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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 3d

I recently reported on an ICE officer who was publicly reprimanded and “relieved of his duties” after shoving a woman to the ground in an NYC immigration court. Well, he’s back.

DHS did not respond to a request for comment.

Original story: www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Photos: Carol Guzy

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 3d

In this piece published on July 31, ProPublica documented ~50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

How many more times must this have happened since then?

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

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

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 5d

This tactic is in the news again because ICE agents in Colorado were filmed breaking the window of a car with a baby in the backseat coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...

ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d

In July, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”

We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

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Jonathan Blitzer @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social · 9d

ij.org/case/alabama...

Alabama Construction Site Raids - Institute for Justice

Earning an honest living is fundamental to being an American. What’s deeply un-American is the government using masked agents to harass hard-working Americans at work. […]

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 9d

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 9d

Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the U.S. #BorderPatrol, claims a @wbez.org/@chicago.suntimes.com report about his comments Sunday in downtown #Chicago was "grossly inaccurate" and taken out of context. So we've posted the interview's unedited AUDIO and TRANSCRIPT:
www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Transcript: Gregory Bovino says arrestees in downtown Chicago chosen partly based on ‘how they look’

WBEZ reporter Chip Mitchell spoke with U.S. Border Patrol commander about a deportation blitz downtown and in the upscale River North neighborhood. Here is the transcript and unedited audio interview.

www.wbez.org

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d

A video journalist was injured on Tuesday during a tumultuous scene involving federal agents at a Manhattan immigration courthouse less than a week after another officer was captured on video shoving a woman in a confrontation. nyti.ms/4nxXAY2

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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 9d

The "Gulf of America Task Force" has arrested Leo twice just for working in construction while Latino.

Now, he's fighting back to stop these raids across Alabama.

Here's a link to the case page where you can find the complaint and a 5-min documentary on the case:

ij.org/case/alabama...

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 9d

Exciting news! The second @propublica.org metro ad on @wmata.com has been spotted in the wild on a metro car!

There are thousands of federal staffers with stories to tell. Share yours.

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there are thousands of federal staffers with stories to tell. share yours. propublica.org/tips

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Ximena Bustillo @ximenabustillo.bsky.social · 11d

DACA recipients are being caught up in immigration arrests. In interviews with Republican lawmakers who previously supported pathways to legal status for DACA recipients, nearly every lawmaker was clear: Trump needs to be the one to start talks.

My latest:
www.npr.org/2025/09/28/n...

DACA has bipartisan support in Congress. Still, Republicans are following Trump's lead

President Trump failed to revoke DACA in his first term and his focus on immigration this time has mostly ignored the policy. Still, Republican lawmakers are deferring to the president on the issue.

www.npr.org

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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 13d

Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts

Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 13d

NPR @ximenabustillo.bsky.social says the same ICE officer on leave after this viral video of him shoving an Ecuadorian woman in NYC is the one she recorded violently arresting a court observer and cursing at her last month www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 14d

6/ This isn’t the first time ProPublica has reported on ICE under Trump 2.0 acting in unprecedented ways. In July, my colleagues @mckenziefunk.com and @nicolefoy.bsky.social documented ~50 incidents of officers shattering car windows to make arrests.
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“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”

We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 14d

2/ I stayed by Monica Moreta-Galarza, who was seeking asylum with her family, until she was discharged from the hospital.

“Over [in Ecuador], they beat us there too. I didn’t think I’d come here to the United States and the same thing would happen to me,” she said in Spanish.

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 14d

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 14d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Lara Witt @femmfeministe.bsky.social · 15d

Extremely proud of @tinavasquez.bsky.social & this very sensitive, difficult, & deeply informative investigation highlighting Isabella, a former H-2A visa worker who thought she was entering the program for agricultural work but faced harrowing circumstances instead. prismreports.org/2025/09/24/w...

She managed to get a farmworker visa. Once in the U.S., she endured abuse.

A Prism investigation reveals that women are routinely shut out of the H-2A program. Those who get in report doing non-agricultural labor and facing sexual violence and trafficking

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 26d

A searing investigation from @maxblau.bsky.social: how the H-2A visa, billed as a ticket to opportunity, has instead become a pipeline to "modern-day slavery."

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 22d

"CBP arrested Retes for assault" is actually the first I've seen confirmation of which agency arrested George Retes

Retes was released w/o charges, said he was never told the charges against him & has still not been charged

Do you have more info on this? DM me or Signal is nicolefoy.27

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Colin Campbell @raleighreporter.bsky.social · 22d

"A tracker set up by a public radio consultant has identified 332 layoffs in public media since July 18, when the Republican-led Congress, at President Trump's urging, defunded public media."

casey morell @caseym.org · 22d

some news about the network

NPR to trim $5 million this year as public radio stations struggle to pay bills

NPR plans to make trims totaling more than $5 million over the course of the coming fiscal year to bring its annual budget into balance. Meanwhile, local stations are asking for more help.

www.npr.org

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 23d

“For years, immigrant domestic workers have kept New York’s child care and elder care systems running … Now their fears of being detained and deported are growing as immigration enforcement intensifies under the new Trump adminstration.” documentedny.com/2025/09/10/d...

Domestic Workers Face Low Pay, Exploitation — and Fear of Deportation

Immigrant domestic workers in the city sustain households with long hours and low pay, yet face growing fear of deportation.

documentedny.com

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · Sep 10

really moving story from Emiliano Tahui Gómez @AustinStatesman about an Austin school besieged by Trump's mass deportation agenda

It looks like a parent snatched in front of school dropoff, families abruptly self-deporting, even DPS & ICE staging in the parking lot
www.statesman.com/news/local/a...

Trump’s immigration crackdown upends life at Austin elementary school

At Guerrero Thompson Elementary in North Austin, families flee, students unravel and teachers struggle as law enforcement expands immigration operations onto school grounds.

www.statesman.com

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · Sep 8

Breaking: The U.S. Supreme Court lifted limits on immigration sweeps in Southern California, overturning a lower court ruling that prohibited agents from stopping people based on their appearance. https://cal.news/4nq5YZk

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A person is detained as clashes break out after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers attempted to raid a store in Bell, just south of Los Angeles, on June 20, 2025. Photo by Etienne Laurent, AFP via Getty Images

Hed: BREAKING NEWS
U.S. Supreme Court sides with Pres. Trump on immigration sweeps
This overturns a lower court ruling prohibiting agents from stopping people based on appearance

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · Sep 6

Reminder: @propublica.org is still tracking how immigration agents use force when they make arrests.

Do you have video or other documentation of forceful or violent arrests by immigration agents that we should review? Please reach out.

email: [email protected]
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · Jul 31

Citizens, crying kids, pregnant women, people who aren't the target...it doesn't seem to matter who's inside the car when immigration officers want to make an arrest. They smash the window anyway

@mckenziefunk.com & I tracked these arrests all over the U.S. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...

Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests

We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

projects.propublica.org

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