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Valor Media Network @valormedianetwork.bsky.social · 6d

Tune in at 1pm ET for an important conversation with @austinkocher.com, veteran & immigration researcher, and @afuashley.bsky.social, Executive Director of American Families United, advocating for families impacted by current immigration policies.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Forgotten Family Separation Crisis: A Conversation about Mixed-Status Couples with Ashley DeAzevedo from American Families United and Anna Lekas Miller, author of Love Across Borders. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join me for an essential conversation about the realities facing mixed-status couples, families where one partner is a U.S. citizen and the other faces potential deportation. This discussion will dispel...

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Children Thrive Action Network @letkidsthrive.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you, Melanie Hicken at @cnn.com , for telling the stories of American kids impacted by immigration actions. The investigation found 100+ US citizen children were left without parents due to Trump’s deportation efforts.
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Hear from children left behind when their mother was deported

YouTube video by CNN

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Children Thrive Action Network @letkidsthrive.bsky.social · 8d

CTAN's own @wendydcervantes.bsky.social at @clasp.org writes in @washingtonpost.com : Immigration actions harm kids. DHS has a responsibility to preserve the rights of parents, no matter who is in the White House. #PostLetters

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Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law @chrclla.bsky.social · 7d

We need YOUR help! Take one minute to contact the DOJ leadership TODAY to demand that they restore survivor services and release the TVPA funds: www.freedomunited.org/advocate/rel...

#RestoretheServices #ReleasetheFunds

Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law @chrclla.bsky.social · 7d

On 9/30, over 100 victim services grants from the DOJ Office for Victims of Crime expired, and new funding opportunities have not been released. Without new funding to replace these grants, thousands of #humantrafficking survivors will lose access to lifesaving services.

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Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law @chrclla.bsky.social · 7d

Immigrant survivors of #humantrafficking face incredible barriers as they try to find safety. Legal service providers play a critical role in helping survivors navigate our complex legal system and access the documentation they need to begin establishing long-term stability.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 16d

Two named sites are operated by GEO Group, one of a number of private prisons set to reap massive profits under the admin’s anti-immigrant agenda.

And because Senator @ossoff.senate.gov ’s investigation of abuses in immigration detention is ongoing, further credible reports are likely to come.

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 16d

In one instance, a mother begged for medical help after her child, a US citizen, began to vomit blood while in CBP custody.

“Just give the girl a cracker,” a guard reportedly replied.

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Georgia Sen. Ossoff Investigates ICE: Probe Reveals Hundreds of Credible Reports Of Abuses In Immigration Detention

In one instance, a mother begged for medical help after her child, a U.S citizen, began to vomit blood while in CBP custody. “Just give the girl a cracker,” a guard replied.

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 16d

In the alleged scheme, Tom Homan promised immigration-related government contracts when he joined the Trump administration in exchange for the money.

Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say

In the alleged scheme, Tom Homan promised immigration-related government contracts when he joined the Trump administration in exchange for the money.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 16d

“Immigration activists say federal agents nationwide have detained up to 20 individuals with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protection in recent weeks and months.” www.borderreport.com/immigration/... #HomeIsHere

America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 16d

Paulo was dropping his kids off with his mom when multiple armed & masked agents violently abducted him in front of his mom & kids.

Despite having active DACA status & living in the U.S. since he was just a year old, Paulo was abducted by immigration agents & separated from his family for weeks.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 16d

Earlier this year, Rights & Wrongs told the story of how Roger, a Venezuelan citizen with no criminal record, ended up detained in El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.

Today, we're re-sharing his story with a stunning update.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16d

ICE treats you like a “living ghost,” one woman said from detention. “They don’t care if you die.”

Inside the “psychological torture” regime targeting migrants who can’t be sent home.

They’ve won in court, but ICE is still detaining and trying to deport them

Inside the “psychological torture” regime targeting migrants who can't be sent home.

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Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law @chrclla.bsky.social · 16d

No person – including children – should face deportation in court alone.

@AsmMiaBonta’s bill AB 1261 expands access to a lawyer for unaccompanied children to defend their rights in court.

@CAgovernor - Protect children from Trump's mass deportations and sign AB 1261 into law!

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Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law @chrclla.bsky.social · 20d

As immigrant children a& their families face ongoing threats, the Flores Settlement Agreement is more important now than ever before! Join us for a free webinar, Immigrant Children in Detention: Current Conditions & Legal Challenges under Flores.

Sept. 30, 12-1 PM pst
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Sept30

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Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law @chrclla.bsky.social · 20d

As immigrant children a& their families face ongoing threats, the Flores Settlement Agreement is more important now than ever before! Join us for a free webinar, Immigrant Children in Detention: Current Conditions & Legal Challenges under Flores.

Sept. 30, 12-1 PM pst
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Sept30

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Michael Linhorst @michaellinhorst.bsky.social · 20d

George Zoley, the eye-wateringly rich founder of America's biggest for-profit prison company, Geo Group, is an immigrant himself. So how has he become ICE's largest private jailer of other immigrants?

