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Exploring strategies for nonviolent resistance to the mass detention, deportation, and surveillance of our neighbors. Calling on Citizens Bank to stop financing GEO Group and CoreCivic.
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Who's Profiting from ICE? - Google My Maps
ICE depends on a web of private companies, local law enforcement, and elected officials around the country to support its work.
This map includes:
• Organizations receiving funding from ICE from FY2...
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Lots of updates to the "Who's Profiting from ICE?" map this week. See 🧵 for details.
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“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.”
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.”
Staffing appears to be underway for the detention center planned to hold up to 9,500 people in a warehouse in Hutchins, Texas (pop. 8,000).
LTS has seven healthcare-related positions listed: www.ziprecruiter.com/co/LTS/Jobs/...
LTS has seven healthcare-related positions listed: www.ziprecruiter.com/co/LTS/Jobs/...
February 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Staffing appears to be underway for the detention center planned to hold up to 9,500 people in a warehouse in Hutchins, Texas (pop. 8,000).
LTS has seven healthcare-related positions listed: www.ziprecruiter.com/co/LTS/Jobs/...
LTS has seven healthcare-related positions listed: www.ziprecruiter.com/co/LTS/Jobs/...
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Another 50 people protesting Citizens Bank support of ICE prisons. 20 degrees and while it’s snowing. @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social @indivisible.org #boycottcitizens
February 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Another 50 people protesting Citizens Bank support of ICE prisons. 20 degrees and while it’s snowing. @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social @indivisible.org #boycottcitizens
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DHS is out of control.
There must be accountability for ICE and CBP's violent, unlawful, and racist campaigns in cities across the country.
Join us in urging Congress to reject any DHS funding bill that does not include strong reforms:
There must be accountability for ICE and CBP's violent, unlawful, and racist campaigns in cities across the country.
Join us in urging Congress to reject any DHS funding bill that does not include strong reforms:
Tell Congress: DHS Needs Accountability, Not More Money
The Department of Homeland Security is waging a lawless campaign across America. Congress needs to stop them.
act.pogo.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
DHS is out of control.
There must be accountability for ICE and CBP's violent, unlawful, and racist campaigns in cities across the country.
Join us in urging Congress to reject any DHS funding bill that does not include strong reforms:
There must be accountability for ICE and CBP's violent, unlawful, and racist campaigns in cities across the country.
Join us in urging Congress to reject any DHS funding bill that does not include strong reforms:
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We have updated DetentionReports.com with the most recently released data from ICE.
Many people have asked that we add a map to the home page. We have added this feature. Click one of the blue icons to proceed to the report of the corresponding detention facility.
detentionreports.com
Many people have asked that we add a map to the home page. We have added this feature. Click one of the blue icons to proceed to the report of the corresponding detention facility.
detentionreports.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
We have updated DetentionReports.com with the most recently released data from ICE.
Many people have asked that we add a map to the home page. We have added this feature. Click one of the blue icons to proceed to the report of the corresponding detention facility.
detentionreports.com
Many people have asked that we add a map to the home page. We have added this feature. Click one of the blue icons to proceed to the report of the corresponding detention facility.
detentionreports.com
The warehouse scheme is a disaster from every angle.
(Unless you're a regime crony trying to offload a bad real estate investment.)
(Unless you're a regime crony trying to offload a bad real estate investment.)
February 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The warehouse scheme is a disaster from every angle.
(Unless you're a regime crony trying to offload a bad real estate investment.)
(Unless you're a regime crony trying to offload a bad real estate investment.)
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These federal buildings have cells designed to hold a few people for a brief period; like a holding cell at a police station. Supposed to be 12 hours max, usually less.
People are being held in them for 7-10 days, jammed in like sardines. It’s a nightmare.
People are being held in them for 7-10 days, jammed in like sardines. It’s a nightmare.
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
These federal buildings have cells designed to hold a few people for a brief period; like a holding cell at a police station. Supposed to be 12 hours max, usually less.
People are being held in them for 7-10 days, jammed in like sardines. It’s a nightmare.
People are being held in them for 7-10 days, jammed in like sardines. It’s a nightmare.
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REALLY USEFUL overview of the many ways ICE is entwined with sheriffs from @jesspish.bsky.social
"...local laws that require or encourage the arrest and detention of people (even those accused of misdemeanors) are making it easier to deport immigrants."
"...local laws that require or encourage the arrest and detention of people (even those accused of misdemeanors) are making it easier to deport immigrants."
How Local Law Enforcement Collaborates with ICE
February 6, 2026
sheriffs.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:42 AM
REALLY USEFUL overview of the many ways ICE is entwined with sheriffs from @jesspish.bsky.social
"...local laws that require or encourage the arrest and detention of people (even those accused of misdemeanors) are making it easier to deport immigrants."
"...local laws that require or encourage the arrest and detention of people (even those accused of misdemeanors) are making it easier to deport immigrants."
