Brown Illinoisan
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If we aren’t fighting for citizenship then what are we fighting for?
Neo-slave-status poverty workers?
Neo-slave-status poverty workers?
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December 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Likewise, my daughter's friend had to leave the country for bureaucratic reasons during a standard visa renewal. I was terrified she wouldn't be back.
She did make it back, and I am unreasonably relieved at this minor miracle. I want to live in a country where this is not a notable event...
She did make it back, and I am unreasonably relieved at this minor miracle. I want to live in a country where this is not a notable event...
December 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Likewise, my daughter's friend had to leave the country for bureaucratic reasons during a standard visa renewal. I was terrified she wouldn't be back.
She did make it back, and I am unreasonably relieved at this minor miracle. I want to live in a country where this is not a notable event...
She did make it back, and I am unreasonably relieved at this minor miracle. I want to live in a country where this is not a notable event...
#emergencycitizenship means if you’re housed, employed, been here for 12 months or more, with no felonies, we grant you legal citizenship to protect you from Trump.
Resisting a criminal regime to protect the poverty-workers the economy relies on. Workers invited in by our economy. Protect us now!
Resisting a criminal regime to protect the poverty-workers the economy relies on. Workers invited in by our economy. Protect us now!
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#emergencycitizenship means if you’re housed, employed, been here for 12 months or more, with no felonies, we grant you legal citizenship to protect you from Trump.
Resisting a criminal regime to protect the poverty-workers the economy relies on. Workers invited in by our economy. Protect us now!
Resisting a criminal regime to protect the poverty-workers the economy relies on. Workers invited in by our economy. Protect us now!
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When they come for your ally, you don’t walk away. You double down, die on that hill, because you’re on the same hill.
December 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
When they come for your ally, you don’t walk away. You double down, die on that hill, because you’re on the same hill.
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
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Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
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A federal judge in Maryland has stepped in. Judge Paula Xinis ordered that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be released from ICE detention while his fight against deportation continues. Her ruling directs Immigration and Customs Enforcement to let him go immediately as his legal challenge proceeds.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A federal judge in Maryland has stepped in. Judge Paula Xinis ordered that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be released from ICE detention while his fight against deportation continues. Her ruling directs Immigration and Customs Enforcement to let him go immediately as his legal challenge proceeds.
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This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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Our last episode of the year is a conversation about what resisting ICE has looked like in Chicago, what we've learned, what it's cost, and where we go from here. I'm so grateful to Gabe Gonzalez, Rey Wences, and Jocelyn Walsh for this convo. This one is special to me. Audio + transcript:
How We’ve Resisted ICE: Street Lessons From Chicago
“I cannot imagine doing anything else in this moment,” says community defense organizer Gabe Gonzalez.
truthout.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Our last episode of the year is a conversation about what resisting ICE has looked like in Chicago, what we've learned, what it's cost, and where we go from here. I'm so grateful to Gabe Gonzalez, Rey Wences, and Jocelyn Walsh for this convo. This one is special to me. Audio + transcript:
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
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The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
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Today is #HumanRightsDay.
What better day to remind everyone that either we all have human rights, or none of us really do.
What better day to remind everyone that either we all have human rights, or none of us really do.
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: CELEBRATING THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT AND THE ECHR - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Today is #HumanRightsDay.
What better day to remind everyone that either we all have human rights, or none of us really do.
What better day to remind everyone that either we all have human rights, or none of us really do.
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The N Carolina immigrant rights group Siembra is teaching business owners their rights if federal agents show up at their door.
While most can name their first and second amendment rights, far fewer are familiar with the fourth, which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures.
While most can name their first and second amendment rights, far fewer are familiar with the fourth, which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures.
‘We’ll need to see a warrant’: the group teaching businesses a vital tool to fight ICE raids
Siembra in North Carolina gives owners fourth amendment rights trainings should federal agents show up at their door
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The N Carolina immigrant rights group Siembra is teaching business owners their rights if federal agents show up at their door.
While most can name their first and second amendment rights, far fewer are familiar with the fourth, which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures.
While most can name their first and second amendment rights, far fewer are familiar with the fourth, which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures.
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Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
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The customs officers would be so confused, disturbed and suspicious of my search history & social media interaction that's pretty much 99.9% about medieval toilets.
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The customs officers would be so confused, disturbed and suspicious of my search history & social media interaction that's pretty much 99.9% about medieval toilets.
#millenialsrising means that the right-wing lies of the last 25 years are completely exposed as lies. And what millennials have been advocating for since 2016 is exactly what the country craves. Let’s get this shit!
WATCH: “What I saw changed my life. They spent the night in their cars to get care in barns.”😳🇺🇸
Ex insurance company exec @wendellpotter.bsky.social tells Kanew a visit to a Remote Area Medical site in East Tennessee turned him into #MedicareForAll advocate
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DSFsimP...
Ex insurance company exec @wendellpotter.bsky.social tells Kanew a visit to a Remote Area Medical site in East Tennessee turned him into #MedicareForAll advocate
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DSFsimP...
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
#millenialsrising means that the right-wing lies of the last 25 years are completely exposed as lies. And what millennials have been advocating for since 2016 is exactly what the country craves. Let’s get this shit!
Did Pritzker get this right? Here’s the bill’s PDF to see ourselves.
www.ilga.gov
December 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Did Pritzker get this right? Here’s the bill’s PDF to see ourselves.
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Today, I've signed into law legislation that expands legal protections for the people of Illinois.
Dropping your kid off at day care, going to the doctor, or attending classes should not be a life-altering task.
We will counter the Trump Administration's depravity.
Dropping your kid off at day care, going to the doctor, or attending classes should not be a life-altering task.
We will counter the Trump Administration's depravity.
December 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Today, I've signed into law legislation that expands legal protections for the people of Illinois.
Dropping your kid off at day care, going to the doctor, or attending classes should not be a life-altering task.
We will counter the Trump Administration's depravity.
Dropping your kid off at day care, going to the doctor, or attending classes should not be a life-altering task.
We will counter the Trump Administration's depravity.
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I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
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UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.”
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Judge: residents must move out, ICE-raided South Shore building is uninhabitable • The TRiiBE
The tenants of the property at 7500 S. South Shore Drive are ordered to leave the property by Friday.
thetriibe.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.”
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
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DHS trespassers smash down a door of a home owned by a US citizen without a warrant, detaining US citizens and arresting 2 parents leaving 7-year-old parentless. They know they're violating our castles. That's why they come as invaders armed with guns to separate families.
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
DHS trespassers smash down a door of a home owned by a US citizen without a warrant, detaining US citizens and arresting 2 parents leaving 7-year-old parentless. They know they're violating our castles. That's why they come as invaders armed with guns to separate families.