📍 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃, 𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐎𝐍: Trump’s administration deployed the National Guard to Portland under the claim of “rebellion,” but a United States District Court for the District of Oregon judge found the government couldn’t prove protests constituted an emergency. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: Videos from ICE operations in Los Angeles and Chicago reveal federal agents using aggressive tactics — targeting protesters, journalists, clergy, and bystanders in ways that rights groups argue violate civil-liberties norms. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍𝐋𝐎𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒, 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀: Federal immigration agents arrested a U.S. citizen father outside a Home Depot — then drove away in his car with his 1-year-old daughter still strapped in the back seat. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐎, 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐈𝐒: A child-care worker at a preschool on Chicago’s North Side was detained by federal immigration agents as children were being dropped off — despite having a valid work permit and no criminal history. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: A @propublica.org investigation found that the Department of Homeland Security has expanded immigration enforcement powers under Trump—deploying ICE and CBP units for domestic operations with limited oversight and growing civil rights concerns. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐎, 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐈𝐒: A U.S. citizen, Dayanne Figueroa, was dragged from her car by masked federal agents after her vehicle collided with an unmarked ICE vehicle—she was held for hours without charge and left shaken from the encounter. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: DHS is rolling out a sweeping new rule requiring DNA, fingerprints, facial/iris scans, and voice-prints from anyone involved in an immigration benefit application. Entire immigrant families could be placed under perpetual government surveillance. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒: Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel, a 52-year-old man deported by ICE in a vegetative state following months in U.S. custody, died on October 26 after returning to Costa Rica. His family accuses the agency of negligence and inhumane treatment. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: ICE is reportedly considering hiring private “bounty hunters” — offering financial bonuses to contractors who track, verify, and deliver migrants for deportation across the country. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒: A legally employed Kenyan-national priest working for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice was detained by ICE while returning home from work — despite his documented immigration status and lawful employment. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: President Trump declared that his administration’s domestic raids by ICE “haven’t gone far enough," despite the violence against immigrants and U.S. citizens alike. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎, 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀: A U.S. citizen and father of three, trapped in a traffic stop by masked ICE agents, was shot from behind as he tried to alert officers to children nearby, according to his attorneys. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: A new DHS document states that ICE will not let people decline from being scanned by its new facial recognition app, Mobile Fortify. It is used to verify one’s identity and immigration status. However, the face photos taken will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration status.

📍𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐎, 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀: A mom of 8 U.S. Citizen children, Silvia Reyna Mendoza, was deported last week, after she accused an ICE contractor of sexual harassment—despite receiving an emergency temporary stay from the court. She lived in the U.S. for 40 years. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒: ICE is exploring a plan to launch a privately run, statewide transportation system in Texas to move detained immigrants. Planning documents outline a 24-hour operation designed to transport detainees between local jails and ICE facilities with minimal federal oversight. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: More than 20 people have died in 2025 while caught up in enforcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Department of Homeland Security — marking the deadliest year for the agency in two decades. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐒𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎, 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀: British political commentator Sami Hamdi was detained by ICE at San Francisco Airport, had his visa revoked mid-speaking tour, and is facing deportation — his wife says they’re being kept “in the dark.” #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐀: A woman says she was detained for seven hours by ICE agents after photographing their license plates near checkpoint vehicles — despite being a U.S. citizen. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐑, 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐎: A fifth-grade teacher and her family — despite her valid work authorization — were taken into custody by ICE after a routine check-in, leaving her classroom unexpectedly vacant. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄, 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐀: @beyer.house.gov is sounding the alarm after reports that detainees at the Farmville Detention Center were served rotten food with worms and faced retaliation when they complained. He’s demanding immediate federal action. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: White House adviser Stephen Miller asserted that ICE agents have “federal immunity” when carrying out their duties — and warned that officials who interfere face seditious-conspiracy charges. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐆, 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐀: A high-schooler posted video of her mother, Jaykie Funez-Andrade, being pulled over and arrested just as she drove her daughter to school — even though the mother has lived in the U.S. for over 20 years and her daughter insists: “She’s not a criminal.” #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒, 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐀: A U.S. resident with a substantial citizenship claim was deported to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal. His attorneys say this signals grave disregard for court rulings and due process. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐔𝐊𝐄𝐄, 𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐍: ICE is using a building owned by the Milwaukee School of Engineering as a deportation-office site — despite the university’s intended plans to convert it into academic spaces. The campus says it has no legal power to evict the agency from the building. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: ICE is undergoing a major leadership shake-up — with senior officials being reassigned and local directors replaced — in order to ramp up a mass deportation campaign. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍, 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒: A U.S.-born teenager says masked immigration agents beat and choked him, hurled slurs like “border-hopper,” and dragged him from a car — despite identifying himself as a citizen. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: The U.S. has expelled a group of people to Ghana and other African countries. This has taken place amid intense secrecy, through an aggressive deportation strategy that offers few safeguards to those detained. #AbuseofPowerWatch

