I can confirm that Willian Giménez González, beloved day laborer leader and advocate for his fellow workers, has been freed from ICE detention and is back in Chicago! For those interested in supporting him and his family, here is a GoFundMe.

More than a dozen immigration judge were just fired. Such firings have been common on Friday evenings and often involve newer judges still on probation. But today's firings include a Sacramento IJ who's been on the bench close to 20 years. "The judge version of Jimmy Kimmel," one source told me.

“This is a story about who gets sacrificed along the way in that [AI] arms race.” Our ED, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social joins our new staff + @nodesertdatacenter.com member, Vivek Bharathan, in @techpolicypress.bsky.social's podcast on the real story behind #BigTech's data center expansion.

So excited to see a byline from @aurabogado.bsky.social. And wow what a story. A hotel turned ICE detention center. And unsurprisingly tech plays a role in the end. Great read please check it out!

The most overhyped tech? How should our government step in during this moment? @politico.com asked our ED, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social‬, 5 pressing questions about our current tech reality and what it will take to reclaim our tech future: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Aura is among the best investigative reporters so this news excites me. We desperately need to understand what is happening to immigrants, to better understand the political moment we all are in.

Today’s Sunday news shows featured a bunch of people talking about Salvadoreans. Yet, not one of them was Salvy. It’s not for a lack of experts, only a lack of trying. Here are a few names in case you were wondering.

Wait, I thought this was satire

And @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, Executive Director of @mediajustice.bsky.social, shared how the choices of the current presidential administration are wrecking protections around tech infrastructure: www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/14/1...

Van Hollen and Bukele couldn’t be more different, but both get to author the story they want to tell. Abrego, meanwhile, is seen but not heard. A visit is nice. Coming home is better.

Chele is a common nickname in El Salvador and one that has nothing to do with gang affiliation. Using that as evidence is like claiming every guy who goes by Tony is in the Mob.

The most enduring image of Salvadoreans is as prop for Kristi Noem propaganda. To be Salvadorean in the US means to be hypervisible yet voiceless. I created this starter pack as a way to remind everyone that we’re real people and that we exist. If you’re Salvadorean reach out so I can add you. 🇸🇻

New from me in @mittechreviewbr.bsky.social: DOGE’s “tech bro” approach to building tech for government isn’t just inefficient, it’s dangerous. www-technologyreview-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.tech...

In less than an hour we’ll be going live with the next webinar in our political education series, WTF: The Rise of the Tech Broligarchy. I’ll be hosting a conversation alongside some amazing groups talking about what we’re seeing at the intersection of tech and immigration.

Y'all, you are CRUSHING IT! HUGE energy today, and we're already 40% to our US goal for the March 29 #teslatakedown GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION! Reminder—you can use this map to see where there are locations that still need a host to step up! (This map updates 2x daily) www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...

Check out the latest episode of @citationspod.bsky.social. Who knew talking about tech dystopia could be so fun! In all seriousness, grateful to Citations Needed for helping us make sense of the current moment we're living in. We talk about the grift of AI and the real harms it enables.

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

Two commissioners from the Federal Trade Commission were fired by Trump today. Alvaro Bedoya ( @bedoyaftc.bsky.social) and Rebecca Slaughter have long been champions for everyday people. They also held corporate power accountable. Sharing Bedoya’s statement here:

Excited to share this news. For years I've watched Jacinta fight the use of tech by ICE at Mijente. Most recently worked on Take Back Tech together. Tech opposition is bigger, richer, and more destructive. With Jacinta on board we are better positioned to meet the challenges of this moment.

Let’s be honest, a little DEI could’ve helped here

Let's name what's happening: A tech oligarch is turning an opinion page into propaganda for billionaires. All while Elon Musk executes a soft coup of the federal government. The levees in our democracy won't hold against the flood of tech money.

Excited to join this conversation today and speak about @mediajustice.bsky.social work responding to over-policing and tech’s role within it.

Looking to make sense of all the chaos that Trump and his merry band of Tech Bros are causing? @mediajustice.bsky.social has got you. Register for this biweekly webinar series that kicks off on 2/19.

We need more of that Kendrick Lamar performing Not Like Us at halftime of the Super Bowl energy for the rest of 2025

HAPPENING TONIGHT: we’re excited to have our ED @stevenrenderos.bsky.social join @paoramos.bsky.social & Lorena Kourousias at NYU Wagner to discuss the evolving relationship between far-right ideologies and Latinx communities and the role of media and tech throughout ⬇️

Not a surprising move. His net worth fell several billions below the required threshold to serve in a leadership position for the Trump administration.

Pay attention. The consequence of allowing the billionaire class to own the platforms for speech. Eric Reinhart’s op-ed critiquing RFK was manipulated to make it seem otherwise. Shame on the LA Times.

Pretty sure I saw this in a movie once…

Zuck shamelessly bribes a grifter. What a slap in the face to people who worked hard to get Trump deplatformed. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

A critical read to understand recent news on AI. The TLDR, it’s not necessary to mortgage the future of the planet to accomplish the promise of AI.

History remembers those who stood firm, not those who cowered. The brave ones won't be the powerful or privileged, they'll be those who trust in people more than fear the consequences.

They're trying to put me out of business

*raises hand Because we've let the press consolidate in the hands of right wing billionaires with a vested interest in the hollowing out of informed consensus and real journalism, replaced by shallow ad-based controversy infotainment designed largely to disorient, distract, and coddle power?

New Trump-appointed FCC chair just reinstated complaints attacking TV networks for fact-checking Trump. They claim fact-checking = unfair coverage. This is bigger than TV licenses... www.reuters.com/business/med...

1/7 I lost my grandfather this weekend. He taught me about standing up to power, first as a farmer fighting oligarchs in El Salvador, then as a gunsmith fixing weapons during the Civil War. Today, as I watch tech oligarchs schmooze at Trump's inauguration, I'm reminded of his lessons.

I was unexpectedly laid off from @motherjones.com on Friday the 13th. I’ve been deprived of direct access to my Google Drive, which contains seven years worth of work. I am also ineligible for unemployment. This is a terrible Christmas for me and my family. If you have leads for work, pls lmk.