An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports. tucson.com/news/local/b...

It's been three years since I came home from the hospital after an infection that started in my mouth spread to my brain and almost killed me. I was in ICU under heavy sedation and on a vent for 6 weeks. This poor man was forced to suffer. Infections of the mouth and teeth are serious.

“Damas' family members said another detainee reported hearing Florence staff "laughing and saying he was faking," as Damas cried for help…

Haitian asylum seeker Emmanuel Damas, 56, died at a Scottsdale, AZ hospital Monday, while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, after struggling to receive timely care for a worsening toothache: @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/b...

A 79-year-old woman with dementia detained by ICE has been released following an investigation by @emilybregel.bsky.social of the Arizona Daily Star. tucson.com/news/local/b...

Column: Still undecided on Propositions 418 and 419? So am I! Here are the factors I’m considering in deciding whether to vote yes or no on RTA Next, from the bird-in-hand to the too-long term of the plan. tucson.com/news/local/s...

After a "heartbreaking" visit with Julia Benitez, the 79-year-old asylum seeker known as "la abuela" among Eloy detainees, U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-AZ, said Wednesday she will advocate for Benitez's release from ICE detention on humanitarian grounds. tucson.com/news/local/b...

The cruelty is the point. The elderly, the sick and inform, the children, the marginalized people who pose no actual threats to society, the women.... They will always get the short, cruelest deal and then be proselytized to that they should do better.

So many ridiculous ironies in this story. A widow of a Cuban dissident, threatened with deportation at the precise time the U.S. is making life in Cuba intolerable with an eye to regime change. Not a flight risk. Textbook case for humanitarian release.

A 79-year-old Cuban asylum seeker with worsening dementia, who uses a wheelchair, has been detained in Eloy, AZ for nine months, despite her family's pleas to let them care for her. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/b...

The number of elderly detainees in immigration prisons is booming, colleagues @emilybregel.bsky.social and @emilyhamer.bsky.social reveal. Aw oman from Cuba, detained in Eloy, Arizona, is suffering increasingly severe dementia, and her daughter in Fla. could care for her. tucson.com/news/local/b...

“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..” @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."

Gregory Bovino, who was leading Border Patrol at the time, praised the agent who shot citizen and Chicago resident Marimar Martinez five times in an October email newly released by federal prosecutors. “In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much yet left to do!!” trib.al/znOXBBw

Rümeysa Öztürk’s case is "arguably the most blatant press freedom violation of this century, and maybe the last century as well," FPF's Seth Stern said. Read more from @brianstelter.bsky.social: view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/177...

Julia Benitez, a 79-year-old Cuban asylum seeker with dementia, has been held in ICE detention in Arizona for nine months. Advocates say ICE is detaining more elderly/disabled people, as it issues "blanket denials" for release on humanitarian parole. @tucson.com tinyurl.com/4tchby7j

Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.

ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account. n.pr/4bHoZDU

Goddam it

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

A judge has blocked the Trump admin’s attempts to block Members of Congress from making unannounced inspection visits to ICE detention facilities AGAIN. It is our duty to conduct oversight — and we will not let Trump and his lawless DHS stand in the way of that. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Immigration detention facilities in Florence, AZ are quietly managing a measles outbreak, with three cases identified there as of Friday, but information shared with the public has been limited and delayed, to the concern of volunteers who help recently released detainees. tucson.com/news/local/b...

DM me? We used to get hundreds of highly qualified applicants for a single job posting. Good prosecutors are increasingly hesitant to work for this DOJ.

Huge turnout for Tucson's anti-ICE protest Friday. An estimated 3,000 people came out as part of the national strike in protest of Trump's immigration policies. Charlie Borla (@charlieborla.bsky.social) reports for the AZ Daily Star: @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/a...

TUSD warns Friday classes could be canceled if protest-related staff absences leave schools short on supervision. The district says a final call is coming by noon

It's hard to recognize AI-generated content because it’s increasingly realistic "and because we’re all vulnerable to the influence of our own biases, which can cause us to under-scrutinize things we want to believe.” - NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social in this @startribune.com story ⤵️

UPDATE: A suspected human smuggler fired a gun at a federal helicopter and at a Border Patrol agent on the ground who returned fire, critically injuring him, in an incident Tuesday south of Tucson, investigators said. tucson.com/news/local/b...

One critically wounded in Border Patrol shooting south of Tucson; Pima County Sheriff's Deaprtment and FBI investigating. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/b...

My friend and former colleague @emilybregel.bsky.social is reporting on the border patrol shooting near Tucson. Folo for reliable information on this developing situation tucson.com/news/local/b...

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Chief Strategist for Rand Paul.

The ICE agent who shot Renee Good was a former Border Patrol agent. And today's murder was committed by a Border Patrol agent. This is violence and impunity that border communities have known all too well for years.

I’ve reached out to both Gov. Walz and Sen. Klobuchar following the latest shooting involving federal agents in Minnesota. Marylanders have witnessed this cruelty in our own communities – during a school drop-off in Salisbury and in Glen Burnie on Christmas Eve. These are not isolated incidents.

Walz: "I call on all Americans to see the decency this state is exhibiting, and the horrific cruelty, unprofessional, absolute abomination that is passing for what these f--- ICE agents are doing on our streets."

The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

Breaking NYT: The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

Board says only sheriffs or police can partner with immigration enforcement, not county attorney's office story via @glorihuh.bsky.social

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

On the anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration, hundreds of protesters marched through Tucson, protesting the administration's aggressive crackdown on immigrants, as well as Trump's unilateral strike in Venezuela and threats against other nations. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/g...

1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care 🧵

Tucson advocates say they're working to balance the need for an urgent response to good-faith reports of ICE activity, with making efforts to verify initial reports when possible. tucson.com/news/local/b...