Though MS-13 took away her son, Rebekah Spicuglia believes that every person Trump deported to El Salvador should have their day in court.

Incredibly grateful that @rspicuglia.bsky.social trusted me with her story. She could have let this devastating loss calcify into something akin to hatred, and yet she's honored Oscar's memory by staying principled and compassionate. www.thecut.com/article/ms-1...

Yes, fight like hell for individuals like Kilmar Abrego Garcia. But by focusing on “extreme” cases that are such an obvious affront to “justice,” we are letting Trump win, that the horrors of sending HUNDREDS of people to a FOREIGN PRISON WITHOUT DUE PROCESS somehow seems a distant concern.

I see too many posts fixating on the release of one person without demanding a release of ALL those illegally, wrongfully “deported” to prison in El Salvador.

PLEASE demand release and due process for all political prisoners!

My friend's brave statement on the trend to increase "deportations" for our collective safety. "T**** uses stories like mine to justify deportations — but his actions serve a political agenda, not public safety. " #MOMSky www.readtangle.com/otherposts/i...

Bukele now using the “deported” prisoners as political pawns w Venezuela::: “President Nicolas Maduro has demanded El Salvador release hundreds of Venezuelans who were deported from the US, who he described as being “kidnapped,” after his Salvadoran counterpart earlier proposed a prisoner swap.”

I lost my son Oscar to MS-13, but I’m still against deporting people to prison in El Salvador without due process. Sharing what I learned in the MS-13 murder trial and calling for ALL those deported to ES prisons without due process to be released. 🙏 @tanglenews.bsky.social

It was clear as day what Elon was actually doing. You must now assume he controls every single piece of sensitive data the government has on you from tax records to health and student loan records. He has it all. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

Mother Who Lost Son to MS-13 Denounces Trump’s Immigration Policies — revisiting an interview I gave seven years ago!! All too relevant today. Thank you @sonalikolhatkar.bsky.social

2/Will the government return a Maryland man improperly deported to El Salvador? A federal judge gave them until Monday to do so. DOJ asked Judge Paula Xinis to pause her order, but she declined to do so. I review the facts of the case which are not as the Trump admin has publicly presented them.

1/ If you want to be on top on the deportation case issue that are going to be in play this week, sit down and work your way through this liece which is long but will give you the lay if the land & updates from iver the weekend joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

NEW decision today by federal court judge that there is NO EVIDENCE that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a gang member and that the U.S. govt has the ability to return him to the U.S. from El Salvador. ⬇️⬇️

The vast majority (75%) of Venezuelan men taken to CECOT had no criminal convictions in the United States or abroad according to @60minutes.bsky.social. Call your representatives to demand that they speak out to protect due process. #JusticeforAndry #FreeAndry www.cbsnews.com/news/what-re...

Photojournalist Philip Holsinger witnessed Venezuelan migrants' arrival in El Salvador.His pics confirm @immdef.bsky.social client Andry is the gay man who was slapped while crying by for his mom. @l-toczylowski.bsky.social describes the chilling way Andry disappeared to @60minutes.bsky.social. 1/3

A federal judge blocks the Trump administration from deporting migrants to countries with which they had no existing relationship without giving them a chance to raise claims that they would face persecution or torture if sent there.

The tattoo on Suárez’s neck is of a colibrí, a hummingbird. Other tattoos innocuous. Nevertheless, they may be why Suárez has been effectively disappeared by the US government into a Salvadoran mega-prison. @motherjones.com @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social @nlanard.bsky.social #familyseparation

“We don’t know where people are. The anguish that families have to feel every time someone is moved — the fact that they’re not able to take their belongings with them, and they know that the next facility is going to be worse than the first one — it is horrible, it is inhumane…” #familyseparation

Same can be said about private prisons for migrant children and families.

“Federal contracts must not be used to drive profits for corporations that continue to jeopardize our children’s safety and well-being.” -B “This bipartisan legislation would hold companies accountable for engaging in child labor exploitation and rightfully ensure offenders face consequences.” -H

“Nearly 42,000 detainees were housed in facilities with just 38,500 available beds.”

“The admin’s purported justification for seeking to deport children is ensuring they are not victims of human trafficking or other exploitation.” But if that were the case, the Trump admin would not be diverting DHS agents that have been combating human and drug trafficking. More ⬇️

No words.

“Whether it’s securing legal status, adjusting work permits or navigating family reunification processes… the bill ensures that employees can use the leave that they have already earned to attend critical immigration hearings.” WA House Dems passed ESHB 1875, despite unanimous Rep opposition.

