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on social media for the grain of comfort from seeing other people who also think rolling back rights is bad and should be called bad but sometimes like to share positive things too

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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Texas mother deported days after speaking out over her teenage son’s viral ICE arrest www.expressnews.com/news/texas/a... "The roughly four-minute video shows immigration agents using pepper spray and force while detaining the two teenagers, who identified themselves as U.S. citizens."
expressnews.com
Texas mother deported days after speaking out over son’s viral ICE arrest
Teresa Ochoa Briseño spoke publicly about her son’s ICE arrest and called for the agents involved to be held accountable.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS seeking an order allowing the Trump admin to implement the new USPS rule restricting mail ballots, not even waiting for the First Circuit to rule on its stay request. It will be Docket No. 26A297.
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In the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, ET AL., APPLICANTS u.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ET AL.
DONALD J. TRUMP, ET AL., APPLICANTS
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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, ET AL.
APPLICATION FOR A STAY OF THE ORDER ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
AND REQUEST FOR AN IMMEDIATE ADMINISTRATIVE STAY
D. JOHN SAUER
Solicitor General
Counsel of Record
Department of Justice
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Castro says San Antonio midshipman’s mom ‘should be home’ after deportation www.expressnews.com/news/article... "Rocha was detained while attending a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office for a green-card interview"
expressnews.com
Mom of San Antonio Naval Academy midshipman deported after Dilley ICE detention
Rocha had been in the process of obtaining a green card and was 'doing everything the right way' when she was arrested by immigration authorities, Castro said.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Latest example of "You Can Just Do Stuff" governing taken to the extreme. The judge can't physically enforce his or her own ruling, the White House controls law enforcement and Congress won't impeach.
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Castro says ICE is ‘changing the rules’ after Austin father and 5-year-old son deported www.expressnews.com/news/politic...
expressnews.com
‘They keep changing the rules’: Castro criticizes ICE after Austin deportation
Castro says officials gave changing reasons for denying visits with people held at the South Texas immigration facility.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“An analysis of ICE and Border Patrol agents who committed sexual or violent offenses against women and children found an alarming pattern: 86% charged with or convicted of sex offenses, more than half targeted children, and many remained employed for decades despite red flags.”
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
ICE agent accused of Minneapolis shooting can be released from Texas jail, judge says www.expressnews.com/politics/tex...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
David Rohde says that the major logistics problems for the Navy largely come from the fact that the Navy's chief resupply station in the Gulf of Oman was completely destroyed in an Iranian attack, and Hegseth decided to keep it secret, from the public, Congress and the White House.
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USS Lincoln wasn't resupplied because Hegseth 'hid' that Iran destroyed main U.S. base: Rohde
President Trump continues to say that Iran wants to make a deal to end the war and that the U.S. has control over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the president downplayed concerns about the condition...
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
DHS defends ICE arrest of Padres minor-league coach at El Paso airport, says he faces removal www.expressnews.com/news/article... "No one is above the law" - from the agency routinely violating court orders and refusing to cooperate with multiple murder investigations
expressnews.com
DHS says Padres coach detained in Texas overstayed permission by 8 years
DHS says San Diego Padres minor-league coach Oswaldo Pirela faces potential removal after ICE agents detained him at El Paso International Airport, accusing him of overstaying in the U.S.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Missouri secretary of state has now admitted that the 'veto' measure meant to block the GOP's gerrymander *did* gather enough signatures. There's a trial scheduled for tomorrow on the secretary of state's announcement that he will nevertheless block the measure from being on the ballot.
missouriindependent.com
Missouri ballot proposals blocked by secretary of state had enough signatures, records show • Missouri Independent
A Missouri redistricting proposal and one to limit legislative power to change initiatives have the required signature but were denied a spot on the Nov. 3 ballot.
