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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another person has died in Trump's concentration camps. 47-year-old Julian Curo-Churata was from Peru. He died on Sept. 29 after he was imprisoned for three months in Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana. That camp is run by LaSalle Corrections. There's no cause of death listed.
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Illegal alien from Peru passes away in ICE custody in Louisiana
ICE is committed to ensuring that all those in custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wrote this story about the whistles and horns derailing immigration operations in New Orleans last year. Still true today.
motherjones.com
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Join us tomorrow Friday 10/2 to make whistle kits! 10:30-2, all welcome.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
Public backlash against ICE climaxed after the January 2026 fatal shootings of two US citizens in Minneapolis. Since then, stealthier arrest operations have fueled enforcement that is quieter but just as ruthless. The 24 hours between the mornings of July 13-14 stand out as exceptionally deadly. 🧵
Blood is seen on the pavement near the scene of a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Monday, July 13, 2026 in Biddeford, Maine.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you have experience FOIAing cities for airport cameras, I need help please.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week. Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
motherjones.com
The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With the sustained increase in ICE activity, our whistle kits are in high demand. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Join us for a whistle kit making party: 💜 Every Friday 10:30-2 at Common Power, downtown Seattle 💙 Every Tuesday 6-9 pm at Obec Brewing in Ballard 🩵 Monday 10/5 at Rainier Beach Library, 1-4 pm
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The ICE shadow surge continues. Last week at least 110 Washingtonians were abducted. That’s 15 people per day ripped from their homes and communities. If you see ICE/CBP, please report it to iceout.org. Also on Iceout.org — you can set custom alerts to get notified when ICE is reported nearby.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026
Good morning, Mr, @girmayzahilay.bsky.social. Doesn’t it violate King County’s rules to have ICE obscure its loading of migrants from the Boeing Field livestream like this? And can you please find out if the migrants have been on buses on the tarmac all night after yesterday’s plane (N468AW) broke?
A screenshot of the livestream view of Boeing Field’s ICE camera, showing two large buses obscuring the loading area in front of N455AW
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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is not deporting people. Literally. Legally. There is a deportation process and this isn't it. This is rendition. This is disappearing people.
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🚨🚨🚨Action Alert! 🚨🚨🚨 Email / call your representatives to demand that ICE stop disappearing people. Take 5 min RIGHT NOW to speak up on behalf of those who cannot. (You’re probably due for a Bluesky break anyhow) @5calls.org and democracy.io make contacting your reps easy. Example script below ⬇️
apnews.com
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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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Join us Friday 9/25 downtown at Common Power! 10:30-2, on 1st Ave between Spring and Madison. With ICE surging, whistle kits are in high demand, and we need help keeping up with requests. Whistle kits are always free, and the events are always free to join. Drop in for however long you can!
Photo of street signboard that says COMMON POWER ICE WATCH WHISTLE FACTORY FRIDAYS 10:30-2
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Distressing update from Wilber’s lawyer via IG a short while ago:
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
apnews.com
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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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE’s campaign of lawless violence continues. In the last day: 1️⃣ Agents shot and seriously injured a man delivering Door Dash in Austin, TX 2️⃣ Agents detained and roughed up a US citizen in Evanston IL 3️⃣ ICE stopped sharing locations for thousands of detainees, effectively disappearing them
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Since the federal takeover, he spends four nights a week pedaling his bike up and down the same streets, recording agents as they arrest his neighbors. On the scene, he lists rights for people getting arrested and asks if they’d like him to contact anyone..." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
washingtonpost.com
He worked at NASA. Now he tails federal law enforcement on D.C. streets.
A group that has tracked the activity of federal officers since the president’s crackdown has previously been private about the effort.
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Claire @baseball-broad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Same in Seattle. We are in a “shadow surge”, which means activity is ramping up, but we are not seeing it in the same way we did earlier in this administration.
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La Resistencia @laresistencianw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Karla Godoy is currently being held at the Northwest Detention Center. She is one of our many Free Them All Campaigns.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
LULAC, the nation’s oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization, sues DHS to keep armed ICE officers out of America’s polling places: lulac.org/news/pr/LULA...
lulac.org
LULAC SUES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO KEEP ARMED ICE OFFICERS OUT OF AMERICA'S POLLING PLACES
Nation's Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Leads Federal Lawsuit to Guarantee Every Eligible Voter Can Cast a Ballot Free of Intimidation
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Seattle Indivisible @seattleindivisible.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#Burien - get trained this Sunday. ICE and DHS are in your neighborhoods. Do you know what do in that split second when you see an action? Session is hosted by North Seattle Progressives Register for address and details www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/08/2026
