BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi. David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison. Here's their story.

BREAKING: Federal judge issues TRO following a second day of hearings, blocking the Trump administration from “ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois” from now through Oct. 23. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Highly recommend!

Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.

In the fire zones, an immigrant workforce warily carries out cleanups

Join the Urban Institute on 10/21 @ 12:30 p.m. ET for a hybrid event exploring the benefits and long-term impacts of safety net investments in #children. The discussion will focus on #policy opportunities for progress at both the federal and state levels. #LiveatUrban

Immigration Professor's Blog is BACK. Visit our new home at immprof.com for the latest on immigration law, policy, news, court cases, books, research, and more. It's a great resource going strong for 20 years. 🥳

If you have seen a pregnant, postpartum, or lactating woman in immigration custody, please let the Women's Refugee Commission know by submitting a report through the Detention Pregnancy Tracker. detentionpregnancytracker.com

International student arrivals to the US dropped 19% this year, the biggest drop on record aside from the 2020 pandemic low.

I have practical misgivings about these apps, but they are unquestionably free speech. If you’ve ever been warned of a speed trap on Waze or Google Maps, you’ve used something similar. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING via @aclunm.bsky.social — ALBUQUERQUE, NM – A federal judge today ordered the immediate release of Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira, a 27-year-old DACA recipient and father of four U.S. citizen children who was unlawfully detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for 42 days.

“CNN identified more than 100 US citizen children, from newborns to teenagers, who have been left stranded without parents because of immigration actions this year …” www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/p... #FamiliesBelongTogether

CNN has identified at least 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents after ICE deported them - including newborns. As a parent I cannot imagine the horror of being separated from my child, but that trauma is even more acute for the innocent children left behind.

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.”

All summer, I’ve been speaking to a Nigerian mom of two kids who won fear-based protection in an immigration court. Under a previous admin, she would have likely been released, but ICE refused to let her out and tried to deport her to Ghana -> @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

TL;DR:

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

JUST IN: The law, opposed by police organizations, was aimed by lawmakers at immigration agents and will test state powers over the conduct of federal officials.

NEW: Hours before a new entry ban is supposed to go into effect, the federal government officially acknowledges for the first time that the restrictions do NOT apply to people who currently have H-1B visas. Link: www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...

And now the White House says the $100,000 doesn’t apply to current H-1b holders!

The folks at Microsoft know what they are talking about. Helpful for sharing with anyone you know on an H-1B

A man caged by ICE was found dead in his cell inside a Long Island jail 18 hours after arriving there.

W/ immigrant detention constantly in the news, I share my portfolio of peer-reviewed research on harms of this system. In @jamanetworkopen.com, we show alarmingly high prevalence of poor health, mental illness & PTSD for all, w/ esp high rates for those detained 6+mo. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

cruelty is literally the point of ICE detention and it's working

ICYMI: An immigration judge ruled ICE can’t deport Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, who has permission to be in the country, unless the agency can provide evidence that her legal status was revoked.

Important new reporting by @themarshallproject.org & @uninoticias.bsky.social on the rise in solitary confinement (SC) in ICE detention:“'SC is perhaps the most punitive practice that exists...it's a traumatic experience for anyone,' said Caitlin Patler“ www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/16/t...

A deep dive into the destruction of US cancer research by @jonathanmahler.bsky.social “It’s an absolutely unmitigated disaster,” a former top official at NIH told him. “It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” Gift link: nyti.ms/48iH3Cr

JUST IN: A federal judge in New York has blocked a Trump administration policy advising immigration judges to dismiss deportation cases from the bench — which advocates say has been a precursor to courthouse arrests. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

They're forcing us to DIY society. To individually and privately manage risks--like the risks of pharmaceuticals--that can only be effectively managed publicly and at scale. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f...

Wapo article does a good job covering two realities: How deeply watching a parents‘ immigration arrest affects kids, and how DC residents are organizing “walking buses” and neighborhood lookouts to help kids with immigrant parents get safely to school. wapo.st/3VNYZ08

It's not the most important part of the issue but Kavanaugh saying "well they should just sue if they're the victims of excessive force from ICE" when he himself has previously voted to bar lawsuits against federal officers for violations of the 4th Amendment in immigration cases takes chutzpah.

Justice Sotomayor, not mincing words, also says that today's decision will lead to the "creation of [] a second-class citizenship status" for Latinos, who now will have the burden to "carry enough documentation to prove that they deserve to walk freely."

Sotomayor concludes her dissent with again saying just how TERRIBLE this decision is: "After today, [freedom from arbitrary enforcement] may no longer be true for those who happen to look a certain way, speak a certain way, and appear to work a certain type of legitimate job that pays very little."

This reads like a clause from the Government’s brief or like a passage from a page on the DHS website. Instead it’s the words of a SCOTUS justice. What Kavanaugh describes here is a fantasy. We have seen how it goes down with our own eyes. What a disgrace! www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

The Supreme Court approves racial profiling

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago

The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.

The Department of Homeland Security said it would fight the decision affecting Venezuelans and Haitians.

3 former Surgeon Generals issue a warning: "The CDC is more than just an agency. It is the cornerstone of public health... The recent turbulence at the CDC threatens to undermine this legacy, and we feel this is not just a bureaucratic or political issue. It’s truly a matter of life and death."

This is truly disgusting