An awful example of how our legal immigration system is getting progressively worse.

When local police act as immigration agents, families are torn apart—with devastating consequences. Wendy Hernandez Reyes was detained during a traffic stop by local sheriffs who are cooperating with ICE as part of a 287(g) agreement. Her 3-year-old son died after she was deported without him.

NEW: Today we’re releasing a framework that lays out a roadmap for replacing indiscriminate mass deportation with a safer, smarter, and more humane approach to immigration enforcement.

NEW: Next week @immcouncil.org uncil.org is releasing a new framework for immigration enforcement; what civil enforcement of immigration laws might look like in a post-Trump era. Join me, @daralind.bsky.social , @naynagupta.bsky.social and @michlapointe.bsky.social as we discuss this framework.

Our country is at a crossroads with immigration enforcement. Join us on May 13 at 1:00PM EST as we explore our new framework for a better immigration enforcement system in our communities. Register here: ow.ly/kixh50YWgBK

The majority of Americans believe that President Trump's mass deportation agenda has gone too far. We can chart a better path forward. Our new framework provides recommendations for leaders from both sides of the aisle to restore humanity and credibility to immigration enforcement.

Beautiful morning standing in solidarity with over 1 million TPS holders (many w long years of life in the U.S.) including the over 300K who will lose their legal protections & become vulnerable to mass deportation if the Supreme Court sides w Trump 🇭🇹 🇸🇾 🇻🇪 🇸🇻 🇸🇩

ICE agents arresting young people w lawful status at school bus stops when they pose no threat obviously does nothing to make the U.S. safer & actively erodes credibility of the immigration system and the rule-of-law which ends up making us all LESS safe www.mississippifreepress.org/max-and-isra...

Mass deportation propaganda 👇🏽 intentionally omits evidence of the overwhelming contributions undocumented immigrants make to the US— paying billions in taxes, serving as critical workforce in multiple industries, raising US citizen kids, & standing as our long standing neighbors and friends.

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

Learn more about 287(g) agreements: ow.ly/1H9z50YF2VU

1/3 of the U.S. now lives in a county where local authorities have agreements with ICE, allowing them to question and detain people. When local policing & federal immigration enforcement get mixed up, it creates fear & mistrust in communities, making everyone less safe. Read more ⤵️

Check out this great conversation about all the awful things going on with ICE detention, featuring me, @austinkocher.com and @ximenabustillo.bsky.social on Kara Swisher's podcast!

“It began with a fever… Her breathing grew strained & wheezy." A mother watched her 18-month-old become seriously ill at Dilley. "By the time that detention staff decided to get Amalia to a hospital, she had to be treated for pneumonia, Covid-19, RSV & respiratory distress." ✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social

LAWSUIT: W/ @immigrantjustice.bsky.social @democracyforward.org & others We’ve filed to block a rule that would gut people's right to appeal bad decisions by immigration court judges. This puts even more people at risk of wrongful deportations. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/press-releas...

In response, Marcelo Gomes da Silva said: " I had to make a decision, which was either hide or fight and I decided to fight. I don't want to stay home and act like I'm scared because I believe that I'm a voice for a lot of immigrants and a lot of people that support me."

Judge Quraishi says that if ICE keeps arresting people and detaining them without bond under the legal theory that has been rejected by hundreds of judges, and any of those cases come across his bench, he'll immediately order DHS and DOJ personnel hauled into court to explain themselves.

“Nayna Gupta, policy director with the @immcouncil.org: ‘The psychological harms of incarcerating a young boy are enormous and irreparable.’”

Had the pleasure to join @npr.org's 1A this morning to discuss the Trump administration's efforts to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, and explain the history of the law, what Monday's court decision found, and where the case may go from here. the1a.org/segments/hai...

ICE is a rogue agency, terrorizing our communities with no accountability. But it’s so much more than that. The entire immigration system is broken. I spoke with one of the leaders in the fight to fix it, Jeremy Robbins, head of @immcouncil.org. Watch here: youtu.be/8ThLSy9o_Wk

When immigration enforcement agents show up at schools it has a chilling effect on children & communities. As Nayna Gupta told Congressman Bobby Scott: Congress must enact clear restrictions to stop immigration enforcement in sensitive areas like schools, daycares, places of worship, & courthouses.

