“This is a person who’s crying and screaming about their medical issues and needs, and it’s being overlooked.” Featured story, from @michellepitcher.bsky.social: Behind bars, the healthcare system becomes another form of punishment.

We are excited to invite you to this year's Luchando por Justicia recognition dinner, which will honor Champions of Justice Eric Cohen, Executive Director of @the-ilrc.bsky.social, & Angel Barajas, Yolo County Supervisor. Purchase tickets here: www.crlaf.org/luchando-por...

Intentional disruption in the immigration courtroom has been a weapon of the Trump admin resulting in shocked attorneys with cases suddenly lost in thin air. “Some court judges seem to be in collusion with immigration officials to make these arrests,” 🔗 www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Trump admin threatens lawsuits & funding cuts against sanctuary states 🚨 The Trump admin has escalated its clash w/ CA, NY & IL — demanding they comply w/ ICE detainers or face lawsuits & loss of federal funding 🧵 🔗 Read article here: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...

How are Mexico’s “Grito” celebrations impacted by wide scale ICE quota operations across the country? Radio Bilingüe sits down with immigration professionals and advocates to chat KYR and bail information. How are these raids impacting communities? 🔗 radiobilingue.org/en/news/mexi...

“The U.S. and Mexican governments keep going after cartel members instead of dismantling the full networks—the financial flows, arms trafficking, addiction, corruption.” Earlier: Criminal networks are adapting faster than government policy.

“Amid a sharp fall in illegal border crossings, DPS has moved some of its troopers and investigators onto “strike teams” that work with federal agencies across Texas — including in each of the largest metro areas…” The latest on OLS 2.0 🔗 www.texastribune.org/2025/09/12/t...

"The most powerful executives in America continue to kowtow to a president who is systematically dismantling the foundations of democracy; it may be time for another axiom: The only principle is power." www.wired.com/story/tech-c...

🚨The Supreme Court order allowing use of tactics accused of racial profiling sparked concerns nationwide🚨 “This ruling is a huge setback for all Americans” Our skin color, the language we speak, where we work and live — can be a basis for detention and questioning. www.kgns.tv/2025/09/09/s...

The Trump admin is suing migrants with removal orders and issuing fines up to $1.8 MILLION to pressure self-deportation. The admins quota and other pressures are reviving decades old laws, such as this rarely enforced ‘96 one weaponizing fines. CC: ABC News 🗞️ 🔗 abcnews.go.com/US/ice-fines...

"This ruling is a huge setback for all Americans. The Supreme Court's order means that ordinary aspects of our daily lives, where we work, the language we speak, or the communities we live in can be a basis for detention and questioning."

Want to find out how California community college students can obtain FREE immigration law services? Let’s talk about #FindYourAlly 👇🏽 Free, confidential, and trusted — @LATACO features us HERE 🔗 lataco.com/free-immigra...

🚨BREAKING 🚨 The Supreme Court on Monday overturned an order that had blocked ICE from committing egregious racial profiling, as they did in raids in Los Angeles earlier this year. 🧵

ICE is hitting Bay Area immigrants with crushing fines 🚨 The DOJ is suing two immigrants in SF & San Bruno to collect over $300K in penalties for not leaving after removal orders. The Trump admin is reviving a rarely used law to levy fines up to $998 a day for “failing to comply.” 🧵 (1/3)

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The newest, largest immigration detention facility is in California — and advocates are raising the alarms regarding the hazardous public health and safety crisis. “We urge the Planning Commission to hold CoreCivic accountable to local municipal code and state law.” 🔗 www.kqed.org/news/1205454...

🚨 Appeals court blocks Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act 🚨 A federal appeals court has ruled against Trump’s attempt to deport Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, finding there is “no invasion or predatory incursion.” 🧵 🔗 Read article here: www.cbsnews.com/news/appeals...

Concentration Camp Atterbury is set to open this month in the middle of Rep. Jefferson Shreve's district - Abuses are already happening & will only get worse! Come join us on Sunday @ 530pm to tell Rep. Shreve we need "Affordable Housing Not Concentration Camps!" www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

"They are trying to remake the federal workforce in ways that…they won't receive any resistance to what the White House wants to do” As DOJ moves to hire attorneys w/o immigration law experience, advocates raise alarms over inexperience and risks of “political bias” www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

Trump era bond rules are leaving community members stuck in detention for indefinite periods of time. As cruelty ramps up, the methods for pressuring people into leaving the U.S. is also increasing, leaving many with an uncertain future. 🔗 capitalandmain.com/trump-bond-r...

ICE agents are showing up to CA med facilities, including barging into emergency rooms, chasing people inside facilities, or spending weeks in lobbies to hunt community members down. Advocates warn about privacy and legal rights, as well as safety of employees. 🔗 calmatters.org/health/2025/...

Reminder that this was already deemed unconstitutional IN DC in 2009

A long-dormant practice of vetting people applying for U.S. citizenship by on-the-ground footwork locating their neighbors and coworkers is about to resume. These “neighborhood checks” cannot account for the possibility of racial, social, or personal bias. 🔗 @cbsnews.com

🚨Trump doubles down on punishing Black & Brown communities🚨 Today, Trump signed 2 executive orders requiring cash bail in DC & nationwide. These orders threaten to strip federal funding from jurisdictions that adopted bail reform—policies designed to fight systemic inequities 🧵

Trump’s federal takeover shakes D.C. communities – Fed agents + National Guard troops have flooded D.C. under Trump’s false “crime crackdown”—setting up checkpoints across the city. 🔗 Read more here: apnews.com/article/dona...

