Chicago: “The Border Patrol official said that snipers rappelled down from helicopters on top of the apartment complex, as a precaution from potential violence.”

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

ILLINOIS — BROADVIEW POLICE CHIEF ON ICE: “I was shocked. I’ve never been spoken to by a fellow law enforcement officer in such a way.” ICE is routinely gassing cops and negatively impacting the community as their detention facility faces protests.

8-year old Dasha Ramirez was playing with her brother at Millennium Park when Border Patrol took them. They’re now awaiting deportation to Guatemala. “We never imagined our Sunday would end this way, mother Noemi Chavez said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...

That quote is not out of context, the full version is worse.

In a genuine WOW moment, this administration publicly acknowledges (perhaps for the first time) that an ICE officer violated procedure and will be taken off duty and subject to an investigation. This is a step in the right direction — I just wish it wasn't only because of such an awful viral video.

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread 👇

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

What was incredible to me about this press conference is that nowhere did anyone mention that the victims were all detainees. Even if it turns out the suspect intended to target ICE employees, which we still don’t know is true, doesn’t that seem like important information?

Can't help but notice that the media breathlessly reporting on the messages that shooters write on their bullets seems to have been followed by a surge of shooters writing messages on bullets

We'd ask, "What steps is ICE going to take going forward to ensure those in its custody are safe?" but we already know the answer is none since they don't take any steps to prevent the injuries or illnesses brought on by the detention conditions themselves.

Federal district court judges are almost UNANIMOUSLY rejecting the government's new interpretation of a 1996 law to bar release from ICE detention to millions of people. Yet the Board of Immigration Appeals, fresh off a purge of Biden appointees, made it official precedent.

Broadview Fire Department said the village was reaching out to the DHS “to demand the fence be removed immediately” because it was installed “illegally” without a permit. “In case of fire or other emergencies… Broadview fire apparatus would be unable to use the road to accesss these businesses.”

Per photographer Matthew Kaplan this morning, ICE has now fenced off the street in front of the Broadview processing facility.

Dreamers have legal protection nationwide—but ICE agents are still targeting them for detention and deportation. And given the lack of transparency and scale of the recent ICE raids in cities like Chicago, it’s impossible to know how many people have been taken. (1/2)

BREAKING: Saying that the Trump administration’s explanation for its Labor Day weekend effort to send children to Guatemala “crumbled like a house of cards” upon examination, Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, grants provisional class certification and a preliminary injunction.

I hope people understand that the anomaly here aren’t the conditions—the conditions are very typical—the anomaly is that they put a number of documented workers from a high-income country in those conditions. This is how people are treated in custody routinely

For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM Watch (or Rewatch) the powerful film "I'm Still Here" (2024) - Dir. Walter Salles. An amazing performance by Fernanda Torres. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDun...

Everything's going great in the Article III branch

NEW: The law is supposed to protect unaccompanied migrant children from being summarily whisked out of the country by ICE in the dead of night. But that didn't seem to matter on Labor Day weekend, when the Trump administration tried to do just that. My latest: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

To put this into context, the judicial warrant for the search at the Hyundai plant named just four people. Relying on that warrant, ICE detained nearly 500 people. DHS admitted that included U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and people lawfully here on visas.

You know, it can be hard to prove later whether people knowingly intended to ignore the law or not, but not always.

"I can see that for victims, but..." People seeking assistance at this courthouse, almost w/o exception, currently/formerly love/d, depend/ed on, or otherwise care/d a lot about the well-being of the people who appear on the other side of the court. If you jeopardize one, you often jeopardize both

Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago is expected to last more than a month. blockclubchi.co/4mNx24I

El Grito Chicago has been called off as ICE agents are sent to Chicago: "We need to keep our community safe." blockclubchi.co/4m2nUrQ

Stares in Loper Bright.

NEW: More details on Trump's Chicago immigration blitz. -230 agents arrive from LA this weekend w/ 140 unmarked vehicles -30 already arrived and are practicing crowd control with shields/flashbangs -agents will leave base daily by 5 a.m. -new no-fly zone at NSGL to keep away news choppers/drones

Unaccompanied kids have more protection from deportation than nearly any other group of undocumented people. That this was attempted anyways speaks volumes about current culture and policy.

Lethal force against a civilian vessel in international waters is a war crime if not in self-defense. If not in self-defense, only non-lethal actions, such as warning shots or disabling fire, are allowed. "Not yielding to pursuers" or "suspected of carrying drugs" doesn't carry a death sentence.

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Sparkle Sooknanan holds an emergency hearing as the Trump admin is reportedly trying—imminently—to deport hundreds of Guatemalan children without required process or access to representation. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71240...

BREAKING: Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee in DC, blocks Trump expansion of expedited removal deportation to interior of US. Judge says risk of deporting foreigners not eligible is too great. Doc: ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Univision reporting that a protest happened at Alligator Alcatraz in which remaining detainees were beat up by guards. Here you can hear the detainees describe the conditions on a phone call with Univision, with alarms blaring in the background 👇

Important to understand that Republicans do not want a functional, orderly, law-abiding immigration system. They want an excuse for the arbitrary exercise of government powers. The more chaotic and inconsistent our immigration structures are, the better for their purposes.

If you don't think "thoughts and prayers" suffice at this moment, you may want to read about what the gun industry knows about firearms laws, by @mikespies.bsky.social www.thetrace.org/2025/07/gun-...

Look at what happened to divorce rates in Mexico when some areas extended the school day by 3.5 hours! Why did divorce rates go up as a result of the change? "The availability of childcare...translate[d] into increased bargaining power and economic independence for women."

Eyeopening walkthrough of DC by this creator. If you aren’t in DC, worth a watch all the way to the end—

I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.

HUGE. The first major court victory involving conditions of confinement at ICE field offices. The judge bars detention in any cell which isn't: - Restricted by capacity - Has mats for people to sleep on overnight - Is cleaned 3 times a day - Provides hygiene supplies - Offers free legal calls

We have learned that one of the women taken on Alvarado and 8th is Sabrina Medina, a pregnant U.S. Citizen expecting twins from Huntington Park, whom Kristi Noem targeted and was present last month for a photo op.

Well this is insane

she posts videos of them trying to get away from her on tiktok that are sped up yakety sax style and scored by norteno music, theyre hilarious

New @today.yougov.com national poll out. Absolutely wild how distorted the public’s view is. (Murder rate in NYC is down 83% since 1990.)

Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, Kirsti Noem, Joseph Mazzara, Emil Bove, Drew Sargent, and everyone else involved in planning, executing, and obstructing justice around the CECOT imprisonments are responsible for Andry's torture and rape. Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it.

Pause for three minutes and soak up the grace of this man. Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.

Many of these people came to the United States for protection. Never forget what they got instead. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

🚨 NEW: Both @bloomberg.com and @reuters.com are reporting that the United States is in the process of completing a prisoner swap, deporting all or potentially nearly all of the Venezuelans imprisoned in CECOT to Venezuela in exchange for American political prisoners. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Bravo to the @miamiherald.com for publishing this list in full www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...