🚨🗳️ Last night, the House passed the anti-voter SAVE America Act. This dangerous bill could disenfranchise tens of millions of eligible voters by requiring unnecessary and inaccessible documentary proof of citizenship. Tell your Senator to vote NO. Call 202-224-3121.

School surveillance has never been about student safety. It has resulted in the mass collection of data to control, punish, criminalize, police, and profit off of students and their communities. That same data is now feeding into a national database to support ICE's campaign of terror.

Federal immigration agents, including ICE and Border Patrol, have no place in or around our schools. Add your name to our collective call to protect immigrant students and ensure that no student feels unsafe in their own classroom.

Black History Month began 100 years ago as Negro History Week. Carter G. Woodson created this week to correct the record of Black contributions. A century later, the fight to tell the full truth about our history continues. This month, we honor the legacy. And we protect it.

Journalists covering Minneapolis ICE operations and protests are at the center of the action. CPJ safety experts have compiled resources for journalists to help you stay safe and mitigate risks.👇

Attorney General Pam Bondi said today that she ordered the arrests of journalist Don Lemon and 3 others in connection with the demonstration at a church: Georgia Fort, an independent journalist; and Trahern Jeen Crews and Jamael Lydell Lundy, both activists. More: capitalbnews.org/nekima-levy-...

Children are being kidnapped by masked federal agents at record numbers and sent to horrific, even deadly, detention centers. Many of these kidnappings are happening outside of schools, essential pillars of community support. We must disrupt the school-to-prison-to-deportation pipeline.

Target is based in Minneapolis and ICE is using their stores. Hilton is lodging ICE officers, and cut ties with a local operator who kicked ICE out. And Enterprise is renting the cars that ICE uses in their raids. Tell their CEOs to stop their cooperation: FreeDCproject.org/ice-out

NO MORE FUNDING FOR ICE. The Senate is expected to vote on funding for ICE and DHS later this week. Call your Senator now. (instructions and script below)

Congress is considering billions more for ICE, an agency that terrorizes Black and Brown families. With that money, we could be funding real investments in our communities. Call your Senator today and demand they vote NO on new ICE funding. https://bit.ly/4bgShch

Congress must refuse to provide one dollar to ICE & CBP through the appropriations process and immediately take action to revoke the tens of billions already given through last summer’s reconciliation bill. Take action today: bit.ly/noicefunding

"When federal agents are patrolling the streets of American cities and gunning people down in broad daylight, the bare minimum response is to stop the funding that enables these violent agencies to carry out these atrocities." We are proud to have signed this letter alongside our movement partners.

Join us tomorrow, January 28, with BAJI and @mvmnt4blklives.bsky.social as we launch STOP Taking Our People and Operation: Break the ICE Machine—a Black-led framework to push back against federal agents and police and disrupt the infrastructure of policing. 👉🏾 bit.ly/WebinarSTOPTakingOurPeople

The brazen murder of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol in Minneapolis is yet another devastating reminder that our policing systems are harming communities instead of protecting them.

1/ I want to flag the serious implications if the NYT and AP reporting is accurate: ICE leadership allegedly issued guidance saying agents may enter homes without a judicial warrant. This would be a direct threat to constitutional rights. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

Virginia voters have the opportunity to end the state's lifetime ban on voting for people with felony convictions—a relic of Jim Crow that excludes tens of thousands of Virginians from the ballot box. No one, regardless of background, should ever lose their right to vote.

The criminal legal system is being weaponized to suppress our constitutional right to protest. These threats from the DOJ are part of a broader strategy to discourage civic participation through fear & retaliation. We must remain unafraid in the face of repression and continue asserting our rights.

October’s No Kings protests included 2% of the US population, so let’s keep organizing! LEARN MORE about the recent rise in anti-protest laws and what we can do about it from our partner @advancementproject now: benjerrys.co/4k0sJTb

The president has no authority over federal election administration. This ruling is a win for free and fair elections in the face of rising authoritarianism. Federal election funding should not be conditional on complying with anti-democratic directives that restrict access to the ballot.

A new investigation from @propublica.org found over 40 cases of federal immigration agents using chokeholds against immigrants, citizens, and protesters. This same deadly use of neck restraints sparked a rallying cry for justice in 2020 after George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police.

Today on Instagram Live: We hope you’ll tune in for this timely conversation and leave with the tools you need to hit the streets and organize your neighbors to keep immigrant students safe.

🗣️ You have the constitutional right to protest ICE activity. An important thread from our Justice Project Director Erin Cloud ⤵️

Tune in tomorrow on Instagram Live for a discussion with Erin Cloud, director of our Justice Project, and Tyler Whittenberg, deputy director of our Opportunity to Learn program, about current threats to our right to protest & strategies for keeping immigrant students safe during federal occupation.

Join the @noticecoalition.bsky.social, @advancementproject.org and the Alliance for Educational Justice for their upcoming speaker series on Ending Youth Surveillance. Sign up link here: www.tciamn.org/noticecoalit...

You have the First Amendment right to record ICE. History has taught us what happens when law enforcement operates in the dark. Whether it’s ICE raids, police violence, or attacks on protesters, we must defend our right to observe, document, and resist state violence. Visibility saves lives.