Looks like we’re using Gitmo to imprison immigrants again. This is an ICE charter airline owned by ICE’s flight broker using the callsign they use for all their ICE flights.
An FR24 map showing N411ZW going from Miami to Gitmo.
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🚨 Did you know iceout.org can alert you if ICE is reported in your area? Turn on notifications for a custom alert area—no account or personal info required. All too often, ICE is abducting people in silence. When you get an alert, get to the scene as fast as possible to record, make noise, etc
Screenshot of iceout.org showing dialog box for setting up a custom alert area. The alerts icon (a bell) is circled in red.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 24/08/2026
“We have done everything through immigration to get his green card approved, and we are just waiting. This is heartbreaking for me. I don’t know how I can mentally continue working 12+ hour days ‌knowing that my dad is somewhere, possibly being treated like a criminal.”
theguardian.com
Father of USS Lincoln sailor taken into ICE detention while son deployed in Middle East
Joshua Aviles says he is on a nine-month Middle East deployment and learned his father has been arrested while he was waiting for green card approval
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Our 3D printers are the best #jimothy
Photo of three 3D printed whistles (black, white, and blue) printed with a raccoon face
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Wake up, Seattle! In the last month, ICE has arrested people in Maple Leaf, Sodo, CID, West Seattle, South Lake Union, Queen Anne, Wallingford, Wedgwood and at University Village. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
seattletimes.com
As Seattle sees surge in ICE arrests, residents, advocates on edge
Amid a reported surge of immigration arrests across Seattle, residents are starting to see detainments closer to home.
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
People on ICE flights are shackled at their wrists, ankles, and waists. This goes against basic decency and FAA safety regulations. People in chains cannot evacuate swiftly in the event of an emergency. Please sign this petition to put pressure on pilots and FAA actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 15/08/2026
These gloves don't cause neuromuscular incapacitation the way that a taser does. In fact, they only work when applied directly to bare skin. These aren't made for apprehending anyone. These have one and only one use: causing extreme pain to already-restrained captives. In plain language: torture.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/08/2026
This is crazy. Alex is from Brazil, why would they deport him to Guyana? He’s a longtime West Hollywood resident who has been following his immigration requirements. He wasn’t hiding. He wasn’t on the run. He showed up for his required ICE check-in. And that’s where they detained him.
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: I spoke with a Cuban asylum seeker deported to Central African Republic without his ID, money, or cell phone. lataco.com/asylum-seeke...
lataco.com
EXCLUSIVE: Cuban Asylum Seeker Deported to Africa Without ID, Money, or Cell Phone ~ L.A. TACO
Around 80 detainees were forcibly deported to the Central African Republic, which the U.S. strongly advises against visiting due to potential danger. L.A. TACO spoke with 37-year-old Aristides Fernand...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This is insane. New immigration judges, many of whom have never read a single immigration law case in their life before they got the job, are getting just 12 weekdays of training before they go on the bench, and very little of it is on the substantive law.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“At immigration court for detained children in New York City on Wednesday, a boy named Diego represented himself in front of the judge, Lisa Ling.” "I don’t know how to do it,” he said about an asylum form he was asked to fill out in English. “I don’t know if you can help me fill it out.”
documentedny.com
11 Years Old. In Immigration Court. Alone. No Lawyer.
More children than ever before are being forced to face immigration judges by themselves without legal representation, advocates say.
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John D ❌👑 @everythingisjake.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
More on the story… Eduardo is married to a US citizen and has a pending green card case. www.kuow.org/immigration/...
kuow.org
'I have to fight for him.' Wife battles to bring husband home after ICE arrest in West Seattle
Stacey Fitzpatrick's husband, Eduardo Aguirre Esparza, was arrested by ICE agents in West Seattle on July 23. The arrest, near California Ave. SW and Juneau St., was recorded by several bystanders out...
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Biggest Little Action Group @renoactiongroup.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Airlines are pushing back against immigration enforcement at U.S. airports. In one case on July 25, an ICE agent tried to board a Southwest flight in Dallas only to be rebuffed by a gate agent who insisted on seeing a judicial warrant. WSJ 05 August 2026: www.wsj.com/business/air...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Airlines Push Back Against ICE Enforcement at Airports
Federal agents are using flight manifests to arrest travelers with lapsed visas, drawing objections over safety and protocol.
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La Resistencia @laresistencianw.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Today August 8th at 11:20AM, La Resistencia volunteers who observe the deportation flights informed us that 7 people came off the plane to be detained at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. 39 people boarded the plane to be transferred and/or deported ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
July was ICE’s busiest month yet in the Puget Sound region. It’s a stealthy surge, without the helicopters or smoke grenades of Chicago and MN. But the surge is real, with real people taken every day. Each red pin is someone’s family member, neighbor, coworker, loved one.
Screenshot from iceout.org (People Over Papers) showing community ICE reports in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett region from 7/1-2026-7/31/2026. 

