Tinker Schmitt
@tinkthink.bsky.social
Haiti advocate and retired nurse. Focus on Immigration injustice. Blue dot in NC, Pro-Science, progressive Christian and church poly-musician, safe haven for LGBTQ-I. 🎶💙😷🌈☮️🇺🇦🎹🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌊🦋
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Tinker Schmitt
@tinkthink.bsky.social
· Aug 25
“Historically speaking, immigration control is one of the least constitutional and most racist realms of governance in U.S. law and life.”
Kelly Lytle Hernandez
#immigration
Kelly Lytle Hernandez
#immigration
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This is not just a current political issue. Charging & punishing these particular perpetrators is vital to keeping the fight against the ongoing abuse & killing of women & children by men in the spotlight. "Me Too" was only a start.
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This is not just a current political issue. Charging & punishing these particular perpetrators is vital to keeping the fight against the ongoing abuse & killing of women & children by men in the spotlight. "Me Too" was only a start.
At a Congressional Hearing, Residents Detail the Trauma of the L.A. Raids www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
At a Congressional Hearing, Residents Detail the Trauma of the L.A. Raids
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November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
At a Congressional Hearing, Residents Detail the Trauma of the L.A. Raids www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Dear ICE,
Thanks for exhausting my church’s pastoral team-forcing them to run to schools and ICE sightings all over town during the week.
We are already co-running a 7 day a week overnite shelter for the unhoused. It’s at capacity because it’s cold out.
Where is your compassion?
Thanks for exhausting my church’s pastoral team-forcing them to run to schools and ICE sightings all over town during the week.
We are already co-running a 7 day a week overnite shelter for the unhoused. It’s at capacity because it’s cold out.
Where is your compassion?
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Dear ICE,
Thanks for exhausting my church’s pastoral team-forcing them to run to schools and ICE sightings all over town during the week.
We are already co-running a 7 day a week overnite shelter for the unhoused. It’s at capacity because it’s cold out.
Where is your compassion?
Thanks for exhausting my church’s pastoral team-forcing them to run to schools and ICE sightings all over town during the week.
We are already co-running a 7 day a week overnite shelter for the unhoused. It’s at capacity because it’s cold out.
Where is your compassion?
This is the first time ICE has been sent to a state with a Trump backed Republican governor. Six percent of the population of New Orleans are immigrants.
New Orleans, LA had a lot more warning to prepare for ICE than Charlotte, NC & the Triangle.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...
New Orleans, LA had a lot more warning to prepare for ICE than Charlotte, NC & the Triangle.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...
In New Orleans, immigrants are staying home and hiding out as city braces for Border Patrol operation | CNN
In New Orleans, people are used to having their resilience tested.
www.cnn.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is the first time ICE has been sent to a state with a Trump backed Republican governor. Six percent of the population of New Orleans are immigrants.
New Orleans, LA had a lot more warning to prepare for ICE than Charlotte, NC & the Triangle.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...
New Orleans, LA had a lot more warning to prepare for ICE than Charlotte, NC & the Triangle.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...
This NC dragnet of ICE is a group of utter fools on a despot’s errand.
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indyweek.com/news/wake/th...
‘They Basically Just Kidnapped Me’: US Citizen Taken by Border Patrol in Cary
This article originally published online at NC Newsline. The first thing they asked Fernando Vazquez was “Where are you from?” When two unmarked SUVs full of Border Patrol agents arrived Tuesday at th...
indyweek.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This NC dragnet of ICE is a group of utter fools on a despot’s errand.
indyweek.com/news/wake/th...
indyweek.com/news/wake/th...
From the NYT—what our government is doing to psychologically break your peaceful neighbors.
The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | ‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
From the NYT—what our government is doing to psychologically break your peaceful neighbors.
The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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“We know that the people of Charlotte will be looking to folks like us to be helpful, and we stand ready to do that...”
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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As ICE operations move to North Carolina, coalition of Chicago minority groups vows to carry on the fight
Local organizations offer to assist resistance to federal immigration action in North Carolina and say they'll prepare for the spring return of ICE and Border Patrol agents to the Chicago area.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“We know that the people of Charlotte will be looking to folks like us to be helpful, and we stand ready to do that...”
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Please don’t make me buy an inflatable costume. I have better things to do with my precious retirement years. 🙄
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www.wral.com/news/ap/dc93...
