The organizing is vital. But even with MN’s response, it’s impossible to keep up with how many people are brutalized & disappeared. The lawsuits are also vital. But SCOTUS has limited their use. People will endure a lot of harm before it’s over. Demanding more training misses the entire point.

This remains the company line even tho Judge Howell quoted Tricia in granting a PI. Can’t tell if it’s an effort to push the law that direction, appease the WH, or maximize immigration arrests in the years it’ll take SCOTUS to step in Regardless, CASA keeps lower courts from stopping it at scale

The administration is making sure everyone sees and feels the horror. Everyday people are outraged and fighting back while those with power are still focus grouping their incremental response. We need wholesale, enduring changes to the system. Accountability for violating the social contract.

The organizing is vital. But even with MN’s response, it’s impossible to keep up with how many people are brutalized & disappeared. The lawsuits are also vital. But SCOTUS has limited their use. People will endure a lot of harm before it’s over. Demanding more training misses the entire point.

The massive community response in MN is a huge reason there are more recorded abuses. The lying and lack of records from the gov has made it harder to sue to stop the widespread abuse. Catching them on camera is one of the best ways to fight back. Otherwise it’s like it never happened.

When we were investigating our case in Alabama, some workers told us that ICE agents were moving into the new developments they were raiding. And that one of the other new homeowners called ICE on the guys who just built his house as they worked on other houses down the block. Vile shit.

I’m one of the ProPublica reporters who has been documenting the aggressive tactics federal agents are using against immigrants & U.S. citizens All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October

Worth every second

ICE's training dating back to before this admin: -disguise their purpose for as long as possible -lie their way into people's houses -treat open garages as an invitation inside -treat REAL IDs as if they aren't real proof of legal status They're trained to bend the law, not respect rights.

Been thinking about how the focus on ICE is useful shorthand but underinclusive The face of these attacks have been people at DHS and CBP, not ICE And if we don't get rid of the DHS Secretary's power to deputize any federal employees as immigration officers, the agency they work for is irrelevant

This is exactly how we described DHS's policy in our Alabama case against the raids there. There's no attempt to ID people before they're snatched up. They just grab anyone who fits the profile and keep them in cuffs at least until they can prove their status, and often much longer.

ICE's training dating back to before this admin: -disguise their purpose for as long as possible -lie their way into people's houses -treat open garages as an invitation inside -treat REAL IDs as if they aren't real proof of legal status They're trained to bend the law, not respect rights.

Been thinking about how the focus on ICE is useful shorthand but underinclusive The face of these attacks have been people at DHS and CBP, not ICE And if we don't get rid of the DHS Secretary's power to deputize any federal employees as immigration officers, the agency they work for is irrelevant

just a little more training bro then ice will be okay, i swear just some more training bro i promise, we can reform this

This is exactly how we described DHS's policy in our Alabama case against the raids there. There's no attempt to ID people before they're snatched up. They just grab anyone who fits the profile and keep them in cuffs at least until they can prove their status, and often much longer.

Letting them lie on background is pretty rich considering how comfortable cabinet officials and their deputies are with just lying on the record.

If you don't think armed government agents should act with impunity, now's as good a time as any to support @ij.org's Project on Immunity & Accountability. The project exists solely to make sure there's a remedy when the government violates your rights. ij.org/issues/proje...

Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/vide...

This is why no chase policies are important and it is important to point out the police regulalry violate them. www.washingtoninformer.com/dc-photograp...

This amendment would be an easy fix that @ij.org has been pushing for years. But we also need Congress to eliminate the judge-made loopholes to 1983 like qualified immunity.

We’ve been in touch with a few victims in Minnesota & have a few attorneys heading out there. If you know anyone who’s been wrongfully detained or assaulted or their 1A amendment rights violated, we’d love to talk to them. All our services are free & any convos would be confidential.

This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.

TWICE in 3 Weeks: ICE Detained the Same U.S. Citizen Now, represented by IJ, Leo Garcia Venegas has filed a lawsuit against DHS in U.S. District Court. Learn more about Leo's case here: https://ij.org/case/alabama-construction-site-raids/

"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."

