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Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · 1d

Last week, volunteers saw shipments of mats and sweatpants going down to the basement. Some people have reported spending as many as three days there before ICE transferred them to a long-term detention facility.

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ICE in San Diego has a new policy — detain everyone

The agency increased detentions of people showing up to its offices this week, and officials told one attorney that they plan to detain everyone who comes in.

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Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · 1d

Officials told one attorney after detaining her client that they planned to call in and detain everyone. They said the order came from Washington, D.C.

"It's just so unnecessary. I strongly feel that these human beings are just pawns in Trump's political game."

It's just so unnecessary. I strongly feel that these human beings are just pawns in Trump's political game.

Jacobs learned that officials planned to detain not only those coming to court and to check-ins, but they also planned to call in everyone with a monitoring device to detain them instead.

Via email, ICE said through an unnamed spokesperson that it follows laws, agency priorities and established procedures in its operations.

“Every illegal alien present in violation of U.S. immigration law may be subject to arrest, detention, and if ordered by an immigration judge, removal from the U.S. regardless of nationality,” the agency said.

On Friday, none of those detained the day before appeared in the ICE detainee locator, according to volunteers, which meant they likely spent the night in the basement's holding cells, which are meant to be very temporary holding spaces, according to Jacobs.

Volunteers are concerned that ICE will keep them there through the long weekend.

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Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · 1d

Volunteers noticed an uptick in detentions at the San Diego ICE office on Thursday, and officers detained at least 11 people who came for appointments.

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Breaking News: ICE in San Diego has a new policy — detain everyone

When Gloria Morales-Palos’ cousin received a letter from an immigration officer in the hallway after his immigration court hearing on Thursday, they thought he might end up with an ankle monitor.

Instead, ICE detained Morales-Palos’ cousin, putting him on an elevator to go down to the basement holding cells.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in San Diego have been handing letters to people coming out of court hearings telling them they have immediate appointments with its office two floors below in the federal building since early September.

At those appointments, they usually fit the person with some kind of tracking device, most commonly an ankle monitor.

But now that’s changed.

Morales-Palos’ cousin was among 11 people that volunteers observed ICE detain at its appointment offices on Thursday.

Many of those detained didn't have court hearings — they showed up for scheduled appointments to check in with ICE. According to the volunteer, all of the people detained had been in the United States for at least a decade if not multiple decades.

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Kate Morrissey, Journalist @bgirledukate.bsky.social · 2d

Immigration courts used to close for nondetained cases during government shutdowns, but this time it's different. Here's what that looks like at the San Diego Immigration Court.

Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · 2d

What does the shut down mean for immigration courts in San Diego? They're still operating even though employees won't be paid. Read our newsletter by @bgirledukate.bsky.social for more on the shut down's effects in San Diego.
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Newsletter: Immigration courts in San Diego remain open during shut down

ICE, customs officers and military troops are all working without pay as well. Greetings, everyone, buenas and bom dia, The federal government is entering its second week of shut down, but outs...

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Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · 2d

What does the shut down mean for immigration courts in San Diego? They're still operating even though employees won't be paid. Read our newsletter by @bgirledukate.bsky.social for more on the shut down's effects in San Diego.
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Newsletter: Immigration courts in San Diego remain open during shut down

ICE, customs officers and military troops are all working without pay as well. Greetings, everyone, buenas and bom dia, The federal government is entering its second week of shut down, but outs...

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Lisa Halverstadt @lisahalverstadt.bsky.social · 4d

@bgirledukate.bsky.social's latest Border Report spotlights Immigration and Customs Enforcement's test of an unorthodox new deportation tactic.

Border Report: A New Tactic that Targets Immigrant Children

The Trump administration has launched a new operation to try to get children to give up their rights and leave the United States.

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Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · 5d

A collective known as the San Diego Bike Brigade is training bicyclists and e-bike riders to watch for signs of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity around school zones.

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Bicycle volunteers monitor school zones for ICE

The group is hosting a training on Oct. 11 for cyclists who want to get involved.

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Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · 5d

Bicycle volunteers monitor school zones for ICE

The group is hosting a training on Oct. 11 for cyclists who want to get involved.

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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 8d

if the state of journalism and its capture by the right wing also has you in despair, a real, tangible thing you can do to push back is support/subscribe to worker-owned indie news media!!

