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Reader. Runner. Advocate for immigrant rights. Border and PIC abolitionist. Currently reading: The Vegetarian by Han Kang

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starmanjr.bsky.social @starmanjr.bsky.social · Mar 21

Important things to consider for *any* non citizen now. I would also recommend using extra caution with domestic air travel and have a plan in place in case you are detained.

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Mar 19

My immigration firm sent a newsletter today in response to inquiries from clients over the last two months. They "strongly recommend against international travel", warned against even walking past political rallies, noted government reps may ask to see emails, texts + social media, and these points:

Make arrangements with friends and family to be in touch on a daily basis, so that if something happens, people on the outside can take actions to protect you. It is crucial someone knows where you are, and that action is taken if you are taken into custody.

Be careful about any acts which may be considered a crime. It’s a good idea to avoid activities like smoking a cigarette in the wrong place—the ramifications of these kinds of activities are now unpredictable. They may result in revocation of your visa. Actions which are criminal in nature, including acts of civil disobedience, will result in significant consequences.

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starmanjr.bsky.social @starmanjr.bsky.social · 3m

There is no singular immigration line. That isn’t a thing.

starmanjr.bsky.social @starmanjr.bsky.social · 6m

Did you not see the protests? How do you think DACA happened? Who do you think named him “deporter in chief”?

starmanjr.bsky.social @starmanjr.bsky.social · 16m

You would have said the same about fugitive slave laws.

starmanjr.bsky.social @starmanjr.bsky.social · 30m

They just left a building with several US citizens homeless.

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Dave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social · 1h

In college I worked summers at an amusement park in the Chicago suburbs, and the single most dangerous day of the year was the annual Chicago FOP picnic. The cops would get drunk and roam the park, in shorts and t-shirts, with their guns strapped to their waist. We didn't let girls work alone.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 1h

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...

National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

www.foxnews.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1h

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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starmanjr.bsky.social @starmanjr.bsky.social · 1h

Don’t understand or refuse to accept.

starmanjr.bsky.social @starmanjr.bsky.social · 1h

There are a lot of Klans today, unfortunately. ICE is just one of them.

LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 23h

Is ICE Today’s Klan?
hartmannreport.com/p/is-ice-tod...

Is ICE Today’s Klan?

From concealed identities to sanctioned violence, the echoes between ICE raids and Klan terror are too loud to ignore…

hartmannreport.com

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1h

the rule of law is a system meant to maintain white innocence

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2h

Chicago Ald. Gregory Mitchell oversees the 7th Ward, which is home to the South Shore apartment building at the center of last week’s ICE raid.

He didn’t sign the letter.

Mitchell has not yet publicly issued a statement on the raid.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/so-a...

So, about that letter of support for Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes: 13 alderpeople didn’t sign it • The TRiiBE

The letter describes what the agents did to Fuentes as an “abuse of power.” Mayor Brandon Johnson, City Clerk, Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin also signed it.

thetriibe.com

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starmanjr.bsky.social @starmanjr.bsky.social · 1h

Also this. Fucking yikes!! bsky.app/profile/thet...

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2h

So, about that letter of support for Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes: 13 alderpeople didn’t sign it • The TRiiBE

The letter describes what the agents did to Fuentes as an “abuse of power.” Mayor Brandon Johnson, City Clerk, Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin also signed it.

thetriibe.com

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starmanjr.bsky.social @starmanjr.bsky.social · 1h

There’s so much to unpack in this. I’m also struck by how unsubtly they were casing the building.

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starmanjr.bsky.social @starmanjr.bsky.social · 2h

A lot of people see opportunity in fascism.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2h

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...