Thomas Kennedy
@tomaskenn.bsky.social
PhD student, sociology. Argentino 🇦🇷. Words: muckrack.com/tomaskenn
New from me: Florida bill seeks to stop ICE agents from operating while masked and without identification.
Per Reagan appointed Judge William G. Young: “ICE goes masked for a single reason, to terrorize Americans into quiescence… we have never tolerated an armed secret police.”
Per Reagan appointed Judge William G. Young: “ICE goes masked for a single reason, to terrorize Americans into quiescence… we have never tolerated an armed secret police.”
Taking the mask off of ICE | Opinion
A bill in the Legislature would ban ICE agents from wearing masks. It isn’t just about abusive agents, writes an immigration advocate, but many instances in which criminals have pretended to …
www.sun-sentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
New from me: Florida bill seeks to stop ICE agents from operating while masked and without identification.
Per Reagan appointed Judge William G. Young: “ICE goes masked for a single reason, to terrorize Americans into quiescence… we have never tolerated an armed secret police.”
Per Reagan appointed Judge William G. Young: “ICE goes masked for a single reason, to terrorize Americans into quiescence… we have never tolerated an armed secret police.”
Props to lawmakers Angie Nixon and Carlos Guillermo Smith for taking up our idea for a bill doing the most basic thing: requiring that immigration agents show their faces and identify themselves. Will the Florida Legislature agree that an armed secret police should not be tolerated?
Masks off: Democrats file legislation to require ICE to show faces, present identifying information
'I’m fighting for transparency in our law enforcement by ensuring proper identification of our officers.'
floridapolitics.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Props to lawmakers Angie Nixon and Carlos Guillermo Smith for taking up our idea for a bill doing the most basic thing: requiring that immigration agents show their faces and identify themselves. Will the Florida Legislature agree that an armed secret police should not be tolerated?
Farmworker asking for prayers as immigration stops their bus and systematically starts detaining them on their way to work. Happened this morning near the town of Ave Maria, Florida.
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Farmworker asking for prayers as immigration stops their bus and systematically starts detaining them on their way to work. Happened this morning near the town of Ave Maria, Florida.
The officers involved in this detention say they feel like a “newborn giraffe with wobbly legs” when conducting immigration enforcement because their training consists of a “one hour class online”. You can’t make this up.
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The officers involved in this detention say they feel like a “newborn giraffe with wobbly legs” when conducting immigration enforcement because their training consists of a “one hour class online”. You can’t make this up.
Here you have a Florida Fish & Wildlife officer detaining an individual who was fishing and admitting they have been directed to “check with immigration on anyone who gives us a passport and doesn’t appear to be a citizen”, which sounds a lot like racial profiling.
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Here you have a Florida Fish & Wildlife officer detaining an individual who was fishing and admitting they have been directed to “check with immigration on anyone who gives us a passport and doesn’t appear to be a citizen”, which sounds a lot like racial profiling.
This is what happens to parked vehicles belonging to people who are detained when called for routine appointments at the Miramar (and other) ICE processing centers. Their vehicles are often towed, which is a racket for the towing companies involved.
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is what happens to parked vehicles belonging to people who are detained when called for routine appointments at the Miramar (and other) ICE processing centers. Their vehicles are often towed, which is a racket for the towing companies involved.
The state of Florida is now removing the U.S. citizen arrest category from this dashboard tracking immigration arrests altogether, but we know they mistakenly detain U.S. citizens, as was the case of Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez in Leon County.
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The state of Florida is now removing the U.S. citizen arrest category from this dashboard tracking immigration arrests altogether, but we know they mistakenly detain U.S. citizens, as was the case of Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez in Leon County.
Miami New Times confirming that a big immigration enforcement operation is coming to South Florida, and deportation officers from out of state are headed to Miami this weekend to assist.
NEW: Emails reveal that DHS is gearing up for an immigration enforcement operation in Miami this weekend.
Breaking: ICE Said to Have Immigration 'Operation' Set for Miami This Weekend
DHS appears to have dispatched additional deportation officers to Miami for an unspecified 287(g) operation.
www.miaminewtimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Miami New Times confirming that a big immigration enforcement operation is coming to South Florida, and deportation officers from out of state are headed to Miami this weekend to assist.
🚨Another big immigration enforcement operation coming to Florida: DHS is asking deportation officers from other states to head to Miami to "assist ERO Miami" with a 287g operation this weekend. Please be cautious.
October 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🚨Another big immigration enforcement operation coming to Florida: DHS is asking deportation officers from other states to head to Miami to "assist ERO Miami" with a 287g operation this weekend. Please be cautious.
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A South Florida-based charter company appears to have operated the third-country deportation flight that sent ten migrants to Africa earlier this month.
Boca Raton Charter Company Appears to Operate Deportation Flights
The plane used to send migrants to Africa is owned by a South Florida developer behind several Trump-branded properties.
www.miaminewtimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A South Florida-based charter company appears to have operated the third-country deportation flight that sent ten migrants to Africa earlier this month.
Reposted by Thomas Kennedy
“This incident raises fundamental questions about both the accuracy of Florida’s immigration enforcement data and the due process rights of everyone who resides in our state."
Link gets you around the paywall...
Link gets you around the paywall...
October 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“This incident raises fundamental questions about both the accuracy of Florida’s immigration enforcement data and the due process rights of everyone who resides in our state."
Link gets you around the paywall...
Link gets you around the paywall...
