"By no means are Democrats going to go back to the immigration stuff they used to support. And in that way, Trump has perhaps enabled them to be able to pick and choose a little bit." @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social discuss Democrats and immigration going forward:

Not exactly surprising, but many Latinos who voted for Trump are having second thoughts. ICYMI @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...

Voters *do* want a strong, orderly border. But they don't want it at any cost - nor do they see Trump's mass deportation campaign as an inherent part of securing the border. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social joins @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social in the latest episode of The Focus Group podcast:

@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: "As the court fight over DACA picks up later this month, advocates hope public pushback can protect the Dreamers again." The latest Huddled Masses @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/dreamers-f...

More terrific reporting from Carrasquillo.

In a Sept. 10 focus group of Latino Trump voters, "Every single one of the seven participants said they regretted voting for Trump." "They were angry over the state of the economy and frustrated by Trump’s handling of immigration and deportations." @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social has the story.

"Asked to give the president a letter grade, six gave him Ds and one gave an F. Asked later about her grade, one participant who gave a D said she was just trying to be nice." Latinos are souring on Trump. Exclusive from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...

🚨Exclusive @thebulwark.com Focus Group: Trump is Bleeding Latino Voters www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...

"What one really respected community activist told me - she told me in Spanish - it's 'una guerra de miedo.' It's a war of fear." @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social reports from Chicago on the effects of Trump's targeting of the city:

"The National Guard hasn’t been dispatched. But the federal government’s presence is very much felt here, like a chill from the lake. Much of it has settled over immigrant communities." From Chicago, the latest edition of Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social:

It may not be the full-scale federal raid Trump once promised but Chicago is feeling the chill of ICE. “…for the city to be overtaken by an atmosphere of pervasive fear.” @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social’s latest in @thebulwark.com 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

NEW from me: Trump’s ‘War of Fear’ in Chicago www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-chic... via @thebulwark.com

Good piece by @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on coordination by immigration activists from LA, NYC, & DC to share experiences & advise activists in Chicago in advance of increased ICE activity in Chicago. Sample below ... Recommended.

Heartening from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on Trump-targeted cities helping each other. Organizer: “The big push is to be calm and peaceful" because the feds want "some kind of altercation to excuse federal violence against organizers and citizens.” www.thebulwark.com/p/chicago-tr...

Excellent, informative piece by @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on how community groups are applying earlier experiences to organize and protect immigrants in #Chicago against Trump's surge. Read it everyone, you may be next in Trump's cruel war on our own country. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

From @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social "THE PAINFUL REALITY that people are investing all this time and energy in preparing for a possible confrontation with their own government has not been lost on those involved. " open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

YES: Here’s a Shocking Idea: Democrats Don’t All Have to Sound Alike www.thebulwark.com/p/shocking-i... via @jilldlawrence.bsky.social @thebulwark.com

“The new Let Lying Liars Lie policy is just the latest capitulation by CBS and its parent company, Paramount Skydance …” www.wonkette.com/p/cbs-news-t...

A year ago first debate. It was….well as dark as it has been since.

The administration fired and forced out actual immigration judges, because it didn't like their rulings. Now the administration plans to use military lawyers with no background in immigration law in their place. It might not go well. The latest Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social:

"The White House also denounced the Smithsonian’s planned National Museum of the American Latino." One side is *definitely* politicizing art. The latest Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-war-...

NEW from me: Trump’s War on Latino Art www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-war-... via @thebulwark.com

I have a sense the localized, personal aspects of all these stories are going to drive Trump regret in a way the raw numbers aren’t doing

Good piece. Every story told reminds us these are human beings in inhuman detention. A quoted GOP rep who says "we all thought it was going to be about hardened criminals" overlooks the way Trump viciously cast all immigrants as criminals to justify deporting them all, as he plainly said he would.

@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: "Cristobal was mistakenly stopped by police & put in a detention facility for more than two weeks in May...While Arias Cristobal is now home, preparing with her lawyer for what’s ahead, she feels trapped, she told @thebulwark.com." www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...

For immigrants detained and released, what comes next? Free, but with the cloud of future deportation following them around wherever they go? Ximena Arias Cristobal is one such immigrant. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social tells her story in the latest Huddled Masses www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...

