I don't know what level of dystopia we've reached when we tout expanding immigration detention by tens of thousands as job opportunities for local communities.

I have an update on Juan Nicolás, the 2-month-old baby detained at Dilley, and his mother.

I'm not doing a lot of posting here, but I can tell you, Maine is absolutely under seige. When ICE comes in, they come bringing terror.

This is an important insight. Miller, Vance, and co see immigrants as the enemy, as the other. But they also see anyone siding with immigrants, citizen or not, as the enemy, too. And they want to make sure people see that aligning with immigrants makes you vulnerable to state violence.

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide. He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.

NEW: We @immcouncil.org just published a big new report on the growth of ICE detention in Trump's first year back in office. Not only do we track the rising scale of the detention infrastructure, we explain how changing enforcement tactics have shifted the profile of who is locked up by ICE.

“Union contracts are not subject to this unilateral federal wage cut, so the workers at Wafler farm will now make thousands of dollars more each year than they would have without a UFW contract.“ documentedny.com/2026/01/13/m...

my immediate thought is they are sending vance out to eat shit for the administration

"ICE has waged a recruitment drive drenched in war metaphors and martial imagery. The type of person sought...is someone with a fervor for guns and an eagerness to apply violence." Good work by @aselrod.bsky.social putting shooting in context of MAGA's violent ethos: www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...

One of the many tragic things about Renee Good’s murder is that it happened because this administration’s hatred of immigrants and its obsession to making these raids a show to make people afraid. Her death was entirely avoidable but this administration doesn’t seem to give a shit.

Since the U.S.’s extraction and arrest of Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, 2026, an ongoing debate has unfolded in English and Spanish in the spaces where there are few “editors,” no algorithmic feed, and no single narrative in control – on WhatsApp and Telegram public groups. ddia.org/en/tracking-...

Who could have predicted that sending heavily armed, poorly trained federal agents into American neighborhoods could have ended like this? It's shocking yes, but not surprising sadly. Sending strength to folks in Minneapolis today.

Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him. Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.

As you navigate today's news, remember that all of this is very, very fucking heavy. We're navigating uncharted territory in this country and it takes a fucking toll on us, y'all. Just important to take a breath and tread lightly.

Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."

DHS's first official statement is out, and they call the woman who was shot a domestic terrorist who they claim was trying to kill an ICE agent. As a reminder, Tricia McLaughlin's post-shooting statements have been proven to be false MULTIPLE times in the past. They are simply not trustworthy.

Today we launched Borderly, a passion project of mine and a 4-part podcast series that will focus on the border and stories from the El Paso/Juarez region. Was honored to have Dr. Yolanda Chavez Leyva, oral historian at UTEP be our first guest. Hope you can listen. open.spotify.com/episode/2WF5...

A Senate investigation documents “brazen lawlessness” by ICE and CBP, including rejecting proof of U.S. citizenship, using excessive force, and fabricating charges. As @tusk81.bsky.social writes, "This harassment campaign has been unsparing, even snatching up American children."

Total victory on this issue; members of Congress will again have the right to conduct surprise inspections of ICE detention centers.

Across Illinois, Massachusetts, and North Carolina, faith communities are refusing to stay silent. Churches are using their nativity scenes to call out the Trump administration’s cruel and chaotic anti-immigrant policies that are tearing families apart right now. ✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social

🚨 Earlier today, my office was notified by a local stakeholder about the death of a detainee at Camp East Montana. www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...

From Seattle to L.A., Chicago, and now Charlotte, communities are stepping up as Trump’s mass detention and deportation agenda grows more violent and indiscriminate. "The ways that community members are helping their immigrant neighbors truly are ingenious and varied." ✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social

"So law and order means something to [Latino voters], but not the way that it's being exercised right now.” @weareunidosus.bsky.social’s @cmartinezdc.bsky.social also explained that Latino voters feel Democrats aren’t showing progress while Republicans are offering only cruelty w/o accountability.

Immigrant entrepreneurs are powering local economies across the country. "In fact, the New American Economy’s 2019 study found that immigrant-led businesses 'employed almost 8 million American workers and generated $1.3 trillion in total sales'" ✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social

Don’t forget that Trump thinks his enforcement actions aren’t going far enough.

Looking at this a bit more closely, this guy won PRECISELY BECAUSE he raised the "salience" of immigration via attacking ICE raids, and this won by a sizable margin in one of the most important swing counties of all, Bucks County in Pennsylvania.

As @tusk81.bsky.social wrote, "During the past several weeks alone, we’ve seen mass deportation agents operate with an accelerated ruthlessness and impunity" And that was before ICE showed up at a daycare w/o a warrant. When Trump said they "haven’t gone far enough," this is exactly what he meant.

FACT SHEET: Trump’s mass deportation machine operates with haste, deception, and violence americasvoice.org/press_releas...

Don't forget that just this past week, Trump said these raids are not going far enough.

“Have some of these raids gone too far?” O’Donnell asked. “No, I think they haven’t gone far enough," Trump.

Never forget this quote from Trump just last week on CBS: “Have some of these raids gone too far?” O’Donnell asked. “No, I think they haven’t gone far enough," Trump said.

“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?” Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.

After months of Trump's cruel and chaotic Administration, the tide is turning. Voters realize his policies make us weaker, poorer, and less safe. One example tonight from a bellwether in VA:

Voters are wild y’all.

The GOP vile anti-trans campaign failed miserably. Earle-Sears made it her dominant issue - and lost hugely Should be duly noted by the punditry (but don't count on that)

This past weekend, communities gathered for Day of the Dead vigils to remember the growing number of immigrants who’ve lost their lives in federal custody. Families, clergy, and neighbors came together to say their names, light candles, and honor their memories. ✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social

Even Trump’s administration now concedes the truth: America’s farms run on immigrant labor. In an unusual federal filing, his DOL acknowledged that w/o undocumented workers, the U.S. faces a “current and imminent labor shortage” that risks food shortages and higher prices. ✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social

new from @tusk81.bsky.social Rev. David Black, a Presbyterian minister, raised his hands in peaceful prayer when agents on the roof fired pepper balls at him, striking him in the head. Rev. Black & other faith leaders have faced violence for nothing more than praying outside ICE detention centers.

A government of trolls, by trolls, and for trolls.

This is so so awful. He left four children (all Americans, not that it should matter) and a grieving wife (also an American, not that it should matter)

Barbara Gomes Marques is documentary filmmaker who risks imminent deportation to Brazil. Loud voices in the film community could be especially helpful right now.

Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district. The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps." www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

UPDATE: After weeks in ICE detention, #DACA recipient Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira has been released! “Paulo belongs with our family, not in a detention center.” - Alejandra, Paulo’s wife. via @elpasomatters.bsky.social

During Hispanic Heritage Month, many Latino families live in fear of ICE raids. Celebrations are canceled, concerts postponed, and everyday life — school, doctor's appointments, even going to the park—becomes a risk.

“HEPATITAS”

This also shows why it’s so important that this behavior is captured on video. Think about what might happen without cameras in their faces if they’re this brazen with cameras on them.

Bad Bunny’s world tour is skipping the U.S. – not out of hate, but out of fear that ICE could stalk his fans outside concerts. And he's not alone. As @tusk81.bsky.social highlights, more and more artists are canceling U.S. dates over Trump-era immigration chaos.

The governor of Utah prayed that the shooter may have been a foreigner. Why exactly? Well, I’m sure we all know. But to say this out loud? That’s heavy.

basically a generational cohort split here where certain younger people intuitively grasp the irony poisoned context, and if you aren't already up to speed, very hard to explain