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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 8d

SCOOP: CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott attended Hegseth's meeting with generals.

I reached out to the White House and CBP to ask why CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott was at Hegseth's lackluster pep rally today. The White House did not deny his presence but deferred to CBP for comment.

Why Was the CBP Commissioner at Hegseth’s Meeting of Generals?

Cohesion between federal agencies and the military to target migrants and other nonwhite groups makes this another alarming observation

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14d

ICE arrested this guy and denied him a bond hearing even though he:

- Has lived here for 32 years.
- Has no criminal record
- Is head of quality assurance and safety for a painting company
- Has six U.S. citizen relatives
- Suffered a stroke in 2022 and needs ongoing care.
- Wasn't even a target.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14d

One detainend man has lived in the US for 32 years with no criminal record. Judge Sherriff ordered his release yesterday: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 14d

"Among those arrested was David, a 31-year-old healthcare worker...David, who is gay, was wearing a rainbow Pride wristband as he says he was simply trying to pee when he was arrested."

Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 14d

A crackdown on gay cruising inside the Penn Station bathroom by the federal Amtrak Police has landed one person in ICE custody. Amtrak Police, unlike the NYPD, are not bound by local sanctuary protections. www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/24/a...

New Cruising Crackdown by Feds at Penn Station

Amtrak Police turned a person arrested inside a Penn Station bathroom directly over to ICE.

www.thecity.nyc

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Nadia Reiman @nadiareiman.bsky.social · 17d

Hi! We made a show for you about what’s been happening at immigration court:

www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...

The Hand That Rocks The Gavel - This American Life

A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside.

www.thisamericanlife.org

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 17d

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.

This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.

From me for @rollingstone.com:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.

www.rollingstone.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 19d

López Alvarado said that she tried to tell agents that her baby was due soon. “OK, your baby is going to be born here, but you're from Mexico, right?” they responded. "I was born here," López Alvarado later told Spanish-language media. "I was born in Los Angeles; I was born in Hollywood Hospital.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 19d

Brett Kavanaugh insisted that any targeting of US citizens by ICE would be nothing more than a mild inconvenience.

The US-born American who went into labor prematurely after being violently detained might disagree with that: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/i-was-born...

‘I Was Born In Hollywood Hospital’: U.S. Citizens File Legal Claims Against The Federal Government For Civil Rights Violations

Among Americans harassed by immigration agents include a woman who was days away from giving birth and a special needs teen who was held at gunpoint outside a school.

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 19d

On Thursday, House Democrats held a shadow hearing titled “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Assault Destroys U.S. Families and Communities" to discuss many issues surrounding the White House’s mass deportation policies.

A story you will only get here.

open.substack.com/pub/extremea...

VIDEOS: Shadow Hearing: ICE Kidnapping Civilians, Racially Profiling Latinos

A shadow hearing in the House covered many of the inconsistencies, lies, and propaganda used to target Latino and Black communities

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Ariana Figueroa @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social · 20d

‘Crumbled like a house of cards’: Judge slams DOJ claims about deporting migrant children www.newsfromthestates.com/article/crum...

‘Crumbled like a house of cards’: Judge slams DOJ claims about deporting migrant children

WASHINGTON — A federal judge Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting unaccompanied children to Guatemala, finding that the administration’s claim of reuniting the children with their p...

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KatherineHawkins @krhawkins.bsky.social · 20d

I can’t watch because I’m on a deadline but strongly recommend this thread bsky.app/profile/reic...

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20d

Starting at 8:30 EST, @immcouncil.org’s own @naynagupta.bsky.social will be testifying at a shadow hearing held by Congressional Democrats on the impact of Trump’s mass deportation policies. Check it out! www.youtube.com/live/m47GZMk...

Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Assault Destroys U.S. Families and Communities

YouTube video by Representative Pramila Jayapal

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Laura Barrón-López @lbarronlopez.bsky.social · Aug 29

NEWS: ICE's Chantilly office is a "black box" where conditions are increasingly dire, attorneys & a relative of person detained tell @msnbc.com
- 1 meal a day = a single burrito
- some 40-90 ppl crammed into room, sleeping on concrete
- Some held as long as 7 days
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/v...

Inside a Virginia ICE office: One meal a day, 40 people in a room and no bathing for days

"The situation is getting worse by the day," warns Amy Fischer, an organizer with Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid. "It is an office; it is not intended to detain people."

www.msnbc.com

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Monster C. Camacho 🧌💀🎃👻 @mc2x.bsky.social · Aug 30

Happy burning of Zozobra to those who celebrate! www.youtube.com/live/6NfsnBO...