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March 7, Another national day of protest at Citizens Bank Branches. We will be heading back to Stow, MA 11-12pm. Come join us! Learn more here: boycottcitizens.org #boycottcitizens @boycottcitizens.bsky.social
@nashobaindivisible.bsky.social @swingbluealliance.org
tinyurl.com/De-ICECitizensBank
@nashobaindivisible.bsky.social @swingbluealliance.org
tinyurl.com/De-ICECitizensBank
Citizens Bank: Stop Financing ICE prisons - Google My Maps
WE ARE DOING IT AGAIN!
Join us across the region on Saturday, March 7th, 2026 from 11-noon as we protest at Citizens Bank branches to demand that they stop financing ICE prisons. Some local dates and ...
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February 7, 2026 at 2:03 AM
March 7, Another national day of protest at Citizens Bank Branches. We will be heading back to Stow, MA 11-12pm. Come join us! Learn more here: boycottcitizens.org #boycottcitizens @boycottcitizens.bsky.social
@nashobaindivisible.bsky.social @swingbluealliance.org
tinyurl.com/De-ICECitizensBank
@nashobaindivisible.bsky.social @swingbluealliance.org
tinyurl.com/De-ICECitizensBank
After failing to publish detainee death reports for months, ICE has uploaded eleven of them: www.ice.gov/detain/detai...
February 7, 2026 at 2:15 AM
After failing to publish detainee death reports for months, ICE has uploaded eleven of them: www.ice.gov/detain/detai...
If you're interested in how DHS is spending its massively bloated budget and you're not following @projectsaltbox.bsky.social, you're missing out. Really great stuff!
A 25-yr procurement pro says the massive ICE detention expansion is "doomed to failure."
$100k spending bottlenecks
Immigration detention via Navy loopholes
Warehouses with no water
Inside the $55B plan where career staff say "cruelty is the policy."
$100k spending bottlenecks
Immigration detention via Navy loopholes
Warehouses with no water
Inside the $55B plan where career staff say "cruelty is the policy."
"Doomed to Failure”
Veteran officials know the plan is unworkable. Political leadership doesn't care. And the budget has soared past $55 billion.
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:51 AM
If you're interested in how DHS is spending its massively bloated budget and you're not following @projectsaltbox.bsky.social, you're missing out. Really great stuff!
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really fun but also important to get to talk about ICE and 287g on a politics-elections podcast, important to connect the dots between who we're electing and how law enforcement policies are actually working out. (thanks @geoffreyskelley.com for the invite)
On the DDHQ Podcast, @taniel.bsky.social from @boltsmag.org reviewed the prosecutor & sheriff elections happening in 2026.
Some sheriff races to watch are in places that Trump lost in '24 but that are working with ICE through the 287(g) program.
decisiondeskhq.substack.com/p/episode-16...
Some sheriff races to watch are in places that Trump lost in '24 but that are working with ICE through the 287(g) program.
decisiondeskhq.substack.com/p/episode-16...
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
really fun but also important to get to talk about ICE and 287g on a politics-elections podcast, important to connect the dots between who we're electing and how law enforcement policies are actually working out. (thanks @geoffreyskelley.com for the invite)
GEO Group and CoreCvic are lobbying for legislation that would force banks to give them loans.
So is Citizens Bank.
See the disclosures that show Citizens has been lobbying on the Fair Access to Banking Act since at least 2024: lda.senate.gov/filings/publ...
So is Citizens Bank.
See the disclosures that show Citizens has been lobbying on the Fair Access to Banking Act since at least 2024: lda.senate.gov/filings/publ...
Major banks have denied financing to GEO Group and CoreCivic — but legislation pushed by the firms could force their hand.
ICE’s Private Prison Contractors Spent Millions Lobbying to Force Banks to Give Them Loans
Major banks have denied financing to ICE prison contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic — but a bill pushed by companies could force their hand.
interc.pt
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
GEO Group and CoreCvic are lobbying for legislation that would force banks to give them loans.
So is Citizens Bank.
See the disclosures that show Citizens has been lobbying on the Fair Access to Banking Act since at least 2024: lda.senate.gov/filings/publ...
So is Citizens Bank.
See the disclosures that show Citizens has been lobbying on the Fair Access to Banking Act since at least 2024: lda.senate.gov/filings/publ...
🚨 Is CBRE, the largest real estate company in the world, helping advance ICE's plans to hold immigrants in warehouses? Here's what we know.
According to December Bloomberg reporting, CBRE's leadership rejected plans to get involved last year, "according to two people familiar with the matter." 1/
According to December Bloomberg reporting, CBRE's leadership rejected plans to get involved last year, "according to two people familiar with the matter." 1/
February 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
🚨 Is CBRE, the largest real estate company in the world, helping advance ICE's plans to hold immigrants in warehouses? Here's what we know.
