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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 11h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 2d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) @youthlaw.bsky.social · 1d

Too often, young people who are unsafe at home end up entangled in the juvenile legal system, exposing them to more harm.

#InternationalDayOfTheGirl is a reminder that girls and gender expansive youth deserve systems that uplift rather than punish.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

“ICE has raided our day labor sites at least 14 times since June.”

truthout.org/articles/ice...

ICE Is Targeting Day Labor Centers in LA That Hold Contracts With the City

Elected leaders are failing to protect immigrant workers. We must build community power, as only we can keep us safe.

truthout.org

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ACLU @aclu.org · 3d

Employees of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services oversee lawful immigration applications. They've never been authorized to make arrests, carry firearms, or execute search warrants — until now.

This intimidation tactic is unnecessary and cruel.

How is Trump Weaponizing USCIS for the First Time?

USCIS once managed legal immigration. Now, Trump is weaponizing the agency—turning America’s immigration system into a deportation machine.

www.aclu.org

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Truthout @truthout.org · 3d

Zip ties. Crowded cells. Guns trained on bewildered workers. Foul water. Forced vaccinations. An unconscious detainee left on the floor by guards. A pregnant woman in cuffs. These are the details of South Korean nationals’ experiences in ICE detention after the raid on a Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia.

After Hyundai ICE Raid, Even South Korea’s Capitalists Question US Relations

Can the US and South Korea’s tenuous alliance survive Trump’s tariffs and ICE’s raid on a Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia?

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Refugee Advocacy Lab @refugeeadvocacylab.bsky.social · 3d

📈NEW POLL: The Lab, @refugeesinternational.org & @dataforprogress.org find that more than two-thirds of voters believe the US should have a refugee resettlement program.
This poll also shows the deep unpopularity of several other immigration policy changes.
www.refugeeadvocacylab.org/resources/st...

Image reads, “ New Poll. Strong Majority of U.S. Voters Support Refugee Resettlement as Administration Plans to Slash Program by Nearly 95 Percent.” Below the text from left to right are the logos of the Refugee Advocacy Lab, Refugees International, and Data for Progress. The background of the image is a photo taken of participants listening to speakers during 2025 Refugee Council USA Advocacy Days taken by Megan Smith, Refugee Advocacy Lab.

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Valor Media Network @valormedianetwork.bsky.social · 10d

Tune in at 1pm ET for an important conversation with @austinkocher.com, veteran & immigration researcher, and @afuashley.bsky.social, Executive Director of American Families United, advocating for families impacted by current immigration policies.

🔗 Register Here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Forgotten Family Separation Crisis: A Conversation about Mixed-Status Couples with Ashley DeAzevedo from American Families United and Anna Lekas Miller, author of Love Across Borders. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join me for an essential conversation about the realities facing mixed-status couples, families where one partner is a U.S. citizen and the other faces potential deportation. This discussion will dispel...

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Children Thrive Action Network @letkidsthrive.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you, Melanie Hicken at @cnn.com , for telling the stories of American kids impacted by immigration actions. The investigation found 100+ US citizen children were left without parents due to Trump’s deportation efforts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ywd...

Hear from children left behind when their mother was deported

YouTube video by CNN

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Children Thrive Action Network @letkidsthrive.bsky.social · 12d

CTAN's own @wendydcervantes.bsky.social at @clasp.org writes in @washingtonpost.com : Immigration actions harm kids. DHS has a responsibility to preserve the rights of parents, no matter who is in the White House. #PostLetters

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Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law @chrclla.bsky.social · 11d

We need YOUR help! Take one minute to contact the DOJ leadership TODAY to demand that they restore survivor services and release the TVPA funds: www.freedomunited.org/advocate/rel...

#RestoretheServices #ReleasetheFunds

Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law @chrclla.bsky.social · 11d

On 9/30, over 100 victim services grants from the DOJ Office for Victims of Crime expired, and new funding opportunities have not been released. Without new funding to replace these grants, thousands of #humantrafficking survivors will lose access to lifesaving services.

