Tina Vasquez
@tinavasquez.bsky.social
Features Editor & Immigration Reporter @prismreports.org | co-founder @theflytrapmedia.com | [email protected]
Reposted by Tina Vasquez
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for the Palantir-made tool called ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
February 2, 2026 at 12:20 AM
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for the Palantir-made tool called ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Reposted by Tina Vasquez
GoFundMe for Alex Pretti's family: $1,739,317.
GoFundMe for Renee Good's family: $1,499,557.
GoFundMe for Keith Porters's family: $302,423.
GoFundMe for Silverio Villegas's family: $57,642.
Even in death, some lives are less valued.
GoFundMe for Renee Good's family: $1,499,557.
GoFundMe for Keith Porters's family: $302,423.
GoFundMe for Silverio Villegas's family: $57,642.
Even in death, some lives are less valued.
January 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
GoFundMe for Alex Pretti's family: $1,739,317.
GoFundMe for Renee Good's family: $1,499,557.
GoFundMe for Keith Porters's family: $302,423.
GoFundMe for Silverio Villegas's family: $57,642.
Even in death, some lives are less valued.
GoFundMe for Renee Good's family: $1,499,557.
GoFundMe for Keith Porters's family: $302,423.
GoFundMe for Silverio Villegas's family: $57,642.
Even in death, some lives are less valued.
Reposted by Tina Vasquez
Important: Georgia Fort is President of the Center for Broadcast Journalism and was “one of two journalists in the courtroom when Derek Chauvin was sentenced.”
Her arrest, and the others, are a targeted assault on journalism by a white supremacist hate group that has infiltrated the US government.
Her arrest, and the others, are a targeted assault on journalism by a white supremacist hate group that has infiltrated the US government.
Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
Support Independent Journalism | GF
www.georgiafort.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Important: Georgia Fort is President of the Center for Broadcast Journalism and was “one of two journalists in the courtroom when Derek Chauvin was sentenced.”
Her arrest, and the others, are a targeted assault on journalism by a white supremacist hate group that has infiltrated the US government.
Her arrest, and the others, are a targeted assault on journalism by a white supremacist hate group that has infiltrated the US government.
Reposted by Tina Vasquez
Wow TWO more deaths in the LA jails yesterday, bring the total in custody deaths for JUST JANUARY up to seven:
January 30, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Wow TWO more deaths in the LA jails yesterday, bring the total in custody deaths for JUST JANUARY up to seven:
As more reporting emerges about the Dilley uprising led by children, I think reporters must clarify what family detention is. These are jails where children and their parents are detained together, and there is a long history of protests at these facilities because of horrendous conditions inside.
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
As more reporting emerges about the Dilley uprising led by children, I think reporters must clarify what family detention is. These are jails where children and their parents are detained together, and there is a long history of protests at these facilities because of horrendous conditions inside.
This is quite shocking. Another legend gone
Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Home Alone' star, dead at 71
Actor Cathriner O'Hara, known for her roles on shows like 'Schitt's Creek' an 'The Studio' as well as films like 'Home Alone' has died. She was 71.
www.latimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This is quite shocking. Another legend gone
Reposted by Tina Vasquez
The identities of DHS’s victims matter, writes Ro White in an op-ed. Federal officials will continue painting the murdered, the detained & the hunted as “illegal criminals,” “domestic terrorists,” & “fucking bitches.” But here’s what remains true: Decades of immigrant torture & deaths led us here.
The identities of Renee Good and DHS’s victims matter
We must acknowledge how the identities of Silverio Villegas-González, Renee Good, and Alex Pretti shape media coverage, public outrage, and action
prismreports.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The identities of DHS’s victims matter, writes Ro White in an op-ed. Federal officials will continue painting the murdered, the detained & the hunted as “illegal criminals,” “domestic terrorists,” & “fucking bitches.” But here’s what remains true: Decades of immigrant torture & deaths led us here.
Please read Sophie’s investigation about the right wing “civic centers” sprouting up at universities nationwide!
For about a year, I've been digging into the growing number of right-wing funded civic centers teaching "informed patriotism" and "Western civilization" at public universities. Today, @prismreports.org published my investigation. Big thanks to my editor @tinavasquez.bsky.social & the Prism team.
What's behind the right-wing plot to set up taxpayer-funded ‘intellectual freedom centers’ at public universities?
UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Civic Life & Leadership & the University of Florida’s Hamilton School are part of the effort to push conservative ideology, @shayssen.bsky.social reports.
UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Civic Life & Leadership & the University of Florida’s Hamilton School are part of the effort to push conservative ideology, @shayssen.bsky.social reports.
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Please read Sophie’s investigation about the right wing “civic centers” sprouting up at universities nationwide!
Reposted by Tina Vasquez
National Nurses United, the largest nurses’ union in the U.S. has demanded the abolition of ICE after a federal agent shot and killed nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday, joining a rapidly growing chorus calling for Congress to do away with the rogue agency.
