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The ILRC is a national nonprofit resource center that provides legal trainings, educational materials, and advocacy to advance immigrant rights 🔗 zaap.bio/ilrc 📍California | Texas | Washington, D.C.

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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 13h
GardaWorld, the SAME company contracted in Alligator Alcatraz, is the new private arm of immigration enforcement and detention to the tune of $313 MILLION 👇🏽 northwestvalleyindivisible.org/meet-the-com... 🔗
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 15h
“Richardson made one last call before she went to bed—and that’s when she learned the shelter had been told to have her client ready to leave within two hours— “I was nervous and shaking and scared,” she says, “and I’m not the one who might have been put on a plane.”
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First Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.
How legal aid groups survived the administration’s attacks—barely.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Federal immigration authorities on Friday asked contractors whether they could lease and install prefabricated detention units at about 50 enforcement offices across the continental U.S., saying arrests have outpaced the space those offices have to process and hold the people they detain.” 🔗
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ICE seeks ‘modular’ detention units for 50 field offices, saying increased arrests have exceeded its space
A request for information seeks ready-made detention, interview and courtroom units, with no limits on how many people the units would hold or for how long.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“—the…Immigrant Legal Resource Center, said the inspector general's report raised deep concern about the planned ICE center in San Antonio. “That facility, we know, will house our community members and will place them in very dangerous and deadly conditions.”
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Company hired to run San Antonio ICE facility had a hand in Alligator Alcatraz
GardaWorld Federal Services has a contract to renovate and operate an ICE center on the East Side. The same company provided services for Alligator Alcatraz.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New data from TRAC shows that access to legal representation in immigration court continues to decline. In August, just 24% of immigrants, including unaccompanied children, had an attorney when a removal order was issued.
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Too Few Immigration Attorneys; Where You Live Impacts Representation
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A U.S. citizen was deported from Texas. Here is how it happened 👇🏽 Brian moved to Austin to work in construction and build a life for his wife and their newborn daughter. 🧵
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In Texas, immigration enforcement doesn’t look like what you saw in Minnesota and Chicago. It looks like a routine traffic stop on the way to work. Brian is a U.S. citizen living in Austin 👇🏽
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In the background of havoc by the deportation apparatus lies another enemy — the surveillance dragnet. “Over the past year, ICE raids have surged across…with the Trump admin rounding up 590,000 immigrants — including a record 50,000 in July alone.” 🔗 americancommunitymedia.org/media-briefi...
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The Next Chapter in The Stealth War Against Immigrants - The Expanding Surveillance Dragnet
Explore how government surveillance fuels mass detention and deportation, and what communities are doing to fight back and protect privacy rights.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A federal judge has temporary blocked construction of a proposed ICE detention center in Gilroy, CA after the state & Santa Clara County filed a lawsuit over environmental concerns. The proposed 24+ acre facility could hold up to 120 people daily. 🔗 Read article here: www.kcra.com/article/judg...
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Judge blocks construction of ICE detention center in Gilroy
A federal judge has issued a temporary block on the construction of an ICE detention center in Gilroy after the state and Santa Clara County filed a lawsuit over environmental concerns.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
China Grove, TX is doubling down on its partnership w ICE, voting to cont. allowing local police to carry out federal immigration enforcement under 287g. ILRC attorney Priscilla Olivarez urged City Council to REJECT this. "If you've been told that you're required to enter the 287g, you were misled"
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Another day of our electeds telling us our states don’t have enough funds for critical infrastructure that would benefit our communities… While giving away BILLIONS in government contracts in corrupted deals to entities like GardaWorld, based in Montreal. The money to better our lives exists.
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ICE out of SMC @iceoutofsmc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“District 5 Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston asked Livingston why his office continued notifying ICE when not doing so is an option. She cited the example of San Mateo County, where the Sheriff's Office did not complete a single notification request from ICE in 2025.” #ICEoutofCA
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“Local and state authorities have the best possible awareness of local crime, she noted, and fingerprints from their arrest get transmitted automatically to immigration authorities to choose candidates for arrest and deportation.” The ILRC and other experts weigh in 🔗 stateline.org/2026/08/24/s...
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Sanctuary policies are keeping prisoners in local jails away from ICE • Stateline
As more states seek ways to limit immigration enforcement, a Stateline analysis shows one tactic has had an effect: making it more difficult for local law enforcement to hand over people they are hold...
