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ICYMI: there was a huge change issued in US immigration policy a couple days ago. It's stunningly wide-reaching, essentially gutting the green card process. Up til now, you could stay in the US while your green card was being processed. Now you will have to go to your home country to wait. This is devastating - first and foremost to the people and families involved, but also to the US economy in general.
@skinnylatte has a great thread going, which starts here (followers only):
hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/1166…
The Cato Institute (ewwww) has a good plain language explainer: cato.org/blog/dhs-quits-granti…
There's a Reddit post here with some real-world examples: reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/1t…
It is highly likely that you know people who this will effect. And even if you don't, it's still terrible and you should call your congresscritters to oppose it.
#Senate #Republicans, unhappy with #Trump $1.8B settlement #SlushFund, delay a vote on paying for #immigration enforcement
Senate Republicans appeared increasingly unlikely to meet their self-imposed deadline for passing a ~$70 billion immigration enforcement bill as disputes over “security” funding for the Trump #ballroom & the $1.8 billion #MAGASlushFund derailed progress.
#law #criminal #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6
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A new lawsuit alleges the Trump administration awarded the bulk of new Texas border wall contracts to two firms without “genuine competitive opportunities.”
One of the chosen firms has faced legal issues and claims of shoddy construction work.
propublica.org/article/trump-b…
#News #Texas #Border #Immigration #Trump #Construction #DHS #Business
The Trump Administration Is Facing Scrutiny for How It’s Handing Out Billion-Dollar Border Wall Contracts
A new lawsuit alleges the Trump administration awarded the bulk of new Texas border wall contracts to two firms without “genuine competitive opportunities.” One of the chosen firms has faced legal issues and claims of shoddy construction work.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
"There's a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it," writes Samantha Michaels for @motherjonesmag. Her story explains why, and what community members are doing about it.
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.Mother Jones
New from Jesús Jank Curbelo: Under #Trump, more than 50 American kids per day have an undocumented parent yanked into #ICE detention.
These children are citizens and the government has left them struggling to survive. Here are the stories of some from #Texas ... texasobserver.org/ruptured-fam…
#children #immigration #HumanRights #politics #USpol #fascism #news
Ruptured Families: The U.S. Citizen Children Left Behind by Deportations
More than 800,000 Texan kids with citizenship depend on an undocumented parent. Trump’s immigration crackdown is tearing their households apart.Jesús Jank Curbelo (The Texas Observer)
#Trump orders #banks to take a closer look at clients' #citizenship
Trump on Tuesday signed an #ExecutiveOrder that requires banks to take a closer look at the citizenship of their customers, a new measure in his admin’s push to clamp down on people living in the country illegally.
The order directs #bank regulators & government depts to look for signs that people without legal status are opening accounts or obtaining #loans or #CreditCards.
❝ … if ICE descends on the stadiums where the soccer matches are played, particularly in Los Angeles and D.C.—where the agents are still Trump’s occupying army—the federation’s unions may have to counter with job actions to protect its members, Shuler warns in a letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
peoplesworld.org/article/afl-c…
#LApol #labor #unions #FIFA2026 #BDSUSA #ICE #immigration
AFL-CIO demands soccer group ban ICE from World Cup host cities
WASHINGTON—With soccer’s World Cup tournament set to open in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada on June 11, the AFL-CIO is demanding the sport’s ruling federation pressure host cities to keep Donald Trump’s vicious and violent ICE agents out.People's World
The #Trump admin is proposing increasing the “#refugee” admissions ceiling for fiscal year 2026 to 17,500 but only for #White #SouthAfricans, according to an “emergency” determination sent to #Congress & obtained by CNN.
#law #immigration #WhiteSupremacy #racism #asylum #FactCheck #TrumpLies
cnn.com/2026/05/18/politics/tr…
Should have happened a year ago
Judge Bars #ICE From Making #Immigration Arrests at #Courts in #NewYork
The #Trump admin’s practice of detaining immigrants at federal #courthouses [#entrapment] has stirred outrage.
#law #SafeSpace #Constitution #CivilRights #DueProcess #UseOfForce #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
nytimes.com/2026/05/18/nyregio…
More Than 100,000 American Kids Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Sweeps, Report Estimates
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Far more American children have likely been separated from their parents during immigration sweeps than previously understood, according to a new Brookings report.
propublica.org/article/trump-i…
#News #Immigration #ICE #DHS #Children #Family #Data #Research
More Than 100,000 American Kids Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Sweeps, Report Estimates
Since the Trump administration doesn’t track how many children have been separated from their parents by immigration detention, a Brookings report tried to calculate it — and it cited ProPublica’s reporting.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
👏👏 #ICE Agent Charged in #Shooting of a #Venezuelan #Immigrant in #Minnesota
The agent is the second federal officer to face #felony charges in Minnesota stemming from Operation Metro Surge, the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown.
