Adam Sawyer
@adamjst.bsky.social
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I work with data at Relevant Research. I post about migration and sports. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Americas, Earth Arsenal + Nuggets + Avs + Rockies + Summit I helped build DetentionReports.com https://adamjsawyer.com/about he/him
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adamjst.bsky.social
Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses over 175 facilities across the states and territories of the US to detain people who ICE believes are eligible for removal.

Starting today, I am going to start posting some summary information from DetentionReports.com for two facilities each day.
Interval ADP and Reported ADP for Stewart Detention Center
As of July 21, 2025, ICE reported an annualized average of 1,882 detainees at the facility. Using an internal average, the number detained on that date was likely closer to 2,114.
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diplomatofnight.com
Al-Mayadeen says that the deal is done and Hamas and other factions have agreed.
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
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jesswash.bsky.social
Looking to speak with families with young children in Chicago for a story on how the ICE raids are impacting them. Reach out to [email protected], if you're interested.
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tomscocca.bsky.social
It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all
tomscocca.bsky.social
One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy
www.nytimes.com
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nicolefoy.bsky.social
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.org
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...
projects.propublica.org
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adamserwer.bsky.social
There’s an essay to be written about how maga patriotism is just shitty fandom. Anyone who follows sports knows fans like this, it’s always the ref’s fault, the other team doesn’t exist, there’s some plot/player/coach holding the team back otherwise they’d always win easy bsky.app/profile/atru...
atrupar.com
Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."
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enfascination.com
Confusing criminals with combatants, and erasing the line between law enforcement and military action, is a defining quality of the police state.
rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
Stephen Miller has played a leading role in directing US strikes against suspected Venezuelan drug boats.

At times, his role has superseded that of Marco Rubio, the secretary of state and national security adviser.
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tomcartwright.bsky.social
✈️👀 ICE Air Deportation flight to Casablanca. A first.
iceflightmonitor.bsky.social
An ICE deportation flight (OAE3671) that departed Phoenix, AZ yesterday morning has just landed in Casablanca, Morocco after stops in Senegal (likely fuel) and Mauritania. This marks the 1st deportation to Morocco since at least 2020 when ICE flight tracking began.
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fishttp.website
all mammals share an instinct to destroy their ancient enemy, the loathsome gourd
oregonzoo.bsky.social
let the gourd times roll
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sharonk.bsky.social
you just need to take a look at DHS socials to prove this
convolutedname.bsky.social
People are all having their theories why this admin does and says certain things that on its face do make a lot of logical sense when the real answer is that they are in a hermetically sealed ideological bubble that from the outside reality is hard to pierce.
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leahlitman.bsky.social
Ah - the Kavanaugh stops continue.

(h/t @akalhan.bsky.social for the name!)
Kavanaugh concurrence
adamjst.bsky.social
Typically, I think of counties making these heinous agreements with ICE as a method of creating a revenue stream for their local sheriff's office. If some counties are actually taking a loss???
adamjst.bsky.social
Ok, so this is different than what I would typically expect.

Knox County Sheriff's Office lost money on a contract they had with ICE between January and May of this year. www.wate.com/news/knox-co...
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.
Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.

Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.

“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”
adamjst.bsky.social
Over the last two years, Knox County has appeared on nearly every ICE facility list.

As of Sept. 15, ICE reported an annualized average of 30 detainees at Knox County.

The number of people detained by ICE on that date was likely closer to 59.
A bar chart showing Interval ADP and Reported ADP for Knox County Detention Facility.

As of Sept. 15, ICE reported an annualized average of 30 detainees at Knox County.

The number of people detained by ICE on that date was likely closer to 59.
adamjst.bsky.social
Knox County Detention Facility is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 4 days.

detentionreports.com/facility/KNO...
Knox County Detention Facility is indicated by a blue marker and a label in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Map by OpenStreetMap, ODbL using Leaflet. A photo of the exterior of the Knox County Detention Facility. From the Knox County Sheriff's Office website.
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thefarce.org
"Stephen Miller confessed that when he uses such dehumanizing language he is, 'using this language to mark people. To put a target on them. … It is a message [he] is sending to all the crazies and lunatics out there' to go target the people he dehumanizes."
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asgvisalaw.bsky.social
When this is over, we need to make sure every future employer knows their previous job was putting unclothed children into a rented van.
anjalienjeti.bsky.social
My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com