No one needs an announcement from me but honestly am feeling pretty burnt out from what has seemed like an unrelenting stream of immigration & other news, in particular on social media. The lack of outside time bc it's been so cold hasn't helped either! So am going to hit pause here for a bit

NEW ‼️ Judge has ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Ramos 🙏🏼

This is a very extensive list of Trump trackers! Super helpful and covering many areas of government

I know how hard it is to keep up with all of the litigation challenging Trump's immigration policies so rather than post in frustration earlier, what I should have done was share out these amazing litigation tracking resources: litigationtracker.justiceactioncenter.org

Judge Menendez denies Minnesota plaintiffs’ request to end Operation Metro Surge because they don’t meet the high bar set by the 10th Amendment, but she also points to what she doesn’t decide, including the legality of what ICE is doing on the ground.

Really appreciate @haleaziz.bsky.social clarifying that they did not get the memo from the litigation x.com/Haleaziz/sta...

A news article on the new ICE memo authorizing warrantless arrests for some reason doesn't mention that the memo came to light through the litigation of these arrests in Minnesota Nor the fact that there are lawsuits across the country challenging these warrantless arrests

👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.

Comment la police de l'immigration américaine a intensifié sa traque des sans-papiers depuis le retour au pouvoir de Donald Trump I talked to @valpasquesoone.bsky.social @franceinfo.fr about Trump's ramp up of US immigration enforcement in the interior of the country

CNN Breaking news: "Another independent MN journalist, Georgia Fort, arrested. We have video of her inside her home saying that FBI agents outside her door demand she come out. So, now there are two journalist who have been arrested." She went with them after consulting with her attorney.

The massive government funding package just failed badly in the Senate, 45-55. Needed 60. Zero Democrats voted for it. SEVEN Republicans opposed it: Budd Johnson Lee Paul Moody Rick Scott Tuberville (John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)

I'm doing a Reddit AMA at 2pm ET today with a great crew--join us and ask what's on your mind! @kpbssandiego.bsky.social @tychehendricks.bsky.social @adamisacson.com @migrationpolicy.bsky.social @journogoose.bsky.social

This is great reporting by @kreighbaum.bsky.social, not only bc it includes critical info other outlets oftentimes leave out: --the case name --the date the order was issued --a link to the order itself --a link to the case docket --the names of the parties i.e. basic, pertinent info

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans and Haitians was unlawful, a Ninth Circuit panel found. It’s the first time an appellate court has ruled on the substance of Trump efforts to dismantle the TPS program.

JUST IN: Judge Schiltz cancels Friday’s contempt hearing but lights into ICE, saying the agency may have violated more court orders this month than many others have in their entire existence. “ICE is not a law unto itself.”

New: Just how furious are Americans about ICE? Sewing influencers, bourbon vloggers and the mod of r/catbongos are all taking a political stand. "I refuse to wake up in five or 10 years and look at myself in the mirror and say, ‘You had a platform and did nothing,'" a golf YouTuber told me

REAKING: A federal judge in Minnesota has barred the Trump administration from arresting / detaining the state's 5,600 refugees while they await lawful permanent resident status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A lot of people gathered tonight outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in D.C. for a vigil memorializing Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday called on the US to ensure that its migration policies and enforcement practices respect human dignity and due process rights, decrying the dehumanising portrayal and harmful treatment of migrants and refugees www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

ICE hasn't released updated immigration detention statistics since January 8. If ICE were following it's typical release schedule, the agency would have published the new statistics last Friday. It's now Tuesday evening, January 27. www.ice.gov/detain/deten...

Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"

Representative Lawler here is calling for undocumented immigrants to have a path to lawful status & for reform of the US legal immigration system I think people should have a path to full citizenship, but this call for solutions is exactly what is needed right now www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...

BREAKING: Now that TikTok is under US-based ownership, the social media app potentially collects more detailed information about its users, including precise location data. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers. More here: www.wired.com/story/palant...

