Barb Barrett
@bbarrettnc.bsky.social
Managing Editor at Stateline
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State lawmakers stand ready to help ICE — or impede it stateline.org/2026/01/28/s...
State lawmakers stand ready to help ICE — or impede it • Stateline
As lawmakers convene for this year’s state legislative sessions, immigration has surged to the top of the agenda.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
State lawmakers stand ready to help ICE — or impede it stateline.org/2026/01/28/s...
Democratic AGs stress importance of citizen-generated evidence in challenging ICE stateline.org/2026/01/27/d...
Democratic AGs stress importance of citizen-generated evidence in challenging ICE • Stateline
Cellphone video has emerged as a powerful rebuttal to the Trump administration’s version of immigration enforcement incidents.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Democratic AGs stress importance of citizen-generated evidence in challenging ICE stateline.org/2026/01/27/d...
As AI-generated fake content mars legal cases, states want guardrails stateline.org/2026/01/26/a...
As AI-generated fake content mars legal cases, states want guardrails • Stateline
As more false quotes, fake court cases and incorrect information appear in legal documents generated by artificial intelligence, state bar associations, state court systems and national law organizati...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:50 PM
As AI-generated fake content mars legal cases, states want guardrails stateline.org/2026/01/26/a...
Footage, documents at odds with DHS accounts of immigration enforcement incidents
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Footage, documents at odds with DHS accounts of immigration enforcement incidents • Stateline
As a growing number of encounters between civilians and Department of Homeland Security agents — including the widely scrutinized fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis — are scrutinized in court...
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January 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Footage, documents at odds with DHS accounts of immigration enforcement incidents
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Three people were arrested by Ohio State Police while protesting U.S. Customs and Border Patrol recruiters at an annual Ohio State University career fair on Tuesday.
via @ohiocapitaljournal.com
via @ohiocapitaljournal.com
Three people arrested while protesting Customs and Border Patrol recruiters at Ohio State University
Three people were arrested by Ohio State Police while protesting U.S. Customs and Border Patrol recruiters at an annual Ohio State University career fair on Tuesday. More than 50 people, mostly…
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January 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Three people were arrested by Ohio State Police while protesting U.S. Customs and Border Patrol recruiters at an annual Ohio State University career fair on Tuesday.
via @ohiocapitaljournal.com
via @ohiocapitaljournal.com
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ICYMI: The Trump administration has sued another state — Virginia — in its quest to obtain sensitive voter data, despite two recent legal setbacks in suits against other states.
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Trump administration sues another state for sensitive voter data • Stateline
The Trump administration has sued another state — Virginia — in its quest to obtain sensitive voter data, despite two recent legal setbacks in suits against other states.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
ICYMI: The Trump administration has sued another state — Virginia — in its quest to obtain sensitive voter data, despite two recent legal setbacks in suits against other states.
stateline.org/2026/01/20/t...
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States, cities are hard-pressed to fight violent ICE arrest tactics
"You can’t go after a murderer and a garden-variety immigration violator, like a poor nanny or a poor landscaper, with equal emphasis."
from @tim-henderson.bsky.social and @stateline.org
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"You can’t go after a murderer and a garden-variety immigration violator, like a poor nanny or a poor landscaper, with equal emphasis."
from @tim-henderson.bsky.social and @stateline.org
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States, cities are hard-pressed to fight violent ICE arrest tactics • Stateline
State leaders who want to curb the increasingly violent arrest tactics of immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis and elsewhere are struggling to push back.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:18 PM
States, cities are hard-pressed to fight violent ICE arrest tactics
"You can’t go after a murderer and a garden-variety immigration violator, like a poor nanny or a poor landscaper, with equal emphasis."
from @tim-henderson.bsky.social and @stateline.org
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"You can’t go after a murderer and a garden-variety immigration violator, like a poor nanny or a poor landscaper, with equal emphasis."
from @tim-henderson.bsky.social and @stateline.org
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With rental registries, cities try to track housing and hold bad actors accountable stateline.org/2026/01/21/w...