In case you missed it: a little noticed Florida state dashboard showed several instances of immigration enforcement arresting U.S. citizens. When the Miami New Times asked about it, most of those arrests disappeared from the dashboard and public view.
Officials Scrub Data Showing U.S. Citizens Swept Up in Immigration Arrests
Florida’s immigration crackdown dashboard reportedly showed the arrests of 21 U.S. citizens—until a local paper asked questions.
www.thedailybeast.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In case you missed it: a little noticed Florida state dashboard showed several instances of immigration enforcement arresting U.S. citizens. When the Miami New Times asked about it, most of those arrests disappeared from the dashboard and public view.
Here we go again: Florida lawmaker wants to allow employers to legally pay certain types of workers less than the state minimum wage. This bill was defeated in the last legislative session due to public outcry.
Florida Republican revives effort to allow minimum wage exemption for certain workers www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...
Florida Republican revives effort to allow minimum wage exemption for certain workers
An effort to cheapen labor costs has resurfaced in the Florida Legislature after failing to gain the traction it needed in order to pass earlier this year.
www.orlandoweekly.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Here we go again: Florida lawmaker wants to allow employers to legally pay certain types of workers less than the state minimum wage. This bill was defeated in the last legislative session due to public outcry.
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NEW: “Bands of masked men apprehending people in broad daylight in the streets and hauling them off. Disappearing people to a third country,” a former DHS official said. “We’re at an inflection point in history right now and it’s frightening.”
How Trump is Building a Repressive, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.
www.propublica.org
October 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: “Bands of masked men apprehending people in broad daylight in the streets and hauling them off. Disappearing people to a third country,” a former DHS official said. “We’re at an inflection point in history right now and it’s frightening.”
Reposted by Thomas Kennedy
During my reporting, I noticed more than a dozen people listed as U.S. citizens were arrested, according to the immigration dashboard.
After asking the state for an explanation, the number of U.S. citizens arrested suddenly changed to 1.
After asking the state for an explanation, the number of U.S. citizens arrested suddenly changed to 1.
Highway Patrol Leads Florida in Immigration Arrests, Data Shows
"They should be called 'Florida Show Me Your Papers Patrol,'" immigration activist Thomas Kennedy says.
www.miaminewtimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
During my reporting, I noticed more than a dozen people listed as U.S. citizens were arrested, according to the immigration dashboard.
After asking the state for an explanation, the number of U.S. citizens arrested suddenly changed to 1.
After asking the state for an explanation, the number of U.S. citizens arrested suddenly changed to 1.
Reposted by Thomas Kennedy
Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
After Miami New Times contacted Florida authorities to inquire about U.S. citizens being arrested by immigration enforcement, the figures in this state dashboard showing those arrests were significantly altered 👇
"They should be called 'Florida Show Me Your Papers Patrol,'" immigration activist Thomas Kennedy says.
Highway Patrol Leads Florida in Immigration Arrests, Data Shows
"They should be called 'Florida Show Me Your Papers Patrol,'" immigration activist Thomas Kennedy says.
www.miaminewtimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
After Miami New Times contacted Florida authorities to inquire about U.S. citizens being arrested by immigration enforcement, the figures in this state dashboard showing those arrests were significantly altered 👇
Masked ICE agents asking U.S. citizens for their papers, threatening them with dogs. The stuff of authoritarian governments.
ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.
October 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Masked ICE agents asking U.S. citizens for their papers, threatening them with dogs. The stuff of authoritarian governments.
Reposted by Thomas Kennedy
Reposted by Thomas Kennedy
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
According to a Florida dashboard tracking state arrests of undocumented people, under 0.5% of those have a gang affiliation, demolishing claims of going after “criminals.” They have also detained a disturbingly high number of Guatemalans and Mexicans, signaling targeting of that community.
October 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
According to a Florida dashboard tracking state arrests of undocumented people, under 0.5% of those have a gang affiliation, demolishing claims of going after “criminals.” They have also detained a disturbingly high number of Guatemalans and Mexicans, signaling targeting of that community.
Reposted by Thomas Kennedy
For @praeyesright.bsky.social I wrote this about Florida, the Everglades gulag, and 287g
politicalresearch.org/2025/10/06/f...
politicalresearch.org/2025/10/06/f...
Florida Is the “Tip of the Spear”
The proliferation of 287(g) agreements under Trump has expanded the deportation machine exponentially, and there’s no better case study for what this future of anti-immigrant crusading looks like than...
politicalresearch.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
For @praeyesright.bsky.social I wrote this about Florida, the Everglades gulag, and 287g
politicalresearch.org/2025/10/06/f...
politicalresearch.org/2025/10/06/f...
Reposted by Thomas Kennedy
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Not even the prospect of a $20 billion bailout paid by U.S. taxpayers is stabilizing Argentina after Milei’s peso/dollar manipulation failed. His sister (and chief of staff) is caught in a bribery scandal, and his top candidate was caught taking $200k from a narco. It’s over.
Argentina’s wily currency traders drain Javier Milei’s dollars on.ft.com/4pUkn1R
Argentina’s wily currency traders drain Javier Milei’s dollars
Labyrinthine restrictions and chronic instability spawn strategies to profit from foreign exchange policies
on.ft.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Not even the prospect of a $20 billion bailout paid by U.S. taxpayers is stabilizing Argentina after Milei’s peso/dollar manipulation failed. His sister (and chief of staff) is caught in a bribery scandal, and his top candidate was caught taking $200k from a narco. It’s over.