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ICE secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost his Green Card
‘I can see all my family is in pain right now,’ Luis Leon granddaughter saidKelly Rissman (The Independent)
“Neither Trump nor DeSantis can create an entirely new system of #immigration judges outside of the one already established by Congress.”
Florida’s plan to use National Guard JAG officers as judges at Alligator Alcatraz raises serious constitutional red flags. theconversation.com/florida-pl… : #USPolitics #Trump
Florida plan to deputize National Guard officers as immigration judges at Alligator Alcatraz would likely violate constitutional rights
Neither President Donald Trump nor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can legally create a new system of immigration judges outside of the one established by Congress.The Conversation
Calling from a Texas detention center, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas told his wife to hit record:
“They detained me simply because of my tattoos. I am not a criminal.”
“Just in case something happens to me, so you can be aware.”
A month later, he was gone.
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#News #Immigration #Trump #Deportation #ICE #ElSalvador #Venezuela
Trump Deported Over 60 Venezuelans Seeking U.S. Asylum to El Salvador
Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.ProPublica
Remember when RFK Jr said he wanted to make lists of autistic people?
Disabled advocates warned that was just the beginning. That the violation of medical privacy would be used for nefarious purposes.
Today the regime announced it’s giving all personally identifiable information of Medicaid enrolees to ICE.
That’s right, ICE bullies will now have access to almost 80 million people’s personal info. This is an atrocious violation of privacy that will no doubt be used to target other groups as well.
It won’t stop with immigrants. It won’t stop with autistic people.
Fascists never stop and we must all fight back.
#Catholic priests discuss #immigration with their congregations more than leaders of most other faiths, according to new research.
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Catholic clergy are speaking out on immigration − more than any other political issue except abortion
New research from sociologists finds that local Catholic leaders are more likely than many other Christian clergy to speak about immigration with their congregations.The Conversation
Had you heard about sex workers getting caught up in ICE raids? I sure hadn’t.
Per Truthout:
In other labor sectors, worksite raids sparked massive outpourings of solidarity and creative resistance, including “Adopt a Day Laborer” campaigns and street vendor buyouts. But sex workers are left to fend for themselves.
“Our undocumented sex worker fam are terrorized and without resources,” wrote Cocoa Makati, coordinator of DecrimSexWorkCA. Sex work is migrant women’s day labor; massage parlors are their “Home Depot.”
truthout.org/articles/sex-work…
h/t @mu @sarahc @lisamelton
#immigration #ICE #SexWork #uspol
Sex Workers Are Being Abducted by ICE — and Abandoned by Respectability Politics
Sex workers targeted by ICE need the migrant justice movement’s full solidarity.Kate Zen (Truthout)
The #IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of #Taxpayers’ #Data With #ICE
ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the #Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to #DHS in order to speed up the agency’s #MassDeportation efforts.
#law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration
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The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Tax Records With ICE
ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.ProPublica
The #Trump admin sent 5 immigrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen & Cuba to #Eswatini, a small African nation, on Tuesday, resuming the practice of so-called third-country *#deportations* after #SCOTUS cleared the practice earlier this month, #DHS ofcls said.
The *deportations* were announced on social media by the agency on Tues evening.
#law #immigration #HumanRights
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A Cold War-era law gives the Trump administration broad powers to detain, track, and deport noncitizens, and it has used those powers against protestors and students.
Here’s what you need to know about the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952:
theconversation.com/a-law-from…
#USPolitics @histodons #Histodons #immigration
A law from the era of Red Scares is supercharging Trump administration’s power over immigrants and noncitizens
A 1952 law that President Harry S. Truman opposed, calling it a step backward, now underpins many actions by the Trump administration against noncitizens in the US.The Conversation
"Since June 6 — when the Department of Homeland Security began widespread raids throughout the Los Angeles region — the number of immigrant parents making emergency arrangements for their children’s care has skyrocketed. Parents have flooded legal rights organizations in person and on Zoom for help filling out the forms that will designate another adult to take over responsibility of their children, many of whom are citizens, if they are detained or deported."
