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NEW: According to documents released this morning, ICE wants to acquire a customizable AI translation app for use in detention and enforcement settings. ICE will require just 85% accuracy and no record of what’s said.
More details on the plan — and why it's concerning — in the comments.
More details on the plan — and why it's concerning — in the comments.
A happy development in a heart-wrenching story, which the @houstonchronicle.com Editorial Board covered beautifully.
Parts 1 & 2 of this series linked in comments.
Parts 1 & 2 of this series linked in comments.
After weeks of anguish, a judge answers Maria’s prayers for her son | Editorial
Maria Garcia's son Emmanuel was detained at a federal immigration center. Now a judicial order could answer her prayers, writes the editorial board.
link.houstonchronicle.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A happy development in a heart-wrenching story, which the @houstonchronicle.com Editorial Board covered beautifully.
Parts 1 & 2 of this series linked in comments.
Parts 1 & 2 of this series linked in comments.
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the state can abide by gutting part of the prison system after all, so long as it helps the state abduct and imprison even more people
NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
the state can abide by gutting part of the prison system after all, so long as it helps the state abduct and imprison even more people
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The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology.
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology.
ICE wants an AI translation app that can include pre-populated "DHS/ICE phraseology." Which I guess is probably things like:
• "Soy ICE, chicos."
• "Esta es NUESTRA maldita ciudad."
• "¿Por qué me odia todo el mundo?"
• "Soy ICE, chicos."
• "Esta es NUESTRA maldita ciudad."
• "¿Por qué me odia todo el mundo?"
They also want to be able to include "pre-populated DHS/ICE phraseology," so that officers can, one assumes, push a button rather than speaking into their phone.
It may not be the most harmful aspect of their plan, but it will certainly reduce interaction and further dehumanize immigrants.
4/5
It may not be the most harmful aspect of their plan, but it will certainly reduce interaction and further dehumanize immigrants.
4/5
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
ICE wants an AI translation app that can include pre-populated "DHS/ICE phraseology." Which I guess is probably things like:
• "Soy ICE, chicos."
• "Esta es NUESTRA maldita ciudad."
• "¿Por qué me odia todo el mundo?"
• "Soy ICE, chicos."
• "Esta es NUESTRA maldita ciudad."
• "¿Por qué me odia todo el mundo?"
"A federal judge sided with plaintiffs who argued that the data-sharing pact violated privacy laws, putting immigrants at risk of their information being 'impermissibly used' by ICE."
Court blocks IRS from sharing taxpayer addresses with ICE
A federal judge sided with plaintiffs who argued that the data-sharing pact violated privacy laws, putting immigrants at risk of their information being “impermissibly used” by ICE.
fedscoop.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"A federal judge sided with plaintiffs who argued that the data-sharing pact violated privacy laws, putting immigrants at risk of their information being 'impermissibly used' by ICE."
According to ICE’s own data, the daily per-person cost of the Intensive Supervised Appearance Program is 97% lower than the cost of detention. Holding people like Rodney Scott in its squalid facilities is just another act of performative cruelty, meant to pressure people into ‘voluntary’ departure.
"Symptomatic of a lack of humanity when see someone struggling on a daily basis and obstruct their release":
double amputee Rodney Scott's health worsens, Sen. Warnock pleas to Sec. Noem:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@daralind.bsky.social @neonflag.bsky.social @immigrantjustice.bsky.social
double amputee Rodney Scott's health worsens, Sen. Warnock pleas to Sec. Noem:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@daralind.bsky.social @neonflag.bsky.social @immigrantjustice.bsky.social
Health of double amputee detained in Georgia ICE jail worsens
Rodney Taylor says detention ‘draining on my body’ as Democratic senator Raphael Warnock lends support to case
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
According to ICE’s own data, the daily per-person cost of the Intensive Supervised Appearance Program is 97% lower than the cost of detention. Holding people like Rodney Scott in its squalid facilities is just another act of performative cruelty, meant to pressure people into ‘voluntary’ departure.
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Thousands and thousands of people are in this situation; giving up their cases and accepting deportation because they can't bear being in jail any longer.
In many ways, that is a major point of detention.
In many ways, that is a major point of detention.
Don Lupe shared that one detained man who volunteered to be deported due to unbearable conditions had to wait months.