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“There are organizations just like ours from data centers across the country that are hosting this exact same screening,” Munoz said. “…AI is kind of popping up everywhere, and data centers- the infrastructure to power AI is also popping up everywhere.“ 🔗 www.kgns.tv/2026/08/26/l...
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Laredo Cultural District to host ‘Ghost in the Machine’ screening on AI, data centers
The Laredo Cultural District is screening “Ghost in the Machine” to inform the community about AI and data centers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/08/2026
NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks. “They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
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Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”
Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“We are here…asking you to deny this application under the authority that you do have,” Laner told the council during her rebuttal. “And there is a legal basis for you to do so.” CA City Council rejected appeals challenging CoreCivic’s 2026 business license and MSP Review. 🔗 l1nq.com/r9s194e
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California City Council Upholds CoreCivic Approvals After Hours of Public Testimony - South Kern Sol
Following hours of legal arguments and public testimony, the California City Council voted Tuesday to reject two appeals challenging CoreCivic’s 2026 business license and Minor Site Plan Review 25-09....
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Pretti’s parents said they found out their son had been murdered after watching footage of the shooting on the news. “We watched it on TV and was like, ‘That’s our son. That’s Alex.’ And they killed him,” dad Michael recounted. “No one called us.”
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Immigration law is one of the most complex areas of law, I should know," said Tenecora. "And that analysis cannot be made by someone without an immigration law background." ILRC experts weigh in at the Truth Act Forum regarding police collaboration with ICE 👇🏽 www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...
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Contra Costa Co.: Supes Discuss Police Collaboration With Ice At Truth Act Forum
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors held a community forum Tuesday to discuss the role of county law enforcement had in assisting U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2025.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 25/08/2026
“I’m absolutely being imprisoned for a political agenda,” activist Autumn Hill tells Democracy Now! in a phone call from Texas’s Johnson County Correctional Facility, where the 30-year-old trans woman is serving a 50-year prison sentence for protesting outside the Prairieland ICE jail last July.
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Meet Prairieland Protester Autumn Hill: How Her “Act of Solidarity” Became a 50-Year Prison Sentence
“I’m absolutely being imprisoned for a political agenda,” activist Autumn Hill tells Democracy Now! in a phone call from Texas’s Johnson County Correctional Facility, where the 30-year-old trans woman...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/08/2026
"ICE tactics, already sadistic, are looking increasingly like torture," writes @judith-levine.bsky.social. "The slim avenues to legal recourse and the refusal of transparency or accountability by the perpetrators of de jure and de facto torture are driving detainees to desperate measures..."
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ICE’s tactics look increasingly like torture | Judith Levine
Plans for gloves that can deliver electric shocks underline the homeland security department’s sadistic practices
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“The amount of hate and harassment that our immigrant service providers are experiencing right now because they are supporting our immigrant community is really at the heart of this bill.” Opposition is calling Bonta’s Bill “a violation of the constitution” 👇🏽 🔗 www.kqed.org/news/1209645...
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Republican Lawmaker Wants DOJ to Block New Protections for Immigration Nonprofit Workers | KQED
Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed East Bay Assemblymember Mia Bonta’s bill, which allows workers to have their addresses kept confidential, but another lawmaker says it violates the Constitution.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We’ve known this is all for profit. This is not about safety; it is about money and politics, at the cost of our communities. “on July 16 MAGA Inc. received $1M from GEO Reentry Services, LLC, which donated an additional $413,000 to Trump’s $400 million war chest on July 31.” 🔗 l1nq.com/fykse90
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Private Prison Giant Gave Trump-aligned Super PAC $1.4 Million After Landing Mega ICE Contracts
GEO Group made the donation weeks after securing two five-year immigration detention-center contracts expected to generate more than $160 million annually.
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Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
So now green card holders have to sue the government just to counter malicious bureaucracy?
