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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 11h

225 (8 July). ICE agents drive a SUV through a crowd of protesters at San Francisco immigration court.

"Agents used pepper spray, shoved people to the ground, and, in one instance, brandished a rifle."

missionlocal.org/2025/07/vide...

Video: ICE agents drive SUV through protesters at S.F. immigration court

Immigration agents clashed with protesters, who were trying to stop an arrest, in San Francisco’s most violent ICE encounter of 2025.

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 11h

224 (7 July). More nationalities deprived of long-standing temporary protected status: Nicaragua 🇳🇮 & Honduras 🇭🇳

www.npr.org/2025/07/07/g...

DHS ends temporary protected status for thousands from Nicaragua and Honduras

Some 76,000 people from Nicaragua and Honduras were covered by TPS, which provides protection from deportation and grants work permits to people from certain nations affected by war or natural disaste...

www.npr.org

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 13h

223 (7 July). ICE brings a truck-mounted machine gun to the almost entirely peaceful anti-ICE protests in LA

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · Jul 7

Even if you assume the legitimacy of ICE operations, the idea that a fucking truck-mounted machine gun is necessary to carry them out is insane.

This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.

ICE agents in full combat gear on the streets of Los Angeles. On top of a military vehicle is an agent with a full-ass machine gun on a tripod.

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 13h

222 (6 July). Canadian 🇨🇦 woman detained after green card interview. Her family supported Trump's plans for mass deportations & "say they are feeling betrayed."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘I want my vote back’: Trump-voting family stunned after Canadian mother detained by Ice

Family of Cynthia Olivera retracts support of president after immigration officials detained her at green card interview

www.theguardian.com

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 13h

221. (3 July) Los Angeles man who handed out protective face shields and water bottles to anti-ICE protesters was arrested on charges of conspiracy and aiding civil disorder. (Charges were dropped by the end of the month.)

www.latimes.com/california/s...

L.A. activist indicted after handing out face shields to anti-ICE protesters

Alejandro Orellana, 29, faces charges of conspiracy and aiding civil disorder after he handed out protective face shields to people protesting against immigration raids in L.A. last month.

www.latimes.com

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 13h

220 (1 July). Trump calls for deporting U.S.-born citizens.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 1

Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17h

Such a perfect example of what we all give up when we refuse to address basic inequalities. I don't want to live in a country where all the public space is militarized to keep hungry people from stealing food, just give them money to buy food!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits

www.foxla.com

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

219 (30 June). Trump's DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship.

www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...

DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship

Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

218 (30 June). A 75-year old man from Cuba 🇨🇺, in the US for almost 60 years, died in ICE custody.

He is one of at least 12 people to have died in ICE custody this year.

newrepublic.com/article/1974...

Why Did a 75-Year-Old Man in Poor Health Just Die in ICE Custody?

Isidro Perez came to the United States from Cuba nearly 60 years ago. This is who Stephen Miller is going after now?

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

217 (28 June). Star witness in the Trump admin.'s case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia was scheduled to be deported; a 3-time felon, he has now been released.

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.

Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

216 (27 June). Federal agents blast the door of a house without bothering to knock first or ask whether the person they were looking for was home (he was not; his girlfriend & 2 young children were; all citizens).

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Federal agents blast door off, shatter window during raid in Huntington Park

Federal agents blew off a door during a raid at a Huntington Park residence Friday morning while a woman and her two young children were inside.

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

215 (27 June). Trump administration terminates temporary protected status for Haitians. More than half a million people now face deportation (see also item 188).

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Trump ends TPS for Haitians. More than a half-million people now face deportation

Trump ends TPS for Haitians; over a half million now face deportation

www.miamiherald.com

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

214 (25 June). More utterly predictable violence and crime resulting from immigration officials walking around armed, masked, and without visible identification:

Robbery in Houston by a man posing as an ICE agent.

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Suspect arrested after allegedly posing as ICE agent during robbery in west Houston, police say

Investigators said police arrested a man who allegedly pretended to be an ICE agent while committing a robbery in west Houston.

