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Immigration, Migration & Human Rights
"No Human Being Is Illegal" - Elie Wiesel
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Immigrants, Know Your Rights!
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Immigrants, Know Your Rights!
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A dramatic, extremely worrying moment; over 61,000 people held in ICE detention. That is the highest number ever on record in United States history; roughly 6,000 higher than the previous record set under Trump six years ago, and over 21,000 higher than when Trump took office just seven months ago.
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...
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
August 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A dramatic, extremely worrying moment; over 61,000 people held in ICE detention. That is the highest number ever on record in United States history; roughly 6,000 higher than the previous record set under Trump six years ago, and over 21,000 higher than when Trump took office just seven months ago.
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The Trump regime continues to deny Texans our fundamental right to a fair day in court — with inexcusable errors and devastating consequences.
After being wrongfully deported, a South Texas man and his family navigate realities of shifting immigration policies
Jaime Galvan Sanchez has lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years. He was deported in less than 24 hours without due process and allowed to return. But his family is still suffering from the aftermath...
www.texastribune.org
August 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Trump regime continues to deny Texans our fundamental right to a fair day in court — with inexcusable errors and devastating consequences.
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new video shows the ICE agent who claimed he was randomly "assaulted" by this 4'11" US citizen on her way to work is shown literally picking her up and carrying her away.
August 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
new video shows the ICE agent who claimed he was randomly "assaulted" by this 4'11" US citizen on her way to work is shown literally picking her up and carrying her away.
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“I think that it’s pretty clear that half of a century of really established law is being upheld. It’s unfortunate that this is a cause for celebration. It’s not legal to snatch people off the street for looking like farm workers or day laborers,” said @ufw.bsky.social’s Elizabeth Strater👇🏽
“A federal court on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction forbidding the Border Patrol from conducting warrantless immigration stops throughout a wide swath of California.”
“You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say, ‘Give me your papers,’” the judge said:
“You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say, ‘Give me your papers,’” the judge said:
Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: 'You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin'
'You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers,' a judge said in ordering the Border Patrol to halt warrantless sweeps in California.
calmatters.org
April 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“I think that it’s pretty clear that half of a century of really established law is being upheld. It’s unfortunate that this is a cause for celebration. It’s not legal to snatch people off the street for looking like farm workers or day laborers,” said @ufw.bsky.social’s Elizabeth Strater👇🏽
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A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship. cnn.it/3GxlHWh
April 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship. cnn.it/3GxlHWh
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NEW: Columbia pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi walked out of court today after a judge ordered his immediate release from ICE detention. His words to Trump: "I am not afraid of you."
w/ Liz Crampton
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
w/ Liz Crampton
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
NEW: Columbia pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi walked out of court today after a judge ordered his immediate release from ICE detention. His words to Trump: "I am not afraid of you."
w/ Liz Crampton
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
w/ Liz Crampton
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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“You cannot stop people based on how they look,” said Elizabeth Strater, a national vice president of United Farm Workers, a labor union. “This ruling upholds the basic standards of law in the country.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Border Patrol’s Stop-and-Arrest Tactics in California (Gift Article)
Border Patrol agents carried out sweeps in California’s Central Valley. Lawyers argued that people were stopped and arrested based on their skin color.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“You cannot stop people based on how they look,” said Elizabeth Strater, a national vice president of United Farm Workers, a labor union. “This ruling upholds the basic standards of law in the country.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...
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Immigrants, Know Your Rights!
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Immigrants, Know Your Rights!
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January 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Hello World.
Immigrants, Know Your Rights!
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Immigrants, Know Your Rights!
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“Indeed, Patrick believed he was acting in the direction of the president at the time, seeing it as his duty to stop the invasion because that’s what he believed the president was telling him.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/04/21/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/04/21/t...
Prosecutor cites anti-immigrant rhetoric as El Paso shooter is sentenced to 23 life terms
”This community will always remember those whose lives you stole … Their light will never fade,” the judge told the shackled shooter. “While you, your name and your hate, will be forgotten.”
www.texastribune.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“Indeed, Patrick believed he was acting in the direction of the president at the time, seeing it as his duty to stop the invasion because that’s what he believed the president was telling him.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/04/21/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/04/21/t...
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Someone should ask Homan if it would be ok to send him to a gulag if a completely different white guy he has nothing to do with commits murder bsky.app/profile/atru...
Homan on Abrego Garcia: "He got more due process than Laken Riley got."
April 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Someone should ask Homan if it would be ok to send him to a gulag if a completely different white guy he has nothing to do with commits murder bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Thousands of people rallied at hundreds of events across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s handling of immigration, civil liberties, federal job cuts and other issues. nyti.ms/3EyqNkh
April 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Thousands of people rallied at hundreds of events across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s handling of immigration, civil liberties, federal job cuts and other issues. nyti.ms/3EyqNkh
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ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
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April 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
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Update the registry date www.npr.org/2025/04/19/g...
She grew up believing she was a U.S. citizen. Then she applied for a passport
Among those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not.
www.npr.org
April 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Update the registry date www.npr.org/2025/04/19/g...
