Jasmine Razeghi
@razeghj.bsky.social
Comms @ MacArthur Justice Center
Previously @americanprogress.bsky.social + @americanprogressaction.org 🧢
Opinions are my own
Previously @americanprogress.bsky.social + @americanprogressaction.org 🧢
Opinions are my own
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Jasmine Razeghi
@razeghj.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Resources for police and ICE encounters, specifically for folks in the DMV & Texas residents.
@aclutx.bsky.social
bit.ly/migrant-resources-dmv
@aclutx.bsky.social
bit.ly/migrant-resources-dmv
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ICE has just under four years to spend $29.9 billion, they are going to outsource AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE to contractors because money is essentially not a problem anymore for the agency.
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
ICE has just under four years to spend $29.9 billion, they are going to outsource AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE to contractors because money is essentially not a problem anymore for the agency.
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NEW: Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear gas. Protestors trapped, struggling to breathe.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
NEW: Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear gas. Protestors trapped, struggling to breathe.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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So the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was just picked up by ICE.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
So the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was just picked up by ICE.
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A growing chorus of attorneys, advocates and members of law enforcement are warning that the terror that has taken hold in immigrant communities is causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation and separation from their families.
How ICE’s Crackdown Hurts Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A growing chorus of attorneys, advocates and members of law enforcement are warning that the terror that has taken hold in immigrant communities is causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation and separation from their families.
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Messenger: Lawsuit aims to fix the 'horrific' mental health crisis in Missouri jails: www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...
Messenger: Lawsuit aims to fix the 'horrific' mental health crisis in Missouri jails
“What we’re doing to the most vulnerable people in our state is really horrific.”
www.stltoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Messenger: Lawsuit aims to fix the 'horrific' mental health crisis in Missouri jails: www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...
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Jazmine Mapes remembers one cold and wet November morning in 2023, when Los Angeles city workers demanded that she and about 65 others leave the tents they’d been living in across the street from City Hall. “I was covered in ashes and dirt,” she said.
She was also pregnant.
She was also pregnant.
Homeless Sweeps Can Be More Humane, Experts Say. It Isn’t Easy
Some localities are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Jazmine Mapes remembers one cold and wet November morning in 2023, when Los Angeles city workers demanded that she and about 65 others leave the tents they’d been living in across the street from City Hall. “I was covered in ashes and dirt,” she said.
She was also pregnant.
She was also pregnant.
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Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
How ICE’s Crackdown Hurts Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
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Bear in mind also that this is just snapshot data, the number of people in these facilities on any given date. If this was the total number of people who had cycled through these facilities, the arrows would be even higher.
The change in ICE detentions over the past year. From the newsletter: www.howtoreadthisch.art/r/f48ddd93?m...
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Bear in mind also that this is just snapshot data, the number of people in these facilities on any given date. If this was the total number of people who had cycled through these facilities, the arrows would be even higher.
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A man died today at the Rikers Island jail complex. He was just hours away from an expected release.
This year, 13 people have now died in the NYC jails. That is *nearly triple* the number of people who died in the NYC jails in all of 2024. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/r...
This year, 13 people have now died in the NYC jails. That is *nearly triple* the number of people who died in the NYC jails in all of 2024. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/r...
Hours Before Expected Release, Rikers Detainee Dies After Apparent Seizure
Edwin Ramos, 38, was slated to plead guilty and walk free Friday morning. Instead, he became the 13th person to die in city custody this year.
www.thecity.nyc
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A man died today at the Rikers Island jail complex. He was just hours away from an expected release.
This year, 13 people have now died in the NYC jails. That is *nearly triple* the number of people who died in the NYC jails in all of 2024. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/r...
This year, 13 people have now died in the NYC jails. That is *nearly triple* the number of people who died in the NYC jails in all of 2024. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/r...
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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.
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New: cops used Flock AI-enabled cameras to monitor No Kings protests around the country. Also monitored No Hands protests and protests against DOGE.
"Should serve as a warning of how it may be used in the future to suppress dissent."
www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
"Should serve as a warning of how it may be used in the future to suppress dissent."
www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
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 2:14 PM
New: cops used Flock AI-enabled cameras to monitor No Kings protests around the country. Also monitored No Hands protests and protests against DOGE.
"Should serve as a warning of how it may be used in the future to suppress dissent."
www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
"Should serve as a warning of how it may be used in the future to suppress dissent."
www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
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‼️UPDATE: Citing reporting by Kourosh Ziabari & @meghnadbose.bsky.social last month in October, the National Iranian American Council announced they filed a lawsuit against ICE for withholding documents on the wrongful, targeted detentions & deportations of Iranians.