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
12 green card holders achieved U.S. citizenship DESPITE efforts to block them. Many sued the federal government with Project Citizenship after being denied the ability to naturalize. “It was…moving to see these brave individuals take the final step to become U.S. citizens.” 🔗 sl1nk.com/1vaeu18
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12 green card holders become US citizens after earlier effort by Trump administration to block them
Twelve of the 14 plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit through Project Citizenship earlier this year after being denied the ability to naturalize have now become US citizens.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🚨OUR ISSUES INTERSECT🚨 The ways marginalized folks are oppressed by the state interlock, and we must acknowledge this fact. Across issue lines, our beloved trans community members face targeted violence, DOUBLED by the danger of detention. 🔗 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/n...
nytimes.com
Trans Migrants in ICE Detention Are Losing Their Rights and Medical Care
U.S. officials have sometimes eliminated access to gender-related treatment and dissolved measures meant to shield transgender detainees from harassment.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Remember that at this very moment Greg Abbott is trying to protect the mass deportation agents currently terrorizing Texans and community members all over this country.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“The Trump administration has aggressively expanded detention, requiring that immigrants remain locked up while waiting for an immigration judge to decide their case.” This admin CONTINUES violating people’s rights; vulnerable families pay the price. 🔗 www.themarshallproject.org/2026/08/18/p...
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Parents are Giving Up Green Card Fights to Get Their Kids Out of Immigrant Jail
As children languish in detention, a federal judge sics an independent watchdog on ICE.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Public charge rule updates? We’ve got those. Staying versed on the latest immigration changes is an effective way to support your community through education. DHS announced that July 20th, the 2022 Public Charge Rule is being rescinded — and NOT replaced. 🔗 www.ilrc.org/about-us/pre...
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DHS Removes Public Charge Rule, Creating Uncertainty for Green Card Applicants | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The issue of surveillance is sweeping the country as communities show out to ensure Flock cameras are iced out of their cities. Over 20 local jurisdictions stopped or began the process of not using Flock cameras as of July, sparked by strong bipartisan outrage. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
politico.com
‘Work boots and Subarus’: Local officials say the backlash against Flock cameras is becoming bipartisan
Over 20 local jurisdictions moved toward canceling Flock contracts in July, which the company says represents only a small fraction of its customers.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Late July, according to a scathing lawsuit, attorney Alexandra Lozano defrauded THOUSANDS of immigrants pretending to “help.” Lozano hosted traveling “milagrosa” tours (‘miracle tours’ in English) targeting underserved Latino communities. ILRC experts weigh in 🔗 fresnoland.org/2026/07/27/a...
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Dozens of Fresno cases tied to immigration attorney accused in scam
Thousands of immigrants were scammed by attorney Alexandra Lozano, whose firm, according to multiple lawsuits, submitted fraudulent immigration applications on clients' behalf.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Trump admin is once again trying to undermine the Constitution through executive orders targeting birthright citizenship... just *weeks* after the Supreme Court rejected its previous attempt. 🔗 Read our statement 👇🏽 www.ilrc.org/about-us/pre...
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Trump Administration Once Again Tries to Change the Protections Enshrined in the US Constitution by Executive Order | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to pay $65 million in overdue funding owed to nonprofit legal orgs that represent unaccompanied immigrant children. 🔗 www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Trump administration to pay $65 million owed to lawyers of unaccompanied migrant children
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release about $65 million in unpaid fees to nonprofits that provided legal services to unaccompanied migrant children facing deportation.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“We adamantly believe children must continue to be represented by independent attorneys who specialize in immigration law and, equally importantly, know how to work w/children,” @acaciajustice.org responds to reported contracting of small Texas law firm to represent thousands of immigrant kids:
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Acacia Center for Justice Responds to new Single-Source Cooperative Agreement by HHS
The administration doesn't get to manufacture a crisis, offer an unacceptable “fix”, and then claim it’s solved. More than 20,000 unaccompanied children are waiting for a real solution
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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Judge Reyes has issued her conforming order, officially ending Temporary Protected Status for Haiti. As of August 5, 2026, TPS protections for Haitian nationals are no longer in effect.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 04/08/2026
Backlash is mounting to Flock cameras, which allow police to track the movements of cars and search nationwide databases without a warrant. This week's TribCast discusses the sudden attention on the cameras. bit.ly/3UbUzTg
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TribCast: The Flock camera freakout
As Texas police departments build out a network of advanced license plate readers, public outcry over surveillance and safety is growing.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Last month, the Supreme Court betrayed TPS holders when it facilitated the termination of TPS for Haitians and Syrians facing violence and natural disasters in their home countries. Today, 350,000 of our Haitian neighbors have been put at high risk. 🧵 www.ilrc.org/about-us/pre...
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"I think that we've seen their disdain for court orders that they don't like. They say they're going to follow the court orders but don't. The response is murky on purpose, and employers are following confusing guidance."
