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David Herman @davidherman.bsky.social · Feb 4
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Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 13h
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7h
Los Angeles County officials voted Tuesday to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids.
Los Angeles County officials approve emergency declaration over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials have declared a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids.
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David Herman @davidherman.bsky.social · 6h
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PORT OF ENTRY
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 13h
The American-born pope has released his first apostolic exhortation—the message is certain to rile conservatives.

Leo is making clear that the moral center of contemporary Catholicism is Latin America, where the theology of the poor and marginalized first formed half a century ago. trib.al/5tuWMNl
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David Herman @davidherman.bsky.social · 10h
Nice encapsulation of the long and short of it. Well done!
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Andrea R. Flores @andreaflores.bsky.social · 1d
There is a better way forward, read more on potential solutions here: open.substack.com/pub/arosaflo...
We Can Enforce the Law Without Terrorizing Communities
No president has ever tried to remove everyone with an immigration violation — until now.
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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 21h
Know Your Rights: Trump’s Registration Requirement for Immigrants

@nilc.org has a very helpful explainer on docs people need to carry: www.nilc.org/resources/kn...
Know Your Rights: Trump’s Registration Requirement for Immigrants
This resource provides critical information for community members about the newly announced registration process for some undocumented immigrants, including potential risks such as detention, deportat...
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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 21h
I told @royalpratt.bsky.social that I hadn't heard of this happening before--if others have, please share & raise awareness!

This is yet another example of the Trump admin's policies creating a nationwide show your papers situation--both for immigrants & for US citizens
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d
NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
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ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 18h
“America’s Voice highlighted some 15 cases of citizens who have been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), some violently, despite having identification,” writes Maribel Hastings: www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
Citizenship Is No Protection Against Trump's Deportation Machine | Common Dreams
It seems that those who do not fit the racial profile of a "true" American, even if they are citizens of this country, are also considered "enemy within," judging by the way they trample on their righ...
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David Herman @davidherman.bsky.social · 1d
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COCKTAILS FOR TWO
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MassLive @masslive.bsky.social · 3d
Boston judge orders release of 13-year-old held at ICE adult detainee facility
Boston judge orders release of 13-year-old from ICE custody
The federal court ruled the boy must be freed unless immigration officials can justify detaining a juvenile with adult detainees at the Burlington facility.
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David Herman @davidherman.bsky.social · 2d
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ESO SE BAILA ASÍ
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d
Welker: "Are you seriously considering invoking the Insurrection Act?"

Vance: "Well, the president's looking at all of his options right now."
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David Herman @davidherman.bsky.social · 3d
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ISLANDS
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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · 4d
Story with @mariamelba.bsky.social
Also available in Spanish
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“No quiero estar más acá”: intentaron autodeportarse y quedaron atrapados en la América de Trump
Inmigrantes venezolanos se registraron en una aplicación promovida por Trump llamada CBP Home, que prometía una forma segura y fácil de salir del país. Se prepararon para partir en las fechas asignada...
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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · 4d
“I don’t want to be here anymore… What am I supposed to do?”

Trump wants them to self deport. They want to self deport. But many Venezuelans cannot leave … like this woman who told me she now plans to try to turn herself into ICE to get out of USA.

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“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America
Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 4d
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.
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 4d
Schools should be safe places for all students.

But Trump's reversal of a long-standing policy that protected schools from ICE raids has turned schools into spaces of fear & uncertainty.

Visit nilc.org/resources/ to learn more about how students, families, and educators can protect themselves.
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David Herman @davidherman.bsky.social · 4d
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OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d
Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.
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CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 5d
This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.
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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 6d
Immigration Arrests in the Interior of the United States: A Primer

Sharing this Congressional Research Service report on immigration arrests in case helpful:

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David Herman @davidherman.bsky.social · 6d
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DON’T STOP THE CARNIVAL
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6d
This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 6d
President Donald Trump called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest US city reut.rs/4mSYMEc 1/6
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