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ICE treats you like a “living ghost. They don’t care if you die.” Under Trump, several migrants have won their cases in court, but ICE is still detaining and trying to deport them.

A great example of why framing (and survey question wording) matters...

Universal childcare wouldn't just relieve working families of a massive cost burden. It improves the whole economy. "There are a lot of reasons building a child care system that works for everyone is important to our children, to parents, to employers and to economic growth."

EU Commission: Stop Funding Abuse in Libya — Joint Letter from 42 Humanitarian and Civil Society Groups www.refugeesinlibya.org/post/eu-comm...

The birthright citizenship clause was to address the citizenship of Black Americans. It left Native people out for a good reason. And it had implications for Chinese and Latinx immigrants. ICYMI here's the recording

My Presidential Campaign for 2028: “...enact Radical Left Policies that nobody voted for — High Taxes, Open Borders, No Consequences for Violent Criminals, Men in Women’s Sports, Taxpayer funded “TRANSGENDER” surgery, and much more!”

“And I don’t say that in a braggadocious way, but it’s true. I’ve been right about everything.”

Every time I talk with @mclem.org about the economics of immigration, I come away a whole lot smarter. You can enjoy the same experience: He's written a fantastic primer on what the data reveals about the effect of slashing H-1B visas. It's a banger. Read it. www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

If I remember correctly, before Charles Mills died, he was working on a book manuscript (I think I remember “White Leviathan” was the working title, but perhaps that changed). Anyone know what happened to it? Will it be published posthumously?

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

If I remember correctly, before Charles Mills died, he was working on a book manuscript (I think I remember “White Leviathan” was the working title, but perhaps that changed). Anyone know what happened to it? Will it be published posthumously?

Credible.

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

In April, authorities raided what they say was a Tren de Aragua gathering. Attendees say it was a birthday party. Among those detained included a homeless barber/DoorDash driver, and three people who fled Venezuela years ago *because of* that gang 🧵 www.texasobserver.org/officials-tr...

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

Must read: @us.theguardian.com om covers @justfutureslaw.bsky.social's expansive FOIA data on Palantir’s relationship with ICE. Crucial information as ICE massively expands raids across the country. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

All summer, I’ve been speaking to a Nigerian mom of two kids who won fear-based protection in an immigration court. Under a previous admin, she would have likely been released, but ICE refused to let her out and tried to deport her to Ghana -> @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

My latest on the need for a Dem immigration reset. open.substack.com/pub/arosaflo...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, with Justice Kavanaugh saying that the wrongful stops of citizens is “typically brief.” But try telling that to the U.S. citizens who have been violently detained: Cary López Alvarado, Andrea Velez, Javier Ramirez, and U.S. veteran George Retes.

More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters. At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Illegalization exhibit #475.

Good summary of the H-1B situation by @sampeak.bsky.social

NEW: In a break from decades of history, the Trump administration has started detaining virtually everyone facing deportation — even if they’ve lived in the U.S. for decades. Dozens of judges, with increasing alarm, have ruled the policy shift illegal. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Given that he will never get prosecuted under the current administration, Homan is just getting free advertising to do more corruption.

*Musters last bit of hope*: we are going to win.

Again Bouie from the top rope

Now that kids are back in school, mixed-status families have to prepare for the worst: what if ICE arrests dad or mom while the kids are at school? What happens if children arrive home and no one is there? Deportation affects all of us, not just immigrants. @npr.org www.npr.org/transcripts/...

Not signing this comes with no real costs. What is the point of access now? So Pete Hegseth can lie to you when you ask a question?

"Democracies risk falling into a doom loop, in which restrictions on immigration mean ever greater demands on the purse of the native-born population and ever worse services, which in turn deepens opposition towards immigration" @stephenkb.bsky.social calls for honesty. www.ft.com/content/43da...

The H-1B program has flaws, but effectively ending it would be worse. Many analysts instead suggest reforms like prioritizing higher wages. But what also matters is that Americans support H-1B visas, so the proposed changes run against public opinion. alexanderkustov.substack.com/p/why-skille...

A man caged by ICE was found dead in his cell inside a Long Island jail 18 hours after arriving there.

Almost certainly illegal and likely to be struck down in court. Congress has only authorized the government to set fees to recover the cost of adjudicating the application. There is no statutory authority to impose fees designed to limit the use of a visa.

Anybody have a PDF copy of Bernard Boxill's "Two Traditions in African American Political Philosophy" they'd be willing to share with me?

ICE assaulting a congressional candidate just like feds have assaulted other elected officials.

We are excited to announce the launch of The Channel Monitoring Project. A new initiative to change reality on the ground and at sea. For the #safety, #dignity and #humanrights of those crossing the border in #smallboats. Counter the toxicity to tell the real story.

📣 Important Launch Today 📣 A new organisation has officially launched to defend the rights of people crossing the Channel and to develop life-saving technology that keeps them safe. 🌊✨ 👉 Please support them by sharing this post and giving them a follow. Your voice helps amplify theirs.

BREAKING: Judge orders Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria, alleging he omitted information from his green card application.

“We’re gonna keep showing up till they stop abducting our neighbors” - @bradlander.bsky.social echoing his words @jfrejnyc.bsky.social gala once more after his arrest today. Great clip

Starting at 8:30 EST, @immcouncil.org’s own @naynagupta.bsky.social will be testifying at a shadow hearing held by Congressional Democrats on the impact of Trump’s mass deportation policies. Check it out! www.youtube.com/live/m47GZMk...

Good general rule of thumb for the current administration:

1/ This event seems timely. Ninety years after Black Reconstruction, I recall Lou Outlaw telling me not to look to Europe to explain U.S. developments but to America’s own past. That was new to me then – but not to the Black antifascist tradition he was evoking.

I make this argument in detail in the following paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Learn how ICE is getting data from our phones, license plates, even tax data, and why we have to work together to protect our communities, from @kqednews.kqed.org and EFF's @cooperq.com: www.kqed.org/news/120556...

Detainees at state-run facilities like "Deportation Depot" often do not appear in the federal ICE online locator system.