2026 will bring new challenges for immigrant families. But with your support, we can meet this moment — with courage, compassion, and action. secure.actblue.com/donate/ameri...

Chicago pediatrician Dr. Minal Giri explains how immigration enforcement is undermining trust and putting families and communities at risk. “This is not just an immigration issue, it’s a public health emergency.”

“The single biggest difference between this version of the Trump administration and the last one is the shift from the border to the interior of the country.” @sarahpierce.bsky.social details how the administration’s anti-immigrant agenda has reshaped immigration enforcement across the country.

"In state after state, outraged & concerned community members organized emergency trainings & warning networks to protect their immigrant neighbors from masked deportation agents," wrote @tusk81.bsky.social. These acts of solidarity with immigrants are proving fear doesn’t get the final word.

"Americans have responded: No. These are my neighbors. These are my friends. We go to church together. She carpools my kids to school. Our children play soccer together." @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on the Americans who stood up, in the latest Huddled Masses: lnk.thebulwark.com/4s6Zdi4

“The Trump administration's immigration policies are destabilizing the care infrastructure that families depend on to work, provide, and thrive, and undermining our economy.” - Donna Norton, EVP of @momsrising.org Without immigrant care workers, families and communities pay the price.

Great news! Jim Brown’s wife Donna has been released & the deportation case against her has been dropped. A happy ending to one of many tragic stories of innocent people whose lives have been ruined by the Administration's reckless and cruel immigration enforcement practices.

A Senate investigation documents “brazen lawlessness” by ICE and CBP, including rejecting proof of U.S. citizenship, using excessive force, and fabricating charges. As @tusk81.bsky.social writes, "This harassment campaign has been unsparing, even snatching up American children."

During yesterday's convening of elected officials and policy experts, Mayor of Raleigh Janet Cowell laid out what anti-immigrant policies look like on the ground: "You do see the impacts emotionally... half of those schools saw their attendance, absenteeism go from about 7% a day to 11% a day"

📍𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃: A Maryland woman was detained and moved to Louisiana, despite her attorneys giving ICE documentation to prove that she was born in the U.S., including a birth certificate. #AbuseofPowerWatch

Trump’s ICE is kidnapping and detaining US citizens. And lying about it. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...

Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was born in Maryland. She has a valid U.S. birth certificate, medical and immunization records, and sworn affidavits. Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.

"Trump suspends U.S. green card lottery after Brown University shooting," "Pope’s naming of New York archbishop signals continued challenge to Trump on immigration," "A federal jury finds Milwaukee judge guilty of obstructing immigration agents," and more must-read #immigration news.

Happy Holidays ✨ Wishing you a safe and healthy holiday season!

Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.   ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: More than 117,000 immigrants now face potential deportation after the Trump administration moved to reopen cases that immigration judges had previously paused, many involving people who have lived in the U.S. for a decade or more. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

At a moment when powerful voices seek to divide and instill fear, it matters to remember who we’re really talking about: people. Immigrants are neighbors with stories, hopes, and contributions that strengthen the communities they call home. #InternationalMigrantsDay ✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social

"President Trump evokes the character Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens’ 'A Christmas Carol,' ruining the holidays for individuals and families, not only for the undocumented immigrants he mercilessly targets, but also for authorized residents and citizens," writes Maribel Hastings this week.

Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities. 28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.

ICE’s cruelty is tearing our neighbors apart during the holiest time of the year. As faithful Americans, we demand that ICE stop attacking our neighbors. Watch our new ad with @protectdemocracy.org and then head over to LoveNotICE.org to add your name to our letter. #LoveNotICE

I'm holding a press conference RIGHT NOW on the PROTECT Immigration Act — a bill to stop Trump from using local police in ICE raids. Join me and @jayapal.house.gov, @mcbride.house.gov, @foushee.house.gov, @aclu.org, and @immcouncil.org by tuning into the live below.

"Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship," "US judge says Trump cannot ban lawmakers’ surprise visits to ICE facilities," "She was approved for a green card after three decades in the U.S. Then ICE arrested her," and more must-read #immigration news.

Immigration has always played a huge part in our history and migrants bring diversity and strength to our communities. Let’s fight to protect their rights.

SCOOP: The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, according to internal guidance obtained by The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

Total victory on this issue; members of Congress will again have the right to conduct surprise inspections of ICE detention centers.

NEW: Judge blocks Trump administration's attempt to limit lawmakers' access to immigration jails. Advance notice no longer required & detention facilities at field offices are open to Congress. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

While the Trump administration has tried to rule through fear, chaos, and division, everyday Americans are choosing something better. Across the country, people are standing with their immigrant neighbors and defending who we are as a nation of immigrants.