#law #UseOfForce #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/ice-…
The incredible Led by Donkeys….
#politics #toryscum #tories #conservatives #ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #Labour #keirstarmer #Starmer #labourparty #RejoinEU #ReformUK #farage #nigelfarage #immigration #farageisalyingsackshit #ReformAreUseless #farageisaracist #farageisatraitor #TaxTheRich #TommyRobinson #UniteTheKingdom
"The "Great British People" Facebook page, which purports to be from Yorkshire, has had 1.3 million views for its latest video of an elderly white British man crying about his pension. Other videos show reporters discussing "the overwhelming scale of mass #immigration" and asking viewers if they miss "the Britain we used to know". But it is not clear whether the creator knows the UK at all: the account is really run by someone based in Sri Lanka."
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpyn…
Anti-immigration AI videos traced to overseas fakers, BBC finds
"Patriotic" UK anti-immigration social media accounts have been traced to Sri Lanka and Vietnam.Marianna Spring (BBC News)
Our reporting found at least 79 children have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s deportation campaign.
To better understand the chemicals’ effects on children, we spoke with an activist tear-gassed as a teenager at Selma in 1965.
propublica.org/article/charles…
#News #CivilRights #History #BlackMastodon #Children #Immigration #ICE
At 17, He Was Tear-Gassed at Selma. At 78, He’s Watching Kids Tear-Gassed During Trump’s Deportation Campaign.
At least 79 children have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s deportation campaign. Charles Mauldin, a civil rights activist tear-gassed as a teenager at Selma, warns them to get mental health support.Peter.DiCampo@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Why Have Immigration Agents Detained This American Citizen Three Times?
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Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen whose prior detentions went viral and were detailed by ProPublica, was recently detained for a third time — and shackled. “I just want to live in peace,” he says.
propublica.org/article/immigra…
#News #Immigration #USPolitics #Immigrants #Trump #ICE #DHS
Judge Orders US to Return #Colombian Woman Deported to #Congo
The unusual ruling came after the judge found that the #Trump admin had most likely violated the #law by deporting the 55-year-old woman to the African country despite its refusal to take her.
The judge ordered the admin to return the woman, Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata to the #US, a rare instance of a judge doing so amid the admin’s #deportation campaign.
#immigration #judiciary #rendition #AbuseOfPower
nytimes.com/2026/05/13/world/a…
Immigrants Detained in Chicago Military-Style Raid Seek Millions in Damages
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New accounts from 17 men, women and children taken in a midnight raid paint a violent, terrifying portrait of the federal agents’ alleged actions. These descriptions form the basis of claims filed this week against DHS and other federal agencies.
propublica.org/article/chicago…
#News #Chicago #Immigration #ICE #DHS #Immigrants #Law #Legal #Lawsuit #Trump
I hope this is true
#StephenMiller in Retreat
The once-powerful aide’s influence has quietly diminished.
The WH deputy chief of staff & #DHS adviser designed Trump’s 2nd-term #immigration agenda. But weeks into the new year, #Trump dismantled the roving #CBP strike forces that Miller had encouraged; turned on Noem, who had carried out Miller’s aggressive instructions; & handed control of the #deportation program back to career law-enforcement ofcls.
Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens.
Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people.
propublica.org/article/mike-co…
#News #Georgia #Congress #Immigration #Trucks #Transportation #Driving
A U.S. Senate Candidate Says Foreign Truckers Are Making America’s Roads Unsafe. His Own Truckers Have Caused Harm.
Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens. Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people.shoshana.gordon@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Ahh we’ve come so far in 90 years…
#ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #Labour #keirstarmer #Starmer #labourparty #RejoinEU #ReformUK #farage #nigelfarage #immigration #farageisalyingsackshit #ReformAreUseless #farageisaracist #farageisatraitor #TaxTheRich #trump #DonaldTrump #MAGA #uspol #uspolitics #TrumpIsAPedo #epsteinfiles #epsteinfury #TaxTheRich
Some good news
Federal & State Officials Discuss Closing Florida’s ‘#AlligatorAlcatraz’
The #immigrant #detention center in the #Everglades, which Gov #RonDeSantis, a Republican, opened last July, may be too expensive to keep operating.