My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91396722/the...

The house that ICE built

Geo Group, America's largest for-profit jailer of immigrants, is preparing for a windfall under Trump. Its chairman is an immigrant himself.

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National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) @youthlaw.bsky.social · 20d

🚨 BREAKING: A district court has blocked the Trump admin from expelling Guatemalan children from the U.S. without due process. Every child deserves safety, dignity, and healing.

We are proud to represent these children with @nilc.org and @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social.

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 20d

BREAKING: In our case with the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and @youthlaw.bsky.social, a District Court blocked the Trump administration’s plans to expel hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the U.S. without due process.

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

WOW. Judge Kelly takes the Trump admin to task for their outrageous effort to deport children in the dead of the night. Not only does he say their justification "crumbled like a house of cards," he also says the admin was not engaging in "conduct ... that reflect[s] good faith."

Second, the record and Defendants’ conduct suggest that they are not applying their criteria accurately, consistently, or in ways that reflect good faith. Consider the criterion that excludes from eligibility any child whose “attorney of record” has “affirmatively protested the child’s reunification with their parent.” Salazar Decl. ¶ 10. How would any such attorney have had a reasonable opportunity to protest Defendants’ “reunification” plan when it was set in motion in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend? Of course, now that litigation has provided the objection opportunity that Defendants did not, many more attorneys have objected. Hearing Tr. at 26– 27. Still, questions remain. For example, Defendants asserted at the September 10 hearing for the first time that the named Plaintiffs were ineligible because their attorneys protested by filing this lawsuit. But if Defendants have always viewed filing a lawsuit as an attorney objection, why did they not bring this issue to the Court’s attention earlier—even as soon as the August 31 hearing? After all, Defendants need not have known the identities of the named Plaintiffs to have raised this point. True, maybe Defendants recently changed how they apply this criterion. But either way, its scope and application seem uncertain.

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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 21d

Narciso Barranco was the man I spoke to in the heinous Downtown LA basement where ICE continues to hold individuals in abusive conditions.

This powerful article describes his life in the U.S. - both before & after his abduction.

His story is both intensely personal & universal.

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National Immigrant Justice Center @immigrantjustice.bsky.social · 27d

📢 Action Alert: Congress is voting on H.R. 3486, a bill that could impose life sentences & other extreme punishments just for crossing the border. Tell your House Reps to VOTE NO.

Take action NOW via: immigrantsurvivors.org/take-action

Promotional image urging action against H.R. 3486, featuring a family of 4 embracing in the background. Text encourages people to visit the link hosted by the Alliance for Immigrant Survivors to help oppose mandatory minimums and prison sentences for people who enter the U.S. without authorization.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27d

We're close to reaching a chilling moment; the first time in history where the single largest group of people arrested by ICE in the interior and held in detention are people with no criminal record. The gap is now down to fewer than 300 people.

Chart showing Detention Population, Among Those Arrested by ICE in the Interior, by Criminal Record. The data goes back to 2019 and is divided into three groups of people who were arrested by ICE: Any prior conviction, pending charges, and no criminal record. The chart shows that until 2025, the single largest group was always people with prior criminal convictions. But starting in the Trump admin, the population of people arrested with no criminal record began skyrocketing. It surpassed people with pending criminal charges in June and is now extremely close to those with prior convictions.

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 26d

ICE has no place in our courtrooms, shelters, or hospitals.

fiercebymitu.com/news/ice-sur...

ICE Presence in Courts and Shelters Forces Survivors of Domestic Violence Into Silence

ICE presence in courts and shelters leaves immigrant survivors of domestic violence without safe options.

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 27d

ICE's 287(g) Enforcement Program Reaches 1,000 Active Agreements Across 40 States

New data reveals massive growth in the 287(g) program under the Trump administration, a 7.5x increase since January. Half are the most aggressive Task Force Model MOAs.

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ICE's 287(g) Enforcement Program Reaches 1,000 Active Agreements Across 40 States

New data reveals massive growth in the 287(g) program under the Trump administration, a 7.5x increase since January. Half are the most aggressive Task Force Model MOAs.

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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 28d

Each of the persons reflected on this chart of record high ICE imprisonment represents:

1. Disrupted lives;
2. Broken families;
3. A world of confusion, pain, & anxiety;
4. Human & monetary costs that we will be paying for across generations.

We need to keep pushing back against this.

Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 28d

ICE's Detained Population Now at Record 61,226 People

ICE's latest data show record detention numbers, growing GPS ankle monitor usage, and dip in arrests since June.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 28d

The number of partnerships between ICE and local police has exploded by more than 600% since the start of President Trump's second term.

Tell Congress to cut funding for the dangerous 287(g) program NOW.

Cut Funding to ICE's Dangerous 287(g) Program

ICE's 287(g) program turns local police into a weapon for ICE, meaning more racial profiling, more fear in our communities, and more people in immigrant detention. Tell Congress to cut funding to it n...

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