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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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Breaking: The Supreme Court announces that publication of Justice Alito’s dissent in the deportation case will be delayed as it is translated from its original German.
April 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Breaking: The Supreme Court announces that publication of Justice Alito’s dissent in the deportation case will be delayed as it is translated from its original German.
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the fundamental problem with these people (not jonathan) is that they don’t seem to believe in anything. if you’re willing to sacrifice one of the foundational rights of constitutional government on the altar of “buh this might not be popular” then what won’t you sacrifice?
If you think you can't make a political issue out of "people shouldn't be grabbed off the street and put in a foreign gulag forever," maybe consider getting out of politics/punditry. And these aren't technical slogans: they appear in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution (twice).
April 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
the fundamental problem with these people (not jonathan) is that they don’t seem to believe in anything. if you’re willing to sacrifice one of the foundational rights of constitutional government on the altar of “buh this might not be popular” then what won’t you sacrifice?
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Not the same indeed.
April 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Not the same indeed.
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We owe it to those already there to make this right. In whatever equitable way possible.
Re: U.S. CECOT detainees, the main q is NOT 'did they ever allegedly commit a crime?'
Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law?
Clearly no!
Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law?
Clearly no!
April 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We owe it to those already there to make this right. In whatever equitable way possible.
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Supreme Court, if you're listening . . .
SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: "Has the Trump administration made any efforts to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return to the United States?"
US EMBASSY IN EL SALVADOR: "No."
SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: "Has the Trump administration made any efforts to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return to the United States?"
US EMBASSY IN EL SALVADOR: "No."
April 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Supreme Court, if you're listening . . .
SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: "Has the Trump administration made any efforts to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return to the United States?"
US EMBASSY IN EL SALVADOR: "No."
SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: "Has the Trump administration made any efforts to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return to the United States?"
US EMBASSY IN EL SALVADOR: "No."
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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Least shocking story of the day.
April 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Least shocking story of the day.
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The way they are exploiting this woman’s suffering to try to justify sending a random guy to an El Salvadoran gulag is truly sick
April 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The way they are exploiting this woman’s suffering to try to justify sending a random guy to an El Salvadoran gulag is truly sick
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I look at this & wonder what he must have thought & felt in that moment as he prayed. Confusion, terror, panic? I think about his mom & the heartbreak she must feel. Our @ImmDef team is gutted, & we worry every moment that Andry will never get out of that hellhole. #FreeAndry
April 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I look at this & wonder what he must have thought & felt in that moment as he prayed. Confusion, terror, panic? I think about his mom & the heartbreak she must feel. Our @ImmDef team is gutted, & we worry every moment that Andry will never get out of that hellhole. #FreeAndry
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For those of you surprised that Donald Trump is OK with facilitating the inhumane mistreatment of prisoners in an El Salvador concentration camp, Donald Trump *rewarded* the government that assassinated Jamal Khashoggi with a bone-saw.
April 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
For those of you surprised that Donald Trump is OK with facilitating the inhumane mistreatment of prisoners in an El Salvador concentration camp, Donald Trump *rewarded* the government that assassinated Jamal Khashoggi with a bone-saw.
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“So many supermodels want to date me. You don’t know any of them because they live in Canada.”
April 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“So many supermodels want to date me. You don’t know any of them because they live in Canada.”
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Hey guys trust me on something. The people that are in the Trump admin, honest to god they are weak children still mentally stuffed in a locker in high school. Leave them there, don’t be afraid of these kids
April 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Hey guys trust me on something. The people that are in the Trump admin, honest to god they are weak children still mentally stuffed in a locker in high school. Leave them there, don’t be afraid of these kids
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“Are you worried?” That is always the first question.
“Of course I am worried,” I respond. “The president of the United States considers me an enemy and has promised retribution. I would be an idiot not to be worried. But I am not going to give in. I will continue to fight.”
“Of course I am worried,” I respond. “The president of the United States considers me an enemy and has promised retribution. I would be an idiot not to be worried. But I am not going to give in. I will continue to fight.”
I Worry, but I Fight
From Marc | Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.
www.democracydocket.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“Are you worried?” That is always the first question.
“Of course I am worried,” I respond. “The president of the United States considers me an enemy and has promised retribution. I would be an idiot not to be worried. But I am not going to give in. I will continue to fight.”
“Of course I am worried,” I respond. “The president of the United States considers me an enemy and has promised retribution. I would be an idiot not to be worried. But I am not going to give in. I will continue to fight.”
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
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Lawlessness is intentionally removing prisoners from the US courts' jurisdiction so you have no accountability when you deprive them of their rights and do other awful things to them.
The thing you monsters forgot: The courts still have jurisdiction over YOU for doing that.
The thing you monsters forgot: The courts still have jurisdiction over YOU for doing that.
April 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Lawlessness is intentionally removing prisoners from the US courts' jurisdiction so you have no accountability when you deprive them of their rights and do other awful things to them.
The thing you monsters forgot: The courts still have jurisdiction over YOU for doing that.
The thing you monsters forgot: The courts still have jurisdiction over YOU for doing that.
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“Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work”
April 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work”
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The idea that the federal government can go before a judge and say, “Yeah we arrested the wrong guy, but too bad, so sad” is not alarming nearly enough people yet.
April 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The idea that the federal government can go before a judge and say, “Yeah we arrested the wrong guy, but too bad, so sad” is not alarming nearly enough people yet.
Great turnout for Hands Off Protest in Issaquah, WA
April 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Great turnout for Hands Off Protest in Issaquah, WA
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Republicans in Florida underperformed by double digits. You are poison, you incompetent fool.
April 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Republicans in Florida underperformed by double digits. You are poison, you incompetent fool.
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“‘There’s almost no one I don’t want to deport, but unless they’ve committed a crime, isn’t this a violation of the First Amendment?’ [Ann] Coulter wrote on social media.”
Joe Rogan, Voices on the Right Raise Alarm Over Trump’s Immigration Moves
The cracks in support show how seriously some conservatives are taking the administration’s aggressive and at times slapdash tactics.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“‘There’s almost no one I don’t want to deport, but unless they’ve committed a crime, isn’t this a violation of the First Amendment?’ [Ann] Coulter wrote on social media.”
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Elon tried to bribe voters with $1 million checks and he STILL lost by a huge margin.
People utterly despise him.
People utterly despise him.
April 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Elon tried to bribe voters with $1 million checks and he STILL lost by a huge margin.
People utterly despise him.
People utterly despise him.
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@marcelias.bsky.social: "When you're retired and your grandchildren are looking at you, don't you think they will ask what you did? Are you going to tell them you caved to Trump when he was trying to destroy democracy? My message to CEOs, media leaders & law firms is simple: Have some self-respect."
March 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
@marcelias.bsky.social: "When you're retired and your grandchildren are looking at you, don't you think they will ask what you did? Are you going to tell them you caved to Trump when he was trying to destroy democracy? My message to CEOs, media leaders & law firms is simple: Have some self-respect."