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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
As the DOJ asks an appeals court to reinstate criminal charges against Abrego García that a district court issued a rare vindictive prosecution dismissal on, it's a good time to read my piece on why the federal government is expending such attention and resources on one normal guy from Maryland
newrepublic.com
Why the Trump Administration Is Obsessed With Kilmar Ábrego García
The White House’s monomaniacal focus on deporting the Maryland sheet metal apprentice is all about control.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
👋 Media expert here! This isn't cute or funny actually? Comms teams only do this when they're in extreme distress www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Early this month, The Washington Post reported that at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing Flock cameras and other surveillance systems, including to stalk women.

In August alone, local officials in four states decided to pull the plug on Flock cameras in their cities, at least temporarily.

The Independent has reached out to Flock for comment, but its media team said it was currently “taking a break” from responding to requests.
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
San Antonio-area families ask Supreme Court to review Texas Ten Commandments law www.expressnews.com/news/educati...
expressnews.com
Texas Ten Commandments lawsuits could advance to U.S. Supreme Court
More than 20 Texas families on Monday requested that the U.S. Supreme Court hear their challenge to Senate Bill 10, the state's Ten Commandments law.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/08/2026
The Trump administration in recent days deported a group of Mexican nationals who had been barred from removal to their home country over concerns they would be tortured if returned, according to people with knowledge of the move. nyti.ms/4hTXrxY
A sunsets casts light through the U.S.-Mexico border wall. A headline reads: "‘I Was So Wrong’: Iranians Say Trump’s Promises to Protesters Never Came True." Photo by Caitlin O'Hara for The New York Times
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
During Operation Metro Surge, ICE arrested at least 75 people who had been granted protections from deportation because they were victims of, or witnesses to, serious crimes. The youngest was six years old. And that number is likely a significant undercount.
minnesotareformer.com
During Operation Metro Surge, ICE arrested dozens of immigrant crime victims • Minnesota Reformer
Years ago, Rosa watched from inside the car as men robbed her husband at gunpoint, shortly after they’d arrived in Minnesota from Guatemala. The couple had a pending asylum case, but once they reporte...
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Seems bad? Sen. Boozman of Arkansas is now voting for Mitch McConnell, claiming that McConnell talked to him and gave him permission to cast his vote. The photo on the article here is old, from before McConnell's crisis. No one's seen him. No reporters talked to him. But people are using his vote.
notus.org
Mitch McConnell Is Voting, But He’s Still on Medical Leave
The Kentucky Republican broke ties on amendment votes “by proxy” on the farm bill Thursday.
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Settlement to create 1st ‘detransition clinic’ www.expressnews.com/politics/tex... TCH will have to maintain 2 lists of patients w/ any mention of gender identity disorders/dysphoria in their record. One is to bypass privacy protocol in an emergency. The purpose of the other list was not identified.
expressnews.com
Texas Children's Hospital must provide free 'detransition' care under settlement
The Houston hospital reached the settlement with Attorney General Ken Paxton after allegations that they illegally provided transgender care to children.
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Federal SNAP cuts forcing San Antonio districts to cut free school lunches www.expressnews.com/news/educati...
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"González de la Cruz worked two manual labor jobs while raising their children but eventually decided to return to Guatemala as financial pressures mounted — and grew increasingly fearful she would be detained and separated from them despite working through an active asylum case"
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“Former President Joe Biden stopped holding families there in 2021, arguing America shouldn’t be in the business of detaining children. But quickly after returning to office, President Donald Trump resumed family detentions as part of his mass deportation campaign.” #ShutDownDilley
propublica.org
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Text messages and videos obtained by the ACLU show that federal immigration agents who carried out last year’s raids in L.A. referred to Latinos with slurs such as “wet” (wetback) and “tonks,” reportedly derived from the sound a flashlight makes when hitting a migrant’s head.
latimes.com
Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU
Body camera footage and forensically recovered texts, which provide a window into the mindset of agents who conducted raids throughout the L.A. area, were detailed in a 37-page motion for a preliminar...