The whole urban region is covered with map pins in red, yellow, and green. The pins stack on top of each other, making them impossible to count. Screenshot from iceout.org (People Over Papers) showing community ICE reports in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett region from 6/1/2026-6/30/2026. 
Most of the urban region is covered with map pins in red, yellow, and green. In some places, the pins stack on top of each other, making them impossible to count. North Seattle, Bellevue, and Bothell have fewer reports than Tacoma, South Everett, and S King County. Screenshot from iceout.org (People Over Papers) showing community ICE reports in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett region from 5/1-2026-5/31/2026. 

There are several dozen pins in red, yellow, and green — few enough to see each individual pin. South King County has the biggest cluster. There are no pins in Everett and only 1 in TacomaScreenshot from iceout.org (People Over Papers) showing community ICE reports in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett region from 4/1/2026-4/30/2026. 

There are ~20 pins across the region, mostly green with a few yellow and red. Only one pin in Seattle. Biggest cluster in Tacoma-Federal Way area
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We’re making whistle kits today Friday August 7 and then again in two weeks on Friday August 21 Join us!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/08/2026
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
muellershewrote.com
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
ICE has killed another person.
thecityreporter.nyc
El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says
The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/08/2026
As everything seems to crater around us, I want to impress upon you that there is ALWAYS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO. Billionaires and their politicians want us to believe that we are helpless. We are NOT. If something makes you mad, find out who's responsible and CALL THEM. Tell others to call.
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jigsawa.bsky.social @jigsawa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Dropped off 450 @wawhistles.bsky.social kits around my community today. Because #ICE has got to go.
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Please help recover a detained community member’s car from impound and get it back to their family before it is auctioned off. Every day adds $101.25 to the recovery fee! Venmo @SKCsolidarity with note "car" or "🚗" venmo.com/u/SKCsolidar... Every little bit helps!
URGENT FUNDS NEEDED
Community member detained by ICE annex’s bell to recover car from impound ASAP! 
- current bill sits at $1500 and counting
- each additional day adds $101.25 to recovery fee!
Please help! (Image of phone with $) 
Venmo @SKCsolidarity with note “car” or “🚗”
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 28/07/2026
Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.
stlpr.org
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 26/07/2026
A letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after he was murdered by ICE.
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Today marks the six-month anniversary of Alex's murder. No one has been held accountable, no apologies, not a single phone call from any governmental official, hospital personnel, or the mpls police dept. Six-months of pain, a roller-coaster of trauma over and over. Every time another a death, another mention, a picture, a tribute, a sorrow so deep. I wonder how to move forward. Will I ever get over this loss and this pain?
Will I ever be able to enjoy life again? How does one live knowing that I have no power to change what has happened?

And yet the outreach not only from Minnesota, but from around the world has been nothing less than spectacular. Every card, every gift, every heartfelt letter has been read, touched, held, and cherished by us all. The kindness you've all shown us is beyond words. Please never forget Alex and what he believed in ~ equality and peace for all. I will remember the things that made you, you. It will never take your memory. As long as I'm here, you will never be forgotten.

For all you asking what you can do. Continue this fight. Never give up your right to speak out, protect your neighbor, your community and don't forget to spend time with those you love...
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Chicago is OUT IN THE STREETS! Rallies demand justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, killed in ICE traffic stops, and the total abolition of ICE. People are fed up with federal agents terrorizing communities. End the violence NOW!
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Two weeks before his release, Garnet Smith was sexually assaulted by guards in NWDC. www.kgw.com/article/news...
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FOX 13 Seattle @fox13seattle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A U.S. District Court judge has ordered the release of a 44-year-old U.S. Army veteran held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma for 9 months. bit.ly/4wcI87V
U.S. Army veteran released from Tacoma ICE center
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FOX 13 Seattle @fox13seattle.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A University of Washington report says there have been 58 cases of federal immigration agents making arrests using the state's Department of Licensing information. bit.ly/3R9MNsh
UW report says Washington driver data was used in 58 immigration arrests
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 24/07/2026
When ICE agents make a stop and a car is left behind, it’s usually towed and impounded. Then fees accumulate and it’s on the family to pay. When Angel Tepale gets the call, he holds the vehicles at his own small lot and tries to find the rightful owners, all for no charge.
kuow.org
This Seattle-area mechanic offers free tows for vehicles left behind after ICE arrests
When ICE agents make a stop and a car is left behind, it’s usually towed and impounded. Then fees accumulate and it’s on the family to pay. When Angel Tepale gets the call, he holds the vehicles at his own small lot and tries to find the rightful owners, all for no charge.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 24/07/2026
ICE posted an RFI for over 1,000 "surge parking" spaces in 14 cities across the nation. While the posting doesn't state a specific time, it could indicate increased presence in those cities in the near future. sam.gov/workspace/co...
Screenshot of a list of cities and needed parking spaces.

Sacramento, CA - 40 spaces
Englewood, CO - 250 spaces
Dallas, TX - 85 spaces
Bakersfield, CA - 40 spaces
Roswell, NM - 20 spaces
Tukwila, WA - 100 spaces
Boston, MA - 249 spaces
Oxford, MS - 14 spaces
Las Vegas, NV - 25 spaces
Philadelphia, PA - 150 spaces
Pittsburgh, PA - 60 spaces
STL, MO - 30 spaces
New Orleans, LA - 20 spaces
Phoenix, AZ - 74 spaces
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