Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers. An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social

On Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com spoke to Gauri Bahuguna, Setareh Ghandehari, @naynagupta.bsky.social, and @paromitashah.bsky.social about the rise of the immigration enforcement economy and how this system evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry.

The Trump administration's mass deportation agenda isn't making our communities safer. As @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social told @padilla.senate.gov, it's making our communities LESS safe.

This week the Trump administration reported FOUR new deaths in immigration detention, bringing this year’s total to 30—the highest in ICE's history, worse than during the COVID pandemic. We must ensure humanity and dignity for those detained and rebuild accountability and oversight of this system.

On Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com spoke to Gauri Bahuguna (@situ-research.bsky.social), Setareh Ghandehari (@detentionwatchnetwork.org), @naynagupta.bsky.social, and @paromitashah.bsky.social about the rise of the immigration enforcement economy. youtu.be/tHVmAEd7_H0

Two more deaths in immigration detention—-taking us to highest ever number of deaths in a year. It sounds so basic but: It is possible to enforce civil immigration laws without locking up people who pose no safety threat & without subjecting ppl to possible death.

For decades the U.S. govt has deported military veterans who proudly served the country they call home. Trump/Noem are not the first to betray immigrant veterans but with congressional action they can certainly be the last.

Dept of Veterans Affairs is going to collect info on citizenship status of any employees & contractors and share that info w DHS for mass deportation. A slap in the face to the thousands of immigrant veterans who proudly serve this country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is too much.

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

When communities view ICE, federal agents, and local police who collaborate with ICE as a political weapon, trust collapses. People become more afraid to report crime & everyone becomes LESS safe esp survivors of domestic violence. A 🧵 w data & examples (1/4) 👇🏽:

A Babson College freshman was detained at Logan Airport and deported without warning. Our Policy Director, Nayna Gupta, has been working with the family and local attorneys to piece together what went wrong. Like so many others, this young woman had an old removal order she never knew existed. 1/2

Excellent explanation by @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social of the breadth and extremism of Trump’s attack on immigration and immigrants, of where we are and of where it seems to be going and why it’s unlikely to let up. www.youtube.com/live/fKeiTXa...

This week at Logan Airport, the Trump admin detained a Babson College freshman heading home as a holiday surprise.They deported her in 48 hrs to Honduras which she left at six. She got no calls to her famlawyer & was deported on a removal order she didn’t know abt www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/m...

Thrilled that Coded Justice is on @npr.org's Books We Love list for 2025. 🎁 Grab your copy in time for the holidays! bit.ly/4jvx2V7

🚨 House democrats just launched a website that tracks abuses inflicted by ICE and CBP including use of force, arrests of U.S. citizens or raids near schools or courthouses. If you see such abuses, you can report them directly to Congress: x.com/nayna_gupta/...

Trump & Miller’s sweeping overhaul of ICE is creating a Frankenstein immigration force with NO accountability, dedicated only to political stagecraft—making Americans less safe. Former senior ICE official on the latest sweeping & scary changes at ICE www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Kristi Noem has claimed that "no American citizens have been arrested or detained" by immigration agents, despite copious evidence to the contrary. Immigration policy expert @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social says the Homeland Security chief "is either ignorant of the facts or not telling the truth."

🚨 Further proof that mass deportation makes Americans LESS safe: ICE’s chaotic & indiscriminate crackdown is leading to federal agents ramming & crashing cars. High speed chases of ppl who pose NO safety threat places all drivers at risk. www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/u...

“Sanctuary cities” aren’t lawless — they’re practical. Local police are balancing safety and resources while D.C. plays politics. NYT Magazine's latest backs up what I argued for @thirdway.bsky.social: sanctuary policies are about smart governance, not defiance.

Instead of working to reopen the government, Trump is using his spare time to go after his political enemies. We need to speak up.

The tools & tactics ICE is using to arrest US citizens & thousands who pose no threat have existed for decades in misguided immigration laws passed in 1990s. We can enforce civil immigration laws w/o chaos & fear but that requires Congress to step up & finally amend those laws.

BREAKING: DC District Court just granted our emergency motion, filed with @immigrantjustice.bsky.social, stopping ICE from locking up unaccompanied immigrant children in adult detention centers once they turn 18.  Locking up young people in ICE jails only inflicts more harm on vulnerable youth.

Even before the $45 billion for detention money started leaving the government, Trump officials were already self-dealing. When contract bidders hire someone with direct ties to the border czar to ‘help win work,’ that’s not innovation — it’s corruption.

FBI is supposed to investigate threats of domestic terrorism & political violence but instead they are raiding buildings full of hard-working immigrants w deep ties to our country who pose NO safety threat—this makes everyone LESS safe. www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Since President Trump began his second term, the number of agreements allowing local law enforcement agencies to perform federal immigration duties have ballooned across the U.S. @naynagupta.bsky.social spoke to @naomidelkamiller.bsky.social about how these 287(g) agreements erode public safety.