I sat down for a deep dive into @ij.org's cases against DHS and the ICE raids. Anyone who wants to learn a little more about what's happening on the ground, how we're fighting back, and the legal obstacles we face should check it out imho. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhFx...

I sat down for a deep dive into @ij.org's cases against DHS and the ICE raids. Anyone who wants to learn a little more about what's happening on the ground, how we're fighting back, and the legal obstacles we face should check it out imho. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhFx...

"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

After posting on the White House website just yesterday that Ashli Babbit was "murdered in cold blood," the administration states that the victim of the ICE shooting in Minnesota was justifiably killed as a "domestic terrorist."

5) The Martin family won their case at the Supreme Court, reviving their lawsuit against the FBI over a wrong-house raid. But whether they can get their case to a jury now hinges on an appeals court in Atlanta. Argument in early March. ij.org/case/martin-...

4) Flying domestically with any amount of cash is legal, but the TSA and DEA treat innocent Americans like criminals and take their money without cause. A major hearing on the class action against abusive airport forfeitures will be held in early February. ij.org/case/dea-tsa...

3) We’re asking the US Supreme Court to put weight behind the Constitution’s prohibition on excessive fines. Can the state take a whole plane over a six-park of beer? We’ll know in the next few weeks if they decide to hear the case. ij.org/case/alaska-...

2) Our case against Norfolk, VA’s mass surveillance. Many cities are purchasing automated license plate readers that monitor innocent drivers. Can cities see your driving history without a warrant? ij.org/case/norfolk...

Welcome to 2026, here’s 5 @ij.org cases to watch this year. First up, our case against 4th Amendment violating immigration enforcement in Alabama.

Thinking about 60 Minutes’ new standard to run a story: “We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera.”

Thinking about how Kagan looked at all of Vermeule’s scholarship about how he wants to use executive agencies and still described him in the US Reports as one of “the finest administrative law scholars” of our time.

“Despite being the highest-profile supposedly “worst of the worst” deportees during the Trump administration, none of the CECOT deportees appear in the DHS “worst” arrests database” www.cato.org/blog/dhs-doe...

This is infuriating. Thanks to Adam for a wonderfully comprehensive account of how the Roberts court is attacking the Civil War amendments to the constitution 1/

ICE argued in court that US citizens can be detained, handcuffed, and biometrically screened unless they can prove citizenship on the spot. A real ID isn't enough. Trump's "papers-please" America, where freedom is conditional and innocence comes last.

ICE is arguing that construction sites are like “open fields” that don’t require search warrants because they’re freely “accessible to the public and the police.” Here are two sites that they went into without a warrant. Do these homes look like open fields?

ICE is arguing that construction sites are like “open fields” that don’t require search warrants because they’re freely “accessible to the public and the police.” Here are two sites that they went into without a warrant. Do these homes look like open fields?

"They can just walk into anyone's house." @jaredmcclain.bsky.social on ICE agents reportedly entering construction sites without a warrant.

Federal agents breaking into worksites, chasing skilled laborers and bloodying them, trapping roofers outside in subzero temperatures—and yet the construction industry isn't making a peep. Our @crampell.bsky.social explains why: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-w...

Watch me talking ICE raids with @crampell.bsky.social at 11:40

NEW: Trump’s raids are wrecking construction crews, worsening labor shortages, and threatening homeowners’ rights. So why won’t the industry that’s getting crushed say anything? @crampell.bsky.social takes a look in the latest edition of Receipts.

We filed our reply and cited this paragraph from their dec at least a half dozen times. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I would simply die. www.centralmaine.com/2025/12/15/m...

You should read this story about deaths due to poor dialysis treatment at a federal women's medical prison. Medical neglect in prison is widespread and unimaginably barbaric. (I had to file a FOIA lawsuit for the mortality reports mentioned here too) www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/16/w...

I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

There’s also been dozens of construction raids in Alabama where there isn’t the community support to document them. But two ICE officials said they’re targeting construction sites there. And DOJ just said in our case that construction sites are “open fields” that don’t require warrants to enter.