A priest praying for peace was shot. Families’ homes were torn apart. ICE calls it “enforcement.” We call it what it is: abuse of power. None of this makes us safe. Learn more: bsky.app/profile/abus...  #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐒𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎, 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀: Rev. Jorge Bautista, a Latinx pastor at a peaceful vigil opposing federal immigration raids, was shot directly in the face with a pepper-ball round by a federal agent. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: Pregnant women in ICE custody say they suffered severe neglect — miscarrying, bleeding heavily, being denied adequate prenatal care or release — despite clear warnings from civil-rights groups. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: New reporting reveals that some recruits at ICE entered training without full background checks or vetting, even as the agency ramps up hiring ahead of its mass-deportation agenda. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: The Department of Homeland Security is tapping the U.S. Navy’s construction arm to build a massive network of migrant detention centers — housed by ICE — moving from law enforcement to large-scale incarceration. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐎, 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐈𝐒: Federal immigration agents have repeatedly used tear gas, pepper balls, and stun-grenade tactics against peaceful protesters, medics, journalists and legal observers at a detention facility outside Chicago. via @hrw.org #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀: Documents show that Florida officials quietly scrubbed public data revealing U.S. citizens were caught up in immigration enforcement sweeps — including arrests and encounters where citizenship was ignored. #AbuseofPowerWatch

Trump’s mass deportation agenda has spiraled out of control. More than 170 U.S. citizens — including children, veterans, and pregnant women — have been detained by immigration agents since he took office. Here are ten real stories of Americans wrongfully detained 👇

📍 𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐑, 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐎: A federal judge ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s new “no-bond” policy is illegal, ordering the immediate release of a long-term resident who had been held without a bond hearing. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐎, 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐈𝐒: A federal judge is demanding answers from ICE and other agents after repeated use of tear gas, pepper balls, and force against journalists, clergy, and protesters in the city — despite previous court bans on such tactics. #AbuseofPowerWatch

More people have died this year in immigration detention than any other year in decades. The best way to prevent abuse and deaths in ICE custody is for Congress to stop funding the ICE detention machine.

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: Democrats are demanding answers from Sec. Noem and DHS over reports that more than 170 citizens have been wrongfully detained by ICE. The inquiry calls out racial profiling, lack of access to attorneys, and the use of indefinite detention even after judicial rulings. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐑𝐊, 𝐍𝐘: Federal agents descended on Canal Street in a high-visibility enforcement sweep, detaining street vendors and sparking spontaneous protests. Videos show masked agents shoving bystanders, threatening with pepper spray, and operating in military‐style vehicles. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐎, 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐈𝐒: Just hours after a Chicago high schooler returned home from chemotherapy, ICE agents arrived and arrested her father, Ruben Torres, tearing him from their family as she continues her cancer treatment. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: The Department of Homeland Security is reassigning hundreds of employees across agencies like FEMA into immigration-related roles — some with only days to accept or be terminated. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍, 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒: Douglas Menjivar — a whistle-blower who exposed sexual assault in an ICE detention center — was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, packed off from his family, and forced into exile. His only offense: daring to speak out. #AbuseofPowerWatch

Every day, Trump’s agents are detaining people without warrants, tearing families apart, and operating with zero accountability. This is abuse of power — and it must stop. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: ICE has increased its spending on weapons — including guns, armor, and chemical agents — by 700% in 2025 compared to the previous year, while claiming to focus enforcement only on “serious criminals.” #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐎, 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐈𝐒: ICE arrested Radule Bojovic, a local police officer who had passed full background checks and held a valid work authorization — accusing him of overstaying a visa from a decade ago. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: Over 170 U.S. citizens have been arrested and detained by immigration agents — kicked, dragged, held for days — often without access to lawyers or explanation. The government doesn’t even track how often this happens. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐋𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇, 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀: Three U.S.-born children were escorted to Guatemala to reunite with their mothers after ICE deported them — leaving the kids uprooted despite their citizenship. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: Facebook suspended a popular community group used to report ICE sightings — at the DOJ’s request. Meta says the group was “used to dox and target” ICE agents. Critics warn this is censorship under the guise of enforcement. #AbuseofPowerWatch