“This is a business and it is all about money,” Don Lupe said. “There are a lot of things that are inhumane. It is more beneficial for [the business] for him to be in prison.”
“This is a business and it is all about money,” Don Lupe said. “There are a lot of things that are inhumane. It is more beneficial for [the business] for him to be in prison.”
After 27 years in the U.S., Don Lupe was detained by ICE at his New Jersey workplace. His family and community fought to bring him home. His story shows the quiet, devastating toll these detentions take on families, and the growing rise of raids at NJ bonded warehouses. @documentedny.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Thousands and thousands of people are in this situation; giving up their cases and accepting deportation because they can't bear being in jail any longer.
In many ways, that is a major point of detention.
In many ways, that is a major point of detention.
NEW: According to documents released this morning, ICE wants to acquire a customizable AI translation app for use in detention and enforcement settings. ICE will require just 85% accuracy and no record of what’s said.
More details on the plan — and why it's concerning — in the comments.
More details on the plan — and why it's concerning — in the comments.
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
NEW: According to documents released this morning, ICE wants to acquire a customizable AI translation app for use in detention and enforcement settings. ICE will require just 85% accuracy and no record of what’s said.
More details on the plan — and why it's concerning — in the comments.
More details on the plan — and why it's concerning — in the comments.
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From what I've seen, the best analysis of this definitional game played by DHS is from @prisonpolicy.org. Their report back in July showed that ICE's public detention numbers capture about 2/3 of the actual number of people in ICE custody.
www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/jail...
www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/jail...
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
From what I've seen, the best analysis of this definitional game played by DHS is from @prisonpolicy.org. Their report back in July showed that ICE's public detention numbers capture about 2/3 of the actual number of people in ICE custody.
www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/jail...
www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/jail...
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I'm bagging more whistles up into bags of 250! I have about 1500 right now, and I've got one or two printers just on 24/7 whistle duty now.
If you're part of an org bagging whistles, I will send them to you for free! 💕
If you're part of an org bagging whistles, I will send them to you for free! 💕
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I'm bagging more whistles up into bags of 250! I have about 1500 right now, and I've got one or two printers just on 24/7 whistle duty now.
If you're part of an org bagging whistles, I will send them to you for free! 💕
If you're part of an org bagging whistles, I will send them to you for free! 💕
"The Delaware River and Bay Authority, which has committed the public dollars to the controversial carrier, says its $500,000 annual marketing contract is not about politics, but instead meant to boost travel to the Wilmington Airport in New Castle"
“Public money is quietly funding a half-million-dollar annual marketing campaign for Avelo Airlines’ Delaware operations, even as the company faces mounting criticism in the state and nationally for operating deportation flights for the Trump administration.“
Amid ICE controversy, public dollars pay for Avelo marketing in Delaware
Public money is quietly funding a half-million-dollar annual marketing campaign for Avelo Airlines’ Delaware operations, even as the company faces mounting criticism in the state and nationally for op...
https://spotlightdelaware.org/2025/11/20/amid-ice-controversy-public-dollars-pay-for-avelo-marketing-in-delaware/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=✈%EF%B8%8F%20Public%20funds%20pay%20Avelo%20marketing%20despite%20outcry%3B%20Data%20center%20vote%20delayed&utm_campaign=11%2020%2025%20Newsletter%20%28Copy%29
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"The Delaware River and Bay Authority, which has committed the public dollars to the controversial carrier, says its $500,000 annual marketing contract is not about politics, but instead meant to boost travel to the Wilmington Airport in New Castle"
Y'all, the new site mappingdeportations.com from Zinn Education Project is phenomenal — and not just for educators and students! If you're interested in immigration and love data, set aside some time to geek out there.
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Y'all, the new site mappingdeportations.com from Zinn Education Project is phenomenal — and not just for educators and students! If you're interested in immigration and love data, set aside some time to geek out there.
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It sort of gives the game away when the spokesperson at DHS posts a job listing for the judges they’re hiring.
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It sort of gives the game away when the spokesperson at DHS posts a job listing for the judges they’re hiring.
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After more than two months with no updates, ICE has finally released new detention statistics.