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#California #LosAngeles #ICE #immigration #USpol
What happens to kids when parents are deported? These families are making plans
Undocumented parents are preparing for the worst in response to the L.A. immigration raids. Bracing for potential deportation, they’re making emergency care plans for their kids.Jenny Gold (Los Angeles Times)
The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE
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ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.
propublica.org/article/trump-i…
#News #Data #Privacy #ICE #Deportation #Immigration #IRS #Tax #Trump
#ICE declares millions of undocumented #immigrants ineligible for bond hearings
A memo from ICE’s acting director instructs officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.
#law #Constitution #DueProcess #immigration #Trump #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #autocracy
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California farm workers will strike for citizenship and basic human rights from Wednesday to Friday of this week.
Please spread the info, and if you can, please consider donating to the organizations that support the workers. I'll post those next.
Protesters tell VP: “You don’t get to hate us and enjoy us”
VP’s family trip to Disneyland draws protests as immigration raids continue and a judge blocks ICE tactics in LACK Smith (Salon.com)
#ICE memo outlines plan to #deport #immigrants to countries where they are not #citizens
The shift in policy could result in thousands of people being sent to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.
Federal #immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as 6 hours notice to countries not their own even if ofcls have not provided any assurances that the new arrivals will be safe from #persecution or #torture….
#Trump #law #rendition
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#ICE Set to Vastly Expand Its Reach With New Funds
After the passage of #Trump’s domestic policy #law, #DHS is poised to hire thousands of new #immigration agents & double detention space.
Thousands of new #deportation agents deployed into American #cities. A doubling of #detention space to hold tens of thousands of immigrants before they are expelled. Miles of new border wall, along with #surveillance towers equipped with #ArtificialIntelligence.
This is Tank Man on June 5, 1989, on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, China near Tiananmen Square
Oh, heh
Oops
Sorry it's present day California
(In China in 1989 people pulled Tank Man away, the tanks stayed stopped. Here the goons keep rolling)
#immigration #ICE #USA
A federal judge blocked the #Trump admin on Friday from making indiscriminate #immigration arrests in the #LosAngeles area & denying detainees the right to consult with a lawyer.…
The California judge granted 2 TROs in response to a lawsuit filed last week by immigrant advocacy groups. A fuller hearing is expected in the coming weeks, but the initial rulings represent a sharp rebuke of the tactics that federal agents have employed in & around #LA….
A #California #farmworker died on Friday from injuries sustained a day earlier when #US #immigration agents raided a cannabis operation & arrested hundreds of workers, according to a farmworker advocacy group.
Dozens of #ImmigrantRights activists faced off w/ #federal agents in rural Southern California on Thursday. It was the latest escalation of #Trump's campaign for #MassDeportations of immigrants in the US.
#law #HumanRights #ICE #Gestapo #PoliceBrutality
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"Several farmworkers were injured and one died on Friday from injuries sustained after a 30-foot fall from a building during the raid [said @ufwupdates ]. U.S. citizens were detained during the raid and some are still unaccounted for.. Some citizen workers who were detained reported only being released from custody after deleting photos and videos of the raid from their phones"
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WTF?
Burning of migrant boat #effigy in #NorthernIreland triggers police investigation
Authorities in Northern Ireland are investigating a bonfire that featured effigies of migrants in a boat & a banner reading “stop the boats” to determine whether it was a hate incident.
#law #HateCrime #immigration #UK #Ireland #Éire #TuaisceartÉireann
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“There’s so many videos now that are out there,” he said. “It’s getting harder...because the tactics are getting more violent.”
Also this week, #ICE officers exited an #immigration #courthouse in San Francisco & loaded a handcuffed man into a black SUV. Video captured protestors clinging to the hood of the vehicle as agents tried to drive away. The driver got away after speeding up, shedding the one remaining person hanging to the car.
