From @maketheroadnj.bsky.social: “The tragic loss of Jean Wilson Brutus is a prime example of the deadly reality of immigrant detentions. This loss reverberates far beyond detention walls: it sends a message to immigrant families across the country that their lives are treated as expendable.”

As data centers pop up in every corner of the country, their electricity demands are spiking rates for everyone. But why on Earth should you be covering the electricity bill of a billion-dollar tech giant? This week, @warren.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov, & I are asking big tech just that.

At 16 years old, Joel, like thousands of other young migrants, has become a target of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. Dissolving long-established protections aimed to help young people like him isn't safety—it's cruelty. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/n...

From @maketheroadnv.bsky.social: All across the country, rate payers are facing eye-popping increases. What is to blame for the sudden increase in costs? Big tech’s AI-fueled data center frenzy—and it’s about to get even worse. nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/12/d...

“I don’t know how I’m going to explain it to my daughter one day — that she got pepper-sprayed on our way to buy Pampers and milk.”

Help us reunite Allan & Matthew! Allan is an LGBTQ+ asylum seeker who was wrongfully detained by ICE following his marriage-based green card interview at 26 Federal Plaza. Over 1,200 New Yorkers have signed the petition demanding his immediate release. Help us #FreeAllan: bit.ly/FreeAllan

This is an example of what those in power can do to protect their communities, especially immigrant communities facing this administration's harsh enforcement policies. No one should fear that a routine court check-in, school drop-off, or emergency hospital visit can result in being deported.

While billionaires like Peter Thiel and Alex Karp embed their technology into our government and profit from surveillance, militarization, and authoritarianism, communities are being detained, disappeared, and deported—all while footing the bill.

As DACA endures unprecedented attacks, Congress has now reintroduced the DREAM Act, a bipartisan solution that provides long-overdue stability and permanent protections for immigrant youth.

We, the #BraveOfUS – Americans of all races, genders and backgrounds – are joining together to march, protect our neighbors, and keep our loved ones safe in the place we call home.

All across the country, immigrants & U.S. citizens alike are being approached by armed, masked men on the streets, violently mistreated, put in handcuffs, & put in the back of unmarked vehicles. Look out for your neighbors, to keep one another safe. Know your rights & stay informed. #NoSecretPolice 

“There is a total lack of oversight...The lack of communication and lack of access to counsel for people in these sites is a way of preventing oversight, transparency and accountability.” --Paige Austin, attorney at @maketheroadny.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“If Palantir is able to move forward with ImmigrationOS, all of the information that we have given over — that we’ve trusted the state with — could be used to separate families,” said Nedia Morsy of @maketheroadnj.bsky.social. documentedny.com/2025/10/27/p...

"Now, as President Donald Trump rolls out increased immigration arrests, detentions and deportations, migrants displaced by hurricanes, floods and droughts are at risk of being sent back to places hollowed out by climate change."

Since October 1, 2024, at least 21 people have died in ICE custody. This is what happens when an immigration system values quotas over human lives. It’s unacceptable — and we refuse to stay silent. https://bit.ly/4nfuFXJ

naturally. these arrests were a disturbing infringement on their First Amendment right and we’re glad to see the court uphold these very rights.

We’re kicking off the #MRSTHROWDOWN25 in New Jersey! Compas from across the states are coming together to build power and community 🦋✊🏽

Nearly 20 DACA recipients & dozens more immigrant youth have been snatched from their families and detained by immigration agents in recent months.

Today, during his mandatory check-in, ICE unjustly detained our beloved member Kilmar Abrego (AGAIN). This is the latest action to persecute Kilmar for refusing to give up his constitutional rights and for rejecting a coerced plea deal.

When Senator Gordon M. Johnson says “everyone deserves to feel safe in their homes & neighborhoods," he’s right. As ICE escalates Trump’s attacks, NJ legislature must act now! No delays, no excuses. Families’ safety is on the line. Pass the #ImmigrantTrustAct! www.dailyrecord.com/story/opinio...

Every day, there is a new immigration headline. For some, these headlines are just noise. For DACA recipients, they’re a nightmare realized.