@coyotemedia.org (bay area)
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 18d

Immigrants in ICE custody are being transferred to facilities further away from family and their lawyers.

One group of detainees ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call.

Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social

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ICE Is Transferring People in Its Custody Away From Family, Lawyers

One group ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 17d

ICE Is Transferring People in Its Custody Away From Family, Lawyers

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Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · 29d

Federal government drops charges against U.S. citizen arrested by ICE in Linda Vista

Two other U.S. citizens are still facing charges of assaulting a federal agent.

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Kate Morrissey, Journalist @bgirledukate.bsky.social · 29d

Just got a press release from ICE saying that an officer shot and killed someone in Chicago. It says that the officer fired after getting dragged by a car. (fwiw, we've seen Border Patrol lie about this in the past in use of force cases, so I'm waiting to see video/witness statements)

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Sep 9

After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, ICE has strapped ankle monitors to many immigrants leaving court in an apparent shift in policy to increase the surveillance of immigrants.

Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social

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ICE Is Putting Ankle Monitors on People Who Show Up for Immigration Court Hearings

After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, Immigration and Customs officials implemented a strategy that tracks immigrants and makes them feel like criminals.

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TomDispatch @tomdispatch.bsky.social · Sep 5

@nickturse.bsky.social at @theintercept.com on just how much it's going to cost the rest of us for Donald Trump to send the National Guard and crew into Chicago. (He estimates $1.5 million a day!)

Trump’s Chicago Occupation Could Cost Four Times More Than Housing City Homeless

Sending troops to Chicago could cost $1.6 million per day, four times as much as housing the city’s homeless — plus it’s illegal, experts say.

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Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · Aug 25

Community patrols drive ICE out of City Heights school lot

Parents, teachers and community members denounced ICE's presence around schools and elsewhere in the neighborhood.

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Lisa Halverstadt @lisahalverstadt.bsky.social · Aug 26

@bgirledukate.bsky.social's latest Border Report focuses on a Mexican journalist summoned by prosecutors after tough questions for the Baja California governor.

Border Report: Mexicali Journalist Called Into Prosecutor's Office After Questioning Baja Gov

When Gov. Marina del Pilar Avila Olmeda opened a recent Wednesday morning news conference in Mexicali with a discussion of improvements to Baja California’s water system, journalist Dianeth Perez Arre...

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Aug 26

Trump’s campaign against immigrants is affecting their ability to work, and it's hurting businesses in California.

One restaurant owner says sales have dropped by 30%-40% because immigrant customers fear leaving their homes, reports @bgirledukate.bsky.social

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ICE Raids Push Workers Into the Shadows, Disrupting the Economy

Trump's campaign against immigrants is affecting their ability to work, hurting businesses and eroding workers’ rights.

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Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · Aug 31

He recently published his first book of poems, “California Southern: writing from the road, 1992-2025.”

Read more from @bgirledukate.bsky.social in her latest for Daylight San Diego.

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Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · Sep 4

Many, under pressure from ICE officers and weary of conditions in custody, have decided to give up their cases and accept deportation.

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Trump bond rule leaves more people stuck in immigration custody indefinitely

Many are giving up on their immigration cases because they do not want to remain detained.

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Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · Aug 24

He quickly opened the line for questions, and many seemed to ask different versions of the same thing — how could they help? What else could they do to protect neighbors and loved ones from immigration raids?

More from @bgirledukate.bsky.social in our latest newsletter

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Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · Aug 24

Rep. Juan Vargas, the Democrat who has represented the South Bay and parts of San Diego for many years, held a call with constituents on Tuesday to answer questions about immigration under the Trump administration.

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Newsletter: How to get involved in immigration activism

Plus, thank you for partying with us during the Daylight San Diego launch celebration last week!

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Kate Morrissey, Journalist @bgirledukate.bsky.social · Aug 19

Wow. From @objectivejournos.bsky.social

The last journalists in Gaza are pre-writing their obituaries

Over the past 22 months, Israel has escalated targeting media workers in Palestine while legacy news upholds a double standard.

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Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social · Aug 19

The government asked a judge to dismiss the case, and the U.S. Marshals Service transferred the man to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Read more from @bgirledukate.bsky.social:

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Federal government drops charges for Guatemalan man detained by ICE in Linda Vista

Attorneys representing Denis Anderson Chicoj-Yacon had previously criticized the lack of evidence submitted by the U.S. Department of Justice in court.

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