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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7h

Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

www.motherjones.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7h

Simply producing cinematic footage is not enough. DHS has also turned to MAGA’s strongest soldiers in the culture wars to help them spread it. And those right-wing influencers, in turn, have focused their efforts on one platform: Elon Musk’s X. www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-propag...

The ICE Propaganda Campaign Goes Into Overdrive

MAGA commentators are stepping up as soldiers in Trump’s culture war to provoke confrontations against “Antifa” with the backing of DHS.

www.thebulwark.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

As I told @josephcox.bsky.social for this piece, if DHS is concerned that the actions of their own officers might inflame public opinion against the agency, they should work to increase oversight and accountability at the agency — rather than seek to have the evidence banned.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 8h

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 7h

“Pope Leo XIV’s eyes grew misty Wednesday as an El Paso delegation led by Bishop Mark Seitz presented him letters and a video that captured the fears and anxieties of people facing mass deportation in the United States …”

The church “cannot be silent,” Pope Leo said.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 8h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 7h

10 states don't have any agencies with agreements!

Thank you to California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 8h

"Local officers—often with just weeks of ICE training—are suddenly enforcing complex immigration laws, raising serious concerns about their preparedness and the potential for violations of civil rights, which threaten public trust and community safety."

287(g) Agreements With ICE Threaten Welcoming Communities - American Immigration Council

As communities open their doors to immigrants, a federal enforcement program threatens to slam them shut: 287(g) agreements.

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 8h

More than 900 law enforcement agencies around the country now have formal partnerships to conduct immigration enforcement duties through ICE's 287(g) program.

Search here to see if your local agencies are among them.

287(g) Agreements | Created with Datawrapper

As of Oct. 8., 2025

www.datawrapper.de

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 11h

"The power of authoritarian regimes derives not from their actual military might but from the fear of their might."

Gene Sharp's From Dictatorship to Democracy is a must-read. Free PDF here: www.files.ethz.ch/isn/126900/8...

Excerpt from a review of Gene Sharp's From Dictatorship to Democracy:

"The key insight behind Sharp’s prescriptions is that power is not “monolithic.” It does not derive from any single source, or from those who are at any given time “in power.” The key tool of contemporary authoritarian regimes, Sharp implies, is the idea that power ought to be measured exclusively or primarily in terms of the capacity for violence. This idea leads to the popular belief that a regime’s power is irresistible because of its exclusive possession of military-industrial weaponry. In other words, the power of authoritarian regimes derives not from their actual military might but from the fear of their might and the popular belief that obedience is the only realistic option. Indeed, when rebel groups resort to violence they buy into this authoritarian propaganda (whether they ultimately win or lose) by agreeing to fight the regime on its own terms (which means they usually lose).

"Violent resistance, according to Sharp, not only perpetuates an idea that is at the heart of the regime’s power, it also targets the regime where it usually is strongest, rather than where it is weakest. The true centers of gravity lie elsewhere – i.e., in the popular legitimacy required by all regimes and the degree of cooperation and acquiescence they must elicit from the people. If a regime can be credibly denied this legitimacy (especially in the eyes of the police and army, for example), it will lose control of its means of repression and eventually crumble."

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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 11h

Indiscriminate ICE arrests have left Baltimore’s immigrant communities in a constant state of fear and anxiety

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Indiscriminate ICE arrests have left Baltimore’s immigrant communities in a constant state of fear and anxiety

Highlandtown sidewalks tell a much different story today than they did a year ago. Shops that once bustled with conversation sit emptier; families who once roamed the streets have now retreated. The d...

baltimorebeat.com

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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 1d

“My biggest fear is going to the hospital."

Pregnant immigrants are terrified ICE will show up outside the doctors' office or at the hospital. So they're skipping the care necessary to ensure a healthy birth.

Some experience dangerous complications as a result.

19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...

ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

19thnews.org

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 13h

“We call it the ‘Deport and Replace’ strategy, which is defined above all to make it easier for corporate agribusiness to exploit its workers, whether terrified undocumented residents or an unlimited pool of cheap foreign guest workers," said Antonio De Loera-Brust of the United Farm Workers.

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 14h

Keep dancing, Portland 🪩

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 16h

It's spreading from city to city -- L.A., D.C., now Chicago. Everyday Americans will NOT bend the knee to dictatorship

Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 1d

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 16h

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 1d

Here ya go

Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a breakdown of the combined $76.9M ICE & CBP spent on weapons & ammunition last month.

Spreadsheet showing ICE and CBP weapons purchases during the month of September 2025, ranging from $12,096,467 to $190k for "duty Glock pistols"

2nd page of spreadsheet, ranging from $189k for optic mounting plates for pistols to $16k for rifles and accessories needed for testing and evalutation. The total for all rows from both pages is $76,884,228.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

"They'll say we're disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war."
HOWARD ZINN

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 1d

"Mothers of inmates at South Central Correctional Facility describe prevalence of violence and understaffing reminiscent of CoreCivic’s Trousdale Turner, which is currently under a DOJ investigation."

Same story, different day. CoreCivic should not exist.

Another CoreCivic prison faces allegations of inmate abuse - Nashville Banner

South Central Correctional Facility, run by CoreCivic in Tennessee, faces allegations of violence, extortion. Families describe a troubled prison environment.

nashvillebanner.com

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a breakdown of the combined $76.9M ICE & CBP spent on weapons & ammunition last month.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 1d

What ICE and the National Guard don't realize is that tear gas is basically vaporized Malört. Won't work in Chicago. They love it

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 1d

And FWIW Citizens Bank, which of course has the naming rights to the Phillies ballpark, finances GEO Group & CoreCivic.

For those looking to divest, prisonfreefunds.org is really helpful.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! I'll keep sharing as long as the data stays publicly available.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 1d

Glad you asked! That's kinda my thing:

Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 5d

ICE couldn't terrorize our communities to this degree without the hundreds of companies that provide it with goods and services—many of which also have contracts with blue cities and states.

*View map from browser, not app. Key on bottom (mobile) or side (computer). Click on pins for more info.

Who's Profiting from ICE? - Google My Maps

ICE depends on a web of private companies, local law enforcement, and elected officials around the country to support its work. This map includes: • Organizations receiving funding from ICE from FY...

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 1d

And not only did they kill him, they also slandered his memory.

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