminal records being targeted. You are talking about people with legitimate pending visa and green card applications.” NY Times Gift Article/Read Free www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
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ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive (Gift Article)
Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"In a bizarre turn of events, ICE officers say morale is lower under President Donald Trump than it was during the Biden administration." www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immig...
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Some ICE officers take issue with Trump approach to immigration enforcement
ICE officers who spoke with the Washington Examiner said morale is lower under President Donald Trump than it was during the Biden administration.
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 20/07/2026
On July 7, ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Six days later, an officer shot Johan Sebastián Guerrero to death in his car. We cannot look away. In @time.com, NILC President @kicamatos.bsky.social calls for investigation, accountability & an end to ICE violence. time.com/article/2026...
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When ICE Kills, We Cannot Look Away
“Our collective power to hold ICE accountable starts with looking out for our neighbors,” writes Kica Matos.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Damn right it is !
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
ICE Mandates Dress Code After Killings and Botched Arrest theintercept.com/2026/07/21/i...
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ICE Mandates Dress Code After Killings and Botched Arrest
Updates to ICE's dress code ban deportation officers from wearing jeans, hoodies, and graphic tees, according to a leaked document.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"The racist language this administration has used w/ immigrants is an unacceptable breach of a free & democratic society. The dangerous policing tactics the White House has encouraged & defended are repugnant. Congress must put a stop to it." NY Times Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/o...
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Opinion | ICE Is Out of Control. Here’s What to Do About It. (Gift Article)
Congress must push back against our inhumane immigration tactics.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
ICE Agent Kills Person in Vehicle in Maine, State Officials Say The shooting occurred in Biddeford, south of Portland. It was the 2d death in a week involving an ICE agent firing into a vehicle. Gift Article/Read Free www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...
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ICE Agent Kills Person in Vehicle in Biddeford, Maine, State Officials Say (Gift Article)
The shooting occurred in Biddeford, south of Portland. It was the second death in a week involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent firing into a vehicle.
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Raul A. Reyes @raulareyes.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"The shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo occurred as immigration enforcement has ramped up across the country, with thousands being arrested daily." Read Free/NY Times Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/u...
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ICE Killing in Houston Puts Focus on Surge in Immigration Arrests (Gift Article)
The shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo occurred as immigration enforcement has ramped up across the country, with thousands being arrested daily.
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