Students at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis are walking out to protest ICE days after a clash between U.S. Border Patrol agents and protesters at the school. 📸: Jerry Holt

We are in solidarity with Minnesotans and neighbors nationwide in calling to remove ICE from our communities and abolish ICE altogether.

An important piece of student journalism from Lila Dominguez, Editor in Chief of the Roosevelt Standard, news site of Roosevelt High School. We stand in solidarity with young people in Minneapolis resisting state violence and bravely speaking out against federal law enforcement at their schools.

Announcing @carmen.advancementproject.org as our Interim Executive Director! Carmen joined Advancement Project in 2022 as Deputy Executive Director, bringing more than two decades of advocacy, legal expertise, and movement-building experience. We're thrilled for her to step into this new role.

Yesterday, Border Patrol agents terrorized a Minneapolis high school and used chemical weapons against students, parents, and bystanders while brutalizing staff. Let us be clear—federal law enforcement are enacting racist, state-sanctioned violence and have no place in or around our schools.

1/ Holding deep grief and anger for the woman murdered by ICE in Minnesota. A life was taken, and a community is left demanding answers. Nothing about this is normal or acceptable.

A DHS agent has reportedly shot dead a legal observer in Minneapolis during an ICE raid, blocks from where George Floyd was murdered... /everyone/ should be banning these fascists

We're looking for a bold leader to guide us in the fight for racial justice and multiracial democracy, shoulder to shoulder with organizers, visionaries, and everyday people who refuse to settle for anything less than liberation. Could that be you? Learn more: advancementproject.org/leadership-t...

It's been 2 weeks since ICE agents forcefully separated Yuanxin from his father Fei, and there are still no answers on the boy's location or if the family will be reunited. Their community gathered at Yuanxin's school to denounce ICE's horrific tactics and call for the family's immediate release. 🧵⬇️

When federal forces started targeting Black neighborhoods as part of the ongoing occupation of DC, community showed up by making sure young people knew their rights and asserted them loudly. We will keep organizing, building power, and demanding a world where our people are safe—beyond policing.

Our movements need more trained, grounded, community-centered lawyers who understand that the fight for justice is collective, strategic, and urgent. Help us mentor and support the next generation of movement lawyers by making a donation today at advancementproject.org/donate

If the Supreme Court guts Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, minority voting power could be diluted nationwide through racial gerrymandering. We stand ready to work shoulder-to-shoulder with Pennsylvanians to strengthen voting power and strike down discrimination with bold and creative advocacy.

The blatant power grab by the majority white legislature in a Black city like Jackson, MS is spreading across the country. State takeovers and sweeping abusive preemption laws are rolling back progress and stripping communities of the right to self-govern and ultimately, self-determination.

ICE, Border Patrol, and a host of federal agents hellbent on terrorizing our communities are on the ground here in SE Louisiana. Now is the time to educate yourselves and your neighbors so that we can stand together. Remember we keep us safe! #FreeTheSwamp

In the span of just one week, there has been a disturbing trend of ICE detaining, deporting, or otherwise removing students from their families. 🧵

Georgia has turned back the clock on democracy by making it easier to remove eligible voters from the rolls and needlessly punishing unhoused voters with additional voting restrictions. SB 189 is a textbook violation of the National Voter Registration Act. We'll see Georgia in court.

The youth have something to say and tomorrow we will listen up! Join us, tomorrow at 3pm after the Public Safety hearing beginning at 9am. Black Swan Academy’s Youth Organizers and Free DC’s Youth Safety Strategy Coalition join in the fight to protect our youth and uplift their voices!

The future is ours because we’re not waiting for permission to build it. Our people are building it every single day. Your #GivingTuesday gift fuels real work that keeps people safe, protects our future, and helps us meet the moment with strategy instead of fear. advancementproject.org/donate

Cash bail puts a price on freedom — and tears families and communities apart. This holiday season, let's ensure everyone can stay together, regardless of how big their bank account is. 🦃 Learn more and take action now: benjerrys.co/3KogRwC

🗣️Did you know the feds are trying to make masking illegal at protests? Criminalizing protestors is an intimidation tactic designed to silence us and instill fear, but we know resistance and protest is one key strategy to birthing a new world.

Congratulations to @jbrownedianis.bsky.social on winning the inaugural @kettering.org Democracy Prize. At a time when we are seeing the most severe anti-voter efforts since the end of Jim Crow, Advancement project is steadfast in our commitment to fighting for a caring, inclusive and just democracy.

We are thrilled to welcome @profmmurray.bsky.social back with us tonight. She joins @jbrownedianis.bsky.social for a conversation about expanding inclusion and strengthening trust in our democratic life. Together, they bring deep insight and a shared vision for a democracy that serves all of us.

As executive director of the @advancementproject.org, she spent decades fighting voter suppression, challenging discriminatory systems, and lifting the voices of those too often left out of our democracy. We are proud to honor her courage and commitment tonight.

Our livestream has returned, and we now turn to @jbrownedianis.bsky.social, as she accepts the #KetteringDemocracyPrize.

The administration's agenda of mass deportations and racial profiling is directly impacting student safety. When young people don't feel safe at school, immigrant families step back from the school system which is an essential pillar of community support. Schools must remain sanctuaries of learning.