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Andy Genz @ajgenz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Trump’s mega master immigration court hearings are driving up in absentia deportation orders, which is bad for the people in question *and* will be used in bad faith to say that immigrants are wrongly abusing the system & skipping hearings
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Marc Rosenblum, head for statistics at DHS, resigns, saying he is delighted to no longer be involved in supporting the agency's war against facts and the truth. www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...
wired.com
DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’
The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Jailed to Death Eighty-five inmates died in the Bexar County jail between 2020 and 2025, making it among the deadliest in Texas. www.expressnews.com/projects/202...
expressnews.com
Jailed to death in Bexar County
Eighty-five inmates died in the Bexar County jail between 2020 and 2025, making it among the deadliest in Texas. We are calling for change.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 24/07/2026
New “mega master” hearings that began in Chicago in May are calling as many as 185 immigrants to a single small courtroom. Many immigrants, fearful and unable to find a lawyer on short notice, are missing critical court dates.
chicago.suntimes.com
Chaotic, crowded Chicago immigration mega court hearings are fueling record deportation orders
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Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Immigrants and asylum seekers are being made to travel hours to El Paso from across the southwest for their check-ins with ICE. These trips often end with them being placed under surveillance with an ankle monitor. These visits are causing fear and anxiety for them and their loved ones. My story:
elpasotimes.com
Immigrants are traveling hundreds of miles to El Paso for ICE check-ins
Immigrants with scheduled ICE check-ins are being forced to travel from across the Southwest to El Paso for their check-ins.
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Southwest flight attendant detained by ICE at Nashville International Airport www.expressnews.com/business/air...
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NPR @npr.org · 16/07/2026
In recent days, federal immigration agents fatally shot two immigrant fathers. None of the federal officers involved were wearing body cameras, the agency said. n.pr/4fiawOC
n.pr
DHS pledged body cams for all immigration agents. Months later, that hasn't happened
In recent days, federal immigration agents fatally shot two immigrant fathers. None of the federal officers involved were wearing body cameras, the agency said.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Dozens of people held at Camp East Montana, the ICE detention facility in East El Paso, say they were either beaten by guards or witnessed others being beaten, according to a new report issued Wednesday by Human Rights Watch and the ACLU. elpasomatters.org/2026/07/15/r...
elpasomatters.org
Report: ICE detainees at Camp East Montana report frequent beatings and other human rights abuses - El Paso Matters
A new report from human rights advocates says 90% of detainees interviewed at a sprawling ICE facility in Texas say they were either beaten by guards or witnessed others being beaten.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Exclusive: US military hasn’t conducted standard review of intelligence tied to strike on school in Iran, sources say edition.cnn.com/2026/07/16/p...
edition.cnn.com
Exclusive: US military hasn’t conducted standard review of intelligence tied to strike on school in Iran, sources say | CNN Politics
The investigation into a US strike that hit a school in Iran has sat for months with a military command while leaders have held off on ordering a critical, standard intelligence review to help determi...
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 06/07/2026
Why should you support independent trans media? Perhaps because we take on the bias of major news organizations with facts and data. Here's the latest from @evanurquhart.bsky.social, who found NYT wrote 5 stories on the trans sports ban decision without quoting a single trans person. 🤯🤯🤯
assignedmedia.org
NYT Wrote Five Stories on the Trans Athlete Ban Decision. Not One Quoted A Transgender Person. - Assigned Media
The paper of record continues to diverge from other news organizations in its coverage of the transgender community.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
NEW: The ICE office that customarily probes employee misconduct is being refocused to investigate ICE critics, opening hundreds of "doxing and threat" cases and subpoenaing tech companies to unmask anonymous posters. Detention facility inspections, meanwhile, are plummeting. by @regret.bsky.social
wired.com
ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees.
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is in talks with the Texas Attorney General’s Office about taking over representation of unaccompanied minor children. It’s a move advocates worry would be a step toward mass deportation." www.expressnews.com/news/article...
expressnews.com
Proposed shift in Texas migrant child representation raises deportation concerns
Officials are discussing shifting legal representation for unaccompanied migrant children to the state Texas, but it’s unclear how that would be accomplished.
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway
theatlantic.com
The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated
Six months after she and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings.
