brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

Washington state’s Department of Licensing continues to share vehicle data with federal immigration authorities, despite state laws prohibiting it, thru a national law enforcement platform called Nlets. I explain this practice here, how it fuels racial profiling, & why it can & should be stopped.

Agents have detained Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry, a disabled U.S. military vet and outspoken critic of U.S.-led war, after his naturalization hearing today at the Tukwila, WA ICE office. His wife, Melissa Chaudhry, ran against Rep. Adam Smith last year on a pro-Palestine platform.

Proud to have played a small part in this historic case, the first EVER to have held high-ranking military accountable for the killing of civilians in the US-funded Salvadoran civil war. Amid advancing fascism in the US, and El Salvador’s notable bid for a role as Best Supporting Gulag, yesterday’s

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

As I've said repeatedly: cruelty toward immigrants is a bipartisan policy. This is the best, most succinct article I've read that lays it out for all to see. You can't read this and then feign ignorance once (god willing) Trump is gone. We can't go back to any of this.

Violence in ICE detention: researchers at @uwchr reviewed audio + written records of every single 911 call about assaults (SA + other) inside ICE’s NW Detention Ctr over last decade, found that the Tacoma Police Dept systematically fails to investigate calls reporting violence against detained ppl.

🚨New🚨: UWCHR finds most military deportation flights were by planes stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in WA state. JBLM-based planes also used to transport detained immigrants to a detention camp at Guantánamo Bay. What’s the role of WA state military bases in fueling the deportation machine?