ICE reports a total of 65,135 detainees as of Nov. 16, 2025.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
ICE reports a total of 65,135 detainees as of Nov. 16, 2025.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
Detention Management
www.ice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
After more than two months with no updates, ICE has finally released new detention statistics.
ICE reports a total of 65,135 detainees as of Nov. 16, 2025.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
ICE reports a total of 65,135 detainees as of Nov. 16, 2025.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
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Please share. ICE has begun a supposed 2-week operation in the New Orleans area,planning to arrest 5000 people.
There are exactly ZERO immigration problems in the area. Latino residents live,work & raise families. It's pure racism.
I'm sharing for this notary.Pass it on
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
There are exactly ZERO immigration problems in the area. Latino residents live,work & raise families. It's pure racism.
I'm sharing for this notary.Pass it on
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Please share. ICE has begun a supposed 2-week operation in the New Orleans area,planning to arrest 5000 people.
There are exactly ZERO immigration problems in the area. Latino residents live,work & raise families. It's pure racism.
I'm sharing for this notary.Pass it on
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
There are exactly ZERO immigration problems in the area. Latino residents live,work & raise families. It's pure racism.
I'm sharing for this notary.Pass it on
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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New EFF data shows police, and even Border Patrol, used Flock ALPR cameras to monitor protests hundreds of times over the past year. Searches were tagged “protest,” “No Kings,” deportation-raid actions, May Day rallies, and more.
www.404media.co/cops...
#surveillance #privacy #alpr #flock
www.404media.co/cops...
#surveillance #privacy #alpr #flock
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
New EFF data shows police, and even Border Patrol, used Flock ALPR cameras to monitor protests hundreds of times over the past year. Searches were tagged “protest,” “No Kings,” deportation-raid actions, May Day rallies, and more.
www.404media.co/cops...
#surveillance #privacy #alpr #flock
www.404media.co/cops...
#surveillance #privacy #alpr #flock
"Editor’s note: the Department of Homeland Security’s public statements have in multiple instances been contradicted by later evidence or independent reporting; readers should treat the agency’s initial account as unverified until corroborated."
Too much to ask?
Too much to ask?
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Editor’s note: the Department of Homeland Security’s public statements have in multiple instances been contradicted by later evidence or independent reporting; readers should treat the agency’s initial account as unverified until corroborated."
Too much to ask?
Too much to ask?
This afternoon, state Rep. TJ Roberts presented a proposal to require ALL Kentucky police agencies to join ICE's 287(g) program.
Kentuckians, organizing now to defeat the planned bill is one of the most important things you can do to keep your communities safe. The leg session starts in January!
Kentuckians, organizing now to defeat the planned bill is one of the most important things you can do to keep your communities safe. The leg session starts in January!
A Northern Kentucky Republican is working on a bill that would require all Kentucky police agencies to enter agreements for immigration enforcement under a program that has rapidly expanded under the Trump administration.
@mckennahorsley.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/20/3...
@mckennahorsley.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/20/3...
Republican introduces proposal to require Kentucky police agencies to have ICE agreements • Kentucky Lantern
A Kentucky Republican wants to require all Kentucky police agencies to enter agreements for federal immigration enforcement.
kentuckylantern.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This afternoon, state Rep. TJ Roberts presented a proposal to require ALL Kentucky police agencies to join ICE's 287(g) program.
Kentuckians, organizing now to defeat the planned bill is one of the most important things you can do to keep your communities safe. The leg session starts in January!
Kentuckians, organizing now to defeat the planned bill is one of the most important things you can do to keep your communities safe. The leg session starts in January!
So the DHS tweet on the left seems to have been, um, heavily inspired by a tweet from an account called Path To Manliness. It's everything you're imagining. 1/2
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
So the DHS tweet on the left seems to have been, um, heavily inspired by a tweet from an account called Path To Manliness. It's everything you're imagining. 1/2
The thing about Citizens Bank—besides being a key financier of ICE detention facilities—is that it's just not a good bank.
Its stated strategy is to focus on a better experience for high-net-worth customers w/ private banking, while closing branches and pushing everyone else to its app.
Its stated strategy is to focus on a better experience for high-net-worth customers w/ private banking, while closing branches and pushing everyone else to its app.
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The thing about Citizens Bank—besides being a key financier of ICE detention facilities—is that it's just not a good bank.