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Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law @chrclla.bsky.social · 11d

Immigrant survivors of #humantrafficking face incredible barriers as they try to find safety. Legal service providers play a critical role in helping survivors navigate our complex legal system and access the documentation they need to begin establishing long-term stability.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 20d

Two named sites are operated by GEO Group, one of a number of private prisons set to reap massive profits under the admin’s anti-immigrant agenda.

And because Senator @ossoff.senate.gov ’s investigation of abuses in immigration detention is ongoing, further credible reports are likely to come.

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 20d

In one instance, a mother begged for medical help after her child, a US citizen, began to vomit blood while in CBP custody.

“Just give the girl a cracker,” a guard reportedly replied.

americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/georgia-se...

Georgia Sen. Ossoff Investigates ICE: Probe Reveals Hundreds of Credible Reports Of Abuses In Immigration Detention

In one instance, a mother begged for medical help after her child, a U.S citizen, began to vomit blood while in CBP custody. “Just give the girl a cracker,” a guard replied.

americasvoicecnn.substack.com

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 20d

In the alleged scheme, Tom Homan promised immigration-related government contracts when he joined the Trump administration in exchange for the money.

Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say

In the alleged scheme, Tom Homan promised immigration-related government contracts when he joined the Trump administration in exchange for the money.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 20d

“Immigration activists say federal agents nationwide have detained up to 20 individuals with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protection in recent weeks and months.” www.borderreport.com/immigration/... #HomeIsHere

America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 20d

Paulo was dropping his kids off with his mom when multiple armed & masked agents violently abducted him in front of his mom & kids.

Despite having active DACA status & living in the U.S. since he was just a year old, Paulo was abducted by immigration agents & separated from his family for weeks.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 20d

Earlier this year, Rights & Wrongs told the story of how Roger, a Venezuelan citizen with no criminal record, ended up detained in El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.

Today, we're re-sharing his story with a stunning update.

🔊⤵️
Spotify: https://bit.ly/47Vi341
Apple: https://apple.co/4nijEWx

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20d

ICE treats you like a “living ghost,” one woman said from detention. “They don’t care if you die.”

Inside the “psychological torture” regime targeting migrants who can’t be sent home.

They’ve won in court, but ICE is still detaining and trying to deport them

Inside the “psychological torture” regime targeting migrants who can't be sent home.

www.motherjones.com

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Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law @chrclla.bsky.social · 20d

No person – including children – should face deportation in court alone.

@AsmMiaBonta’s bill AB 1261 expands access to a lawyer for unaccompanied children to defend their rights in court.

@CAgovernor - Protect children from Trump's mass deportations and sign AB 1261 into law!

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Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law @chrclla.bsky.social · 24d

As immigrant children a& their families face ongoing threats, the Flores Settlement Agreement is more important now than ever before! Join us for a free webinar, Immigrant Children in Detention: Current Conditions & Legal Challenges under Flores.

Sept. 30, 12-1 PM pst
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Sept30

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Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law @chrclla.bsky.social · 24d

As immigrant children a& their families face ongoing threats, the Flores Settlement Agreement is more important now than ever before! Join us for a free webinar, Immigrant Children in Detention: Current Conditions & Legal Challenges under Flores.

Sept. 30, 12-1 PM pst
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Sept30

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Michael Linhorst @michaellinhorst.bsky.social · 24d

George Zoley, the eye-wateringly rich founder of America's biggest for-profit prison company, Geo Group, is an immigrant himself. So how has he become ICE's largest private jailer of other immigrants?

My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91396722/the...

The house that ICE built

Geo Group, America's largest for-profit jailer of immigrants, is preparing for a windfall under Trump. Its chairman is an immigrant himself.

www.fastcompany.com

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National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) @youthlaw.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 BREAKING: A district court has blocked the Trump admin from expelling Guatemalan children from the U.S. without due process. Every child deserves safety, dignity, and healing.

We are proud to represent these children with @nilc.org and @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social.

youthlaw.org/news/advocat...

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 24d

BREAKING: In our case with the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and @youthlaw.bsky.social, a District Court blocked the Trump administration’s plans to expel hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the U.S. without due process.

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