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Various kids and families have been turned away from visiting detainees at Delaney Hall in New Jersey because of a dress code with constantly changing details and rules www.jezebel.com/ice-is-apply...
jezebel.com
ICE is Applying Creepy Dress Codes to Children Now
Various kids and families have been turned away from visiting detainees at Delaney Hall in New Jersey because of a dress code with constantly changing details and rules.
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
In Trump's second term, Dreamers with clean records are being deported, data show www.expressnews.com/news/article...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Barbaric. This state is run by monsters. www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
www.expressnews.com/news/article... “Everybody talks about the US being a place of freedom, but the truth is, we have no rights because we are Latinos. They don’t ask if you are in the process of getting permission. They look at your skin and arrest you.”
expressnews.com
Churchill soccer player, father released from Dilley ICE facility
A Churchill High School soccer player and his father were released from immigration detention in Dilley, nearly a month after ICE agents arrested them.
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Churchill High School student and father detained by ICE for nearly a month www.expressnews.com/news/article...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
lawfaremedia.org
The Jan. 6 Pardons: How Many Clemency Recipients Have Faced Other Charges?
The real count is much higher than the public knew.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The Pentagon has appointed a rioter convicted for his role in 6 January, 2021 insurrection to a position in the US Department of Defense’s special operations and low intensity conflict office which manages highly classified military operations. TAT: [Undermining democracy]
theguardian.com
Pentagon appoints convicted January 6 rioter to sensitive counter-terrorism role
Alarm after Elias Irizarry hired to position in office that manages highly classified military operations
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MS NOW @ms.now · 28/04/2026
EXCLUSIVE: ICE deported Jose Contreras Diaz to Honduras after arresting him at a routine immigration check-in. Now allowed to return to the U.S., his case illustrates the growing confusion and human cost of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation push. Read more from Laura Barrón-López:
bit.ly
Deported Dreamer told he’ll be allowed back into U.S.
Jose Contreras Diaz had valid DACA status and no criminal record when ICE put him on a plane to Honduras. He missed the birth of his son. This week, he's going home.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/04/2026
More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.
insidehighered.com
Board Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s Future
The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte...
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Family held at Dilley for 10 months arrested after release; judge halts deportation www.expressnews.com/news/article...
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15/04/2026
Many, many brave people are fighting to stop this, and also—our collective failure to stop it from getting this far will haunt us for the rest of our lives.
azcentral.com
Smell of feces, vomit fills crowded ICE facility, detainee's wife says
Conditions at the ICE facility in central Phoenix mirror the conditions at a Mesa facility, where people were being treated worse than "animals," lawmakers said.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 14/04/2026
A toddler nearly died at an ICE detention facility in Dilley, Texas. After more than a week in intensive care, she was sent back. Sarah Stillman reports. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
newyorker.com
The Return of Family Detention
Under the Trump Administration, thousands of immigrant children have been detained, and many have suffered from medical neglect.
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Andrea González-Ramírez @andreagonram.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Not only has Trump decimated anti-trafficking services, but as his administration indiscriminately detains immigrants to comply with his mass-deportations agenda, trafficking survivors have been caught in the dragnet — even when they have legal status. My latest: www.thecut.com/article/sex-...
thecut.com
They Survived Sex Trafficking — Then ICE Detained Them
The Trump administration vowed to protect trafficking victims. Instead, it is targeting them — and putting them at even graver risk.
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
My latest on that legislator from September 2024. I first reported on several allegations against him in 2017. He went on to allegedly harass more women in 2019, as I reported for Texas Monthly. thebarbedwire.com/2024/09/16/w...
thebarbedwire.com
Why Did This Dem Club Host an Accused Sexual Harasser? ‘He Came with a Check’
A Houston-area political club came under fire on Monday after inviting Democratic state Sen. Borris Miles — who has been accused of sexual harassment, including groping and forcible kissing, by at lea...
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wsc- generalist @wscice.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
South Texas doctor detained by ICE while traveling to asylum interview, report says www.expressnews.com/news/article...
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