Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.

The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
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#News #Immigration #ICE #Law #USPolitics #Trump #Immigrants #Legal

Immigrants Who Say Their Detention Is Illegal Have Filed More Than 18,000 Cases. It’s a Historic High.

Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court. This total is more than were filed under the last three administrations combined — including Trump’s first term.

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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
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ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
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#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Trump #USPolitics #Law

The Children of Dilley

ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.

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“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
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ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
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“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility

Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight.

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Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩: "did anyone want to hear a #Sha…" - Mastodon

did anyone want to hear a #Shakespeare speech castigating nativist cruelty against #immigration?

of course such a speech exists: bigoted malice against #immigrants is not new. the wicked have long yoked the ignorant and indecent for power

it refers to a real event: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_May…

it is called "The Strangers' Case" speech

from the play "Sir Thomas More"

here delivered by #IanMcKellen from memory

(#Gandalf, #Magneto, etc)

on "The Late Show With #StephenColbert"

This is absolutely breathtaking!

mastodon.social/@benroyce/1160…

1517 riot by London apprentices hostile toward Flemish merchants in the city

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did anyone want to hear a #Shakespeare speech castigating nativist cruelty against #immigration?

of course such a speech exists: bigoted malice against #immigrants is not new. the wicked have long yoked the ignorant and indecent for power

it refers to a real event: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_May…

it is called "The Strangers' Case" speech

from the play "Sir Thomas More"

here delivered by #IanMcKellen from memory

(#Gandalf, #Magneto, etc)

on "The Late Show With #StephenColbert"

#FuckICE #ICEout

NOW PLAYING == Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: What the US owes its #immigrants

youtube.com/watch?v=8q8e8YvbrZ…

#news #culture #history #BlackMastodon #MLK #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackLivesMatter #radio #vsn #progressive #left #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

Judge blocks regime from beginning to kick 5,000 Ethiopian refugees out of the country next month
universalhub.com/2026/judge-mo…

#Boston #immigrants #lawsuits

‘This is sell America’:🚨US$, TSY prices tumble & gold spikes as globe flees #USAssets. Trump’s latest threats around #Greenland pushed global investors to shift exposure away from US-centric investments. The US$ index headed for its biggest decline since Apr. US bond prices tumbled, sending yields spiking.

The #TrumpRegime is an existential threat to #Americans, #immigrants, ppl: globally, #investors holding US$, bonds & stocks...
#Economy #NewWorldOrder #Protest #USPol
cnbc.com/2026/01/20/sell-ameri…

'This is sell America' — U.S. dollar, Treasury prices tumble and gold spikes as globe flees U.S. assets

The 'sell America' trade is in full swing Tuesday morning.

^{Alex Harring (CNBC)}