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

213 (27 June). Dehumanizing treatment: deplorable conditions in ICE detention centers

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Georgia ICE jail so overcrowded people sleep on floors, former detainee says

Conditions deteriorate in South Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center as the number of people detained increases.

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

212 (27 June). Iranian 🇮🇷 woman who had lived in the US for 47 years, taken by ICE while gardening.

Many more arrests of people w.o. criminal convictions: "ICE announced that they arrested 84 people… at a south-west Louisiana racetrack, of which, ICE said, “at least two” had criminal records."

Iranian woman, who has lived in US for 47 years, taken by Ice while gardening

Mandonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian, 64, was taken by plainclothes officers from her home in New Orleans

www.theguardian.com

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

211 (26 June). More information about what happens to those who are taken at ICE immigration raids:

"Their accounts raise potential legal questions about the government’s operation."

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Taken: What happens after an LA immigration raid

Their families won’t know what happened to them. They’ll be shackled, whisked away to another state, forced to subsist for days on potato chips, apples, water, and the occasional cold sandwich.

calmatters.org

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

210 (26 June). ICE is using a facial recognition app to identify people it encounters.

"Congress has never authorized DHS to use face recognition technology in this way, and the agency should shut this dangerous experiment down,” notes the ACLU

www.404media.co/ice-is-using...

ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show

The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...

www.404media.co

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

209 (25 June). "Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding."

www.wired.com/story/ice-de...

‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...

www.wired.com

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

208 (25 June). Trump administration sues the state of Minnesota for offering undocumented students in-state tuition.

www.startribune.com/us-justice-d...

U.S. Justice Department sues Minnesota for offering in-state tuition costs to undocumented students

The suit argues that U.S. citizens residing outside of Minnesota are being unfairly discriminated against by being excluded from tuition benefits.

www.startribune.com

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

207 (25 June). ICE arrests a 🇭🇳 6-year old boy with leukemia and his 9-year old sibling at a regular scheduled immigration appointment.

www.tpr.org/border-immig...

ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.

A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

206 (24 June). ICE arrests beloved local paletero (frozen fruit bar seller) in Culver City.

culvercitycrossroads.com/2025/06/24/i...

ICE Raids in Culver City – Beloved Paletero Taken

The popsicle man has been taken. On June 23, 2025, just before 1 pm, Ambrocio “Enrique” Lozano, was taken by a masked man and put in a white van at Center and Culver Boulevard, in front…

culvercitycrossroads.com

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

205 (24 June). ICE is illegally working together with local police in Long Island.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/n...

ICE Is Working With Long Island Police. A Lawsuit Calls That Illegal.

www.nytimes.com

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

204 (23 June). Norwegian denied entry into the US after authorities find parody image of vice president Vance (inflated face, bald) on his phone.

www.nordlys.no/mads-sin-dro...

(+) To bilder spolerte drømmeferien til Mads: – Jeg følte meg helt jævlig og nedbrutt

Mads fra Tromsø reagerer sterkt på behandlingen han fikk av amerikansk grensekontroll på vei inn i USA.

www.nordlys.no

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

203 (23 June). The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume quickly deporting immigrants to countries other than the countries that they are from, without giving them a chance to consult their lawyers.

www.npr.org/2025/06/23/n...

Supreme Court allows quick third-country deportations, for now

The Supreme Court blocked a court order requiring 15 days notice — enough time to contact their lawyers — to individuals the Trump administration is trying to deport to countries other than their own.

www.npr.org

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Maurits van der Veen @amauritsvdv.bsky.social · 15h

202 (23 June). Trump administration deported at least 70 citizens by mid-June:

"GAO confirms ICE deported U.S. citizens due to systemic failures — and the agency still doesn't know how many more it's wrongly targeting."

migrantinsider.com/p/ice-has-de...

ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens

GAO confirms ICE deported U.S. citizens due to systemic failures — and the agency still doesn’t know how many more it’s wrongly targeting

migrantinsider.com

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