Its stated strategy is to focus on a better experience for high-net-worth customers w/ private banking, while closing branches and pushing everyone else to its app.
Its stated strategy is to focus on a better experience for high-net-worth customers w/ private banking, while closing branches and pushing everyone else to its app.
Great resource for helping kids learn about what our neighbors are experiencing (but really for all ages):
"Separation" tells the story of a Honduran family navigating the immigration system, based on firsthand reporting, legal documents and excerpts from the eldest son’s journal.
"Separation" tells the story of a Honduran family navigating the immigration system, based on firsthand reporting, legal documents and excerpts from the eldest son’s journal.
Opinion | Separation: A Family Navigates the Risks of Being Undocumented (Gift Article)
A Honduran teenager and his family live in America’s new immigration landscape.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Great resource for helping kids learn about what our neighbors are experiencing (but really for all ages):
"Separation" tells the story of a Honduran family navigating the immigration system, based on firsthand reporting, legal documents and excerpts from the eldest son’s journal.
"Separation" tells the story of a Honduran family navigating the immigration system, based on firsthand reporting, legal documents and excerpts from the eldest son’s journal.
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"Judge Jeffrey Cummings has ordered the release of hundreds of individuals, each on a $1500 bond with even more people likely eligible for bond as attorneys work to discover new class members. Midway to Freedom is our rapid response effort to bond out every neighbor harmed by these unlawful arrests"
secure.givelively.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"Judge Jeffrey Cummings has ordered the release of hundreds of individuals, each on a $1500 bond with even more people likely eligible for bond as attorneys work to discover new class members. Midway to Freedom is our rapid response effort to bond out every neighbor harmed by these unlawful arrests"
The administration is using threats of prolonged detention to coerce unaccompanied minors into giving up their legal rights.
Read more: www.huffpost.com/entry/document-threatens-unaccompanied-immigrant-youth-with-detention_n_69177e18e4b0191be9d5181d
Read more: www.huffpost.com/entry/document-threatens-unaccompanied-immigrant-youth-with-detention_n_69177e18e4b0191be9d5181d
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The administration is using threats of prolonged detention to coerce unaccompanied minors into giving up their legal rights.
Read more: www.huffpost.com/entry/document-threatens-unaccompanied-immigrant-youth-with-detention_n_69177e18e4b0191be9d5181d
Read more: www.huffpost.com/entry/document-threatens-unaccompanied-immigrant-youth-with-detention_n_69177e18e4b0191be9d5181d
"The project explicitly rejects the fiction that ICE operates alone. The Wiki will profile local police departments and sheriffs’ offices that assist in raids, whether through formal 287(g) agreements that deputize local officers as immigration agents or more informal on-the-ground cooperation." 👏👏👏
NEWS: European advocates launch "Wikipedia of ICE agents" to expose enforcement network migrantinsider.substack.com/p/news-ice-l...
NEWS: ICE List Launches Wiki to Expose Enforcement Network
The Europe-based volunteer-built database links raids, agents, vehicles, and legal structures, aiming to break the cycle of official secrecy.
migrantinsider.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"The project explicitly rejects the fiction that ICE operates alone. The Wiki will profile local police departments and sheriffs’ offices that assist in raids, whether through formal 287(g) agreements that deputize local officers as immigration agents or more informal on-the-ground cooperation." 👏👏👏
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NEW from @immcouncil.org. Our incredible policy and research teams have done a deep dive into immigration court data to show once again the enormous impact that having a lawyer makes on immigration court outcomes.
Check out our new research below!
Check out our new research below!
Immigrants face mounting barriers to fair hearings—from political pressure to fighting their cases from detention. Yet, one factor consistently shapes outcomes: having a lawyer.
Our new report shows that represented immigrants fare far better, even in a system stacked against them. Read more ⬇️
Our new report shows that represented immigrants fare far better, even in a system stacked against them. Read more ⬇️
Where Can You Win in Immigration Court? - American Immigration Council
Using immigration court data this report examines the role of legal representation in shaping outcomes in immigration court proceedings.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
NEW from @immcouncil.org. Our incredible policy and research teams have done a deep dive into immigration court data to show once again the enormous impact that having a lawyer makes on immigration court outcomes.
Check out our new research below!
Check out our new research below!