According to December Bloomberg reporting, CBRE's leadership rejected plans to get involved last year, "according to two people familiar with the matter." 1/
According to December Bloomberg reporting, CBRE's leadership rejected plans to get involved last year, "according to two people familiar with the matter." 1/
People who choose to profit from imprisoning human beings do not value human life.
West Michigan man details medical neglect in Baldwin ICE detention center
While lawmakers investigate the death of a 56-year-old detainee at the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, one West Michigan man shares his experience.
www.wzzm13.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
People who choose to profit from imprisoning human beings do not value human life.
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We can’t allow a new network of camps to be built!
3/7 at Citizen Bank branches everywhere- tinyurl.com/De-ICECitizensBank
@boycottcitizens.bsky.social @in-slwm.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social
3/7 at Citizen Bank branches everywhere- tinyurl.com/De-ICECitizensBank
@boycottcitizens.bsky.social @in-slwm.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
We can’t allow a new network of camps to be built!
3/7 at Citizen Bank branches everywhere- tinyurl.com/De-ICECitizensBank
@boycottcitizens.bsky.social @in-slwm.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social
3/7 at Citizen Bank branches everywhere- tinyurl.com/De-ICECitizensBank
@boycottcitizens.bsky.social @in-slwm.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social
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As another round of extreme low temperatures sweeps parts of the U.S., people in dilapidated jails and prisons face an increased risk of illness and even death.
The threat of losing power, poor heating systems and a general lack of medical attention can compound problems in frigid conditions.
The threat of losing power, poor heating systems and a general lack of medical attention can compound problems in frigid conditions.
When Temps Plunge, Dilapidated Jails and Prisons Put Lives at Risk
Aging infrastructure is a major challenge when it comes to extreme weather in prisons, jails and detention facilities in the U.S.
www.themarshallproject.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
As another round of extreme low temperatures sweeps parts of the U.S., people in dilapidated jails and prisons face an increased risk of illness and even death.
The threat of losing power, poor heating systems and a general lack of medical attention can compound problems in frigid conditions.
The threat of losing power, poor heating systems and a general lack of medical attention can compound problems in frigid conditions.
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SCOOP: ICE has done more than 60 secret flights on Air Wisconsin since mid-January, according to @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social. I watched one load this afternoon.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...
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Air Wisconsin has done 60+ ICE flights since mid-January
Dozens of secret flights carrying shackled migrants follow Air Wisconsin’s sale to ICE’s flight broker.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io
February 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
SCOOP: ICE has done more than 60 secret flights on Air Wisconsin since mid-January, according to @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social. I watched one load this afternoon.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...
An ICE subcontractor called BDR Strategic Services has been hiring for dozens of positions embedded in detention facilities specifically to push "self-deportation.
They're calling them "Detainee Support Officers."
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They're calling them "Detainee Support Officers."
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February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
An ICE subcontractor called BDR Strategic Services has been hiring for dozens of positions embedded in detention facilities specifically to push "self-deportation.
They're calling them "Detainee Support Officers."
share.google/oEIJj3TV20CD...
They're calling them "Detainee Support Officers."
share.google/oEIJj3TV20CD...
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Immigrants have paid more in taxes than they have received in benefits every single year for the past 30 years, according to new analysis from Cato.
Remember this the next time Trump and his racist lackeys call immigrants "freeloaders."
Remember this the next time Trump and his racist lackeys call immigrants "freeloaders."
February 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Immigrants have paid more in taxes than they have received in benefits every single year for the past 30 years, according to new analysis from Cato.
Remember this the next time Trump and his racist lackeys call immigrants "freeloaders."
Remember this the next time Trump and his racist lackeys call immigrants "freeloaders."
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“There are other students with whom we have lost contact who might also be in a detention facility,” Columbia Heights district officials said today.
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
“There are other students with whom we have lost contact who might also be in a detention facility,” Columbia Heights district officials said today.
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This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care.
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
New Mexico Senate approves bill to ban ICE detention centers
The New Mexico Legislature approved the Immigration Safety Act. House bill 9 bars the state from allowing ICE detention centers.
www.elpasotimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care.
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
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NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
If you have a group with some extra capacity that wants to help, there's an important gap here:
Families of those who die in ICE custody shouldn't have to struggle to raise the money to bring their love ones' bodies home. And there should be an independent autopsy provided every single time.
Families of those who die in ICE custody shouldn't have to struggle to raise the money to bring their love ones' bodies home. And there should be an independent autopsy provided every single time.
ICE bypasses El Paso medical examiner for autopsy on migrant
ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility for the autopsy of a Nicaraguan man and won’t release a ruling to the public.
www.texastribune.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
If you have a group with some extra capacity that wants to help, there's an important gap here:
Families of those who die in ICE custody shouldn't have to struggle to raise the money to bring their love ones' bodies home. And there should be an independent autopsy provided every single time.
Families of those who die in ICE custody shouldn't have to struggle to raise the money to bring their love ones' bodies home. And there should be an independent autopsy provided every single time.