#BREAKING: We just filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and unsafe conditions at 26 Federal Plaza, where more than 100 people have been confined, sometimes for weeks, to a temporary holding facility operated by ICE.

From @maketheroadny.bsky.social: “Community members are really afraid of doing their daily routines...I’ve talked to the community who’ve shared, ‘I’d rather die than go to the hospital and be arrested by ICE’ because they’re terrified of being deported to other countries.” qns.com/2025/06/immi...

Today, we celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday where we reflect on the liberation of enslaved Black people in our country. Juneteenth is a celebration, but it also serves as a reminder that over a 100 years later, we continue to fight for promised freedoms and against racial inequities.

Today, U.S. Representatives @nadler.house.gov and @repdangoldman.bsky.social will observe court proceedings at 26 Federal Plaza and work to fulfill their Congressional oversight responsibilities. The Members will request access to visit the ICE and Removal Operations NY Field Office.

Make the Road States strongly opposed the travel ban in the first Trump administration and we oppose it as vehemently today. Diversity is what makes this country strong and healthy - this latest move from the Trump administration ignores this.

Today, the House approved of a plan that sends billions of dollars to supplement unjust mass deportations while decimating crucial programs that provide basic health care and food assistance to children. Senate members must stop this dangerous bill and protect our most vulnerable communities!

Allowing the Trump administration to end this critical immigrant relief program that grants people fleeing violence and harm to find safe harbor is a devastating precedent. This action is deeply unjust and will put lives at terrible risk.

Hundreds are gathered at the SCOTUS because this moment matters. It is about our children’s rights. It is about their future. Ending birthright citizenship would turn back the clock on civil rights and violate our nation’s Constitutional promises. We will not let that happen. Not today. Not ever.

🚨TODAY: We’re in DC alongside partners from across the country to say NO to Congress’s budget bill that will gut vital programs & supercharging the deportation machine. Our communities & families deserve better!

After hours of detainment, Newark Mayor Baraka has been released. This arrest is shameful. @maketheroadnj.bsky.social has been at Delaney Hall demanding accountability since day one and we will continue to fight back against any attempts to make New Jersey a mass deportation zone.

"At a moment of fear and fracture, the Solidarity Organizing Initiative creates an opportunity for community, learning, leadership, action, & builds important, new, decentralized civic infrastructure." 👇*NEW* op-ed, co-written by our co-director, Theo Oshiro! www.thenation.com/article/acti...

The recent arrest of Mahmoud Khalil by ICE, coupled w/ the current administration's decision to reinstate family detention policies, signifies a troubling shift toward more aggressive immigration enforcement. In response, Theo Oshiro, our Co-Executive Director, issued the following statement.⬇️

📰 Recently, the Trump admin announced their intention to have immigrants register w/ the federal gov, give fingerprints & carry proof of registration or risk criminal prosecution & imprisonment.  Their scare tactics won’t intimidate our communities. We’ll fight back to #ProtectOurFutures!✊

In response to the announcement by the Trump administration that they are requiring certain immigrants to register with USCIS, Theo Oshiro, Co-Executive Director of Make the Road States, released the following statement. 👇

More than a dozen states extend drivers licenses to immigrants. The Trump admin’s latest attack is yet another unconstitutional overreach that undermines the safety of every NYer, hurts our economy & puts our families at risk. We won’t stand for it. We’re ready to fight back.

@MtrStates celebrates yesterday's ruling temporarily blocking Trump's order to end birth right citizenship. President Trump can't rewrite the Constitution or decide who is "American enough" for citizenship. Our courts will continue to stop Trump from carrying out his fascist agenda.

This is what it means to stand with immigrants. Our schools must be safe havens for all students. Kudos to @icirr & these school officials who stood up to an attempted ICE raid on Chicago’s South Side. t.co/sBlDNbdxar

🚨 READ: Our response to Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants through his first executive orders targeting birth right citizenship, asylum and paving the way for expanded detention and deportations. "We refuse to give in to fascism and despair." #HeretoStay

🎉We’re EXCITED to announce the launch of: @mtrstates.bsky.social! In this critical moment, MRS will provide national campaign leadership & infrastructure support to elevate the voices of our immigrant + working-class members nationally. Check it out➡️maketheroadstates.org