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Don't let the heat turn deadly for farm workers. Donations will help us keep doing everything we can to save lives. act.seiu.org/a/heat_2025?... #WeFeedYou #CALOR

Trump admin increasing immigration prosecutions. New legislation could add lifetime sentences using same laws behind family separation. New brief w @nipnlg.bsky.social @immdefenseproject.bsky.social @the-ilrc.bsky.social @immjustice.bsky.social @auwcl.bsky.social immigrantjustice.org/blog/new-exp...

Despite consistently declining violent crime in the city, the Trump admin is utilizing political theatrics to brutalize and harass D.C.’s most vulnerable residents under the false pretense of “safety” Moped drivers are increasingly at risk to be targeted 👇🏽 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Addressing the root causes of crime promotes accountability while ending cycles of incarceration. It means investing in #JusticeThatWorks—solutions that build lasting safety through hope. That’s why we are calling on the California legislature to pass #AB1231, the #SaferCommunitiesAct.

Are you concerned about denaturalization? Here’s what to know: ✅Denaturalization is rare ✅The law & eligibility to naturalize have NOT changed ✅You can still apply for citizenship if you’re eligible Learn more with this @the-ilrc.bsky.social explainer: www.ilrc.org/community-re...

Besides lobbying to expand detention, GEO & CoreCivic have also been lobbying on the Fair Access to Banking Act. The legislation aims to stop banks from denying services based on industry or reputational risk. Others pushing for "fair banking": the crypto industry, pawnbrokers, and the NRA.

"287g agreements violate civil and constitutional rights...Sheriffs have been the main culprit" — Jennefer Canales-Pelaez with @the-ilrc.bsky.social on Demand #3. www.safetybound.org/towards-immi...

“If Bondi’s directive stands, she added, “there is no more sanctuary policy in D.C.” The ILRC and others weigh in for @washingtonpost.com on Bondi’s edict to end D.C. sanctuary policies discussing the harm enacted on D.C. residents. 🔗 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

🚨DC’s Sanctuary Values Under Attack 🚨 DC Police Chief Pamela Smith’s executive order allowing MPD to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement violates the Sanctuary Values Amendment Act of 2020 — a law that bars local participation in ICE operations w/out a judicial warrant 🧵

📚 Schools push back against ICE near campuses 📚 With immigration raids on the rise, school leaders nationwide are asking: How many kids will actually come back to class this year? 🔗 Read article here: www.csmonitor.com/USA/Educatio... (¼)

Private prison companies running imm detention are spending millions 💰 lobbying for anti-immigrant laws. 📈 57,000+ ppl are in detention as of Aug 2025, a record high. Most are in for-profit centers. GEO Group has spent $700K this year alone — nearly $20M since 2020 — lobbying to expand detention.

A D.C. Circuit panel just declined to pause implementation of the so-called “Alien Registration Requirement.” That rule now forces nearly 3 million undocumented immigrants ages 14+ to fingerprint, carry ID, or face criminal charges. 🔗 Read more here: www.courthousenews.com/dc-circuit-d...

Border Patrol agents used a Penske moving truck to storm a Home Depot, despite a court order barring ICE raids at workplaces.

HPD Chief Diaz dismissed a question about immigrants hesitating to call police to report crimes due to fears of ICE abduction, stating this was based on false narratives. He even stated that HPD contacts ICE based on the status of people who talk to police. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Shuffling people around like cooped up animals is doing little to keep anyone safe and only achieving in inflating the ego of the masked abductors who get to exercise state sanctioned abuse of power on our community members. Political theater at taxpayer expense on full display.

🚨 Across the U.S., the Trump Administration is rapidly expanding 287(g) agreements 🚨 287(g) is a federal program for ALLOWING state and local agencies to act as immigration enforcement agents. 🧵

🧵Congressional briefing on immigration @chuygarcia.house.gov hosted a congressional briefing with @the-ilrc.bsky.social @detentionwatchnetwork.org & @immigrantjustice.bsky.social to sound the alarm on the expansion of immigration enforcement and detention.

NO to family separations & mass incarceration! New legislation would supercharge criminal prosecutions for migration. Our *new* policy brief w/ @nipnlg.bsky.social @immdefenseproject.bsky.social @the-ilrc.bsky.social @auwcl.bsky.social @immjustice.bsky.social 👇 immigrantjustice.org/blog/new-exp...

Hard hitting reporting on what your Texan tax dollars were actually spent on to the tune of BILLIONS while Texan politicos touted “border security” CC: @expressnews.com MILLIONS of your💰were spent on office renos, new trucks, laptops and even dog food. www.expressnews.com/news/texas/a...

“LA as a frontline has been a critical space to show that the community is organized, and we’re not backing down…They really thought they were going to come in and scare everyone into their corners, but this is LA – and LA is resisting.”

Today @ 8 PM CST the border vigil coalition is hosting another vigil to honor the lives of migrants whose lives were lost at the Eagle Pass border. Folks are meeting at Shelby Park for an evening of gathering, connection, prayer, and reclaiming of public lands 🕯️ m.facebook.com/@BorderVigil...

“If Abbott found political opportunity at the border, Biden missed his chance to do the same” Sharp read on Abbott hijacking public land, political theater at the border, and how bad immigration policy is a bipartisan flaw. CC: @courthousenews.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/the-mixed-le...

“I am here today because Houston is funding state-sponsored child abuse. Let’s be clear, every dollar this city spends helping ICE is a dollar spent orphaning Houston kids” Houston got together to demand HPD bring a STOP to its collusion with ICE. 🔗 www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...