He said he doubts it was a targeted operation as #ICE claims because agents also questioned 2 co-workers until learning they both had #legal status, one as a #US #citizen & the other as a permanent resident.
Hernandez called the clinic’s staffers brave for asking basic questions as these #detentions play out more frequently in public, even inside a private #medical office. It’s painful to watch the footage, he said.
#law #Trump #immigration #Gestapo #DueProcess
Javier Hernandez, executive director of the Inland Coalition for #Immigrant #Justice, said agents eventually arrested the Honduran man, & advocates do not know where he is. He was sending money to Honduras to help his mother with her dialysis treatments, Hernandez said.
#law #Trump #immigration #Gestapo #DueProcess
…[Outrageously,] #DHS said the surgery center staff “assaulted law enforcement” & attempted to obstruct the arrest. The private surgery center, which is about 35 miles east of #LosAngeles, did not respond to a voicemail seeking comment [likely under attorney advisement].
#law #Trump #immigration #Gestapo #DueProcess
#ICE has become much more public in detaining #immigrants, now going into #immigration #courts & #workplaces to cuff people & take them away. This week, the bishop of San Bernardino formally excused Catholic parishioners from their weekly obligation to attend Mass following immigration detentions on 2 parish properties in the diocese, which includes #Ontario.
#law #Trump #Gestapo #DueProcess
In a video clip of the Tues altercation that has spread on social media, Ontario Advanced Surgery Center staff in blue scrubs are heard telling an armed #ICE agent wearing a mask & bulletproof vest to let go of the man, who is crying & gasping for breath.
“Get your hands off of him. You don’t even have a warrant,” says one staff member, shielding the man from an immigration agent. “Let him go. You need to get out.”
#law #Trump #immigration #Gestapo #DueProcess
#California surgical center staff demand to see #warrant as #ICE agents detain landscaper
Federal #immigration agents seeking to detain a Honduran landscaper chased him into a SoCal surgical center & quickly found themselves in a tense standoff as clinic staff demanded to see identification & a warrant.
#law #Trump #immigration #Gestapo #DueProcess
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Disabled people warned you.
We begged you to fight the Medicaid cuts.
We said it was wrong to take healthcare funding & give it to ICE.
They’re planning to force “34 million able bodied people” to work in the fields instead of giving amnesty to farm workers.
#uspol #medicaid #immigration #ice #abolishice #fascism #disability #ableism #eugenics
Trump administration efforts to distance themselves from Alligator Alcatraz get pushback
As they urge a U.S. district judge to halt an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, environmental groups are…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #DonaldTrump #Immigration #rondesantis #SouthFlorida #theWhiteHouse #TrumpAdministration #U.S.ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement
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Trump administration efforts to distance themselves from Alligator Alcatraz get pushback - EUROPE SAYS
As they urge a U.S. district judge to halt an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, environmental groups are pushing back against Trump administrationEUROPE SAYS
"I want you to imagine a toddler appearing in court to face off against a government-trained attorney trying to deport them. Think of their terror as they take their seat in the courtroom, legs swinging because they’re not long enough to reach the floor."
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#ICE #politics #USpol #news #Trump #HumanRights #immigration #fascism
How Republicans Are Willfully Endangering Immigrant Kids
GOP lawmakers often claim they want to protect children, but their policy decisions tell a different story.Trudy Taylor Smith (The Texas Observer)
James Gunn Says 'Superman' Is About an 'Immigrant'
James Gunn says 'Superman' is the story of an 'immigrant that came from other places.'Jack Dunn (Variety)
Cynthia Olivera is a Canadian who’s been living in the US since she was 10 years old.
She’s now in ICE custody, after being grabbed at her green card interview.
The 45 year old wife and mother of 3 has been moved between detention facilities while her husband begs ICE to let her get on a plane to Canada.
They’re willing to pay. She’s willing to leave. But she can’t escape.
This is why we call them concentration camps.
There’s no due process. Some people go in and never come out.
Also worth noting her husband voted for Trump because he supported his mass deportation plans.