Reupping this info packed story from @mariasacchetti.bsky.social about body cameras as some in Congress debate making them a requirement amid DHS budget negotiations

BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

I know there's a lot happening but think it's worth keeping in mind that under Trump, the US military's top priority is to "defend the homeland" That's defined as "secure our borders" & among other things, "repel forms of invasion, and deport illegal aliens" w/ DHS

Conservatives who once railed against federal agents now applaud them "In this moment, many conservative activists who long derided federal agents are embracing the armed crackdown." wapo.st/3LBlnst

BREAKING: D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton's campaign has filed a "termination" report with the FEC — an indication that she will not seek re-election & retire from Congress. Norton's campaign raised less than $8 in January. Via @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com: www.notus.org/2026-electio...

The officer who fatally shot a Minneapolis man during a protest is an 8-year Border Patrol veteran, federal officials say.

It sounds like it was Border Patrol, not ICE, that shot the man A reminder that BP has also made a hiring push recently & normally works at the border, not in urban environments like this

So sad there's been another shooting. On 1/10, the WSJ reported Renee Good's killing was "one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July" www.wsj.com/us-news/vide... Not sure how many total shootings there have been

SCOOP Trump administration confirms it opposed mandating body-worn cameras for ICE. The program was supposed to have been fully deployed by September. The FY budget proposal sought to gut the program. More in link:

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Unlike the SCOTUS opinion in Abel (1960), Lucas involved a home arrest. Importantly, though, Lucas was about an escaped prisoner. It was solely on the basis for the higher risk of his being an escapee that the majority concluded that an admin warrant was sufficient. 2/

Defenders of the ICE memo contending that administrative warrants are sufficient to authorize home arrests are citing an 8th Circuit en banc case in 2007, US v. Lucas. 1/ caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-8th...

With news of ICE's focus on Maine, recommending my colleagues @colleenputzelkav.bsky.social & Valerie Lacarte's profile of ME's small immigrant population. ME's immigrants are a mix of long-settled, well-integrated folks, and newcomers from diverse origins, bolstering the workforce of an aging state

Orange County businesses lost nearly $59 million in economic output over 8 weeks following intensified federal immigration enforcement, according to a UC Irvine working paper led by T. William Lester, associate professor of urban planning & public policy socialecology.uci.edu/news/oc-busi...

The Tennessee Dept. of Safety and Homeland Security is requiring about 8,800 of its 150,000 commercial driver's license holders to provide in-person citizenship proof by April 6 tennesseelookout.com/briefs/state...

A group of Iranian and Sudanese immigrants sued USCIS in Northern California District Court on Monday over processing pauses for immigrants from travel ban countries already in the US news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

A federal appeals court on Jan. 21 paused a lower court's order that had ordered federal immigration agents in Minnesota to stop using aggressive tactics such as tear gas and arrest against peaceful protesters. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

DHS increased the CBP Home self-deportation stipend to $2,600 www.newsmax.com/us/dhs-illeg...

I've been asked about @migrationpolicy.bsky.social's reform proposals for DHS so am sharing 2 in-depth reports that still have a lot applicable to today: (1) Toward a Better Immigration System: Fixing Immigration Governance at DHS www.migrationpolicy.org/research/fix...

In this piece, @mhackman.bsky.social reports "DHS and ICE officials didn’t publicize or broadly distribute the legal decision, predicting that it would invite legal scrutiny." Also, they did a pilot program in Minnesota last year, unrelated to the recent surge

Aaron brings up an important point here. If this is expanded to anyone ICE is monitoring, we're talking about millions of people. Wish we had more recent data, but as of FY 2024, ICE was monitoring almost 8 million people

Fourth Amendment scholar @orinkerr.bsky.social analyzes here DHS's new policy permitting entry of homes without a judicial warrant. Finds it "likely" unconstitutional. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...

"This is a direct and profound violation of the Fourth Amendment ... The thought that ICE wants to break down doors without a search warrant is profoundly un-American, and has been un-American since the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791." www.mediamatters.org/newsmax/news...

In our democracy, with vanishingly rare exceptions, the government is barred from breaking into your home without approval from a real judge. Government agents have no right to ransack your bedroom or terrorize your kids on a whim or personal desire. 3/

I’m demanding Sec. Noem provide an explanation for this abhorrent policy & that my Republican colleagues hold hearings & join me in demanding the Trump Admin answer for this lawlessness. 6