Trump’s D.C. “crime emergency” = deportation surge. Of 2,300+ arrests, 40% were immigration-related (~940). Guns seized, yes—but raids doubled as mass deportations. Sanctuary ignored, fear spread. Next up: Chicago. #Immigration #HumanRights #NoRaids ground.news/article/over...

Chicago’s “Midway Blitz”: nearly 550 arrested in ICE raids since Sept. 8. Half “targets,” half collateral. Reports of citizens detained, a fatal shooting, & protesters pepper-gassed. Sen. Warren demands probe. No end date. #Immigration #HumanRights #NoRaids ground.news/article/dhs-...

Trump creates a “Gold Card” visa: Residency for a $1M payment (or $2M via corporations) + $15k fee. Goal: 80K cards, $100B revenue. At the same time, H-1B visas slapped with $100k fee, rattling tech. Citizenship for Sale. #Immigration #HumanRights #GoldCard ground.news/article/what...

DHS is ending TPS for Syrians—effective Nov 21, 2025. Over 6,000 people lose protection; only ~60 days to depart or risk deportation. Officials claim Syria is “safe enough.” Advocates warn return = danger. Families, jobs, lives on the line. #TPS #Syria #HumanRights ground.news/article/trum...

Trump threatens Venezuela: take back alleged “prisoners” & “mental patients” or pay an “incalculable” price. No evidence offered. Comes as U.S. warships strike boats near Venezuela & Trump pushes to end TPS for 300k+ Venezuelans. #Immigration #Venezuela #HumanRights ground.news/article/trum...

Tech giants told workers to rush back before rollout; some cut trips short mid-flight. White House later clarified: one-time fee, new apps only. Still, fear & lawsuits loom. #Immigration #H1B #Tech ground.news/article/trum...

DHS warns CA, NY & IL: honor ICE detainers for “criminal noncitizens” or face DOJ lawsuits & funding cuts. States push back—detainers are requests, not law. #Immigration #SanctuaryCities #HumanRights ground.news/article/ice-...

Forgot to Prompt this! Come check it out! My thoughts and views as we are 3 boat strikes in. Drone Strikes, Sovereignty, and the Road to War With Venezuela open.substack.com/pub/icyrpixe...

New Weekly Immigration Update is live: Sept 16–23, 2025 From a tougher citizenship test to a UN plan that could gut asylum, plus detention abuse. Read the full breakdown open.substack.com/pub/icyrpixe... #Immigration #HumanRights #NoRaids #Asylum #EndDetention

AG Pam Bondi orders DOJ agents to guard ICE sites after recent attacks. FBI, ATF, Marshals, DEA to deploy; JTTFs told to probe protests as possible domestic terrorism. Feds vow max charges. Critics warn this will escalate, not protect. #Immigration #NoRaids #HumanRights ground.news/article/trum...

Van Nuys: 79-yr-old U.S. citizen says ICE/BP agents body-slammed him during a Sept. 9 raid at his car wash. He filed a $50M claim citing broken ribs & brain injury. Held 12 hrs, released w/ no charges. DHS says he “impeded” the op. #Immigration #HumanRights #NoRaids ground.news/article/79-y...

ICE detained Ian Roberts, superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools. DHS says he had a 2024 removal order & was caught with a loaded gun, $3k cash & a knife after fleeing a stop. DMPS says it cleared him w/ background check & I-9. #Immigration #Education ground.news/article/ice-...

White House slaps a $100k fee on every new H-1B visa for 12 months (from Sept 21). India—home to ~75% of H-1B talent—warns of hits to services exports & remittances. Filing fees were thousands, not 100k. Offshore shift + hiring freeze risks loom. #H1B #Immigration #Tech ground.news/article/indi...

Harjit Kaur, 73, lived in the Bay for 30+ yrs. ICE detained her at a routine check-in & deported her Sept 22. She says detention meant no vegetarian food, delayed meds, shackling. Supporters called her “everyone’s grandma.” #Immigration #HumanRights ground.news/article/bett...

Viral video: ICE officer at NYC’s 26 Fed Plaza shoves an Ecuadorian woman to the floor after her husband’s arrest. DHS called it “unacceptable,” put him on leave, & launched an investigation. Rare public rebuke; officials demand accountability. #Immigration #ICE #NYC ground.news/article/ice-...