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Houston police returned to a formerly overturned policy increasing HPD collusion with ICE. Using civil warrants, which do not alone give local police the power to detain someone, HPD schemes alongside ICE to bolster traumatic arrests in Houston.
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Deported Honduran man sues Houston over police cooperation with ICE
A man allegedly detained by Houston police for two hours during a traffic stop before being deported has sued the city over its policy governing how officers interact with ICE agents.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The cruelty of our system is painful - people are stripped of their humanity, treated like street animals, refused basic dignity, the ability to maintain hygiene, access to clean water, and the ability to obtain medical care beyond ibuprofen, regardless of ailment.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 21/07/2026
No one is safe when ICE is present - whether on the streets or in one of the agency’s more than 200 abuse-ridden detention facilities. @detentionwatchnetwork.org @the-ilrc.bsky.social @immdefenseproject.bsky.social are launching a new campaign: End the ICE Age. 🧊💥
blue background, text: "end the ice age - shut down detention centers, ice out of communities, redirect ICE funding"
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Among those who spoke was Sonimar Maria Arenas, whose brother, Jesus Manuel Arenas Silva, died in ICE custody on July 13 after his family says ICE failed to provide him with the medications he needed. His family is demanding an independent investigation into his death.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Today we joined members of Congress, advocates, and directly impacted family members on the Hill for the #MeltICEAct press conference led by Rep. Delia Ramirez. We call for an END to ICE's unchecked expansion. We demand accountability for the harm ICE continues to inflict on our communities!
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The terror in our streets is a deliberate choice. The nightmare scenario families face when their loved ones are taken is a deliberate choice. ICE needs to be abolished, personnel need to be held accountable, & those pushing for the cruel status quo need to never reach public office. Full stop.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hablemos de: la tarjeta roja 🟥 @Univision se sentó con el ILRC para charlar sobre la función de la tarjeta roja que tanto promovemos en nuestras redes. 🔗 www.univision.com/shows/la-voz...
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Estado Migratorio: Tarjeta Roja, el documento que ayuda a los inmigrantes a proteger sus derechos ante ICE
El Centro de Recursos Legales para Inmigrantes promueve el uso de la tarjeta roja ante el incremento de los operativos migratorios en Estados Unidos. La abogada Rose Godínez explicó que este documento...
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"The ICE officials who regularly appeared at Camp East Montana are called deportation officers. Officially, their job is to make sure that detainees with final order of removal are deported; unofficially, they often pressured those without orders to agree to be deported anyway"
newyorker.com
Inside ICE’s Largest Detention Center
On a military base in West Texas, where the government has built a sprawling tent complex to hold thousands of immigrants, deprivation and dire conditions are part of the design.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 08/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s son on Wednesday said that his father would not have tried to flee a law enforcement stop: “Had my father seen an emblem of ICE, or an emblem that says anything about law enforcement agency, my father would have complied."
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Houston ICE shooting: Slain man’s son calls for investigation
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s son said his father would not have tried to flee a law enforcement stop. Local leaders say they’ve received little information from federal officials about the shooting.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo should still be with us today. ICE fatally shot Lorenzo, a beloved Houston community-member and father, Tuesday evening. Since then, HPD has engaged in the typical victim-blaming tactics we’ve seen against other victims nationwide. 🔗 www.ilrc.org/about-us/pre...
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ICE Killings Continue: ILRC and Houston Leads Mourn the Death of Community Member | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
CoreCivic has sold two of the LARGEST immigration detention facilities in California to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a deal worth $1.5 BILLION 💵 Advocates warn, the facilities have still opened without needed permits. CC: @calmatters.org calmatters.org/justice/2026...
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Private prison company sells two of California’s immigrant detention centers to the feds
Private prison company CoreCivic sold two California properties to the Department of Homeland Security. It will continue operating them as ICE detention centers.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 07/07/2026
Breaking: An ICE agent fatally shot a man in Houston on Tuesday after he allegedly tried to run over the agent bit.ly/44iwlst
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ICE agent fatally shoots migrant in Houston
The agency said agents stopped the man, who died at a local hospital, as part of an enforcement action.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
What is it like living in Texas under SB4? The ILRC dives into this question, highlighting one of Texas’s unprecedented deportation schemes draining taxpayer dollars while emboldening policing models. What happens in Texas eventually comes to the nation. 🔗 www.ilrc.org/community-re...
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Living with Texas SB 4: An Unprecedented State Deportation Scheme | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
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