He didn’t think it would impact people “like them”. Only “others”.
This is why we fight for the rights of everyone.
We aren’t safe until everyone is safe.
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#uspol #fascism #ice #abolishice #immigration
‘I want my vote back’: Trump-voting family stunned after Canadian mother detained over immigration status
Family of Cynthia Olivera reconsiders support for president after Ice detained her at green card interviewRamon Antonio Vargas (The Guardian)
EDIT: Apparently it's just a posture and the Dutch police is no different when it comes to violence, harassment and racism.
The Dutch police officially declared their opposition to a new law that would make it a felony to help illegal immigrants or limit asylum rights.
The head of the police (a woman by the way) said that the police is meant to help people in need, not to hunt them.
Talk about cultural difference.
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#netherland #police #immigration #usa #acab
Niederländische Polizei wendet sich gegen schärferes Asylrecht
Die Polizei stehe für Rechtsstaatlichkeit, Sicherheit, Gleichheit und Menschenwürde, so die PolizeipräsidentinDER STANDARD
Rep #HakeemJeffries of NY, the #Democratic leader, just went past the 6-hour mark on his floor speech. He condemned #Republicans for an “all-out assault on law-abiding #immigrant #families,” including #AmericanCitizens, saying it was “unconscionable, unacceptable & it’s un-American.” The #OneBigBeautifulBill includes about $175 billion for the #Trump admin to boost #immigration *enforcement* & border security.
Rep #HakeemJeffries has highlighted the case of a 2-year-old #US #citizen known as “VML” who was detained with her mother & sister, who both lacked legal status to be in the United States, at a routine #immigration check-in in New Orleans & subsequently deported to Honduras with no meaningful #DueProcess.
As a #UScitizen “deported” to Honduras, #VML is now effectively stateless.
#House #Democrats #Trump #OneBigUglyBill #OneBigBeautifulBill #MagicMinute
VML’s story:
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-yea…
2-year-old U.S. citizen apparently removed from the country 'with no meaningful process,' judge says
A federal judge in Louisiana on Friday said that a 2-year-old U.S. citizen appears to have been taken with her mother to Honduras with no meaningful due process.Phil Helsel (NBC News)
…The new details of #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s incarceration in #ElSalvador were added to a lawsuit against the #Trump admin that Abrego Garcia’s wife filed in Maryland federal court after he was deported.
…On March 15, Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador & sent to the country’s mega-prison known as the Terrorism Confinement Center, or #CECOT.
#KilmarAbregoGarcia said he suffered severe #beatings, severe #SleepDeprivation & #psychological #torture in the notorious #ElSalvador prison #Trump deported him to in March, acc/to court docs filed Wed.
He said he was kicked & hit so often after arrival that by the following day, he had visible bruises & lumps all over his body. He said he & 20 others were forced to kneel all night long & guards hit anyone who fell.
#law #HumanRights #CrimesAgainstHumanity #immigration
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Here is a summary via Reuters of some elements of the #Republican tax & spending plan, with cost & savings estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (#CBO) or the Joint Committee on Taxation when available.
#House #USpol #Trump #MafiaState #OneBigUglyBill #OneBigBeautifulBill #BillionaireTaxCuts #CorporateTaxCuts #Medicaid #ACA #SNAP #CleanEnergy #Climate #ClimateSolutions #Immigration #BorderWall #ICE #Detention #MassDeportation
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New today: Despite warnings from advocates like me about the dire consequences, Congressional #Republicans have sought to dismantle core legal protections for detained immigrant #children fund strip searches of children as young as 12 years old by law enforcement officers, allow indefinite detention, and impose new barriers to children’s release. texasobserver.org/republicans-…
#immigration #politics #USpol #HumanRights #news #border #refugees
How Republicans Are Willfully Endangering Immigrant Kids
GOP lawmakers often claim they want to protect children, but their policy decisions tell a different story.Trudy Taylor Smith (The Texas Observer)