After Dallas ICE shooting, flashpoints spread: NYC officer caught shoving a woman pulled from duty; Chicago protest broken up w/ tear gas & pepper balls; Boston-area arrest left woman hospitalized. SCOTUS just lifted limits on ICE stops in LA. #Immigration #ICE #SCOTUS ground.news/article/reut...

Trump admin asks SCOTUS to uphold its bid to end birthright citizenship for kids of undocumented or temporary-visa parents. Lower courts blocked the Jan 2025 order as unconstitutional. Justices could hear it in 2026. For now, nothing changes. #SCOTUS #Immigration ground.news/article/trum...

ICE fired pepper balls & tear gas at protesters outside its facility Sept 26. 2 detained (DHS says 1 armed, family disputes). Mayor says ICE is “making war” on community w/ gas & illegal fence; ICE calls it obstruction. #MidwayBlitz #Immigration #Chicago ground.news/article/fede...

Mexico’s ex-immigration chief Francisco Garduño publicly apologized Sept 26 for the 2023 Juárez detention fire that killed 40 migrants. Families call it symbolic—he avoids prison if he completes conditions, while cases vs. guards & officials still drag on. #Migrants ground.news/article/publ...

Arizona judge blocks deportation of ~70 Guatemalan & Honduran kids, citing lack of lawful process & “dangerously unclear” reunification claims. Pauses echo a D.C. ruling halting broader removals. #Immigration #ChildRights #DueProcess ground.news/article/ariz...

today i learned; if you spout hateful, harmful, racist, christian nationalist ideology by going to college campuses and indoctrination of our youth… you get a full performance and a gov paid funeral.

Teachers’ unions (NEA + AFT, 4M members) sue Trump admin to stop ICE raids at schools & churches. After a dad was dragged from an Oregon preschool drop-off, educators say kids are traumatized & parents afraid. #Immigration #ProtectChildren #HumanRights ground.news/article/teac...

We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.

Trump’s enforcement law means 320k deportations in 10 yrs → U.S. population 4.5M smaller by 2035. Fewer prime-age workers, deaths > births by 2031. $150B spent to shrink the workforce & slow growth. This isn’t security—it’s sabotage. #Immigration #Economy #HumanRights ground.news/article/trum...

my thoughts and statement on events that occurred today. i condone political violence. i condone the usage of any form of violence. i want to have a conversation, with civil discourse. i never want a bullet to interrupt the conversation. we advocate to STOP gun violence for EVERYONE.

Judge Mary McElroy blocks Trump’s bid to bar undocumented families from Head Start, clinics, shelters & adult ed. Injunction (20 states + DC) halts rules she called rushed & legally flawed. Communities need care, not cruelty. #Immigration #HumanRights #ProtectChildren ground.news/article/judg...

The U.S. has deployed 8 warships, subs & 4.5k personnel off Venezuela. Trump calls it a counternarcotics mission; Maduro calls it a “hostile siege” & mobilizes militias. Analysts say the risks of escalation are real. #Venezuela #USMilitary ground.news/article/us-v...

Judge Sparkle Sooknanan halted Trump’s plan to fly out hundreds of Guatemalan kids in the dead of night. Planes on the tarmac were stopped, children taken back into custody. Due process still matters—even for kids. #Immigration #ProtectChildren #HumanRights ground.news/article/judg...

Pentagon green-lit 600 military & civilian lawyers as temp immigration judges—dropping the experience requirement. 2-week training, 179-day terms. Politicized, dangerous, and due-process disaster. #Immigration #DueProcess #CourtStacking ground.news/article/pent...

Appeals court keeps Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” open—for now. A judge’s order to dismantle the Everglades mega-detention camp is on hold. DeSantis calls it a win; tribes & advocates call it an environmental & human-rights disaster. #Immigration #HumanRights ground.news/article/appe...

ICE & HSI raided Hyundai’s $7.6B EV/battery plant site in GA—construction halted, workers lined up, “many arrests” made. Trump’s worksite raid agenda just froze one of Georgia’s biggest economic projects. #Immigration #LaborRights #HumanRight ground.news/article/us-i...

USCIS is getting an armed police force. A new DHS rule gives its agents guns, arrest powers & authority for expedited removal—blurring the line between processing benefits & policing immigrants. Critics warn it will chill legit applications. #Immigration #CivilRights ground.news/article/agen...