LIVE COVERAGE: 101st Burning of Zozobra

YouTube video by KOAT

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · Aug 29

“For the third time in slightly more than a week, grand jurors in Washington have rejected efforts by federal prosecutors to obtain an indictment against a resident accused of a felony assault against a federal agent.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...

Grand Juries in D.C. Reject Prosecutors’ Efforts to Level Harsh Charges Against Residents

www.nytimes.com

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Project On Government Oversight @pogo.org · Aug 29

POGO's David Janovsky is in CNN warning that further domestic deployments to cities is "an inherently escalatory situation that puts … the folks who live in these cities and service members who are sent in in a dangerous and volatile situation.”

Following LA and DC, Trump wants to send the National Guard to other US cities. Here’s how he can do it | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump is hoping to replicate his law enforcement efforts in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, in cities across the country, with the administration making moves to once again use the US...

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Greenberg Visa Law @asgvisalaw.bsky.social · Aug 29

And how many are they holding at unauthorized facilities?!

Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · Aug 29

ICE just released updated detention statistics.

As of August 24, ICE is holding 61,226 people at authorized facilities around the United States and its Territories.

www.ice.gov/detain/deten...

Detention Management

An official website of the United States government

www.ice.gov

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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · Aug 29

Our profile of Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol chief leading the immigration crackdown in Los Angeles:

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...

The Border Patrol Chief Leading the California Immigration Crackdown

www.nytimes.com

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CBPWatch @cbpwatch.bsky.social · Aug 29

Border Patrol document--OPR preliminary summary of investigation (such as it was) of the death of Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez (RIP). www.cbp.gov/newsroom/nat.... No mention of OPR agents reviewing body camera footage. Did they not wear or not activate their cameras?

Summary of Incident: Fatality of an Unknown Pedestrian who was Struck by a Vehicle on I-210 in Monrovia, California

Securing America's Borders

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KatherineHawkins @krhawkins.bsky.social · Aug 29

The CBP officer who was hit with the sandwich heard round the world looks to be a Border Patrol agent who was serving in Yuma sector in 2022? www.army.mil/article/2535...

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Just Futures Law @justfutureslaw.bsky.social · Aug 28

DHS took DNA from immigrant children and stored it in a database.

"The agency’s aggressive DNA collection is but one node in a broader effort to redefine policing through vast use of biometric and behavioral data."

This is what massive genetic surveillance looks like.

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children

The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”

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CBPWatch @cbpwatch.bsky.social · Aug 28

Border patrol technically…

CBPWatch @cbpwatch.bsky.social · Aug 28

Account from local DC elected official of an aICE/CBP arrest in DC www.instagram.com/p/DN2Keab2Fg...

Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.

When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”

In images shared by firefighters from the scene, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle is parked nearby. Officers wearing
"Police" vests are seen arresting a firefighter, while another appears to be restrained.
According to one of the firefighters, they were denied the chance to say goodbye to the detained crew members.
"I asked them if his (family) can say goodbye to him because they're family, and they're just ripping them away," the firefighter told the Times. "And this is what he said: 'You need to get the (expletive) out of here. I'm gonna make you leave.'"

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · Aug 27

“Reports of mistreatment have been widespread and have included disturbing details of overcrowding, food shortages, lack of adequate medical care, and unsanitary conditions.”

Dems in Congress Are Being Denied Access to ICE Facilities. Now They’re Suing.

As immigration enforcement spending ramps up, oversight mechanisms have been stifled—including for members of Congress.

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · Aug 2

"Federal judge blocks Trump from swiftly deporting immigrants granted parole"

The decision could present a major hurdle for the Trump admin & bar federal immigration officers from summarily deporting hundreds of thousands

I talked to the @washingtonpost.com about yesterday's ruling

Federal judge blocks Trump from swiftly deporting immigrants granted parole

The decision could present a major hurdle for the Trump administration and bar federal immigration officers from summarily deporting hundreds of thousands of people.

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Mohammad Tajsar @mtajsar.bsky.social · Aug 2

"This decision is further confirmation that the administration's paramilitary invasion of Los Angeles violated the Constitution and caused irreparable injury across the region."

More on our win from this evening: www.aclusocal.org/en/press-rel...

Ninth Circuit Court Denies Stay in L.A. Raids Case

Decision leaves temporary order in place, barring DHS from unlawful stop practices

www.aclusocal.org

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · Jul 31

For @slate.com, I wrote about one dimension of the totalizing Trump/Miller immigration crackdown that's not getting enough notice, which is that they're moving to make indefinite detention — with no release dates and few options to get out — a norm

How Trump Made One of the Most Controversial Post-9/11 Policies the New Normal

Thousands of other people are going to get put into detention of indeterminate length with far less recourse, which could stretch years.

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