“Today’s technologies— high-definition cameras, microphones, digital data harvesting & AI-driven analysis— are being used to create an environment of mass surveillance that ensnares almost all individuals within the US,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @themarshallproject.org.

Join us next week for an important conversation on covering immigration safely and with care. We'll hear from experienced reporters & editors about their experiences on the ground. With @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social, @arelisrhdz.bsky.social, @jcollins.bsky.social, Michelle Zenarosa

Our Weekly Roundup is here! 🗞️ Stay up to date with this week’s stories, and how you can continue to support the Border Chronicle🦂. For Full Roundup🔗:

DEVELOPING: Federal judge will let Marimar Martinez release text messages sent by Border Patrol agent who shot her From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/06/f...

Todd Miller and Melissa Del Bosque on why just abolishing ICE missing the point @mdelbosque.bsky.social www.theborderchronicle.com/abolishing-j...

New Podcast Episode🎙️: Melissa del Bosque & Todd Miller on why abolishing just ICE misses the point. Border Patrol's extraconstitutional powers are expanding nationwide, the border can be anywhere, guns pointed at anyone. But people have had enough. Full Podcast Episode🦂🔗:

JUST IN: In a new court filing, attorneys for Marimar Martinez call Chicago's U.S. attorney's office "active enablers of an out-of-control client." They cite reports from @chicago.suntimes.com and @npr.org in which DHS refuses to back down on claims that Martinez is a "domestic terrorist."

“Today, the United States appears to be entering a new phase of expanded border policing—similar to the Operation Gatekeeper deterrence of the 1990s or the sweeping powers and massive budgets that followed 9/11.”

The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

We explored the decades-long rise of the anti-immigrant movement; how MAGA uses intimidation & fear to consolidate authoritarianism; why solidarity is the antidote; what we expect moving forward, & more https://politicalresearch.org/2026/02/03/all-eyes-minneapolis-lessons-resisting-authoritarianism

Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel? Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again. And they almost shot some kids in the process.

Two Border Patrol agents have been identified in the Alex Pretti shooting. Both are from South Texas. At least one of them from the Rio Grande Valley. The most heavily surveilled and militarized section of the Texas-Mexico border for years.

They’re hell bent on destruction Environmentalists raise concerns over border buoy installation impact on Rio Grande ecosystems Bouys affecting everything that’s swimming in the river & ecosystems along Rio Grande www.ksat.com/news/local/2...

It's been a helluva a 36 hours for keeping track of what the Trump administration is doing in Minnesota. Here's my Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/minnesota-...

Breaking News: (Video) Department of Homeland Security installs first segment of floating border barrier on the Rio Grande. Administration says it will install more than 500 miles on the river, despite binational treaty.

Anyone thinking that "Border Czar" Tom Homan is going to tone down the rhetoric in Minnesota doesn't know Homan. He spent all of the Biden years turning up the invasion and great replacement rhetoric and traveling from city to city spreading 2020 election conspiracies.

In 2009, I toured a Border Patrol station in Arizona. It was just astonishing to see how many resources had been poured into it in the previous years. All new building. A vast parking lot full of brand new SUVs. And yet the detention cells were basically concrete boxes.

As Todd and others who know the border and its violence have warned for decades: "These zones of exclusion have served as proving grounds for tactics and technology that can be extended to the rest of the country." See also: maxgranger.substack.com/p/fearing-fo...

When it comes to the Border Patrol, Border Chronicle cofounder, Todd Miller, literally wrote the book. "Border Patrol Nation" back in 2014. He predicted much of this. And his piece today highlights what the media and others are missing now. It's a must read🦂

Not only does roving BP commander Gregory Bovino now get sent back to border communities, residents also have to contend w/hundreds of miles of construction of walls and "buoy barriers" on the Rio Grande. Elsa Hull who lives alongside the Rio Grande says it is killing her beloved river.

The Trump admin has pushed Bovino out of the Minneapolis operation, given how much he's made things worse. The person who killed Alex Pretti was a Border Patrol agent. Notably, the admin has NOT backed down from the operation in general. Large-scale arrests reportedly continue.

Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Over the last 48 hours, the talking point on the right has solidified; the only reason that we are seeing violent clashes against ICE is because of sanctuary policies and failure to cooperate from city officials who are fanning the flames. Take a look; it's wild how quickly they're all adopting it.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-boa... "The so-called Board of Peace that President Donald Trump officially launched in Davos, Switzerland last week is developing sweeping plans for a U.S.-backed administration to rule Gaza, according to a draft of the Board’s resolution"

America's "let them eat cake" moment.

For anyone wondering about what Border Patrol agents are doing in Minneapolis right now killing people with impunity and how they can get away with it, I strongly suggest you watch or listen to this podcast with former agent @jennbudd.bsky.social

Frankenstein, meet your bipartisan maker.

Thank you!

The ICE agent who shot Renee Good was a former Border Patrol agent. And today's murder was committed by a Border Patrol agent. This is violence and impunity that border communities have known all too well for years.

“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...

"We have a nice little database. Now you're considered a domestic terrorist." www.reddit.com/r/Maine/comm...

Our government has entered a new and dangerous era of corruption, leading to a collapse in public trust. Our latest report outlines nine solutions to combat corruption, including a path to restoring campaign finance limits. bit.ly/4r62EnZ

Frost: Any person who sees the president in his speeches blabbering incoherently knows that there is something bigger going on there.

It's official. The Border Chronicle has migrated off Substack to Ghost. Our new independent site is looking pretty good. Check it out! 🦂🔥

The Brennan Center is releasing a series of solutions to strengthen democracy. The first installment focuses on fighting corruption, including overturning Citizens United. Stay informed by subscribing to The Briefing, our free weekly newsletter: bit.ly/3Yrz5jM

A secret memo allowing federal agents to invade Americans' homes without a warrant would be a historic violation of the Constitution and further justification for the immediate removal of Kristi Noem.

New Mexico lost federal protection for 96% of its waterways after the Sackett ruling. So the state created its own pollution permit system. When DC steps back, border states step up to protect ephemeral streams, the Southwest's hidden lifelines. 💧 ##WaterProtection #SouthwestWater Full Story🔗🦂:

Breaking WaPo: The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.

Andrea Flores advised Democrats on immigration, including at Biden's NSC, but left when the administration wouldn't roll back Trump's policies. In this Border Chronicle podcast, she discusses what went wrong & what needs to change: "We're going on decades of that promise. Get more specific.” 🎙️🔗🦂:

Absolutely definitive video analysis of Renee Good killing here. Look at the image framed in red. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...

damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed giving citizens a right under state law to sue officials who violate their rights under the U.S. Constitution. Other states — including California, Illinois, and Massachusetts — already have such a law on the books. bit.ly/3LtXVgE

Speaking on Dell's behalf without checking w/him: The most annoying reply to a reporter publishing a story like this is people telling him they already knew. Great! You have good instincts that powerful bullshitters bullshit. You didn't have government documents proving it, which is what's important

“Journalists have the right to do their jobs without fear of government interference,” said President Jon Schleuss. “Today’s FBI raid on a journalist’s home is a direct assault on the 1st Amendment and a threat to every working journalist. @postguild.bsky.social newsguild.org/the-newsguil...

Former Border Patrol agent Jenn Budd discusses decades of agency impunity, fatal shootings with no prosecutions, and paramilitary culture now shaping ICE operations in U.S. cities. Featured in new HBO documentary "Critical Incident: Death at the Border.” To watch the full discussion🔗🦂:

The federal government is paying Louisiana $1 million a month to house ICE detainees at the notorious Angola prison. lailluminator.com/briefs/ice-a...

Bovino knows he's locked into this now, and so if a Dem wins he's going to retire before they can fire him, then immediately get a job in right-wing media or for a billionaire-funded thinktank like Heritage.

The extent to which many European policymakers and analysts still don't quite appreciate how deeply steeped quite a few US officials appointed by Trump are in the politics of edgelord Far Right imperialism is frustrating.