Just a reminder that the Trump admin calls immigrants who’ve fallen into drug addiction “the worst of the worst” criminals, no matter how long ago their addiction problems.

"This agenda is only going to get worse. The $150+ billion in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is enough to turn DHS into the size of a small foreign military and to increase the detention system of by the end of this year" - @naynagupta.bsky.social, Policy Director, @immcouncil.org

“Unfortunately, because Congress is not taking any steps to rein ICE officers in, there really is no option other than states protecting their constituents’ rights," said Joanna Schwartz, a law professor at UCLA.

Rep. @jayapal.house.gov asks @naynagupta.bsky.social, what are some essential pieces to rein in DHS, ICE and CBP? Gupta: "It's first important to reiterate that ICE and Border Patrol are entering homes without judicial warrants which violates the Fourth amendment"

TOMORROW: The Council's Policy Director @naynagupta.bsky.social will be testifying at a shadow hearing on holding ICE accountable. She's going to help explain what's happening at ICE over the last years and how the agency's rising lawlessness can be addressed. www.youtube.com/live/TmAgyj6...

🚨 Tomorrow 9 am I join Renee Good’s attorney, a Minnesota police chief, a MN reverend & a U.S. marine in LIVE testimony to House Democratic Leader Jeffries & other members of Congress on ICE abuses. Log on to listen as we fight for accountability!👇🏽 youtube.com/live/TmAgyj6...

Operation PARRIS is one of the most heinous things this administration has done yet. Trump’s people ordered ICE to round up 5,600 legally present refugees, people who have done NOTHING wrong, with no warning, and jailed them in Texas to be interrogated about their status.

We are horrified by today’s shooting in Minneapolis. CBP and ICE are operating without any meaningful guardrails. What we're seeing in Minneapolis are politicized, militarized, and unaccountable agencies creating chaos.

Horrifying NEWS: “These are incredibly straightforward cases,” attorney Rebekah Wolf, who is desperately fighting to save her clients from being sent to torture or death by getting a federal judge to stay the removal before tomorrow’s flight, told me this afternoon. www.advocate.com/news/iranian...

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

"Experts in dealing with children" don't treat children as targets of immigration enforcement actions. Family separation under the first Trump administration didn’t happen by accident, it was a deliberate choice. And the playbook behind family separation is a warning for our present moment.

The Trump administration claims that ICE is targeting "the worst of the worst." But 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, taken from his home with only a Spider-Man backpack and bunny hat, is not a threat. This isn't about safety. It's about deporting as many people as possible.

I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers. I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.

Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin. This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.

Congressman Moulton will be joining @naynagupta.bsky.social and me on Thursday to discuss ICE detention over the last year and the findings from @immcouncil.org’s latest report on the Trump admin’s unprecedented growth of immigration detention over the last year. Register at link in the next post.

Excellent investigative work!

@hispaniccaucus.bsky.social Chair @repespaillat.bsky.social: ICE is an aggressive, violent weapon. In fact, it has turned to be a deadly weapon. ICE must be DISMANTLED.

ICE detention has expanded rapidly under Trump, both in terms of the number of facilities and people held.

This is all from "Immigration Detention Expansion in Trump’s Second Term" a new report from @immcouncil.org out today: www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/immig...

Since Trump took office in Jan 2025: - Deadliest year on record for ICE detention - Detention facilities nearly doubled - Detainees rose by ~75%, - 2,450% increase in number of people with no criminal record held in ICE detention on given day - 87% drop in discretionary release

🚨Check out our 🔥 new report on the shocking and unprecedented expansion of immigration detention under Trump’s mass deportation agenda. We estimate that w funding given by Congress the system is on track to expand to a size that would be larger than the federal prison system.

ICE’s aggressive enforcement tactics aren’t making our communities safer. They’re making them more dangerous. The tragedy in Minneapolis is the predictable result of a mass deportation agenda that treats immigration enforcement like a show of force instead of a matter of safety.

Last week, our Policy Director @naynagupta.bsky.social joined @phillavelle.bsky.social on @aljazeera.com’s Centre Stage to break down how ICE operates, the legal questions surrounding its authority, and the real impacts on immigrants and Americans alike. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCBr...

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.