Read their original story here:
Read their original story here:
Arrested for being Iranian: How war in Middle East gave ICE targets at home
After the U.S. joined Israel’s war against Iran in June, ICE arrests of Iranian immigrants surged, data shows
prismreports.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
‼️UPDATE: Citing reporting by Kourosh Ziabari & @meghnadbose.bsky.social last month in October, the National Iranian American Council announced they filed a lawsuit against ICE for withholding documents on the wrongful, targeted detentions & deportations of Iranians.
Read their original story here:
Read their original story here:
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“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’"
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’"
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"Get the name of my Lord and savior Jesus Christ out of your mouth" — Rev. David Black, in comments directed at House Speaker Mike Johnson
NEW: For Rev. David Black, the pastor seen shot in the head w/pepper balls by DHS agents in a viral clip, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition.
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
For the Rev. David Black, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition
(RNS) — ‘I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,’ the Rev. David Black said.
religionnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Get the name of my Lord and savior Jesus Christ out of your mouth" — Rev. David Black, in comments directed at House Speaker Mike Johnson
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For years, the public had no way to know just how many people died in Missouri’s prisons, because the state Department of Corrections wasn’t counting.
However, in response to repeated questions from The Marshall Project - St. Louis, the department’s research team generated a new report.
However, in response to repeated questions from The Marshall Project - St. Louis, the department’s research team generated a new report.
There Was No Way to Know How Many People Died in Missouri Prisons — Until Now
For years, the state’s Department of Corrections cobbled together death records from multiple sources. New data reveals annual totals for the first time.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For years, the public had no way to know just how many people died in Missouri’s prisons, because the state Department of Corrections wasn’t counting.
However, in response to repeated questions from The Marshall Project - St. Louis, the department’s research team generated a new report.
However, in response to repeated questions from The Marshall Project - St. Louis, the department’s research team generated a new report.
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Mississippi has long failed to count and report all deaths in local jails that serve the state’s 82 counties, despite a federal requirement to do so. These often dangerous facilities operate virtually free of any state oversight.
Why No One Knows How Many People Die in Mississippi’s Jails
Mississippi has long failed to count and report all deaths in local jails that serve the state’s 82 counties, despite a federal requirement to do so.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Mississippi has long failed to count and report all deaths in local jails that serve the state’s 82 counties, despite a federal requirement to do so. These often dangerous facilities operate virtually free of any state oversight.
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New in the federal class action alleging inhumane conditions at the Broadview, IL ICE facility: District Judge Robert Gettleman has certified the plaintiff class, defined as "all immigration detainees who are detained and those who will be detained in the future at the Broadview ICE facility"
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
New in the federal class action alleging inhumane conditions at the Broadview, IL ICE facility: District Judge Robert Gettleman has certified the plaintiff class, defined as "all immigration detainees who are detained and those who will be detained in the future at the Broadview ICE facility"
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The government claims two weeks of surveillance footage from Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and won’t be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
"Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all."
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The government claims two weeks of surveillance footage from Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and won’t be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
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NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
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Anyway, hire more religion reporters.
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Anyway, hire more religion reporters.
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From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning:
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning:
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
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MacArthur Justice Center has a form for people who were detained inside the Broadview ICE facility to report on their experiences. Family and friends of detainees can also fill our this form on behalf of someone who is or was detained inside Broadview.
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
MacArthur Justice Center has a form for people who were detained inside the Broadview ICE facility to report on their experiences. Family and friends of detainees can also fill our this form on behalf of someone who is or was detained inside Broadview.
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The Illinois ACLU, MacArthur Justice Center and Chicago law firm Eimer Stahl have issued a joint statement regarding the court visit to the Broadview ICE facility earlier today, noting they will "reserve any detailed observations for our legal filings and presentations in the weeks ahead."
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The Illinois ACLU, MacArthur Justice Center and Chicago law firm Eimer Stahl have issued a joint statement regarding the court visit to the Broadview ICE facility earlier today, noting they will "reserve any detailed observations for our legal filings and presentations in the weeks ahead."
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Journalism helped save an innocent man’s life. Fantastic work by @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social of @huffpost.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
Incredible. Jess has been on this story for YEARS. The victim's mother recently told her – in a quote that was shown to the state's Pardon and Parole board, contributing to their clemency recommendation – “They should let him live. I don’t think they should execute him.” The governor listened.
BREAKING: Tremane Wood, who was moments away from being executed for a killing his brother admitted to committing, received a last minute clemency grant from Gov. Kevin Stitt www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Journalism helped save an innocent man’s life. Fantastic work by @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social of @huffpost.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...