The TPS program lets immigrants who are already in the US stay longer if their countries are devastated by war, natural disaster, or other harsh conditions. Trump is dismantling it and forcing those people back to danger.

"Trump’s push for the largest mass deportation in history has had an outsize effect on the child-care field, which is heavily reliant on immigrants and already strained by a worker shortage." Since January, 39,000 workers have left the child-care workforce — a field where 1 in 5 is an immigrant.

Trump’s ICE is going after immigrants who are VOLUNTARILY leaving the U.S. and sending them to inhumane detention centers. Why? Just so they can funnel more money into private, for-profit prisons. The cruelty is the point. www.tpr.org/news/2025-12...

Sen. DURBIN: ICE agents are racially profiling and arresting American citizens, even veterans. This is the type of thing we expect from totalitarian regimes that have rightfully been relegated to the trash heap of history. We cannot tolerate it.

“A group of people who were ready to be sitting in these very seats, raising their right hand to swear an oath to become citizens were turned away at the door because of their countries of origin, stemming from the hateful policies of this federal administration,” said Mayor Wu.

ICE says agents "conducted themselves with the utmost professionalism"

📍 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒, 𝐌𝐍: New video shows ICE agents shattering a car window and violently detaining an Ecuadorian couple during a chaotic traffic stop. "Agents deployed chemical irritants, and at one point an agent used a taser before yelling to the crowd, 'Who wants more?'" #AbuseOfPowerWatch

"Trump expands travel ban to 39 countries after shooting of Guard members," "ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit," "Louisiana volunteer group brings groceries to families fearing immigration crackdown," and more must-read #immigration news.

Nico Coronado from Teamsters 705 out here at press conference denouncing Bovino and CBP for visiting the Mauser picket line today, harassing union members, asking them their status. “Our members didn’t take the bait,” he says, thanks to know your rights trainings from Arise worker center.

Rabbi Susan Goldberg on why we must be vigilant in sharing stories of the cruelty of Trump's authoritarian deportation machine.

Trump ran on a promise that ICE would go after the “worst" criminals. But the real crime is in oligarchs taking $170b from your healthcare and food assistance to form a secret police force. Our country has defeated fascism before and it is time we fight to uphold our legacy.

📍𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐒, 𝐓𝐍 @samanthamichaels.bsky.social goes into detail on how immigrant families are surviving the ICE-occupied Memphis. #AbuseofPowerWatch "Some Memphians critical of the surge liken the city to a war zone...Immigrant citizens carry their US passports, lest they be detained."

Former detainees say people held at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention camp were punished by being locked in “the box,” a small outdoor cage exposed to heat, humidity, and swarms of mosquitoes. @amnesty.org has condemned the practice as “extreme forms of punishment and torture.”

ICE is terrorizing immigrant communities in Minneapolis and across our state- but Minnesotans do not back down in the face of hate. Thank you to every Minnesotan who is standing up and keeping our immigrant neighbors safe.

"What happened to me should never happen to anyone, and the fact that it did shows that our system is failing the very people it’s meant to protect." Army veteran George Retes is fighting to close a loophole that leaves federal officials unaccountable when constitutional rights are violated.

Every facet of the federal government is being deployed to support Stephen Miller’s mass deportation obsessions, even when the details rely on Big Brother tactics that should raise alarm bells among all Americans. americasvoice.org/press_releas...

📍 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒, 𝐌𝐍: A tense situation occurred when dozens of residents prevented ICE agents from operating on their streets to protect their neighbors. '"It's unbelievable what I see right now, our city, our neighborhood, it's kind of like a war right now," said Goth Ali, an observer on site.'

This is the case widely shared on video where a man had a seizure while in a chokehold. DHS accused him publicly of faking.

"Miller has outlined something more comprehensive and sinister—an elaborate worldview that has escaped notice in the mainstream media. It centers immigrants as a threat to 'civilization' in terms that echo the rhetoric of those determined to exclude people like his ancestors." via @newrepublic.com

If you have a neighbor or loved one detained by ICE or need help with a federal agency, contact my office at (773) 799-8219.

Attention, #IL03! We have received reports of DHS agents back in our communities. Stay safe! The best way to protect ourselves is by knowing our rights and not spreading misinformation.

new from @tusk81.bsky.social: Across the country, people of faith are stepping forward to say that cruelty and chaos are not who we are and that compassion, justice, and human dignity must guide our response to this administration’s anti-immigrant agenda.

"Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State," "Trump immigration raids take toll on child-care workers in California and nationwide," "I’m a citizen. ICE wrongfully detained me. So why can’t I sue?," and more must-read #immigration news.