May 30 is a STATEWIDE DAY OF ACTION FOR IMMIGRANTS in Ohio! Local leaders are hosting interfaith prayer vigils outside of ICE jails + other public spaces. Anyone can do this, large or small. Email [email protected] w details + we will add it to the site! www.ohioishome.org/events/may-3...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor lets Brett Kavanaugh have it: “I had a colleague in that case who wrote, you know, these are only temporary stops. This is from a man whose parents were professionals. And probably doesn’t really know any person who works by the hour." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Proof ICE lied about Operation Buckeye. When govt lies to us over + over again, we can’t trust them. Govt must tell the truth, rather than changing facts to suit a false narrative. Via @deportationdata.org @dispatch.com @ibtimes.bsky.social ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/1/...

When a psychopathic leader says “a whole civilization will die,” he’s dropped all pretenses that this is anything but a war against civilians and all about oil. We joined more than 200 organizations and experts to say "not in our name." www.amnestyusa.org/wp-content/u... @amnesty.org

"What Iranians deserve is so ordinary is almost embarrassing to say aloud. They deserve not to spend their mornings calculating whether they will survive until evening. They deserve to be seen as people... not as acceptable losses, not as the unfortunate human context around a geopolitical problem."

@ibtimes.bsky.social clocked it: "<7% had criminal conviction ... OIA's independent examination reached a near-identical conclusion: of 214 detainees it could identify, the group found 10 w criminal histories, <5% + at least 3 were b4 before it began." www.ibtimes.co.uk/operation-bu...

More ICE lies. @dispatch.com "DHS said 'more than 280 illegal aliens' arrested" in Operation Buckeye. DDP shows about 240. OIA report identified 214+ arrests + warned that DHS claims about criminality were deliberately misleading: www.dispatch.com/story/news/l... ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2025/12...

I'm so excited for our concert at the Columbus Arts Festival June 13! Check out this promo video: www.instagram.com/reel/DWz3nvW... More info here: ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/3/... + please ARRIVE EARLY. The festival is large and you won't want to miss a MINUTE of Salif's performance! #OhioIsHome

Read our report on the Ohio Immigrant Hotline and learn how to support it! bit.ly/OIAHotline Check us out on Spectrum News 1 Ohio spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/...

Our comment on the Interim Federal Rule gutting Board of Immigration Appeals access for immigrants. TL;DR - The immigration laws + court structure are already stacked against respondents. It’s un-American to distort the appeals system to favor the govt as well. ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/4/...

When are men going to realize that men ARE the problem, and fix themselves? Nancy Metayer Bowen deserved to live. We all do. tramontela.medium.com/adorazione-p...

So when does she lose her law license? www.cnn.com/2026/04/02/p...

Two brilliant civil rights lawyers - one Asian American; one Black American. Both women. @aclu.org’s Cecellia Wang & @legaldefensefund.bsky.social’s @janainelson.bsky.social. They argued two of the most consequential cases in SCOTUS this year. This embrace is one of my favorite moments of the day.

In 2025, USG paid OH county jails $13.2M in tax $ to detain people on civil charges. CoreCivic lied to @nbc4i.com: "did not have relevant records" on NEOCC, largest immig jail. Ofc they do. They EXIST to get $ + can't hide their profit just bc they are a Trump donor. www.nbc4i.com/news/investi...

We are monsters for letting this happen. www.news5cleveland.com/videos/scrip...

Daniel Lajack + Donald Kopchak are both now convicted felons. That might qualify them to work in the Trump White House, but not as police officers for Cleveland + Portage Co. Sheriff's Office. They must be fired. They shouldn't be anywhere near a police badge + gun. ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/3/...

“A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for his actions on Jan. 6 has been sentenced for possessing more than 100,000 child sexual abuse images and videos discovered in connection with his Capitol riot case.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Celebrating Donald Kopchak & Daniel Lajack's guilty verdicts; calling on CLE Chief Dorothy Todd & Portage Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski to fire them NOW. "Cops who beat people up don’t belong on the force. No one is above the law, and that includes law enforcement." ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/3/...

Appreciate being invited to react to @acluohio.bsky.social new report, "ICE in Ohio," at their press conference today. If you want to hear about, it register for the webinar tonight at 5:30pm. Report reaction: ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/3/... Webinar RSVP: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🧚🧞🧜‍♂️ Nicole Perez raised over $1,000 for Ohio Immigrant Alliance in her tattoo giveaway! Read about this and other creative ways people are supporting immigrant defense in Ohio right now: ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/br... #OhioIsHome

Since the headline is a bit confusing, the NYT is reporting that on the same day we hit the girl's school in Minab, we also sent a missile full of tungsten steel pellets at a girl's volleyball tournament hundreds of miles away in Lamerd. Twenty one dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...

Everything you need to know about "pretermission" and third country removals, from @daralind.bsky.social @documented.net documentedny.com/2026/03/27/t...

It makes the scene where Doralee threatens to get her gun and shoot his dick off all the more satisfying: youtu.be/TxmtoGBeO7c?...

We Keep Us Safe. The people in this article are contributing to community safety + family unity in ways that suit their skills, talents, and capacities. They are why Ohio, with all of its challenges, is still a beautiful place. ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/3/...

16-year-old American teen Arnoldo Bazan "was tackled and choked by immigration agents who were chasing his undoc father in Houston. Bystanders filmed the teen screaming that he was a minor and a U.S. citizen. After agents knelt on his neck and put him in a choke hold, then they handcuffed him.”

Nancy Sullivan and everyone profiled in this article are heroes. They represent the best of Ohio. www.cincinnati.com/story/news/p...