With rental registries, cities try to track housing and hold bad actors accountable • Stateline
As many people struggle to afford housing and tenant populations grow in some regions, more cities are turning to official registries to answer questions about their rental housing market.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:12 PM
With rental registries, cities try to track housing and hold bad actors accountable stateline.org/2026/01/21/w...
In the Twin Cities, ICE resistance goes mainstream minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/21/i...
In the Twin Cities, ICE resistance goes mainstream • Minnesota Reformer
The week before an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in south Minneapolis, her 67-year-old neighbor Terri Sullivan heard that a school in nearby Richfield that serves mostly Latino students needed ...
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January 21, 2026 at 3:11 PM
In the Twin Cities, ICE resistance goes mainstream minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/21/i...
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ICE is using Medicaid data to find out where immigrants live | via @acvollers.bsky.social #ksleg
ICE is using Medicaid data to find out where immigrants live • Kansas Reflector
In a win for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, a recent court ruling has cleared the way for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to resume using states’ Medicaid data to find people...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:28 PM
ICE is using Medicaid data to find out where immigrants live | via @acvollers.bsky.social #ksleg
A cloud of fear hangs over Minnesota immigrant communities
Even citizens are afraid to go out.
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Even citizens are afraid to go out.
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A cloud of fear hangs over Minnesota immigrant communities • Minnesota Reformer
“I feel as though the weapon I built is coming to kill me and my people,” she said about her vote for Trump.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A cloud of fear hangs over Minnesota immigrant communities
Even citizens are afraid to go out.
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
Even citizens are afraid to go out.
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
Reposted by Barb Barrett
One of the small but interesting parts of Colvin's story: She said her action was inspired in part by a week of learning Black history from a teacher who also described the injustices in the South at length.
“For these historical, iconic women I had been taught so much about, I just couldn’t move,” Colvin told the Montgomery Advertiser in 2019. “I just couldn’t move. That’s the only way I knew how to resist, to not move. So they just dragged me off the bus.”
Claudette Colvin, who challenged Alabama's segregation laws, dies at 86 | Alabama Reflector
Colvin was just 15 years old when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated Montgomery bus.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:07 AM
One of the small but interesting parts of Colvin's story: She said her action was inspired in part by a week of learning Black history from a teacher who also described the injustices in the South at length.
Claudette Colvin, who challenged Alabama’s segregation laws, dies at 86
As a 15-year-old, Colvin refused to give her seat to a white passenger. Her challenge presaged Rosa Parks’ and helped integrate Montgomery’s buses.
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As a 15-year-old, Colvin refused to give her seat to a white passenger. Her challenge presaged Rosa Parks’ and helped integrate Montgomery’s buses.
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Claudette Colvin, who challenged Alabama's segregation laws, dies at 86 | Alabama Reflector
Colvin was just 15 years old when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated Montgomery bus.
alabamareflector.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Claudette Colvin, who challenged Alabama’s segregation laws, dies at 86
As a 15-year-old, Colvin refused to give her seat to a white passenger. Her challenge presaged Rosa Parks’ and helped integrate Montgomery’s buses.
alabamareflector.com/2026/01/13/c...
As a 15-year-old, Colvin refused to give her seat to a white passenger. Her challenge presaged Rosa Parks’ and helped integrate Montgomery’s buses.
alabamareflector.com/2026/01/13/c...
US Supreme Court reviews trans athlete bans in Idaho, West Virginia www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...
US Supreme Court reviews trans athlete bans in Idaho, West Virginia
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams are constitutional. The o...
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January 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
US Supreme Court reviews trans athlete bans in Idaho, West Virginia www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...
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The Trump administration seems intent on blocking local prosecutors from even bringing charges against the ICE officer minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/09/m...
Minnesota prosecution of ICE officer faces new political obstacles under Trump • Minnesota Reformer
The Trump administration made its opinion known almost immediately after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday: The officer acted heroically in defending himself from Renee ...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
The Trump administration seems intent on blocking local prosecutors from even bringing charges against the ICE officer minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/09/m...