#immigration #law #HumanRights #ConcentrationCamps #Trump #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
nytimes.com/2026/05/07/us/flor…
ProPublica identified at least 79 children who’ve been left screaming, unable to breathe, or otherwise hurt by tear gas and pepper spray during Trump’s historic immigration crackdown.
propublica.org/article/kids-te…
#News #Immigration #ICE #DHS #Trump #Children #Health #Minneapolis #Portland
Trump’s Deportation Campaign Has Harmed Scores of Kids With Tear Gas, Pepper Spray
In several cities, judges have chastised federal officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”Anna.Donlan@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Internal #ICE records reveal the widespread #UseOfForce in “#detention” centers [#ConcentrationCamps].
Reports detail how guards have increasingly used chemical agents & physical tactics on detainees, including on people demanding adequate water, food & medical care.
#Trump #law #immigration #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #fascism #HumanitarianLaw #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #PoliceBrutality #ExcessiveForce #WhiteSupremacy
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US Supreme Court weighs ending Haitian migrants’ protected status - EUROPE SAYS
Buenos Aires, Argentina – The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments on Wednesday regarding the Trump administration’s attempts to end Haitians’EUROPE SAYS
Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Nicole Good.
Shot her three times and then called her a “f*cking b*tch”.
Her last words? “It’s ok dude I’m not mad”.
He got three days administrative leave before being transferred to another state.
No punishment. No accountability. No justice.
Abolish ICE.
thedailybeast.com/ice-agent-jo…
#ice #fascism #uspol
#immigration #abolishice
ICE Agent Who Shot Dead Unarmed Mom Quietly Reassigned as FBI Probe Stalls
DHS officials tell PunchUp the FBI needs to “s--t or get off the pot.”Tom Latchem (The Daily Beast)
Complaints of immigration scams have doubled in Trump's second term, and countless victims don't report that they've been conned.
Sophisticated predators now use AI and targeted ads to profit off of immigrants' anxieties about mass deportations.
propublica.org/article/trump-i…
#News #ICE #Immigration #Trump #Immigrant #Deportation #Scam #Law
Fear and Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged as Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders
Con artists posing as ICE agents and immigration officers are using WhatsApp and fake court hearings to bilk vulnerable people out of their savings with empty promises to fix immigration problems. As mass deportations continue, scam complaints soar.Alex.Bandoni@propublica.org (ProPublica)
"California is preparing to share with an outside organization detailed information about driver’s license holders, including immigrants who do not have legal authorization to live in the U.S."
calmatters.org/economy/technol…
#California #immigration #USpol
California DMV to share data on immigrant drivers in ‘betrayal’
California's DMV is sharing data about 1 million unauthorized immigrants so its driver licenses will still be accepted at airports.Wendy Fry (CalMatters)
#Federal law enforcement conducts series of #raids on #businesses in the #Minneapolis area under the pretense of an ongoing fraud investigation
#Minnesota #Trump #law #RevengePolitics #immigration #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
cnn.com/2026/04/28/us/minnesot…
" Indeed, I’m wondering how Keir Starmer, Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch or Nigel Farage would have greeted the prospect of a 10-hour flight in the immediate, closed vicinity of a security operation involving a desperate, volatile figure with guards who clearly couldn’t control him."
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#UKPol #UKPolitics #NigelFarage #Immigration #KemiBadenoch #ShabanaMahmood #KeirStarmer #IslandOfStrangers #FarRight #Whiteness
A brutal wrestle on a plane, passengers outraged, attendants helpless: I saw the UK’s deportation policy at work
On the runway at Gatwick, the visceral reality of forced removals was laid bare. If only more could see what is done in our name, says Hugh Muir, executive editor, OpinionHugh Muir (The Guardian)
#Trump officials hire ‘#deportation judges’ with less training, experience & hella-sketchy track records
Trump is remaking #courts to clear a backlog of #asylum cases. Hires include an attorney for #Jan6 rioters, a lawyer who championed #Minneapolis #ICE raids, a divorce lawyer who has vowed to “fight exclusively for the rights of men,” & a judge who denied a #gay Serbian man #humanitarian protection because he didn’t look “overtly gay.”
#law #immigration #DOJ #rigged
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#DOJ makes it easier to deport those with #DACA status
The #Trump admin is making it easier to deport immigrants protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.
A new precedent decision published Friday by the Board of Immigration Appeals (#BIA) says being a DACA recipient is not enough reason to provide relief from #deportation.
Appeals court affirms ruling that President Trump’s suspension of immigration asylum claims is unlawful. @abc reports:
#News #USA #USNews #Trump #Immigration
Appeals court says Trump's order suspending asylum claims at the border is unlawful
The court affirmed that migrants who cross the border can apply for asylum.Armando Garcia (ABC News)