The real reason behind ICE deployment to CLE airport, which has not experienced security delays. From an anonymous Plain Dealer reader. “It begins to normalize their presence in non-ICE situations and places. Beware their deployment at polling places.” www.cleveland.com/news/2026/03...

NEW: Franklin Co. Sheriff Baldwin agrees to review his jail's booking policy, after @dispatch.com @lairdwrites.bsky.social expose, and our revelation that it is “one of the most pro-ICE policies in the country.” bit.ly/FranklinICE #ICEOutOfCbus

So excited to be able to bring Salif Sarr, FOR FREE, to the Ohio community. You do not want to miss this concert on June 13 at the #CbusArtsFest! www.instagram.com/p/DWV-elrjiJ...

Important: the govt is charging ahead with a targeted, discriminatory effort to rapidly shove Somalis out by putting them in front of judges tasked with removing them. The thread gives historical context, explains how we know it’s happening even as DOJ lies & denies, and shares an impact

Defend Disability Rights. Protect our Health. Fight for our Democracy. NO KINGS 3 ACCESSIBLE RALLY · Online March 28th 12:30–2pm CT ASL interpreted · Live captioned · For everyone, everywhere. Organized by Stand Up for Science standupforscience.net/sufs-nk3 #NoKings #NoKings3 #NK3VR #Rally

There’s some male, most of the time a Christian or GOP leader, in the headlines every day for being so obsessed with kids’ genitals that they are arrested on felony charges. There is a direct line between those behaviors and these bull shit laws.

So excited about our next event at Columbus Arts Festival: Ohio Is My Second Country concert + book presentation w Salif Sarr! Themed around our forthcoming coloring book. OIA's Demba Ndiath will also present "From Welcome to Deportation." www.facebook.com/events/93329... #OhioIsHome

Via @dispatch.com: "Nearly half of 500+ incidents reported to Ohio Immigrant Hotline were from Columbus-area callers. The Hotline "catalogued 548 incidents btw [Jan 2025] + Feb 2026, according to a report titled "'Connecting Ohio: The Ohio Immigrant Hotline’s First Year in Action.'"

Did you know you can listen to audio summaries of our new Ohio Immigrant Hotline report in English, Spanish, and French? Check them out ===> bit.ly/OIAHotline

So excited about our next event at Columbus Arts Festival: Ohio Is My Second Country concert + book presentation w Salif Sarr! Themed around our forthcoming coloring book. OIA's Demba Ndiath will also present "From Welcome to Deportation." www.facebook.com/events/93329... #OhioIsHome

Ohio's creative community unstoppable! NEW tattoo giveaway, "Ohio Is My Second Country" coloring book, photos from "Jamnesty" at Ohio University, the Brave Of US tattoo contest, and more on the OIA blog. We ❤️ our people!!! ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/br... #BraveOfUs

The 1st year of Ohio Immigrant Hotline -- the good, the bad, + the way our community came together. Download the report + check out French, Spanish, + English audio summaries at bit.ly/OIAHotline #OhioIsHome #WeKeepUsSafe

Questions we need to know: 1) Will ICE agents have guns? 2) Will they be carrying out immigration enforcement duties, rather than only sticking to TSA-related laws? 3) Are the checking IDs, or not? The Airport Authority should have fought this. We deserve better.

On ICE taking on TSA duties at Hopkins Airport: It seems like the Airport Authority + federal gov't have their wires crossed. Will ICE be enforcing immigration laws at Hopkins? Will they be checking IDs, or won’t they? This is a recipe for disaster. ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/3/... #AbolishICE

ICE does not belong at CLE airport. And the airport authority seems confused on their duties. This is a recipe for disaster. Read more: ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/3/...

NEW: Franklin Co. Sheriff has one of the most pro-ICE jail policies in US (via @lairdwrites.bsky.social @dispatch.com). They even report US citizens to ICE. Read more here and CALL FRANKLIN CO. COMMISSIONERS to tell them to repeal this policy! bit.ly/FranklinICE

NEW: Update on Ohio immigration litigation Class Action on Warrantless Arrests; Pretermit Motions; 6th Circuit Weighing Detention Authority; SCOTUS on TPS and Birthright Citizenship; Habeas Petitions in Federal Court; Butler County Jail Litigation Continues ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/3/...

A recent class action lawsuit brought by Haitian workers at the plant claims that they have been segregated onto a night shift and forced to work at “dangerously fast speeds.” Now, they're going on strike. From our colleagues at @fernnews.org:

She’s not an “entertainer,” she’s an educator. And she doesn’t only teach children.

In US immigration court now, the DOJ-appointed judges are agreeing with the DHS-employed counsel 97% of the time. There has never been a clearer example of why we need an independent immigration court. www.npr.org/2026/03/20/n...

ICYMI: In an unusual ruling from the bench on Friday, a federal judge granted Minneapolis clergy access to immigrants detained by DHS in a federal facility as the case proceeds, allowing the faith leaders to provide pastoral care after the govt denied them for months religionnews.com/2026/03/20/f...

Coming up: "Ohio Is My Second Country" coloring book, drawn by Shema Asifiwe w text by Manuel Chinchilla, publishing this Spring. On 6/13, we present it w songs by Salif Sarr at Columbus Arts Festival Center Stage, 3pm. Can't wait! ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/3/... ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/3/...

Coming up: "Ohio Is My Second Country" coloring book, drawn by Shema Asifiwe w text by Manuel Chinchilla, publishing this Spring. On 6/13, we present it w songs by Salif Sarr at Columbus Arts Festival Center Stage, 3pm. Can't wait! ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/3/... ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/3/...

Our friends at Columbus Free Press highlight the Brave Of US Immigrant Solidarity Tattoo Contest! Entries due June 30. freepress.org/article/anno... #braveofus @braveofus.bsky.social