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JUST IN: Trump administration asks #SCOTUS to lift its block on 2nd wave of Alien Enemies Act deportations. SG John Sauer opposes any class-wide relief & asks court to clarify that non-AEA deportations can proceed.
Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
24A1007 Response
www.documentcloud.org
April 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
JUST IN: Trump administration asks #SCOTUS to lift its block on 2nd wave of Alien Enemies Act deportations. SG John Sauer opposes any class-wide relief & asks court to clarify that non-AEA deportations can proceed.
Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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UPDATE: ICE has awarded a new contract worth up to $3.8 billion for the company to operate a migrant detention camp on Fort Bliss — its largest contract yet. It's the first time ICE is moving ahead with plans to detain thousands of people arrested on U.S. military bases in tents before deportation.
NEW: The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border.
Now it's cashing in again on Trump’s plan to hold immigrants before deportation.
Now it's cashing in again on Trump’s plan to hold immigrants before deportation.
From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans
The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it is cashing in again on Trump’s plan to…
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April 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
UPDATE: ICE has awarded a new contract worth up to $3.8 billion for the company to operate a migrant detention camp on Fort Bliss — its largest contract yet. It's the first time ICE is moving ahead with plans to detain thousands of people arrested on U.S. military bases in tents before deportation.
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One of the many ominous aspects of this filing is that DOJ says it wants time for full briefing on the meaning of “facilitate,” which seems to signal that the govt is still looking for any legal trick that will get it out of returning Abrego Garcia
April 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
One of the many ominous aspects of this filing is that DOJ says it wants time for full briefing on the meaning of “facilitate,” which seems to signal that the govt is still looking for any legal trick that will get it out of returning Abrego Garcia
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Time to start holding them in contempt
The Trump administration responds to Judge Xinis's order in Abrego Garcia case.
And the response is FUCK YOU.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
And the response is FUCK YOU.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Time to start holding them in contempt
This incredibly dehumanizing and cruel action seems like to cause havoc in ways the administration hasn't considered, nor likely cares about.
April 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This incredibly dehumanizing and cruel action seems like to cause havoc in ways the administration hasn't considered, nor likely cares about.
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After our story on Deployed Resources was finished -- in a major development -- ICE posted an up to $3.8 billion to the company to operate a migrant detention camp on Fort Bliss. The first move in plans to detain thousands of migrants on military bases www.propublica.org/article/trum...
From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans
The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it is cashing in again on Trump’s plan to hold...
www.propublica.org
April 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
After our story on Deployed Resources was finished -- in a major development -- ICE posted an up to $3.8 billion to the company to operate a migrant detention camp on Fort Bliss. The first move in plans to detain thousands of migrants on military bases www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Imagine the number of homeless people you could house comfortably with $3.4 billion.
this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Imagine the number of homeless people you could house comfortably with $3.4 billion.
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Over 650 known cases so far, and most have nothing to do with pro-Palestinian advocacy. The admin seems to be engaged in a breakneck effort to kick out every foreign student who has had even the most minor interaction with the police possible, including for TRAFFIC CITATIONS and JAYWALKING tickets.
The State Department didn’t reveal the rationale for having these visas rescinded.
(via @keranews.org)
(via @keranews.org)
Visas revoked for students, graduates at multiple Texas universities amid deportation efforts
Dozens of students and recent graduates in Texas have had their legal status changed by the U.S Department of State over the last few weeks.
www.keranews.org
April 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Over 650 known cases so far, and most have nothing to do with pro-Palestinian advocacy. The admin seems to be engaged in a breakneck effort to kick out every foreign student who has had even the most minor interaction with the police possible, including for TRAFFIC CITATIONS and JAYWALKING tickets.
Everything about this man's treatment is a stunning display of arrogance and cruelty.
Lawyers for a Maryland man who was unlawfully deported to a prison in El Salvador assailed the Trump administration on Friday for trying to delay its explanation for how it plans to bring him back, calling the move a “stunning display of arrogance and cruelty.”
U.S. Continues to ‘Delay’ and ‘Flout’ Courts in Return of Deported Man, Lawyers Say
The judge, clearly frustrated, reminded the Justice Department that the administration’s act of mistakenly sending a Maryland man to El Salvador “was wholly illegal from the moment it happened.”
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Everything about this man's treatment is a stunning display of arrogance and cruelty.
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🚨 The Trump admin is trying to deport *hundreds* of students by vaguely saying they show up in criminal records checks, but providing no further reason.
Some have traffic violations. Some didn't even commit a crime.
One only has a "criminal record" because they were a *domestic violence victim*
Some have traffic violations. Some didn't even commit a crime.
One only has a "criminal record" because they were a *domestic violence victim*
Trump Is Trying to Deport Students Who Show Up in a ‘Criminal Records Check.’ But Many Have Never Been Convicted
What began with Mahmoud Khalil has now expanded into widespread immigration status revocations with no explanation and little apparent recourse.
zeteo.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🚨 The Trump admin is trying to deport *hundreds* of students by vaguely saying they show up in criminal records checks, but providing no further reason.
Some have traffic violations. Some didn't even commit a crime.
One only has a "criminal record" because they were a *domestic violence victim*
Some have traffic violations. Some didn't even commit a crime.
One only has a "criminal record" because they were a *domestic violence victim*