Happy Friday! I love this story so much. A beautiful read from @amandavhernan.bsky.social for @stateline.org
‘Teaching us how to grow with our babies’: How prisons allow mothers and infants to nest for months
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‘Teaching us how to grow with our babies’: How prisons allow mothers and infants to nest for months
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'Teaching us how to grow with our babies': How prisons allow mothers and infants to nest for months • Stateline
Prison nursery programs allow babies to live behind walls with their mothers — a rare and controversial approach that forces states to confront how punishment, public safety and early childhood develo...
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January 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Happy Friday! I love this story so much. A beautiful read from @amandavhernan.bsky.social for @stateline.org
‘Teaching us how to grow with our babies’: How prisons allow mothers and infants to nest for months
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‘Teaching us how to grow with our babies’: How prisons allow mothers and infants to nest for months
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Many left-leaning states and cities are trying to protect their residents’ personal information amid the immigration crackdown.
https://stateline.org/2026/01/08/worried-about-surveillance-states-enact-privacy-laws-and-restrict-license-plate-readers/
https://stateline.org/2026/01/08/worried-about-surveillance-states-enact-privacy-laws-and-restrict-license-plate-readers/
Worried about surveillance, states enact privacy laws and restrict license plate readers • Stateline
Many left-leaning states and cities are trying to protect their residents’ personal information amid the immigration crackdown. But a growing number of conservative lawmakers also want to curb the use of surveillance technologies.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Many left-leaning states and cities are trying to protect their residents’ personal information amid the immigration crackdown.
https://stateline.org/2026/01/08/worried-about-surveillance-states-enact-privacy-laws-and-restrict-license-plate-readers/
https://stateline.org/2026/01/08/worried-about-surveillance-states-enact-privacy-laws-and-restrict-license-plate-readers/
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
Vigil for Renee Nicole Good becomes a call to action against ICE
Full coverage of yesterday's shooting from our sister outlet @minnesotareformer.com
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Full coverage of yesterday's shooting from our sister outlet @minnesotareformer.com
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Vigil for Renee Nicole Good becomes a call to action against ICE • Minnesota Reformer
Good’s death has already become a rallying cry for the people working to disrupt President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
minnesotareformer.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Vigil for Renee Nicole Good becomes a call to action against ICE
Full coverage of yesterday's shooting from our sister outlet @minnesotareformer.com
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/v...
Full coverage of yesterday's shooting from our sister outlet @minnesotareformer.com
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/v...
ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis
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ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis • Minnesota Reformer
The driver then slowly backs up and appears to be leaving, when another officer fires three shots.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis
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Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5M immigrants in 2025 stateline.org/2025/12/30/r...
Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5M immigrants in 2025 • Stateline
Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due to President D...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5M immigrants in 2025 stateline.org/2025/12/30/r...
Jim Hunt, NC governor who won four terms and shaped legacy on education, has died ncnewsline.com/2025/12/18/j...
Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt dies • NC Newsline
“It is with deep sadness that I share the passing of my beloved daddy and hero, former Gov. Jim Hunt,” Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt said.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Jim Hunt, NC governor who won four terms and shaped legacy on education, has died ncnewsline.com/2025/12/18/j...
Without pennies, should retailers round up or down? States offer their 2 cents.
“States do not have the luxury of waiting for the federal government."
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“States do not have the luxury of waiting for the federal government."
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Without pennies, should retailers round up or down? States offer their 2 cents. • Stateline
Calls from businesses for federal guidance on how to handle the elimination of the penny have so far gone unanswered, pushing some states to take up the issue.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Without pennies, should retailers round up or down? States offer their 2 cents.
“States do not have the luxury of waiting for the federal government."
stateline.org/2025/12/18/w...
“States do not have the luxury of waiting for the federal government."
stateline.org/2025/12/18/w...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Stateline's on this list! @stateline.org
....along with our parent network @statesnewsroom.com and our individual state capital outlets across the country.
Our news coverage reporting the trends from legislature to legislature can't be found anywhere else. Appreciate this, @alexip718.com!
....along with our parent network @statesnewsroom.com and our individual state capital outlets across the country.
Our news coverage reporting the trends from legislature to legislature can't be found anywhere else. Appreciate this, @alexip718.com!