Interesting. The Tooele Co. Sheriff has expressed concern about ICE poaching deputies during 287g training. “I’m looking for a little more confidence that the names of the deputies I provide are not going to be actively recruited by ICE as they complete the training." ksltv.com/politics-ele...

Yet another decision holding this. With the exception of a single bad 2nd Circuit decision surrounding Byrne JAG grants in Trump 1.0, the Trump admin has a near-perfect losing streak on imposing immigration enforcement conditions on federal grants.

Grateful to testify last week before members of Congress alongside friend & fellow Northwestern alum Janessa Goldbeck, CEO of Vet Voice Foundation who testified on harms of using National Guard & military for civil immigration enforcement. Mass deportation makes all Americans LESS safe.

Under this administration, federal agents tasked with fighting child trafficking, drug cartels, and domestic terrorism were pulled into low-level immigration arrests. @immcouncil.org ’s Policy Director @naynagupta.bsky.social: “This means far less focus on real public safety priorities.”

12 Senate Dems on Armed Services write strongly against use of military as immigration judges: "the Trump administration views skilled personnel as pawns to be traded between agencies, rather than as professionals essential to their core missions, in order to advance misguided immigration policies"

The Trump administration continues to use safety as a pretext for mass deportation—but it is mass deportation itself that makes all Americans LESS safe. Watch @naynagupta.bsky.social's testimony at @jayapal.house.gov's shadow hearing on the impact of mass deportations on our communities.

Nayna Gupta, Policy Director at @immcouncil.org: "While nannies disappear from local parks and masked agents drag immigrant fathers from cars, this administration continues to use safety as a pretext for mass deportation. But it is mass deportation that makes all Americans less safe."

This Thursday, 9/18, @jayapal.house.gov is hosting a shadow hearing to shine a light on the lawlessness and harm of Trump’s mass deportation regime. With @tnimmigrant.bsky.social, we're supporting two brave witnesses — Chelsea White & Mimi Lettunich — in advocating for their loved ones in D.C.

We're close to reaching a chilling moment; the first time in history where the single largest group of people arrested by ICE in the interior and held in detention are people with no criminal record. The gap is now down to fewer than 300 people.

ICE's 287(g) Enforcement Program Reaches 1,000 Active Agreements Across 40 States open.substack.com/pub/austinko...

The Trump admin is engaging in federal policing in a way that rips at the seams of relationships between state & local police and the federal government..and between communities & their local police. This erodes public safety👇🏽 apnews.com/article/chic...

For the first time, #USCIS will create “special agents” with powers to carry firearms and make arrests. Shev Dalal-Dheini (@aila.org) and @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social explain how this move defies Congress’ mandate and raises serious legal concerns. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/uscis-s...

This week the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that clears the way for racial profiling during immigration raids and sweeps. @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social shares what you need to know 👇

The Supreme Court just cleared the way for racial profiling during immigration raids and sweeps. This means the Trump administration could rapidly expand its plans for law enforcement to harass people based on their skin color, the neighborhood they live in, or the language they speak.

🚨 Today the U.S. Supreme Court rubber stamped EXPLICIT racial profiling during DHS immigration raids. This green lights the worst ICE & CBP practices we are seeing against Latino communities around the country. We can expect this racist enforcement to expand rapidly.🚨

We have to talk about this also as an insult to the National Guard, who are being used as political props by the President and governors. They signed up to serve their country and their communities, and are now being turned into playthings of a political operation. It’s a slap in the face.

Trump’s ICE is moving rapidly to expand imprisonment of immigrants to largest ever in U.S. history. Plans to make the system hold over 100K ppl will make it comparable to the U.S. federal prison system—but it will be full of ppl with NO criminal convictions 🚨 www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The immigration system was broken before President Trump returned to office. But instead of fixing it, the Trump administration has chosen to make things worse — on purpose. Read more from our policy director @naynagupta.bsky.social in @msnbc.com ⤵️

Trump is undertaking an unprecedented realignment of the federal government, turning it into a detention & deportation machine that threatens communities, upends legal norms & shakes the foundation of American democracy. Mass deportation makes Americans LESS safe👇🏽 www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Trump’s second-term immigration policies, in just six months, represent an unprecedented and coordinated assault on democratic rights and principles. My thoughts on using immigration to attack democracy & how Trump immigration makes us LESS safe in MSNBC👇🏽 www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

A record number of deaths & suicides in immigration detention under Trump’s cruel & wasteful mass deportation agenda (most since COVID)—in just six months. And continued failures by ICE to timely report such deaths to Congress as required by law 👇🏽 x.com/abc/status/1...

Ossoff’s office has “identified 510 credible reports of human rights abuse” against people in immigration detention. Of these cases, 41 include allegations of physical or sexual abuse, as well as 18 alleged reports of mistreatment of children in custody… www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

A monthslong investigation by the office of Sen. Jon Ossoff compiles hundreds of alleged human rights violations at immigration detention centers, according to a new report about his probe first obtained by NBC News.

One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted. These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.