Great profile on civil rights leader Ximena Arias Cristobal by @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...

NEW from me: What Happens After ICE Chews You Up and Spits You Out? www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe... via @thebulwark.com

Trump claims that (1) "half the restaurants" in D.C. were closed because of crime, but (2) in the two weeks since he took over D.C. they've reopened, and, what's more, (3) "new restaurants are opening up" (lol). Our @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social shows that this is—all of it—utter bullshit.

@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: "Trump’s deployment of 2,300 National Guard troops and 500 federal law enforcement agents has hurt foot traffic, chilled business, and made people cancel trips and nights out. It is slowly choking the life out of Washington, D.C." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-s...

A man elected because of his purported business acumen is harming small businesses; a man whose obsession with appearing tough on crime threatens to sabotage urban economies across the country. The latest Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-s...

I was told this man had business acumen? Interviews with restaurant owners, chefs, and workers, paint a picture of small businesses being harmed by a president whose obsession with appearing tough on crime now threatens to sabotage urban economies across the country 👇🏽

🚨 NEW from me: Trump Is Strangling the Life Out of D.C.’s Restaurants www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-s... via @thebulwark.com

News: Shepard Fairey (@obeygiant.bsky.social) creator of the iconic Obama HOPE poster releases a new #FreeKilmar poster saying he was disgusted by the Trump administration’s use of his style to attack Kilmar. Goes on to lay out the “corrupt” case against him by the admin.

A network of five thousand faith communities is now disseminating a blueprint for clergy and lay leaders who want to push back against Trump's immigration regime. Read about it in Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...

Thank you @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.com for keeping the spotlight on these important stories.

Even some Trump-support evangelicals are not fans of the president’s "overreach and his administration’s harshness toward productive, quiet, often churchgoing immigrants instead of the criminals he said he would prioritize." ICYMI @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...

Good read by @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social at The Bulwark on faith leaders plans to fight back against Trump's crusade against immigrants. Early stages ...

@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social with the exclusive details on a network of 5,000 churches launching a rapid-response action plan to protect worshipers during ICE raids. Read Huddled Masses only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...

NEW: @thebulwark.com has learned exclusively that a network of five thousand faith communities is now disseminating a blueprint for clergy and lay leaders who want to push back against Trump's immigration regime. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social reports: www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...

Scoop: The Churches Fighting Back Against ICE www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-... via @thebulwark.com

News Analysis: Protests in Tel Aviv calling for an end to the war in Gaza culminated in a rally attended by hundreds of thousands of people on Sunday, exposing the chasm between many Israelis and the unpopular hard-line government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. nyti.ms/45JhAPT

Read this @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social interview with Ruben Gallego with interest. Gallego's visit to a meatpacking plant, JBS, is an interesting move from a senator who might have presidential aspirations. www.thebulwark.com/p/senator-ru...

@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social spoke to @gallego.senate.gov about the Democratic Party's failures on immigration. Only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/senator-ru...

"When it was announced that the first Latino U.S. senator from Arizona was visiting Iowa, it wasn’t the obvious 2028 presidential overtures that piqued my interest." @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social interviews Sen. Ruben Gallego in the latest edition of Huddled Masses:

NEW from me: Why @gallego.senate.gov’s Trip to an Iowa Meatpacking Plant Matters www.thebulwark.com/p/senator-ru... via @thebulwark.com

It's dope whenever my photos are used in the articles of writers I dig!! ✊ @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social

What does getting rid of age limits for new ICE hires actually look like? 18-year-old vigilante ICE agents. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social asks what's in the heart of an 18-year-old ICE recruit in his latest Huddled Masses @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/prepare-yo...

In lowering the hiring age from 21, clearly ICE hopes to make some hires in the 18-to-21-year-old range. But what would motivate an 18-year-old to apply to work at ICE? Good piece by our @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social. www.thebulwark.com/p/prepare-yo...

Dean Cain’s ICE enlistment really isn’t a laughing matter. Rather it is the most high-profile illustration of the lowering of agency standards. And that is serious as anything. The latest Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/prepare-yo...