DOJ is suing Boston, Mayor Wu & Police Commissioner Cox—claiming the city’s Trust Act “obstructs” federal immigration law. Wu calls it an unconstitutional, political attack: “Boston is safe—we won’t yield.” #SanctuaryCities #Immigration #HumanRights ground.news/article/just...

Trump’s LA raids now run by Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino—revived after past scandals. His “turn & burn” tactics: masked agents, unmarked SUVs, lightning raids at Home Depots & car washes. 5,000+ arrests, profiling lawsuits. #Immigration #HumanRights #NoRaids ground.news/article/turn...

Mexico says no DEA deal on “Project Portero”—any pact must be with the U.S. gov’t, not just an agency. DEA says training is already happening. Really a fight over process & sovereignty, not total collapse. Mixed signals risk blowback. #Mexico #US #Cartels #Sovereignty ground.news/article/mexi...

9th Circuit lets Trump end TPS for ~60k Hondurans, Nicaraguans & Nepalese. Expirations start now, stripping work permits & protection. Families face deportation despite ongoing crises. This isn’t “law & order”—it’s cruelty. #TPS #Immigration #HumanRights ground.news/article/appe...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia—wrongfully deported, then hauled back—asks judge to toss his TN smuggling case. Defense says Trump admin is punishing him for fighting his unlawful removal. Retaliation isn’t justice—it’s political persecution. #Immigration #HumanRights #DueProcess ground.news/article/kilm...

New on Substack: Trump’s “narco-terror” line is cover for gunboat diplomacy—warships off Venezuela + crackdowns at home. Why this is dangerous, and the humane path instead 👇 open.substack.com/pub/icyrpixe... #Venezuela #HumanRights #NoWar #ForeignPolicy

Oct 6 hearing in Greenbelt on the legality of 3rd-country removals & due-process safeguards; ruling expected within 30 days. Until then he stays in ICE custody in VA. If you’re following, boost this thread—his lawyers need eyes, records, and support. #DueProcess #ImmigrationRights #FreeKilmar

He’s pled not guilty to conspiracy/transport charges; jury trial set Jan 27, 2026. After a judge ok’d release in Aug, ICE grabbed him at a Baltimore check-in, triggering MD litigation. Defense now seeks a gag order on Bondi, Noem & others. #CriminalJustice #Immigration #FairTrial

Updates on Kilmar Abrego Garcia: Judge Paula Xinis has blocked any deportation of Kilmar, kept him detained in VA within 200 miles of the MD court, and set an Oct 6 evidentiary hearing (decision ≤30 days after). ICE must give advance notice before any 3rd-country move. #Immigration #HumanRights

Florida’s Everglades camp “Alligator Alcatraz” is shutting down. Detainees are being moved out, population dropping to zero. $218M spent + $405M. Next up: “Deportation Depot.” #Immigration #HumanRights #EndDetention #AlligatorAlcatraz ground.news/article/flor...

Trump admin preparing to send back ~700 UAC Guatemalan kids in U.S. custody. Branded as “voluntary return,” but advocates say it’s forced removal violating child protections + due process. #ProtectChildren #DueProcess #StopDeportations ground.news/article/excl...

Judge Jia Cobb blocks Trump’s nationwide expedited deportation order. Expansion would’ve allowed 2-yr residents to be deported w/ no hearing. Court says migrants have Fifth Amendment rights. Big blow to Trump’s 1M deportations plan. #DueProcess #Immigration #HumanRights ground.news/article/fede...

DOJ just scrapped experience rules for temporary immigration judges. Now any lawyer can be appointed in 6-month stints—no immigration law background required. Sold as backlog relief, but critics warn it’s court-stacking that guts due process. #DueProcess ground.news/article/doj-...

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Judge blocks HHS from giving ICE daily Medicaid data on 79M people. Court says you can’t flip a decade-old privacy rule without public, reasoned process. Health care info shouldn’t be a deportation tool. #Immigration #Privacy #HumanRights thehill.com/policy/healt...

In Monrovia, a man fleeing an ICE raid at Home Depot ran onto the 210 & was killed. City says ICE gave no info. This is the cost of fear-driven enforcement—lives lost for political theater. #HumanRights #StopTheRaids #Immigration ground.news/article/man-...

ICE arrests have doubled under Trump—& 60% are people with no U.S. criminal convictions. July saw a record share w/ no charges at all. This isn’t targeting “the worst,” it’s mass detention for its own sake. #Immigration #HumanRights #StopTheRaids ground.news/article/trum...