NC immigration enforcement operation ‘not over’ despite earlier reports, DHS says
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said on Thursday the immigration enforcement operation in North Carolina is “not over and is not ending anytime soon.”
www.wral.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Please don’t make me buy an inflatable costume. I have better things to do with my precious retirement years. 🙄
www.wral.com/news/ap/dc93...
www.wral.com/news/ap/dc93...
Soon Estrogen is coming to TV ads and will be sold to you. Do you know the facts.
www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/menopa...
www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/menopa...
Here's What RFK Jr., FDA Got Wrong About Menopausal Hormone Therapy
Ob/gyns say we shouldn't return to the days of estrogen-for-all, before WHI results
www.medpagetoday.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Soon Estrogen is coming to TV ads and will be sold to you. Do you know the facts.
www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/menopa...
www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/menopa...
#Durham #Charlotte
The latest: Communities rally against immigration operations in Raleigh, Charlotte www.wral.com/news/local/f...
The latest: Communities rally against immigration operations in Raleigh, Charlotte www.wral.com/news/local/f...
The latest: 19,000 Wake County students absent Tuesday with federal immigration operations in NC
There were 19,471 Wake County students absent from class on Tuesday, according to data provided by the district.
www.wral.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#Durham #Charlotte
The latest: Communities rally against immigration operations in Raleigh, Charlotte www.wral.com/news/local/f...
The latest: Communities rally against immigration operations in Raleigh, Charlotte www.wral.com/news/local/f...
20,000 students didn’t get a fair chance at an education today, thanks to Trump and his antics.
www.wral.com/news/local/f...
www.wral.com/news/local/f...
The latest: 19,000 Wake County students absent Tuesday with federal immigration operations in NC
There were 19,471 Wake County students absent from class on Tuesday, according to data provided by the district.
www.wral.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
20,000 students didn’t get a fair chance at an education today, thanks to Trump and his antics.
www.wral.com/news/local/f...
www.wral.com/news/local/f...
New York state fought this and won. ICE grabbing low hanging fruit in court buildings is brutality.
Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap
apnews.com/article/immi...
Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap
apnews.com/article/immi...
Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap
The nation's immigration courts have undergone a fundamental change under the administration of President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
New York state fought this and won. ICE grabbing low hanging fruit in court buildings is brutality.
Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap
apnews.com/article/immi...
Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap
apnews.com/article/immi...
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Wow! Senators Kelly and Slotkin and Reps DeLuzio, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Crow encouraging members of the military to defy illegal orders!
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Wow! Senators Kelly and Slotkin and Reps DeLuzio, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Crow encouraging members of the military to defy illegal orders!
I live somewhere where ICE and CBP is roaming. My church is tiny and we are already engaged in cold weather sheltering for our community. It’s so awful my pastors have to go stand in a school pickup line to protect hispanic mothers or rush to a sighting.
Please pray for the #Triangle in NC.
Please pray for the #Triangle in NC.
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I live somewhere where ICE and CBP is roaming. My church is tiny and we are already engaged in cold weather sheltering for our community. It’s so awful my pastors have to go stand in a school pickup line to protect hispanic mothers or rush to a sighting.
Please pray for the #Triangle in NC.
Please pray for the #Triangle in NC.
Really wonderful news!
Good for Chicago!!! Thank you Joe Biden for selecting judges that still believe in the rule of law!
www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/u...
A judge ordered the release of hundreds arrested in Chicago’s immigration crackdown. What happens next? | CNN
In the latest judicial blow to President Donald Trump’s push to detain and deport undocumented immigrants en masse, a judge ruled Wednesday hundreds of people arrested in an Illinois immigration opera...
www.cnn.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Really wonderful news!
This is so very sad The dragnet is scooping up so many innocent people #Charlotte www.bbc.com/news/article...
Federal agents arrest 130 in Charlotte immigration crackdown
Charlotte is the latest city to face Trump's immigration crackdown, which has been focused on Chicago and Los Angeles.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This is so very sad The dragnet is scooping up so many innocent people #Charlotte www.bbc.com/news/article...
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ICE deports 'patriot' Purple Heart recipient to Mexico after two tours of duty
ICE deports 'patriot' Purple Heart recipient to Mexico after two tours of duty
Jose Barco-Chirino, who served two tours of duty, was deported to Mexico on Friday, according to ICE, after he allegedly misplaces citizenship paperwork
www.themirror.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
ICE deports 'patriot' Purple Heart recipient to Mexico after two tours of duty