US’s Largest Nurses’ Union Demands Abolition of ICE After Alex Pretti Killing
The union vowed to do everything in its power to ensure Congress members who vote to fund DHS are voted out.
truthout.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:14 PM
National Nurses United, the largest nurses’ union in the U.S. has demanded the abolition of ICE after a federal agent shot and killed nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday, joining a rapidly growing chorus calling for Congress to do away with the rogue agency.
You’re an embarrassment to your city.
January 27, 2026 at 4:47 AM
You’re an embarrassment to your city.
I am old, and I always remember.
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 AM
I am old, and I always remember.
Resharing my @theflytrapmedia.com reporting about evil ghoul Kristie Noem, just for funsies.
'Ice Barbie' Kristi Noem: The Face of Our Slide Into Fascism
Kristi Noem’s appearance is designed for reality TV and her aesthetic reflects the brutality of the Trump administration.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Resharing my @theflytrapmedia.com reporting about evil ghoul Kristie Noem, just for funsies.
Reposted by Tina Vasquez
Freelancers continue to provide some of the best, most innovative coverage of communities' fight against the Trump administration's deportation forces. Today, for @prismreports.org, freelancer Ankur Singh wrote about the role workers played organizing Minneapolis' citywide shutdown.
Minnesota workers take a stand
50,000 people participated in Minneapolis’ citywide shutdown, co-organized by a broad coalition of labor unions and faith leaders
prismreports.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Freelancers continue to provide some of the best, most innovative coverage of communities' fight against the Trump administration's deportation forces. Today, for @prismreports.org, freelancer Ankur Singh wrote about the role workers played organizing Minneapolis' citywide shutdown.
I just want to issue the gentle reminder that there are dozens of other bloodthirsty, desperate, bootlicking Noem-and Bovino-like-ghouls clambering to take their places. (But I also totally understand wanting to savor the moment.)
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I just want to issue the gentle reminder that there are dozens of other bloodthirsty, desperate, bootlicking Noem-and Bovino-like-ghouls clambering to take their places. (But I also totally understand wanting to savor the moment.)
Reposted by Tina Vasquez
I interviewed over half a dozen ICE and Border Patrol agents who describe an agency that sounds like Reno 911!
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
ICE Unloads
Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I interviewed over half a dozen ICE and Border Patrol agents who describe an agency that sounds like Reno 911!
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
I am ashamed that I didn’t previously recognize the power of Minneapolis.
January 27, 2026 at 3:30 AM
I am ashamed that I didn’t previously recognize the power of Minneapolis.
A friend and I talked today about how neither of us had ever been to a protest—as attendees or reporters—that didn’t make us cry. These are the kinds of moments that bolster you through the hell of our country’s making.
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 AM
A friend and I talked today about how neither of us had ever been to a protest—as attendees or reporters—that didn’t make us cry. These are the kinds of moments that bolster you through the hell of our country’s making.
Just days after federal agents killed yet another person during violent and chaotic immigration raids, DHS issues a press release alleging that ICE agents are facing an 8,000% increase in death threats.
ICE Officers Face an 8,000% Increase in Death Threats Against Them and Their Families | Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a threatening voicemail left for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minnesota on January 24. Our law enforcement officers are no...
www.dhs.gov
January 26, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Just days after federal agents killed yet another person during violent and chaotic immigration raids, DHS issues a press release alleging that ICE agents are facing an 8,000% increase in death threats.
Freelancers continue to provide some of the best, most innovative coverage of communities' fight against the Trump administration's deportation forces. Today, for @prismreports.org, freelancer Ankur Singh wrote about the role workers played organizing Minneapolis' citywide shutdown.
Minnesota workers take a stand
50,000 people participated in Minneapolis’ citywide shutdown, co-organized by a broad coalition of labor unions and faith leaders
prismreports.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Freelancers continue to provide some of the best, most innovative coverage of communities' fight against the Trump administration's deportation forces. Today, for @prismreports.org, freelancer Ankur Singh wrote about the role workers played organizing Minneapolis' citywide shutdown.
Reposted by Tina Vasquez
1000000% times this. The deportation and ICE machines don’t get built without democratic presidents
Ah, yes. The man who signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act into law, and the deporter-in-chief. Thank you for your insights.
Two former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly
January 26, 2026 at 6:26 AM
1000000% times this. The deportation and ICE machines don’t get built without democratic presidents
Ah, yes. The man who signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act into law, and the deporter-in-chief. Thank you for your insights.
Two former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly
January 26, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Ah, yes. The man who signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act into law, and the deporter-in-chief. Thank you for your insights.
The fascism of it all really makes it hard to sleep.
January 26, 2026 at 6:15 AM
The fascism of it all really makes it hard to sleep.
I've never seen doublespeak deployed as regularly, or as transparently, as it is under the Trump administration's DHS.
January 25, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I've never seen doublespeak deployed as regularly, or as transparently, as it is under the Trump administration's DHS.
Tonight I am thinking of Claudia Patricia Gómez González, Alex Pretti, and so many others whose lives were cut short by Border Patrol.
January 25, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Tonight I am thinking of Claudia Patricia Gómez González, Alex Pretti, and so many others whose lives were cut short by Border Patrol.