Son of Jose Guadalupe Jaimes expresses his family’s struggle to cope with the #familyseparation, his mother, in particular: "She's scared to go outside in public. She's in fear. It's sad. It's just heartbreaking to see." @billalrahman.bsky.social

ICE arrested a 55yo father with *guns drawn* outside a middle school in Trenton MI calling him an “illegal alien.” Jose Guadalupe Jaimes has a valid work permit, been in the U.S. for 20yrs. He just dropped off his autistic 8th grade son at school. #familyseparation @freep.com @warikoo.bsky.social

Friday a federal judge denied Denver’s request to temporarily pause new policy allowing ICE in schools. “So far, there haven't been any raids at schools, but just the possibility has some parents keeping their children out of classes and some schools scrambling to be ready for them.” @pbsnews.org

Is your local private prison being reopened by ICE? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“No child seeking safety should be held behind bars, period… “Family detention is an inherently cruel practice that results in significant trauma while filling the coffers of corporations exploiting agony and anguish.” This entire statement by @amnesty.org 👏👏👏

In normal times, finding an official email address wouldn't be news, and I might guard that info for my own FOIAs. But here it is — Elon's DOGE account. theintercept.com/2025/03/06/e...

No law requires H.H.S. to publicly report the deaths of unaccompanied children‼️ C.B.P. & ICE are required to publicly report deaths… but “they have a generous loophole that they can exploit.⚠️ Both agencies have broad discretion to release people from their custody before their death❗️ @newyorker.com

UK research on unaccompanied kids: “due to a combination of exploitation, poor mental health, long delays in process that undermine trust, and poor understanding of the legal system, asylum-seekers often find themselves in a position of "almost total marginalisation from the decision-making process”

“After the families are arrested, agents will place them into detention before they are removed. A separate operation to find children who entered the U.S. unaccompanied and were released without court dates is also underway…” ICE is working to secure warrants to enter homes & conduct arrests.

“The US engaged in deportation as a policy and strategy beginning with the 1875 Page Act, followed by the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882….”

Housing stability directly impacts family reunification. #Familyseparation causes long-term harm, but HB 1177 provides an opportunity to keep families intact and prevent the lasting trauma of being torn apart. WA Rep Lillian Ortiz-Self

Are Dems supporting this as well? They should be. Republican Reps. Mike Lawler, Michael McCaul and Richard Hudson sent President Trump a letter explaining that the programs help Afghan allies who worked alongside U.S. military personnel during the war.

Beyond court, many of these children have questions about ICE raids in schools. Many have stopped going altogether. "10-year-olds or 15-year-olds calling me about, 'do I continue to go to school? What is going on? Am I even allowed to go outside?'" Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy WCNC

“Restarting family detention is a blow to advocates for immigrants who battled for years to end it, saying it was inhumane to detain children and teens against their will.” National Criminal Justice Association #familiesbelongtogether - but not like this

“Pausing or terminating the provision of legal services to unaccompanied children under this contract runs directly counter to the requirements of the TVPRA and places 26,000 unaccompanied children at increased risk of trafficking, exploitation, and other harm.”

In today’s news of *I can’t believe we need a bill for this* "No child should ever enter into school or their child care facility feeling afraid. No parent should have to wonder if bringing their child to child care means risking separation." AB49 regulates ICE entering schools AND day care

“La Migra was at Ross,” a student reported. “ICE deported two guys at my brother’s work,” another eighth-grader added. And it’s already hitting close to home. A former Milagro student’s father has been deported. Aviva Markowitz, Santa Fe Reporter #familyseparation

"Trump to revoke legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians as US steps up deportations" Every minute Trump gets worse. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Connecticut’s policy is to 'protect, honor and respect our immigrants' — CT Attorney General Tong, the child of immigrants and a U.S. citizen by birthright Norwich Bulletin

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Fuels Health Crisis: Detention, Depression, Deportation, and Disease - Overcrowded detention centers exacerbate mental health issue - Poor living conditions lead to physical health issues, including infectious disease outbreaks American Journal of Managed Care

“Holding immigrants in detention is by far the largest cost of the deportation process.” More on CoreCivic’s plans for holding 2,400 people…. There is a backlog of 3.7 million cases in immigration courts!! We need real immigration reform.

CoreCivic reopening detention facility “purpose-built” for “family population.” New contract runs through at least March 2030. Trump has conditioned us to believe mass incarceration of families is an improvement over #familyseparation — but this is not the answer. We need real immigration reform!

In Arlington VA, funds awarded to two nonprofits that provide immigration legal services: Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC) and Just Neighbors. While LAJC provides rapid response for residents in crisis, Just Neighbors works with residents seeking permanent legal status. @arlnow.bsky.social

Ugh - can we quit with the sexist “Barbie” shit and focus on the impacted families? So gross. @dailybeast.bsky.social