FAU PD was going to come speak with Student Government tomorrow (Friday) and when sent the questions beforehand (all about 287(g)), they cancelled the visit. @tomaskenn.bsky.social

If ICE agents believe they have blanket immunity or that citizens have no right to record them, it’s up to the rest of us to disabuse them of that error. A free society depends on public oversight of government force, and on courts that uphold that freedom. @walterolson.bsky.social

The state of Florida is now removing the U.S. citizen arrest category from this dashboard tracking immigration arrests altogether, but we know they mistakenly detain U.S. citizens, as was the case of Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez in Leon County.

ICE’s rampant technology spending raises the possibility of "targeted surveillance, not just of undocumented people, but of American citizens as well,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @Axios.com. www.axios.com/2025/10/21/...

Yes, it kinda sounds like MTG just learned that her office tracks calls. And yes, she's mostly fighting for the ACA tax credits bc her adult children are on it... But this is why calls are important! Reps always need "cover" when they break party line, and constituent calls are their best argument.

“Ring’s new partnership with Flock shows that the company is more interested in contributing to mounting authoritarianism than servicing the specific needs of their customers,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @ArsTechnica.com. arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...

Families are being detained and disappeared — and it’s part of a broader authoritarian attack on our freedoms.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Where’s DOGE?

“Government officials in Florida have misled the public they are supposed to work for, and the Everglades have been harmed as a result,” Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades, said in a statement. Full AP story: apnews.com/article/flor...

Es la sexta muerte registrada bajo custodia de ICE en Florida este año, en medio de crecientes denuncias por demoras y deficiencias en la atención médica.

Sarah Parker with Voices of Florida & 50501 - 50 States, 50 Protests, 1 Day spoke at the No Kings D.C. Rising rally in Washington DC on October 18th, 2025. youtu.be/VrMJv-c2Ymk 📺 Watch the full livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/fHu4Uf0... #NoKings

Commentary: Surely a judge who sentences convicted criminals to prison is as much at risk as ICE agents, yet the notion is absurd that judges should be anonymous or allowed to mask their faces in the courtroom.

ICE isn’t just tapping into government databases — it’s also tapping into local police scanners, EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social said on an @nyu.edu panel. “ICE is buying millions of people’s geolocations and weaponizing all government data toward immigration.” nyunews.com/culture/ieq...

Alongside @404media.co, we sued DHS demanding they hand over a copy of an agreement that shares the personal data of nearly 80 million Medicaid patients with ICE. We believe it’s important for the public to see this unprecedented data sharing agreement.

State-run extrajudicial immigration black sites like Alligator Alcatraz allows politically connected individuals to make hundreds of millions of dollars off Florida’s taxpayers at the expense of jailed migrants, while those held are stripped of their access to legal counsel and due process.

🧵Constitution in Crisis: Inside Florida's Immigrant Detention System Series ~ ACLU of Florida 10/1, 10/15 & 10/29 5:30 pm CT With the opening of the Everglades Detention Center, cruelly dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz", a spotlight has been cast on Florida's notorious detention centers. However, this

Latest: Friends of the Everglades passed along this picture of freshly laid blacktop at the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention camp, taken by pilot Ralph Arwood on September 26. I was there a week or so prior, and there were construction trucks pouring out of it.

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These widespread show me your paper operations are done by state police agencies like the Florida Highway Patrol. Even public university police departments have signed police-ICE collaboration agreements in Florida, the only state in the country where that’s happening.

Sad followup from Key West.

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@techaro.lol hey is this legit? blur.50501.chat

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Wrote about how Florida’s rush to open new detention centers is not just about an immigration crackdown. It’s also about disbursing hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars with no competitive processes . Over $350 million in no-bid contracts for Alligator Alcatraz alone so far.

“It was released, not publicly, but leaked, that the Alachua County School District released guidance to all its schools that would allow someone saying they’re ICE to detain a student without a warrant or question them without parental knowledge or consent”

Reminder that Florida is the only state in the country where university police are deputized to conduct immigration enforcement.

"Friends of the Everglades argues that, although no money has changed hands, the tacit agreement between the federal government and the state of Florida, and the repeated public statements by Florida and DHS officials, clearly show that the federal government has committed to pay for the project...

I think it's a sign of how cowed the American media is that we're getting pieces like "you have to understand, in Korean culture, it's considered very rude for someone to lock you in a brutal prison camp for a week for no reason." Like yeah, any free people would be offended by that?

If this how they treat high-exposure, wealthy detainees, imagine how they treat the people with no money, no attention and no diplomatic leverage.

After Charlie Kirk’s murder, the cancel culture machine has kicked into gear, with mob mentality driving firings, investigations, and political pressure. FIRE's Adam Goldstein looks at how tragedy affects our culture of free speech. ⬇️ www.thefire.org/news/we-are-...

"Asking us to build factories and invest then arresting and detaining. Is this what an ally does?" -- Protest sign at airport where South Korean workers, including engineers with work visas, were returned www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a funding dilemma over the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” built in the Florida Everglades. https://to.pbs.org/4m99Hco

ICE and FAUPD - As of August, none of the FAU PD had taken the training.

"Activists who spoke with those deported told @talkingpointsmemo.com that Vovchenko and another man were detained upon arrival in Moscow." Absolutely craven. @jjindc.bsky.social commented at the time that the Omni flight to Cairo looked weird. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...

Interfaith vigil outside Alligator Alcatraz today.

After years of activist pressure, lawsuits, and bad press Ring made much needed reforms. Now, they’re pivoting back to mass police surveillance as a business model. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Taking the fight against 287(g) to the county.

The real goal behind the rush to open up more detention centers like this one is to steer hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to political connected companies through no-bid contracts.

“The partnership reportedly gives FAU's police power that some students are calling an assault on due process, including the power and authority to arrest without a warrant.”

FAU Students Plan Protest Against Campus Police Partnership with ICE Boca Tribune

THIS FRIDAY (Sept 5th) at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Boca Raton campus - Protest to get ICE off campus

Once again, a town hall about ICE on campus at FIU

Also, Alligator Alcatraz might be shutting down for good and that’s a good thing. But a lot of politically connected companies have made off with a ton of money. Literally hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars. It's a big club, and you ain't in it.

Why are luxury sports cars being transported into Alligator Alcatraz as the facility seems to be shutting down? Are taxpayer dollars being spent on this? Over $300 million spent so far in this place through no bid contracts.

Surveillance tech is not making us safer – it’s putting innocent people at risk. This isn’t public safety. It’s automated injustice. Read more: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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People should remember that aside from the depraved treatment against those detained there, well over $300 million in taxpayer dollars were disbursed through no-bid contracts to politically connected vendors at Alligator Alcatraz. This was complete financial malfeasance.

🧵🚨 BREAKING: Judge Orders Shut Down of Everglades Internment Camp🚨 A federal judge just blocked DeSantis & Trump administrations from expanding the Everglades internment camp. The ruling orders the state to stop transfers immediately, reduce the population within 60 days, & begin dismantling it.